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Chapter 74 The "wonderful" dragon boat race

Chapter 74 The "wonderful" dragon boat race

After watching the pot, I put the big copper pot aside, and listened to the drummer downstairs who gave orders suddenly hit it, and the dragon boat race began.

As the red rope was knocked away, the people burst into cheers, waving the ribbons in their hands and cheering.

Xiangli was also very excited on the bamboo building, pulling Jiang Shaoyan and yelling: "Miss, look quickly! The dragon boat race has begun, come on! Come on... come on, huh?"

After the elated "cheers" and "come on" at the beginning, the voices of cheers and cheers gradually became quieter.

Even if they didn't crowd on both sides of the river like ordinary people, and saw the dragon boat moving forward at a close distance, Xiangli, who was standing on the sidelines of the bamboo tower, tasted something wrong and couldn't help frowning Said: "Did the dragon boat riders in Baoling not have enough to eat?"

All of them are limp and weak.Looking at the slow look, there is no such thing as a dragon boat race with hundreds of boats competing for the current, it seems... It seems like a walk in the river.

Such limp and weak dragon boat riders actually made the older dragon boat riders on the auspicious ship with a red belt on their heads a little more angry.

"Cut, it's boring!" Xiangli pursed her lips, lay on the bamboo building and watched the dragon boat "walking" slowly in the river, and yawned.

In this regard, the reaction of the people below is not only "boring" like Xiangli, but also...

"I can do it myself!" Some of the irritable people couldn't help muttering.

"Don't say you're on it, give the monkey a handful of fruit, and the monkey will be able to get on it!" Some people couldn't help laughing, then pointed to the country gentleman on the first and second floors of the viewing bamboo building by the river, mockingly said, " It’s because they didn’t feed people enough! Look at me, I’m so full of food!”

The long-awaited dragon boat race made them so boring, but these people themselves were very interesting, all of them had chubby stomachs, not only were they full, but they also made trouble everywhere when they were full.

"Exactly! I heard that Mr. Hu's dog chased and bit the little boy, but was beaten to death by the boy's father with a shovel. Mr. Hu then sent someone to break one of his father's legs. It's really worse than a human life." Where's the dog!"

"Also, Mr. Wang's Ai Ji fell in love with the rouge from other people's rouge shop, took the rouge from others and asked them to come to pick it up, but when the owner of the rouge shop came to the door, he was arrested and said that the rouge was poisonous. A sum of money, and I am complacent about it and tell people everywhere!"

"Master Zhou was not very good at that time. He robbed old Zhangtou's family of two beautiful daughters who were betrothed, ruined his innocence, and forced Lao Zhangtou's two daughters to commit suicide!"

……

Jiang Shaoyan grabbed a handful of dried fruit on the table and watched while eating: The dragon boat race in Baoling City is not interesting, but other things are really interesting.

Wu Youcai, the county magistrate of Baoling who was called to the third floor, tremblingly listened to the officers and soldiers repeat what he heard from the common people.

"My... my lord." Wu Youcai explained stutteringly, "When the incident happened, the officials hadn't come to Baoling yet..."

"If you had already come to Baoling at that time, you would not be watching the dragon boat with me on the third floor, but waiting in the prison of the county government." Lin Shaoqing, who was dressed in an official robe, looked solemn.

It really looked like a youthful appearance, and Jiang Shaoyan's interest in watching it remained undiminished: This is much more beautiful than any dragon boat race.

"Miss Jiang Si." Ji Chongyan picked up a pot of boiled milk tea and glanced at Lin Yan who was at the side.

If this continues, Lin Yan will steal the limelight.

The main business is of course important, but Miss Jiang Si's eyes are all on Lin Yan at this time. Ji Chongyan thought for a while, and suddenly said: "How much is the price of pork in Baoling City recently?"

Just as he was enjoying watching, a question like this came to his ears, Jiang Shaoyan, a faithful porker, immediately blurted out: "The fat and thin ones are three yuan and six taels a catty, the thin ones are more expensive, about four yuan, and the fat ones are cheaper , about three cents and two taels."

"What's the price of the beef?" Ji Chongyan scooped a spoonful of buttermilk into the milk tea and pushed it in front of Jiang Shaoyan.

Jiang Shaoyan thanked her casually, picked up the milk tea with buttermilk, took a sip, squinted her eyes excited by the aroma of the milk tea, and said, "It's several times more expensive, and the common people can't afford beef." .”

Mrs. Jingci of Guangming Nunnery loves delicious food, especially meat, but Mrs. Huang's stewed beef shop opposite the nunnery has never eaten the stewed beef.

"Beef is more expensive than pork, but it is unheard of to be so ridiculously expensive. It is said that the price of Mr. Huang's stewed beef shop 20 years ago was not so expensive. There must be a few old men who love beef behind the scenes. " Ji Chongyan opened his mouth and looked at Wu Youcai, "Master Wu, if you don't want to do something, someone will."

In these words, the meaning of Mr. Wu's wearing a black gauze hat is clearly revealed.Wu Youcai's face immediately turned pale, and regardless of the presence of Jiang Shaoyan and other outsiders, he knelt down at once, and after kowtowing several times, he said, "My lord, it's not that my subordinates don't do anything, it's because the villains in the city are vicious... ..."

"There are no excuses." Ji Chongyan didn't change his face when he heard the words. He said calmly, "What is a parent officer? You are a parent officer just because you love the people like your son. Wu Youcai, if your son is bullied like this, you can still shrink like this Has a head like a quail?"

What he said was deafening.

Even Xiangli, Xiaowu, Bai Guanshi and others on the side were a little excited.

Jiang Shaoyan's expression was subtle: This Prince Ji...is he so righteous?Of course, what she said didn't mean that Ji Shizi was not a good person, but that she always felt that something like waiting to make a generous statement in front of people was not suitable for Ji Chongyan.

Wu Youcai's lips trembled at the words, as if he wanted to say something, but he still couldn't say anything.

One moment he was still interrogating Wu Youcai, and the next moment he was robbed of the presiding judge's seat.

Lin Yan was very complicated.

He has been friends with Ji Chongyan for many years. In the past, he used to be the presiding judge to present evidence to deal with suspects, while Chongyan was on the sidelines from time to time to make amends.

A frontal strike and a side make-up knife have been coordinated for many years, and it can be said to be seamless.

Right now, this man who has been making side attacks for many years suddenly starts to hit him head-on. To be honest... Chongyan's face really doesn't look like a righteous presiding officer!

After all, it was because... Lin Yan looked at Jiang Shaoyan who was at the side.

With Miss Jiang Si here, Chongyan really has become different from the previous Chongyan.

Paying attention to Jiang Shaoyan's reaction, Ji Chongyan was silent for a moment, and suddenly said: "These country gentry bully men and women, so rampant in the countryside, I heard that they started their business 20 years ago?"

Wu Youcai nodded hurriedly when he thought of the few files in the warehouse, and said: "During the war, they intercepted local merchant ships and secretly acted as bandits, so there is the so-called water god causing chaos..."

He, Wu Youcai, might not be very smart, but Ji Shizi and Lin Shaoqing beat him to this point. If he still doesn't understand what these two are for, he can find a piece of tofu and kill him.

No wonder these two are going to hold a dragon boat race. It turned out that it was for what happened 20 years ago.

"Is the Fang family only involved in one of the shipwreck cases?" After a pause, Ji Chongyan spoke again, not forgetting to remind Wu Youcai, "I mean the real records hidden in your yamen warehouse, not those folk rumors."

It was because Wu Youcai, the county magistrate who came only in the past two years, had little to do with what happened back then, and he was timid, that he and Lin Yan tricked him into telling him the truth.

(End of this chapter)

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