Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 282 Drowning
After Kong Jun arranged the things needed for fishing and hung the bait on the hook, when the time was approaching, the number of farmers working in the fields gradually increased, and the originally quiet environment became a little more angry.

The contiguous fields on both sides of the Yihe River in the southeast of the city are owned by the Yanshenggong Mansion. In addition to the fields in other prefectures and counties in Yanzhou Prefecture, the entire Kong family has nearly [-] hectares of fertile land that does not pay taxes.

These are all good irrigated fields around Nanyan Lake, and the market price can reach [-] taels of silver per mu. Years of severe droughts have not affected these fertile fields by the river that can be effectively irrigated. The main miscellaneous grains per mu can reach nearly two shi.

The hundreds of thousands of acres of land in Yanshenggong Mansion produce nearly a million stones every year. Except for the rations and livestock that are enough for each branch of the Kong family, the rest are all converted into white money.

However, although the Kong family has a lot of land, it is still not as good as another behemoth in Yanzhou Mansion - Lu Wang Mansion. It is the blood of the Tian family, and it is not comparable to ordinary nobles like the Kong family.

Kong Yinzhi sat on a brocade tree under the shade of a willow tree, watching the changes of the water surface attentively, feeling the slight shaking of the fish on the fishing rod when they bit the bait, as if he was in harmony with the surrounding environment For oneness.

A dozen steps away, Kong Jun was adding pine cones to an exquisite red clay stove. The oily pine cones made a slight crackling sound as they burned. An old clay pot was sitting on the mouth of the stove. It is the clear water of the Yi River.

The four servants hid far away in the shade of a tree, chatting enthusiastically about something, and burst into bursts of strange laughter from time to time. It was obvious that the topics between them should have a special color.

Kong Yinzhi's hands were not very smooth today, and he only caught two small fish the size of a palm in half an hour, which made his mentality gradually become restless. Coupled with the rise in temperature, the whole person's attention became more and more tense. spread out.

Several women carrying bamboo baskets and willow baskets suddenly appeared in the line of sight of the servants. As the distance got closer, the skirts worn by the women were all loose. The bored servants pointed at the ladies. At that point, the discussion became louder.

I don't know what happened, but at a distance of more than a hundred steps from the servants, there seemed to be some dispute between the women. As the dispute escalated, several women scuffled together, and soon several of them fell down one after another. After that, they started tearing and beating and scolding each other on the ground. After a while, each of them became unkempt, and some people's skirts were directly torn and damaged.

The attention of several servants was attracted by the women who were fighting, and they stood up and trotted over to watch the excitement. Some people wanted to take advantage of the opportunity, and only Kong Yanzhi and Kong Jun who was making tea were left here.

There had just been a quarrel over there, and someone in the reeds had already dived into the water wearing a black water tank. With a reed pole with two ends ventilated in his mouth, he quietly swam towards Kong Yanzhi from underwater.

Kong Yinzhi, who was already a little distracted, vaguely heard the noise coming from a distance, he looked back dissatisfied, and saw that the servants were already watching something with their arms folded hundreds of steps away. Kong Jun outside also turned his head to look there curiously.

Kong Yinzhi snorted coldly, thinking that after returning to the mansion, the housekeeper should set the rules for these slaves.

At this moment, the fishing rod in his hand suddenly felt like being pulled into the water, and then a strong force came, Kong Yinzhi was overjoyed, and when he turned his head, he subconsciously clenched the fishing rod with both hands.

The underwater man wore deerskin gloves with both hands, grabbed the fishing line and yanked it down the water. Kong Yinzhi, who had just turned around and hadn't woken up, held the fishing rod tightly, and was dragged into the water with a plop. The last scene in the movie is that what you see when you look back is not a big fish, but a pair of cold-blooded eyes under the water.

The person under the water let go of the fishing line, and circled behind Kong Yinzhi like a fish, grabbed Kong Yinzhi's gray hair that had been floating with one hand, and quickly slid with the other hand, kicking his legs fiercely, dragging Following Kong Yanzhi, he dived to the bottom of the water, which was seven or eight meters deep.

The moment Kong Yinzhi was dragged into the water, he was about to open his mouth to call out, but he was so choked by the water that his headache was about to split. He closed his mouth in panic, but the raging lake water still poured into his lungs and trachea from his nasal cavity, and he was about to suffocate to death. The huge sense of fear made him flustered. He stretched out his hands and scratched around, kicking his legs non-stop, but as his body sank, he only caught a few swaying aquatic plants.

The loud noise that Kong Yinzhi made when he fell into the water startled Kong Jun. When he turned around, he found that the master sitting on the brocade tree was gone.Horrified, Kong Jun's legs gave way and he fell to the ground, and then he rolled and crawled to the edge of the water, only to see splashes of water on the surface of the water not far away. In an instant, the surface of the water calmed down. The long fishing rod floated on the water.

"Master! Master! Come quickly, help!"

"Master fell into the water! Help!"

Kong Jun's shrill cry finally alarmed the servants in the distance. Although they couldn't hear what they shouted clearly, the servants rushed towards this side.

The man in black who dragged Kong Yinzhi into the water saw that Kong Yanzhi's eyes had protruded and his abdomen was swollen, and immediately let go and dived into the water. At this time, Kong Yinzhi The struggle had stopped, and the body slowly sank to the bottom of the lake.

About twenty breaths later, when the servants of the Confucian Mansion were running back, the man in black dived back to the water area where he started, and after emerging from the water, he took a few breaths, and the other two people who were waiting at the same place lowered their voices almost at the same time Asked: "Okay?"

"It's clear, it's clear!"

The man in black panted heavily and replied.

"Go quickly!"

The three quickly went ashore and quickly disappeared into the tall weeds and bushes.

The servants on all sides ran forward with all their strength, but only saw Kong Jun kneeling on the ground, but the figure of his master had disappeared.

"Where is the master? Where is the master?"

"Master fell into the water! Huh~~~ Help!"

"Stupid pig! The master must have fallen into the water! Hurry up and save people!"

"I don't know how to water!"

"Ding San, you know how to swim, go down!"

"I'm going back to the city to call for someone, you hurry up and save the master!"

After a short period of confusion, a servant ran to the place where the horse was tied, untied the reins and got on the horse, turned the horse's head and raised the whip to urge the horse to gallop towards the county town.

Among the remaining few people, two of them knew a little about water, and they immediately took off their waist knives and threw them aside, quickly stripped off their robes, then jumped into the water one after the other, and began to search for Kong Yinzhi's figure.

No one noticed in the noise and chaos. When the famous servant rode his horse back to the city to report the news, several women who had been fighting with each other had quietly got up and hurried away to a forest in the distance without making a sound.

Half an hour later, the place where Kong Yinzhi fell into the water in Nanyan Lake was crowded with people, and people from the city were still coming.Among the crowd were the Confucian family, people from the government, and many scholars, and more people who came to see the excitement after hearing the news. The number was as many as a thousand.

Kong Xingxie, the eldest son of Kong Yinzhi, lost his usual calm demeanor at this moment. He hurried over and stood side by side with Li Shaohua, the magistrate of Qufu County, shouting orders from time to time.Because of the anxiety to get angry, after a while, his voice became hoarse and harsh, and his eyes were bloodshot.

On the lake, there are several small wooden boats used by farmers for fishing on weekdays, moving slowly. More than a dozen men with excellent water skills are either swimming on the water surface or diving underwater, and the people on the wooden boats are dragging a few fishing nets. , is trying to find the trace of Kong Yinzhi.

"Brother Lu, don't be anxious. Lord Yansheng is as healthy as a man in his prime, and he is also an auspicious person with a natural appearance. Maybe he just fainted from choking on water. As long as he is salvaged, he will be fine!"

Li Shaohua comforted Kong Xingxie with words, but even he himself did not believe these comforting words.

Kong Xingxie acted as if he had never heard of it, just staring at the wooden boat and those people who sometimes dived and sometimes emerged from the water.

It has been more than an hour since Kong Yinzhi fell into the water. It is absolutely impossible for Kong Yinzhi to survive. What he has to do now is to quickly salvage the body, so as not to be eaten by the big fish in the water after a long time.

At this moment, in Yanzhou Prefecture, which is more than [-] miles away from Qufu County, in the second hall of the former Yanzhou Guard Command Office, the young Jinyiwei Yanzhou Baihu Office Baihu Wang Ancheng sat on the top chair, standing in front of him. A school lieutenant in Jinyiwei costume.If Kong Yinzhi was still alive, he would have seen a pair of familiar eyes among these three people, and it was the owner of these eyes who dragged him into the water and drowned him.

"Qiao Cun, you did a good job this time. This hundred households will remember your first contribution when they report to the summit! Li Li and Zhou Qiang are second! Qiaocun will reward you with 30 taels of silver, and the two of you will reward you with 20 taels of silver! Don't worry!" Blame the stinginess of Ben Baihu, this is just an appetizer! This matter was assigned by the commander himself, and I guess there will be a big reward after reporting it to the summit! How happy are you! Have those women ever escaped and turned around? How many of you If you think about it again, you may have missed something!"

　Because I didn't check the specific information, Kong Yinzhi's age is written a bit older here, don't scold me.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)