After they were both rescued, they said to the servant: "Hurry up and walk from the cliff to the waterfall. Shopkeeper Zhu and the others have already been rescued and are all there. Let's meet there."

The servant agreed, and Qiu Wuhen continued walking down the cliff.

This time he found another mile or two until he found the barrier lake. Sure enough, just as Qiu Wuhen expected, an obvious barrier lake had been formed here, firmly blocking the water flow.

At this moment, the water has covered one side of the barrier lake, bypassing the slope, and flowing downward. However, due to the collapse of half of the mountain, the barrier lake was blocked, and it has become a small lake.

On the small slope on the other side of the lake, Qiu Qiu Wuhen saw another servant, sitting there helplessly. There was a person lying next to him. Judging from the posture of the man lying down, Qiu Qiu Wuhen judged that the person was dead.

.

They were far away, so Qiu Wuhen was not sure who they were. Because he had not seen clearly who the three saved scholars were before, he could not finally determine who they were.

Qiu Wuhen was worried that it was Mao Jie, because the case he was investigating had already had important clues. Just when he was about to tell the key plot, a flash flood broke out. If he died, the clue would be lost.

Qiu Wuhen judged the speed of the water, took a good breath, jumped into the water, and swam to the other side.

The flood was relatively gentle, and he was almost at the position where the other party came ashore. When he saw Qiu Wuhen swimming over, the servant hurried to the lake. He had already recognized Qiu Wuhen, and he quickly raised his hands and said: "Uncle, my second son

How is he doing?"

"He's fine. He's over there at the waterfall."

Qiu Wuhen stared at the official lying face down. At this moment, he was basically sure from the back that it was really Gao Yang. He was really worried about what he was worried about. He was worried that it was Gao Yang but it was really him. Wouldn't this clue be broken?

Qiu Wuhen was still unwilling to give up hope. He quickly stepped forward and turned the corpse over, grabbed his hand and checked for pulse, trying to see if he could be saved. After checking the pulse, there was no reaction at all.

Further checks on breathing and heartbeat confirmed that he was dead.

Qiu Wuhen saw a lot of foam at the corner of his mouth. He immediately judged that he had drowned and there was still a lot of sediment in his mouth.

The servant was very frightened and said to Qiu Wuhen: "Uncle, I have tried my best. I don't know how I survived. After we were photographed under the water, luckily I took a few deep breaths before filling the water, and then I

Holding my head while holding back, he held one of my arms tightly and refused to let go. I didn't know how to swim at all, so I could only float along the water. When I felt like I was about to die, my hand seemed to catch something.

A tree. I grabbed the branch, then followed the tree and found another tree. Then I finally climbed up along the tree. As a result, he kept holding my hand tightly and waited.

He was dragged ashore and found dead."

Qiu Wuhen nodded, patted him on the shoulder and said: "The same is true for them. Fortunately, everyone is safe. Only Mr. Gao, he has been in the water for too long. He can't compare with you. If you can survive,

It's a blessing. Don't be sad, I'll transport his body over and meet you and the others."

Qiu Wuhen first dragged Gao Yang's body to the other side of the bank, and then his servants carried Gao Yang's body and followed Qiu Wuhen back to the waterfall.

The three officials and three servants on the other side also went upstream and tried their best to get to the waterfall.

After a group of people gathered together, several officials saw that Gao Yang was actually dead. They were chatting and laughing half an hour ago, but they didn't expect that now the yin and the yang were separated. They all lamented the impermanence of things in the world, especially the fragility of life in the face of nature.

Life is as small as morning dew, it will be lost in an instant.

Gao Yang had a good relationship with Mao Jie, and he shed tears sadly.

Everyone also sighed, thinking of the narrow escape just now. If it weren't for Qiu Wuhen, there probably wouldn't be many people alive here. Everyone stepped forward to thank Qiu Wuhen.

After a while, Tang Yan said: "How could there be such a big flood all of a sudden? I don't think it rained much."

Qiu Wuhen said: "It must have been heavy rain upstream that caused such a huge flood. It was also because the rain here was too light, so we were not alert. However, this kind of thing is really difficult to prevent. Many people died in flash floods."

, it happened suddenly, there was no time to escape, the hill was washed away by the flash flood. Fortunately for us, there was a cliff next to the waterfall, the water flow was relatively slow, and there were vines on both sides of the cliff, so we were just in time when the flash flood broke out

Still hiding in the cave, this made for a smooth escape this time, and it was only through the concerted efforts of everyone."

Zhu Qi said to Qiu Wuhen, "What should we do now?"

"Let's go back first. I want to continue investigating this case and find out what's going on? It's a pity that Mao Jie is dead. There were important clues and we could continue to follow him, but now he is dead. This

The clues are gone as soon as I go down. I don’t even know how to investigate further?”

Zhu Qi looked up at the sky and said worriedly: "Boss, we'd better dry all our clothes before leaving."

Qiu Wuhen looked at the top of his head, seeing dark clouds looming over him. He knew that Zhu Qiyu had been pampered since he was a child, and it was natural that wet clothes would be uncomfortable to wear at this time. However, when he thought about it, other than himself, this group of people also knew some water-based people, but he had already saved many people just now.

Although there was a medicine gourd to help, I was afraid that it would be too much to bear once again, and no one was familiar with this place, so he said: "It is estimated that there will be another heavy rain. We have lost all our things and have nothing. You can throw it away

It’s dried out and it doesn’t get wet again on the road, so it’s better to just leave it like this, since it’s summer anyway.”

Everyone else agreed. Except for Tang Yan, who did not know the true identity of Shopkeeper Zhu, she was naturally not afraid. They just felt that what the savior in front of her said was reasonable and it was best to leave this dangerous place as soon as possible.

Although Zhu Qi was a prince, he had no pretensions, and after thinking about it, he felt that Qiu Wuhen's words were reasonable, so he followed Qiu Wuhen's opinion and immediately nodded in agreement.

The servant then found two branches, made a simple stretcher, tied the body to the stretcher and carried it forward.

Zhu Qi deliberately fell behind, beckoning Qiu Wuhen to distance himself slightly from the others. Qiu Wuhen said to Zhu Qi: "Second brother, since you asked our Jinyi Guards to investigate this case, you have to follow

Let me tell you the truth, which involves the truth of this case."

"good."

"Tell me first, what is your relationship with Mao Jie? Why did he spend money in your name to invite these eighth- and ninth-grade officials to accompany you to visit Beitie Mountain?"

Zhu Qi smiled and said: "You have a very poisonous eye. You can see that I have a relationship with him. Yes, there is no special relationship. It's just that his uncle is an attendant of my palace, and he comes to

He has been in the palace for many years and has some merit. So he got to know me through his uncle's relationship. After all, he is also an official. He often sends things to my family and visits me during holidays. "

"It was he who told me this time that you have a very outstanding person here. The two people you taught were able to pass the third and seventh place in the college examination, and you also became the eldest daughter of the prefect.

Teacher, and taught her calligraphy. In the words of Master Tang, your calligraphy is the best in the world. This immediately aroused my curiosity, so I wanted to come and have a look."

Qiu Wuhen did not expect this to happen, and couldn't help but said: "So, the purpose of your coming to Chaoran Town is not to make friends, but to come to me?"

"Yes, that's right."

"That means it was not your idea to spend money to invite them to a banquet and come to Beitie Mountain with them."

"This has been mentioned before. It was not my idea, it was Mao Jie's own idea."

"Since you never asked Mao Jie to pay for them to come to Bei Tie Mountain, why would Mao Jie pay for them himself? From your point of view, you must be disdainful of dealing with these people, you majestic prince

, as long as you reveal it, let alone these people, I am afraid that the Yunduan County magistrate and others will surround you, and they will not be able to blast you. You can't find any kind of literati, why are you looking for such a few crooked melons and dates?

I feel a little strange."

Zhu Qi smiled and said: "To be honest, I also feel a little strange, because I didn't ask him to help me find any fellow practitioners to learn calligraphy. I have heard that there is a mountain of stele posts. You give Wen Jiang

The copybook written by the daughter of the prefect of Yamen is really shocking. She shows it off everywhere to make you famous, so I know it. In fact, the main reason for coming here is to pay you a visit and see what kind of person you are.

?How can you write such a good copybook?"

Qiu Wuhen said: "Then this means that inviting these people to drink with you and accompany you to Beitie Mountain was entirely Mao Jie's personal idea. You didn't ask for it?"

"Of course I don't. As you said, my majestic prince is not willing to invite a few sesame officials to play with me. To be honest, I really don't like it, let alone pay for it. That is simply too much.

Ridiculous."

Qiu Wuhen said: "That's right. In that case, if Mao Jie is not trying to flatter Mao Jie, then he has an ulterior motive. But what purpose can he have? Prince, can you help me think about it?

?”

Zhu Qi was stunned for a moment: "What other purpose? What purpose could he have? It's just to flatter me, and I'll slap him on the horse's legs."

"I don't think so, because he knows that you are the prince, and he also knows that you don't even bother to make friends with these little sesame officials of the eighth or ninth grade, and their calligraphy is not special. Your purpose is just to come to me, so why bring them

Call them in? He even spent money to call them in. Don’t you think this is a bit strange, my lord?”

Zhu Qi didn't think anything at first, but after hearing Qiu Wuhen's analysis, he seemed to realize something was wrong. He thought for a while, nodded and said: "Yes, you are right, this does make people feel very strange.

Why is this so?"
Chapter completed!