The candlelight flickered and the figures looked longingly. There was deathly silence in the cabin, and the cold light reflected from the iron bars penetrated deep into my heart. Ran Zhongshi frowned. He really didn't expect that Liang Qu would bring them such explosive bad news. "Give me the candle." Liang Qu handed over the candlestick. Ran Zhongshi wrapped the light and approached the iron cage, dispelling the darkness in the cage. The mossy hay was spread in the corner, and Cheng Chong was lying on it, with his back slightly hunched and his hair gray. He looked like an old jackal who had been driven out of his group in the wilderness and was wandering hungry. His orbital bones were sharply exposed. "how old?" "Fifty to six." "Extremely old."
"When we first saw him, he was muscular and had jet black hair. Maybe his Dantian was broken and his heart energy was leaking. He became like this in less than a day." "Apart from oral statements, is there any other evidence?" "Yes." Liang Qu took out an account book from his arms, "I asked the Shahe Gang to submit all of Cheng Chong's recent daily life records and activities. I took the time to read through it and found that Cheng Chong had gone to the black market to buy twenty-six dollars a month ago. The roots of water give rise to trees. This wood is tenacious. It will grow when it comes into contact with rocks and swell when it comes into contact with water. Once it has passed its twenty-day incubation period, it will expand rapidly and can reach hundreds of times its original volume in two days. Apart from this feature, there is nothing special about it. . Calculating the time, Cheng Chong should have used this method to destroy the Qiugong embankment and plant the seeds inside the embankment when the heavy rain came. We only need to send people to explore the remaining traces on Qiugong Embankment and check whether there are corresponding plant roots in the stones and whether they are consistent with signs of swelling. That is the physical evidence. " "Where are the people in the Hydrographic Institute? What happened to the Shui Ze Monument? Did he destroy it afterwards?" "These three points are not clear for the time being. He may be dead, or he may be absconding out of fear of crime. I suspect that the Shui Ze Monument was also tampered with early in the morning. It was already cracked internally on the day of the heavy rain. With the skills of a martial artist, it is not difficult to damage the internal parts by beating a cow across the mountain." After a long silence, Ran Zhongshi sighed. "Does Wei Shao know?" Liang Qu shook his head: "I don't know at the moment. I told everyone in the Guosha River Gang to keep it secret." Xiang Fangsu asked: "Can you trust the Shahe Gang's promise?" Liang Guangchang: "Cheng Chong destroyed Qiugong Embankment by himself. Whether the Shahe Gang did a clean job and whether they can be treated leniently depends on whether they helped capture Cheng Chong. But whether they caught him or not doesn’t count. They relied on my oral judgment. On this point, I think they are worthy of trust. " Wei Shao didn't know the inside story and would not take the initiative to intimidate or induce him. In other words, the life and death of the entire Shahe Gang rests in the hands of Liang Qu alone. Therefore, Liang Qu gave an order, and the entire Shahe Gang spared no effort to deploy boats for rescue, which was much more effective than pure force as a deterrent. Xiang Fangsu nodded: "You know the current affairs." "That's so fucked up!" Ke Wenbin scratched his hair until it hurt at the roots. "Aren't Kaiyun and Yipeng just unlucky people? Didn't you tell me earlier that they had an illegitimate child?"
A mistake is a mistake, no matter how you make it. When the Qiugong Embankment collapsed, Hebo not only had to shoulder the blame, but Xu Yuelong and his family also had to shoulder the blame. "At least Wei Lin doesn't know about it and can't make a fuss about it. Ah Shui bought us a time difference. It's a blessing in misfortune." Ran Zhongshi's eyes were dark, and Cheng Chong was lying motionless in the corner, not like a person pretending to be asleep. Liang Qu asked: "What should we do now?" "Immediately notify the claim and report it to the court. Let Kaiyun and Yipeng go to Huaiyin Mansion to confess their guilt first, and then go all the way to South Zhili to strive for leniency. Counting the time, the building boat is on the way. Wen Bin, please take out two empty boats and take the people back the same way. Send this person over first and let Brother Yue Long make the decision. In addition, let the people from the Sanfa Department verify the true cause of the dam collapse as soon as possible and extract the physical evidence. " The matter was urgent. Ke Wenbin had no objection and turned around and went out to deploy the ship. Several people returned to the deck. Several military men carried the iron cage onto the official boat of the river bank. The night was shrouded in darkness and did not attract too many people's attention. After the handover was completed, Liang Qu saw Cheng Chong being sent into the cabin with his own eyes and felt relieved. Okay, now no matter whether Cheng Chong committed suicide or was murdered, any accident had nothing to do with him. The person responsible was transferred to Ke Wenbin. There are still supplies on the ship that need to be emptied. Taking advantage of this time, everyone returned to the cabin to study the sand table. Liang Qu explained the functions of the four-color flags and their respective meanings. Ran Zhongshi leaned over: "Are the contents of the sand table accurate?" Liang Qu took out a few albums from the drawer: "The terrain is 70% accurate. I made it based on the Kan map. The disaster situation is 95% accurate. I think the markings are correct. In addition, I planned several suitable disaster relief routes based on the location of each relief point and the distribution trend of the disaster area, the scale of ship transportation, and the terrain and river channels, so as to save manpower and material resources as much as possible and improve efficiency. " The three of them took the album and looked through it, becoming more and more frightened. In this way, Liang Qu completed most of the three main tasks assigned by Yue Long! Unbelievable, how many days has it been since the embankment collapsed to today? Excluding traveling and information transmission, it was completely a bad hand that played the best effect and recovered the losses to a great extent. A wise man appears and a red dragon appears. This situation, combined with Qiu Gong's matter, is really impressive! Ran Zhongshi said hello repeatedly, put away the album, and said with piercing eyes: "Brother Yue Long did not see the wrong person!" "By luck, the leader of the Shahe Gang, Cheng Chong, died on his own, otherwise I wouldn't have been so successful." Cheng Chong's behavior happened to bring the entire Shahe Gang and Liang Qu together, providing great help in borrowing boats and arresting people. To say that he was lucky is not an exaggeration. "Thank you for your hard work. Leave the rest to us. Have a good rest. We have built a camp near Qiugong Dike. You can go there tomorrow."
Liang Qu did not refuse. Several basic issues were resolved. He could not help much by staying here. In the night. Two boats left one after another. The Shahe Gang fleet led by Lao Song merged with the official boats of the Hebo Office and rushed to the next town. With the help of Ran Zhongshi, Liang Qu was finally able to put aside his worries and have a good sleep. The sixth day of the Qiugong Dike breach. The sky that had been cloudy for several days was completely clear. Ten thousand rays of sunlight pierced through the clouds, casting changing light and shadows on the vast Hongze. In the evening. Liang Qu was full of energy and took a boat back to Qiugong Dike. The embankment was incomplete, yellow water was everywhere, and the scene was devastated. The Black Water River rushed all the way here, fighting against the embankment under the encouragement of the howling southeast wind, and the splashing water fell like rain. Ordinary people on the dike, against the wind and the trend, can hardly stand steadily. On the open space on the right side of the dike, there are heavy white tents, and Yu Dayi and Xu Yuelong are presiding over the construction on the remaining dike. A large number of stone strips were transported past Liangqu. A tooth groove was chiseled on each stone strip, and iron rivets with large ends and small middle were cast with pig iron, and the iron rivets were the same size as the tooth groove. The craftsmen placed the iron rivets between the tooth grooves and poured mortar made of glutinous rice juice and lime. In this way, the stone strips can be firmly bonded together without leaving any gaps, and the effect of water not being able to splash in and needles not being able to penetrate is completely achieved. Each iron rivet also has the name of the corresponding builder on it, which is convenient for accountability. In fact, there are better materials for building dams, such as lapis lazuli and yellow stone, which are much stronger than ordinary stone strips. As for why they are not used, the reason is very simple - there is no money. Disaster relief costs money, dam repair costs money, and resettlement of disaster victims costs money. Given the current situation in Huazhu County, it is already quite good to be able to raise money to build a dam.