Going through the Red Mansions quickly means going against the system.

"what?!"

Song He was shocked. He quickly ran towards the river, pushing away the onlookers and going into the river to save people.

"Don't, don't go! The river is strong and he has already drowned."

Several brothers who were good friends with Song He quickly stopped him and let him cry crazily by the river without letting go.

"Brother Song, this place is no different from other places. It happens to be the most dangerous place in the river. We just narrowed the river due to the dog officer's idea. I'm afraid it's ten thousand times more dangerous than before. People have drowned before. If you go down, it won't be in vain. A life?"

"That's right, that's right! Brother Song, look at it openly. This is also Brother Li's fate."

Everyone tried to comfort Song He, but Song He felt like the world was spinning. The faces of the people around him were dim, like ghosts crawling out of the underworld, making life feel chilly.

"It's time to take revenge on Jia..."

Someone whispered in his ear. Song He raised his head and saw Jia Zheng walking towards him through the gap in the crowd. Then, the dagger on his waist was stuffed into his hand.

"It'll be fine if you take revenge. It's all this person's fault..."

Jia Zheng was unaware of the rough waves here.

Only then did he find Huang Ya, the old yamen official who was supervising the yamen, and asked about the situation.

The old Yacha had a sad look on his face, opened his mouth and sighed: "The one who fell into the water was an orphan prisoner, twelve or thirteen years old. He had never had enough to eat before, but the adults came, and he only lived like a human for two days!"

"Why did you become a criminal at such a young age? What is the crime?"

Jia Zheng also frowned. Before he came, there were always deaths and the loss of personnel was too great.

Jia Zheng couldn't bear it, so he tried to change the river workers' food, but he still couldn't prevent the tragedy.

"Master, don't worry, this is already very good. Compared with the number of people who died in the past, people today have hope."

The old government officer was used to seeing life and death, so he wasn't too surprised. Building river embankments is the hardest job, so there is a saying that one year of hard labor is exempt from prison for two years.

These prisoners just want to fight for one year and save two years in prison. However, this work is really costing their lives.

In the five or six years since the old government officer came here, more people had died than in the vegetable market, so he had already persuaded Song He and the two of them.

But the two brats had their own ideas, and Song He was afraid of delaying Li Keba, so he came to try. However, he didn't want to, so he decided to kill the brat.

Li Qiba had a sweet talk and had already won over the old yamen official. He built a bridge in the middle so that both sides could live in peace, and this happened unexpectedly.

The old government servant is also worried that Song He, who has lost his ties, will turn into a man-eating tiger and become even more difficult to watch over in the future.

When the Yamen official told Li Keba's situation, Jia Zheng knew that the child was just an implicated person, and he felt no regrets. Looking at a group of river workers approaching, he gave the order.

"Since I came here, there have been no accidental deaths, which is also my merit. Now that this child has met with misfortune, I want to see people when he is alive and his body when he dies. We Lu are looking for fallen leaves to return to their roots, so the river workers have a rest today. , let’s go to the lower reaches of the river to look for the children.”

Jia Zheng remembered that the water level below was not very high. He wanted to narrow the river channel firstly to install equipment and secondly to impact the river sand, so he looked for a place based on the topography.

The river below is wider, and now that there is a drought, the amount of water is already small. Maybe the child is lucky enough to survive!

"Let's look for it! Try to look for it first. If we can save it, we can build a seven-level pagoda."

Cheng Rixing and Zhan Guang immediately praised Jia Zheng for his compassion. The river workers also looked at each other, a little surprised.

"This is against the rules! Now that we have started working, there is no need to stop work."

A Yamen servant said that he really felt that Jia Zheng did not look like an official and was making too much fuss.

"Master Zhao definitely disagrees..."

"Master Zhao is not here, isn't he? Now I am the highest officer here, and I have the final say. Hurry up! The child has just fallen into the water not long ago, maybe he can be saved."

Jia Zheng said no more and decided to take the lead and go look for it first. Suddenly, he saw a tall, dark, strong man in the crowd, and he knelt down with a grateful pop.

"Thank you, Mr. Qingtian, for saving my life!"

Song He quickly knelt down and kowtowed with a bang. Those who were friends with him immediately knelt down and kowtowed to thank Jia Zheng.

"Needless to say, it's still important to find someone. But just look for today. If you can't find someone tomorrow, you can't complain."

As soon as Jia Zheng looked at them, he knew that they were the child's relatives and friends. Seeing that there were government officials, he still wanted to stop them, so he could only glare at them to show his official power.

"Hurry up! If anything happens, I'll take care of it. I'll take care of Mr. Zhao and Mr. Li."

After Jia Zheng urged again and again, everyone started to take action. They immediately started fishing along the river, but only some old bones were recovered.

"This river cannibalism is no joke."

Some people sighed quietly, not giving up hope. There are also people who treat searching for people as something they can do to be lazy, and follow the crowd leisurely.

Song He saw all this and touched the dagger in his arms without saying anything. This is Jianghu, and the loyalty he had longed for in his youth collapsed once again.

Jia Zheng, Zhan Guang and others found the vein map of the river and tried to find the whereabouts of the child.

Based on the knowledge he learned in his previous life, Jia Zheng looked at the flow speed of the river and deduced on paper where the child would be washed away, and then asked someone to ride a horse directly to the target point to wait for salvage.

Even with such hard work, everyone found no one at dusk.

"Sir, forget it! The time has come. Mr. Zhao will count the number of prisoners later. We should drive them back."

The old yamen servant came to pass the message, and other yamen servants also gathered together, planning to stop work and drive people away.

Jia Zheng also knows that finding these times is enough. The golden time to save people has passed, and the chances will only become slimmer.

The prisoner's affairs are the business of Mr. Zhao, the county magistrate. The county magistrate is not as good as taking charge now. Such a small official is less afraid of him and more troublesome. Jia Zheng does not want to offend him.

"My lord! My lord, let's look for it again!"

Song He, who was the most sad and tired, heard the news as soon as he came back and couldn't help but kneel down in front of Jia Zheng.

His muscles were shaking from genuine overwork. The more hopes there are, the more disappointments there are. But no matter how long he couldn't hold on, he hoped that Jia Zheng would wait a little longer.

Although Li Keba was not his biological brother, he was closer than his biological brother. If the person or the body cannot be found, how will he see his brothers in the underworld after he dies?

"Xiao Li can't be a lonely ghost!"

"You can't see clearly, and you're still looking for it? You're just trying to escape from prison, right?"

One of the yamen officials said angrily that they had been helping to search for him all afternoon and were already exhausted both mentally and physically and wanted to go back and rest.

"That's right! Wait until it gets dark. The river is already dangerous. If one more person dies, won't we be compensated?"

"What if a drowned ghost comes looking for a substitute?"

Thinking of the nameless bones they found during the day, the villagers who helped find them were not happy either.

In the beginning, everyone wanted to do good and had motivation. Now that there is little hope, he is backing down again.

Jia Zheng couldn't help but sigh. If they were all ordinary people, it would be fine, and if they stayed, they would stay. But there are prisoners here...