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

"This must be done in accordance with regulations."

Jia Zheng also felt that there was little hope. If the prisoner was left outside for a long time, something might happen easily.

"Brothers, please take the others back first..."

"grown ups!"

Song He cried hoarsely, but Jia Zheng had already made his decision.

"Bring the prisoner back. If any of the villagers are willing to stay and continue searching for him, I'll treat him to wine and food."

His decision to continue searching for someone was a private matter, and of course he had to pay something.

At this time, the team looking for people has expanded to a hundred people. Even if the prisoners who "replace themselves with labor" leave, there will still be enough people left.

After Jia Zheng's order was issued, everyone cheered. Except for a few people who were afraid of getting into trouble if they stayed, most of the villagers stayed.

Song He could no longer stay. He would have been released from prison after completing this year's hard labor. If you insist on staying now, it will only increase the deadline. This means that all the hard work in the past period has been in vain.

Several prisoners he was friends with kept urging him, and Song He had no choice but to follow him.

The people who stayed behind worked hard with Jia Zheng until midnight, but still couldn't find anyone.

Jia Zheng had no choice but to continue working tomorrow. He could no longer ask the villagers to follow him all night to find someone.

Seeing that everyone was very tired and inefficient in their work, Jia Zheng could only end the search.

"Now that things have happened, everyone has done their best. It can be said that they have a clear conscience. Everyone has worked hard for a day and it's time to go back and rest."

He asked people to distribute the wine and meat he bought one by one. After seeing everyone off, he could only sigh as he looked at the dark river.

The river water is not just what it looks like on the surface, there may be many secret whirlpools hidden at the bottom of the river.

Jia Zheng spent dozens of taels of silver looking for someone this time, but he couldn't find anyone, so he had to go back.

He was so sad that he didn't even write a diary.

But Song He, who followed the government officials back, was found alone, and finally returned at dawn, wounded.

His dagger is missing.

Song He, who was nestled in the straw pile in his cell, spent a sleepless night watching the sky get brighter. He didn't wait until Li Keba returned, and his eyes finally turned dark.

The next day, Jia Zheng asked his cronies to continue searching along the river. He came to Song He and wanted to tell him some news.

"Harm! Master, don't take it to heart. We are just a cheap life, and we will die sooner or later. It is a good thing that he dies early and is freed early."

Song He was already very calm, and when he talked about Li Keba, he no longer looked sad.

I also found another partner for lunch, and seemed to have forgotten about Li Keba, who followed him and depended on him for life.

Jia Zheng looked at his eyes with old scars and was speechless.

When he came to build the river embankment, he naturally couldn't just focus on the river. He also knew the people who built the river embankments one by one.

Generally speaking, prisoners serving river service are the ones who get into the most trouble. Usually if you bring a team out, they will all die in one day.

Even if nothing unexpected happens, this group of people will not move unless they are whipped, so they are the most difficult to control.

These things changed after Song He came.

Although Song He is a prisoner, capable people are needed everywhere. Jia Zheng knew that he was valued by the county captain Zhao, who was in charge of river construction and was more useful than ordinary government servants.

The punishments and crimes here are different from what they are now, and it only matters whether the victims are pursued or not.

When many people die, they will become headless cases.

In an era without surveillance, many of the most vicious people who committed murder were living happily outside.

Human life is like grass. Except for local officials who would pay attention to their lives and deaths because of their performance, most people died silently.

And the local officials will only take care of the farmers who have land, and no one will take care of the homeless people who have no property or jobs.

Therefore, Jia Zheng always felt that Song He, who started to act chivalrously and mind other people's business after reading a few novels and hearing a few stories, was a good man.

He originally wanted to fund him. He needs a lot of talent, especially good men with natural leadership skills.

Jia Zheng tried it out and found out that Song He was a talented general. If good luck meets a Bole to help him, he may be able to create a general who will go down in history.

However, for such a good man, it is more important to look at his character. Jia Zheng was a little disappointed, so he decided to take another look.

Go ahead and take a look.

This day, nothing was achieved again. Everyone knew that there was no hope of saving Li Keba.

Jia Zheng's work is still being carried out step by step. The waterwheel conveyor belt still lacks some things, but one wheelbarrow has been built and is ready for trial operation.

On this day, Jia Zheng still sent his cronies to find Midnight. It was another day without writing a diary.

He didn't know that because of his interruption, the emperor, who was already very suspicious, was very angry. Therefore, on the same day, the court officials were arrested and scolded for no reason.

The next day, after discovering that Jia Zheng continued to interrupt updates, he called Jia She over to scold him.

So everyone knew that the emperor was going to cause trouble for the noble families.

There are many stories about the young masters and brothers from the ginseng family doing evil things. The civil servants regarded this as a prelude to the confrontation between the emperor and the emperor, and they all became excited to see what would happen next.

Not only the emperor was tired of having two days in the sky, but they, the ministers, also looked forward to having only one sun left!

Song He, who was far away in Lu Di, finally turned his eyes to blood after another sleepless night.

"Brother Song, it's time to make a decision! If you miss the opportunity again, don't say that Mr. Zhao doesn't give you a chance."

Before leaving the prison, Chen San, who had been in prison for two days, came over to give him a warning. Completely ignoring Huang Ya, the old yamen officer was right next to the door and looked at him.

"Ha! You guys are worthless too."

Song He lowered his head and walked out of the cell door. The morning light outside was only slightly bright, but he felt it was dazzling.

He is no longer Song Jiang, and he will never dream of Song Jiang again.

Chen San didn't care at all, put the poisoned dagger into Song He's arms and left quickly.

Song He looked back and saw the old government officer in front of the door hiding away.

"I don't know anything, I haven't seen anything!"

"laugh!"

Song He slowly put the dagger into his arms. The cover of the dagger was sewn for him by Li Keba, and that was all he could think about.

"Please help me... If Xiao Li'er is found, if he is really dead, help me bury him in a good place."

The old yamen officer nodded and agreed. The murderer was going to commit suicide anyway, so what if he agreed? Maybe these two brothers with different surnames will die together.

Today the waterwheel conveyor belt will be completed, and the wheelbarrow is also being added.

Jia Zheng watched the migrant workers making primitive adhesives and started thinking about making cement when Song He came over.

"My lord, is there any news about my brother?"

"Not yet. Sometimes, no news is good news. Maybe he has been rescued without us knowing."