Chapter 25 Exploring
"Yes, I asked that too, guess what he said?"
"What did you say?"
"He said, you don't know about Master Chai. There are so many strange things these days. One crime can be punished in two ways. Why can't a child have two fathers?"
After hearing this, Li Tiedan laughed, "So, he implied me to punish him twice!"
Mr. Chai was so angry that he blew his beard and stared at him, "Sir, this Wang Lao Er is so wild, you can still laugh. If this continues, he will probably not treat you as an adult."
Du Chuan's throat hurt a little today and didn't say much. He laughed when he heard this, "I didn't see that Wang Laoer is so slimming in his head. I guess Huang Banu's face was full of joy after hearing this?"
Master Chai snorted coldly, "This is true. When Huang Ba Nu heard this, she was so happy that she had picked up gold ingots. She would suspect that he was here to deliver the message, so this kid gave me the bamboo tube."
Li Tiedan smiled and said, "Isn't that all the time? If I were like other adults, I would have a stern face, and today the news would be spread. I wonder how much effort would it take."
Master Chai said this in one breath and couldn't help but take another sip of tea, "Sir, okay, seeing that you are so happy today, I won't advise you. What should we do next?"
Li Tiedan smiled and said, "With the news of Wang Laoer, you will stay in the county government office next, and sort out the information about all the missing women in Beiliu County over the past five years. As for Captain Du, he will go with me to inspect the people's conditions after dinner."
When the two of them heard this, they stood up and bowed and replied, "Yes! Sir!"
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The door of Baotong Money House is a five-chamber door. Every day, six doors open like wind blowing window panels. Two doors store items, two doors store gold and silver, and two doors store silver.
A dozen servants, like fleas, jumped up and down, and worked their own business until three o'clock in the afternoon. There were fewer people in front of the door, and they were happy to rest and nap on the counter.
On the left side of this huge door is a small corner door, which is the only corner door for entering this iron bucket mansion. The door is made of unique iron-li wood in Guangxi. The door is one foot thick and there are pulleys placed under the door. Every time it is opened, two great men must work together to push it open.
In addition, there is another door, which is the small door in the house behind the counter where the gold and silver replacement is in charge. The door is more than one foot wide and only allows one person to enter. The door panel is a two-inch thick iron plate, which is hard to hurt.
On the right side of this door is a small alley and a high courtyard wall, all made of black and large bricks, and the mortar is densely grouted. Not to mention the window, there is not even a hole.
There are not many people coming and going in this alley. Looking around, there are only a few naughty boys chasing, two or three old men sitting at the door weaving bamboo utensils, and occasionally one or two young people pass by in a hurry.
But at this moment, two young men wearing straw hats were reluctant to leave for a long time. They seemed to have perspective eyes, staring at the high courtyard wall, and looked at it for a full moment.
"Sir, this eight-female cultivator Huang's courtyard wall is so tall that he is not as good as God's thunder, so he will directly kill him with lightning."
"I think, it's just that God has done too much in recent years, so I can't control him, this bastard. Captain Du, I ask you, can you climb up this courtyard wall with your bare hands?"
Du Chuan looked at the yard wall in front of him and used his eyes to test it. It was probably one head taller than both of him. The wall was smooth and flat, without any effort. The road behind him was just a carriage, and it was impossible to run.
"Sir, if you say it's me, Lao Du, and you want to climb this wall, it's okay, but didn't you say that there are four towers inside, so you can just climb it up, and you can only be used as a living target."
As he said that, his face turned dark, "Sir, you wouldn't let me flip in from here, right?"
Li Tiedan looked at Du Chuan's serious look and couldn't help but smile, "Captain Du, do you know what I like most about you?"
"have no idea."
"Straightforward. Don't worry, I won't let you climb over this wall. I just want to know if we attack, can the people inside escape from these places."
Du Chuan sighed, "Sir, have you said it earlier? I, Lao Du, want to climb up this courtyard wall. That's not a problem, but if it's someone else, it will be very difficult. Then where do you think we'll go and see now?"
Li Tiedan pointed to the end of the alley and said, "Old Du, do you know where is behind this?"
Du Chuan looked over and saw that there was a large hole half a person tall on the broken city wall, and the huge stone bricks were burned black and shiny by tinder oil, as if telling the cruel battle between the county and the bandits.
"It's the city wall. Sir, do you want me to jump off the city wall? This is a way. Just jumping down so high, even if I can't hurt my kung fu, it will expose myself."
Li Tiedan smiled again, "Captain Du, we can also hide in the ground besides flying. I'm asking you what's behind the city wall?"
Du Chuan touched the bearded man, "Sir, I've been busy these days and I haven't had time to reconnaise the surrounding terrain. So, sir, let me tell me, what's behind it?"
"I said it was a river."
"He? I don't believe it."
"Then let's bet a tael of silver."
"Okay, you can't cheat, sir."
After Du Chuan finished speaking, he led the way forward. The two of them passed by several houses with only the old and weak, and came to the big cave. They saw that the stones inside were already shining, and it was obvious that many people were catching up in the road and entering and leaving the county town from here.
Du Chuan picked up his clothes first, wiped the dust from the stone bricks, and then got in. Seeing that the passage was unobstructed, he turned around and asked Li Tiedan to come over.
"Sir, you are so amazing. There is really a one outside. Damn it. If you lead this river and build it into a moat, Beiliu County will not suffer this disaster."
As soon as Li Tiedan got over, he saw a gust of wind blowing in the river, which was very cool. A small river, about two meters wide, came from a distance, but before he could walk far away, it became countless streams again, flowing to the unknown distance.
Next to the river, another canal was opened, seven or eight feet wide and two or three feet long. The clear river water flowed along the canal to the vicinity of the city wall, and penetrated into the ground, not knowing where it flowed.
Li Tiedan did not answer Du Chuan's question, nor did he ask him which one or two to go along the path beside the city wall to the edge of the canal, and measured the distance between the tail of the canal and the city wall with his footsteps, which was about six feet.
He turned around and asked, "Captain Du, how far can you dive in the water?"
Du Chuan followed his father to walk around the world since he was a child, climbing mountains and rivers, climbing trees and climbing walls, and doing everything. The water quality is not ordinary. Crossing the Tuojiang River was the most fun thing I played when I was a child.
"Sir, it depends on the water flow. If it is still water, there is no problem with 17 or 18 zhang. If it is smooth, I will dive for up to 30 zhang at most. If it is against the water, the least 7 or 8 zhang will be."
Li Tiedan thought about it and asked again: "What about those soap clerks today, how far can they dive along the water?"
Du Chuan thought for a while before saying, "Sir, according to your request, I asked Shunshui. Except for Yuan Zilong, everyone else is pretty good, almost twelve feet."
"What if it was drilling into the underground waterway?"
Chapter completed!