After being reborn, she became the richest man without being a queen

Chapter 185 Inquiry
This search lasted for five days.

And Shen Qingling really saw some clues.

Every evening, many young people would appear on the river bank in groups, each of them carrying something like a big iron rod in their hands.

Once they find that no one is paying attention to them, they will plunge the big iron rod into the river bed or the bottom of the water, stir it a few times and then lift it up, then put the rod in the hemp bag and shake it twice, and so on.

"What are these people doing?" Ren Shaochun was very puzzled.

Wu Wei didn't know either, so he shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it before, what kind of work is this?"

Shen Qingling vaguely guessed something, but right now they are too far apart, they can't see what those people are holding, and can't hear what they are saying, so naturally they can't be sure.

"I'll go over and have a look, you guys are waiting for me here." Shen Qingling patted Ren Shaochun on the shoulder, signaling Ren Shaochun to keep an eye on Wu Wen.

However, before Shen Qingling approached, several burly men gathered together with axes, they raised their hands and waved at Shen Qingling, signaling Shen Qingling to get away.

Those young people also looked very scared, they packed up the guys one after another, and walked to the other side.

"What's the matter? Why are they running away in fear?" Ren Shaochun hurried over, and stretched his arms to protect Shen Qingling.

Wu Wen also followed, and said in a low voice, "I'm afraid this group of people are local snakes, and they are not easy to mess with. Let's retreat first, even a strong dragon can't suppress the local snakes."

Shen Qingling hummed, turned around and walked towards the city together with them, and only when they were far away did she speak out her guess: "They are washing the sand."

"Sand washing?!" Wu Wen was startled, swallowed his saliva, and tremblingly said: "Have these people eaten the courage of the bears and leopards, and dare to wash the sand in broad daylight!"

"Yes, this is probably their plan." Shen Qingling took a deep breath and said, "Private sand washing has been banned seven years ago, but I just saw that on the sticks in their hands, There is a lot of iron sand on it..."

What does this mean?
This shows that the management of the government is getting looser, or they are guarding themselves and stealing, and they don't care about those who destroy the riverbed at all.

"I don't know how long they have been implementing this plan." Reminiscing about the days of the Tianri Sect's development, Shen Qingling couldn't help but feel a shivers down her spine, "If the dams are damaged, the riverbed collapses, and the Yellow River floods again...then life will be devastated ah……"

"We should go to the government office to confirm, what if they are just negligent?" Ren Shaochun said seriously.

But Wu Wen smiled, shook his head and said, "This group of people can be so rampant, either because the government doesn't dare to control it, or the government stretches out its hand, and the interests are related, so it can't be controlled. Could it be that you really think there can be negligence under your nose? That's all bluffing."

Ren Shaochun glared at Wu Wen, "It's just that there are more officials like you, and the lives of ordinary people will be hard! When the Yellow River breaks its embankment, who can escape?!"

Shen Qingling signaled them to stop arguing, then pointed to the group of people who had gone away, and said: "Let's follow and have a look."

Fortunately, there are a lot of woods by the river bank, Shen Qingling and the others were not found hidden in the woods, but they were still far away, so they couldn't hear what those people were talking about.

As we walked, it was getting dark.

Those burly-faced men escorted the pedestrians to the mouth of the mountain pass, turned around a few times, and came to a large courtyard.They sent people into the yard, but they turned their heads and walked on.

"There are a lot of guards." Wu Wen pointed to the patrolling guards walking back and forth outside the courtyard, and said, "Could it be possible that some great person lives in such a ghostly place?"

"You guys make some noise this time to attract their attention, I'll go in and take a look while we're in the middle of the chaos." After Shen Qingling finished speaking, she turned her head and hid in another bush.

There was no other way, Ren Shaochun and Wu Wen could only stand up abruptly, first took turns to throw stones at the place where the group of guards were standing, then cursed a few times, turned around and ran away.

When the guards saw someone provoking, of course they rushed over immediately, but this group of people rushed back, and they knew how to stay in place to guard, and they were very vigilant.

Shen Qingling bypassed the sight of these guards, and walked into the garden.

As seen from the outside, the inside of the garden is also very pleasant, avoiding the sight of the servants in the garden all the way, Shen Qingling finally came to a small three-story attic.

Not for anything else, just because she saw the people she had seen by the river come in here.

"How much did you touch today?"

People in the attic are talking.

Another person replied: "Not much, halfway through, I met a woman who wanted to get close to us, and the elders thought it was inappropriate, so they drove us back."

The person who asked the question earlier sighed, and complained: "Why don't you know how to poke twice more, touch your hands twice before returning? At least touch half a bag."

"The elders didn't let us stay for a long time, maybe because they were afraid that that woman might have ghosts."

Under the eaves, Shen Qingling lightly pierced the paper on the window with her hand, looked around, and indeed saw that one of them was the young man she met on the other side of the river earlier.

The man said with a sullen face, "Don't even think about it, we can't complete the task. I heard that the neighbor next door died of exhaustion yesterday. We will be exhausted to death, and we won't be able to escape."

The man next to him shrugged and said unwillingly: "Don't say such bad words, if you really want to die of exhaustion, that's a matter of the future. Can't we have something to look forward to now?"

The two of them talked, got up and sat down at the table, and began to drink one cup after another.

Seeing that they were almost done drinking, Shen Qingling gently pushed open the door and tiptoed into the room.

Unexpectedly, the young man was quite awake. He raised his head when he heard the movement, pointed at Shen Qingling, and asked, "Who are you? What are you doing here? If you move again, I will call someone!"

But before he could say another word, he fell on the table with a bang, snoring loudly.

Shen Qingling quickly walked over, among those who grabbed him, asked: "Who are you?"

Maybe it's because Shen Qingling's hands are too ruthless, maybe it's because the man is not very drunk in the first place.

After pinching a few times, the man woke up and realized that he was being held hostage. He said tremblingly, "My name is Feng Chen. I was arrested by outsiders. I have never done anything wrong! Good man, spare me!" !"

"Didn't you see me during the day? I came to save you, not to harm you." Shen Qingling squeezed his chin, forcing him to look at herself.

The man's drunkenness was fully awakened at this moment, he opened his mouth slightly, recalled it for a while, nodded immediately, and said, "I remember, I remember, man, are you here to save me?!"

"Yes." Shen Qingling let go of him, and stood up straight Shen Qi, "But it depends on whether you are honest or not."

(End of this chapter)