The untimely fiance dressed as the heroine

About a quarter of an hour ago, Chu Xi took over the gravel and inspected it, then said to Wen Fei with certainty: "This stone is not right."

Wen Fei was very surprised, and at the same time very pleasantly surprised - she didn't know what Chu Xi had discovered, and she didn't know why a noble girl like her who was raised in a boudoir would discover a flaw that she had never discovered, but since Chu Xi Having said it so firmly, she believed it without hesitation.What's more, she also had doubts about the river embankment, and Chu Xi's words hit the mark.

Wen Fei's eyes lit up twice at that moment, and she glanced at the gravel unconsciously, but unfortunately she still didn't find out what was wrong.So she asked, "What's wrong?"

Chu Xi didn't answer, just handed the broken stone under Wen Fei's nose, and said to her, "Just smell it and see."

Wen Fei sniffed it carefully, but unfortunately, except for the smell of the stone itself and a little bit of water vapor, it smelled almost nothing.It was the faint smell of gunpowder, which seemed to be her illusion, so in the end she hesitated and shook her head at Chu Xi.

Chu Xi was not disappointed when she saw this, but directly gave the answer: "There is a residual smell of gun|powder on this."

Outsiders don't know, but most of the Chu family members are born with a keen sense of smell that is different from ordinary people.Like Chu Xi, or Chu Min, it's the same... The last time Wen Fei secretly used powder to cover the dark circles under his eyes, it was because the two of them had a keen sense of smell that they discovered the clue at the first time, and even had a misunderstanding.Otherwise, it would be impossible for a normal person to easily smell the little powder that Wen Fei is currently using.

Wen Fei didn't know this, so after hearing Chu Xi's words, he didn't understand, and thought for a while and replied: "But this stone was exploded by gunpowder, so it's normal to have some smell left on it?"

But Chu Xi shook his head again and said: "It's not normal, the residual gun|powder smell is too strong."

Half a month had passed since the river embankment burst, not to mention that the rock had been drenched in rain or soaked in water for a long time after the embankment burst. The flood water on the day of the embankment breach alone was enough to dispel the smell of gunpowder.The little bit of residual smell may be difficult for Wen Fei to distinguish, but for someone like Chu Xi who has a keen sense of smell, it is very easy to distinguish the difference.

Fortunately, Wen Fei's nose is not good, but his brain is not slow, and he quickly reacted: "You mean this stone was moved over later? But the gaps in the river embankment are also traces like this. Could it be that the entire river embankment has been rebuilt Fraud?"

Not to mention the issue of time, just thinking about the amount of work, Wen Fei would be speechless - after all, this is a purely artificial construction of ancient times!

Chu Xi didn't take it seriously when she heard the words. After all, she was of high background and knowledgeable, and she had seen many methods of fraud.No matter how exquisite things are, they can make fake ones, not to mention it's just a river embankment. What can't be done with enough manpower and material resources?

The two discussed it, and Chu Xi was sure that the gravel must have been moved backwards. Judging by the breath, it seemed to have been soaked in the water for a few days-if it was soaked for another month, there would be nothing when the court sent someone to come. There was a hole—so she guessed that soon after the embankment broke, someone would deal with that section of the embankment.It's just that the flood hadn't receded at that time, so it was obviously a lot of risk to deal with it, and no one knew what the specific effect would be.

In this way, it seems to make sense that Mr. Luo Fu hurried out of the city yesterday to see the gap in the river embankment.He just wanted to see the live effect!But everything is just Wen Fei's speculation and conjecture, without any real evidence.

"You want real evidence?" Chu Xi asked Wen Fei, rubbing the gravel in his hand.

Wen Fei nodded and said as a matter of course: "Naturally, there must be real evidence, otherwise how can we bring people to justice? And if the matter is not investigated, how will I know what the other party has done and how many people are involved?"

This is very reasonable. Wen Fei, who traveled through the legal society, still believes in his heart that evidence speaks for everything.But when Chu Xi heard this, she gave her a weird look, and suddenly said without thinking: "Sure enough, the rumors cannot be trusted."

Wen Fei was stunned by what she said, and then quickly realized that this was the former little general's fault.She was born rich, and grew up to have a smooth journey, so she developed a naturally proud temperament.He once had a quarrel with his life because of a trivial matter, so he drew his sword and killed someone without saying a word.In the end, the emperor was kind to her. The method was to find evidence that the deceased had violated the law, proving that the other party was enough to be sentenced to death, so as to prove the justice of the little general and clean her up.

Of course, a lesson afterwards is indispensable.The truth of the matter has not been completely covered up, at least everyone who should know knows it.The Chu family is no exception, so they stamped Wen Fei with recklessness and violence in their hearts a long time ago.

Wen Fei felt wronged, but it was indeed the little general who did it, and she couldn't refute it.In the end, she had no choice but to say: "It's not all rumors. I used to be young and frivolous, but now I understand that the law is strict."

Chu Xi smiled and didn't mention anything about the past, just said: "Since you want evidence, let's find evidence."

So the two rode out of the city.

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After running along the river embankment for a quarter of an hour, the two of them reined in their horses until they were far enough away from Jiangzhou City and the pier.

Wen Fei jumped off the horse first, and then subconsciously stretched out his hand, intending to help Chu Xi off the horse.Chu Xi on the horse also completely ignored the fact that she actually knew how to ride a horse at this moment, and naturally put her hand in Wen Fei's, and calmly dismounted with her strength.

The clasped hands were slightly closed, but they were still loosened. Wen Fei turned his eyes to look at the flat river embankment ahead: "This river embankment is also made of bluestone, and it seems to be well repaired."

Chu Xi's eyes paused for a moment on her loosened hand, and then moved away: "Okay, I have to read it before we talk."

As she said this, she took a step forward and quickly climbed up the towering embankment.Wen Fei followed closely behind and chased after him, but saw Chu Xi walk to the river embankment and look down, and suddenly his body wobbled and took two steps back.

Wen Fei was startled, and quickly stepped forward to support her, and asked, "What's wrong?"

As she asked, she lowered her eyes and looked down the river embankment.The other hand was all on the hilt of the sword, but there was nothing wrong with the sparkling water under the river embankment—there were no disgusting floating corpses, nor dangerous water snakes, and I didn't know what was threatening. Arrived at Chu Xi?Maybe she was a beat too late and missed it, so she cast doubtful and questioning eyes on the people around her.

Chu Xi was drinking medicine to recuperate his body for the past two days, and his originally pale face finally added some blood, but now it turned pale again.Wen Fei looked very worried, but Chu Xi broke away from her hand and shook her head: "I'm fine."

But you don't look like you're okay right now!

Wen Fei really wanted to say that, but met Chu Xi's quiet eyes, and for some reason swallowed it back.In the end, she stared at the river in front of her for a while, but she didn't see anything wrong, so she frowned and looked away.

Chu Xi seemed to notice that Wen Fei was a little unhappy, so she secretly grabbed her sleeve with one hand, but that was all.When Wen Fei looked back, she suddenly raised her hand and pulled out the sword from Wen Fei's waist—Wen Fei had a chance to stop it, but she didn't, so she watched Chu Xi draw her sword, Then without hesitation, he stabbed at the bluestone under his feet.

Wen Fei was a little surprised, just like Yang Qi who had been drawn by her at the beginning, he was a little worried about her sword.After all, she had tried those bluestones at the breach of the river embankment in the morning, and they were really strong. She was afraid of hurting the tip of the sword and Chu Xi's hand when she stabbed with the sword.

But no.The worry in her heart had just surfaced, when she saw a silver light flash before her eyes, and the sharp sword tip pierced the target with unstoppable momentum... At this moment, the "solid" bluestone seemed to have become Tofu, the snow-white sword blade pierced most of it easily, and the non-stop appearance made people wonder who the sword holder is a peerless master?

But Chu Xi is not, she is just a delicate and frail noble daughter of an aristocratic family, and she can't hold a sword as often as she holds a pen.

Wen Fei was a little stunned, and his expression that couldn't be restrained for a moment looked a little rude and a little silly.She looked at Chu Xi blankly, her lips moved slightly, and wanted to ask Chu Xi if she was so strong?

In the end, Chu Xi didn't wait for her to speak, and seemed to guess what she wanted to say: "It's not that I'm strong, it's just that your sword is sharp enough."

After saying this, without waiting for Wen Fei to say anything else, Chu Xi drew out the sword again, and then let go with the tip of the sword pointing down.Hearing the sound of "呲", the falling long sword plunged into the bluestone by its own weight, and it seemed that it was not much more difficult than piercing into the soil.

Wen Fei understood, and grinned as if suffering from a toothache. He pulled out his sword and tried it on the bluestone on the river embankment, splitting the bluestone into two pieces with ease.That's not all, Chu Xi caught a glimpse of the earthy color stained on the tip of her sword, and said again: "Pry out this stone and have a look."

This time Wen Fei did not hesitate, and did as he did. The bluestone he pried off was less than half a foot thick, and the bottom was full of loose sand.

Wen Fei was a little speechless watching this scene.Especially when she picked up the split bluestone and tried it, the stone dust rustled when she broke it hard, and a piece actually broke off, she understood what is called tofu dregs project!

Chu Xi said at the side at this time: "I'm very curious, such a river embankment can be used for several years."

Wen Fei threw down the debris in his hands, clapped his hands and looked up at the sky: "Probably because there was not much rain in the past few years, so the water didn't rise." After speaking, he looked at the flat "blue stones" on the river embankment, and couldn't help being overwhelmed. His face was puzzled: "I think these stones are similar to those of the breach. Why is the stone over there extremely strong, while the one here breaks when you break it?!"

Chu Xi seemed to be well-informed, and casually glanced at it and said, "Because all the fake stones are used here."

Wen Fei was surprised: "There are still fake stones?!"

Of course there are.Proper and good stones are obtained through careful exploration, and then quarried, polished, transported and traded. A set of procedures will consume a lot of manpower and material resources, so the price is also high.But fake stones are different, or they are pasted, or directly pressed and bonded with stone chips. The cost may be only one percent of the real stone, and the selling price is naturally cheap. At first glance, it can be bluffing.

The river embankment is made of the worst fake stones, even if it is so, it is not all built with stones.The skinned fake stones are used to cover the river embankment. It can barely scare people, but it’s really just for looking.

Wen Fei was quite difficult to explain, but the doubts in her mind earlier now have the answer - the south of the Yangtze River broke the embankment, she had thought that this time under the wrath of the emperor, it would be an official from the Ministry of Industry or the Jiangnan officialdom who died.Now it seems that it is about to catch everything. After all, Jiangnan officials are greedy for ink after the river embankment is built like this. People from the Ministry of Industry did not find any problems during the acceptance inspection. No matter what the reason is, now they have to use their heads to pay for it!

Just sighing in my heart for a while, I heard Chu Xi say: "There is indeed a problem with this river embankment, and it can't be replaced overnight if it stretches for hundreds of miles. .”

Wen Fei naturally agreed, and when he walked down the embankment, he unconsciously took Chu Xi's hand again.

The author has something to say: Wen Fei (sigh): Avoiding suspicion is definitely necessary, but hands have their own ideas, what can I do? !

感谢在2021-05-1423:38:21~2021-05-1523:04:47期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the grenade: fourteen and one;

Thanks to the little angels who threw the mines: Fu Xuan, littleemperor, and 1 さかなちゃん;

感谢灌溉营养液的小天使：littleemperor20瓶；荷兰毛毛球、我是谁、色鸭10瓶；七尘本埃7瓶；爱星河的清梦、pollyz3瓶；Sooyaa、凤凰花又开、rain877、move1瓶；

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