The people who were just watching the excitement on the Jinshui River gradually dispersed, leaving only the officials from Shuntian Prefecture and the people sent by several prefectures to look for Yang Shengcai and Jiang Zhan.
Of course, only the Dongping Marquis's family was looking for Jiang Zhan, and the others were all looking for Yang Shengcai.
Several kids were hanging out together, three of them were saved, but one's life or death was unknown. The three families who were saved could not stay out of it.
The Jinshui River was still majestic and powerful. In the distance, the rising sun gradually rose above the horizon and cast a soft orange light onto the river.
The sky gradually brightened. The Jinshui River, which was relatively peaceful in the past, was now filled with a restless noise. The river surface, sprinkled with golden fragments, was rippling from time to time. It was the result of people who were proficient in swimming going deep into the riverbed to look for someone.
As the news spread, more and more teams rushed to the river to help search for people.
Yang Shengcai was not only the grandson of the Minister of Rites, but also the younger brother of the Crown Princess. His disappearance after falling into the water undoubtedly touched the hearts of countless people.
Zhen Shicheng rushed over with a group of yamen runners, stood on the river bank, looked at those people who were either anxious or tired, and sighed in his heart.
As of this time, no one has been found and the situation is not optimistic.
As the sun rose higher, a new wave of people came to watch the excitement and gathered in three layers around the Jinshui River.
Hearing that the Shangshu Mansion had spread the word that whoever found the young master of the Yang family would be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, those who were watching the excitement went completely crazy. Those who believed that they were good at swimming jumped into the river like dumplings, and actually slowed down the flow of the water.
Zhen Shicheng looked extremely unhappy and cursed the Minister of Rites's Mansion as a bastard secretly.
If such words were spread at this time, countless people would jump into the river to look for the person. Whether they could find the person or not is another matter, but in all likelihood, someone would die.
Jinshui River is not a small ditch, and even the best swimmers can get into trouble.
Zhen Shicheng strode to where the people from the Minister of Rites' Mansion were waiting and said to Yang Shengcai's father, "Brother Yang, please take back the bounty. This will only make things more difficult to control."
Father Yang sneered: "You guys in the government are incompetent, so you still don't allow us to think of a solution?"
Zhen Shicheng understood Father Yang's feelings and said in a gentle voice, "Looking for someone without organization is useless."
"How can it be useless? If one more person goes into the water to search, the chances of finding my son will be greater. Lord Zhen, please stop talking. I don't want to hear anything now. I just want news about my son as soon as possible!"
Zhen Shicheng shook his head.
Suddenly, a heart-wrenching cry was heard. Everyone who heard it was startled. Father Yang quickly walked towards the direction where the sound came from.
A woman knelt on the shore, hugged a man and cried loudly: "Dad, you can't just leave like this! I told you not to go into the water, but you insisted on earning that damn reward money and didn't listen to me at all. Now you're gone, leaving us orphans and widows behind. What are we going to do?"
The man was soaking wet, his eyes were tightly closed, and it was obvious that he was no longer able to do it.
A man next to him pushed the woman away and pressed hard on the man's abdomen, but it was of no use.
The woman's crying became more and more miserable.
Zhen Shicheng walked up to Father Yang and sighed, "Brother Yang has seen it now."
Father Yang sneered: "So what? How can these people compare to my son?"
Zhen Shicheng's eyes flashed with anger, and he said calmly: "Ordinary people are naturally not as noble as your master, but your master is missing now, so we should accumulate more merits for him."
This made Yang's father take it seriously. After thinking for a moment, he asked someone to cancel the reward.
Zhen Shicheng organized all the rescuers and divided them into dozens of teams to conduct a blanket search of the Jinshui River. When the sun climbed high in the sky, one of the teams suddenly emerged from the water and shouted, "There's someone down there!"
As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately caused an uproar.
Father Yang and Jiang Ancheng ran over almost at the same time.
Zhen Shicheng's subordinates commanded the team to go into the water to salvage. After about two quarters of an hour, a man who was proficient in swimming slowly floated up with a person in one hand.
The man emerged from the water and shouted, "Found it!"
Soon two men took the person brought up by the man and swam to the shore.
The shore was crowded with people, and in the front were Father Yang and Jiang Ancheng.
Those people quickly went ashore and laid the people they had pulled up flat on the shore.
After soaking for a night, the person who was pulled out was already swollen, and his loose hair covered most of his face, making it difficult to distinguish his appearance for a while.
Zhen Shicheng couldn't help but look at Yang's father and Jiang Ancheng.
Father Yang had already seen that the person who was lifted up was wearing a purple robe, and his legs went soft and he fell down.
Yang Shengcai prefers purple, and most of his clothes are this color.
The people around him hurriedly supported Father Yang.
Father Yang walked towards the corpse step by step with a one in ten thousand hope.
Zhen Shicheng's subordinates silently pushed aside the hair that covered the corpse's face, revealing the entire face.
The moment he saw the body clearly, Father Yang no longer had any hope and staggered over.
At the same time, Jiang Ancheng let out a long sigh and sat down on the ground.
God knows how scared he was just now, his heart almost jumped into his throat.
Fortunately it wasn’t that little beast!
At this moment, Jiang Ancheng actually had an urge to cry.
Third Master Jiang half-knelt down, patted his brother's shoulder vigorously, and whispered to comfort him: "Brother, no news at the moment is the best news."
Mr. Jiang was quite disappointed.
If Jiang Zhan died, the second house's future would be smoother.
But there is no need to rush. In the current situation, Jiang Zhan has no hope of survival.
The people from the Minister of Rites' Mansion quickly took away Yang Shengcai's body, and the rest of the people continued to search for him, but as time went by, their search was in vain.
Many people were exhausted and began to sit down by the river to rest, and the onlookers began to talk about it.
"Could it have been washed away by the water? I remember one year a child from a nearby village fell into the river and nobody could find him. He later floated up a hundred miles away."
"That's possible. Otherwise, with such a big commotion, the riverbed would have been turned upside down. How come we can't find anyone?"
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Jiang Si packed up early in the morning and went to Ci Xin Hall to pay his respects.
The second wife, Mrs. Xiao, and the third wife, Mrs. Guo, had already arrived and were talking to Old Madam Feng. They were instantly silent when they saw Jiang Si come in.
Jiang Si wore a white shirt with cloud pattern today, with a bright red pomegranate skirt underneath. She had bright eyes and white teeth, and was extremely beautiful, even more charming than the crabapple flower.
Xiao saw Liangliang and said, "The fourth lady is dressed so festively today."
This stupid girl doesn't know her brother has drowned, right? It's really ironic that she's dressed like this.
But it’s better this way. If the old lady sees this, she will definitely be unhappy with this little bitch.
Jiang Si lowered her head and lifted the hem of her red skirt, smiling sweetly: "When you are in a good mood, of course you should dress festively, so that grandma will be happy when she sees you."
I have received news from Ah Fei that all the waiters and servants on the pleasure boat have been rescued.
Although Jiang Si was confident that no innocent people would be implicated after setting fire to the ship based on many previous observations, accidents are inevitable, and she was indeed happy to receive this news.
As for Cui Yi and the other two, Jiang Si pursed his lips slightly, with a cold look in his eyes.
The bill is not settled yet!
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