"Master, this Deng Kui is really rude."

After leaving the well drilling site, Chen Guanyu said angrily to Su Hao.

Su Hao smiled and said, "It's okay, he is just too superstitious about the gentleman he said. This person has a straightforward personality and says whatever he wants. I really like such people."

"This Huang Dian Lie is too much. Deng Kui is rude to you, so he doesn't care." The yamen runner Xu Zong commented.

Huang Ergou is a clerk in the fast-paced class. His relationship with the workshop was not very good in the past, and Xu Zong had no friendship with him. During this period, Su Hao showed outstanding talents in the well detection and was very kind to his subordinates. Xu Zong had already regarded Su Hao as his own person.

Su Hao said: "I think Huang Dianli seems a little afraid of Deng Kui. Do you have this feeling?"

"Yes, I have this feeling too, old Taoist." Chen Guanyu said, narrowing his eyes, as if recalling Deng Kui's image, and he said while thinking: "This Deng Kui, when I first saw me, I felt a little scary. I think... this person must have seen blood."

"What, do you think Deng Kui is a murderer?" Xu Zong asked in surprise.

Chen Guanyu shook his head and said, "It's not the murderer, but... I think he looks like a man in the army."

Su Hao thought about it carefully, nodded and said, "Old Chen, after hearing what you said, I feel a little like it. He is not only a soldier, but also a person who has been on the battlefield. Standing there can exude a murderous aura."

Xu Zong wondered: "Didn't he say he was a countryman? Why did he become a soldier again? Could it be that he was a deserter who was a wanderer?"

Su Hao said: "It's not that if it were a deserter, he would definitely not dare to act like this in front of the official. Judging from Huang Ergou's appearance, he should have known his identity, but he just didn't tell us clearly."

"Master, you said just now that well will not have water, but is there a lot of money?" Xu Zong asked. He was thinking about the bet between Su Hao and Deng Kui. Five taels of silver is a considerable amount, and the most important thing is Su Hao's face. If Su Hao loses, Huang Ergou will be proud in the future.

Su Hao shook his head and said, "No one has any 10% sure, but I still have 80% of the calculation. Let's wait..."

When they said this, they happened to walk to a small hill, and someone there picked stones and left a small section. Su Hao stopped and carefully observed the rock formations on the section. After a while, he laughed: "I have at least 99% of the total, and that Deng Kui will definitely lose."

At the well digging site, the craftsmen were still digging down hard. As the 60-foot-degree depth was getting closer, the craftsmen's faces became increasingly ugly. Foreman Wang Gui walked down the well and took Huang Ergou aside after he lifted the well and said in a low voice: "Master Huang, the situation in this well is not good. Maybe some master will tell you the right."

"What, you said there is no water in this well?" Huang Ergou asked in surprise.

Wang Qi said: "There are still six or seven feet left now. However, if there was water underneath, there would be some moisture in this place. But just now, the villain went down the well to see that there was dry stone ballast underneath, which really didn't look like there was water."

"This..." Huang Ergou gasped. The situation Wang Qi said was also encountered in the past, and the final result was basically the waste well. When he heard Su Hao's prediction come true, Huang Ergou didn't know whether to be depressed or happy, and he was in a very complicated mood.

In terms of depression, it is not a great thing to dig a waste well by yourself. The key is that Su Hao had already asserted that it was a waste well before, but he did not listen. If it was finally confirmed that Su Hao was correct, then he would have fallen. Not to mention whether Su Hao would hold a grudge against him, at least when he mentioned this matter in the future, he would definitely be three points shorter.

To be happy, that's a long story. Most of the credit for Huang Ergou's digging wells in Guangfeng Township was to be so smooth that he should be attributed to Mr. Tu who returned to his hometown to do business, that is, what Deng Kui said, "My Mr." was said. Deng Kui was one of Mr. Tu's entourage. As Chen Guanyu judged, Mr. Tu served in the army, while Deng Kui was an active-duty soldier in the Ming Dynasty.

Since the well positions are provided by Mr. Tu and the results of digging wells are very good, Deng Kui and other soldiers are quite proud of themselves, and they are becoming more and more disdainful of Huang Ergou and other yamen runners, and Huang Ergou is also very angry with them. If Su Hao and Deng Kui win the bet of Mr. Tu and his party can severely slapped the arrogance of Mr. Tu and his party, then Huang Ergou is still very happy to see it. After all, Su Hao also represents the county yamen, and his victory is the victory of the county yamen officials, including Huang Ergou.

Thinking of these thoughts in his mind, Huang Ergou would not show it on his face. He walked to Deng Kui and bowed and said, "Mr. Deng Bing, the situation is a bit bad. Just now, the beggar told me that it had been dug more than 50 feet underground, but there was still a pile of dry stones and no moisture was seen. Look, are you going to invite Mr. Tu to come and have a look?"

"What?" Deng Kui's heart sank, and his dark face suddenly turned a little pale. In fact, after making a bet with Su Hao just now, Deng Kui was always worried about gains and losses. He knew that although Mr. Tu's well detection technique was magical, it had a half failure rate. If this well really failed, would he really have to lose five taels of silver to the arrogant scholar? It was a big deal to lose face, and he lost five taels of silver... It was also a big deal for a soldier.

"I'll go and invite my husband to see it now." Deng Kui had a gloomy face and ran to the village.

After a while, an old man with a white beard and a strong figure walked out of the village entrance. Deng Kui and several strong men in the same outfit as him followed the old man. The group walked slowly towards the well drilling site. Seeing this, Huang Ergou hurriedly came forward and bowed to the old man, saying, "The villain greeted Mr. Tu."

"You don't have to be polite to your wife." The old man Tu Wenhuan smiled gently, "I heard from Deng Kui that there was something wrong with digging a well here, what's going on?"

Huang Ergou said: "That's right. When Mr. Tu set the well, he told the villain that the well was 60 feet deep and could produce water. Now the well was 55 feet deep, but there was no moisture underground. So the villain told Master Deng Bing that he wanted to ask the old man to see if there was anything wrong with it."

"Not 55 feet yet?" Tu Wenhuan was also stunned. He walked quickly to the well, and a basket of slags was hanging up from the well. He reached into the hanging basket and took a handful of them. He felt that although the gravel was a little damp, it was still far from the standard for water output. He frowned and asked Wang Qi who came up, "Foreman Wang, have you dug 55 feet below?"

"If you say goodbye, you have indeed dug 55 feet." Wang Qi replied.

"Then there is no need to dig again." Tu Wenhuan waved his hand dejectedly. He raised his eyes and looked around, and said puzzledly: "This is strange. There should be water."

"Sir, I think I'd better continue digging. There is no water at 60 feet, and maybe there will be water at 70 feet." Deng Kui was giving a bad idea.

Tu Wenhuan said: "How can you make such a joke about digging a well? Digging down further will cause a lot of rocks, which is very expensive. I missed my mistakes, so how can the craftsmen be wasted any more efforts?"

"So, we will lose?" Deng Kui said, scratching his head.

"What lost?" Tu Wenhuan asked strangely.

Deng Kui hesitated for a moment and stepped forward and replied, "Sir, a scholar has just arrived here. I heard that it was a master from a county government. He said at first that the well he chose was a very good location, but later he went down the well and took a look, and said there was no water here. He was not convinced, so he bet with him..."

"When I saw the pile of rubbish, I knew there was no water below. He went downstairs to see it, so he was naturally more confident. If you bet with him, wouldn't you lose?" Tu Wenhuan said with a smile.

"No, when the little one was betting against him, the well had just reached 40 feet deep, and there was no water or not." Deng Kui explained.

"As soon as he reached 40 feet deep, he dared to assert that there was no water?" Tu Wenhuan said in surprise, "How did he say it?"

Deng Kui didn't hear what Su Hao said too seriously. Huang Ergou stepped forward and said to Tu Wenhuan: "Mr. Tu, Master Su said that the rock structure underground is different from the one on the ground. He suspected that there was a fault in front of it that blocked the water, so there was no water here."

"There is such a master?" Tu Wenhuan said, "I dare to ask where this master is now. Take me to pay homage to him. I want to ask him what a water blocking fault is."

"Look, Master Su and the others are back!" A yamen runner shouted in front of him. Everyone looked up and saw that several people were walking towards this side with a smile.

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Chapter completed!