On the fifteenth day of the sixteenth month, the moon over Linhua County appeared and disappeared in the clouds, and many people on the ground looked at the moon in the sky and prayed, hoping that tomorrow would be clear and end this disaster.

Not far from the city gate in the east of Linhua County is a cluster of low-slung houses, where some poor people live. After a month of rain, the roads in the alleys were muddy, and the houses on both sides emitted a musty and rotten smell. At the end of the alley, there were three thatched huts, and the earthen walls outside had been collapsed by the rain and collapsed to the ground.

The owner of the house is Lai Da, who sells vegetables along the street, and the vegetables in the heavy rain are also drenched to death, and the business is cut off, and Lai Da can only stay at home. The people in the alley are almost the same identity, and the rain has cut off many people's cooking, and the whole family has joined the ranks of receiving porridge.

Lai Da is a bachelor, he doesn't have to worry about feeding the whole family alone, and he has a little surplus food at home, so he didn't go outside to beg for food. At nightfall, a few men came, riding tall horses with extraordinary bearing, and were greeted by Lai Da, who said to the neighbors who were watching the excitement that distant relatives were coming.

Next to Lai Da lived coolie Huang Qiang, and the bowl of porridge he ate at night had already been almost digested, and his stomach was twisted one by one, and he was hungry. Wrap up the thin clothes on your body, thinking that you should go to bed early and get up early, and go early tomorrow to occupy a place, don't let outsiders rush to the front, otherwise you won't even be able to drink the musty gruel.

When you are hungry, your sense of smell is particularly sensitive, where does the smell of wine and meat come from, Huang Qiang sniffed, and couldn't help but get up from the bed, stretching out his nose and sniffing around. The smell of wine and meat came from Lai Da's house, thinking of those men on horseback, Huang Qiang was really envious, and his relatives were able to drink wine and eat meat, and he had the heart to come to the door to ask for a glass of wine, thinking of the man riding the horse with a cold face, and a knife at his waist, maybe he was a robber. Huang Qiang lay back on the bed hatefully, muttering in his heart, if he pays more attention, maybe he can see some flaws, and then he will go to the yamen to complain and receive some reward to change his residence and marry a daughter-in-law.

Not to mention that Huang Qiang dreamed of marrying a daughter-in-law, Lai's house was brightly lit, and candles were lit, and seven or eight candles were lit at once, if Huang Qiang saw it, his eyes would definitely fall in shock. The cold man sat in the center, with two men sitting on each side, and Lai Da held a wine jug in his hand to accompany the prime minister. The table was full of wine and food, fish and meat, and it was very hearty.

"Lai Dianshi, you have been in Linhua County for three years, and you can return to the state government after this incident." The cold man said expressionlessly.

Lai was overjoyed, put down the wine jug and saluted: "Thank you, Lord Ji." ”

The Leng Su man is the commander of Duanzhou Prefecture, Ji Datao, and Lai Da is Lai Hongfei, the classic history of Longwei, who was ordered to lurk in Linhua County on business.

Ji Datao said: "You have been in Linhua County for many years, this time the Yuanhua River burst its embankment, and the victims poured into Linhua County, but what is the trouble?" ”

"In the past few days, I have been circling around Simen, and I found that some people were secretly inciting the victims and inciting dissatisfaction, and the north of the city and Xingmipu were smashed, and there should be people making waves behind them." Lai Hongfei said.

Ji Datao's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Can you find out who it is?" What is the origin? Is it possible that Yuan Tianjiao is a person? ”

Lai Hongfei shook his head and said: "This group of people is very vigilant, I only met one of them by chance at the soup kitchen, pretending to be a disaster victim, scurrying around looking for someone to talk to, I couldn't find a chance to pick it up for a while."

Near. ”

Ji Datao drank all the cups in front of the door, and Lai Hongfei hurriedly filled them for him. Ji Datao pondered for a moment and said: "You will be waiting in the north of the city from tomorrow, a few of you will also disguise yourself as disaster victims, and scatter in the four gates to keep an eye on the instigators, don't be in a hurry to take people, it is best to mix in, and make meritorious contributions to solving a big case along the vine." Naturally, the reward of this official is indispensable to your benefits. ”

The crowd agreed.

Thinking of the purpose of this trip, Jiang Anyi temporarily put aside his idle thoughts and thought about how to find out the malpractice of the river worker. Entering the territory of Duanzhou, Jiang Anyi deliberately inquired about the situation of the embankment burst of the Yuanhua River when he was playing the tip and staying in the hotel, although there were many opinions, but the disadvantages of the Jiangnan transshipment that made the yamen embezzle silver taels and shoddy ones still listened to it, and Jiang Anyi decided to go to the embankment breaking place early tomorrow morning to take a look.

Early the next morning, Wan Huaijie took a sedan chair to meet Yuan Decheng, the county magistrate of Hualin County, indicating that the Jiangnan transfer envoy Yamen planned to use work for relief and recruit a group of victims to go up the embankment to repair the embankment. Yuan Decheng knew that the Jiangnan transfer envoy Yamen planned to plug the gap before the arrival of the Qin mission, so that the Qin mission could not find the loopholes, but Wan Huaijie promised that the recruited victims would give one liter of grain a day, and the source of the grain would be found by the Jiangnan transfer envoy Yamen.

A liter of grain is the life of a family, Yuan Decheng immediately agreed, sent the official to the four gates to preach, a moment of effort, the entire Linhua County was in an uproar, the victims rushed to the county government like a tide, more than 10,000 people came at once, and the yamen was impassable.

Yuan Decheng and Wan Huaijie were dumbfounded, they didn't expect this liter of grain to be so attractive, and it seemed that more people would come in a while. There were two pieces of grain from the Jiangnan transfer envoy to the yamen, one was the rations stored by the yamen to pay the servants, and there were about 600 stones, and the other was about 1,000 stones that Sanyuchao asked for from the material merchants. Yuan Decheng thought that he would recruit about 10,000 victims to support the disaster for ten days, and when the Qin mission arrived, the mouth of the embankment could be blocked.

Hearing the commotion outside the yamen, Wan Huaijie changed color a little, once something happened to so many victims, I am afraid that he would not even be able to find the bones. Wan Huaijie said to Yuan Decheng with a pale face: "Lord Yuan, it is easy for so many people to have an accident outside the yamen, and I hope that the adults will go to persuade them to disperse." ”

Yuan Decheng thought for a while and said: "Lord Wan, you tell me the truth, how much grain can be supplied by the Jiangnan Transshipment Yamen, I can plan it." ”

"Six hundred stones." Wan Huaijie reduced 400 stones, because the gap is not only in Linhua County, but other places can also be used to recruit victims to repair the embankment by means of work-for-relief, but the number of victims gathered in Linhua County is large, and the grain and rice given are also more.

"Then you can recruit 20,000 people, try to support it for four days, and the court's relief grain should also arrive, even if it doesn't arrive The food I sent someone out to buy should arrive, it should still be able to support three or five days, and then I won't be afraid." Yuan Decheng didn't expect that the Jiangnan transfer envoy Yamen still had so much grain, his tightly locked brows were a lot lighter, and he said with a smile: "Lord Wan, the people are reasonable, go out with me to explain the situation to them, and they will disperse." ”

Wan Huaijie followed behind Yuan Decheng in fear, if he hadn't led someone to the river embankment to persuade Li Yubo, he wouldn't have said anything and wouldn't stand under the dangerous wall.

Yuan Decheng's reputation among the victims of the disaster is unparalleled, seeing him appear countless "Qingtian Lord" sounded, watching Yuan Decheng arch his hand to the people around him, Wan Huaixing saw the gratitude on the faces of the people, although he was a corrupt official, he couldn't help but sigh as an official.

Under Yuan Decheng's signal, more than 10,000 people quieted down, and the heads of Wuya turned to Yuan County's order, which was spectacular. Jiang Anyi was alarmed by the noise, and came to the county office with the flow of people, just looking at everything in front of him. He had already learned from Xiao Er's mouth yesterday that Yuan County Ling was a Qing official who loved the people like a son, and that Linhua County focused on so many victims because Yuan County ordered disaster relief.

"Folks, the natural disasters are ruthless, causing everyone to be displaced, and the court ......," Yuan Decheng shouted hoarsely, trying his best to appease the victims, "In four days, the relief food from the court will arrive, and everyone will tide over the difficulties." At present, the Yuanhua River is still flooding, and Lord Li is fighting day and night on the embankment with his husband, but the strength of the people is weak and the effect is not great. The adults of the Jiangnan transfer envoy Yamen decided to work for relief, recruiting 20,000 laborers to go up the embankment to repair it, and each person was given eight taels of grain per day. I will ask the officials of the yamen to register everyone, and in an hour later, Master Wan and I will take everyone to the embankment. ”

"Thank you Lord Yuan for your life", "Thank you Lord Qingtian", "Your Excellency is the living Bodhisattva who saves suffering", all kinds of praises rose one after another, and the people began to disperse under the guidance of the officials.

Yang Siqi naturally did not miss this excitement, he stood in the southeast corner of the yamen, about twenty zhang away from Yuan Decheng, Yuan Decheng's words were really heard. Seeing the people around him obediently disperse, Yang Siqi secretly said that it was not good, if Yuan Decheng's method was really followed, there were 600 stone of grain input, plus the county government still had grain in stock, it was really possible to resolve this disaster. The only way to do this is to win in chaos.

Thinking of this, Yang Siqi took out several copper coin darts from his arms, squeezed forward against the flow of people, and prepared to approach Yuan Decheng five zhang away, and one dart resulted in Yuan Decheng's life and caused a riot. The crowd is surging, not many people care about Yang Siqi, even Jiang Anyi has also walked out with the flow of people. Yuan Decheng stood in front of the county government and talked to Wan Huaijie, and he didn't notice that there were people in the crowd who secretly wanted to kill.

With such a loud noise in Linhua County, Ji Datao naturally had to be alarmed, but it was already a little late when he waited for Lai Hongfei to hear the news, and the county government was blocked from being able to get through, so Ji Datao had to show his ability to fly and go to the roof. The houses in Linyang County are lined up one after another, and Ji Datao's light skills are good, and he rushed all the way to the county office.

Standing tall and seeing clearly, when Yuan Xianling was making a generous statement, Ji Datao was paying attention to the abnormalities in the crowd. Yang Siqi squeezed forward, Ji Datao noticed it at a glance, with years of experience, Ji Datao knew that this person had bad intentions. jumped off the roof and chased down, blocked by the crowd, he definitely couldn't catch up, Ji Datao made a quick decision, landed directly on the head under his feet, stepped on the head of various styles, and rushed all the way over.

There was a shout behind him, Yang Siqi didn't need to look back to know that things had changed, and hurriedly squeezed out a few steps forward, only six zhang away from Yuan Decheng, Yuan Decheng was already alarmed, and was looking behind him with his mouth open. Yang Siqi pointed to the ground on his toes, his body was vertical, he was in the air, and the money dart in his hand was raised, and he shouted: "Dog officer, take your life." ”

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