No one noticed that under a brick that had been lifted from the roof, there were two thieves with bright eyes, staring down without blinking, and holding their ears for fear of missing a word.

"Have you sent people to guard the weir mouths? Did you release the water? Under the lamp, Qian Ning was reviewing some paperwork, and asked without raising his head, he hadn't closed his eyes much for two consecutive days. This period of time, the rain in Xin'an River is very abnormal, is it said that there will be a big flood this month, this is about to end the year, if there is a natural disaster now, the life of the common people will be difficult to endure next year. Since the Beijing earthquake the year before last, there have been frequent natural disasters in various places, such as the flood in Shandong, the drought in Henan, and the climate in Sichuan and Guizhou is also very abnormal, and now it is Zhejiang's turn. But it's still the emperor's words, how difficult it is to prosper the country, as long as everyone can work together to minimize the damage and do their best, it is enough!

However, the person who came in didn't speak for a long time, and Qian Ning raised his head in surprise, only to see Ma Yuan with his head down, his hands behind his back, as if thinking about something. Seeing Qian Ning looking at him, Ma Yuan suddenly came back to his senses and replied, "Go, I've done it!" Rest assured! ”

Qian Ning looked at his dejected appearance, and couldn't help laughing, this Ma Yuan, everything is good, but he is too arrogant, and he is too humble in front of him, and he is a somewhat extreme character. But in these years, some extreme people are often easy to get ahead, unlike a stable person like himself, who is always hidden in the vast sea of officials. He twisted his somewhat sore neck and stretched comfortably: "What's behind your back?" It's still hidden when I get here! ”

Ma Yuan hesitated for a long time, and hesitated to take the two mahogany boxes containing mountain ginseng, and said with a sneer: "Two mountain ginseng...... Here are two ginseng sticks that I bought myself! I know that adults never allow me to send things, but these days...... It's changing rice to mulberry again, and it's pouring rain, your heart is too tired! ”

Qian Ning looked at him silently for a while, sighed, and shook his head. He really doesn't know how to do things, how can he give things like this? But he usually controls him like this, and doesn't let him send things. Ma Yuan is a rare talent, a Hai Rui-style official, for such a junior, we must try to protect such juniors, try not to let him get involved in some unnecessary things, and not let him give gifts to himself, just for this purpose, I don't know if he is clear in his heart? Now I have sent two ginsengs, and I think I can really read them

It was difficult for him, Qian Ning had no choice but to speak: "Let it go!" It's better to do things seriously than to give me anything! ”

Ma Yuan stood there with his head bowed and holding a mahogany box, still motionless.

Qian Ning picked out the stamen in the lamp and candle, which made the room a little darker: "If there is nothing to do, go to the weir mouth and take a look!" It's time for me to get some rest, too! ”

“…… Be. He put down the mahogany box, and when he was about to go out, he glanced at Qian Ning again, opened his mouth, and finally didn't say anything, and strode out of the door.

Looking at his figure, there was a glint in Channing's eyes. Maybe he is too harsh on him in normal times, such a person, if he really has the opportunity to leave him in the future, how to be an official, how to unite most people? Being an official does have a bottom line, but it does not mean that it is rigid, and many things must be done flexibly. For example, if someone else sends something, you must not show it in person, let him take the initiative to stay; If he does something, he does it, and if he doesn't, he just gives back the silver taels needed for that thing to the other party, and he knows what it means. But according to Ma Yuan's personality, he will definitely make the other party unable to get off the stage, and as a result, he will offend people.

I wonder if this protection is counterproductive? Qian Ning shook his head with some pain.

The heavy rain became a big curtain like a day, covering most of Zhejiang, making people's irritable mood even more uneasy. Through this big curtain, you can see the surging water of the Xin'an River, which is desperately beating the embankment of Jiande County, which was repaired only last year. The roaring flood was hitting wave after wave, and cracks were already showing in the levee, but it was still resisting stubbornly.

The gates at the mouth of the weir were still closed, but the flood water rushed through the embankments on either side of the gates towards the other side of the embankment, smiling and rushing towards the farmland—there were clearly two large cracks on either side of the gates.

A flash of lightning exploded in mid-air, illuminating the sergeant standing on the embankment and the two men in their robes, who did not raise their eyes to the lightning, but looked at the two drenched faces without blinking. One is Ma Yuan, and the other is Zhang Liangzhi, the county magistrate!

It was already dark, the rain was still falling, and from the light of the lanterns under the eaves of the yamen and the light of the dung-dead wind lanterns in the big ping, the shadows were full of people standing below, all of them the officials of the government, each looking up at the damned thief, holding a restless horse in his hand.

The gate was open, and a slender figure also dressed in oil came out of it, and as soon as he reached the gate, a bolt of lightning slashed down from the sky on the roof of the political envoy! Fortunately, he listened to Zhu Yidao's persuasion and connected a copper pipe to the ground from the roof, and the lightning turned invisible in an instant, but it still made everyone's faces turn pale! The weather turned out to be so bad, since yesterday, the original light rain suddenly turned into a torrential downpour, everyone in the political envoy department is beating drums in their hearts, if something happens to Xin'anjiang, everything will be over!

Qian Ning lifted the oilcoat hood on his head, and looked at God with his eyes fixedly, the rain made him unable to even open his eyes, but he still reluctantly tried to see clearly, what was the plan of Tiandao?

The head of the officer's squad came over, held up an umbrella above his head, and he knocked the umbrella to the ground with one blow, and said loudly: "What is the river superintendent doing?!" ”

"Go to the Yamen, Hangzhou Yamen and the Weaving Bureau to report the danger!" The squad leader also returned loudly.

"What's going on now? What did Father-in-law Xiao Wei say? Qian Ning wiped the rain from his face and asked loudly. The rain was so heavy that I couldn't hear what the other party was saying if I didn't say it loud!

"It didn't work...... Nine counties! The gates of the weir mouth in every county are cracked! Throw the sandbag down and you'll be washed away! Can't stop it......" The team leader put his hand to Qian Ning's ear, for fear that he would not hear clearly.

Qian Ning shook violently. It's time to come, it's still here after all, he can't stop anything, heaven and earth are not kind......

"My lord! What do you say? The head of the squad thought he was talking with his mouth open, and hurried back loudly.

Qian Ning roared from his mouth: "Go to Chun'an, Jiande!" The team leader hurriedly asked everyone to carry the sedan chair over, and the angry Qian Ning yelled again: "What sedan chair to carry!" Lead the horse?! With that, he strode down the steps and walked into the rain, and the team leader panicked, and hurriedly asked the following to lead Qian Ning's own horse.

A horse with a dark mane roared through the rain and galloped towards Channing, while the team leader was busy helping him tie the buckle in front of his oil coat, and then put on his hat from his oil coat, and the horse had arrived.

Channing got on the horse cleanly, and everyone hurriedly mounted their horses and approached him. After everyone gathered around, he yelled at the team leader: "You bring two people at once!" Go to the Yunyou Inn in the West City and invite Li Hualong out and let him find Zhu Qianhu! That Zhu Qianhu has the emperor's waist card in his hand, and he can mobilize the border army! Do everything you can, even if you kowtow, you have to let him transfer a thousand border troops to the embankment! Send troops to each weir to rescue! Then tell the two of them to come to Jiande to meet me! ”

"Your Excellency!" The team leader felt extremely aggrieved, "Then Master Li must still be happy in the kiln at this time!" Zhu Qianhu has been going to Suzhou for a long time to play, and he can't come back! ”

Qian Ning's lungs were about to explode: "If you want to go, you will go!" I'm sure you'll be able to find him at the Cloud Inn! If you find him, you will find Zhu Qianhu! You don't have to worry about the rest! Follow them to Jiande to find me! ”

In order to prevent everyone in Zhejiang from being suspicious, Li Hualong has long been hiding in the most famous Yunyou Inn in Hangzhou, where there are many people and mixed eyes, it is the best hiding place, and in the name of **, you can do a lot of things. As for Lao Zhu, he went to Suzhou to play after meeting Qian Ning that day. He really went to play, and he hadn't been to Suzhou Garden yet! This time I finally have a chance, and I want to see it no matter what! He didn't believe it, when he went to Suzhou Garden at this time, someone would dare to ask him for a ticket! Lao Tzu's flying fish suit in brocade clothes is the ticket!

However, people in Suzhou, the news of Hangzhou is constantly passed to him, leaving countless eyeliner to monitor the officials in Zhejiang to death, anyway, the Jinyiwei monitoring officials are not a day or two, Zhejiang officials are also tired, as long as the filial piety should be given every month, everything is fine, there is no! But when Lao Zhu really walked into the city gate of Suzhou, he took a look: inside and outside the city, there are private gardens everywhere, which one is better to see? The prefect of Suzhou asked him with a black line, there are more than 300 gardens in this Suzhou city, which one do you plan to go to first? ”

No matter which one he went, Zhu Yidao was extremely warmly entertained, and spent every night in the wine pond meat forest. The gardens in Suzhou are really not built, although there are many of them, but the garden style of each house is different! Perhaps it was because of this unique and strong humanistic atmosphere that he felt relaxed and happy, and it was really like being in a dream! After the spies quietly told him that the weir mouth of the Xin'an River was controlled by the soldiers of the Yamen of the Imperial Inspectorate, he lazily replied: "Nail it to death, and get a living mouth back when people are not paying attention!" ”