The blade in Xie Yutang's hand was a little closer, and the two brothers didn't dare to try again, so they were busy begging for mercy, "General, spare your life, the two of us were also lost just now, and I'll take you over immediately." ”

"I'll give you another chance, and if I find out you're taking the wrong path, watch out for your heads." Xie Yutang withdrew the blade with a snort, indicating his attitude.

The two of them supported each other and didn't dare to be cautious, and soon brought them to the river.

Xie Yutang walked back and forth on the shore a few times, but his brows became more and more furrowed.

"General, the embankment here looks like cutting corners, not to mention the rare flood in a hundred years, I'm afraid that in the rainy season, there will be a hidden danger of the embankment bursting." The person who followed Xie Yutang said indignantly.

Xie Yutang glanced at the big Niu and Erniu brothers meaningfully, "If I'm not mistaken, the imperial court will sow money every year, and Qingshan Town is the town with the most appropriations. ”

The two brothers lowered their heads and didn't dare to speak, Xie Yutang's face became more and more cold, like a knife out of the sheath, making people dare not look at him.

"Let's go, let's go back first."

When Da Niu and Erniu heard this, they both breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, fortunately, the general did not continue to ask, otherwise they didn't know how to get around, just go back, with grandpa here, it will be fine.

As soon as the group returned, they saw the mayor of the town anxiously pacing back and forth at the door, and when they saw that they were back, they immediately greeted them.

Xie Yutang couldn't help sneering in his heart, this old fox was afraid that his two grandsons would say something that shouldn't be said.

"Why are you only back now?" The mayor of the town anxiously asked the big cow and the second cow.

The two men didn't dare to look him in the eyes, and replied weakly, "The general has been watching on the river embankment for a long time, and we don't dare to urge it." ”

The mayor had already guessed that the two brothers couldn't deal with Xie Yutang, so he asked Xie Yutang directly, "I don't know what the general can see after watching it for so long?" ”

"I see a lot of problems." The mayor wanted to ask what the problem was, but Xie Yutang didn't finish speaking, he raised his feet and entered the house, and in desperation, he had to follow in.

When he arrived at the house, the mayor couldn't hold back the anxiety in his heart, and couldn't help but ask again, "General, what problem do you see?" ”

Xie Yutang didn't seem to feel his anxiety at all, he leisurely blew the tea foam floating on the tea water, and saw that it was almost brewing, so he said unhurriedly, "It's all a small problem, but you seem to be very curious." ”

A pair of looking eyes looked over the teacup, smiling through the curling mist.

The mayor also seemed to realize that he was too anxious, and his face changed again and again, "The old man is the mayor of this place, so naturally he has to care." ”

"I think you care about your life." Xie Yutang suddenly turned his face and caught them off guard.

The mayor struggled to keep his mind steady, "What do you mean by that, General?" ”

"What do you mean?" Xie Yutang laughed angrily, "The river embankment is like a tofu scum, there is a lot of money allocated by the imperial court over the years, where has it gone?" ”

In the face of his questioning, the mayor of the town seemed to have expected it a long time ago, and his originally flustered heart calmed down, "We have used the money allocated by the imperial court to repair the river embankment, but the terrain here is too low, and it rains heavily every year, so there is really nothing we can do." ”

"Really?" Xie Yutang rolled his eyes, walked to the center of the hall and took down a painting hanging on the wall, and sneered, "I didn't expect that the real works of the Yan family actually appeared in your house, I remember that this is a priceless treasure." ”

"What a face, everyone." The mayor of the town looked puzzled, "Lao Yu is just all the country villagers, but I don't know how to appreciate calligraphy and painting, this painting is just seen in the bazaar, I think it looks good and I bought it, Lao Yu remembers, it only cost ten taels of silver at that time, if the general likes it, Lao Yu will borrow flowers and offer Buddha to you." ”

This old fox is really cunning enough, while saying that he admires calligraphy and painting, he just bought the authentic handiwork of Yan everyone by mistake, and at the same time wants to bribe the general in the name of sending calligraphy and painting.

Tsk, it's really shameless, invincible in the world. But fortunately, his general had already taken precautions.

The deputy general secretly sighed that Xie Yutang's material was like a god, and directly led people to the backyard to search for it, and found a box of gold from a dry well.

"You said you don't know how to appreciate calligraphy and painting, so how do you explain this box of gold?"

Seeing this box of gold, the mayor's face suddenly lost blood, and he understood that his general situation had gone, so he hurriedly knelt down and pleaded guilty. But Xie Yutang was unmoved, and had them dragged down and imprisoned.

Soon the people in the town got the news and gathered outside the house to ask them to release them.

When Xie Yutang came this time, he brought a battalion of soldiers, all of whom were tall and strong, and they were not afraid of these unarmed ordinary people at all. It's just that they can't be allowed to continue to make trouble, after all, the disaster is serious.

Xie Yutang immediately made a decision and immediately asked them to pull the mayor's family to the entrance of the market.

"Fellow villagers, I came here to control the water, and the family of the town mayor Wang Shan actually embezzled the disaster relief money sent by the imperial court over the years, causing the river embankment to burst every year, so we decided to temporarily detain him and wait for him to be beheaded in the autumn."

The people outside immediately made a fuss, but they couldn't argue with it in the face of ironclad evidence.

"General, the mayor of the town has done a lot of things for our town over the years, even if there is no merit, there is hard work, please spare him for the sake of his hard work for so many years." An old man with gray hair stepped forward, and his words were echoed by everyone.

Xie Yutang had made up his mind, and Wang Shan's clansmen had been surrounding outside and refused to leave.

Seeing that the matter was getting bigger and bigger, the deputy general was very puzzled, "Why do the people of the Wangshan clan defend their family so much, and they dare to go against the imperial court." ”

The deputy general reminded Xie Yutang of this, he thought for a while, and explained to the deputy general, "You go and tell them, I will track down the corruption here, and no one else will be involved, but they will not be afraid if they continue to make trouble." ”

The deputy general suddenly realized that it was not only Wang Shan's family who had been greedy for silver over the years, but his people were afraid of being implicated, so they tried their best to protect him.

Sure enough, after the deputy general conveyed Xie Yutang's words to the people of the Wangshan clan, they discussed for a while and then dispersed.

"General, you will definitely investigate this kind of thing before, why this time...... I'm not saying you didn't handle it well, I just thought it was a little weird. The adjutant general hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but ask.

Xie Yutang was stunned for a moment, and smiled dumbly, "Wanwan said to me before that when the water is clear, there are no fish, this sentence is quite reasonable, not to mention that the local people are still required to cooperate with the water control." ”

As soon as Chi Wan was spoken, the thoughts that Xie Yutang had originally suppressed in his heart surged out again.

I don't know how she's doing now, if she's still angry.

Because of Xie Yutang's magnanimity, the people cooperated with his work very much, and achieved twice the result with half the effort, and the project was completed quickly.

However, Wang Shan's family actually committed suicide in prison en masse. The deputy general and others felt that Wang Shan's family was afraid of death, so they committed suicide in advance.

But Xie Yutang doesn't think so, he has the courage to commit suicide, will he still be afraid of the autumn queen?

But he still has a lot of things to do, so he doesn't care about it anymore, anyway, they are all people who are going to die, so what does it matter where he dies. But what he didn't know was that because of the death of Wang Shan's family, many ministers joined him.

said that he was ruthless, authoritarian and domineering, and said that what he did violated the benevolent government of the king of Chu, although the king of Chu ignored it, but he did not refute it.

Under his intentional or unintentional indulgence, the rumors became more and more exaggerated, and some people actually said that Xie Yutang wanted to rebel because of his high merits.

Although it was only a small group of people talking, it attracted Ji Wan's attention.

Even though she couldn't sit still, she went directly to Xie Yutang, but when she arrived in Qingshan Town, she was empty.

"What about the generals?" Chi Wanliu's eyebrows frowned slightly, and a bad premonition came to the tip of her heart.

Seeing Chi Wan rushing over, the deputy general was surprised for a moment, but thinking of Xie Yutang's explanation before leaving, he still explained to her, "The general was urgently recruited back by His Majesty, and his subordinates are planning to inform Madame of you." ”

Hearing this, Chi Wan's heart chuckled, "Your Majesty is in a hurry to recruit the general back, do you know what it is for?" ”

"I don't know." The adjutant shook his head, "I just know that it's urgent." ”

"In a hurry?" Chi Wan muttered to herself, always feeling that there was some conspiracy waiting for Xie Yutang.

"By the way, have you heard any rumors about the general these days?"

"What rumors?" Looking at his confused eyes, Chi Wan had the answer in her heart.

It's really strange, rumors are flying outside, but there is no movement around Xie Yutang, is Qingshan Town remote, or do people with intentions not want him to hear it?

The more Ji Wan thought about it, the more uneasy she felt, and hurriedly packed her things and went to Xie Yutang.

She ran all the way, and she didn't dare to rest for a moment on the way, but she was still one step late, and when she returned to the general's mansion, the housekeeper told her that Xie Yutang had already entered the palace one step ahead of her.

When Xie Yutang arrived in the palace, he was very strange when he saw that the King of Chu was told that there was nothing urgent.

"Maybe my tone at that time made the people below misunderstand, but in the past few days in Jiangnan, I am very worried. Those people weren't wrong. King Chu put down the recital in his hand and smiled suddenly, "By the way, you did a good job on this errand, and I decided to hold a grand celebration banquet for you in the palace." ”

Xie Yutang replied lightly, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

He has never cared about these false names, and now that there is no change in the palace, he can be regarded as at ease.

The celebration banquet was held very grandly, and the king of Chu seemed to want to tell everyone that he attached great importance to Xie Yutang.

Some ministers secretly held back their strength in their hearts, and their attitude towards Xie Yutang was yin and yang.