At the beginning, Lu Zhen really felt that this matter was likely to be done by the White Lotus Sect. But soon after, he was a little wavering about this, although this was indeed the style of the White Lotus Sect in the past, but it stands to reason that they should have further action after destroying the river embankment and causing such a disaster.

Indeed, with the White Lotus Sect's restless and rebellious style, once it is really the flood caused by them, after seeing the current scene in Xingze County, it is bound to try to demagogue the people, so that the affected people will be dissatisfied with the imperial court, and finally launch a civil uprising. But as a result, many months have passed, but there is still too much peace here in Xingze, except for some of the people who fled the famine, everyone else stayed in the county honestly, which is not something that the White Lotus Sect can tolerate.

Could it be that he guessed wrong, and this matter was not actually done by the White Lotus Sect? But in this way, the problem is becoming more and more confusing, except for the White Lotus Sect, who else dares to do such a thing, and can still hold gunpowder that is expressly forbidden by the imperial court?

For the next two days, this question continued to plague Lu Jin, so he ran to the river embankment several times, hoping to find more clues from this gap. It's a pity that after all, that sudden break happened a few months ago, and it was washed away by the flood, so it was naturally impossible to leave him with more valuable clues, even if Bai Zhao and other Jinyi guards carefully investigated, they couldn't see the reason after all.

On the other hand, there was a satisfactory answer to the questions of the victims.

Because Bai Zhao's judgment was only deduced based on some existing clues, and there was no definite evidence, and this matter was very important, Lu Zhen naturally could not believe only one side of his words. So I thought of asking the local people about the situation on the day of the rupture to find out.

Therefore, during the two-day soup kitchen, the person in charge of distributing the porridge soup would casually ask the other party where they lived before. As long as the victims live outside the county and not far from the river embankment, they will be asked again if they still have any memories on the day of the duel? Did you hear any noise?

As a result, a few of the victims remembered that they had heard a bang a few months ago, before the Yellow River suddenly burst. At the time, these people thought it was the sound of the river embankment being breached by the flood, so no one had any doubts about it. But when this result was reported to Lu Jin, it made him more and more sure that everything was indeed as Bai Zhao had deduced, that someone had blown up the river embankment with gunpowder, which led to such a flood!

Who is this murderer? Why would they do it? …… A series of questions still existed in Lu Jin's mind, but because it was a few months ago, it was not easy to find out.

At this time, Yao Gan put forward his own thoughts: "Governor, in fact, it is not completely impossible to find out the inside story of this matter, but it takes a lot of effort. After all, if you want to make a move on the embankment, blowing up the gap is not something that can be done in a short time. Moreover, at that time, the water of the Yellow River was rising, and whether it was the county government or the people, they would inevitably pay attention to it at all times, so it was naturally easier for people to notice that something was wrong. So just try to ask the people and see who is often on the embankment, and you may be able to find a target. ”

"Hmm." Lu Zhen glanced at Yao Gan with appreciation: "Your idea is not bad, since there is no other way at the moment, use this slightly troublesome method." However, this must be done in secret, so as not to let outsiders know our intentions. ”

"Humble duty understands." Yao Gan hurriedly received the order, so he hurriedly went out to arrange for people to secretly investigate.

Looking at his back as he left, Lu Zhen showed a smile again. In the past few years, Jinyiwei's brothers have grown a lot, especially people like Yao Gan who are always sent to run errands, after a few years of training, both their minds and courage are much better than at the beginning. Maybe after waiting for a while, when they can all be on their own, they will be able to completely let go and resign from the position of commander.

Lu Jin's relaxed mood didn't last long, and it was just noon, when Han Wutong hurried over again, with a slight resentment in his expression: "Master, something happened again." We were sent to Kaifeng Mansion two days ago, and a few people who wanted to raise some food from there were actually seized and detained by the local government! ”

"What?" When Lu Zhen heard this, his body was shocked: "What the hell is going on, you can listen carefully." ”

It turned out that because he knew that the grain he held could not last long, and Zhu Xuan refused to sell their grain, in order to wait for more time for the grain from Huguang to be delivered, Lu Zhen sent a few servants to Kaifeng Fucheng to buy grain.

In his opinion, with the location of Kaifeng, as long as no one is to blame, he can buy some grain and transport it to Xingze to solve his urgent needs. Of course, the price of food there will certainly not be low, but at this time, it is not taken care of.

didn't think that it had only been a few days, and the people he sent were actually detained by the local government for no reason, which really made Lu Zhen feel a little annoyed. And what Han Wutong said next made him even more annoyed: "According to the two people who fled back, in fact, they still collected some grain in the local area at the beginning, and the disaster there was much smaller than that of Xingzeke, and even many grain stores were still selling grain to the outside world.

But as a result, just when they were about to transport some of the grain here first, they were intercepted by the local government. And the other party also insisted that they were hoarders, and directly sent several people to prison, and they couldn't even see anyone. ”

Lu Jin's brows quickly furrowed: "How can this be?" Why did things change so much in just a few days? Did they do anything on the ground that they shouldn't do, or what they shouldn't say? ”

"No, sir, you know, the little ones have always been well-behaved outside. That is, some people were hired in Fucheng and asked them to transport the grain back......" Han Wutong hurriedly said. These people are all doing things according to him, and he naturally wants to speak for his subordinates.

Lu Zhen lowered his head and muttered for a moment: "There is no possibility of offending people, I just want to transport the grain to ......" Suddenly, his heart moved, and a bold speculation came out: "Is it because he knows that this grain is going to Xingze, in order to stop this, the local government will take action to detain people?" This thought, combined with the previous rumors that Zhu Xuan and Gong Chen had backers in Fucheng, an inference gradually took shape.

"I'm afraid that all this is a situation that someone wants to trap the people of Yingze County and force them to sell their fields!" Lu Jin's face was gloomy and said: "I said why is the situation here so unbearable, but I don't see anything from Kaifeng Mansion." It turns out that they made it all happen! It's really crazy, and there is no law! ”

"Ah......" Han Wutong opened his mouth wide, his face was incredulous: "Then the prefect, he really dares to do this?" Is it just to help those two unscrupulous businessmen? How can they be virtuous, and they can still let the government help them to such a point? ”

"No, if my speculation is true, it is absolutely impossible for these two merchants to be the beneficiaries of this. It can even be said that they are just pushed out to sing blackfaces, and the one who really wants to profit from it should be someone else, for example, someone in Kaifeng City! ”

Lu Zhen said, another pause, patted his forehead with his hand and said: "Why am I so confused, in fact, the flaws in this matter have always been in front of my eyes, but I have neglected them." Where did the grain merchants in the two counties have the capital and courage to hoard such a large amount of grain before the flood? That's enough food for the people of the county to eat for half a year, and they can't buy it without three or five hundred thousand taels of silver. Moreover, such a large amount of food, even if you have money, you can't buy it, at least you have to have the door of the government! ”

Han Wutong was stunned by what he said, and finally could only ask with some doubts: "Then master, what should we do?" ”

"Go to Kaifeng!" Lu Zhen said without hesitation: "Now if you want to untie the dead knot in this Yingze County, the root cause is not here for a long time, but in Kaifeng." Whether it's to rescue people or save the people here, I have to go to Kaifeng. ”

As he spoke, he stood up and beckoned: "Someone." ”

When the two brocade guards heard this, they walked in and waited for the dispatch. I saw Lu Jin's expression solemn and said: "You leave two capable ones, keep an eye on Zhu Xuan and Gong Chen's two families for me, as long as there are people out of the city at home, they will follow me." The others, except for a few who stayed here to watch the porridge shed, all went with me to Kaifeng. ”

"Yes!" A subordinate of the brocade guard hurriedly agreed. Soon, the elite of these brocade guards were ready and planned to leave with Lu Jin.

And their actions were naturally easily seen by the people below Yin Xiang not far away, and they also reported to him.

Yin Xiang was also stunned when he heard that the other party had the intention of leaving: "I was busy going outside the city to build some embankment before, but now I want to leave again, what is his idea?" ”

"Childe, what should we do then?" His subordinates asked with some hesitation, "Is things still going according to plan?" ”

"Just wait. I don't think he's a half-person, and he must have a purpose in leaving this time. Anyway, there is still some time, and the people in the city still have food to eat, and this is not the time to start. It's up to him to make a fuss. When the time comes, our plans will be successful! Yin Xiang squinted and smiled, feeling a little coquettish......