Chapter 54: Hypocrisy and Wrongdoing

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The sky is clear, the breeze is light, and outside a village, the fields are full of verdant rice seedlings, and many people are digging a canal in full swing, and the scene is extremely lively.

Among those busy people, Li Yuntian, who was dressed in casual clothes, pulled his trouser legs and cuffs, carried a hoe in his hand, and buried himself in work like the young and middle-aged laborers around him, without the slightest indication that he was a dignified magistrate of Hukou County.

This canal, which runs through the southern part of Hukou County, is planned and financed by the county government and built on a village-by-village basis, and will be the first irrigation system in Hukou County once completed, so that the villages in the southern part of Hukou County will benefit a lot.

In fact, as early as 20 years ago, the then magistrate of Hukou County had levied a tax on the construction of the canal, but after the money was handed over, the matter disappeared, and no one mentioned the matter of repairing the canal again.

Since Zhang Youde was arrested, Yang Yungui approached Li Yuntian with the plan of the canal, and he believes that the canal has a huge role in promoting agriculture in Hukou County, and the villagers are willing to build it, but at a large cost.

After listening to Yang Yungui's idea of the canal, Li Yuntian granted him the funds he needed without saying a word, and asked him to work with the officials of the county government house and workshop to handle this matter.

In order to show his attention to this canal, Li Yuntian deliberately took time to inspect the construction site today and personally participated in it.

Not only him, but also Luo Ming, the head of the standing class, also led his subordinates to hum and snort and pick up the tools in their hands.

"Lord Zhixian, rest for a while and drink saliva." An old man with gray hair led a group of female dependents to deliver water, and shouted to Li Yuntian with a smile.

Li Yuntian wiped the sweat from his forehead, got up and walked to the shade of the tree on the side, sat on the ground, took a bowl of water and drank it in one gulp.

"Lord Zhixian, this canal is repaired, and even if there is a drought year in the future, I will not be afraid." The old man took the empty bowl from Li Yuntian's hand, grinned, showing a few teeth in his mouth, and there was indescribable simplicity and joy in his smile.

Li Yuntian smiled and started a homely conversation with the old man, and the atmosphere was very relaxed.

"My lord, Zhao Inspector, please go for a trip." Not long after, a fast horse galloped over, and the big man on the horse was wearing the uniform of a sergeant of the inspection department, and after dismounting, he bowed his hand to Li Yuntian and said in a deep voice.

Li Yuntian frowned slightly when he heard this, if it wasn't for some emergency, Zhao Hua would not have sent someone to find him in a hurry, so he got up and left.

"It would be great if the magistrate could come a few years earlier." The old man led the villagers who were digging the ditch to gather on the side of the road to see each other off, and he couldn't help but sigh when he looked at Li Yuntian who was riding away on horseback.

The reason why Zhao Hua sent someone to invite Li Yuntian was naturally for the sake of the affairs in the restaurant, and the party who made trouble in the restaurant was He Renwei, the second son of Jiangxi salt merchant He Tianyan, that is, the young man in the blue robe.

As for the identity of the boy in white, Zhao Hua hasn't inquired about it yet, but he only knows that it is a young lady dressed as a man, with a Jinling accent, and it looks like it's not small.

The salt merchant is the richest businessman in the Ming Dynasty, with complicated social relations, and a salt merchant of the level of He Tianyan is even more powerful, so Zhao Hua shrank directly after learning of He Renwei's identity, and he didn't even dare to show his head, and kept the two sides hanging in the trial hall of the Inspection Division, and secretly sent someone to invite Li Yuntian.

He is self-aware, and he knows that his weight is too light, and he can't control both sides at all, and the trial is also in vain, so he dodges it knowingly.

"Salt merchant?" Li Yuntian couldn't help but feel a little interesting, he had long heard that salt merchants were rich in the world, but he didn't expect that the first time he dealt with him would be in this situation.

However, what made Li Yuntian more interested was the boy in white who had a strong sense of justice, and he didn't know which lady from a big family actually clashed with He Renwei for the sake of his ignorant grandson.

He actually admired the righteous act of the man in white, if it weren't for her, I am afraid that the girl would be ruined by He Renwei.

It's a pity that her approach is too simple and rude, and as a result, she can completely scare the other party away and surrender without a fight, which is the best policy.

Zhao Hua anxiously paced back and forth at the door of the Inspection Division, and the Inspection Department of Baishui Town had never provoked a person of this level in the history of Baishui Town.

It is reported that He Tianyan is a guest of honor of the two political envoys, and it is easier to kill him than to pinch an ant to death.

"Your Excellency, you're here." Seeing Li Yuntian and his entourage coming, Zhao Hua couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and hurriedly greeted him, and only Li Yuntian could deal with He Renwei in Hukou County.

"How's it going inside?" After dismounting, Li Yuntian walked towards the compound of the Inspection Division, asking questions as he walked.

"The two sides are together, and no one pays attention to anyone." Inspector Zhao followed quickly, looking very helpless.

"How did you know He Renwei's identity?" Li Yuntian smiled, it seemed that both sides were very confident, waiting for him to come and administer justice.

"It was his men who revealed his identity." Zhao Hua couldn't help but feel a little headache, he knew that He Renwei was so big, he wouldn't let Li Daniu bring the two sides to the inspection department, now it's easy to ask God to send God, God knows what those guys are going to do.

"What about the young lady? Find out what you didn't have? Li Yuntian smiled slightly when he heard this, feeling that He Renwei seemed to be a little weak in doing this, and he lost a step in terms of momentum.

"I can't find anything, her subordinates are very tight-mouthed, it seems that they just arrived in Whitewater Town today." Zhao Hua shook his head, his face was depressed, he tried his best to get any useful information out of it.

Li Yuntian already had a sense of proportion in his heart when he heard this, it seems that the nosy young lady's background is not simple, otherwise he would not have such self-confidence.

"My lord, you're going to see them in this outfit?" Seeing that Li Yuntian walked straight to the trial hall of the Inspection Division, Zhao Hua asked with some surprise.

Li Yuntian rushed from the construction site of the canal, and a lot of dust fell on his body and head, if he tried the case in this way, it would really hurt the prestige of the county.

"I am in a hurry to do the right thing, and I can't take care of so much." Li Yuntian smiled casually and strode into the lobby, the more the other party despised him, the more opportunities he had to attack.

In the lobby, the man in white and He Renwei sat on a chair drinking tea left and right, both of them treating each other as nothing.

In order to prevent further clashes between the two sides, Li Daniu and the sergeants of the Inspection Division stood around with expressionless faces.

Seeing Li Yuntian coming in, Li Daniu hurriedly greeted him, and the sergeants bowed down to Li Yuntian one after another.

The white-clothed boy and He Renwei and others looked up at Li Yuntian, and saw that he was wearing civilian clothes, with a gray face, and thought that he was a citizen who came to the Inspection Department to do business, but when they saw Zhao Hua and others huddled behind him, they knew that he was a person from the Inspection Department, and it seemed that it should be the inspection of the Inspection Department.

It's not surprising that the two of them have this kind of thought, Zhao Hua has never shown up, coupled with Li Yuntian's current dress, who would have thought that the dignified dignity of a county would appear here so unkemptly?

Although they saw Li Yuntian coming, the boy in white and He Renwei didn't mean to get up to greet each other, and they were still sipping tea there slowly.

Seeing this, Li Daniu was about to open his mouth to greet Li Yuntian, but was stopped by Li Yuntian, shook his head at him disapprerovingly, walked over quickly and sat on the chair behind the table in front of the lobby.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this official has something to delay, please forgive me, forgive me." After taking a seat, Li Yuntian smiled and bowed his hand to the man in white and He Renwei, with a very kind attitude.

"Humph!" The man in white snorted coldly and put the teacup on the table heavily, what she hated most was a timid and obedient villain like Li Yuntian.

"My lord, the matter is already clear, this slut instructed her subordinates to beat my subordinates for no reason, now you should punish her, put her in prison, and let her taste the torture instruments!" He Renwei glanced at Li Yuntian, put down the teacup in his hand, and looked at the man in white viciously and said.

"It turned out to be a young lady." Li Yuntian looked suddenly enlightened when he heard this, looked at the man in white, and then asked the two with a smile, "I don't know what the two of you call them?" ”

"My son's surname is He." He Renwei replied proudly, his eyes fixed on the boy in white, wanting to know where she came from.

"My young lady's surname is Zhou." The man in white didn't care about Li Yuntian at all, and the red-clothed girl who was standing on the side said coquettishly when he saw this, no matter how Li Yuntian is also an official, there should still be etiquette.

"Miss Zhou, Gongzi He said that you beat his subordinates for no reason, is this serious?" Li Yuntian felt that the man in white was too arrogant, and asked with a smile quietly.

"My young lady taught those people a lesson, but it wasn't for no reason, the surname He tried to insult a singing girl, and my young lady couldn't look past it, so let people teach them a lesson." The boy in white still didn't speak, and the maid in red replied in an orderly manner on the side.

"May I ask this girl, where is that singing girl now?" Li Yuntian nodded, looking at the red-clothed girl ring with a smile on his face.

"My young lady gave them ten taels of silver for their ancestors and grandchildren, and let them go so that they would not be harassed again." The red-clothed girl replied in a coquettish voice.

"Do you know where they went?" An imperceptible smile flashed at the corner of Liu Yuntian's mouth, and he asked with a smile.

"They can't go far, just look for them and find them." The red-clothed girl was stunned for a moment when she heard this, shook her head and said.

"He Gongzi, have you ever seen a pair of grandchildren who sing songs?" Seeing that the red-clothed girl couldn't tell the whereabouts of the singing girl, Li Yuntian looked at He Renwei.

"I've never seen anything singing!" He Renwei sneered and refused, how could he be stupid enough to testify to the boy in white.

"Miss Zhou, this is not easy to do, without the bitter master, how can you make this official believe that you are the one who beat He Gongzi in order to save the pair of singing ancestors and grandchildren?" When Li Yuntian heard this, he shook his head helplessly and said to the man in white.

He Renwei's face couldn't help but show a smug smile, now that the shape was very beneficial to him, he couldn't help but feel that Li Yuntian was very knowledgeable and secretly helping him.

The man in white frowned, his expression was much colder, she didn't expect that after Li Yuntian Luo Li said a lot, he would put himself on the side of the loss.