Murky floodwaters flooded the rooftops of people's houses, and there was no end in sight to the clouds. At the head of the wave is a wooden basin containing a baby, and in the weak cry, the wooden basin may capsize at any time. There are blue-black fish and shrimp hanging from the trees. The colorful floating corpses of people and animals make people's scalps tingle. The corpse with a swollen belly burst with a clatter, and the foul-smelling pus overflowed.

Dinghai County Ling on the big ship stared blankly at the ocean in front of him, and sat on the deck, sweat droplets the size of beans dripping from the end of his nose.

"Hurry up to the court, hurry up to the court......"

He muttered to himself.

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"Steward Qian, we have important matters, we must see Mr. Tianfang, you must be accommodating."

Wu Keyang, the prefect of Ningbo, Fan Zhong, the waiter of the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing, Su Jianyuan, the superintendent of the river yamen, the vermilion purple official robe in front of the sedan chair, and the black yarn with two wings. They are all huddled at the gate of Chen's mansion, anxious like ants on a hot pot.

Qian Gui was at a loss, and he made a gesture again and again: "Several adults forgive the sin, my old man couldn't afford to be sick when he returned home, and he passed out several times in two days." The doctor I asked for the night before yesterday said that he was sick from grief. Whether this life can be saved or not is still two words, and it must not be disturbed by anyone again. ”

"Can't you be accommodating?"

Qian Gui had a wrinkled face: "You just go in, the old man is also unconscious, he doesn't use it." ”

Fan Zhong, the squire of the Ministry of Works, was only in his thirties, and it was the time of the officialdom to have a hot temper, so he took a step forward: "You slave, don't make a mistake!" If Chen Tianfang doesn't come forward again, these counties in Ningbo will not be able to be saved! It's about hundreds of thousands of Li people, it's not the time for your family to lose their temper! ”

As soon as he said this, Qian Gui's face immediately fell, he clenched his fists and looked directly at Fan Zhong, and took a leisurely breath: "The villain is indeed a house slave, Master Fan is a dignified servant of the Ministry of Works, it is easier to pinch me to death than to pinch a bedbug." But when Lord Fan said this, the villain had a few words that were not unhappy. The second master of our family ordered people to be beaten to death, and the murderer has not been convicted until now, our old man is eighty-nine! The youngest son is dead! ”

He was a butler in the merchant's mansion, but he shouted loudly to the high-ranking officials with ribbons at the door.

"Ladies and gentlemen, ask yourself, if it were you, would you be able to stand it? There is a big flood in Dinghai, but it should also be taken care of, this is always right? Have our Chen family ever eaten the government's salary? Why did they all run to our Chen family when this happened? Do you want our old man to take care of it? Even if the son dies, he has to free his hands? ”

He let go of the door: "If you have to go in, Qian Gui can't stop you." It's nothing more than forcing the old man to death, forcing us all to death, then the flood will recede, and the pig Polong will be flat, let's go in. ”

Fan Zhong's face was red and white, and the green tendons on his neck burst out.

"Steward Qian, that's not what Master Fan meant."

Wu Keyang then spoke: "Since the teacher is sick from hard work and unconscious, so he asks the old man to recuperate, what about the old man of the Chen family?" Can you call him out? ”

Qian Gui softened his face at this time, and he sighed: "Uncle, if you can't come to greet you?" My uncle heard that Dinghai had been flooded, so he went out early to prepare more than a dozen boats of grain and went to Dinghai for disaster relief. ”

"And when will he be back?"

Su Jianyuan, the river supervisor, also asked in a shrill voice.

"It's not good, one or two days, two or three days, five or six days, at most a month."

Su Jianyuan laughed angrily: "Hmph, when he comes back, the daylilies will be cold." ”

Qian Gui bowed his head and did not speak.

Wu Keyang waved his hand.

"Okay, then we'll come back another day, Steward Qian must write a letter to the uncle, telling him to hurry back, the disaster relief matter will be handled by the government, and now there is something bigger, he has to find a way."

"Don't worry, Lord Wu, I'll write immediately."

"Farewell."

Wu Keyang brushed his sleeves away, and the others looked at me, I looked at you, and they all sighed and left. There were indignant whispers.

"It makes no sense."

"Look at the way this dog killed just now!"

Qian Gui bowed respectfully, and he couldn't hear it. After a few sedan chairs were far away, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then he turned around and entered the house, holding out two fingers with his back to the door.

"Close! Add two more deadbolts. ”

The wharf, on the sealed boat under the banner of the Chen family.

Chen Yuewu was also worried.

The mercury, ash, pepper and other goods he brought this time were originally eaten by the Chen family, so he took the silver back to Shandong.

But during the day today, the servants of the Chen family pulled the convoy and returned most of the goods, saying that the Chen Mansion had suffered an accident and could not spare their hands to digest the goods for the time being. Only one-third of the original fee can be charged, and as for the price, the previous deposit is enough, and no more silver is prepared.

Looking at the whole Zhoushan, there is only one businessman who can eat such a large number of goods, and the Chen family is the only one, and if they want to contact a few more foodies, many people are afraid of the prestige of the Chen family and dare not do business with Chen Yuewu.

Chen Yuewu himself is not afraid, but many of these goods are the capital of local dignitaries and nobles in Shandong, if this is lost, Chen Yuewu has to give half of his life to the family.

After all, there is no pig Polong in Shandong, and he can be called Chen Yuewu to Ping.

"Knock knock."

"Enter."

Chen Yuewu furrowed his brows. The candle flame in front of the table was obscured by a figure, and he looked up.

In front of him was Li Yan with a vermilion sword box on his back.

"Ah, sir."

"I heard that there is a big flood over there in Dinghai?" Li Yan sat down and saw Chen Yuewu sorting out the account books, so he blinked: "What about hurting for the Chen family's broken contract?" ”

Chen Yuewu smiled: "It's not sad, I have never missed the Guanyin Diagram of Wanghai for so many years." Since the unprecedented six leaves are auspicious, it must not be wrong. ”

"Even if you don't sweep your yard, you will be blind even if there is gold under the leaves. Old man Chen, don't believe too much in an artifact. ”

Chen Yuewu smiled bitterly when he heard this: "My lord, the four words of Mr. Chen, I was ashamed in the past, but when I arrived in Zhejiang, I really couldn't afford it." ”

After a pause, he remembered Li Yan's question just now, and nodded again: "Yes, the letter from yesterday, the Great Sage of the Sea is restless again, and there will be one in the past two or three years, but there is no such big movement." ”

"As soon as Chen Tianfang's youngest son died, there was a big flood in Dinghai, isn't this strange?"

Now, Chen Yuewu no longer persuaded Li Yan, but nodded solemnly: "It has long been rumored that there is collusion between the Great Sage of the Sea and Chen Ke's two families. But Chen Yuewu died three sons in order to resist the Great Sage of the Sea, and the Chen Ke family even ate countless descendants of the Great Sage of the Sea, who would dare to accuse them rashly with such grievances? Furthermore, even if it is true, so what? After all, except for the Chen family, no one can deal with this sea-covering sage. ”

Li Yan nodded, the Dragon and Tiger Mountain Fu Soap Service can suppress the world, but once the Great Sage of the Sea Covers the Sea burrows into the sea, they will also sigh with admiration. After all, there is no talisman that has the ability to burn mountains and boil the sea.

Chen Yuewu said again: "Mr. Tianfang, I can't figure it out, but Chen Han, I think I can still get a few points, he has a keen sense of smell and a ruthless heart." There is one thing that adults may not know. ”

"You say."

"The White Lotus Sect rose in April, and now there are still troops stationed in Huzhou, and all the state capitals are strictly guarded, but only Changguo, that is, here. There was a mob rebellion, and the rebels colluded with the White Lotus Sect, and at least more than 20,000 people voted for Zhao Yiping of the White Lotus Sect. The cause of the rebellion of the rebellious people was that the price of grain was extremely high, and the harvest of the little land in the hands of the people was not enough to sow seeds next year. ”

"Chen Han bought all the grain?"

"Yes, as soon as this incident came out, the cabinet was furious, and the palace decreed that the governor of Changguo was beheaded and his family property was confiscated. also asked the prefect of Ningbo and the governor of Caoyun to try the case together, and asked them to find out the thief who misled the country, but now, the two adults have not yet pulled the case to the Chen family. ”

"As soon as this flood broke out, the sin of forcing the people to rebel will not be even more involved in the Chen family, right?"

Chen Yuewu's eyes rolled and said vaguely: "Not necessarily, if the Great Sage of Covering the Sea is pacified, then the birds will be exhausted, and no matter how good the bow is, it will be useless." ”

Li Yan laughed when he heard this: "Old man, if Longhushan gives you a message, you might as well say it directly, if not, don't ask me to do day jobs for others." ”

Chen Yuewu works for the Maritime Safety Bureau, and the official of the Maritime Safety Bureau is a person from Longhu Mountain, so he naturally thinks through this joint.

"You can't hide anything from the appeasement."

Chen Yuewu sighed slightly: "There is an old man who asked me to hand over a paper crane letter to Li Zhenfu. ”

"Take it."

Chen Yuewu took out a paper crane from the title page of a Heart Sutra, which was pale cyan and had a strange fragrance.

The paper crane of Longhu Mountain is divided into yellow, green, black three colors, yellow is "gold-coated paper", each is worth five taels of silver, it is used when the dragon and tiger yamen convey official documents in various places, the cyan is "the thousand-year-old town nightmare wood", each paper crane costs around a hundred taels of silver, the official documents of Taiyi Pavilion are all made of green paper cranes.

The black paper crane is a spiritual dragon and tiger magic object, and the heavenly masters of the past generations have used essence and blood to nourish it, and each one is a priceless treasure.

"Brother Li Yan, seeing the letter is like well, the North Korean scriptures, I am embarrassed, the day before yesterday I have asked the master to include you in the Heavenly Master Dao Shou Zi generation, the Taoist number guards the evil ......"

This letter was written by Yi Yu, the first high-ranking merit in the Taiyi Pavilion of the Ming Dynasty Expedition to North Korea, Li Yan once used a qi healing technique to exchange the Nine Phoenix Divine Runes from him, and also mixed a cheap junior brother, Yi Yu also got a lot of credit from Li Yan and benefited a lot.

In the letter, he patted his chest first, saying that you Li Yan are a person from my Heavenly Master's Dao, this is a broken bone and tendon, and no little things in the past are counted. Another is that I heard that now that you have arrived in Zhejiang, you don't know that there is a big demon covering the sea in Zhejiang, who has done a lot of evil in these years. Senior brother, as a person in my Heavenly Master's Dao, it is incumbent on you to kill demons and demons......

Li Yan read the letter, and Chen Yuewu coughed before saying: "What Taiyi Pavilion means is that as long as the sea demon is ambushed, there is no need to calm the master and ponder, and the people of Zhejiang naturally know what to do." As for the investigation of subordinate officials and criminals, it will be a trivial matter at that time. ”

Li Yan read the letter: "It's easy to say." ”

He folded the green paper back into the paper crane and handed it back to Chen Yuewu.

"When are you going to do it?"

"Didn't you say that the great sage of the sea will stir up another big flood on the fifth day of August? I'll do it that day. ”

Li Yan listened to the sound of water outside the boat.

"Are you sure?"

Chen Yuewu was a little worried.

"Actually, it's hard to say." Li Yan thought for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Since I am trying to eliminate demons for Longhu Mountain this time, I should always ask for some supplies, right?" ”

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Changguo Zhizhou Yamen.

The river yamen, the Caoyun yamen, the two governors of Ningbo Prefecture, and the county orders of several coastal counties are all together.

"You are all people who seek the country, and this time, I will get straight to the point."

Wu Keyang looked at Zheng Yuanning: "Lord Zheng, the case of investigating the knife and killing people will be closed today." According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Dong broke into a private house, raped a woman, and was sentenced to hanging, but because the person was dead, he was not executed. ”

"Yes, yes."

Zheng Yuanning responded like a worm.

"Lord Hai." He looked at the replacement Changguo Zhizhou again: "Where is the thief you arrested a few days ago who framed the Ke family for colluding with the pirate anti-heaven knife gang?" ”

Hai Zhizhou didn't speak for a long time, and Wu Keyang urged him a few times before he spoke: "I have been found dead in prison a few days ago." ”

“…… Well. Wu Keyang was silent for a while, and then said: "Since the person is dead, there is no tangible evidence, in addition, the confessions, account books, and documents you collected. I'll send it back to you tomorrow, how to deal with it, you can do it yourself. ”

After a pause, he said: "As for the cabinet's urgency, regarding the defection of the rebellious people of Fenghua to the White Lotus Sect, I have written to the imperial court, asking that the case be sealed first, and that all my energy be spent on relief for the victims and resisting the flood, Your Majesty is sympathetic to the people, and will definitely understand." Do you have any objections? ”

"Heh, hehehe~"

Haichishu suddenly laughed, wiping his tears as he laughed.

"Lord Hai, what's wrong?"

"Ah, the old man is a little crying in the wind~" Hai Zhizhou rubbed his eyes and said: "I just sighed, it took more than half a year to implement less than half of the important cases, and the Wu Governor's Mansion was all closed in a few words. Old man, I admire. Old man, I'm incompetent. ”

The atmosphere was extremely depressing for a while.

"Lord Hai, it is appropriate to govern the world, to be round in troubled times, and to use both sides and circles for several seasons. It is enough to have a Haigang Peak under the sky, defend yourself. ”

Wu Keyang said without saltiness.

Hai Zhizhou shook his head with a wry smile: "There is no beginning, and there is an end." Listen to the adults. ”

At this time, someone broke in outside, it was Jia Jindeng from the Dragon and Tiger Yamen of Zhoushan County.

"Taiyi Pavilion has an order, and there is a big demon covering the sea in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, who has been obstructing the waterway and flooding the houses for many years, causing great harm to the people's livelihood. Therefore, the Heavenly Master Dao Master was sent to clear it, and the state capital guards along the way must do their best to cooperate without delay. ”

Officials big and small listened to each other.

"Again?"

"Can the Heavenly Master Dao still draw people?"

Wu Keyang was very calm: "But I don't know which high-level master was sent down the mountain?" ”

Jia Jindeng didn't think twice: "Heavenly Master Dao guards evil and high merit, Daning Wei Zuosi calms down, and Flying Cavalry Captain Li Yan." ”