Chapter 184 Investigate the Cause of the Levee Burst
"What are you talking about, why did everyone leave as soon as I came." Mu Chenmo handed the bowl full of the cauldron to Qi Yu, and turned around to get him the bun.
Qi Yu looked at Mu Chenmo's back with a smile, his Mo'er is becoming more and more like a good wife and mother, alas, I don't know when his son will be able to meet him.
"Father, mother."
Luo Youning came over with the bowl, the corners of Qi Yu's eyebrows twitched, the corners of his mouth twitched, the cheap son came so fast.
Mu Chenmo nodded lovingly, turned back and took two steamed buns for Luo Youning.
When he came back, Luo Youning had already moved a flat big stone as a table, three small stones as a stool, and the three of them sat together in a triangle and ate silently.
Qi Yu swallowed the last bite of food in his mouth: "Son, you can't be lazy when carrying the stone, seeing that gap has not swallowed hundreds of lives, you must block it and tamp it." ”
Mu Chenmo and Luo Youning turned their heads at the same time, and looked at the place where Qi Yu pointed out, and the two of them knew it at the same time, it seemed that it was the place where the six people from the water department fell into the water.
"Dad, don't worry, my son knows." Luo Youning patted his chest and said.
"Son, pay attention to your body, don't exhaust yourself, you are the only seedling in our family."
Mu Chenmo glanced at Qi Yu, lovingly took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat on Luo Youning's forehead.
The jealous Qi Yu secretly glared at Luo Youning, and the sweat on the poor Luo Xiaotong's head was getting more and more rubbed.
After collecting the bowls of the three people, Mu Chenmo walked to the river to wash them, and picked up the gravel with a bamboo basket on his back.
Qi Yu and Luo Youning also always revolve around the gap, intentionally or unintentionally.
On this day, Qi Yu turned to the gap again, standing on the sack soaked in water, and the voice of Zhao County's order sounded behind him.
"Brother Mu, the gap has not converged yet, it is very dangerous here, if something happens to your sister-in-law and eldest nephew, how will you live."
Qi Yu turned his head and smiled at Zhao Xianling: "That's true, my wife can't do without me, I'm just curious, how could such a strong dam suddenly collapse, but there is a reason." ”
"Alas, it's a pity that six officials from the Ministry of Water were standing here when the dam seeped." He stomped his foot and said, "The dam collapsed without warning, and when I arrived, the six colleagues didn't know where to go." ”
Qi Yu spoke: "Didn't you find the body all along?" ”
Zhao Xianling shook his head and sighed again and again.
Mu Chenmo hurriedly walked over from a distance, and saw Qi Yu directly grab his ears and drag him off the sack in the gap in the dam.
"You are an old immortal, you haven't had enough good days, thinking about reporting to Hades early, do you know how dangerous the place you just stood is."
Zhao Xianling nodded at Qi Yu with a smile, and turned to leave.
Mu Chenmo scolded Qi Yu while looking at Zhao Xianling's back out of the corner of his eye.
This person stood behind Qi Yu for a long time, and with a slight push of his hand, Qi Yu fell back into the water.
Seeing her heart tremble, she ran over regardless of it, twisting Qi Yu's ears and dragging him down.
Returning to the rented house in Pu'an County in the evening, Mu Chenmo called Qi Yu and Luo Youning to the main hall, and said with a solemn expression.
"From tomorrow onwards, don't wander around the breach."
"What's wrong?" Qi Yu asked, and Luo Youning was also puzzled.
Mu Chenmo frowned: "When I was steaming buns today, I accidentally caught a glimpse of someone staring at you, those people have eyeliner on the dam, and they are afraid that our identities will be exposed." ”
She also inquired that the dam had experienced a bigger flood than this year and that it had not breached, and that although the water of the Wei River had risen, it had not reached its peak in the past year.
In the past few days, she has also pondered the reason for the dam failure, the Zhangjiawan dam is made of stone strips, and it is impossible to destroy it man-made like Luxi Town.
What was obviously impossible to happen, just happened without a trace, what did the six people from the Ministry of Water find, why did the six people go to the dam at the same time, and they were swept away by the flood at the same time by such a coincidence.
"Smack." Luo Youning slapped his leg, and when he saw Mu Chenmo raising his head when he heard the voice, he explained embarrassedly: "I was bitten by ants." ”
Mu Chenmo looked down at the white ant that he slapped to death in the palm of his hand, and was shocked, termites! Could it be termites!
"From tomorrow, son, you stay at the dam to inquire about this white ant, be careful not to make people suspicious, I will walk around under the dam with your father."
Luo Youning's face began to turn red, there is no need to dress up here, how did he know that Mu Chenmo revealed their identities in Wei County because of a habitual title.
Qi Yu pinched the white ant from Luo Youning's hand: "Ask what this little thing is doing, the dam is everywhere, this little thing can still gnaw stones?" ”
Mu Chenmo nodded affirmatively, Qi Yu and Luo Youning glanced at each other, they both felt incredible, and the three of them discussed and went to sleep separately.
Early the next morning, Qi Yu got up early in the morning to clean up, he was in a good mood, and finally got rid of Luo Youning, a follower, and followed him and Mo'er every day, he couldn't do something intimate if he wanted to.
The three of them went up to the dam together, and Qi Yu greeted Zhao Xianling, leaving Luo Youning to track down the white ants on the dam.
He and Mu Chenmo walked down the dam, and Mu Chenmo walked all the way to find a place to sit, constantly turning over the stones washed down by the flood.
Qi Yu watched and listened to all directions, always paying attention to the movements behind them to see if anyone was following them.
After the two of them walked out of Wuli, they made sure that no one was following them, so they asked.
"Mo'er, what are you looking for?"
Mu Chenmo raised the stone in his hand: "Found it, master, look." ”
Qi Yu looked at the pitted stones, he didn't know what Mu Chenmo was excited about, and he didn't see the reason for looking at it for a long time.
Without waiting for Qi Yu to ask to understand, he saw Mu Chenmo start looking at the broken stones again, turning them over and walking forward.
Sure enough, as she expected, the dam burst should have been caused by termites eating and nesting, and the six people in the water department also discovered this before they were killed.
Termites like warm and humid places, which is very common in the south, as long as experienced people know its habits, why didn't Zhao County order send people to kill them.
Mu Chenmo's eyes narrowed and looked at the dam, didn't Zhao County, who was diligent in government and love the people and sympathetic to the people, not know about this?
"Master, let's go to a nearby house to beg for water."
Qi Yu picked up Mu Chenmo and walked towards the place where the smoke was rising.
He had a lot of questions, looking at Mo'er's expression, he should have found something, although he was anxious, his face was not revealing at all.
When the two entered the village, they saw a doctor carrying a medicine box explaining to the villagers how to prevent and control the plague.
"Master, there will be a big epidemic after the catastrophe, but fortunately, Zhao County Ling thoughtfully organized a doctor to prevent and control it early." Mu Chenmo looked at Qi Yu and said.
"That's right, thanks to Zhao County's order, otherwise we would have been sick a long time ago, and I heard that the plague in Linxian County has begun to spread."
Folks, you praised Zhao County Order one by one.
Mu Chenmo chatted with the old ladies with a smile, and learned that Zhao Xianling came to Pu'an County three years ago, and as soon as he came, he ran to the dam every day to study how to build the dam and develop water conservancy.
The villagers sighed that good people don't have a good life, but it's a pity that Mrs. Liu, the county commander, has never been able to conceive a child.
Mu Chenmo nodded as he listened, unconsciously leading the topic to the person who was drowned in the flood.
"Those six court officials came to our Pu'an County, did not listen to Zhao County's orders to dissuade and command indiscriminately, and asked the people to pour boiling water and hot tung oil on the dam, and they caused the dam to collapse."
After listening to the words of the old ladies, Mu Chenmo can now be sure that the six people in the water department have discovered the harm of termites to the dam and are also trying to find a way to cure it.
But why is Zhao County's order on it. There is no mention of it on the fold of the book.
After drinking the water in the bowl slowly, Mu Chenmo and Qi Yu left the village, but they ran into Zhao County's order who came to look for them in a hurry.
"But I found you, Mu Xiaoning was hit on the head by the falling stones, hurry up and follow me to take a look."
Mu Chenmo's face turned pale and he grabbed Qi Yu's hand tightly: "How could this be, when we just came over, Ning'er was fine." ”
"Zhao County Order, lead the way ahead, but you can send it to the hospital, what does the doctor say." Qi Yu asked anxiously.
The three of them walked briskly to the dam, and before they got up the dam, they saw Luo Youning, who was covered in blood, being carried down.