Chapter 12 It's all floating clouds
Jiang Wenhe was also soaked at the moment, his body was not very good, his face was already pale, and his lips were already a little blue, but when he heard Lin Xi's words, his face became more and more white.
He knew very well what Lin Xi meant by this.
Lin Xi is only an official of the Criminal Division now, even if the dam collapses and many people die, it has nothing to do with him.
He is responsible for the misappropriation of funds from other divisions and the use of the army.
Lin Xi's purpose is to defend this dam.
But by holding the dam, he didn't do any good at all.
When the time comes, someone will impeach, saying how can you be sure that there will be a problem with the dam?
The more the dam was guarded, the more intact the dam was, and Lin Xi couldn't find any reason to refute it.
Just the embezzlement of the public treasury and the use of the army are probably enough to make Lin Xi cut off his official position.
Because of the soaked cold, Jiang Wenhe shivered, his heart was full of unspeakable emotions, he couldn't help but take two steps, tried to open his eyes in the rain, looked at Lin Xi, and said softly: "You really want to do this?... Is it worth it?"
Lin Xi glanced at Jiang Wenhe, who was trying to open his eyes with rain on his face, his mood was originally solemn, but Jiang Wenhe's words made the corners of his mouth quietly upturn, full of a pride that was incomprehensible to others, and he laughed.
The vast majority of people in this world take the so-called glory and official title very seriously.
However, he really doesn't care about these, he does many things, and he never thinks about whether it is worth it or not, but like Nangong Weiyang, he likes it or not.
He only knows that there are still more good people than bad people in this world.
So he shook off the documents of the military supervision office that day, and after resisting the law, he was respected by countless people, and on the long street in front of Yun Qin's iron cavalry that day, there were so many people who blocked him regardless of life and death, and so many people affectionately called him "Lord Xiaolin", and so many people fished around the river for him.
In this Sangyu Wai, I don't know how many people affectionately call him "Lord Xiaolin" on weekdays, so he doesn't want this dam to collapse.
As for the official rank, at this moment, he was not even ashamed of agreeing to Gao Yanan's affairs.
Because it's a natural disaster... It's not that he provoked anyone.
"Floating clouds. ”
So listening to Jiang Wenhe's question at the moment, he just smiled proudly and said, "Compared with the fields and people behind here, the official position or something is all floating clouds. ”
"Floating clouds?"
Jiang Wenhe didn't know that this sentence was very smooth for Lin Xi.
Very few people in this world use the word floating clouds, for Jiang Wenhe, on this stormy and stormy river, Lin Xi's word made him have a completely different feeling.
Looking at Lin Xi, who was standing beside him, smiling proudly, Jiang Wenhe began to bow his head in shame.
"I'll go back and make arrangements. After rubbing his hands vigorously, he raised his head and said to Lin Xi.
"Mobilize all who can be mobilized. Lin Xi knew very well that to fight against this kind of natural disaster, he could only rely on the "sea of people", so he looked at Jiang Wenhe and confessed: "Transfer the people who can be transferred from my arrest room and the prison, they will follow me, and they will be promoted, but they will also endure hardships." ”
After explaining this, Lin Xi turned around and patted Jiang Xiaoyi's shoulder and said, "You escort him back." ”
Jiang Xiaoyi knew what Lin Xi meant very well, only Jiang Wenhe had the real power to mobilize what this dam needed, but Jiang Wenhe was just an old civil official, if something happened on the road, then even if Lin Xi did everything to carry it, it would be useless.
Because it was clear, Jiang Xiaoyi didn't say anything, just glanced at the river water that was shaking in a basin on one side worriedly, patted Lin Xi's shoulder, and turned around to get on the horse.
"Lord Zou, what do you think now?"
Watching Jiang Xiaoyi escort Jiang Wenhe into the rain curtain, Lin Xi turned his head to look at Zou Yishi beside him and asked.
Zou Yishi is a talented engineering official after all, seeing the scene on the dam with his own eyes, he knew that his previous judgment might lead him into a catastrophe, and when he heard Lin Xi's words at this moment, he was drenched in cold sweat in this pouring rain, bowing to Lin Xi and not knowing what to say.
"I will help you bear the consequences of embezzling the silver and silver dams of the public treasury, and you will help me watch this river dam this night. ”
What shocked him was that he heard Lin Xi say this calmly, and when he looked up at Lin Xi, he saw that Lin Xi, who couldn't see his face in this rainy night, had already looked at the ninety-year-old Chen Yangzhi and asked, "That river dam in Yanlai Town... Is that the case?"
"Lord Lin, it's the same!"
The ninety-year-old man's body shook up, and when he heard something, he hissed again, "If the adults want to go to Yanlai Town, I will go with the adults and show the way for the adults!"
Lin Xi nodded, looked at the half-paralyzed old man whose throat had been injured by drinking, and asked, "The dam is fixed here, can you do it without you?"
"With the strength of your lords, it is no longer in the ordinary, but in the destiny of heaven. Hiroyuki!
In the old man's shouting, Chen Haozhi immediately stepped forward, "Haozhi! I also told you how to fix the dam, and you did your best to assist the adult who stayed... We, the Chen family, coexist and die with this dam!"
"Lord Zou, if my friend comes back, you let him and I arrest the people in the house, and everyone on this dam will listen to you and Chen Hao's arrangement, if anyone disobeys your orders... In this extraordinary period, he and the people who raised the house will be indirectly taken down! If there is any unmanageable change, please send someone to Yanlai Dam to find me. ”
Lin Xi bowed slightly to Zou Yishi, saluted solemnly, and then got on the horse.
"Floating clouds..."
Zou Yishi watched Lin Xi rush out on horseback, and the anger that he originally felt that Lin Xi didn't understand water conservancy and interfered in the affairs of the manual division had all turned into an indescribable shock at this moment.
The sound of eager horses' hooves sounded in the governor's mansion.
The town guard sergeants who had been asleep in the town governor's camp were all awakened.
After hearing that the two sentries quickly entered to report that the new town governor had arrived, and ordered everyone to get up immediately to carry out military affairs, the newly appointed military academy Shen Haotian dressed up at a fast speed and walked out of the barracks.
However, looking at the two military horses in front of the barracks spewing white gas in the rainy night, and seeing the drenched Jiang Wenhe ordering all the nearly two hundred sergeants to rush to assist in strengthening the dam except for the ten defense guards who left the sentry, a sneer appeared on Shen Haotian's face.
He came to power because of the Silver Hook Fang case, the previous military academy was replaced, but he got along very harmoniously with the previous military academy, and in his heart he also thought that Lin Xi had given them a slap in the face from the local army, and Jiang Wenhe was only a revised civilian official in the upper department before he temporarily became the governor of the town, and his real power was much worse than that of the military academy.
"Lord Jiang. Shen Haotian looked at the old civil official who was trembling all over, and said coldly: "You came in such a hurry in the middle of the night just for this matter?"
Jiang Wenhe saw the sneer on Shen Haotian's face clearly, and patiently commented: "The river dam may collapse at any time, involving thousands of lives, and it is very urgent. ”
"In that case, I will send thirty sergeants for your lordship to dispatch to ensure that your lordship's orders will be delivered. Shen Haotian looked at Jiang Wenhe lightly and said, "What do you want us all to do out of the camp?"
Jiang Wenhe is usually the most peaceful, and if there is an argument, he will try to avoid it, but thinking of Lin Xi's words and the scene on the dam, his anger also rose suddenly, tilted his head, and said in a rough voice: "Lin Xi is responsible for the arrangement on the dam, I let you go at the moment, it is because of the lack of manpower to assist in strengthening the dam, do you think that you are just in charge of supervising the work!"
"We're soldiers, not plasterers. Shen Haotian's face also sank.
"According to the law of Yun Qin, it is an emergency, and the town governor can mobilize the town defenders at any time. At this moment, Jiang Xiaoyi took a step forward and interrupted Shen Haotian, who refused to cooperate, "Whether you are soldiers or plasterers, if you don't listen to the orders of the town governor, you are resisting the law." ”
"Resisting the law?"
Shen Haotian looked at Jiang Xiaoyi and sneered sarcastically: "Who are you, and what qualifications do you have to say these things to me here?
Jiang Xiaoyi frowned, he couldn't imagine that these people would have to do such a battle of words in this situation for the sake of some battle of will, of course he knew that if Jiang Wenhe fought with reason and forced each other by law, these people would still give in, but he understood that these people would probably still be unwilling and unwilling to procrastinate.
So he didn't say anything more, and stepped over to Shen Haotian, who was wearing copper plate armor, in one step.
"Zheng" a clear sound.
A sentry in front of Shen Haotian only felt a flower in front of him, and got Jiang Xiaoyi's traces, but the long knife in the scabbard on his waist had already reached Jiang Xiaoyi's hand, bringing out a strong knife wind, and slashing towards Shen Haotian's neck!
Looking at the young man who jumped like a tiger, Shen Haotian opened his mouth in surprise, he subconsciously took half a step back, quietly bowed down, twisted his body violently, and the long knife on his waist was instantly unsheathed to meet him.
"Dang!"
He blocked the knife accurately, and a dazzling spark burst out where the two knives intersected, but a strong force indirectly cracked his tiger's mouth and pressed down.
The back of the knife he was holding in his right hand was indirectly pressed against his left shoulder, and the opponent's knife was still pressed down, pressing his knife, so that he couldn't stand and indirectly knelt on the ground.
"Your Excellency!"
There was a sound of the blade coming out of the sheath, and Jiang Xiaoyi was surrounded in the middle, and was pointed at by the dense layers of cold light flashing blades.
"Your town guards don't listen to the orders of the town governor and want to rebel? Jiang Xiaoyi sneered and glanced at the sergeants around her, and the long knife in her hand pressed hard, and Shen Haotian, who originally wanted to struggle to stand up, was so pressed that he couldn't stand up at all.
Seeing that Jiang Xiaoyi was also a cultivator who was as difficult to mess with as Lin Xi, Jiang Wenhe immediately understood more and more the meaning of Lin Xi's special letting Jiang Xiaoyi accompany him back, and he also shouted loudly: "Okay! If you want to rebel, you will kill Shen Haotian first!"
"You put away your blades! The garrison of our town is at the disposal of Lord Jiang!" Hearing Jiang Wenhe's words, Shen Haotian's face was like gold paper, and he hissed.
Jiang Xiaoyi put away the knife, looked around, and sneered: "Toast and don't eat and drink." ”
"What's going on?"
"What, the river dam over there in Sangyuwei is very dangerous, and the dam is about to burst, Lord Xiaolin has already arrived at the dam, let everyone help?"
"The town guards are all dispatched, Lord Xiaolin is here, there can be no fake!"
"Go and help!"
Soon after the sound of horses' hooves of the town defenders sounded in Donggang Town, almost every household in Donggang Town was lit up, and many people were wearing robes and running out with umbrellas, rushing towards the direction of the Sangyu Siege Dam.
"I am a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, it is difficult to ensure safety, and there is still a matter of leisure and elegance in the foreman?"
At the door of an inn, the fat businessman who had been smiling on his face also walked to the street with an umbrella, and after hearing what was happening, the fat businessman smiled and habitually wiped his hand on his sleeve, yawned and walked back to the inn: "I'm not so bored to go to the dam to see you... It's so late... I'm so resting, I'll surprise you tomorrow. ”