Lin Xi looked at the river.

The river is calm and beautiful, with a faint layer of mist, and there are fishing boats and merchant ships walking on the river, which is peaceful and quiet.

He Jing and more than ten officials from Yanlai Town walked on the river dam, after walking on the river dam, He Jing squatted ** and knocked on the dam body with his hand, feeling that the dam body was extremely tight, his heart became more and more relieved, and the sneer smile on his face became stronger.

He also looked at the clear river and walked not far in front of Lin Xi.

"Lord Lin, now you should put away your nonsense and go back to Donggang Town, right?"

He didn't look at Lin Xi, who turned to look at him, and spit out this sentence calmly and with a hint of pride in the river.

The semi-paralyzed old man, who was already lying calmly on the bamboo chair, stiffened, and wanted to stand up and say something, but Lin Xi patted him to reassure him, and then said calmly: "There are so many good fields and life and death, how can it be nonsense." ”

"Lord Lin, you said that there is a problem with this dam, but it is not good after the rainstorm this night?" Guo Xiuxian, who was behind He Jing, said angrily: "This barrage in Yanlai Town is my responsibility, not Lord Lin, right?"

Lin Xi glanced at the official who was too obese to hold up his official uniform without a trace of wrinkles, like a skin, and said, "Have you checked some local records about this dam? Have you heard the opinions of the people who participated in the construction of the dam and the reinforcement of this dam?"

"Lord Lin. Guo Xiuxian sneered, stretched out his fat and white hand to guide Jiang Ba, "Any record is not as convincing as the on-site investigation, do you believe the words of an old farmer, and don't believe the judgment of so many Yunqin officials?"

Lin Xi frowned slightly, looked at the fat official with a red face, and said calmly and seriously: "Because he cares more about these good fields and the lives of those people than you, I believe in him." And listening to what you say, I don't think you even know the structure of this dam, do you say I believe him or do you believe you?"

Lin Xi's words were extremely unkind, and even questioned Guo Xiuxian's true talent, Guo Xiuxian's face turned purple with anger, and he said angrily: "You...!"

He Jing waved his hand, stopped Guo Xiuxian, turned his head to look at Lin Xi, and said indifferently: "The barrage in Donggang Town is the same as the barrage here, and there are no problems. ”

Lin Xi didn't like to look at He Jing's face, and pursed his lips disdainfully, but a genuinely happy smile appeared on his face, and he mocked: "Of course this is excellent." ”

He Jing looked at the look on Lin Xi's face, and when he saw Lin Xi's smile, he also laughed, full of happiness, "But the prison you manage is not very good." Three cells were burned down in the morning, and I heard that it was because you transferred only three people to the left, otherwise a few more would have been at least better. ”

Lin Xi's brows furrowed, this was indeed something he couldn't have thought of.

"Also, on my way to the dam, I heard more interesting news. Lin Xi's complexion changed to make He Jing's heart more and more relaxed, especially the situation behind him, Xiuxian and the others showed undisguised mocking expressions.

He Jing glanced at Lin Xi, and after a quiet pause, he continued: "Jiang Wenhe, who is still temporarily acting as the town governor, actually accompanied you crazy all night, not only mobilized the town guards and a large amount of manpower, but also used the timber for the shipbuilding of the Zhengwu Division, and also embezzled a batch of silver taels from the Internal Affairs Department to buy a large number of straw bags and wood. ”

Lin Xi sank his face and looked at He Jing indifferently, "It seems that you are not as simple as a dispute of meaning for me. ”

"Lord Lin is a young talent, but you should also understand that embezzlement of treasury silver is a felony. Alarmism and confusing the people are even more serious crimes. He Jing quietly narrowed his eyes, looked at Lin Xi and said.

The old man on the bamboo chair in front of Lin Xi stiffened again.

He has also been a small official, so his conversation knowledge is also very different from that of ordinary villagers, and he also knows that in the laws of Yunqin, "confusing the people" is a felony second only to rebellion.

"I'll go through the reasons. I think that so many lives are involved, and many of the officials above will not act rashly. Lin Xi replied to He Jing coldly.

"Human life is indeed a big matter, and the problem now is that these two barrages are in good condition. He Jing looked at Lin Xi and said with disgust: "The problem now is that the officials in charge of agriculture and water conservancy in the Ministry of Industry have found that there is no problem, and the last two officials have also felt that there is no problem, but you, an official in charge of the arrest house and the prison, said that there is a problem." You say that you believe this old peasant, but I want to ask you, the officials above, is it the judgment of some officials of the Information Industry Department, do you believe in this reality, or do you believe in an old farmer who is so old that his teeth have fallen out?"

Lin Xi also frowned in disgust.

He didn't want to have any more nonsense with He Jing, he didn't want to overstep his authority to oppress anyone, and he didn't want to be respected and courteous in front of other officials, but these officials made him unable to find any reason to respect and maintain courtesy. And having said all this, the only thing he didn't think about was that the prison would catch fire.

"What are you going to do?"

But at this moment, his complexion changed, and his voice was unprecedentedly cold.

The old man on the bamboo chair in front of him just turned his head to look, and he was also too excited for a moment and made a lotus sound in his mouth, grabbed the crutch in his hand, and seemed to be about to hit somewhere.

On the high hill in the distance, some villagers were coming down, as if they were going back to their original villages.

Seeing Lin Xi's disgust and turning his head, and seeing Lin Xi and Chen Yangzhi's expressions at the moment, He Jing sneered coldly and softly: "Probably someone casually told them to let them go back... Even if no one says that there is nothing wrong with this dam, do you want them to stay at their posts all the time? Do they just eat and drink from that post?"

Lin Xi didn't look at him and the officials behind him again, grabbed the bamboo chair where the old man was lying with both hands, and carried the bamboo chair on the dam and rushed down with a very angry anger towards the high post in the distance.

Previously, Chen Yangzhi and he carefully checked the condition of each section of the barrage and its water level, and determined that in the four or five days before the water level receded, the barrage could still collapse at any time, and if he didn't have the ability to go back to before the ten stops, and have a certain amount of time to ensure that he could escape, he would not dare to stay on the dam for a long time.

When he started doing these things last night, he naturally thought about all the possible consequences, but no matter what, the worst result was just to lose the official position he didn't care about very much.

Because he was Vice President Xia's top secret at the Tianshu level, and he had the identity of a god, he had the confidence to easily say the words "everything is a floating cloud".

And he knew that even if some high-ranking officials would misunderstand his character because of his actions, Vice President Xia would definitely not.

He hates trouble the most, and he just wants to watch the beautiful scenery calmly on this river, but what happened to him, he can't ignore it indifferently, since he cares, there are so many people who have paid for it, then he can't give up.

Lin Xi ran very fast.

Because the cultivator has endurance and physical strength that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve, seeing him running such an amazing long distance, many people who were originally coming down from the high post involuntarily slowed down or stopped.

Among the hundreds of people at the front, Lin Xi really saw someone in an official uniform.

So his gaze was even colder.

"The water level of the dam is too high, and there is still a danger of the dam bursting at any time, don't come down!"

When he was still nearly a hundred steps away from these people, Lin Xi's firm voice had already sounded.

Looking at this Lord Kobayashi who rushed all the way over, many people on the post were suddenly shocked by an inexplicable momentum and spirit, but many of them had already come down, and even if they stopped, they still turned their heads to look behind them with some embarrassment.

Several officials and students in the crowd all had slightly calm faces, sneered, and did not make a sound.

Yanlai Town is not without knowledgeable or cautious officials, nor is it without officials who appreciate or admire Lin Xi, but they are not in power, and the most powerful in Yanlai Town is the town governor He Jing.

On the bamboo chair carried by Lin Xi, the old man Chen Yangzhi was constantly panting in Hehe.

It seemed that because of his excitement and resentment, he was constantly unable to adjust his breathing.

However, at this moment, the scrawny old man suddenly straightened up.

He had been paralyzed in bed for many years, his legs had shrunk, and he suddenly straightened up, and his whole posture gave people a strange feeling that was incomprehensible.

"Please listen to the old man!"

"The old man is ninety years old, how can he come on a rainy night to lie to everyone!"

There was a gasp in his throat, but the high-pitched and mutated voice exploded in front of him: "Please listen to my old man, stay on the post for five days!" I..."

No one was moved by such a sound outlet. But just a few words were shouted, but his voice was suddenly interrupted and he couldn't make a sound.

Lin Xi's face changed suddenly, and he reached out to stroke his chest.

The old man's breath came out long, but he couldn't make a sound for a while, and all the people who were relatively close to Lin Xi only heard the old man's hissing voice.

"Lord Lin, I'm sorry, I'm dragging you down..."

Suddenly, the old man spat out this sentence.

His body was still quietly standing forward, maintaining a posture of wanting to sit up, and the crutches he held in his hand were stretched forward, as if he was still unwilling to hit something, but there was no smell in his mouth.

His man was thus turned into a statue in the eyes of all.

Lin Xi's heart fell.

It was only when the palm of his hand touched the old man's chest that he felt that there was not much heat in the old man's body, and the old man's years of bedridden had slowly burned his last life, and the time of this night was his last fire, the last cry.

The whole post was silent.

Countless people's hearts seem to have been struck by a sledgehammer.

Nothing was more powerful than the old man's last request and the words he shouted in a cracked voice.

Suddenly, many people began to sob.

The human heart is made of flesh.

Most of them didn't know the old man named Chen Yangzhi, but the old man didn't know them either, but the old man and Lin Xi came to them in the dark night, braving the pouring rain, just to keep them out of danger.

The old man was supposed to die on the warm bed in front of his grandson's lap, but he stopped breathing here on the mud, wrapped in damp clothes.

All those who had left the hill began to return to their posts.