He Yanxiu also twisted his eyebrows, and after signaling the Third Highness to calm down for a while, he opened his mouth and asked, "Before the gods are angry, there will always be signs to wake up the world, since the old man said that this is the anger of God and the River Dragon King, what kind of omen must he have seen?"

"It's nature."

The old man nodded, and took two steps forward on crutches, "On the night of the flood, it was raining heavily, lightning and thunder, and lightning seemed to cut a hole in the sky, and it was terrifying to look at, and the thunder was rumbling, as if it was going to deafen the ears."

"I couldn't sleep at night, so I went out into the courtyard to see if the walls of the courtyard would be washed down by the rain, and I saw a light in the direction of the flood river, redder than any other lightning, followed by a rumbling thunder, which was duller than any other thunder, and then the flood came."

"That red light must have been done by God and the River Dragon King to let Lei Gong and the Electric Mother, let the water of the Honghe River wash all living beings and punish all people! That night was just a huge thunderclap, and there was such a monstrous flood, and today there are so many muffled thunder sounds in succession, although there is no lightning to be seen, but this time the flood will certainly not be small."

"Ladies and gentlemen, I think you should not be trying to find a way to block the breach of this river embankment, or quickly find a way to evacuate everyone in the entire Hongzheng Mansion and even several nearby prefectures and counties, and leave the place of right and wrong as soon as possible......

The old man said that the old tears were rampant, but the Third Highness and He Yanxiu listened with solemn expressions.

In particular, He Yanxiu asked in a deep voice, "Uncle, the muffled thunder you heard today is really the same as what you heard on the night of the flood?"

"It's nature." The old man nodded, "Don't look at me as an old man, but I am not deaf, my eyes are not dazzled, and my memory is also very good, especially this ear, whose chicken and sheep's cry are not very different, I just listen to the sound, I know whose poultry it is."

"The sound of this muffled thunder is not very different from the usual thunder sound, the sound is deeper, lower, and more deafening, it is a sound that I have never heard before, I think this sound is only in the sky, and when this world hears this sound, there should be chaos!"

That probably can't be wrong.

It was someone who took advantage of the rainy night of lightning and thunder to blow up the river embankment, which led to this flood!

He Yanxiu clenched the fist in his sleeve and clenched his teeth.

Then he still took a deep breath and bowed his hand to the old man, "There is Uncle Lao to solve his doubts."

"The adults are polite, but the small people can't afford it." The old man hurriedly knelt down and bowed, but he still did not forget to remind, "Your Excellency, you should evacuate the people as soon as possible, lest God and the River Dragon King get angry......

"Don't worry, uncle, we'll do it." He Yanxiu nodded in response.

It's just that what we have to do is to find out the murderer who blew up the river embankment!

With such a thing, the Third Highness didn't care about resting, but returned to the embankment again to check the gap in the embankment when it burst at the beginning.

After several days of flooding, the river has now been completely repaired, and there is no trace of the original bombing of the embankment from the outside.

"These black-hearted villains are really calculating!" His Royal Highness was so angry that he slammed his fist on the tree next to him that was crooked because of the flood, "Taking advantage of the lightning, thunder, and rain that night, to do such a thing that is unconscionable, it is also calculated that it will not be easy to leave any traces if you do this."

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He Yanxiu nodded, "But what I care about is, what is the purpose of these people doing this?"

What kind of people, and for what purpose, would make the move of blowing up the river embankment and diverting floodwaters to flood Hongzheng Mansion and the surrounding prefectures and counties.

What benefits do they get by doing so?

And the amount of explosives needed to blow up the river embankment is not small, and the cost is not, and at present, the imperial court is quite strict in the management of the quantity of iron and gunpowder, and it takes great skill to get such a large amount of explosives.

If you can't afford to make such a profit, you have to spend so much effort and take such a big risk to do something, and the benefits will be even greater for that person.

The imperial court has always attached great importance to disaster relief, and even if money and grain are transferred, if the magistrates want to be greedy for ink, they need to be complicit in the people sent from the capital to supervise the matter

is possible.

However, every time the disaster is relieved, the Beijing officials sent by the imperial court are uncertain, and it is not certain whether this person is honest or greedy, and it is obviously not cost-effective to win an uncertain result at such a large price.

After careful analysis, the people who have to do this can only be about ......

The Third Highness also figured out this layer and said, "I'm afraid that someone wants to cover up something."

Take advantage of this flood and wash away all the evidence.

Or use this thing to suppress another thing, so that no one will notice.

"yes, that's about it." He Yanxiu agreed, and nodded along, "I just don't know what kind of thing this person wants to cover up."

"This matter is probably not easy to do, and we need to investigate carefully to see if we can find the clues in it, and then peel back the cocoon to find the answer we want."

"Lord Zheng, the disaster relief food will arrive today, and I am afraid that the Third Highness and I will still be busy with the distribution of food and porridge, Lord Zheng, as the prefect of Hong Zheng Mansion, is also familiar with the situation here, and I have to trouble Lord Zheng to send someone to investigate and inquire carefully, to see the suspicious people and suspicious things that appeared in the vicinity before and after the flood burst the embankment that night."

"Be sure to investigate carefully and clearly, and not let go of any bit." He Yanxiu emphasized.

"Yes." Zheng Yakun bowed his hand.

He had just checked the amount of water on the other side of the depression and inspected this section of the river embankment, and then he was called, and after hearing such a thing from His Royal Highness and He Yanxiu, he was also extremely indignant, and he secretly swore in his heart that it would be better to find out about this matter.

We must find out the black hand behind it and punish it severely, so as to give an explanation to the affected people of the entire Hongzheng Mansion!

The three of them talked until almost noon, and someone came to report that the first batch of coarse grains of the Su family had arrived, and asked His Royal Highness and He Yanxiu to check the quantity and quality of coarse grains.

His Royal Highness and He Yanxiu went together and saw Su Wenxuan with a long line of escorting grain.

Su Wenxuan was dusty at this time, his brocade robe and boots were stained with a layer of dust, his eyes were blue, and even a layer of stubble appeared on his chin, obviously because he had been in a hurry for days.

"Su Gongzi has worked hard all the way." He Yanxiu gave his hand.

"Lord He's serious." Su Wenxuan returned a salute, "I heard that someone wanted to exchange refined grains for coarse grains, I was very surprised at first, first, I doubted the origin of this refined grain, and secondly, such a large amount of coarse grains, it was a little difficult to get together for a while, I wanted to shirk the matter, but later I learned that it was Lord He's intention, and it was for disaster relief, so I went back to my father at home, saying that the uncle and others in the Tong clan would help make up the grain."

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