Outside the window, the rain was pouring down, and the people in the city hid at home and did not dare to go out. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In the Guizhou Yamen, the house was full of people, and the sound of mahjong was everywhere.

"Hey, sorry, I'm. Hahaha. Come, pay the money. Taishou Xu Li smiled happily, his luck is particularly smooth today, this is the fifth set of self-touching.

Ma Wei, who was at the same table, said with a smile: "Lord Xu is really lucky today, I admire and admire it." As he spoke, he respectfully handed over the silver taels in front of him.

The other two also laughed and flattered.

"Report!" Xu Li was on the rise, when suddenly an official opened the door and shouted: "Oh no, Lord Xu, this overnight torrential rain has caused the Yangtze River to flood, causing several small towns near Guizhou to be washed away, and floods are everywhere." ”

"What's the noise, don't you see we're busy. At this time, Ma Wei scolded the officials who rushed in blindly.

"Eh, Ma Zhutou, this flood is a major disaster, and we, as parents and officials in this place, must think about the people. Come here, pen and ink waiting, I want to write to the court and apply for disaster relief food. Xu Li said.

So an urgent letter was quickly sent to Zhongzhou, Xu Li tried his best to describe the tragic situation of the people in the letter, exaggerated the seriousness of the disaster, and finally wrote a tragic and compassionate poem, indicating that he swore to die for the coexistence of the people, and hoped that the imperial court could issue relief food as soon as possible, so that the people could survive the crisis.

After the letter was sent, Xu Li was very satisfied, and his heart was even more happy: as soon as the grain money came, he could make a small amount of money, which was really beautiful.

In fact, at this time, the imperial city of Zhongzhou was also in chaos, because the rainstorm came suddenly, not only Guizhou, but also the major cities along the Yangtze River have disasters of different sizes, but it can be seen from the letter that the disaster in Guizhou is the most serious, of course, this is due to the gorgeous rhetoric of Lord Xu.

Therefore, the imperial court quickly allocated 10 million taels of disaster relief grain from the treasury, and the Dragon Imperial Pavilion sent people to personally escort them to the major disaster areas, and the first stop was Guizhou, the most serious disaster.

On this day, Xu Li and Ma Wei waited at the city gate early in the morning for the arrival of the convoy.

It wasn't until noon that he saw a group of people slowly coming from afar, the leader of which was majestic and full of muscles, and Ma Wei recognized him at a glance as his teacher when he was in Tianzhao Academy: Fang Xingquan, a righteous and brave double fist.

"Fang Shenzhuo, hard work all the way, hurry up into the city, and have set up a banquet below to wash the dust for you. Xu Li hurriedly caught up and said with a smile to the convoy escorting Yin Liang.

"No, Lord Xu, Fang Mou will continue to escort the grain money on the road, come here, put down the cart of silver and silver in the state and hand it over to Lord Xu, and we will continue to hurry." Saying that, Fang Xingquan instructed one of the people behind him to pull out a car from the convoy and hand it over to Ma Wei beside Xu Li, and instructed: "Ma Zhutou, this car of silver may be a drop in the bucket, but this is the silver tael that the imperial court can raise at the fastest speed, I hope you will make good use of it to solve the urgent need." ”

Seeing this cart full of boxes full of white flowers and silver, Ma Wei and Xu Li were already happy in their hearts, and hurriedly nodded and replied that they would immediately go to buy food and distribute it to the victims.

After explaining, Fang Xingquan led the convoy to continue to the next city.

Seeing the convoy leave, Xu Li and Ma Wei were satisfied with the car and returned to the yamen, eagerly opened it to take a look, and were dumbfounded.

What's going on? It's all stones!

Xu Li frantically searched for one box after another, and found that each box except for the top row was silver, and all the bottom were stones.

What the hell is the court doing? That's it, it's not enough to stuff my teeth.

Xu Li was furious in his heart.

Hey, that's it, since the imperial court doesn't pay attention to the disaster so much, then don't blame me for being ruthless, hum.

Xu Li instructed Ma Wei to put all the silver taels into a box he had prepared, leaving only a small row of silver taels in the last box, and instructed him to go to the street to buy some grain and distribute it.

On this day, Xu Li has not recovered from depression, after all, this is simply from heaven to hell, unexpected, unexpected, it is estimated that someone in the upper class has eaten another dish, but this appetite is too big, if it goes on like this, how can we live in this group of people?

When Xu Li was sitting listlessly and sighing, someone outside the door came to report that Baishui Town had come to visit Huiyan.

"Catch fast, that's Ma Catcher, you tell him to take a look, don't bother me if it's okay, I'm not in the mood." After speaking, Lord Xu got up and walked to the inner room.

And Ma Wei is also in a bad mood today, hearing that the capture of Baishui Town is coming, his heart is even more unhappy, this Huiyan felt that he was upright, and he demolished my platform everywhere in Guizhou, causing me to lose a lot of harvest during that time, and then fortunately, Baishui Town caught a vacancy quickly, and hurriedly sent him over there, so that I could return to normal life, I can't think of why I came to bother me again today.

"You tell him I'm not there, tell him to go back, and if there's anything you can write to. Ma Wei said to the official.

After receiving the order, the official returned to the door of the yamen and said to Hui Yan: "Ma Zhutou went out on business, and now he is not in the yamen, Hui Zhutou should go back quickly, and there are things that can be handled through the official document." ”

"Thank you, brother, since Ma Zhutou is not here, then I will come back tomorrow. Hui Yan said with a smile.

The official was shocked, this person doesn't know what to do, and he will come to disturb him tomorrow, no wonder he will be dominated to the town below, and he deserves it.

Hui Yan came out of the yamen and sighed: No matter what, he must see the head of the horse hunt, and the residents of Baishui Town are still waiting for him to take the food back.

On the second day, Hui Yan came to the gate of the yamen again early in the morning, and the official replied that Ma Zhutou was still not there, and this time Hui Yan did not give up, so he waited at the door, preparing to wait until Ma Zhutou returned.

In the evening, Hui Yan finally saw Ma Wei coming out of the yamen.

Seeing this scene, Hui Yan was furious in his heart: Obviously in the yamen, he even lied to me.

One stepped forward, and Hui Yan stopped Ma Wei: "Ma catches the head, Hui Yan has been waiting here for a long time, and he has something important to ask for." ”

Ma Wei was shocked, he couldn't imagine that Hui Yan was still there, and now that he was arrested, he could only deal with it first: "What's the matter?"

"A few days ago, the flood brought by the torrential rain, our Baishui Town suffered heavy losses, the townspeople were displaced, unable to eat and wear, and they only hoped for two bags of grain day and night? Hui Yan went straight to the point and expressed the doubts in his heart.

"There is no mistake, the imperial court only allocated such a small amount of money, and in the end, it was our Lord Xu who was compassionate and compassionate and paid out of his own pocket to make up for the food that he bought, and distributed it as soon as possible, not only your Baishui Town, but also several other places were affected, and we can't ignore it." Ma Wei sighed.

"Is that really all there is?" Hui Yan asked solemnly.

Ma Wei already had a ghost in his heart, but when Hui Yan asked him like this, he suddenly felt empty in his heart, and shouted: "What do you mean? You dare to doubt my words?"

Seeing Ma Wei's expression, Hui Yan had vaguely guessed that in fact, before coming to Baishui Town, he had also worked with Ma Wei in Guizhou for a period of time, and he was cunning, loved money, and often accepted bribes, and he also knew that he was cunning, loved money, and often accepted bribes, and he also tore his face with Ma Wei a few times to expose ugly things, which caused Ma Wei to have a deep grudge in his heart, so he demoted him to Baishui Town. Later, after leaving Guizhou, Hui Yan didn't bother to think about Ma Wei's affairs anymore, anyway, he was very happy in Baishui Town. But the stakes are so high today that we must ask about it. Judging from Ma Wei's performance, basically the eight or nine guesses in his heart are not far from ten, and he must have embezzled most of the disaster relief silver taels with Lord Xu. However, there is no evidence at present, so I can only swallow my anger and go back to think about how to publicize his evil deeds to the world.

Hui Yan silently returned to the inn, thinking about preparing to explore the yamen at night, as long as they found a large amount of official silver, they would definitely not be able to escape responsibility.

At night, Hui Yan put on his night clothes and quietly sneaked into the yamen. In the backyard of the yamen, he found several large boxes, the seals on the boxes had just been freshly opened, and under the moonlight, he saw four big characters written on the seals: "Disaster relief grain." ”

Hui Yan sneered in his heart, Look at me tomorrow to expose your true colors in front of the people of Guizhou.