"Master, the doctor who treats Miss Yan is called Fu Haishan, and he is from this local area."
"Master, do you think he is suspicious? Do you need your subordinates to arrest him and torture him?"
Send Yan Xier away.
Lin Xu took Zhu Lian and continued on his way.
However, he always felt that Fu Haishan looked at him strangely, so he asked Zhu Lian to check it out.
"No, I'm probably overthinking it."
"Speed up and try to reach Xishan County within two days."
"yes!"
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Three days later.
Xishan Jijun, Wangyuncheng.
It is the place where the floods are most serious. Standing on the city wall, you can even see the floods pouring down.
There are five cities in Xishan County, namely Wangyun, Jiangchuan, Koujiang, Fenghuang and Zhangxia.
Among them, the lower-lying Jiangchuan and Koujiang City have been submerged by floods. Fortunately, they were discovered in time and most of the people escaped. Only a small number were swept into the flood and disappeared.
At first, only one city in Koujiang was affected by the disaster, but due to the inaction of the court, the floods became larger and larger, eventually affecting the entire Xishan County.
This flood was a rare occurrence in a century. Several neighboring Ji counties were so frightened that they had to find people to dig out soil overnight and raise the terrain on the edge of Ji county.
But even so, the situation is still not optimistic, and the floods are likely to spread to other counties.
Fortunately, Cao Zhengchun and 200,000 Mu family troops arrived later.
The first thing Cao Zhengchun did when he arrived was to put out grain.
Then they recruited refugees aggressively and dug rivers and built dams in various places. Fortunately, with proper command and a large number of people participating in the rescue, the flood was eventually dispersed bit by bit.
Greatly slowed down the power of floods.
In addition, the recent heavy rain has finally stopped and the sun is ushering in.
In just a few days, the floods were finally brought under control.
Wangyuncheng is the county seat of Jijun in Xishan.
At this time, a middle-aged man with a yellow face and thin muscles was kneeling at the gate of the county guard. He was wearing a shabby county guard uniform.
He is Huang Zhengde, the governor of Jijun, Xishan.
When the people coming and going saw this man, they all expressed sadness and immediately shook their heads and sighed.
At this time, a group of Dongchang factory guards came, led by Cao Zhengchun. When they saw Huang Zhengde, they couldn't help but shake their heads and walked directly past him.
On the day Cao Zhengchun arrived, Huang Zhengde came here and knelt down, saying he came to apologize. But Cao Zhengchun explained clearly that he was only here to provide disaster relief and had no right to arrest and question the county governor.
This sentence completely drove him crazy.
From the day he first came to Jijun, Xishan, Huang Zhengde has been kneeling down to this day, refusing to accept the hot meals brought to him and insisting on eating the steamed buns he brought.
Even if he just bought it the day he knelt down, the buns might have gone rancid by now, but he didn't mind.
Relying on the steamed buns, I have been able to hold on until now.
During this period, Cao Zhengchun said all kinds of good and bad things, but Huang Zhengde remained unmoved. He wanted to have someone take him back by force.
As a result, Huang Zhengde directly said that if he dared to take him back, he would crash to death at home.
In the end, Cao Zhengchun had no choice but to let him go.
On the official road more than ten miles away from Wangyun City.
A large number of simple sheds were erected on both sides of the road, and a large number of victims in ragged clothes were sitting inside.
This was built after the imperial troops arrived. Although it was simple, it at least had a place to shelter from the wind and rain.
Lin Xu sat silently in the carriage.
The scene outside was what he saw the most when he walked into Xishan County.
Even with the help of the army, one can still see a desolate and miserable scene.
Before that, he heard that the entire Xishan County was starved to death, and bones could be seen everywhere on both sides of the road.
Although the disaster is now under control, the resettlement of the people has become a problem for a while.
The affected area was too extensive, and even with the assistance of 200,000 Mu family troops, manpower was still somewhat tight.
In addition, there are banditry caused by disasters, and the entire Xishanji County is filled with a large number of bandits.
Lin Xu had been robbed four times in less than a day after entering Jijun in Xishan.
This shows how serious the banditry problem is.
"Young master, we are almost at Wangyuncheng, the county seat of Xishan Jijun. Mr. Cao Chang is at the county governor's mansion."
Zhu Lian said into the carriage.
"Um."
Everyone was riding the good horses produced by the system. The journey of more than ten miles was nothing. Not long after, a city came into view.
Since ancient times, there have been many wars in Xishan, so the walls of the city in Jijun, Xishan, have traces of the war.
Although it is not as majestic as the Imperial City, it is full of historical vicissitudes. Seeing the city wall, the scene of the battle between the two armies can't help but come to mind.
Walking into the city, more victims came into view.
There are more than a dozen porridge stalls set up at the city gate.
There are long queues.
There were also soldiers wearing armor standing around to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the chaos to cause trouble.
Soon, the Sheriff's Mansion appeared in everyone's sight.
The four land gods Cao Zhengchun, Zhao Zilong, Linyuan and Jiuxiao, as well as a large number of Dongchang masters, have been waiting at the door for a long time.
The surrounding area has been temporarily cleared by Dongchang to prevent mobs from rushing out and stabbing.
When Lin Xu got off the carriage.
Everyone immediately knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty, long live my emperor."
"Flat body!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Just as Lin Xu was about to take the lead and walk into the governor's mansion, a voice suddenly sounded.
"The guilty minister Zhang Zhengde is here to see His Majesty."
Originally, Zhang Zhengde was kneeling, his consciousness was groggy, as if he was about to fall into coma the next moment.
But when he heard the voices of Cao Zhengchun and others, he immediately cheered up and looked shocked.
His Majesty actually came in person.
"Zhang Zhengde, who is it?"
Lin Xu frowned.
Cao Zhengchun immediately stepped forward to explain.
"The governor of Xishan County." Lin Xu came to Zhang Zhengde and said calmly: "What did you commit?"
"The sinner is unworthy of the divine grace. Due to his negligence, he caused the flood to spread over a large area and caused countless people to suffer. I am here to apologize."
"Is it?"
Lin Xu looked indifferent, and immediately kicked Zhang Zhengde away and slammed him to the ground.
Zhang Zhengde spurted out a mouthful of blood, but still ignored his weak body and forced himself to get up and kneel on the ground.
"Do you know why I kicked you?" Lin Xu said lightly.
"I know that the guilty minister, as the governor of Xishanji County, watched the floods getting worse and worse and failed to respond in time."
"It seems you don't know." Lin Xu shook his head and said, "You keep saying you are guilty, so I will convict you of this crime?"
"No, it was the sinner who set it for himself."
"Haha, do you think it's awesome to convict yourself? Do you think I will be lenient to you?"
"I have never thought of it this way. Even if Your Majesty kills me, I will never complain at all."
Lin Xu stepped forward, squatted in front of Zhang Zhengde, and said calmly: "You are an official of our Qianwu Kingdom. In this land, I am the sky. I have not spoken, and no one is qualified to convict you, not even yourself."
"To put it mildly, you are convicting yourself. At worst, you are leaving your post without permission and not caring about the thousands of victims."
Zhang Zhengde's face changed drastically, he raised his head suddenly and said: "I am guilty, I am not guilty, please ask your Majesty to investigate clearly."
"Oh, no, let me ask you, have I judged you? Punished you?" Lin Xu sneered.
"No, no." Zhang Zhengde shook his head.
"If not, then what do you mean by kneeling?"
"As long as I don't issue a decree, you will always be the governor of Xishanji County."
"As a county guard, but you are kneeling at the gate of the county guard, doing nothing, turning a blind eye to so many people who are affected by the disaster, tell me, should I hit you?"
Zhang Zhengde's body trembled and he fell into silence.
"I will find out whether you are guilty or not, but as long as I do not issue a decree, you will die in this position even if you die."
"Understand?"
"I understand."
"Come here, find a doctor for him. He will be cured as soon as possible if necessary. If necessary, continue working for me. Your most important thing now is to cooperate with me to properly resettle the victims. We will do the rest after the disaster is completely over."
"I obey the decree and thank you Lord for your kindness."
Zhang Zhengde's voice trembled, thinking that he was already destined to die, but His Majesty's words made him wake up.
He is indeed still the county guard now. Since he is the county guard, how can he leave his post without authorization and ignore all the victims.
His Majesty's kick completely woke him up.
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