Surabaya County.
When Hu Hai and Xu Yuwen arrived, the local flooding had been effectively controlled.
After they arrived, they, together with the local county guard, began to prepare for the resettlement of the victims.
For Hu Hai, this time he came to Surabaya County to sacrifice his merits, so although he did not do everything personally, he has been paying attention to the progress of things.
Moreover, those officials also knew that His Majesty was conducting a thorough investigation of corruption, so no one dared to cause trouble at this time. They all did their jobs with all their heart, for fear that someone would accidentally find out their previous affairs.
Because of this, this disaster relief operation went particularly smoothly.
Therefore, when Xu Yuwen later took out cement and implemented the method of paying for work to clean the canals, he did not encounter much opposition from officials.
Even after seeing the magic of cement, they praised Xu Yuwen and Hu Hai to the sky. Many people wanted to get the cement formula from Xu Yuwen's mouth.
As a result, everyone knew that this was done by Ran Fang in Xianyang City, so everyone stopped thinking, but they wanted to see Ran Fang in person.
After the construction started, Xu Yuwen would go near the canal every day to supervise the progress and the food of the people.
On the other hand, Hu Hai basically let go. He would only show concern when Xu Yuwen went to report every day. The rest of the time, he would do his own thing.
On this day, while he was drinking tea leisurely, he received a secret letter from Xianyang.
"The corruption case has been closed, come back soon."
He was originally in a melancholy mood, but suddenly became happy.
"Xuan Xu Yuwen!"
Originally, Hu Hai did not plan to tell Xu Yuwen the news, but now he is a little anxious and wants to return to Xianyang City.
If Xu Yuwen was told about this and allowed to stay here to continue supervision, he could actually go back.
He waited in his room for an hour with excitement. Xu Yuwen came late, and Hu Hai suddenly became angry.
Seeing that there was still a little dirt on his body, he saluted respectfully and swallowed back all the criticism he wanted to say.
"See Second Young Master."
"It's okay," Hu Hai stepped forward to help Xu Yuwen up, handed the secret message in his hand to him, and said with a somewhat eager expression, "Take a look, this is the news that just came."
Xu Yuwen was a little confused. This was a secret message. Hu Hai just showed it to him?
Could it be that His Majesty has new instructions?
With a suspicious attitude, he opened the secret message in his hand and saw the five words "Corruption case closed", and his eyes widened instantly.
"Second Young Master, is this true?"
He had some doubts. After all, when he came to Surabaya County this time, he found that the county guards here were not good people, especially their food and clothing expenses, as well as the gifts given to Hu Hai, which all showed that the local officials were not good people either. Clean.
They really did what Ran Fang said. In order to provide disaster relief many times, they abandoned the safety of the people here. Even the mud in some rivers and canals seemed to have been done deliberately.
This all shows that this Surabaya County is not that simple.
Now it is said that the corruption case has been closed, what should these Surabaya County officials do?
Should we just let them get away with it?
That's why Taicai asked this question.
Hu Hai, who was immersed in joy, did not understand the meaning of Xu Yuwen's words at all.
He nodded happily, "Is there still a lie?"
"Now that the corruption case has been resolved and the flooding in Surabaya County has been brought under control, it means that the matter has been resolved."
"Then I will set off back to Xianyang in a few days, and you will be responsible for the affairs here."
After saying that, looking at Xu Yuwen's incredible eyes, Hu Hai's heart moved, and he seemed to be a little too eager.
He softened his tone, looked at Xu Yuwen and asked, "How is it?"
Xu Yuwen looked at Hu Hai and didn't know what to say for a moment?
Things are now on the right track. Although he can control it, he always feels that it is not that simple.
And Hu Hai is so anxious to go back, will there be any big problems in Surabaya County?
He trusts Ran Fang more. Since Ran Fang said to let him do what he should do, it means that Hu Hai and the people behind him can handle other matters well.
Now that Hu Hai has left, it is problematic no matter how he wants to stay here.
Therefore, he tentatively asked: "Second Young Master, is there any other news coming from Xianyang City?"
Seeing the confused look in Hu Hai's eyes, he continued: "I think this matter is a bit fishy."
"It's only been a long time since we left Xianyang City. How could the matter be investigated so quickly?"
"Moreover, there has been no news from Xianyang City. Could it be that someone deliberately used the news to confuse the Second Young Master?"
"This disaster relief is of great importance. If something goes wrong, no one can bear the responsibility, and the responsibility will be put on the second young master. What will we do then?"
There was a threat in this exhortation, which made Hu Hai feel a little frightened.
I have to say that Xu Yuwen spoke from the bottom of his heart. This time he was trying to atone for his sins. If he really gave up halfway, would it be better to let his father know what to do?
"Then according to your opinion, it is not appropriate for me to return to Xianyang?"
As he spoke, he thought of the second half of the secret letter, which told him to set off back to Xianyang immediately.
Moreover, the letter also contained secret codes between him and Zhao Gao, which showed that Zhao Gao was worried that things were dangerous and hoped that he could help Zhao Gao when he returned.
Although I don't know what happened in Xianyang City, Zhao Gao's meaning shows that the matter has reached a state of emergency.
But...he was worried about his own safety.
"Things in this court are changing rapidly. If I don't go back, what will happen if something happens?"
These words made Xu Yuwen a little confused. With His Majesty in charge of Xianyang City, what could go wrong?
And judging from Hu Hai's expression, he always suspected that Hu Hai was hiding something from him.
However, he is not worried about this. As long as Hu Hai is left here to investigate, he can rest assured. Otherwise, after returning to Xianyang City, everything in Sishui County will be done by himself.
When the time came, he really had no idea how to report the corruption case.
"Second Young Master, now that the result of the corruption case has been reached, half of His Majesty's instructions have been completed."
"The most important thing now is disaster relief and canal repair. As long as these two things are done well, then when I return to the court one day, I will be a minister of merit. By then, any problems will be solved."
"But if there is any problem in Surabaya County, I will be the one to blame!"
"Besides, the problem in Sishui County has not been resolved, and His Majesty has not summoned you and me to return to Xianyang. What should I do if I suddenly go back to His Majesty and accuse me?"
When it came to Ying Zheng, Hu Hai's initially happy expression suddenly turned gloomy.
He was affected by the news about Zhao Gao just now, and now he thought that his father would be blamed for his sudden return.
"It makes sense."
"In that case, I will listen to your words and wait until this matter comes to an end before setting off back to Xianyang."
Seeing this, Xu Yuwen was relieved.
He bowed, turned and left Hu Hai's house.
As soon as he went out, he ordered his men: "Send a message back to Xianyang and ask what happened in the court?"
"Ask the housekeeper to go to Xianyang Prison, give Ran Fang some gifts, and ask for his opinion."
