They Must All Die In Qingnan
That Middle-aged Man only stammered, “People from the Yamen brought news, saying that Assistant Prefect Chen was imprisoned by Lord Lu in the Prison.”
Zhou Shiwen instantly clenched the Beaded String in his hand, and said in disbelief, “What did you say?”
How dare Lu Cijian do that.
He didn’t believe that in the short Time of a day, Lu Cijian had communicated with those troublemaking commoners. As long as there was no communication, Lu Cijian could not have obtained Evidence of their Corruption.
Even if there was communication, he had a way to make this news false, but this guy directly imprisoned Assistant Prefect Chen in the Prison, which was really too arrogant.
Steward Zhu was startled by Zhou Shiwen’s suddenly raised voice. After a long while, he tremblingly told what happened at the Yamen, “Adult, it’s true. Lord Lu also said that if anyone in the Yamen knows the truth about the Qingnan Flood, they can tell him as well.
Adult, what should we do? Assistant Prefect Chen has been arrested. He, he won’t talk Nonsense, will he?”
Others don’t know the reason for the Qingnan Flood, but he, as Zhou Shiwen’s close aide, knows it very well.
Three years ago, during the Qingnan rainy season, the rainfall was a little heavier than in previous years, but it was not a big deal. As long as the Dam was reinforced, they could successfully avoid the Flood.
But at that Time, Zhou Shiwen had other ideas, which led to all the Villages downstream being submerged.
If Assistant Prefect Chen confessed this matter, all of them who participated would have to die.
Zhou Shiwen sneered, slapped the Table, and said angrily, “Nonsense? How dare he! Tell me everything that happened at the Yamen today without missing a single detail.”
He wanted to see what Lu Cijian had done after only being here for a day.
He originally waited here specifically for Assistant Prefect Chen, but he never expected that this guy would be arrested and thrown into the Prison.
Steward Zhu nodded repeatedly, his Line of Sight falling on the several Serving Girls beside Zhou Shiwen.
Zhou Shiwen glanced at them, and they immediately left knowingly.
Only then did the Servant feel relieved and tell what happened at the Yamen today.
When he said that Lu Cijian and Jiang Yimian went out today and brought back a few people, Zhou Shiwen’s face changed drastically.
“Are you saying they found Wei Jinghai and brought him back to the Yamen?”
Steward Zhu quickly said, “Yes, Adult. I heard that many Medical Officers went to treat Great General Wei today, so General Wei must be seriously injured.”
Zhou Shiwen secretly thought it was bad. The Chu Prince had sent a message early in the morning, saying to pay attention to Wei Jinghai’s movements in Qingnan.
If Wei Jinghai ended up leaving Qingnan alive, he would lose his Life.
As a result, as soon as Wei Jinghai appeared in Qingnan, he sent a message to the Chu Prince’s people. He thought those people had already killed Wei Jinghai.
He never expected that not only were they not killed, but Lu Cijian brought the Man back.
Now it’s over.
The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became. He suddenly stood up from his chair, “I have to go to the Yamen.”
As he said that, he was about to leave.
But Steward Zhu quickly stopped him, “Adult, now is not the Time to go to the Yamen. Now there are so many people from the Censorate and the Ministry of Works, and the Constables of the Yamen can’t do anything to them.
Going now might have the opposite effect.”
If the matter of killing Wei Jinghai were brought out into the open, they would probably die even faster.
Zhou Shiwen was so anxious that he paced back and forth on the spot, and said unhappily, “Then what do you say we should do? That Lu Cijian is so arrogant, he obviously doesn’t take This Official seriously. First, he condoned that Bitch to injure My Son, and now he has imprisoned Assistant Prefect Chen in the Prison. Who will be next?”
He heard that the Refugees Outside the City were also brought back to the Yamen this Time. If the Refugees stand with Lu Cijian’s group, in the end, he will be the one who dies.
Either way, he will die. If he doesn’t strike first, he can forget about continuing to sit in the position of Prefect of Yuncheng Prefecture, and maybe his whole family will lose their Lives.
Just as he was thinking, the tightly closed door was suddenly opened from the outside.
Zhou Shiwen was startled and immediately shouted, “Who is it?”
Qi Shang covered the Wound on his chest, frowned and said, “It’s me, quickly find a Doctor for me. The people in the Yamen are not to be underestimated, you should not take any Rash Action for the Time being.”
If he hadn’t run fast today, he might have fallen into that Woman’s hands, let alone Zhou Shiwen. He underestimated that Woman.
Zhou Shiwen was frightened when he saw the Man in front of him covered in blood. He quickly ordered Steward Zhu to invite a Doctor, and then lowered his voice and said, “What’s going on? Why is Wei Jinghai still alive? The Chu Prince said that this Man must die.”
Although he didn’t know the specific reason, it was always blocking the Chu Prince’s path.
Qi Shang glanced at him coldly and said angrily, “What’s going on? How dare you ask me? Why did those people appear on the Mountain? I haven’t asked you yet.
Why didn’t you stay in the Yamen to stabilize them, but actually returned to the Residence? Zhou Shiwen, you are really bold.”
If those people hadn’t suddenly appeared on the Mountain, his people would have definitely killed Wei Jinghai long ago. How could there be the current trouble?
Zhou Shiwen was choked for a moment and didn’t know how to refute.
At that Time, he was worried about Zhou Ling, and wanted to give Lu Cijian a show of force. Who would have thought that things would turn out like this?
If he had known it would be so tricky, he would definitely not have returned to the Residence.
After hesitating for a while, he said, “Then what do we do next?”
Qi Shang sneered, “What to do? Of course, kill them all, leaving no one alive.”
At this point, either they die, or Lu Cijian and that Woman die.
They must make all those people die in Qingnan.
For several days in a row, Lu Cijian had been busy arranging manpower to dig Ditches and divert the water from the Riverbed. After working continuously for three days and three nights, the water level in the Riverbed finally showed a downward trend.
The Lean-to Outside the City Gate was also almost built.
Zhao Jie’s entire face was pounded by the rain until his eyes were almost unable to open. Looking at the busy crowd in the Riverbed, he was both gratified and had a Headache. “The water level has dropped in a short Time. This year’s Flood should be able to be barely survived.
Next year will be hard to say. If there is another rainstorm, what we are doing is just a waste of effort.”
The Ministry of Works used to deal with Floods in the same way, waiting for the rain to stop and digging Ditches to divert the water.
But the Flood is very likely to make a comeback next year, and widening the Riverbed will not solve the Problem.
There has been a lot of rain in Qingnan in recent years, and the people from the Imperial Observatory say that it will be like this for the next ten years.
If they want to completely solve the Qingnan Flood, it will be a bit tricky.
Lu Cijian thought for a while and then said, “There may be a Problem with the Riverbed construction. When the water level drops, replan the Riverbed. Although it won’t necessarily make the Flood disappear, it will at least alleviate it.”
The Youth’s voice was cold. He stood in the rain, staring closely at the busy crowd in the Riverbed, his eyebrows showing a strong sense of fatigue, but there was no sign of retreat.
Jiang Yimian had just walked over and heard these words.
She looked at Lu Cijian in surprise. She didn’t expect that he would think of replanning the Riverbed.
Natural disasters such as Floods are extremely difficult to deal with. Even in her era, many people would lose their Lives due to Floods every year, let alone in Ancient Times.
Being able to think of dredging the Riverbed instead of blocking the constantly surging Flood is not an easy thing.
This must have been the result of several generations of effort.
Thinking, she only said Curiously, “How did you think of replanning the Riverbed?”