They’re Lucky To Even Be Alive
Assistant Prefect Chen said these words, originally thinking he could divert These People’s attention.
Who knew, Lin Yanan only glared at him with a disgruntled look, covering his injured arm and saying unhappily, “Since you are so capable, then tell me, how many people are injured and how many are missing Outside the City now?”
You can’t even answer these two simple Problems, yet you dare to say you’re capable, it’s really laughable.
Just based on These People’s attitude towards them yesterday, one can see a glimpse, towards those Refugees, These People must be even more disdainful.
Not to mention wholeheartedly settling them.
Assistant Prefect Chen was stunned, and lowered his head for a while before stuttering, “This, This Official hasn’t asked, Those People don’t let us get close at all, there’s no opportunity to ask.”
They are all Common People, not worth dying for. If it weren’t for the Imperial Court’s annual Disaster Relief silver, how could Lord Zhou leave them behind?
Giving them a life is good enough.
After saying that, he felt that the atmosphere in the room was not quite right. He only felt that Lu Cijian’s gaze towards him was even colder, scaring him so much that he quickly cried out, “My Lord, This Official is not talking Nonsense, those unruly Common People are really excessive, not only do they not obey the Government’s arrangements, but they even dare to attack us, such behavior is really bad.
If it wasn’t for Lord Zhou’s Kindness, these unruly Common People would probably have been locked up in the Prison long ago.
If my Lord doesn’t believe me, just follow This Official to the Village and see.”
Lu Cijian only put down the cup in his hand and nodded, saying, “Lord Chen, lead the way then.”
Assistant Prefect Chen was stunned, somewhat unable to react.
Lu Cijian had already stood up from the Main Seat, staring at the person on the ground, and said faintly, “What, Lord Chen is unwilling to lead the way? Or is there some Problem here?”
They are really not familiar with the Qingnan area. If they were to find those Villages and Common People themselves, it would take more Time.
Having this person lead the way will save a lot of trouble.
Assistant Prefect Chen chuckled twice, and nodded after a long while, “Yes, This Official will take my Lord there now.”
He thought These People were like those Officials from the Capital who came to Qingnan in the past, just doing a perfunctory show and then leaving, how does it look like they are really going!
Go then, when he sees those unruly Common People later, he doesn’t believe These People can still endure it.
If he can directly anger These People away, he won’t have to worry about the subsequent matters.
Jiang Yimian and her party brought some Supplies and a team of men, and followed Assistant Prefect Chen out of the City.
Last night’s heavy rain filled the narrow Riverbed with a lot of water again. The Riverbank that had been washed away was completely covered by the Flood, and a lot of water had accumulated on the Official Road in the distance. There were even secondary collapses in several places.
There was standing water everywhere, fortunately there weren’t too many heavy black clouds in the gloomy sky.
It looked much brighter than in the morning.
Supervisor Zhang looked at the sky and said with a smile, “I think the sky will be clear in a few days. By then, the water in the Riverbed will also recede a bit, and the Flood situation shouldn’t get any worse.”
Assistant Prefect Chen quickly echoed with a smile, “It should be, all of you Lords don’t need to worry, This Official has said it before, Lord Zhou has a lot of experience in dealing with Floods, even if this Flood is more serious, nothing major will happen.”
Supervisor Zhang glanced at him, snorted, and had no intention of replying at all.
Assistant Prefect Chen touched his face somewhat awkwardly, and didn’t try to make a fool of himself again.
But he snorted coldly in his heart. These people who don’t know the immensity of heaven and earth actually daydreamt to meet with that group of unruly Common People.
Just wait and see, These People shouldn’t expect to get any useful information from those unruly Common People.
The group walked for almost half an hour before they could clearly see how serious the Flood Outside the City was.
Under the Hillside not far away, it was a mess, with collapsed Houses everywhere, only some broken walls left there, being washed by the muddy water.
Near the Riverbed, the gurgling water continued to spread towards the Village, merging into the turbid water.
Jiang Yimian asked Assistant Prefect Chen, “Where are those Villagers now?”
If this place is a Village, she really can’t figure out how Those People survived.
This place has a low and flat terrain, and it is extremely close to the narrow Riverbed. As long as the rainy season comes, this place is a natural reservoir. Whether it is the water from the Mountain or the water from the Riverbed, it will pour back here, and flooding the Village is only a matter of Time.
If the Problem of the Riverbed is not resolved, no one can live here at all.
Assistant Prefect Chen looked around, pointed to a Hilltop not far away, and said, “They should be on that Mountain, this place is flooded, no one can live there, the Villagers of Baiyun Village should all be on the Mountain now.”
There is only that one Hilltop nearby that can barely avoid the Flood.
Those Villagers will be there as long as they are not stupid, but I don’t know how many people died this year.
It would be best if they all died, then he would say that Those People were barbaric and unreasonable, dissatisfied with the Government’s arrangements, and insisted on hiding in the Mountain, which is why they ended up like this.
It just so happens that no one can prove anything, which is even more beneficial to them.
“Should be?” Lu Cijian narrowed his eyes, and a sharp Killing Intent had already risen in his eyes.
Assistant Prefect Chen shrank his neck and quickly said, “My Lord, those unruly Common People don’t appreciate it, there’s nothing the Yamen can do.”
Lu Cijian only glanced at him coldly, said nothing more, and only ordered people to push the Bamboo Raft they brought into the water.
The Qingnan Flood was more serious than he thought, especially since Zhou Shiwen hadn’t done much even half a month after the Flood occurred.
Causing These Villagers to still be gathered in the Mountain, possibly without even a place to shelter from the rain.
Jiang Yimian’s expression also became serious, and she followed and got on the Bamboo Raft.
Just as several Bamboo Rafts had reached the side of the highest Hilltop, everyone was about to go up when they heard a shout from the Mountainside.
“Who are you, what do you want to do?”
The Man who spoke was hiding in the bushes, his Clothes were covered in yellow mud, making it difficult to distinguish the original Color.
But he was holding a thick Stick in his hand, raising it high towards everyone, with the posture that he would attack if they dared to approach.
As soon as Assistant Prefect Chen saw this scene, he immediately shouted loudly, “How dare you, these are Officials from the Capital, how can you be allowed to act wildly here, quickly take us up there.”
This group of unruly Common People is getting more and more arrogant.
When the Young Man in the bushes heard this, he immediately shouted loudly towards the Mountain, “Brother Shanzi, that group of Bastards from the Yamen are here again.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Assistant Prefect Chen was hit head-on.
The Young Man hit Assistant Prefect Chen in the face with a Stick, and he screamed in pain. Just as he was about to open his mouth and curse, the next Stick swung towards him again.
The huge force caused him to slip for a moment, and his whole body fell into the mud on the shore.
The Soil on the shore was eroded by the turbid water, and it was already slippery.
Assistant Prefect Chen fell into the yellow mud, and his lower body was still in the water. He wanted to struggle to get up, but because of the slippery yellow Soil, he fell into the mud again, covering his whole body with yellow mud, looking as embarrassed as possible.
He gritted his teeth in anger, raised his head from the mud, and cursed, “Are you crazy, how dare you attack This Official, do you know who This Official is, This Official is the Assistant Prefect in the Yamen, I will definitely arrest you all and take you back to the Yamen to be flogged.”
After saying that, he wanted to get up from the ground, and also stretched out his hand towards Supervisor Zhang and the others on the Bamboo Raft, hoping that the people on the Bamboo Raft could reach out and pull him up.