He’s Certainly Got A Knack For Survival
Li Dahai saw this and said with a smile, “It shouldn’t rain tonight, so everyone doesn’t need to squeeze into the lean-to.”
Yesterday’s rain was a bit heavy, and more than five hundred people on the mountain were squeezed into those three small lean-tos.
It was said to be sheltering from the rain, but it was useless at all. It was drafty everywhere, and when the wind blew, the rain drifted in.
Fortunately, the rain stopped in the second half of the night, and they barely made a fire with some firewood, which prevented everyone from catching a wind-cold.
If there are a few more heavy rains in the next few days, most, if not all, of these people may catch a wind-cold.
If they don’t get better, they may really just be waiting to die.
Shanzi obviously thought of this too, and hesitated for a while before saying to Li Dahai, “The government people said that they are already building lean-tos, and when they are built, they will let us go down the mountain together to live there.”
Li Dahai was stunned, and after a while, he said, “We’ll see when the time comes.”
He was afraid that those people were just talking, and in the end, only they would take it seriously.
Assistant Prefect Chen lay on his horse, only feeling pain all over his body, especially the yellow mud all over him, which made him feel sick.
It was all done by that group of annoying common people, who actually dared to attack him. He will never let those people go.
And these few people who didn’t save him when they saw him in danger.
He wants them all to die.
Just as he was thinking resentfully, he heard Lu Cijian’s indifferent voice, “Assistant Prefect Chen, are you tired?”
Assistant Prefect Chen was shocked, and hurriedly came back to his senses, straightened up and said flatteringly, “Lord, what are you saying? This Official is just angry at that group of unruly common people.
Lord, you saw it today, that group of unruly common people even dared to assault officials. Such unruly common people are not worth your efforts, Lord.
This Official thinks you don’t need to go to other villages anymore. Those unruly common people are so excessive. This time they just hit This Official. If they offend you and Jiang Girl next time, wouldn’t it be a bad thing?
You and Jiang Girl are both precious and noble, how can you suffer such humiliation? Those unruly common people are not worth the risk for you to take, Lord.”
The people of just one Baiyun Village beat him into this state. If he goes to other villages, wouldn’t they be beaten to death!
If he had known this, he should have brought more people today so that the group of unruly common people would not dare to take any rash action.
Lu Cijian glanced at him and said lightly, “Assistant Prefect Chen is right. This Official and Mianmian still have a lot to deal with, so you and Supervisor Zhang will go to the next villages.”
Assistant Prefect Chen was stunned, and was about to refuse when he heard Supervisor Zhang say, “Yes, Lord, This Official will definitely work with Assistant Prefect Chen to find out the number of refugees outside the city.”
Lu Cijian nodded, his line of sight falling on Assistant Prefect Chen, as if he had just remembered, “By the way, I just heard those few people say, what’s the matter with the moldy grain? Assistant Prefect Chen, don’t you plan to give This Official an explanation?”
The disaster relief silver issued by the Imperial Court two years ago is definitely enough, and there is no such thing as embezzling silver.
To be able to allow the affected common people to eat moldy grain in this way, Zhou Shiwen and those people in the Ministry of Works have indeed embezzled a lot.
Assistant Prefect Chen was shocked and hurriedly dismounted, knelt on the ground and cried, “Lord, you don’t know, This Official and Lord Zhou are wholeheartedly for the people, how could we use moldy grain for those refugees? It’s really that those refugees are too much, and have been going against the government.
Even so, Lord Zhou has given them a lot of grain, but those people didn’t go to get it in time. After a rain, the grain got damp, so wouldn’t it easily get moldy?
Lord, Heaven and Earth can bear witness, This Official and Lord Zhou are both wholeheartedly for the people.
You saw how excessive those unruly common people were just now, Lord. This Official was almost beaten to death!”
He was so angry when he thought of his miserable state just now.
He was still covered in yellow mud, especially now that it was dry, he felt like he couldn’t open his eyes, and he felt like he weighed ten pounds more. It was difficult to even straighten up.
But this bastard still wants to interrogate him. Those guys in the Capital really know how to torture people.
When Lu Cijian heard this, he said lightly, “Since that’s the case, Lord Chen should go to other villages to deliver supplies this time. This Official thinks you understand it very well, and you will definitely not let the grain get damp this time.
Alright, hurry up and lead the way. Before returning to the Yamen today, This Official needs to know how many refugees there are.”
After saying that, he rode his horse towards the City Gate.
Assistant Prefect Chen’s face was distorted with anger, but Supervisor Zhang was impatiently urging him, “Lord Chen, hurry up and get on your horse. There are still many things to do today. If you delay me from completing what the Lord said, I will definitely expose you and say that it’s all because you didn’t lead the way properly.”
This guy shouldn’t even think about being lazy under his nose again. No one knows how to be lazy better than him.
Assistant Prefect Chen’s mouth twitched, and he cursed secretly in his heart before saying, “Supervisor Zhang, don’t worry, This Official knows what to do.”
After saying that, he directly jumped on his horse and led the way in front.
This shameless Dog Thing, if this bastard hadn’t rowed the bamboo raft away, how could he have been so miserable? In a while, he will definitely let this person taste the feeling of being beaten.
After separating from Supervisor Zhang and his party, Jiang Yimian asked Lu Cijian, “You know that Assistant Prefect Chen will not do things with peace of mind, so why did you let him follow Supervisor Zhang? What if Supervisor Zhang is harmed by him?”
That Assistant Prefect Chen doesn’t have a single word of truth in his mouth, and only knows how to shirk responsibility. Supervisor Zhang usually looks timid as a mouse, but his heart is not bad.
She was afraid that Supervisor Zhang would not be able to outsmart that Assistant Prefect Chen, and the two of them would start arguing first, which would delay the delivery of supplies to the villagers.
Lu Cijian just smiled, “Mianmian, you underestimate Supervisor Zhang too much. That guy is not someone who will let himself suffer in silence.
Don’t worry, it’s not certain who will harm who.
Didn’t you see how quickly Supervisor Zhang reacted just now, directly rowing the bamboo raft away.”
Although Supervisor Zhang’s official position in the Censorate is not high, he is considered a handyman, but his deeds in the Censorate are known to everyone.
Strive to do the least amount of work in the Censorate, steal the most laziness, and receive the same salary.
Jiang Yimian was stunned, and couldn’t help but laugh when she thought of the scene just now.
If Supervisor Zhang hadn’t been quick-witted and quickly rowed the bamboo raft away, they might have suffered the same fate as Assistant Prefect Chen.
This guy usually looks greedy for life and afraid of death, and timid as a mouse, but when he encounters this kind of thing, he reacts quickly.
Liuer and Lin Yanan were both injured this morning, only this guy was unscathed, and his clothes weren’t even dirty. I don’t know where he was hiding.
He really has a knack for saving his life.
Apart from being bumped into by that Woman yesterday, there was no problem.
Thinking of that Woman, she quickly said, “We met a Woman on the way here yesterday. She looked like she should also be a villager nearby. I don’t know how many people there are in that place. I’ll go find her. Maybe I can find out something from her.”
The villagers of Baiyun Village are too wary of them and will not easily tell them about the past.
To deal with Zhou Shiwen and completely change the current situation of annual floods in Qingnan, they must at least know the source of everything.
For example, why the once rich Qingnan became what it is today, and how the flood three years ago started.
Lu Cijian nodded, “I’ll go with you.”