Chapter 17 The Difference Between Victory and Loss
The cries on the hills are even sadder.
After receiving the news, Chen Haozhi and the Chen family arrived, as did many people from Sangyuwei.
Jiang Xiaoyi, covered in mud, also came.
"You really don't want to go back?"
Jiang Xiaoyi looked at the place where many people from Sangyuwei gathered, and Lin Xi who was sitting on the big stone in front of him slowly drinking a bowl of hot porridge, and asked worriedly.
Lin Xi shook her head, looked at Jiang Xiaoyi and said: "The Chen family wants to fulfill the old man's wish, so they discussed with the villagers here to hide the old man on a hillside where the river can be seen. I want to do the same.
Fulfill his wish, so I am here to keep vigil for him."
After a slight pause, Lin Xi slightly lowered his head, took another sip of hot porridge, and then whispered: "And I'm worried that something will happen here after I leave... There are so many people here, and I have to deal with them.
There are food and drink issues, and if I leave and make them feel that I don't care about it or that I can't control it, I'm afraid they won't be able to help but go back early."
Jiang Xiaoyi opened her mouth, but after a while she didn't say anything against it, and just sat down next to Lin Xi.
Lin Xi poured a bowl of porridge into a cracked earthen jar next to her and handed it to Jiang Xiaoyi. She watched Jiang Xiaoyi's hands tremble as she took the thick porcelain bowl, almost spilling all the porridge in the bowl.
He couldn't help but look at Jiang Xiaoyi's hands with curiosity, "How could this happen?"
Jiang Xiaoyi used her strength to control her uncontrollable hands, brought the bowl to her mouth, took a sip, and explained: "I hammered the stakes all night long, and now my whole body is soft from the shock."
Lin Xi said: "This is good for practice."
Jiang Xiaoyi glanced at Lin Xi and said, "I see... where can I not practice?"
Both of them laughed.
Although their hearts were heavy because of Chen Yangzhi's death, the two young people still smiled.
…
News spread one by one.
Officials throughout Lu Dongling immediately heard about major events from Donggang and Yanlai before some of the criminals in the Yingoufang case in Donggang Town were finally sentenced, and some real shocks had not yet begun.
It’s Lin Xi again!
As an official of the Criminal Division, Lin Xi interfered with the Handicraft Division and actually misappropriated treasury money and used the garrison to strengthen the dam.
Not only in Donggang, but also as far as Yanlai Town, they encouraged all the nearly 3,000 people behind the river dam in Yanlai Town to evacuate.
He mobilized many arrests and jail guards to cooperate with the defense of the dam, but the Donggang Town jail under his jurisdiction caught fire during the day. Although no prisoners were injured or killed, three cells were burned down.
The town police station, which was responsible for solving cases, arresting prisoners, and detaining prisoners, went so far as to take care of the dam, instead of taking care of matters under its own jurisdiction.
And is there anything wrong with Jiangba?
Nothing happened at all!
Even Yanlai Town Engineering Department officials concluded that there was no problem after on-site inspection.
However, it is said that after Lin Xi learned that there was a fire in the prison under his jurisdiction, he still stayed on the hill in Yanlai Town where people were evacuated, and did not even return to Donggang Town, not even going back to take a look at the scene of the fire first.
What exactly does he want to do?
The control is too lenient and it is really lawless.
As soon as these news spread in the official offices of various towns in Lu Dongling, most officials had only one impression, that is, Lin Xi, who had just been promoted by an exceptional level, from the tenth grade to the ninth grade, would definitely be promoted this time.
I can't eat anymore and I can't walk away.
"It's not advisable to act based on your own emotions. You are too young to have such shortcomings."
Even many officials who previously admired Lin Xi's performance in the Yingoufang case and liked Lin Xi's behavior felt that Lin Xi was a bit unreasonable this time, and their impressions of Lin Xi were also greatly reduced.
They did not hear Chen Yangzhi's shouts, nor did they personally feel the power of the water on the river dam. They only got the news from officials along the way, and they just thought that since there was no problem with the river dam, it was because Lin Xi was acting on his own initiative.
There is no shortage of talents in Yunqin, especially the number of powerful people in the army. However, the more stubborn and self-willed, the more likely they are to cause disaster.
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In Donggang Town, the acting town governor Jiang Wenhe reported illness again.
He was really sick this time, because his health had never been very good, and he had caught wind and cold at night, so he couldn't stand it anymore and had a fever in the morning.
However, Jiang Wenhe, who was shivering under the blanket, thought about it and figured it out. He felt that the current situation was to let fate happen anyway. Everything had been done. If he stretched out his head and retracted his head, it would be the same. If he didn't complain, he would be clean.
, you don’t need to hear some rumors from the outside world and be constantly worried.
"Snapped!"
In the Governor's Mansion of Lu Dongling Mausoleum, Li Xiping slammed the table. The two red candles beside the table were shaken by the strong wind and were almost extinguished.
Tie Hanqing walked in at this moment and placed a document in front of Li Xiping. Then he couldn't help but shook his head secretly, wondering how the young man dared to do this.
"He's still parked on the hill in Yanlai Town?"
After reading the document sent by Tie Hanqing, Li Xiping took a deep breath, but his face became gloomy. After being silent for a few breaths, he said coldly: "Tie Hanqing, please write the letter for me and let me
The engineering department asked Mr. Wang and others to come over and investigate."
"Master Wang, please come here?" Tie Hanqing hesitated slightly.
Li Xiping knew why his old subordinate was hesitant. He narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "I have met Lin Xi, and you have also met Lin Xi in Donggang Town. Do you think he is the kind of person who is driven by his own impulses and does not distinguish between good and bad?
What?"
Tie Hanqing recalled the calm young man's figure, shook his head and said, "It doesn't look like that."
Li Xiping patted the table again and said angrily: "So there must be something wrong with this river dam! The people from the Yanlai Town Engineering Department said there was no problem and couldn't see any problems, so they asked more powerful people from the Engineering Department to look at it and let the experts
Study and dredge it, Lord Wang who built the dam will go and see it!"
"That's all." Tie Hanqing smiled bitterly.
He was also very aware of the temperament of his old superior, and he was also very aware that many people above him were dissatisfied with Li Xiping because of the Yingoufang case.
Lin Xi's actions this time must also implicate him, because the misappropriation of treasury funds and interference in the governance of other town officials, as well as the more severe accusations of "confused the people", are no longer something Li Xiping can suppress. The only thing they can do now is help Lin Xi and
The only thing that can help him is to prove that there is indeed a problem with the river dam, and Lin Xi's treatment is indeed very appropriate.
However, Tie Hanqing is very clear that even within the Lu Dongling, their actions are still subject to the will of some higher-level officials, let alone at the top. Now that their request has been raised, the officials above may not be able to
They will agree to let Mr. Wang, who is authoritative in dam management, come over. Even if they agree, they can also deliberately delay it. With some people's methods, I am afraid that before Mr. Wang arrives, the order regarding Lin Xi and Li Xiping's relegation has been issued and the decision has been made.
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In the Donggang Town Inn, the fat businessman who habitually wiped his hands on his sleeves was eating a bowl of red-oil noodles topped with fatty meat slices with a smile on his face.
He ate slowly, patiently and not in a hurry.
Because he feels that for some things...especially things like killing, the most enjoyable thing is the process.
Wei Xianwu always felt that this aspect of him was very perverted, but he felt that a warrior like Wei Xianwu really didn't understand the style.
At the moment of killing, the knife looks like blood spatters out, and the opponent falls down. What is interesting about this? What is interesting is that it is naturally the process of killing the opponent.
"You actually burned your prison and didn't come back... This is probably enough to remove you from your official position, right?"
After carefully finishing a large bowl of red oil noodles, the fat merchant ordered a pot of tea and drank it slowly.
"What fun things should we do next?" He thought leisurely while dipping his fingers in tea and scratching around on the table in a boring way.
…
In the evening, the Xizi River began to be covered with clouds again.
Then it started to rain again.
It rained all night again and didn't stop until the evening of the next day.
It also rained a little the next night, and in the early morning the rain gradually decreased and the weather started to become fine.
It was close to noon on the third day, and Lin Xi and Jiang Xiaoyi were standing on the river dam.
Because of Chen Yangzhi's death, and because of the help of Zhu Siye, Xu Sheng and others in the past few days, the people in the villages in the back have no problem with temporary food and accommodation on the job. Those villagers are not anxious, so
Lin Xi and Jiang Xiaoyi were also very relieved. With the idea of not practicing anywhere, they both asked Xu Sheng to send over the black sturgeon and iron-headed pike. They were very full during these three days.
satisfy.
Now the river dam under their feet was in good condition, but the more it was like this, the more Lin Xi believed that there was nothing wrong with what the old man Chen Yangzhi said.
Even if the rain stops today, the old man is sure.
After the two men surveyed just now, they found that the water level had indeed risen a bit as the old man said.
Now the two of them just need to lie down on the river dam and reach the river with their hands.
Therefore, as the old man said, although the weather will be mostly fine in the coming days, at least in the next two days and until the water level does not recede, the river dam may still be in danger at any time.
"There are still two days, and there should be no problem in two more days. It will be many years before there is such extreme weather when the River Dragon King rears his head again." Lin Xi looked at the river water swaying in front of her eyes,
He turned to look at Jiang Xiaoyi and said.
Jiang Xiaoyi nodded and said: "My vacation has arrived, I should go back the day after tomorrow."
"Okay." Lin Xi nodded, then frowned slightly and thought of something.
Although he did not go back in the past two days, Du Weiqing and others who had caught fire in the jail had also checked for him and concluded that it was most likely man-made, because there was nothing combustible in the cell that caught fire.
According to the confessions of several prisoners, the fire seemed to have started from the eaves. Under the circumstances shortly after the heavy rain stopped, someone should have deliberately set the fire with a kindling, but there were no pedestrians around at the time.
No one saw what happened when the fire started, so it's very difficult to find out.
Another piece of news was also beyond his expectation. Wei Xianwu was transferred to the border army. Originally, in his opinion, Wei Xianwu was likely to do something outrageous. However, according to the news previously conveyed by Du Weiqing and others, Wei Xianwu
But he obediently accepted the transfer order and had already set off to take up his post in the border army. Nothing unexpected happened.
"kindness?"
At this moment, Lin Xi raised his head in confusion because Jiang Xiaoyi tugged at the corner of his clothes.
He saw at one end of the river dam, a large number of officials from Yanlai Town, including He Zijing and Kuang Xiuxian, walked onto the river dam. After briefly checking the situation of the river dam, He Zijing ignored him and Jiang Xiaoyi and got off the river dam.
, heading towards the post where the villagers behind several villages in the distance stayed.
He Zijing knew the outcome was decided.
Because although the official document from the Ministry of Personnel has not yet come out, he already knows that many officials in the province are angry because of Lin Xi's "impulsive act, usurping power without authorization, misappropriating public funds, and confusing the people." As for dereliction of duty, the fire in the prison is considered a serious matter.
It's a small matter. The order to deal with Lin Xi has been decided. All Lin Xi's official ranks will be removed and she will be demoted to the common people.
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Logically speaking, an official of Lin Xi's level is not enough to influence some officials in the province, but because of the previous impeachment of Jiang Yanguan and the seriousness of the Yingoufang case, this time someone went beyond the mausoleum governor Li Xiping to write a letter, and some people impeached Li Xiping.
He wanted to protect his own interests, so the matter of Lin Xi, a ninth-grade official, affected some officials in the province.
Matters affecting the provincial level, coupled with special inquiries from some people with different intentions, will spread faster than ordinary matters.
At this moment, Liu Ziyu was sitting in a hall with clear windows, looking at a small roll in his hand, with an indescribable cold pleasure on his face.
"Lin Xi, look how proud you are, do you think this court is the same as the one in Qingluan Academy?"
"A bumpkin like you, with just a few words, can keep you down forever. It's a pity that I couldn't see it with my own eyes. After you were promoted, you were stripped of all your official positions. The look on your face was...
How wonderful.”
In front of a military camp granary, Gao Yanan, who was wearing a silver armor, had just completed an escort of grain and grass. She opened the small volume she had just received and took a look at it. There was a look of distress and worry on her face.
, "You guy, you are promoted out of the norm at one moment, and you are demoted and investigated at the next moment. You just don't make people feel at ease..."
After muttering this sentence, the tall girl frowned even more, thinking that she just wrote a letter to Lin Xi yesterday and sent it to Donggang Town. If Lin Xi had already left Donggang Town by then, her letter would be
There is no way to deliver it to Lin Xi.
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He Zijing was walking in the fields.
He checked the growth of some crops in the fields, and Shang Yin and several other officials from the Zhengwu Department and the Internal Affairs Department followed behind him.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Lin Xi and Jiang Xiaoyi approaching. He stood up straight on the field ridge, turned to look at the loser, and said sarcastically: "Don't worry, you can keep fooling around. I'm just here to stop by."
Check to see if any of the villagers on those posts are sick, so as not to spread the disease all at once."
Lin Xi raised her eyebrows but remained silent for a while.
"According to the normal speed, the documents regarding your dismissal and investigation by the Ministry of Civil Affairs should be here in two days." He Zijing continued indifferently, "Even if you still want to mess around here, I can arrest you.
Go to jail."
"Even if you are a practitioner." After a slight pause, He Zijing emphasized his tone and said coldly, "Yunqin's army has never lacked practitioners, and has never been afraid of practitioners."
Jiang Xiaoyi's heart sank.
But Lin Xi just frowned in displeasure and sneered: "In this case, then you don't want the people on the post to come down during these two days. You can happily wait for the paperwork in the Governor's Mansion.
To Donggang Town.”
"Yellow-mouthed kid!"
He Zijing gave a cold shout, waved his sleeves vigorously, and said no more.
The scene was tense for a while, and many officials on the dam heard He Zijing's stern words clearly.
After squatting down and inspecting for a while, he found that Kuang Xiuxian, who did not have any obvious big cracks, stood up pantingly. When he heard He Zijing scolding Lin Xi, his fat face was full of ridicule, and he directed
Lin Xi laughed loudly from a distance: "Mr. Lin, this river dam is so stable, how could it collapse?"
While laughing loudly, he even stomped the river dam under his feet so hard that the fat on his body trembled wildly.
But the river dam is still stable.
Lin Xi's brows furrowed even more tightly.
Seeing that Lin Xi was even more unhappy, Kuang Xiuxian and others laughed even louder.
An official on the dam heard the sound of boats sailing in the distance.
He turned his head and looked around, and saw three large cargo ships on the calm and sparkling river, straightening their sails and sailing down the river.
“So impressive!”
The official looked at these three imposing ships and let out a sigh of admiration.
On the hulls of the three large ships, which can carry an unknown number of kilograms, one has the mark of Hengrongchang, and two has the mark of Lu Fuji.
Lu Fu Ji is one of the largest trading houses in Xizijiang besides Henglongchang. In addition to tung oil, it also deals in timber.
The three large ships are indeed very majestic, like three giant palaces sailing on the water. Some fishing boats and small merchant ships look very small compared with them.
There are waves coming.
The reeds swaying gently by the river.
The officer suddenly felt the ground shaking.
Beside him, Kuang Xiuxian was no longer stamping his feet.
Suddenly, he realized that it was not the ground that shook, but the river dam beneath him.
"Crack..."
Just when his expression changed slightly and Kuang Xiuxian felt something strange and turned around, loud sounds were made from many places on the river dam at the same time, like huge rocks rubbing and breaking.
The sound was so loud that even the people on the post heard it.
Lin Xi and Jiang Xiaoyi suddenly turned around and looked at the direction of the river dam.
Only at this moment, they saw that several sections of the river dam were as fragile as pieces of paper, broken apart, and the calm river water instantly turned into thousands and countless galloping horses.
He Zijing, Shang Yin and others were stunned, their minds going blank.
The dam broke! The river dam actually broke!
In this breath of time, everyone saw that Kuang Xiuxian and others on the dam were like tiny ants, being submerged in an instant.