Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 182
Although he had not been with Li Canghai for a long time, he knew his temper very well. The decisions he made were ironclad and no one could stop him.

The reason why Li Canghai went to Damiao Village in such a hurry was because he thought of a possibility. If this possibility was confirmed, it would be a [-]% conspiracy.

It was only half a day's journey from Zhengyang City to Damiao Village. At noon, they arrived at Damiao Village.

Along the way, Li Canghai saw many people spontaneously following the officials of the Ministry of Industry, digging ditches to divert the flood, which made him quite gratified.

With officials from the Ministry of Industry who are building water conservancy projects, he doesn't have to worry about floods.

As the hardest-hit area, Damiao Village suffered the most losses. After the flood receded, all the houses had disappeared, as if they had never existed.

Today, although the flood in Damiao Village has receded, there is still knee-deep flood.

Some people who had returned from the escape dug soil from the isolated mountain with sad expressions, and then sent it to the embankment.

The dikes stretch for several miles, and countless people are repairing and strengthening the damaged parts of the dikes under the guidance of those officials from the Ministry of Industry.

Among the crowd, Li Canghai saw a fat figure, carrying two loads of soil, struggling through the mud.

"Zuo Hongji?" Li Canghai called out in surprise.

The figure paused for a moment, turned around quickly, and exclaimed joyfully, "My lord, are you alright?"

Li Canghai looked at him a few times, but he did not expect that he would really keep his promise and help the people rebuild their homes here.

"It's just a small injury, it's okay." Li Canghai said with a calm smile.

Zuo Hongji looked at his somewhat pale face and thought, is this okay?He looked at Chang Feng suspiciously.

Chang Feng shrugged with a wry smile, expressing that he was powerless.

At this time, a middle-aged man with a shirtless shirt and a long beard came over.

"Brother Zuo, who is this?" The man looked at Li Canghai and asked several yamen servants standing beside him.

Zuo Hongji hurriedly introduced: "This is the magistrate of Zhengyang County."

When the man heard it, his eyes suddenly shone with surprise. He looked at Li Canghai in surprise and said, "I didn't expect you to be the legendary county magistrate. I thought you were an old scholar over fifty years old. I didn't expect you to be so young. It really is young and promising!"

Li Canghai smiled slightly and said, "Brother is too famous, how dare you ask who is there?"

Zuo Hongji said: "My lord, this is Mr. Zhao Yuan, the judge in charge of the Ministry of Industry of the Governor's Mansion."

Li Canghai knew that the so-called "judgments" were actually those who were in charge of military administration, finance, criminal law, farmland, household food and other affairs of the state government and joined the army.

It can be said that the entire water conservancy project in Duji Province is under his management, and in terms of official rank, Li Canghai has to salute him.

However, he had no intention of saluting.

Zhao Yuan folded his arms in front of his chest and stared at Li Canghai with interest, while Li Canghai stared at him with squinted eyes.

The weird atmosphere made Zuo Hongji and the others feel a little overwhelmed.

After looking at each other with Chang Feng for a while, he finally broke the embarrassment and said: "My lords, the sun is scorching, let's find a shady place to talk."

Li Canghai waved his right hand, and said, "No need, I'm here this time because I have important matters to investigate. Mr. Zhao, this embankment has troubled you a lot."

With that said, Li Canghai gave Zhao Yuan a casual fist, and was about to walk away.

Everyone froze for a moment, and Chang Feng squeezed him into a cold sweat. He secretly guessed in his heart whether his lord had lost his mind because of the injury, and he was so disrespectful to the officials of the governor's mansion. He was not afraid that the governor's mansion would find him Is he in trouble?
Even Zuo Hongji understood the consequences of bumping into Shangguan, but he didn't understand why Li Canghai was so indifferent to Zhao Yuan.

As expected, Zhao Yuan's expression changed, he stopped in front of Li Canghai, and said, "Master Li, it's a bit rude of you to come here to control the flood in such a scorching summer."

Li Canghai said indifferently: "Since that's the case, even if you go back and enjoy the melon and fruit herbal tea, why should you suffer here?"

Zhao Yuan frowned. He stared at Li Canghai and said, "Lord Li, I didn't seem to offend you when I first arrived here, right? Why are you so tit for tat?"

Anger appeared in Li Canghai's eyes, he snorted coldly, and said righteously: "It has been nearly half a month since the Yellow River broke its embankment, and during this half month, I have submitted three urgent memorials, asking the governor's office to send someone to come. No one came to deal with the flood disaster until now. Mr. Zhao, as a member of the Cao Cao army, don’t you know anything about it? Don’t forget, this farmland water conservancy is a matter under the jurisdiction of your lord.”

Hearing this speech, everyone was stunned. I have only ever seen a superior official criticize a subordinate official. When have I seen a subordinate official dare to criticize a superior official in public?Moreover, there was no politeness in the words.

They only thought that Li Canghai was bold, but they didn't know that Li Canghai even dared to contradict the governor, not to mention that Zhao Yuan was just a judge under Liu Tong.

Just when everyone was secretly worried about him, Zhao Yuan suddenly laughed: "It turns out that Master Li is concerned about this. That's right, the farmland and water conservancy facilities are indeed under the management of this officer. But don't forget, this Officers must obey orders."

Having said that, Zhao Yuan sighed deeply, and said, "I am indeed aware of the danger of the Yellow River, but I can't do anything without the order of Lord Inspector."

"So, it's Lord Inspector who didn't let you come to deal with the flood?" Chang Feng asked in disbelief with his eyes wide open.

Zhao Yuan glanced at him, shrugged, and said, "You said that, but I didn't."

Chang Feng was suddenly dumbfounded, and a thin layer of sweat suddenly appeared on his forehead.

"Master Liu, why did you do this?" Li Canghai said in a low voice with anger on his face.

"Don't you know the reason?" Zhao Yuan laughed, and after a while he said lightly: "The whole governor's mansion has spread, saying that Mr. Liu was humiliated by a small county magistrate in Luoyang. Not only that, but The county magistrate also beat up the messenger sent by the governor's mansion and put him in prison, Mr. Li should be familiar with these things, right?"

Li Canghai snorted, "That's right, I did all of these. Could it be that Master Liu ignored the flood because of this?"

"Li Canghai, Li Canghai, haven't you figured it out yet? As a small county magistrate, you've let the governor's mansion suffer you again and again. How could Mr. Liu let you off so easily?" Zhao Yuan shook his head and sighed.

"I am in an important position, but my mind is so narrow-minded. I was the one who offended him, but the people of Zhengyang County never offended him. It is unreasonable for him to obstruct disaster relief even though he knew that the Yellow River burst its embankment!" Li Canghai said angrily.

(End of this chapter)