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Chapter 13: The Closed Door


Tofu novels have no pop-up windows, and it is not only the townspeople of Donggang Town who were woken up this night Many townspeople in Yanlai Town heard the sound of iron hooves in their sleep, and the iron horse fell asleep, and then they were awakened by the sound of iron hooves, listening to the wind and rain outside, and they didn't know what was happening in a trance In front of the gate of He Zijing, the governor of Yanlai Town, He Zixiu, who was wearing an official uniform, looked at Lin Xi who was staring at five or six soldiers, and sneered: "Lord Lin, you called me out so late, just suspect that there will be a problem with the barrage in Yanlai Town, and you are too lenient."

Lin Xi was already soaking wet, and some rain was flowing from his hair from time to time, which made him reach out and wipe it from time to time before he could open his eyes Looking at He Zijing, who had a bad attitude, Lin Xi frowned slightly, and explained calmly: "It's not that I suspect that there will be a problem, it's that there may be a problem at any time, I have been to the dam before I came, and the situation is almost the same as the barrage in my Donggang Town, and this is not the conclusion I reached, but the conclusion reached by the river workers who built the dam back then Even if the dam is built, the water level on the river today is enough to pose a threat to the dam."

"Yes?"

He Zijing glanced at Lin Xi indifferently and said, "Got it" Lin Xi's brows furrowed, he pretended not to see He Zijing's slightly mocking face, and asked, "The stakes are very high, since the adults know, I don't know what the adults are going to do now."

"What am I going to do?"

He Zijing's face was slightly gloomy, he raised his head, looked at Lin Xi and sneered: "I know everything you said, but there are some things that I am afraid you don't know, Lord Lin."

Lin Xi took a deep breath, wiped off the cold rain that flowed down from his hairline and was about to flow into his eyes, and said slowly: "What's the matter?"

"This is Yanlai Town, not what the governor of Donggang Town wants to do, I have to report to you, but what I want to do, I don't have to tell you" He Zijing had a sneer on his face: "You care about my Yanlai Town, you are meddling in the governance of my Yanlai Town, and you are not in line with the law at all, I am afraid that if it spreads, it will also say that you Xiaolin are too powerful and want to catch too much" Lin Xi looked at the thin and tall town governor silently, and said, "I'm just here to inform you of this fact, when you get to Guba, you can completely say that you discovered it yourself, and it has nothing to do with me."

"You still don't understand" He Zijing turned his head slightly to look at the darkness behind Lin Xi, and said: "Today you came to tell me about this, I listened, tomorrow you come to tell me one thing, I will continue to listen and according to your meaning, I must want me to use a lot of manpower and material resources to go to the dam immediately."

Lin Xi looked at him, looked at the indifferent face of the town governor, and said, "There is indeed such a need."

A cold chill rose from He Zijing's face: "Lin Xi, I might as well tell you three points, first, I was fined for one year just a few days ago because of Jiang Rui's impeachment, second, the barrage has never been in danger, the Ministry of Engineering has no budget to fix the dam at all, and it will definitely not be able to transfer enough silver taels and materials in the short term, even if it is transferred, this rain will probably stop long ago, third, it is not your turn to teach me how to do it in front of me, as for the barrage, I will naturally go to investigate tomorrow, how to do it then, whether to spend a lot of manpower and financial resources, repair or not, I'm going to make a decision."

Lin Xi shook his head and asked, "Is the battle of will more important than human life?"

He Zijing's gaze turned to Lin Xi's body, and he sneered: "Now that the barrage has obviously broken?"

Lin Xi shook his head He Zijing also shook his head: "Sometimes the assumptions of one or two incumbents cause more labor and money than one or two murderers."

Looking at He Zijing, who no longer paid attention to himself and turned around and walked back to his residence, Lin Xi said in a deep voice: "At least you can order to assist in the evacuation of the villagers behind the dam."

He Zijing stopped talking, nor did he look at Lin Xi anymore, put his hand on the courtyard door, and prepared to close the door "Ho-sama" Lin Xi took a step forward, and with a bang, the five or six soldiers who had surrounded him suddenly became very nervous, and they all suddenly took a step closer "I told you, after I get to dawn, I will naturally go to check this kind of dark night, if the villagers are evacuated and there are some casualties, it is still a matter of Yanlai Town" Hearing Lin Xi's clear drink, He Zijing turned around slightly, and said coldly: "You meddle in the affairs of Yanlai Town, itself is already unreasonable, what, do you still want to use force to hold officials hostage, you can't do things for you, as long as you dare, you can break through the gate of this courtyard and rush in, presumably with Lord Lin's martial arts, I am not an opponent If you don't dare, please leave, Otherwise, I will sue you for a crime of disturbing the officials."

After saying this, there was a soft "bang", and the two black lacquer doors closed in front of Lin Xi "Lord Lin" These soldiers around Lin Xi are very nervous, they have already heard of Lin Xi's combat strength, if Lin Xi really wants to break through at this moment, several of them have to stop, I am afraid they will all pay the price of blood Lin Xi could see the fear and determination in the eyes of these soldiers, he nodded at them, signaled that he would not be brutal, and turned to get on the horse Because there are rain eaves outside the door of this mansion to keep out the rain, the ground was originally dry, but when Lin Xi got on the horse, he saw that the place where Lin Xi was standing was a large pool of water, and then saw that Lin Xi was still dripping water all over his body, and then saw that the horse ass under him was already exhausted, and there was a slight foam in his mouth and nose, the leading sergeant suddenly trembled in his heart, and while putting the knife into the sheath, he gritted his teeth and took a step forward, and said softly: "Lord Lin, you still have to go to my Yanlai Zhenjiang Dam" Lin Xi looked at the low-ranking sergeant with a trembling body and nodded: "Even if I can hold him hostage, it is impossible to hold all the officials of Yanlai Town hostage, it is useless to do my best to evacuate the villagers behind the river dam."

"Lord Lin, I don't have the right to order, but I have some brothers who are on rotation, and I should be willing to help," the low-ranking sergeant gritted his teeth and said in a low voice "Thank you" Lin Xi glanced worriedly at the night sky that was still raining, and saluted and thanked the low-ranking sergeant On the barrage in Donggang Town, where the wind and rain were strong, all the people suddenly stopped Zou Yishi wiped his eyes, turned around, and saw a column of fire suddenly appear on the pitch-black field road Immediately, hundreds of exhausted crop men on the dam were fighting for their lives, and all the hundreds of crop men who were already exhausted let out earth-shattering exclamations and cheers, temporarily covering the sound of wind and rain and the sound of the river crashing on the shore War horses with waterproof military gas dead wind lamps appeared in their sight Every five or six horses dragged a huge log behind them, rushing in a shocking way that these crop men had never seen before Behind these war horses, there were many figures, and for a while, I didn't know how many people came from the direction of Donggang Town "Lord Kobayashi" Others may not know the situation before and after, but Chen Haozhi is very clear, seeing a large number of sergeants and envoys dragging logs that can be used as stakes, looking at the faint flow of people behind, this wooden crop man suddenly knelt down and let out a loud shout On another stormy dam, there are also hundreds of able-bodied laborers Chen Yangzhi, a ninety-year-old man who had been withered and paralyzed for several years, had fallen into an unimaginable state, he was carried by two people, half lying on a chair, holding a cane and knocking on the chair, constantly making mutated screams, commanding, no one would have imagined that such an old man, after being drenched in the rain in the middle of the night, would have such strength "Stopped" Suddenly, a clear shout pierced through the heavy rain curtain and sounded on the dam Lin Xi's prancing horse rushed up the river dam from the slope of the field and appeared in their sight Chen Yangzhi's terrifyingly bright eyes instantly dimmed "The governor of Yanlai Town will not send manpower and material resources to come, for the sake of safety, the only way to evacuate people to the high ground is to go to the high ground first" Lin Xi arrived in front of him, dismounted, and said The old man's gaze darkened a little, nodded, and said in a dumb voice: "That's all."

"Everyone, you are all from this Yanlai Town, the situation here is much more familiar than me, there is not enough manpower to guard the dam at the moment, please help me send people to the high ground" Lin Xi turned to face all the people who had gathered, facing the wind and rain, and let out a loud shout He is not an official of Yanlai Town, but the people of Yanlai Town already know the name of Lord Xiaolin, because he is not an official of Yanlai Town, and he is admired for coming here late at night "When" "When" "When" A gong sounded immediately "Everyone come with me, and they all go to the back post" "Don't mess around, don't panic, everyone line up and take care of the people around you" "Leave the livestock alone this way" "Look at every room and see if there are any people who don't go by water, all by land" Soon after the villages behind the dam were completely boiling, a column of dozens of sergeants also arrived These town guard sergeants were all on duty, and they did not dare to use military horses, so they all came on foot "I'll come" On the dam in Donggang Town, Jiang Xiaoyi snatched the sledgehammer in the hand of a strong man, and his whole person jumped up, using all his strength to swing the hammer in his hand, and hammered down fiercely towards a fixed pile wood "Knock" The fixed pile slammed down, sinking into as much as a meter Jiang Xiaoyi's whole body was also shaken, he was slightly stagnant in the air by the huge anti-shock force, and his soaked clothes instantly shook a large splash of water, and for a while, there seemed to be a transparent rain flower blooming in the air Dozens of people around who were driving piles and carrying sand, gravel and straw bags were stunned for a moment when they saw this scene, and then they all let out a passionate cheer "Knock" In the cheers, Jiang Xiaoyi jumped high again, used all his strength, and slammed down with a sledgehammer "If you see it, it's a friend of Lord Kobayashi" "Lord Kobayashi's friends are like this, and we can't be ashamed of the men on the Xizi River."

Two shouts rang out one after another, ushering in the roars of countless men The torrential rain couldn't wash away the fishy smell and black oil on these men, and Xu Sheng and Zhu Siye, who were shouting, also carried straw bags filled with sand and stones, and ran on the river dam: