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Chapter 16 The human heart is made of flesh


Lin Xi looked at the river.

The river is calm and beautiful, with a faint layer of mist, and there are fishing boats and merchant ships walking on the river, which is peaceful and quiet.

He Zijing and more than ten officials from Yanlai Town walked up to the river dam, after walking on the river dam, He Zijing squatted down and knocked on the dam body with his hand, feeling the unusually tight dam body, his heart was more relieved, and the sneer smile on his face was thicker.

He also looked at the clear river and walked not far in front of Lin Xi.

"Lord Lin, now you should put away your nonsense and go back to Donggang Town."

He didn't look at Lin Xi, who turned to look at him, and spit out this sentence calmly and with a hint of pride in the river.

The semi-paralyzed old man, who was already lying calmly on the bamboo chair, stiffened, and wanted to stand up and say something, but Lin Xi patted him to reassure him, and then said calmly: "There are so many good fields and life and death, how can it be nonsense." ” "Lord Lin, you said that there is a problem with this dam, but this night's rainstorm is not good" Guo Xiuxian, who was behind He Zijing, said angrily: "This barrage dam in Yanlai Town is my scope of responsibility, not Lord Lin's scope of responsibility."

Lin Xi glanced at this official who was too fat and had no wrinkles in his official uniform, like a skin, and said, "Have you checked some local chronicles about this dam, and have you heard the opinions of the people who participated in the construction of the dam and the reinforcement of this dam?"

"Lord Lin."

Guo Xiuxian sneered, stretched out his fat and white finger and pointed at Jiang Ba, "Any record is not as convincing as the on-site investigation, you believe the words of an old farmer, and you don't believe the judgment of so many Yun Qin officials" Lin Xi frowned slightly, looked at the fat official with a red face, and said calmly and seriously: "Because he cares more about these good fields and the lives of those people than you, I believe in him."

And listening to what you say, I don't think you even know the structure of this dam, do you say I believe him or believe you" Lin Xi's words were extremely unkind, and even questioned Guo Xiuxian's true talent, Guo Xiuxian's face suddenly turned purple with anger, and he said angrily: "You" He Zijing waved his hand, stopped Guo Xiuxian, turned his head to look at Lin Xi, and said indifferently: "The barrage in Donggang Town is the same as the barrage here, and there are no problems. ” Lin Xi didn't like to look at He Zijing's face, and pursed his lips disdainfully, but a genuinely happy smile appeared on his face, and he mocked: "Of course this is excellent." ” He Zijing looked at the look on Lin Xi's face, and when he saw Lin Xi smiling, he also laughed, full of happiness, "But the prison you manage is not very good."

Three cells were burned in the morning, and it was said that it was because you had transferred only three people to the ground, otherwise a few more would have been at least better. ” Lin Xi's brows suddenly furrowed, this was indeed something he couldn't have thought of.

"Also, on my way to the dam, I heard more interesting news."

The change in Lin Xi's complexion made He Zijing's heart even more relaxed, especially the people behind him, Xiuxian and the others showed undisguised mocking expressions.

He Zijing glanced at Lin Xi, paused slightly, and continued: "Jiang Wenhe, who is still temporarily acting as the town governor, actually accompanied you crazy all night, not only mobilized the town guards and a large amount of manpower, but also used the timber for the shipbuilding of the Zhengwu Division, and also embezzled a batch of silver taels from the Internal Affairs Department to buy a large number of straw bags and wood. ” Lin Xi's face sank and looked at He Zijing indifferently, "It seems that you are not as simple as a dispute of meaning for me. ” "Lord Lin is a young talent, but you should also understand that embezzlement of treasury silver is a felony.

Alarmism and confusing the people are even more serious crimes.

He Zijing narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Lin Xi and said.

The old man on the bamboo chair in front of Lin Xi stiffened again.

He has also been a small official, so his conversation knowledge is also very different from that of ordinary villagers, and he also knows that in the laws of Yunqin, "confusing the people" is a felony second only to rebellion.

"I'll go through the reasons.

I think that so many lives are involved, and many of the officials above will not act rashly.

Lin Xi replied to He Zijing coldly.

"Human life is indeed a big matter, and the problem now is that these two barrages are in good condition."

He Zijing looked at Lin Xi and said with disgust: "The problem now is that the officials in charge of farming and water conservancy in the Ministry of Industry have found that there is no problem, and the last two officials also feel that there is no problem, but you, an official in charge of the arrest house and the prison, said that there is a problem."

You say that you believe this old farmer, but I want to ask you, the officials above, is it the judgment of some officials of the Information Industry Department, believe this fact, or believe in an old farmer who is so old that his teeth have fallen out."

Lin Xi also frowned in disgust.

He didn't want to have any more nonsense with He Zijing, he didn't want to overstep his authority to oppress anyone, and he didn't want to lose respect and courtesy in front of other officials, but these officials made him unable to find any reason to respect and maintain courtesy.

And having said all this, the only thing he didn't think about was that the prison would catch fire.

"What are you going to do?"

But at this moment, his complexion changed, and his voice was colder than ever.

The old man on the bamboo chair in front of him just turned his head to look, and he was also too excited for a moment and made a lotus sound in his mouth, grabbed the crutch in his hand, and seemed to be about to hit somewhere.

On the high hill in the distance, some villagers were coming down, as if they were going back to their original villages.

Seeing Lin Xi's disgust and turning his head, and seeing Lin Xi and Chen Yangzhi's expressions at this moment, He Zijing sneered coldly and softly: "Maybe someone casually told them to go back, even if no one said it, there is no problem with this dam, do you want them to stay on the post all the time, do they just rely on that post to eat and drink?"

Lin Xi didn't look at him and the officials behind him again, grabbed the bamboo chair where the old man was lying with both hands, and carried the bamboo chair on the dam and rushed down with a fierce anger towards the high post in the distance.

Previously, Chen Yangzhi and he carefully checked the condition of each section of the barrage and its water level, and determined that in the four or five days before the water level receded, the barrage could still collapse at any time, and if he didn't have the ability to go back to before the ten stops, he would have a certain amount of time to ensure that he could escape, and he would not dare to stay on the dam for a long time.

When he started doing these things last night, he naturally thought about all the possible consequences, but no matter what, the worst result was just to lose the official position he didn't care about very much.

Because he was Vice President Xia's top secret at the Tianshu level, and he had the identity of a god, he had the confidence to easily say the words "everything is a floating cloud".

And he knew that even if some high-ranking officials would misunderstand his character because of his actions, Vice President Xia would definitely not.

He hates trouble the most, and he just wants to watch the beautiful scenery calmly on this river, but what happened to him, he can't ignore it indifferently, since he cares, there are so many people who have paid for it, then he can't give up.

Lin Xi ran very fast.

Because the cultivator has endurance and physical strength that ordinary people can hardly match, seeing him running such an amazing long distance, many people who were originally coming down from the high post couldn't help but slow down or stop.

Among the hundreds of people at the front, Lin Xi really saw someone in an official uniform.

So his gaze was even colder.

"The water level of the dam is too high, and there is still a danger of the dam bursting at any time, so don't come down" When he was still nearly a hundred steps away from these people, Lin Xi's firm voice had already sounded.

Looking at this Lord Kobayashi who rushed all the way over, many people on the gang were instantly shocked by an inexplicable momentum and spirit, but many people who had already come down and walked to the field turned their heads to look behind them with some embarrassment even if they stopped.

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Several officials and students in the crowd all had slightly calm faces, sneered, and did not make a sound.

Yanlai Town is not without knowledgeable or cautious officials, nor is it without officials who appreciate or admire Lin Xi, but they are not in power, and the most powerful in Yanlai Town is the town governor He Zijing.

On the bamboo chair carried by Lin Xi, the old man Chen Yangzhi had been panting for breath.

It seems that because of his excitement and resentment, he has not been able to regulate his breathing.

However, at this moment, the scrawny old man suddenly straightened up.

He had been paralyzed in bed for many years, his legs had shrunk, and now he straightened up suddenly, and his whole posture gave people a strange feeling that was incomprehensible.

"Please listen to the old man" "The old man is ninety and three, how can he come on a rainy night to lie to everyone" There was a gasp in his throat, but the high-pitched and mutated voice exploded in front of him: "Please listen to my old man, stay on the post for five days."

No one was moved by such a sound outlet.

But just a few words were shouted, but his voice was suddenly interrupted and he couldn't make a sound.

Lin Xi's face changed suddenly, and he reached out to stroke his chest.

The old man's breath came out long, but he couldn't make a sound for a while, and all the people who were relatively close to Lin Xi only heard the old man's hissing voice.

"Lord Lin, I'm sorry, I'm dragging you down."

Suddenly, the old man spat out this sentence.

His body was still slightly upright forward, maintaining a posture of wanting to sit up, and the crutches he was holding in his hand were stretched forward, as if he was unwilling to hit something, but there was no breath coming out of his mouth.

His man was thus turned into a statue in the eyes of all.

Lin Xi's heart fell.

It was only when the palm of his hand touched the old man's chest that he felt that there was not much heat in the old man's body, and the old man's years of bedridden had slowly burned his last life, and the time of this night was his last fire, the last cry.

The whole post was silent.

Countless people's hearts are like being struck by a sledgehammer.

Nothing was more powerful than the old man's last plea and the words he shouted in a cracked voice.

Suddenly, the cries of many people rang out.

The human heart is made of flesh.

Most of them didn't know the old man named Chen Yangzhi, but the old man didn't know them either, but the old man and Lin Xi came to them in the dark night, braving the pouring rain, just to keep them out of danger.

The old man was supposed to die on the warm bed in front of his children and grandchildren, but he stopped breathing here on the mud, wrapped in damp clothes.

All those who had left the hill began to return to their posts

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