Becoming a God from a Water Monkey

Chapter 314 Blaming Each Other
Liang Qu grabbed Lu Xinqing by the collar. He was tall and forced him to stand on tiptoe.

Facing County Magistrate Yu, Lu Xinqing was so panicked that his forehead was covered with sweat, and a bright light was reflected under the oil lamp.

No, no, I am just a pirate. How can I deserve the attention of two great officials!

Like a mouse dangling in front of a cat.

Lu Xinqing hugged Liang Qu's palm and tried to pry his fingers apart, but found that they were as hard as steel and did not move at all. He immediately looked at Yu Dayi with a wry smile and said, "You are joking, sir. I am a pirate, a worthless person, and I have not read many books. How can I know what is right or wrong..."

"it is good!"

Yu Dayi shouted loudly.

Lu Xinqing almost bit off his tongue.

"In that case, I'd like to hear what Liang Shuilang from Hebo has to say!"

Yu Dayi lowered his head and glanced at the badge on his waist. He was very good at maintaining his qi, and he was not angry at all when Liang Qu pointed at his nose and scolded him. He looked completely different from the "furious" look before Liang Qu entered the door.

Lu Xinqing was so terrified that he almost knelt down and kowtowed for mercy.

Today is such a bad day for me.

It shouldn’t be that difficult to rob a river god, right?
Liang Qu's face remained calm and he glanced at Lu Xinqing.

"Let me ask you, when did you become a pirate?"

Lu Xinqing was puzzled: "About three and a half years ago..."

"Who did you rob the first time? How much silver did you rob? What happened to them? Were they dead or alive?"

"A father and son were going home to ask for marriage, with a total of eight taels of silver, but in the end..." Lu Xinqing swallowed his saliva, "In the end, they died."

Yu Dayi shouted: "Those who rob and kill others should be executed!"

Lu Xinqing trembled all over and waved his hands hurriedly: "I didn't kill him, I didn't kill him!"

"Huh? If not you, then who is it?"

"Yes, it's you, Lord Yu..."

Yu Dayi was stunned.

"After I robbed the father and son, they were unwilling to give up and became pirates. Then, they were caught by someone..."

Lu Xinqing gritted his teeth and told the story of the father and son in bits and pieces.

He had been a pirate for less than four years, but County Magistrate Yu had been the magistrate of Huazhu County for only his fifth and almost sixth year.

The father and son pirates were caught and sentenced to death by Yu Dayi.

"There is such a thing..."

Yu Dayi fell into deep thought.

What happened three years ago was not too long ago. I still have some impression of it when I think back. It seems that a father and son pair of pirates were indeed sentenced before.

As notorious bandits, both father and son were sentenced to death.

"Liang Shuilang, are you trying to say that there is something wrong with my judgment?" County Magistrate Yu didn't know what Liang Qu was thinking. "Even though the father and son were robbed first and became bandits later, it is forgivable, but a crime is a crime. I believe that there is nothing wrong with my judgment and I have a clear conscience!"

"County Magistrate Yu sentenced according to the law, of course there is no problem, but I am not talking about the law! Lu Xinqing! Who do you think caused the death of this father and son!"

Who?
Lu Xinqing scratched his head and cautiously asked, "Me?"

"Wrong! It's Magistrate Yu!"

Liang Qu's answer shocked Lu Xinqing.

"It is true that it was Lu Xinqing who caused the father and son to become bandits! But it was you, Lord Yu, who made Lu Xinqing a bandit!"

Yu Dayi frowned fiercely: "What does it have to do with me? Did I instruct this person to learn martial arts secretly? Did I send him to be a pirate?"

Lu Xinqing shook his head vigorously.

Liang Qu's eyes fell again: "Lu Xinqing, why did you secretly learn martial arts?"

Why did I learn secretly?
Because that old guy won’t teach!

Lu Xinqing complained in his heart, but he was almost suffocating because of his neck. He knew he couldn’t say that: “Because… because I don’t want to waste my life in the martial arts hall, I want to find a way out.”

"Since you want to find a way out, why do you learn martial arts secretly? There is no hope in the martial arts hall. Can't you enter the government office? Can't you enter the Three Courts? Can't you make merit in the Six Gates and learn better martial arts? There are so many ways out, why do you have to dig your own foundation?"

Lu Xinqing was speechless.

If he has this kind of access, what kind of martial arts can he learn secretly?

The meaning was clear in the silence. "Does Lord Yu understand?" Liang Qu let go of Lu Xinqing's collar, "It's you who didn't give him a choice!

Lord Yu is the county magistrate! He is the father and mother of the people! If the government in Huazhu County is clean and honest, and the capable are promoted and the incompetent are demoted, why would Lu Xinqing need to secretly learn martial arts and become a bandit! "

Lu Xinqing's eyes lit up.

Can it be explained this way?
"It was Magistrate Yu's inaction that caused Lu Xinqing to become a bandit, and then killed the father and son who came home to seek marriage! How unfair!"

Yu Dayi frowned: "This is sophistry!"

Liang Qu laughed loudly: "I am just making a sophistry! County Magistrate Yu blamed me for fighting with the Ghost Mother Sect, which affected Huazhu. He didn't blame the Ghost Mother Sect, but blamed me for my actions. How is this different from my sophistry?"

Yu Dayi was speechless.

"Even the bandits know to look for the problem in themselves! When faced with a natural disaster, let alone the fact that the truth has not yet been uncovered, even if the collapse of Qiugong Dike was really the work of the Ghost Mother Cult.

Instead of looking for the culprit, County Magistrate Yu hid in his room and made indirect accusations. Am I wrong to say that County Magistrate Yu is not as good as the pirates?
If Lord Yu is really determined to blame me, Hebo, for being wrong in suppressing the bandits, does he mean that I, Hebo, was wrong in suppressing the Ghost Mother Sect?

In this case, Magistrate Yu seems to be very dissatisfied with His Majesty's decision to send the Hebo Troop to Pingyang County?"

"Don't dare!"

Yu Dayi quickly lowered his head.

For a moment, the whole room fell silent.

grunt.

Lu Xinqing swallowed his saliva.

He didn't understand, but he was deeply shocked.

Seeing that Yu Dayi didn't say anything, Liang Qu also breathed a sigh of relief.

Successfully bluffed.

That's all there is in my stomach.

If we really debate, we might be exposed.

Can Yu Dayi really not distinguish his enemies?

not necessarily.

When the flood came, Yu Dayi did not hesitate at all and immediately formed a fleet to evacuate the people and reduce the losses as soon as possible.

I wouldn’t say it was very well done, but at least it was decent enough without any major mistakes.

He does not make any major mistakes and is definitely not incompetent. He is unlikely to do something ridiculous like blaming He Bo at a critical moment.

As for why he was making indirect accusations and deliberately hiding behind the door and cursing for everyone to hear.

Throw the blame.

Yu Dayi wanted to put the blame for the collapse of Qiugong Dike on Hebo Station!

Could the collapse of a dam in a county be unrelated to the county magistrate?

Can't take it off!
Although the hydrological station did not give any warning, there had been heavy rain for several consecutive days. Even if the hydrological station did not respond, Yu Dayi should have sent someone to check.

But it can be reduced!
What if the collapse of the levee was a revenge due to the feud between Hebo and the Ghost Mother Cult?
Only a thousand days to be a thief, how can a thousand days to guard against a thief?

It is understandable that you cannot prevent it.

Yu Dayi insisted that it was the Ghost Mother Cult and blamed Hebo Suo, completely trying to shift the focus of the dam breach from Huazhu County itself to Hebo Suo!

As an official in the Hebo Office, could Liang Qu just watch Yu Dayi pass the buck?
No way.

Don’t you know which restaurant you’re going to eat at?
It just so happened that Lu Xinqing provided a good story.

You said it was my Hebo Office's problem, which is like that father and son being bandits and you blaming Lu Xinqing.

Liang Qu wanted to dig it out, then threw the pot back and held it down tightly.

Yu Dayi is by no means a person who truly serves the people. He saves the people to preserve himself, his official uniform and his life.

The debate between Liang Qu and County Magistrate Yu was not about right or wrong, but a question of stance.

One wants to shirk responsibility, the other wants to keep it.

Whether Yu Dayi's questions were in line with or against the answer, they would help him divert his attention.

If Liang Qu didn't understand the situation before entering the door, it would be easy for Yu Dayi to throw a big pot over, which would in turn affect the situation of Xu Yuelong and others.

(End of this chapter)