The Concubine of the Lin Family in the Red Chamber

"Boom..."

"Boom..."

With several roars in succession, the entire land of Yichuan trembled.Li Yibai was leading Lin Jue to listen to a play in the theater garden, when he heard the sound like an earthquake, he immediately dragged Lin Jue to an open place.

Lin Jue was also taken aback, and ran out following Li Yibai in a panic. When the roar stopped and the ground stopped shaking, both of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's the matter?" The trembling feeling of the earth is too obvious, and you can tell when you calm down, it's not really shaking.

Li Yibai had a sullen face, "Anyi, go to the embankment to have a look."

An Yi took the order, and disappeared into the crowd in a flash.

Lin Jue's face turned pale when he heard this, "Someone blew up the embankment?"

Now there is no decree from the imperial court. If the dam is to be blown up, the people downstream will have to evacuate in advance.Although this place is a tributary of the Weihe River, the lower reaches of the Weihe River hit the plains, but due to the fertile land, many people live together.Once the dam explodes, downstream...

"It seems that someone jumped the wall in a hurry, and I was careless. I should have expected that this Cui man was not a kind person. It's just that the people in the downstream have suffered a lot..." Li Yibai couldn't continue, corpses littered the field, and the people Displacement, all because of a corrupt official moth, it is extremely hateful.

"Anyway, let's go back to the post house first, and then find someone to see what's going on with the Ministry of Words and Water. He's been at the embankment for the past few days. Besides, if such a big thing happened, the local officials must have nothing to do with it." If you have an idea, I will probably go to you for an idea."

After breathing in and out, Lin Jue had already thought of the possibility, and hurriedly persuaded Li Yibai. This time is not a time of grief, there are too many things to be arranged.Moreover, they are now in the theater garden, and if they are caught by someone with a heart, they may cause trouble.

Li Yibai also expected this, and immediately arranged for someone to clear the way, "Ask someone to see how Yan Ziyu is doing, don't go there, I'm afraid Cui will make trouble by making trouble, just stay by my side and don't go anywhere go."

Lin Jue knew that her strength was low. At such a time, even though she was worried about the people downstream, she did not dare to act rashly.Cui Youwang dared to blow up the embankment, but he probably didn't think about letting them all go back in full, this is not the time to act impulsively.

Seeing Lin Jue nodding, Li Yibai relaxed slightly, leaned against the car wall and closed his eyes to rest.

After returning to the post house, everyone in the post house was really panicked. Seeing Li Yibai's return, he immediately had a backbone.Li Yibai didn't talk nonsense, and immediately mobilized personnel, some rushed to several counties in the lower reaches of Yichuan to help contain the disaster, and some rushed to the location of the embankment, helping the county magistrate to rescue the people while looking for Yan Ziyu's whereabouts.An Yi had already returned and reported that the dam was blown up, and now several towns near the dam were also affected, and Yan Ziyu's whereabouts are unknown.

At this time, Li Yibai had limited manpower, and he no longer had the energy to take care of Cui Youwang.I only hope that the people from the prince's side can submit Cui Youwang's criminal evidence to the capital as soon as possible, so that someone can come to support them as soon as possible.Cui Youwang hasn't shown up until now, I'm afraid he means to tear his face.

At this time, he was already sure that Cui Youwang must have taken such a risk because the people on the prince's side had obtained some evidence.As long as the embankment is blown up, the scene will be chaotic, and it is best to kill the royal relatives and important officials of the court to make the whole situation worse, so that he can have a chance to escape.

It's just that now I don't know what Cui Youwang wants to make things happen, whether he wants to take the opportunity to make trouble, take hostages, or kill them directly, and then escape when everyone panics.

And what Li Yibai couldn't understand was that if Cui Youwang was really seized by the prince's people as evidence of corruption, bribery and deception, wouldn't it be better to get out as soon as possible?It's not a major crime of treason and rebellion, so why bother adding such an item to the original crime.Now that it is like this, even if His Majesty intends not to implicate the Nine Clans, I am afraid that he will have to implicate the grievances of the common people.

Is it really...

This time, Li Yibai really regretted bringing Lin Jue out.Originally, as the head of the Ministry of Industry, Lin Jue didn't need to come in person. It was he who took advantage of his position to seek personal gain from the emperor and brought Lin Jue here.Now it's become a death talisman, it's hard to say whether it can pass this test.

Looking at Lin Jue, who was always silent by his side, Li Yibai felt a little guilty.

Lin Jue seemed to understand Li Yibai's expression, and said with a smile, "It's nothing more than a clown. Could it be that you are a majestic county king, but you can't deal with Cui Youwang?"

Li Yibai smiled when he heard the words, "How could he not be able to deal with him, what kind of thing is he!"

Lin Jue smiled and looked at Li Yibai. Li Yibai's impetuous heart calmed down, and he smiled at Lin Jue.

After arranging the accompanying officials, Li Yibai sent out all the guards around him.Although he already had a bottom line in his heart and knew that this matter must be caused by Cui Youwang, he still had to send someone to watch him, in case he really ran away, it would be a waste of time to fetch water from the bamboo basket.

Li Yibai understood that if Cui Youwang wanted to put all his eggs in one basket, then he, the prince, would be his bargaining chip, so he was not safe around him.Even so, he did not dare to send Lin Jue out first.

There are too many examples like this, what if Cui Youwang is waiting for this gap if he moves?At that time, it will only trap Lin Jue, and he will only have the chance to be a stalker.

Reaching out to touch Lin Jue's cheek, Lin Jue tilted her head and blinked at him, "What's wrong?"

Li Yibai smiled. Lin Jue only knew that Cui Youwang had committed a crime, but he didn't know how serious it was. Judging from the evidence he had in advance, Cui Youwang was probably guilty of collaborating with the enemy and treason.Otherwise, they wouldn't have sent so many people over to monitor them just after they came.Now that the people on the prince's side showed their traces, he couldn't hold his breath anymore, and threw himself into the trap of rats, making dangerous moves.

"Don't be afraid, we can always get through it. I believe that God brought you and me here, let you and me meet, and won't just give us such a short few years to spend together." Li Yibai was rarely emotional.

Lin Jue smiled brightly, "Since you have said so, is God such a stingy person?" As he spoke, he beckoned a middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance.

"Uncle Liu, come, I have met His Royal Highness Prince Yong."

The man came in quietly, Li Yibai didn't even know when the door opened, he just looked at the man in front of him in surprise.

The one who was called Uncle Liu saluted Li Yibai, "I have met Your Highness." He bowed his hands as people who walk in the rivers and lakes often do, obviously not treating Li Yibai as a royal family.

Lin Jue said: "Uncle Liu is an old member of my mother's family. He has been protecting me in the dark all these years. This time when I came to Shaanxi, I brought him along. Uncle Liu is superb in martial arts, enough to fight against a hundred with one. He's here, you and I will be fine."

Li Yibai wanted to ask Lin Jue a lot of things, but it was obviously not a good time, so he could only suppress the doubts in his heart, and replied to Uncle Liu: "Then I will be busy."

Uncle Liu saluted without saying a word, and nodded to Lin Jue. Seeing that he didn't order anymore, he dodged and went out quietly again.

Li Yibai raised his eyebrows, Lin Jue smiled: "Do you think Yangzhou is thousands of miles away from the capital, how did our brothers and sisters get there safely?"

This is quite true. Lin Ruhai was assassinated and killed, and Lin Jue was responsible for Lin Ruhai's secret trip. The journey from Yangzhou to the capital was full of dangers. Their brothers and sisters were powerless people, and they were young, so they managed to travel safely. Miracle.But it turns out that the creator of this miracle is here.

"Since you have such a master by your side, how could Master Lin..."

Hearing this, Lin Jue's face darkened, "Uncle Liu is only responsible for protecting me. According to him, he is old with my mother's family and has received great kindness from my mother's family. That's why he promised my mother to protect me when she was dying." I am safe. At that time, my father, I did not follow him all the time, my father was assassinated outside, and there was nothing I could do."

Li Yibai hurriedly took Lin Jue's hand, "I made a mistake."

Lin Jue pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled, "It's all in the past, don't keep thinking about whether to send me away, you worry about me, don't I worry about you? With Uncle Liu here, we must be fine, you don’t worry."

While the two were talking, someone came to report that they had found the Department of Yanshui.When the dam collapsed, the Yanshui Ministry was patrolling downstream, but luckily it was far away, and when they heard the sound of the explosion, they rushed to a higher place. Although they were affected by the impact, they survived.It's just that he was impacted by the current and was washed away a long way.

"Any injuries?"

"It's just a minor injury. I've already found a doctor to bandage it up. I'll be able to return to the prince later."

Lin Jue, Li Yibai and Qiqi heaved a sigh of relief when they heard the official report.Among this group of people, Li Yibai has the most distinguished status, followed by Lin Jueyan and Ziyu.When the accident happened, Lin Jue and Li Yibai were listening to an opera in the theater, and they only said that the water department was on the embankment. If something happened, I'm afraid they would say whether they will be punished or not, and they would feel sorry for themselves.

"Finally, there is nothing serious about the Department of Yanshui, otherwise if someone with a heart finds out, you and I will be implicated."

Li Yibai's eyes darkened. This Cui Youwang really knows how to pick the time, and he just happened to make such a thing when the two of them were out, "Don't think about it, this Cui Youwang is probably intentional. If we can return to Beijing safely during this trip, you and I Will be impeached. Not a serious crime, but I'm afraid it will be idle for a while."

Lin Jue wasn't worried about this. It's normal to have ups and downs in life. If he could really use this matter to be idle, he might be able to hide from those elders who were thinking about proposing marriage for him.Moreover, the grievances of his parents really cannot be cleared up in a short while, the time has not yet come.

Li Yibai touched Lin Jue's hand, "I'm the one who got you involved."

Lin Jue gave Li Yibai a smile, "I'm going to punish you for saying that. What's the matter? Between you and me, do you still need to say such things?"

Li Yibai smiled foolishly, his heart was very stable.

After one hour and three quarters, Yanshui Department came to meet Li Yibai with a board on his arm.Li Yibai hastily excused himself and told him to sit down, "Is the injury on the hand of Yanshui department okay?"

Yan Ziyu's face turned pale, firstly because he was injured, and secondly because he was a little frightened, "Your Majesty is worried, it's not a serious problem to be dismissed."

"That's good." Li Yibai nodded, and started talking about the business, "The king has sent someone to find out that this time, someone deliberately blew up the embankment. Lord Yan was also there at the time. I wonder if you found anything?"

Yan Ziyu shook his head, "The incident happened suddenly, and I went downstream again, so I didn't find anything. I hope the prince will forgive me."

Li Yibai nodded, he didn't expect to get anything out of Yan Ziyu's mouth, it was just a routine question.

"However," Yan Ziyu said after thinking for a while, "Even though I didn't find anything, Mr. Cui should be aware of it. I remember that the servants from Mr. Cui's mansion once came to the embankment at that time, and they also took a quick glance. I don’t have a deep impression, and the officials didn’t find out why he came here.”

This was Minghuang telling Li Yibai that the bombing of the embankment had nothing to do with Cui Youwang, and it was impossible for him, a local snake, to not know. After all, he was almost killed by the bombing, and Yan Ziyu always wanted someone to extinguish his anger.

Li Yibai pondered for a moment, then Fang said: "Then Cui Youwang has fled from the mansion, and now he doesn't know where he is going."

Yan Ziyu was startled, this man was already a veteran in the officialdom, so there was something he couldn't figure out.He originally implicated Cui Youwang in order to let him, a local snake, speed up the case. He was an official from the fourth-rank court and was almost killed by the bombing. Naturally, the first thing to do was to capture the culprit and take revenge.It's just that in the current situation, Cui Youwang is probably the culprit. Even if Qianglong doesn't overpower the snakes, they are only a few of them now. If Cui Youwang counterattacks, the three of them with the highest official positions are ready-made living targets, aren't they?

Yan Ziyu was frightened immediately, "My lord...my lord, what should I do?"

"Master Yan, don't panic. Master Lin has already sent someone to the Northwest Garrison camp to seek help from General Xie. My king also sent someone to send an urgent secret letter to Beijing. It has been so long since the incident happened, and Cui Youwang has not seen anything. I think we're safe for the time being."

After hearing Li Yibai's words, Yan Ziyu not only did not relax, but became even more nervous.

Li Yibai had no choice but to tell him to go down and rest first.The soldiers came to cover up the water and the earth. Cui Youwang didn't do anything when the incident happened. It doesn't mean he won't do anything when people are quiet. Tonight is the most dangerous moment.

Holding Lin Jue's hand tightly, Li Yibai's eyes were firm. With this person by his side, so what if he died?