Notes on Evil Fox

"It's a pity for Mr. Zhang, but there is a reason for the delay on the way this time. I hope you can understand." Rong Shiyin walked in front of Zhang Zhizhi and said flatly, but there was no apology in his tone.

Let's say that Zhang Zhizhi, the county magistrate, is past his age. He is tall and mighty, with a short beard on his tough face and a dark complexion.

Zhang Zhizhi was also an official in the court when he was young, but his temper was too upright, and he was very talkative and unforgiving.So what could have been a smooth future was ruined by one mouth because of too many grievances.

But this person didn't really care too much. According to his temperament, he was not very happy to be an official in the court, so he might as well seek a leisurely life away from the emperor on this high mountain.So even in the face of this upstart, there is no half-hearted favor.

"My lord, my lord." Zhang Zhizhi saluted Rong Shiyin with disdain, and then said, "Your lord can't deal with unexpected things on the road, so it doesn't matter if you delay your journey. But floods don't wait for anyone. When the time comes, there will be more delays." It's not like the subordinate officials and adults can take up this responsibility."

"What did you say? You said that things happen for a reason, and things happen for a reason. Who are you dealing with here?" Lu Fanan was irritated by the pain in his wound, and saw that Zhang Zhizhi's words were tinged with thorns. go back.

"I think this is Mr. Lu from Zuo Xiang's mansion," Zhang Zhizhi said neither humble nor overbearing, "Since Mr. Lu doesn't like to talk in a milder way, then I should make it clear. I really think that the two of you are not suitable. come here."

Rao Lu Fanan had never met such a straightforward person, so he couldn't reply for a while, so he was a little annoyed and laughed. He glanced at Rong Shiyin and said, "Then tell me, why are we not suitable?"

Rong Shiyin stood aside and did not interrupt.But I was thinking in my heart, this Zhang Zhizhi is interesting.

Zhang Zhizhi looked them both up and down, with disdain in his eyes, and said in a bad tone: "Do I need to say more?"

"Hey, I'm talking about you, young master, I'll have a good fight with you, you..." Before he finished speaking, Rong Shiyin gave him a hand and interrupted the dispute between the two.

"Whether it is suitable or not, I feel that this matter is still open to discussion. I am afraid it is too early for Mr. Zhang to make such remarks now." Rong Shiyin said with a smile that he didn't know why, "It's getting dark today. It's getting late, and I can't discuss it with you anymore. Tomorrow at Maozheng (6:[-] a.m.), please trouble Master Zhang to wait here for me, and we will go to investigate the disaster together."

"Yes, then Master Rong can rest." Zhang Zhizhi said angrily, but he had to accept the order.

After Zhang Zhizhi left, Lu Fanan asked Rong Shiyin, "Why did you stop me just now and make people laugh at you for no reason?"

"That's right, that lord Zhang didn't have a good face when he was waiting in the hall before your lords came. Now he dares to speak insultingly to you." Hu Zhong complained with dissatisfaction on his face.

Rong Shiyin explained helplessly: "Although Mr. Zhang is too straightforward, he has no malicious intentions. He is just afraid that we will not be able to do the job and delay the big event. It will be the people who will suffer in the end. And this time we came from Beijing. With so many officials coming down, he didn't try to curry favor with him. From this point of view, he is also a clean and honest man who cares about the common people."

"But he looks down on people too much." Hu Zhong said dissatisfied.

"Tomorrow, when we investigate the disaster situation, you two should not cause trouble for me, and respect Mr. Zhang." Rong Shiyin said to Hu Zhong and Lu Fan'an.

He has his own thoughts.This Zhizhi doesn't look like a troublemaker, but he can't offend him.After all, they will have to act together in the future, and if they really offend, it will be at their own disadvantage.

Lu Fanan was so sleepy that he nodded casually.Seeing this, Rong Shiyin said to Deng Mengzi who was standing silently at the side: "Let the accompanying officials prepare earlier tomorrow."

"Yes."

"My lord, who is he?" Hu Zhong had been sizing up Rong Feng standing behind Lu Fanan since Rong Shiyin and Lu Fanan entered the door, and now he finally had a chance to ask a question.

Rong Shiyin glanced at the direction Hu Zhong pointed, frowned, and almost forgot: "His name is Rong Feng, you take him down and make arrangements."

"Rong Feng? In just one afternoon, you adults will have children?" Hu Zhong said without thinking.

Lu Fanan cheered up and said: "Yes, yes, go and settle him down quickly, the young master is almost sleepy."

Rong Shiyin coughed feignedly, glared at Hu Zhong with an unbelievable expression, and said coldly: "I met you on the road. Stop thinking wildly, and be careful of your legs."

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In the middle of the night, after everyone rested.The door of Deng Mengzi's room was quietly opened from the outside, and a black figure entered the room.The lights in the room were not lit. Deng Mengzi sat at the table and had been waiting for a long time.

After the man sat down, Fang whispered: "I didn't know where to start. Today I saw that county magistrate Zhang Zhizhi was dissatisfied with Rong Shiyin. I think we can start with him."

"What's the plan?" the visitor asked.

"Although the officials who came from the capital this time have different ideas, outsiders don't know about them. They only think that they are all Rong Shiyin's people. When Rong Shiyin takes office, he needs to take care of his face and establish his official authority. It is impossible to directly declare that he cannot convince the public. Therefore, if there is anything wrong with the local people or officials, it will naturally be blamed on Rong Shiyin. But although Zhang Zhizhi is dissatisfied with Rong Shiyin, he still stays. There is some face. We need to let Zhang Zhizhi and Rong Shiyin completely tear their face apart. When Rong Shiyin is alone and helpless, it is not too late for us to take action. Even if something happens, Zhang Zhizhi will take the blame in front of us. "Deng Mengzi said slowly.

"Yes, then I will write a letter to Mr. Wang to explain the situation here."

Deng Mengzi nodded, but he didn't care whether the other party could see or not in the dark.The man waited for a long time, but when Deng Mengzi did not respond, he quietly left the room.

Waiting for people to leave, Deng Mengzi was still sitting at the table. After a long time, Fang sighed imperceptibly.He said in his heart: Master Rong, don't blame me, but the entire life of my family is in Wang Baoyin's hands, so I have no choice but to do it.

The next day, there was a barren slope outside Xunan City.

Rong Shiyin looked at Xunan County, which was half submerged, with a serious expression on his face.Zhang Zhizhi introduced the disaster situation of Xunan to Rong Shiyin in a formal manner.

Although the terrain of Xunan City is low, it is still in the upper position in the whole of Xunan. The main disaster was because the river surged and destroyed the embankment, causing the river to spread and flood the city.The towns and villages in the lower reaches of the Li River were severely affected.

Of the dozens of towns and villages, only the extremely remote Miwan Township and Yuanshui Township were the least affected.Other villages and towns were severely affected.Not only were the houses and fields of many families washed away, but in some towns, entire villages were buried due to landslides and mudslides caused by heavy rain.

Although the weather has been sunny for the past two days, according to the observation of the sky by Qin Tianjian, there may be rain again within half a month.Although it was not heavy rain, many sections of the downstream river tributaries were blocked due to landslides, which inevitably added to the disaster.

The most urgent task now is to dredge the river, but now there is a shortage of manpower, the army has been transferred to the western border to fight, and the manpower left to garrison is not enough to dredge the river.

"Then how can the water be treated? There's nothing there. Why don't we just go down and dig." Yan Xun, a young official who accompanied him, exchanged glances with Deng Mengzi and shouted loudly on purpose.

"The officials from the capital really have a good manner," Zhang Zhizhi cast a sidelong glance at Rong Shiyin, "either delaying the journey, or retreating. If we have everything, why do we need you?

Rong Shiyin frowned and looked at the surrounding environment without saying a word.Several of the officials from the capital were slightly dissatisfied when they heard this.

I saw that Yan Xun looked around at the people around him, and said: "Master Zhang, what do you mean by this? We officials are here to control the water for Xu Nan with the determination to put them to death and survive, but complain a few words, Why did Master Zhang humiliate us like this?"

Except for Rong Shiyin who had the highest official position, Deng Mengzi and Zhang Zhizhi were next, and the others were all below the sixth rank.But these people are more or less relying on some powerful people in Beijing, and Xu Jianghuai, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, deliberately made it difficult for the city to hide, and appointed only the type of people who rely on the power behind them to dawdle.

At this time, Yan Xun deliberately provoked public indignation, and those people took it easy. Facing this county magistrate who was far away from the capital, they began to attack him with every word.

"Since Mr. Zhang thinks highly of himself, why bother to let us come?"

"We were dispatched by the Minister of the Ministry of Industry personally. His words are to accuse the Ministry of Industry of incompetence."

"The emperor's order to come to Xunan this time, why does Mr. Zhang think that the Holy Majesty is also at fault? Still want to resist the order and fail."

Zhang Zhizhi saw that the other party's words became more and more serious, and his black face became darker and more terrifying.

Deng Mengzi quietly looked at Rong Shiyin, but saw that Rong Shiyin didn't intend to speak out to persuade him.I wondered in my heart, could it be that Rong Shiyin was so ignorant of the severity that he really wanted to tear himself apart with Zhang Zhizhi?Seeing that Rong Shiyin was unmoved, he secretly clenched his fist, then let go, and made a downward slashing motion on his waist.

On the other side, Rong Shiyin pretended not to know and climbed a few steps to a high place, and pointed to the tumbling Li River in the distance with great interest, and said to Lu Fanan: "Look, that is the Li River. This river The people of Xunan have been raised for generations, but many people are killed every year. The people of Xunan hate the Li River the most, but they can’t live without it. Do you still remember what I told you about the grace of the world? Righteousness is the most shallow, but I haven't finished the remaining half of the sentence. There is a price for human kindness and kindness."

"What are you talking about?" Lu Fanan raised his eyebrows and looked at Rong Shiyin because he didn't understand, and when he saw Rong Shiyin's eyes quietly glanced at Deng Mengzi, he understood.

It turned out that there was an undertone in the words. Although I didn't know the specific reason, I still pointed to Zhang Zhizhi's place in agreement, and shouted loudly on purpose, "It's about to start fighting over there, are you sure you can't go and have a look?"

"You can also watch the excitement here." Rong Shi said indifferently.

"What?" Lu Fanan's eyes widened in disbelief, and he was startled by Rong Shiyin's cold humor for a while, looked around Rong Shiyin as if he was surprised, and stood in front of him and said, "Say, Who are you, where did you hide my Master Rong?"

Rong Shiyin pushed Lu Fanan away from his body, walked up a few steps, and the moment he passed Lu Fanan, there seemed to be a faint smile on his lips.

Master Rong of Lu Fanan.

Lu Fanan followed behind Rongshi and was about to speak when suddenly several refugees rushed in front of Zhang Zhizhi who was not far away, and a middle-aged woman cried loudly: "My lord, my lord, you must make the decision for me!" , my son is only 13 years old..."

"Let's go, it's time for us to play." Rong Shiyin glanced at Lu Fanan, and took the lead to walk towards the noisy place.