The people began to shake, and they poured over to Hai Rui and Zhu Qianshou officials on the riverside, as well as dozens of officials.

The officials on the side were first afraid, and they said to the two adults: "My lord, the people are in chaos, let's avoid the edge first." ”

That Zhu Qianshou was a ruthless character, he gritted his teeth and said: "Don't be afraid, to deal with this kind of Diao people, you have to be tougher than them!" As he spoke, he wanted to stand up and shout, arrest people, and fight and kill, but in fact, in his heart, he had no score at all, and he was also uneasy.

But Hai Rui grabbed his shoulder and pulled him behind him.

Zhu Qianshou couldn't help but be stunned, and saw Hai Rui alone greeted the people who came in.

Hai Rui's next move was something that no one could have expected.

I saw that he lifted the bottom of the official robe, pushed the gold mountain, poured the jade pillar, and knelt down for the angry people.

The people stood still, they were the only ones who knelt down to the officials, but they had never seen an official kneel to the grass people.

"Lord Hai, what are you doing here!" Zhu Qianshou behind him was shocked: "Hurry up, what a system!" ”

Hai Rui raised his hand to prevent Zhu Qianshou from going on, and he took off his official hat and held it on his chest, because kneeling on the high ground by the river, he still needed to look down at everyone, and sighed: "Everyone, please don't go any further." Today's matter, the fault is mine, not everyone, I did neglect your appeal, I can't compensate you, if you are still angry, I will throw it into the Wusong River behind me! ”

The crowd was completely quiet, and everyone stared blankly at this too different official master, completely devoid of the manic atmosphere of Fang Cai.

"However," Hai Rui still said with a blank face: "The dredging of the Wusong River is to let the people of Kunshan never have floods, and it is a good thing for the benefit of future generations, and it must be done no matter what,"

The crowd buzzed, and was about to scratch again, but Hai Rui said: "I will also seriously consider everyone's ideas to see if there is a way to make everyone accept it, and to fix Wu Songjiang!" ”

"How can there be such a good thing?" Then Xu Qingzhi jumped out again and said: "The saints say that you can't have both fish and bear's paws, is the adult more powerful than the saint?" ”

"I don't dare to compare myself to a saint," Hai Rui said with a pale face: "But I believe that things are man-made, please go back first, I promise you that until you find a solution to both worlds, all projects will be suspended!" ”

Hearing him say this, what temper can ordinary people have? In front of so many people, I was not afraid that he would change his hexagrams, and after exchanging words with each other, they all dispersed.

Looking at the slowly dispersed crowd, all the officials breathed a sigh of relief, and then they realized that they were all in a cold sweat.

The two subordinate officials of Changzhou County stepped forward and wanted to help Hai Rui, but before he could make a move, he saw him get up, patted the dirt on his knees, put on his official hat and turned around, and said to Zhu Qianshou with a complicated face: "This matter is not as simple as it seems, if I don't do this, conflict is inevitable." ”

Hearing him say this, Zhu Qianshou also forgot to care about the issues of 'decency' and 'decency', and asked in a deep voice: "You mean, someone is behind all this?" ”

"You should know better than I do." Hai Rui said in a deep voice: "Several times, the momentum is about to go down, and there are always people who come out at the right time to make a fuss, and I suspect that someone is making trouble behind it." ”

"Then they should be arrested!" Zhu Qianshou gritted his teeth and said: "Dare to incite the people to rebel? Even if you kill it, you won't get rid of hatred! ”

"How?" Hai Rui lowered his eyelids and said: "They are all mixed with the people, and not one or two, if they arrest people rashly, it can only make the already restless people nervous and cause greater confusion." ”

"But if you do it like this, even if you sacrifice your self-esteem, you will pass this hurdle for the time being." Zhu Qianshou shook his head and sighed: "I also escaped the first day of junior high school, but I can't avoid the fifteenth!" ”

"That's at least fifteen days away, so we can figure it out." Hai Rui said lightly.

At this time, dust was raised in the northwest direction, and a large group of people and horses approached, and the silence finally arrived...... It's a pity that I hurried and hurried, but I still didn't catch up with that big drama.

"Your Excellency." The two hurriedly greeted each other and saluted, "I've seen my lord." ”

Shen Mo turned over and dismounted, threw the whip into the arms of the iron pillar, and asked, "What about scratching?" ”

"It's calmed down." I wish you a long life.

"It's only temporary." Hai Jui added: "And at the cost of suspending the project." "He is a sincere man and has never spoken.

"Absolutely not!" Shen Mo didn't say anything, but Gui Youguang suddenly became anxious: "This year is a rare drought, and the water level is much lower than usual, which is suitable for repairing the embankment." What's more, the money is also there, and the people are in place, as the so-called time and place are favorable, how can it stop without stopping? "He is a native of Kunshan, who has suffered from floods, and his long-cherished wish has always been to control the water.

Zhu Qianshou told what happened earlier to Lord Fuzun and Gui Youguang. After finishing speaking, he told Hai Rui's guess again, and Gui Youguang said angrily: "It must be those big families who are making trouble behind them, arresting that Xu Qingzhi, just ask!" ”

"Zhenchuan Gong is a little restless." Shen Mo finally opened his mouth and said: "Lord Hai's method of dealing with it is very correct, if there is chaos today, we will be passive...... In the same way, one should not rush to grasp the situation, lest the situation escalate. ”

"But where do you find the best of both worlds?" Gui Youguang sighed and said: "If you want to keep the fields downstream, you can't move the river, but if the river doesn't move, how can you start dredging?" ”

"Don't worry," Shen Mo said with a smile: "There are always more ways than difficulties, let's brainstorm and see if there is another way." Saying that, he asked solemnly: "Brother Dounan, has the task given to you last time been completed?" "Dounan is the number of wishing Qianshou.

"Yes, sir." Zhu Qianshou nodded and said, "Both things have eyebrows. ”

The last time Shen Mo came back from Zhouzhuang, he asked Tiezhu to call Zhu Qianshou to Suzhou, and said with a slap on his face: "You, the county master, are you the parent official of the people, or the umbrella of the local tyrants and inferior gentry?" ”

Zhu Qianshou said inexplicably: "What do you mean, adult?" ”

silently told him what happened to Wei Youtian's family coldly. It is unbelievable that Zhu Qianshou didn't even know about it.

"There are people down there, do you dare to say that you don't know?" Shen Mo laughed angrily: "And that big gang of officials, aren't they your subordinates?" ”

"My lord Mingjian," Zhu Qianshou thought for a long time before saying: "Since ancient times, the imperial power did not go to the countryside, and the county order generally could not go to the village, not to mention that the lower officials took office only a month earlier than the adults, and they were also authentic new officials, so they felt that it was not appropriate to make too many moves, so they did not care about the villages below...... The security of the villages below was also handed over to Kunshan for inspection, so that if no one reported the case, the lower officials would not know. He said and speculated: "Is there someone who colluded with the Kunshan patrol to cover up the truth and expel the bitter lord in order to deceive me, the county commander." ”

Listening to what he said, Shen Mo's face softened slightly: "I think you won't be so bold and reckless, the case of the Wei Youtian family, you must investigate it as soon as possible, if it is true, you must severely punish the murderer, especially the mastermind behind the scenes, no matter who it is, don't be soft." ”

Zhu Qianshou nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, the lower officials will investigate and handle it as soon as possible and report it to your lord." ”

"Also," Shen Mo asked softly, "Is the Xu family's encroachment in Kunshan very strong?" ”

Zhu Qianshou's face was hesitant for a while, and finally he nodded heavily and said: "In fact, there has always been infiltration, but it is said that it has only intensified in the past half a year, and it has eaten tens of thousands of acres of fertile land in this county." ”

"I'll give you another task," Shen Mo said, "Find out the Xu family's industry in Kunshan, whether it is directly owned or indirectly controlled, let me find out." ”

"Yes." I wish you a long life.

A heart-wrenching 'food war', so that the officialdom of Jiangsu and Zhejiang knew the energy of silence, Zhu Qianshou, a small magistrate, would never dare to go against his top boss, after returning from Suzhou, he began to investigate.

Now that more than half a month has passed, the two tasks have been hinted at, he looked at Hai Rui and Gui Youguang, and the two of them walked away. When the two of them walked away, Zhu Qianshou said: "Let's talk about that case first, it is indeed true!" ”

"Ho ......" Shen Mo let out an inexplicable sigh and nodded, "You go on." ”

"Afraid that the movement would be too loud and startle the snake, the lower official disguised himself in Wei Youtian Village, saying that he was his relative, and inquired about a few people, and they all said that it was exactly right, and indeed someone killed Wei Youtian's second son and captured the other two." Zhu Qianshou also sighed and said ashamedly: "They all said that it was true that someone from my Kunshan Inspection Department came that day...... Those people often go to the countryside to harass the people, and they will not admit their mistakes. He seemed to be a little glad when he said that: "But it was not the people from the Inspection Department who killed and captured people, but another group of people who came with them...... I suspect it's Xu Wu's brother. ”

Shen Mo didn't make any comments and said, "What happened later? ”

"There is no later," Zhu Qianshou shook his head and said: "Because I am afraid of startling the grass and snakes, there is no one to deal with the inspection department for the time being, and I am planning to ask my lord, do you want to arrest Xu Wu next?" ”

"Let's talk about the second thing." Shen Mo said softly: "How big of an industry does the Xu family have in Kunshan?" ”

"I don't know if I don't check, I'm shocked when I check." Zhu Qianshou was speechless: "If according to the standards of adults, directly owned and indirectly controlled, there are a total of 57,000 mu of fertile land, most of which are the most fertile river fields, accounting for half of the county's river fields. There are two other pawnshops, one of which is opened by Xu Wu; There are also ticket bureaus that specialize in printing money, as well as silk villages, crude medicine shops, and even records and gambling houses, all of which add up to half of the county. ”

Shen Mo couldn't help but tease: "You have to be careful, otherwise when you wake up one day, the county government will become someone else's." ”

Zhu Qianshou blushed and said: "My lord, there are two kinds of contributions, self-sacrifice and vain sacrifice, the latter is easy to say, the former is not known to outsiders at all, everything is carried out in private, if it is not for the lower officials to inquire in every way, this situation will not be known." ”

"Don't you care, I'm joking." Shen Mo smiled and said, "By the way, what question did you just ask me?" ”

"Xu Wu's question," Zhu Qianshou said, "To catch or not to catch?" ”

"Okay, I'll give you the answer now." Shen Mo nodded, spit out a word, and said, "Catch." ”

"My lord, forgive your presumptuousness, Xu Wu is a member of the Xu family, and their family likes to hold a ......group," Zhu Qianshou said: "In fact, they are all villains who were later attached to the Xu family, such as that Xu Wu, and Zhu Tang changed his name to Xu Tang, Shen Xin changed his name to Xu Xin, Wang Zhong changed his name to Xu Zhong, and Shen Xuexue changed his name to Xu Xuexue, all of whom were used as the Xu family, known as the Kunshan Five Tigers, relying on the power of the Xu family to do evil, bullying and dominating the market, but everywhere they regarded themselves as the old family members...... And if something happens, the third son of the Xu family will indeed take care of it, so they will become more and more arrogant, which makes people helpless. ”

As if remembering something, he said: "The Xiucai who took the lead in making trouble today is Xu Qingzhi, the son of Xu Xuexue, so I suspect that this incident is also related to the Five Tigers." He said earnestly: "So please think twice before acting, so as not to startle the snake." ”

"Very well, you did put your mind to it." Shen Mo nodded in approval, then changed the conversation and said: "But it should be arrested," and said with a faint smile: "You didn't arrest him because of the 'Jiang Tian' matter, but because of Wei Laohan's case, as long as they grasp this, they can't afford to incite the common people......" said in a calm tone: "In this way, as long as those four tigers dare to make trouble for Xu Wu, they will all be arrested!" If they don't squeeze them dry, they won't know what the county order of the broken family is called, and the mansion Yin of the door is destroyed! ”

"My lord," Zhu Qianshou looked at it and was silent for a while before he smiled: "My subordinates were worried that you were a righteous gentleman, how could you fight with those ruthless villains." ”

"Even if you are a righteous gentleman, you have to be more ruthless and deceitful than those villains," Shen Mo smiled faintly: "Otherwise, how can justice be served." He said this so well that his face burned with shame.

Fortunately, Zhu Qianshou didn't see it, and was still there to reminisce about the last sentence of Shen Mo, and after a long time, he struck his hands and said: "What the adults said is the truth, if you want to defeat the fox, you have to be more cunning than the fox, right, is that what it means?" ”

"That's what it means." Silent laughter.

"I see!" Zhu Qianshou said: "Even if those four little tigers don't want to help Xu Wu, the lower officials will think of framing them and putting them all in a cage." ”

"That's not what I taught you." Said silently.

"The subordinates play on their own." Zhu Qianshou reacted very quickly, and the two laughed out loud after speaking.

Zhu Qianshou went back to prepare to arrest people, Hai Rui and Gui Youguang, the two members of the water control committee, came back and gave them a deep salute silently: "Brother Gangfeng has been wronged, and the two of you have worked hard. ”

The two hurriedly returned the salute and returned the light road: "My lord, we have just summed it up, if we want to solve the current problem, we can only give up the old river channel and find a new channel into the sea for the Wusong River, but it may be surnamed ......"

"Huangpu River." Before Gui Youguang finished speaking, Shen Mo blurted out. After speaking, both of them were stunned, because they suddenly remembered that the short and wide river originated from Dianshan Lake in Kunshan County.

"But the Huangpu River seems to flow south." Gui Youguang suddenly frowned.

"Map!" He said in a deep voice.

The entourage hurriedly brought the hydrological map of the lower reaches of Taihu Lake, pounced on a flat big bluestone, and the three of them put their heads together, only to see that after the Huangpu River originated from Dianshan Lake, it did go south first, but after sixty miles, it turned to the east again; After another seventy miles, it turned north and finally entered the sea!

The whole river is only more than 200 miles long, but it is in an obvious 'concave' shape! And when the river flows to the north, it is getting closer and closer to the lower reaches of the Wusong River!

When he saw this, Gui Youguang suddenly remembered and said: "Fifty years ago, Li Yunhegong, the prefect of Suzhou, opened the river from Beixinjing to Caojiadu in the lower reaches of the Wusong River, connecting and widening the section from Caojiadu to Songjiabang, and channeling it into the Huangpu River!" "And Beixinjing is where they are standing now, twenty miles downstream!" Said in surprise: "How do adults know this allusion? ”

"Maybe it's providence!" Shen Mo laughed. Of course, he can't say that he remembered Zhou Xun's "Suzhou River", it seems that in that era, the Wusong River became a tributary of the Huangpu River!

This is really 'the mountains and rivers are full of doubts, and the willows and flowers are bright and another village'! The three of them excitedly got on the boat and went to the lower reaches of the Wusong River. With Gui Youguang as an expert, it is not difficult to find a main stream in the intricate waterways. The clipper boat quickly went down the river to the area of Beixinjing.

Sure enough, you can still vaguely find the 'old way' left by Li Yunsi in the past, and it can indeed make the Wusong River, which drains the water of Taihu Lake, enter the sea from Huangpu! And determine that the original river is thirty feet wide, ready to restore its old view!

In this way, the original old river channel is not needed, but the Wusong River will be turned into a tributary of the Huangpu River, and the original problems that could not be solved will be solved.

Silent couldn't help but sigh, people who have two lifetimes are good.

(To be continued)