bastard seizes tang

Chapter 268
When Li Ke learned from Yuan Chengfan that the Huai River's embankment burst was man-made, he was shocked. Li Ke's first reaction was to turn the tiger away from the mountain.

In Li Ke's mind, if treacherous people want to flood Huainan, the best choice is naturally the embankment at the intersection of Huaisi and Huaisi. Building dikes by the water, day and night, it is not easy for others to approach and dig, so they dug the dike here first, tricking Li Ke to focus on this place, and the friendship between Huai and Si is naturally empty. up.

Hearing Yuan Chengfan's words, Li Ke couldn't sit still any longer, leaving behind the men and horses who helped Yuan Chengfan repair the embankment, while he led the men and headed towards the east of the Huai River non-stop.

Li Ke was worried about the Huaishui River embankment, so he rode his horse and whipped his whip all the way. When Li Ke rushed to the Huaishui River embankment in a hurry, he saw that the river embankment was still in good condition, and he led dozens of government servants under his command. Lin Yuantu, magistrate of Xuyi County, who was born after the waterside college.

"Chen Lin Yuantu pays homage to His Highness." Li Ke rode his horse up to Lin Yuantu, and Lin Yuantu also hurried forward to pay respects to Li Ke.

"Magistrate Lin isn't in Xuyi City to appease the people, why is he here?" Seeing Lin Yuantu appearing here, Li Ke asked Lin Yuantu.

Lin Yuantu replied: "I just received the news in the city that the gap in the Huai River embankment was dug by human beings. I thought it was very strange, so I was worried that someone wanted to divert the tiger away from the mountain and take the opportunity to destroy the friendship between Huai and Si, so I went first. Arrived here."

After hearing Lin Yuantu's words, Li Ke showed a little surprise on his face.

In Li Ke's eyes, Lin Yuantu is at best a mediocre person with ordinary talents. If he can do his duty, he can barely be regarded as a well-behaved official close to the people. I didn't expect him to have such insights. Could it be that the Huai River broke the embankment? , also helped him open up?

Li Ke asked: "Since the county magistrate Lin arrived here earlier than the king, can he get anything?"

Lin Yuantu replied: "When I came, I saw several people turning over the soil with their hands, gathering at the embankment, with the intention of digging an embankment."

When Li Ke heard the words, he straightened his expression immediately, and asked Lin Yuantu, "Have you ever taken them down?"

Lin Yuantu replied: "I have taken them all down, and now I am ordering people to imprison them in the county government, and I am already on my way back to Xuyi County. I am worried that these villains will not die, and there are still remnants of the same party, so I will stay here." Wait here."

Lin Yuantu's talent is ordinary, but he is rare. Li Ke had always criticized him a lot before, but he didn't expect that what he did today had a good grasp of the importance and urgency, which made Li Ke a little more appreciative.

Li Ke said: "Magistrate Lin's actions are very good. There must be a mastermind behind the people who broke the embankment. If you can follow the vine, it will be considered a great achievement to catch them all."

Lin Yuantu said modestly: "But I dare not take credit for matters that are within my duty."

Li Ke said: "The county magistrate Lin has made great achievements in protecting the dike, and this king will never forget it. It's just that they failed to break the embankment this time, and there must be someone behind. Did the county magistrate Lin ask the reason?"

Lin Yuantu replied: "This matter has a lot to do with it, and I don't know who is involved in it. The officials are humble and insignificant, so they dare not make a good decision. We just wait for His Highness to personally interrogate."

If the Huai River is destroyed, not only the people of Huainan will suffer, but also Li Ke, who is the chief official of Huainan. Naturally, he cannot be blamed for his official position.

It is just that one thing more is worse than one thing less, so it is reasonable for Lin Yuantu to be interrogated by Li Ke himself.

"That's fine, you go with me." Lin Yuantu was only the county magistrate of Xuyi, and he still didn't know some things. Li Ke was quite satisfied with Lin Yuantu's actions and ordered.

"No." Lin Yuantu cupped his hands and immediately agreed.

Li Ke followed Lin Yuantu back to Xuyi City to interrogate the villains who dug the embankment, and the guards at the embankment naturally could not relax, so Li Ke left the government army who came here with him to guard, and he brought Xi Jun to buy and Several royal guards led them to Xuyi City.

Today's Xuyi has internal and external troubles, and Li Ke is very busy. At first, in a panic, Li Ke listened to Lin Yuantu's words and didn't think much about it. Ke's heart was a little more peaceful, but he felt something unusual.

From Huaishui to Xuyi City, if the horse is on the fast track, it will be almost a stick of incense, but it was during this incense stick that Li Ke discovered the clues of the problem.

When Li Kechen received a message from Lin Yuantu outside the county government office, Lin Yuantu had sent someone to investigate the Huai River's embankment, and he could wait for Li Ke to rush from Xuyi City to the edge of the Huai River's embankment, and then return to the Huaihe River. At the turn of Si, Lin Yuantu was already waiting there.

Lin Yuantu was originally ordered by Li Ke to appease the people in the city. Since he received the news from the Huai River in the city, he rushed all the way to the intersection of Huai and Si, and then he discovered and took down the person who broke the embankment. They were escorted back to the county government, and finally he waited for Li Ke.So many things, no matter how you count them, cannot be completed in such a short period of time.

Li Ke thought about it for a long time, but there was only one explanation, that is, Lin Yuantu didn't wait for the messenger to return to Xuyi City at all, but brought him here directly, and then he waited for himself.

But if this is the case, then what Lin Yuantu said just now is all false, he is deceiving Li Ke, but Lin Yuantu does not hesitate to take this risk to deceive Li Ke, what is he trying to do?What is his purpose?
As Li Ke thought about it, a speculation that surprised him suddenly popped up in his heart: Lin Yuantu had never caught anyone who broke the embankment, and the person who broke the embankment was Lin Yuantu himself, or Lin Yuantu and Lin Yuantu. Yuantu is a group of people.

If this is the case, then Li Ke came here with Lin Yuantu, and his situation will be extremely dangerous.

Li Ke instinctively wanted to find an excuse for Lin Yuantu, but apart from Lin Yuantu's official robe, he couldn't find any other reason.

Who would have thought that the majestic magistrate of the imperial court, the father and mother of the herdsmen, was actually this vicious person who broke the dike and committed evil. Li Ke looked at Lin Yuantu's back, and his heart was full of chills.

And with this thought in Li Ke's mind, he looked around and found that Lin Yuantu's path was indeed suspicious.

Lin Yuantu walked in the front. The road he chose was not a spacious, well-traveled official road, but a relatively secluded, difficult trail.

Li Ke is a dignified King of Chu, so it is needless to say how important his status is. It is very strange for Lin Yuantu to take Li Ke to walk these roads.

Li Ke deliberately slowed down his pace, and asked Lin Yuantu, "Magistrate Lin, there is more than one road to Xuyi, why did you choose this lonely and difficult path?"

Lin Yuantu didn't know whether it was a guilty conscience or something, after hearing Li Ke's words, he replied without turning his head: "Your Highness doesn't know something. Although this road is remote, it is a shortcut. Your Highness is in a hurry to go here. The road will go up a lot faster."

When Lin Yuantu was talking to Li Ke, he never dared to turn his back on Li Ke. He was so rude. Lin Yuantu's abnormal behavior was not only seen clearly by Li Ke, but also fell into Xi Junmai's eyes.

As the leader of Li Kewei, Xi Junmai was already vigilant when he saw such a situation. Xi Junmai grabbed Li Ke's horse's head, stopped the horse, and turned to Lin Yuantu and shouted: "Lin Yuantu, how dare you It's too presumptuous to be so rude to His Highness."

Xi Junmai is Li Ke's confidant. If Xi Junmai had drunk him like this before, Lin Yuantu would have been scared out of his wits, but today, he is very confident.

Lin Yuantu looked around, and said to Li Ke and Xi Jun, "You two just realized something was wrong after we got here, don't you think it's too late?"

(End of this chapter)