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Chapter 48 Flooded Guanzhou ()

After Cui Xu left, Xiao Fengan didn't stay long and left after saying a few words to Chu Yan.

Chu Yan held Cui Ying's hand and asked, "Are you injured?"

Just when she came up to hold his hand, he saw something wrong with her steps. Cui Ying hummed and said, "I accidentally sprained my foot."

While protecting Wan Niang, she tripped over a chair. She didn't notice it at first, but now she felt some pain.

Chu Yan lowered his eyes to look at her feet that were covered by her skirt, and said with parted lips: "You're delicate."

Even so, he let go of her hand and put the oil-paper umbrella into her hand, then bent down and picked her up.

"Dian, Huaiwei!"

Cui Ying quickly changed her words. Her eyes looked at him with a bit of confusion. Chu Yan chuckled and weighed her up: "Umbrella, let's see what I do?"

"Who saw it?"

She whispered something, and the girl raised her head and held up the umbrella with her bare hands. The rain curtain was separated by the umbrella, covering the two of them. Chu Yan held her and walked slowly in the rain.

Cui Ying leaned in his arms. Sometimes she realized that she really didn't understand Chu Yan. When he was with her, he would be so gentle that he seemed like a different person. But sometimes, he would be so ruthless that it was hard to understand.

It's really contradictory, but this moment of tenderness makes people want to be greedy.
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"Commander Xiao, I wonder what these officers have committed?"

In the government office, a potbellied man in official uniform sat on a chair with a flattering smile on his face. This man was Chang Wenting, the governor of Guanzhou.

He relied on the fact that he had a brother-in-law in the official department, so he could do whatever he wanted in Guanzhou. Although the official position of prefect was much higher than that of his brother-in-law, Guanzhou was only a small place. Even if he had greater power, he was still less powerful than his brother-in-law. Not allowed to be my own brother-in-law.

Not to mention, this year the Minister of Civil Affairs will retire and return to his hometown, and his brother-in-law will definitely be promoted, so he will be even more arrogant. Who would have thought that something like this would happen after two days of being arrogant.

"It's not a big deal. I was just yelling in the temple, and I happened to see it."

Xiao Feng'an sat back on the chair with an indescribably leisurely and content attitude. He picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"I see. The people under my command are incompetent and have disturbed the Lord. I will punish them now."

Chang Wenting immediately put on a stern expression on his face and was about to scold him. Xiao Fengan sneered and said, "Wait a minute, I have one more matter to review."

Xiao Fengan is Emperor Qi's personal guard. He only listens to his orders, and works as a prosecutor. He listens to all the affairs, and if there is a reason, he can kill first and report later. Chang Wenting does not dare to offend him.

He now regrets very much that he listened to Ma Chaoyang's words. He thought that this matter could be covered up, but now it's better that the matter has become so big that it has alarmed His Majesty.

Not only did the censors and commanders of the Jinyi Guards come, but His Majesty also sent the Crown Prince to Guanzhou.

No one knew about His Highness the Crown Prince's temperament. If His Highness the Crown Prince found out about this matter, he didn't dare to think about the consequences.

It was good for Ma Chaoyang. He died, which really hurt him.

Thinking of this, Chang Wenting immediately stood up and walked to Xiao Fengan and said with a smile: "I wonder if your Excellency has anything to interrogate?"

"It's strange to say that I and Mr. Wei have been in Guanzhou for a few days. Why don't you see Mr. Wei interrogating the migrant workers who built the dam?"

Xiao Fengan's aura was overwhelming. Although he was smiling, there was no gentleness at all. Chang Wenting couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he questioned her.

"Here, I have already sent people to look for them, but when the dam was first built, many migrant workers were temporarily seconded. In addition, the government office has been in disrepair for a long time, and a lot of the rosters have been lost. I want to find people, and indeed It’s a little difficult.”

After Chang Wenting finished speaking, he saw that Xiao Fengan's expression did not change. He thought for a while and added: "But the official has sent extra manpower to look for the person. I believe it won't be long." "In this case, I can lend it to Chang Wenting." Sir, please have some manpower."

After Xiao Fengan finished speaking, he raised his hand, and the Jin Yiwei waiting outside walked in. When Chang Wenting looked at these people, he felt even worse: "Sir, there is no need to trouble the Jin Yiwei with such a small matter."

"For such a small matter, how long will it take for Master Chang to find someone?"

Although he smiled, it made Chang Wenting sweat. In the end, he was forced to have no choice but to promise that he would find the migrant workers who built the dam in three days.

The rain stopped in the evening. Chu Yan was doing business in the house, and Cui Ying was studying ink for him.

He lowered his head and finished writing a sentence. Cui Ying supported her head with her hands. After looking at him, her eyes turned to a book of travel notes on mountains and seas in front of her.

"Your Highness."

Outside the door, Cheng Chong called out, and Chu Yan asked him to come in. He saw Cheng Chong covered in mud, looking very embarrassed.

"Check it out?"

Chu Yan put down his pen and looked up at Cheng Chong.

Cheng Chong nodded and looked at Cui Ying. Cui Ying felt his gaze and packed up her books and was about to go out. Unexpectedly, Chu Yan grabbed her and signaled Cheng Chong to speak directly.

"My subordinates inspected the broken part of the dam and found that the beam in that part was made of straw mixed with lime. On normal days, it would be enough to block it, but the amount of Longjiang water pouring this time has far exceeded Tolerable range.”

The powerful Longjiang water blocked the dam. Finally, the dam could not bear it and it plummeted thousands of miles.

Chu Yan sat back, his eyes unclear. Cui Ying saw him turn the ring on his thumb, and then said: "Is the seller of dam building materials Ma Chaoyang?"

"Yes, the seller responsible for these beams was personally selected by the Guanzhou government office. The real owner behind it is Ma Chaoyang."

Cheng Chong went to check it out personally, plus the information from Ying Dong. Combining the two, we can deduce something.

I just didn't expect that Ma Chaoyang's hands would stretch so far. He not only controlled the local jade business in Yunzhou, but also interfered with the construction of the Guanzhou Dam.

"I know, let's go down."

Chu Yan looked a little impatient. If he hadn't been able to get to the real person behind the scenes, he wouldn't have gone to such trouble.

Ma Chaoyang made a lot of money, but less than one-tenth of what was found in his home. What he wanted to know was where the rest of the money went and what he did.

And the only thing he could think of to use so much money was to recruit troops.

Cui Ying stood aside and listened to the whole process. Suddenly she thought of something. She limped to Chu Yan and pulled down his sleeve.

"Your Highness, the travel book on mountains and seas I just read said that Guanzhou Mountain has high slopes and deep slopes, and the terrain is not too high. I am afraid that the water from the Longjiang River will not be able to drain out when it goes down, and it will flow back."

She spread out the mountain and sea travel notes in front of Chu Yan. These pages happened to be about Guanzhou. The topography on it was very clear. Chu Yan clicked his finger on the topography map.

"Go out alone."

With a solemn expression on his face, he put away the book of travels on mountains and seas and stood up to leave. Neither he nor Wei Qicai knew the terrain of Guanzhou clearly. There was nothing like this on the map he had seen before!
Someone changed the map just to prevent him from discovering these things. Once the water from the Longjiang River that cannot be drained is poured back into Guanzhou, the consequences will be disastrous.

They thought, flooding Guanzhou? !
　Happy Valentine's Day, princesses!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)