Chapter 698 Smell of Cigarettes
At that moment, Zhu Fugui helped Wu Jing up and walked out of the study.
Wu Jing leaned happily on his shoulder and said, "Chen Chen's mother is enjoying the cool air under the flower corridor. Let's go over and sit with her."
Fugui supported Wu Jing and walked towards the flower corridor.
When Chen Chen saw them coming, she said with a smile that was right, she believed that Fugui could handle it. Oh, why do you smell like smoke? The baby can't stand the smell, go change your clothes.
Fugui glanced at Wu Jing, apologized, and said that he was not thoughtful enough, and he would go to take a shower and change clothes. Then he helped Wu Jing sit down and left in a hurry.
Chen Chen looked at Wu Jing and smiled, saying enviously, "Fugui feels sorry for our Jingjing, she is so blessed."
Wu Jing smiled proudly and nodded, stroking her belly and saying that it was all thanks to the baby. Fugui seemed like a different person as soon as he heard about the baby. She had to thank their baby.
Later, Zhu Fugui changed into a scented gown and came to sit down. The maid immediately brought him Emei Bamboo Leaf Green Tea.
Chen Chen told Fugui: A man has a heavy burden on his shoulders. Uncle Miao has exiled all those young masters in the capital to the border to guard the frontiers. Even Uncle Miao's eldest son has been sent away.
Wu Jing said fiercely: It's Brother Miao who is talking nonsense.
Fugui took a sip of tea and said that he did not blame the eldest brother of the Miao family. What the eldest brother said was the truth. The older generation protected him and never mentioned the past, but it had always been in his heart. In fact, he wanted to solve this mystery after he grew up.
Now everything is clear, and I feel relieved.
Chen Chen nodded, knowing that what he said was not entirely true but not exposing it. She said with a smile that it was good to relax, there were still many things to do in the future, so she should have a good rest for a few days and get enough energy before doing anything else.
Zhu Fugui nodded and told Chen Chen's mother not to worry, that he was really fine and was already thinking about what to do in the future.
Chen Chen nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: That's it, just watch over our eldest princess and give birth to the baby.
Wu Jing said with a smile that she wanted to be like Chen Chen’s mother: give birth to a few children with Fugui.
Chen Chen was amused. This girl was even more outspoken than her.
She stood up and said she was going out for a walk, leaving the young couple to be affectionate with each other.
On the bank of the Yangtze River in the Huangzhou section of Jinghu South Road, two men, covered in mud and naked, were lying on the bank, spitting out water and gasping for breath.
Geng Feihu asked his personal bodyguard if he was injured.
The guard said he was lucky, but no. I will tear the transport envoy into pieces when I return.
Geng Feihu said: We cannot arrest people without solid evidence. The New Song Dynasty is a law-abiding country. Remember, we are the people who came from the Third Young Master's side, and we cannot break the rules of the court.
The guard said angrily: At that time, the Transport Commissioner, the Censor and the Grain Transport Commissioner were the three standing behind Brother Feihu, so who else could it be but him?
That guy has been sticking close to Brother Feihu recently. He embezzled the treasury money. We already have clues about him in Shunfeng. He must be afraid that if we find out the truth, he will lose his head, so he took advantage of the flood to push Feihu off the river bank, hoping to drown Brother Feihu and make it impossible for Sister Qianqian to investigate the case.
It turned out that the two strong men were Geng Feihu, the pacification envoy of Jinghu South Road, and his chief personal guard.
Feihu was taking Lu Zhi's senior official to the Jingjiang embankment to check the water conditions when he slipped and fell into the river. Several guards immediately jumped in to rescue him, but only the captain of the guards, Ruan Hong, caught him. The two of them drifted with the current all the way to Huangzhou and survived.
Geng Feihu has been a civil servant for many years. He is no longer like when he was Zhao Yulin's bodyguard, who only knew how to fight and kill. He is now thinking about the ins and outs of things in his mind.
He carefully recalled the moment he fell into the water, and it seemed that someone really pushed him, but he could never be sure who it was.
At this time, he felt an unbearable itchy pain under his body. He stood up with difficulty and saw that he was covered with wounds, big and small, and countless ants were running back and forth on the wounds.
While catching ants, he said with a smile: It turns out that these little guys are torturing him.
Ruan Hong was in pain from being bitten by ants, so he stood up. The two of them slapped the ants off each other's bodies and found the path to the shore.
Feihu said: How can we face people when we are so naked? We must hold out until the evening and find a family to rest.
Ruan Hong pointed to a thatched house in the distance and said: It's easy. First find some wild fruits to fill your stomach, and then we will go there directly.
Feihu nodded and said that we had been in the water for several days, and someone in the government office must be coordinating flood prevention. He was not in a hurry to go back, and simply hid and investigated the case.
Ruan Hong nodded and only listened to Brother Feihu.
Three days later, the two men successfully infiltrated the river work team that was working on the emergency rescue and embankment repair, and immediately discovered clues.
Geng Feihu knew very well that the court had issued sufficient food and wages for disaster relief, so why were the river workers working on the dike not getting enough to eat?
They inquired carefully and learned that the river workers had been eating porridge for several days and only had one meal on one day. The manager said that the river was flooded and the grain could not be transported up, so they had to eat porridge.
But this went on for five days in a row. Not only were the two of them starving with hunger, but the workers were already full of complaints and had lost all motivation to work. How could they repair the dike like this?
Seeing that the water level of the river has receded, there is no reason why the grain cannot be transported up.
They focused their attention on the cook and the manager, and heard the manager also complaining. They soon found the clue and realized that there was indeed a problem above.
The two managers were losing their temper in the rest shed, cursing their superiors for withholding food and asking them to deceive the workers by saying the court did not send any food, and why they were not drowned by the flood.
The common people all remembered the Third Young Master's kindness, and would work even if they had a bowl of porridge to eat. But who would eat porridge every day? The court couldn't just ignore it, and the Third Young Master was definitely not that kind of person.
Feihu immediately realized that something must have happened at the road or prefectural level. These people were right. Chengdu had known about the severe flood in Jinghu for a long time and had allocated relief funds. It was impossible that they had not yet been delivered to the disaster site for such a long time.
He discussed with Ruan Hong and they investigated separately to find the clues.
Zhao Yulin knew that Geng Feihu was still alive when he returned to Chengdu from Qingcheng Mountain.
Hua Yue was in charge of supervising the country. As soon as Zhao Yulin entered the office and sat down, he came over with a smile and said that there was good news. The Pacifier of Jinghu South Road was still alive, and the king was blessed.
Zhao Yulin took the secret report handed over by him and read it carefully. Hua Yue told him that Madam Wu had been implicated. They found Envoy Geng in Huangzhou and started the investigation from the food of the workers who built the embankments for flood control . Step by step, they found evidence of corruption in the repair and construction of the embankments and arrested the Deputy Envoy of Water Transport who was in charge of flood control. In order to make meritorious service and atone for his sins, the Deputy Envoy of Water Transport revealed that it was the Censor who pushed Envoy Geng into the river. The problems in Jinghu South Road were very complicated.
Hua Yue continued: The first deputy envoy in charge of transportation is on his way to Chengdu. It has been discovered that this person is involved in embezzlement of treasury silver. What should we do?
Zhao Yulin read the secret letter and drank tea, and told him that those who should be arrested should be arrested. You Gong and Yu Gong have gone to Jinghu, so let them handle the case. Hua Gong should find two deputies to send to Ezhou first, because the flood situation in Jinghu is very serious and no one can be left without work.
He wants Huayue to select and employ people.
The man was stunned immediately.
Zhao Yulin smiled and said: It's not a big deal. Jinghu is in urgent need of people. Mr. Hua can take a vacation after he finishes this matter.
Hua Yue woke up immediately, agreed with a grunt, and said goodbye.
Geng Feihu was already there in Jinghu South Road, and Zhao Yulin was reluctant to nominate an official he was familiar with, lest the officials in the court think that he was nepotism and had the final say, so he intended to ask Hua Yue to do it.
This is a good thing. Mutual supervision can effectively prevent collective crimes from happening.
Zhao Yulin half-reclines on a chair, dozing off, his mind full of the mess in Jinghu. Damn, it's all road officials, several of them have fallen one after another.
What about other roads, prefectures, and states?
He couldn't even imagine it.
If we really investigate carefully, we don’t know how many more will fall.
It seems that this time, when summoning the envoy for a lecture, we must have a good talk.
Zhao Yulin just heard someone approaching and knew it was a woman from the fragrance. He was just trying to guess who it was when a soft hand grabbed his head and slapped him on the forehead.
He nervously opened his eyes and grabbed the woman's hands. Cao Ying giggled and got into his arms. Zhao Yulin said in confusion: Don't tease me like this, or else come into my house and call Hu Lan "sister."
The young lady smiled and shook her head and said, "Forget it, she likes it this way."
Zhao Yulin didn't dare to look at her burning eyes, and looked out the window and said: Her father always wanted to go back to Tianshui. The winter in Tianshui is very cold, and her father was seriously injured, so it is not suitable for him to live there. He thinks it is better to spend the winter in Xinshi or Huanglang.
Cao Ying went behind him and massaged his shoulders and neck, saying happily: "Brother Yulin cares about our father, and I am happy." As she spoke, she bent down and put her mouth to mouth, transferring the temperature of her lips.
This time, Zhao Yulin let out his tongue to look for a partner.
The little girl screamed and ran away as if she had been electrocuted.
Seeing Cao Ying was about to leave, he hurriedly called her back and asked her Transportation Department to take the lead, with the participation of the Censorate, to organize a special inspection team to go down one route at a time and thoroughly investigate the use of flood control and disaster relief funds transferred by the court in recent years. He asked Jing Gang to help the imperial envoy select the guards and asked Dongmei, the chief steward, to arrange for a Shunfengsi official to join the guards.
When Cao Ying saw his serious face and how he spoke in such detail and even specially arranged guards, he immediately felt a great sense of responsibility and nodded solemnly before leaving.
In Jiayang, Hulan accompanied her mother Sulu Henidi on a train. This woman, who had seen horses galloping and eagles flying in the blue sky on the prairie, was riding a train for the first time. She was shocked by the strong push on her back. She saw the trees and buildings outside the window flying backwards. She nervously grabbed Hulan's arm, and after a while, she moved away and put her hands firmly on the handrail.
Hu Lan told her mother to sit down and relax, as there was a big light bulb on the locomotive, and the speed had been increased. It could travel three hundred miles in an hour. Many people from the New Song Dynasty made a special trip to Jianwei to take the train for fun.
The train was running at lightning speed. Sulu Henidi was already shocked. When she heard her say that this long train with thousands of people on it could still run so fast, far faster than a thousand-mile horse, she was extremely surprised.
After a short while, the train arrived in Xinshi.
