Chapter 338

She smiled faintly and said, "Officer, when did we have breakfast in this prison? Why do I have breakfast while other inmates don't?"

The people nearby saw that there was some rare meat in the bowl of food, and they became unhappy when Ruan Mian said that.

"Yeah! Why is he the only one who can eat it, and why don't we have any?!"

"There's going to be a flood here, we're on the verge of despair, and you're not even going to pick and choose when it comes to food?"

Just a few words immediately aroused the competitive spirit of the prisoners nearby.

The prison guards couldn't convince them, so they simply raised their whips to fight violence with violence, causing chaos at the scene!

The prisoners rebelled angrily and immediately started fighting with the officers. She wanted to take advantage of the chaos to leave the place, but just as she lifted one foot, a sedan chair in front of her stopped at the door of the prison corridor.

A middle-aged man in a black robe got out of the car, blocked her way with a gloomy expression, and held a pipe in his hand.

"In my Yuzhou territory, the people have lived in peace and tranquility for a full ten years, without a single disaster! Even during the snowstorm that year, I managed it perfectly."

"You are a Taoist priest who spreads rumors in a busy city, causing panic among the people. And you don't even know your crime?"

Ruan Mian took a look at him and after hearing these words, he guessed that this person was the prefect of Yuzhou.

She smiled indifferently and was about to speak, but the prefect of Yuzhou didn't want to give her any room to speak. The person next to her suddenly grabbed her arm and covered her mouth.

The leading prison guard had already brought the bowl of rice over.

They looked at each other, stepped forward and pried open Ruan Mian's mouth, forcing him to drink the bowl of rice.

Ruan Mian's eyes turned fierce, and just as he was about to bite the man's hand, a familiar voice suddenly came from the door!

"Stop! Lord He!!"

Lord Lin appeared in a hurry, his clothes still wet.

When the Yuzhou prefect saw that it was Lord Lin, he suddenly sneered: "Oh, what brings Lord Lin to our Yuzhou? I didn't even hear that Lord Lin was going to visit us today? And he came straight to our prison. How strange."

After saying these sarcastic words, his eyes suddenly darkened and his words became angry as well.

"I told you that this alarmist Taoist priest was sent by you! Lord Lin, what are you up to? What are you planning?"

"You and I have never had any connection. Now that Wu Heng has established a residence, you should just stay in Wu Heng. Why do you come to Yu Zhou and give me orders?"

"Master He, I'm not as bad as you think."

"This Taoist saw the coming of a great disaster, and it was also predicted by me, Wu Heng, before. For the sake of so many people, I sent a message to you, Your Excellency, hoping to discuss this matter together."

"After all, if the rain continues, the water level of the Linfen River will only rise and not fall. That would threaten the lives of tens of thousands of people in Yuzhou and Wuheng City!"

The prefect of Yuzhou snorted and threw the teacup in his hand hard at Lord Lin.

"Lord Lin, you are only the prefect of Wuheng. It is not your turn to extend your influence to Yuzhou."

"What's more, the Linfen River floods every year during the rainy season. The laws of nature never go wrong. How could you just say disaster will happen!"

"But you, trying every possible way to get us to evacuate, don't you have some hidden agenda? Do you think that the emperor is far away and no one can do anything to you?"

He swung his hands fiercely, raised his chin, and declared loudly: "We, the people of Yuzhou, have lived here peacefully for many years. No matter what, we will not leave this place for an inch!!"

"Also, you're a newly appointed prefect, and Wuheng is so poor. How could the people of Yuzhou believe your one-sided story?"

Seeing that he was so arrogant and didn't take Lord Lin seriously at all, Ruan Mian's eyes darkened a little.

However, Lord Lin still maintained his good temper and tried to persuade him kindly.

"Sir He, as you said, I am just the newly appointed prefect of Wuheng. I have no power or influence, and I dare not expect too much."

"Today is just..."

"Really?" Before Lord Lin could finish, the prefect of Yuzhou suddenly raised his voice and sneered.

"I've heard that Lord Lin was once an official appointed by the imperial court, and there's a legend about him crawling like a dog. I was far away from Kyoto back then, so I didn't have the privilege to witness it. If I were lucky enough to see it today, perhaps I could listen to Lord Lin's advice and think about the people of Yuzhou, so that they could evacuate."

This so-called dog-climbing story suddenly reminded Ruan Mian of a plot in the original book.

Xie Huaian fought against the rebels, but was bitten back by the rebels at a horse racing meeting.

In the original book, there was an imperial official who came to their rescue and personally intervened in the situation, deliberately angering the rebels and making them make unreasonable demands to humiliate them.

In order to find charges against the rebels, the official was willing to be insulted and pretended to be teased to the point of being unable to resist, and crawled around the horse farm like a dog.

When he could no longer bear the humiliation and wanted to commit suicide, Xie Huaian cooperated with him, came forward to rescue him, and impeached the rebels for his humiliation, and joined other officials to plead for him.

This is the only way to get rid of the traitor with just cause.

So, could this so-called dog crawling story be the plot in the original book?

If this is true, then Lord Lin's fall from being an official to serving in Wu Heng might be fate's arrangement.

However, the prefect of Yuzhou used this matter to humiliate Lord Lin again!

Little did they know that Lord Lin didn't care about his reputation. As long as he could agree to persuade the people to evacuate, wouldn't it be easy? Isn't it easier than doing anything else?

So just as the prefect of Yuzhou finished making a joke, Lord Lin got down on all fours without hesitation and half-crouched on the ground like a dog.

"Sir!" Ruan Mian called him suddenly, but Sir Lin crawled around on the ground without any care.

This caused the prefect of Yuzhou and others to burst into laughter, as if they were watching a monkey perform.

"Lord Lin's acting is truly convincing! No wonder so many officials watched with such gusto at the racecourse! Now we can enjoy it too, right?"

The surrounding prison guards echoed the sentiment, without feeling at all that it was worthy of pity that a senior official would rather humiliate his own reputation in order to save the people.

They simply echoed the prefect of Yuzhou: "No real dog is as good as Lord Lin."

"That's right, Master Lin should call a few more times for us to hear, don't you think so, brothers?"

Lord Lin looked calm and barked twice without hesitation.

Now those people whispered even louder, while the prisoners watched the show or stared blankly.

Only Ruan Mian was shocked, and his emotions surged like a huge wave.

Lord Lin knew that she couldn't hold back, so he quickly used his eyes to suppress her. After she finished crawling a circle, he slowly stood up.

But the prefect of Yuzhou spread his hands and said, "I'm sorry, Lord Lin, I've thought about it and still think your suggestion is ridiculous. The people of Yuzhou will absolutely not leave this place."