"Gu Han, we'll meet again later." Su Lijin said to him.
"See you later."
The two of them said goodbye from here.
"Let's go, let's go back." Su Lijin said to Xiao Shengheng beside her, then walked past him and headed forward.
Xiao Shengheng, who was walking behind, looked at Su Lijin's back with some helplessness, but still followed her.
He actually followed because he was worried about Su Lijin's safety. Fortunately, nothing happened.
Soon, they returned to the inn.
It was already late, so after returning to the inn, they rested.
The next day.
Xiao Shengheng sent his secret guard Hei Qi out to gather information early in the morning.
After Xiao Shengheng got up, Su Lijin also got up, and the two of them had breakfast downstairs in the inn.
"Where is Heiqi?" Su Lijin asked. They usually sat together to eat breakfast, but why was he nowhere to be seen today?
"I sent him out to get information."
Su Lijin nodded.
After eating, Heiqi also came back to inquire about the news.
"Mr. Xiao, these are the materials used to build the dam." As he said that, Heiqi put the things he brought back on the table.
Xiao Shengheng picked it up and looked at it carefully. Sure enough, their guesses were not much different.
When Zhang Xiao arranged for people to build the dam, he embezzled a large amount of money and could only afford to buy low-quality materials with the rest. The dam built with these materials could not prevent floods at all, so this flood was caused, resulting in crops being submerged and people suffering from famine.
Looking at the displaced victims outside, Su Lijin felt very angry.
They were not well fed and clothed every day. The relief funds sent by the imperial court were embezzled again, and their lives were hopeless.
If Xiao Shengheng had not noticed something unusual and went on a secret visit this time, they would not have known about these situations at all. If the world is full of such parasites, how can the country prosper?
Su Lijin took a deep breath, trying to calm herself down, and then spoke.
"What should we do now?" Now that they have these things, they should take action.
This was also the purpose of their visit, but the famine here was much more serious than they had imagined.
"Of course we have to find the person in charge and ask him clearly." Xiao Shengheng said.
Su Lijin nodded. This matter must be resolved quickly, otherwise the famine here will continue like this.
They don't want to see more victims suffer further harm.
Hei Qi retreated silently. He had been protecting them in secret.
Afterwards, Xiao Shengheng and Su Lijin took a carriage to Zhang Xiao's residence.
In the carriage, Xiao Shengheng looked at Su Lijin and said, "Why do I feel like you're very angry about this?"
Hearing this, Su Lijin, who was resting with her eyes closed, opened them: "Of course I'm angry. Could it be that you don't feel anything after seeing this?"
"How can I not feel anything? The more this happens, the more we need to investigate the matter thoroughly and make sure those who did this are punished."
Xiao Shengheng looked at the victims outside through the window of the carriage and felt a little uncomfortable.
Here, officials are not afraid of the disaster at all, and it is only the common people who suffer.
As they were talking, the carriage soon stopped at the door of Zhang Xiao's residence. Two people got out of the carriage, but they did not go in. Instead, they waited for the doorman to go in and report.
Zhang Xiao, who was sipping tea in the main hall, saw the doorman running in.
"Master, there's a man called Mr. Xiao outside who wants to see you, and he's bringing a girl with him."
After hearing the boy's voice, Zhang Xiao paused while drinking his tea. "Those two idiots are here again. I think they're here to give me some money. Let them in."
"Okay, sir." The doorman ran out again.
Soon, Xiao Shengheng and Su Lijin came in together.
When Zhang Xiao saw the two of them, he quickly went over to greet them: "Mr. Xiao, you're here again. Please take a seat. I'll have someone prepare tea."
Su Lijin felt a little disgusted when she saw Zhang Xiao's current appearance. This kind of person really values money more than his life. There are so many disaster victims outside, yet they are enjoying themselves here.
"No thanks." Xiao Shengheng refused directly and coldly.
"Then what are you doing here?" Zhang Xiao looked at the two of them and said. For some reason, he had a bad feeling in his heart, but then he thought it was nothing.
After all, Xiao Shengheng was a wealthy man from somewhere else. In his eyes, he was just a fool with a lot of money. Maybe he could make some money from him again this time.
Xiao Shengheng took something out of his sleeve and placed it on the table with a 'pop'.
Zhang Xiao looked at his actions with some confusion in his heart: "Mr. Xiao, what do you mean by this?"
He didn't quite understand why.
"Zhang Xiao, you still want to continue playing dumb with me? There's a lot of evidence and corruption letters here. You know what you've done.
Xiao Shengheng said it directly, but Su Lijin, who was standing beside him, did not expect that Xiao Shengheng would be so direct without even discussing it with her.
She originally thought that Xiao Shengheng would try a different approach, but it could only be said that she didn't know him well enough.
After seeing what was on the table and hearing what Xiao Shengheng said, Zhang Xiao's expression changed instantly, and he stared at Xiao Shengheng viciously.
"Mr. Xiao, this matter has nothing to do with you. It was you who insisted on getting involved, so don't blame me for being rude."
After finishing speaking, Zhang Xiao shouted outside, "Someone come here."
As soon as he finished speaking, several guards came in from outside and surrounded Xiao Shengheng and Su Lijin.
Zhang Xiao didn't want anyone to discover his guilt, so he simply killed Xiao Shengheng and Su Lijin, so that no one would notice what he had done.
If he had known that Xiao Shengheng and Su Lijin would investigate these things, he would have sent people to find a way to get them to leave here.
Xiao Shengheng looked at the guards surrounding him, his face very calm, without any sign of panic, and snorted coldly.
He took a quick glance at the guards and could guess that their martial arts skills were not very high and they were no match for the two of them.
He moved his lips and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Su Lijin.
"Zhang Xiao, you are so brave. Do you know that we are both the Queen's people? We came here to help you under the Queen's order. Are you sure you want to do this to us now?" Su Lijin looked at Zhang Xiao and said sternly.
"Moreover, the evidence we have produced has been handed over to the Queen, and she has already handed it over to Xiao Zhaolin. As long as you can rebuild the dam, your merits will be offset."
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