Chapter 392 Get the things first
Su Ying took out a flashlight from her body and turned it on, and almost the entire area at the foot of the mountain was illuminated.
She stepped forward to check the identities of the men in black one by one, but these people had nothing on them.
She pinched their mouths open and saw poison bags hidden inside. They were assassins.
Xiao Jin had sent people to follow her, but their speed was not that fast. In order not to attract attention, those people also deliberately kept a certain distance from her.
Su Ying took out a flare from her body and threw it into the sky. There was a "bang" in the sky and the secret guards not far away soon discovered it.
After waiting for nearly half an hour, the secret guard finally arrived.
"To the Queen."
"Get up, these people are here to assassinate me, you guys deal with them, I'll continue on my way."
"yes."
After handing the man in black over to the secret guard, Su Ying jumped on the horse and continued on her way.
When they were near the border of Jingzhou, it started to rain heavily.
Su Ying took out an air awning from the space to shield herself from the rain, so that the rain could not fall on her at all. It was not until the next morning that she saw the city gate of Jingzhou City.
From afar, a thick black cloud covered the sky above Jingzhou City, as if it was going to crush the city. It was so thick that it made it hard to breathe.
Su Ying continued riding her horse forward until she arrived at the city gate.
I don’t know if it’s out of fear of Yu Dayu, but there are many people queuing at the city gate waiting to leave the city, and very few people going in.
In order not to attract attention, Su Ying changed into ordinary men's clothes when she approached the city gate. After arriving at the city gate, she handed her pass to the officer, who let her in only after checking that there was no problem.
Xiao Jin said that Zhu Lin lived in the City Guard Mansion. After asking passers-by for directions, Su Ying went to the City Guard Mansion as soon as possible.
The City Guard's Mansion of Jingzhou is located on the most prosperous street in Jingzhou City. Su Ying looked at the three large gold characters "City Guard's Mansion" on a black background and dismounted from her horse.
But as soon as she approached, the officers guarding outside the door stopped her.
"Who are you? You can easily get close to the City Guard House. Why don't you leave immediately?"
"I want to see your city guard."
As she spoke, Su Ying took out the token on her body.
The guard was shocked when he saw the dragon pattern on the jade token. His expression immediately changed and he invited Su Ying to the house in the outer courtyard. "Please wait a moment. We will go and tell the master."
The guard came back not long after he left, and with him came a middle-aged man who was wearing a dark blue official robe, had a small goatee on his face, and a pair of narrow eyes that revealed the shrewdness of a bureaucrat.
"I am honored to meet this gentleman. I wonder if you are here to deliver the blueprints?" Yi Kun asked directly.
"Yes, where is Zhu Lin?"
Yi Kun stood up and said, "Your Excellency may not know that after arriving in Jingzhou, Master Zhu worked day and night for the dam project and fell ill the day before yesterday. He is still unconscious. I feel very ashamed for not taking good care of Master Zhu."
Su Ying frowned, "Zhu Lin fell ill?"
"Yes, he is still recuperating at home."
"I'll go and take a look."
Su Ying stood up and was about to walk out, but Yi Kun stepped forward and blocked Su Ying's way.
"Don't worry, Master Zhu is fine. He is just too tired and caught a cold. He is still in a coma. The most important thing now is to repair the new dam as soon as possible, just in case. Please take out the blueprint first."
Su Ying glanced at Yi Kun solemnly and said, "I'll go take a look. I can't waste this quarter of an hour."
Seeing that Su Ying insisted, Yi Kun accompanied her to where Zhu Lin was resting.
As soon as the maid opened the door of the guest room, Su Ying smelled a pungent smell of medicine.
Seeing Su Ying frown, Yi Kun explained, "Because Lord Zhu has caught a cold and cannot stand being seen, I had the doors and windows closed."
Su Ying didn't say anything, but just walked straight to the bed.
There was a person lying on the bed, it was Zhu Lin.
However, Zhu Lin at this moment was completely different from his previous smug look. His face was extremely pale, and the color of his lips was so light that they could not be seen clearly.
Su Ying reached out to feel Zhu Lin's pulse and found that his qi and blood were extremely weak. It was just a cold, so how could it be so serious? She felt something was wrong.
When she reached out to lift the quilt off Zhu Lin and was about to check on him, Yi Kun suddenly came forward and pulled the quilt over Zhu Lin.
"My lord, Master Zhu has caught a cold. His body is already so weak, he must not catch a cold again. Please forgive me."
Su Ying glanced at Yi Kun again, but did not insist and followed him to the study.
"I would like to know your name, sir, and what position you hold in the palace?" Yi Kun asked.
"Serving the Emperor."
Seeing that Su Ying didn't want to say more, Yi Kun didn't ask any more questions. He just asked Su Ying to take out the drawings.
"Let's go to the dam first. I want to know what went wrong with the new dam."
Yi Kun did not refuse and directly asked someone to prepare the carriage.
"Please, sir."
The dam is in the mountains, some distance away from the city. In order to save time, Su Ying did not take a carriage but rode a horse.
Yi Kun saw that Su Ying was riding a horse and it would be inconvenient for him to take a car, so he had to ask the official to bring a horse over.
In order to build the new dam, the imperial court opened a road. Although it was a yellow mud road, it was much easier to walk on than the mountain road.
It was almost noon when they rode all the way to Xinba.
Su Ying stood halfway up the mountain, took out a telescope and looked at the building not far away. That should be where the new dam is.
When they went up, there were still a lot of work going on building the new dam. Seeing Su Ying and the others coming, a man who looked like a foreman quickly ran over and nodded and bowed to Yi Kun with a flattering look on his face.
"How did you get here, sir? It's raining a lot and the mountain roads are muddy. Please don't get your shoes dirty."
Yi Kun glanced at him and said, "It is my duty to monitor the progress of the repair and completion of the new dam. This person is from the capital, so please do not be rude to him."
When the foreman heard this, his smile turned to Su Ying, "So you are the official from the capital. I am so sorry for your disrespect. Don't worry, there will be no problem with the dam."
Su Ying didn't know much about construction. She just saw the workers working on the dam non-stop, and at first glance she couldn't see anything unusual.
"Didn't they say before that there were some problems with the new dam and that internal repairs were needed? Why? There are no problems now?"
The smile on the foreman's face froze, but he quickly came to his senses, "Yes, yes, it needs to be repaired. Now we are waiting for the original drawings from the court to be sent over so that we know how to repair it."
"You have heard it, sir. The most important thing for now is to get the original drawing and repair the problematic parts as soon as possible."
Su Ying nodded after hearing this, "Master Yi is right."
After a brief inspection, Su Ying followed Yi Kun down the mountain and returned to the City Guard Mansion.
At this time, night fell and the sky had darkened.
Su Ying said she was hungry, and Yi Kun said he would hold a small welcoming party for her in the evening, but Su Ying refused.
"No need. Send the food to my room. After a simple meal, we can discuss how to repair the problem with the dam."
After hearing what she said, Yi Kun did not refuse and asked the servants to deliver the food to her guest room.
After the guest room door was closed, the attendant went to the study.
"Sir, the food has been delivered. This person from the capital doesn't look like a scheming person."
There was no expression on Yi Kun's face. He didn't dare to show goodwill easily to the person from Beijing because he couldn't figure out what the other person was thinking.
"No matter what, let's get the original picture first."
(End of this chapter)
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