Just then, the housekeeper came running in panic.

"The owner of the house is in trouble. The canal suddenly dried up. Not a drop of water was left overnight."

"What did you say?"

Ouyang Feng almost couldn't recover and fainted.

"How could this happen? Are you kidding? Wasn't he fine yesterday?"

The housekeeper was panicking: "I don't know what happened, but it became dry overnight. Please go and have a look."

Ouyang Feng didn't care about anything else and ran hurriedly towards the canal, and Wen Jingchi and others followed him.

When we arrived near the canal, we found that the canal, which was originally very large, suddenly became dry.

This caught Ouyang Feng off guard and he didn't know how to explain it.

He lost his balance and almost fell to the ground, but luckily he was supported by the butler behind him.

"It's over now. What should I do if the canal dries up?"

This canal has been used by their family for a long time, but now it is dry. Not only are Wen Jingchi and others helpless, but even the Ouyang family doesn't know what to do.

Wen Jingchi's face darkened to the extreme: "Immediately ask Ling Hua from the Grain and Grass Department to come see me."

Ling Hua had already known about this, and before they had time to go back, he had already arrived at the scene.

Seeing Wen Jingchi so angry, he immediately knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. I really don't know why this canal suddenly dried up."

Wen Jingchi laughed coldly: "Then do you know why there is such a waste of water resources? And why don't you care about the Ouyang family taking the opportunity to monopolize the northern grain?"

"As the grain and grass department, shouldn't you let the people live a life of plenty? Why did you sell the canal to the Ouyang family and disregard the lives of the people? As the grain and grass department, didn't you think of this?"

Wen Jingchi's words were harsh and his eyes were ruthless, frightening Ling Hua so much that he trembled all over.

Every word he said left Ling Hua with no way to refute.

Thinking about the people behind the Ouyang family, he sighed deeply, not knowing how to explain it for a moment.

If he failed to explain well, he would offend His Highness Wen Chenxuan. No matter who it was, he could not afford to offend him.

After wiping the sweat from his forehead, Ling Hua guessed an awkward explanation after a long while.

"The Prince Ouyang family spent a lot of money to buy the right to use it. According to the rules, since they want to buy it, I have no reason to refuse, so I agreed. Besides, the canal is dry now, it is God's will, and even your subordinates are powerless to interfere!

Besides, there have been years of drought in recent years, but it has been raining for the past few years and there has never been drought here, so when it comes to this point, the zodiac is really powerless. "

His explanation seemed to sound reasonable, but upon closer inspection, it seemed irrelevant.

Wen Jingchi's eyes were sharp, and he didn't say anything, just looked at Ling Hua seriously.

Ling Hua lowered his head and could clearly sense Wen Jingchi's terrifying gaze. He trembled all over and dared not say a word, fearing that he would be beheaded if he said something wrong.

Chu Weiyue frowned tightly, looking at the dry canal, the more he thought about it, the stranger it seemed.

"It's common sense that the canal can't dry up overnight. I think there must be some unknown reason. Why don't we go to the reservoir and take a look?"

Ling Hua immediately nodded in agreement to her sudden question.

"Okay, okay, let's go to the reservoir now."

For him, Chu Weiyue's sudden words solved his urgent problem.

Otherwise, if Wen Jingchi continued to ask him a few more questions, he was afraid that he would not be able to bear it and would tell everything.

Wen Jingchi did not deny it and nodded.

Ling Hua walked in front to lead the way, and the others followed behind.

It took the group half an hour to finally reach the reservoir.

Chu Weiyue ran quickly to the reservoir, and Wen Jingchi subconsciously put his arms around her waist.

"Be careful, the water level here is very high. If you fall in, it will be too late to rescue you."

His tone was somewhat reprimanding, but his actions were very gentle.

Chu Weiyue took advantage of everyone's inattention and quietly touched his hand: "I know that the prince loves me."

She winked at Wen Jingchi playfully, immediately let go of his hand and ran to the edge of the reservoir.

The others followed them and found that the water level in the reservoir had dropped extremely sharply, and bubbles appeared in small areas.

This shocked Chu Weiyue: "Why did the water level in this reservoir drop so much? And what about the bubbles above?"

She didn't understand this, but she realized that there must be a big problem with the reservoir.

Reservoirs in every country are built to prevent drought, and the water in them serves as a backup water source.

If the backup water source is about to run out, one can imagine what a devastating disaster it will bring here.

This made everyone feel the danger, especially Ling Hua, who was shaking with fear.

He immediately knelt on the ground and explained: "Your Majesty, I don't know what's going on!"

Ouyang Feng, who was standing nearby, was also afraid that he would be implicated, so he spoke fearfully.

"Your Highness, we do use the water in the canal, but the water level in the reservoir has dropped so much. It has nothing to do with us. It is none of our business. Please be clear about this, Your Highness."

Because the water level of the reservoir dropped rapidly, everyone was in danger for a while.

Chu Weiyue carefully checked the reservoir and suddenly had an idea.

"Your Majesty, I suspect that the water in the canal comes from the reservoir. I found that their water quality is similar."

Such words made Ling Hua unable to sit still any longer.

If the water in the canal is really connected to the reservoir, then he will be held accountable.

Ouyang Feng was also sweating profusely because his family had purchased a water canal and used it in large quantities. If the water really came from the reservoir, it would mean that they had used up the country's backup water source.

Whether they knew or not, they will have to bear certain responsibilities and will face an unprecedented catastrophe!

Seeing how everyone was in danger, Chu Weiyue chuckled disdainfully.

"Your Highness, why don't we follow this reservoir forward? We will definitely find out if it is directly connected to the canal."

Wen Jingchi said nothing and tacitly agreed with Chu Weiyue's idea. The group walked forward along the reservoir.

After walking for nearly half an hour, we found an opening in the canal that received water from the reservoir.

The water area becomes dry because the water level in the reservoir drops.

Ouyang Feng's whole body trembled and he almost fell to the ground.

Chu Weiyue immediately ran up to him and asked, "Ouyang Feng, how do you explain this? Your family abused the water in the reservoir, which is the country's backup water source. Can you deny your involvement by saying you didn't know about it?"

These words left Ouyang Feng speechless for a moment, and he could only kneel on the ground and explain painfully.

"Your Highness, I really don't know about this matter. I'm not deliberately shirking responsibility. Besides, they sold the canal to me, and I didn't know it was connected to the reservoir. If my guess is correct, it should be under the jurisdiction of the Water Conservancy Department of the Grain and Grass Bureau."

Doing so would be tantamount to directly pushing the responsibility away.