"If it's not food, then what is it?"

Looking at the rice gushing out, the people of Kunshan asked themselves soul-searching questions.

"Could it be that the inspector has never even seen rice?"

"So what did he eat growing up?"

"It's hard to say. Maybe he doesn't eat human food."

The citizens' comments became more and more unpleasant, because they felt that the young inspector was making trouble out of nothing.

"As expected, he is not good at talking but is not reliable in doing things. He wrongly accuses our old parents without even finding out the truth..." And these are the kind-hearted ones.

"I think he is just trying to make things difficult for our master." Those unkind people started to criticize him. "Look at the people he has found! They are a bunch of beasts who waste food! They are worse than pigs!"

Those dirty words made Lin Xun feel embarrassed. His face turned blue and red. He wished he could start over again. "No, it shouldn't be like this. It should be said that the Lord of the Court is wise and brave, and he is very young and has a good understanding of the court. He is also very handsome..."

"Don't panic, sir. Maybe there are only a few bags of rice and they are just trying to cover up their tracks." Yuan Fang quickly supported the fragile inspector and called on the group of gentry to poke and poke as hard as they could.

Puff puff…

As a result, the fourth boat was also full of white rice, and still not a single bag of sand!

"Where's the plan!" The boos were getting louder and louder on the bridge, under the bridge and on both sides of the river.

"Stupid!"

"Red man!"

"Nixin!"

"How could this happen? How could this happen?" The inspector's lips trembled. He didn't even have the courage to look at the last boat.

"You must hold on, sir. You can't give in now." Yuan Fang hurriedly whispered in Lin Xun's ear, "Otherwise, the unruly people will make it difficult for us to get off the stage."

“Yes.” Inspector Lin also knew that officials should never admit their mistakes in public.

Otherwise, if you fall down, you will never be able to get up again.

Then Yuan Fang shouted to the people on the bridge: "Kunshan elders, don't jump to conclusions. We are the inspectors of the two prefectures of Suzhou and Songjiang and ten counties. We are the imperial envoys of heaven, the messengers of justice, and the blue sky that the people have been waiting for!"

Ordinary people don’t know much about the ways of officialdom and always think that the young scholar who wins the top prize in the imperial examination in operas and is appointed as the Inspector of Eight Prefectures is a high-ranking official.

Moreover, the inspector in operas is always a handsome young man who punishes evil and eliminates evil, so citizens naturally have a natural liking for this official.

Yes, Lin Pingzhi also grew up watching this kind of drama, and becoming the protagonist of the drama - an inspector who is not afraid of power has been his dream since he was young.

~~

Under Yuan Fang's loud boasting, the people of Kunshan on and under the bridge finally became a little more civilized.

He quickly helped the adults to back off the situation and said, "Even if the five ships today are all food, it doesn't mean anything. Because it is very likely that the five ships that will arrive tomorrow will be sand."

“Even if five more ships of rice arrive tomorrow, who knows, it might all be sand the day after tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.” One has to admit that the people who come out of Lord Xu’s mansion are all good at smoothing things over.

The people of Kunshan were so stunned by what he said that they completely forgot to speak sweet words.

"So don't worry, give our inspector some time. He will definitely find out the truth and give everyone an explanation!"

"That's right, what's true can't be false, and what's false can't be true!" Lin Xun'an finally adjusted his mentality, secretly clenched his fists, took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "Everyone, think about it, 16,000 dan of grain burned overnight, but the warehouse was only blackened by smoke, how is this possible..."

Yuan Fang nodded and was about to agree with a few words when he suddenly heard bursts of laughter coming from the north side of Banshan Bridge.

The devilish laughter was deafening. At least a hundred men with loud voices laughed together, drowning out all other sounds.

"How ridiculous!" After the wild laughter stopped abruptly, a clear young man's voice was heard echoing up and down the bridge halfway up the mountain.

"The court originally appointed my father as the magistrate of Wu County. But when he learned that the magistrate of Kunshan was in mourning and no one was willing to take over, he took the initiative to volunteer to serve as the acting magistrate of Kunshan!"

The people on and under the bridge all ran to the west to look, and saw a fleet of boats, the end of which was as far as the eye could see, sailing in from Xitang at some point in time.

"As soon as he got off the train, my father lived on the river bank to fight the flood. He still uses Nanshan Temple as his government office and has never been off the bank for a single day. The granaries were empty and hundreds of thousands of disaster victims were crying out for food. My father worked very hard and managed to borrow food from merchants and gentry in neighboring counties. He then sent the food to the county in a steady stream to support the work-for-relief program and feed the people in the county."

The first grain ship slowly passed through the bridge hole. On the bow stood a handsome young man in white clothes.

He had a handsome face, starry eyes and red lips, like a person who walked out of a painting.

The young man is so romantic that he dislikes brocade and silk, so he makes new spring clothes out of white linen.

His voice was not loud but everyone could hear it clearly: "I would like to ask the officials in the world, is there anyone who can do this? Can you, Inspector Lin?!"

When he said the last sentence, the young man's gaze was like a sharp sword, piercing Lin Pingzhi's eyes.

The governor of Suzhou and Songjiang was so frightened by the gaze of a fifteen-year-old boy that he took a step back involuntarily.

"Where did this young man come from? How dare he be so rude to the inspector!" Why does an official have to have a good follower? Yuan Fang shouted quickly to suppress the momentum of the man who came.

As he said this, he pointed to the apricot-yellow patrol flag on the shore.

"Hurry up and kneel down to greet me!"

"Haha..." The young man snapped his fingers.

The guards then unfolded a folded blue flag with gold letters on the bow.

The flag fluttered in the wind, with the words "Zhao, Doctor of Five Classics in the Hanlin Academy" on it.

"I have this thing, too." Young Master Zhao smiled and said, "How about you kneel down too?"

"Hmph." Yuan Fang naturally would not surrender obediently, but he did not dare to yell at Zhao Hao anymore.

The noble Hanlin was not someone that a servant like him could challenge.

~~

Zhao Hao did not bother with the attendant, but continued to hold onto Lin Xun'an and said, "It's fine if you can't do it. But as the Xun'an of Susong, you should be impartial and speak for the people. Why do you want to be a lackey of that powerful family?!"

“You, don’t slander me!” Lin Xun’an’s face flushed, and he said sternly, “You dare to destroy my reputation? I will report you!”

"I'm not going to blame you!" Zhao Hao sneered and said, "All these so-called gentry you brought here today who are wreaking havoc, are they not servants of the Xu family? Stand up and walk around, and I will apologize to you immediately!"

"You may not know this yet, but the reason why the Xu family wanted to burn our reserve warehouse is because their second master Xu Kun and five hundred servants were captured by our heroic Kunshan Gunner Battalion when they attacked Xishan Island!"

"Wow..." The people living on and off the Banshan Bridge were suddenly in an uproar. They could never have imagined that the dignified inspector with thick eyebrows and big eyes would actually collude with the Xu family.

But the common people all knew that the Gunner Battalion was dispatched to eliminate the bandits who were robbing Kunshan's disaster relief grain.

It is natural to think that Xu Kun is the backer of those pirates...

Then, isn't this Inspector Lin here specifically to deal with our Kunshan County? !

A series of murderous gazes focused on Inspector Lin.

p.s. Fourth update, thanks to the leader '随其自然603559'. Sorry that I have only updated now because I have too many things to do recently.

Not tonight.