Chapter 214 Robbery and Wolves
This unprecedented robbery ended, and Wen Baxian was terrified.
"Your Highness, if this embezzlement is exposed, my life will be in jeopardy."
"Don't worry, I'm here for you! The imperial silver is already on its way, and we'll compensate them for the amount they lost. This will bring a lot of benefits, and I'll need you to continue your guest appearance."
"Your Highness, what are you talking about? I will do whatever Your Highness tells me to do."
Wen Baxian is now very obedient.
"Just pretend to be sick starting tomorrow."
"Faking illness?" Wen Baxian was completely puzzled. In fact, many of these two people's behaviors were unsolved mysteries to him. "How could I pretend to be sick when I'm fine? Now is the time when you two need people. I am willing to take the brunt of the responsibility and lead the charge. I can't pretend to be sick."
Hearing this, Gu Feixue smiled, "You are quite clever, but feigning illness is also a strategy to help us. For now, just don't go to see the people and those victims. We can show up whenever we want you to."
When Wen Baxian heard this, he realized that it was someone else's plan and understood what was going on.
Starting from the second day, the victims really came one after another to complain.
Everyone hopes that the case can be solved as soon as possible, and two companies have even decided to conduct their own investigation.
But when this group of people arrived at the yamen, they were informed that Lord Wen was ill.
"What? Bedridden? How is that possible? Wasn't he fine yesterday?"
Wen Baxian's lackey sighed, "This disease comes like a mountain falling, and goes away like a thread being pulled out. What can we do?"
"But our business hasn't been dealt with yet?" A radical waved his fist anxiously.
The gatekeeper sighed, "It's no use talking to me. I'm just a gatekeeper at the yamen. Even if you beat me to death today, I can't do anything about it. Besides, the master has already informed you. Let me tell you, he has taken all of your matters to heart and will definitely take good care of you."
This is just a blank check.
This gatekeeper often helps Wen Baxian to keep people away.
Over time, he figured out a set of methods, and he used a miraculous way to "blast" people out.
Watching the crowd leave, Gu Feixue had other thoughts.
"Let's go to Yuzhu Mountain to get the silver."
"Alright, let's go now."
Before the two men even reached Erlong Mountain, Yang Dinggan had already come to them. "I won't take a penny of your money. Now our Jiangzhou is on the verge of destruction. Since you two are willing to sacrifice your lives to save the country, I will also help you without hesitation. It's up to you to decide whether to go through fire and water or not."
"Although my brothers are full of evil deeds, Jiangzhou is still our home. We cannot watch Jiangzhou being swallowed by the flood."
"Well, what a real man." Yuchi Shuo naturally liked to watch such selfless and passionate people.
Yang Dinggan has already taken refuge with two people.
As a result, the flood fighting team had hundreds more people. Yang Dinggan took out a piece of paper and said, "This is the amount of silver they lost. I've written down how much each family lost. This will provide evidence in the future. What else do you want us to do now?"
"Take this silver to a safe place, and find builders to repair the damaged parts."
The group soon arrived in Jiangzhou.
Now Gu Feixue and Yuchi Shuo are both quite anxious. First, they need to find a capable person who must be well versed in all kinds of tricks and must also be selfless and willing to work for them.
Secondly, their time was running out. They had to deal with two things before the flood roared. First, they needed to arrange for the safe and orderly evacuation of the people and then repair the devastated thousand-mile dike.
There are many things to do.
On the third day of Wen Baxian pretending to be sick, those victims no longer came to look for him.
On this day, Wen Baxian finally returned to the court again. He issued orders in a hurry, ordering all merchants and civilians to evacuate. Bandits were rampant and the rivers were about to burst their banks. If the problem was not dealt with soon, it would become more serious.
"People must evacuate. I'll give you one day."
It is extremely difficult to get people to evacuate. Local residents are reluctant to move, and everyone is skeptical about the river bursting. Who would be willing to just close their doors and leave?
And how did they hide in the mountains? How long could they hide there?
Gu Feixue assigned this matter to Wen Baxian.
Wen Baxian almost knelt down and begged for mercy, "Grandma, Auntie, these people have lived here for generations. They won't leave even if the sky falls and the earth collapses. What should we do?"
"This is your business, Wen Baxian. If the people still haven't evacuated by tonight, bring your head to me," Gu Feixue gritted her teeth. Wen Baxian's bones and muscles softened when he heard this, and he almost collapsed. Gu Feixue sneered, "Why? You weren't very powerful before. When you exploited and extorted the people, you could take on two people at once. Now you can't do anything serious. Not only must this be done well, but no one can be harmed."
"As for what method you used, that's not what I want to know."
Wen Baxian saw that Gu Feixue was so firm in what she said that he knew he had no choice but to obey the order and leave.
Gu Feixue looked at Yuchi Shuo and asked, "Shall we go to the moat and take a look?"
The two went to the moat together.
The riverbank was muddy and the two of them soon became drenched.
Seeing that Feixue was unable to move, Yuchi Shuo hurried over.
"how?"
"This..." Gu Feixue lifted her dress and felt it was heavy.
Yuchi Shuo smiled, gestured the height, and used his sleeve to cut Gu Feixue's skirt at the knee. Then he tore it open, and Gu Feixue now had a pair of miniskirts.
His hand accidentally touched her knee, and a tingling sensation made him blush and his heart palpitate.
"Don't you like design? This is my unique design, unprecedented and unparalleled. What do you think?" Yuchi teased.
Gu Feixue blushed, "I think it is not only unprecedented, but also unique and ingenious." At this moment, both of them laughed.
The two men headed towards the embankment.
A group of people were working hard to reinforce the structure.
When the two of them got closer, Gu Feixue was shocked. "As the ancients said, 'A thousand-mile dike is destroyed by ants' blood'. Could it be that these white ants are so powerful?"
The foundation of the moat dam was exposed. Although the craftsmen and Yuzhushan's group had been working on it day and night, rain or shine, it was of no use.
Stones can be obtained locally, cement can be transported from nearby, and water goes without saying, but even so, it is extremely difficult to get everything right.
Everyone was at a loss.
Gu Feixue and Yuchi Shuo looked at each other and said, "Give up. This dam is beyond repair."
The two of them were busy with other details before and didn't pay attention to this.
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