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Chapter 89: The Ruyi Cake Contains Hidden FeelingsChapter 89: The Ruyi Cake Contains Hidden Feelings
Rumble~
The deafening thunder made the heavy rain pour even harder.
Zhou Da stepped on the water that was more than half a foot deep and hurried into the small courtyard of the east wing of the Criminal Division. He saw that Zhao Wuwei was commanding a group of Yamen servants to repair the roof of the west wing.
There were more than ten sandbags under the eaves of the house. They were probably ready to use sandbags to temporarily block the water when it overflows the threshold of the auxiliary room.
For the time being, there was no place to take shelter. The clerks in the west wing, together with the governor, Lin Delu, had to wrap up their official documents and seal letters to take shelter from the rain in the corridor of the main room. Looking at the mess, they were a group of refugees.
By the way!
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAt the thought of refugees, Zhou Da remembered that he had something important to do. Ignoring Lin Delu's embarrassment, he hurried to the front door of the main room, took off the coir raincoat and bamboo hat, threw them on the ground, and rushed in.
"Spit! A small man intoxicated by success!"
Lin Delu looked at his back and spit maliciously, but his face was full of envy.
After all, the main house was relatively high, and people were often asked to repair and maintain it, so it was still dry inside. When Zhou Da entered, Sun Shaozong was sitting behind his official table, looking at the case and sipping tea. It was very different from Lin Delu outside.
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"Your Excellency."
Zhou Da arched his hands and carefully took out a document from his arms. He handed it to him and said, "This is the reply from the left town governor of the Dragon Guards. The two Imperial guards were indeed acting under orders at that time."
Sun Shaozong glanced through the reply and found that in addition to confirming that Shen Lian and Jin Yichuan were performing official duties, they also clearly pointed out that they were ordered to investigate and confiscate the Imperial merchant He family by the Internal Affairs Office.
Sun Shaozong had heard about this He family before. Originally, they only take an inconspicuous seat among the Imperial merchants. In recent years, while the situation of the Xue family was much worse than before, they suddenly emerged, and there was a faint sign of monopolizing the business.
However, they were involved in the case of Prince Yizhong, and their family was ruined.
This was a good opportunity for the Xue family. If they could fill in the blank left by the He family, they have a chance to regain the throne of the Imperial merchant again.
However, with Xue Pan's brain capacity, it's not easy for a vulture to eat rotten meat. Maybe before he could eat the fat meat of the He family, he was pecked blindly by other birds.
"Your Excellency."
Sun Shaozong was thinking about the He family's affairs, and Zhou Da reported, "The government has just got the news that Governor Han and Prefectural Magistrate Jia have been recruited to the Ministry of Work. They are likely discussing the Yongding River flood this year. Please make preparations."
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmWang Yan, the Minister of the Ministry of Work, was also the Governor of the river course, so he asked Governor Han and Jia Yucun to go to the Ministry of Work to discuss the flood prevention of Yongding River.
As for the possibility of flooding in the Yongding River, Sun Shaozong already heard about it at the wedding banquet yesterday.
It’s just that…
"What does this have to do with me?"
Sun Shaozong said incomprehensibly, "I'm in charge of the criminal department, not the river worker. You should find Zhao Rongheng, Judge Zhao for this matter, right?"
"Your Excellency, that's not what I meant!"
Zhou Da explained, "Once there is a flood, our Central Judicial Office and the River
Yamen will be the first to bear the brunt. At that time, you will have to take turns watching on the embankment! Even if it is your turn to stay in the Government Yamen at that time, I'm afraid that the task of suppressing the victims will not be much easier than that on the embankment!"
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