Since I met you, people are dying every day

After resting for two consecutive days, Ye Sirui had to go to the county government to handle official business no matter how reluctant he was.

Waking up early in the morning, Ye Sirui changed into his regular clothes, and went to see Ye Kuang first, his face turned even more gray.Ye Sirui didn't care about the obstruction of the maidservant next to him, hugged him in his arms, and called Kuang'er a few times.

Still no response, he put Ye Kuang down.After filling his stomach casually, he went to the Yamen.

Ye Sirui first went to the county government office and the chief office to have a look, and summoned the officials to the third hall.Master Lu corrected the documents for him for a few days, and finally he was relieved to see him.The county magistrate and Dian Shi all gathered around to salute. "What's going on these two days?" He sat down and asked wearily.

Dian Shi couldn't wait to come forward and report, all of which were trivial matters, Ye Sirui became more and more impatient the more he listened, and finally the chief bookkeeper interrupted him. "Now that these matters have been resolved, don't use them to bother adults."

As soon as the words fell, Ye Sirui glanced at him gratefully.

"Is there any approval from the state government for flood control in summer?" He took the initiative to ask about two major issues.

Dian Shi was interrupted just now, he didn't want to speak, but he had to answer Ye Sirui's question. "Responding to my lord, the lord of the prefectural government told me to use the migrant workers to reinforce the embankment according to the usual practice." The county magistrate Zhou Sheng said unhurriedly with his beard wiggling.

Ye Sirui showed hesitation.Then he asked Zhou Sheng: "Has someone been sent to repair the house of the county school?"

Zhou Sheng replied, "I have already sent people there according to your lord's approval."

"How long will it take to fix it?" Ye Sirui asked again.

"This..." Zhou Xiancheng seemed to hesitate, "Less talk, it will take half a year."

"Next year!?" Ye Sirui slapped the table subconsciously, "It will take half a year to repair a few houses? It's already winter in half a year! Do you want the students to freeze to death in the county school!"

Zhou Sheng didn't even dare.

Dian Shi boldly said: "It's not that the adults are not dedicated, it's just that there is a shortage of manpower. The county has a limited number of strong men to serve, and a lot of migrant workers are needed to build the embankment. The yamen servants take turns to build it. It really takes half a year."

"Then tell the students to spend the winter outside?" Ye Sirui asked with a sneer.

This matter is not a matter of Dian Shi's business, once he was scolded, he shut up again and made up his mind not to speak.

"It's definitely not enough to rely on government servants. The villagers near the county school have benefited a lot, and probably many of them are interested in helping to build it, and they will be paid according to the labor wages of the county government. In addition to the county school and the servants of the Wu family, it is probably enough. .” The master book took the initiative to say.

Everyone agreed, so it was settled.

After that, all the adults will return to their respective positions.Ye Sirui went to the offices of officials, soldiers, soldiers and criminal workers again, seeing that the officials were as usual, they should be diligent and lazy, and it was no big deal, so they went back to the third hall to rest and look at some accumulations. The old case that came down.I sat there until noon and there was no news.

Ye Sirui drafted a few brochures, and finally waited for someone to come.

"Brother Tianshu?"

"The rumors have been circulating for a long time." Xia Shu went straight to the point, "...Try to find the source. It seems that Wen Quxing accepted disciples here more than ten years ago."

"Ten years ago?" Ye Sirui was a little confused.

After dismissing Xia Shu, he went back to the backyard, looked at Ye Kuang first, and changed his clothes.

He went to the vicinity of Zhao's house and looked around in the surrounding streets and alleys, but he couldn't find Zhao Daniu.Still unwilling to give up, he had an idea and set off from Zhao's house to the lake where Zhao Tianze was found.

Sure enough, there was a little chubby sitting not far from the shore, still wearing a military uniform.

"Zhao Daniu?"

Zhao Daniu looked up at him strangely, "Why is it you again?" His face changed, and he wanted to hide to the side.

Ye Sirui saw that he was on guard, so he knew that his family must have said something to him.Without talking nonsense, he said directly: "I have something to ask you."

Zhao Daniu looked very wary, "What do you want to ask?"

"I'm just curious," Ye Sirui smiled gently, and his tone was very relaxed. "Since your younger brother has gone to heaven to be Wenquxing's disciple, why is your mother still crying?"

"I don't know either." Hearing what he said, Zhao Daniu was also a little confused.

"Could it be that your mother doesn't believe this?" Ye Sirui was persuasive.

Zhao Daniu raised his head subconsciously and retorted: "Impossible! This is what my mother told me."

"I see." Ye Sirui deliberately showed disappointment on his face.He changed the subject again. "You're sitting here. Is that where they found your brother?"

"No." Zhao Daniu said strangely, "Of course it was found in the water."

"I know, it must be there." Ye Sirui pointed to a location casually.

Zhao Daniu was already a little disdainful, and raised his finger to point to a position far away. "It's obviously there."

"Your brother must have played truant that day and ran here to play."

"My younger brother won't play truant!" Zhao Daniu stared angrily, "He's just not feeling well, and he's visiting a nearby family."

"Since you're not feeling well, why do you still want to be a guest? You must be lying to me, he must have sneaked out because he didn't want to study anymore." Ye Sirui said confidently.

Zhao Daniu couldn't hold back his anger, "Who are you? You are the magistrate of the county, why can't you speak so well! It's clear that the neighbor's invitation has already been sent, so I can't refuse to go!"

Ye Sirui got the answer, and said with satisfaction: "I'm done asking, thank you."

"You!" After Zhao Daniu realized it, he got a little angry, stood up and ran away.

Ye Sirui walked towards the place he pointed out where Zhao Tianze's body was found, there was a shallow beach with a lot of soft mud, if he didn't pay attention, he would slip in the water.

"Young young man! Don't go to the lake!" There was a shout from the shore.

Ye Sirui turned around and walked back a few steps. An old man wearing a straw hat looked at him with concern, "Young people are ignorant, accidents are most likely to happen here, and many people drown."

"A few days ago, the Zhao family's grandson had an accident here?"

The uncle snorted, "It's more than that! As far as I can remember, there are a few lives! They are all young offspring!"

Ye Sirui then asked him: "Who found the body of the grandson of the Zhao family?"

"That's what I found. There was a body floating in the water, so I picked it up."

"Why didn't you report to the authorities when you found a dead body in the water?" Ye Sirui carefully watched his expression.

The uncle still looked at him in bewilderment, "The Zhao family has been looking for someone for several days, and when they caught it, they sent it to his family... His family has become a fairy, what kind of official do you apply for?" He read mysteriously. He murmured, "This place is very evil. Do you know that carp leaping over the Dragon Gate? You will become a fairy if you cross the Dragon Gate. People in the village say this is the entrance to the sky. When you go in, you will go to the sky with the waves. Wenquxing is waiting to be harvested." What about disciples..."

"Could something happen more than ten years ago? A scholar was drowned?" Ye Sirui thought of another story he heard recently.

"Isn't it?" The uncle lifted up the firewood that was about to fall from his shoulders, "And it's also in this place, it's so evil! I remember that he was also a scholar! It's called Zhou... What is Zhou?"

Ye Sirui replied. "Zhou Xing?"

The uncle suddenly said, "Yes! That's the name! It's a descendant of the Zhou family. How do you know?"

Ye Sirui didn't answer, thanked him and left.

Zhou Xing, Zhou Hui's elder brother, also drowned in the same place.That was something that happened during the tenure of his former county magistrate.He was thinking about going back to the yamen to look at the files, and he walked quickly.

"Women have seen you." Someone suddenly came to greet you on the side of the road, and Ye Sirui stopped immediately in fright. "Who are you……?"

The woman in front of her looked very old, at least sixty years old, with gray hair exposed under a neat but worn scarf.She smiled, "The housewife and the children work as errands in the adults' house, so they know the adults."

Ye Sirui thought about it again, most of the servants in his house were bought from Ren Yazi, they had no father or mother, and the only few were not locals either. "Are you... Zhou Fengzhi's mother?" He was full of hesitation when he said it. With this woman's age, it might be the same as Zhou Hui's grandmother.

The woman smiled again, her face was full of wrinkles, "It's just a civilian woman. Children need adults to take care of them, and their kindness will never be forgotten." As she spoke, she was blessed again.Ye Sirui quickly returned the gift, "Don't be too polite, ma'am, it's the blessing of Dong'an County if it's a title on the gold list. I heard that your family will move to the capital next month. If you need it, just ask."

"Thank you, sir, for your pity." The woman withdrew with a smile, a strange light in her eyes.

Before returning to the county government office, I went to Zhao's house.Ye Sirui went in and went straight to Zhao Yaozu. "Your son has an accident, why didn't you report it to the authorities?"

Zhao Yaozu's simple and honest face showed a puzzled look. "Your son left the world to find the gods...why did you report to the government?"

Ye Sirui had no choice but to change the question, "Zhao Tianze went to visit his neighbors before his accident. Whose house did he go to?"

Zhao Yaozu was overwhelmed by his topic. "Whose house does Erniu go to? How do I know that?"

"Isn't there a greeting card?"

"Oh...oh!" Zhao Yaozu suddenly realized.Ye Sirui looked at him expectantly, and Zhao Yaozu said: "This thing should be at his mother's place, right?"

Ye Sirui had no choice but to ask him to ask his wife.

Zhao Yaozu went into the back room, and Ye Sirui sat drinking tea.

After a while, Zhao Yaozu came out and repeated his wife's words, "My lord, the youngest son Shang, the family is in great grief, and I can't think much about that day. I can't find it either."

Ye Sirui didn't want to stay any longer, so he got up to leave.

"Lord Ye stay a step." An old voice came.

"Father? Aren't you sick?" Zhao Yaozu asked.

Uncle Zhao was leaning on his stick, but he seemed in good spirits, "Yaozu, step back first, I have something to say to Lord Ye."