Protagonist Rescue System [Quick Transmigration]

By the end of June, the drought in various places, especially in Pingzhou, became more and more serious.

Because Lian Mu wrote a letter to reflect this problem before, and under the recommendation of Zhongshu Ling Du Weizhong, the emperor sent him to accompany Liu Shilang of the household department to deliver grain and silver to Pingzhou for disaster relief.

This errand is not easy to do, but there is someone who stands up and volunteers to follow, and this person is Lin Maoxun.

Hearing that Lian Mu was going on a business trip, Lu Changye, who knew this was an important plot, naturally followed.Lian Mu knew that he couldn't stop him, and with so many officers and soldiers plus Si Mao and the others, there would be no danger, so he agreed after a little thought.

So three days later, Lu Changhe secretly restored his men's clothes, pretended to be Lian Mu's personal attendant, and mixed in with the disaster relief team.

Along the way, the land dried up and the crops died. Only the big trees with deep roots and lush leaves were spared.Although they would not starve to death everywhere, groups of refugees also had their eyes shrunk and their gills shrunk, their faces sallow and emaciated.

It took them [-] days to reach Pingzhou even if they hurried on their way.At the gate of the city, a group of people was already waiting for them.

When the leader saw them coming, the sadness on their faces melted away, and their voices trembled excitedly: "Master Liu, Lord Lin, I finally expect you to come!"

Then he saw the strange face on the other side of Liu Shilang, as if he had just reacted: "I think this is the famous Lord Lian, right? Sorry, sorry!"

Lian Mu clasped his hands and said, "Don't dare, Mr. Zhao has won the prize, so I'm here."

"Okay, everyone." Liu Shilang stood up in time and said, "It's not too late. There are still countless people waiting for us."

A group of people stopped being polite, and followed Governor Zhao back to the Yamen of the State Department to discuss disaster relief matters.

Whether it is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, not only the central court and local agencies contribute money and food, but also wealthy businessmen and large households in the private sector always have money to contribute.Therefore, their participation is indispensable for this disaster relief.

However, Inspector Zhao was short of snot and tears and complained: "I opened a warehouse to release grain early in accordance with the imperial court's decree, and all the wealthy local merchants have tried their best to donate money, but I still can't control the disaster. I am incompetent!"

Seeing his father's self-reproaching expression, Mr. Zhao at the side finally couldn't help it, and said excitedly: "My lords, because of this disaster, my father insisted on taking out all the salary accumulated by the family for many years, but these meager savings are not enough. !"

"Shut up, how can you allow you to be presumptuous in front of the adults?" Inspector Zhao quickly interrupted his son, as if he was very dissatisfied with his words, and said with a serious expression: "I hope you will forgive my son for speaking freely. As a screen State parents and officials naturally have to lead by example, and everything they do is duty-bound."

Liu Shilang smiled slightly, and said: "It's really a blessing for the people here to do what Governor Zhao has done."

The blessing of the people?This one is also worthy.Lu Changhe sneered in his heart.

Inspector Zhao said again: "My lords have been exhausted all the way, and it's getting late. Why don't you go to the humble house to have a meal and rest, make arrangements and preparations, and start to help the victims tomorrow?"

So, the group settled down in the Yamen and went to the Governor's Mansion not far away.

In order not to expose his identity, even as Lian Mu's personal attendant, Lu Changhe could only stay outside the hall, waiting for the Zhao family father and son to finish their dinner with the three of them.

In this way, if you don't want to go back to the Yamen to eat with the accompanying officers and soldiers, you can only let Simao and the others buy it.

More importantly, they can take this opportunity to inquire about some news outside.

At the dinner table, as if to confirm the words of the father and son of the Zhao family, there was only yellow brown rice and a few dishes of stir-fried side dishes in front of everyone.

Looking at such a dinner, Governor Zhao almost burst into tears, and Mr. Zhao quickly explained to everyone that this is already the best food that the family can provide to entertain the adults.

The father and son naturally expressed their heartfelt feelings again. What they didn't know was that Lu Changhe outside the door seemed to regard the two of them as comedians.

At this moment, a sleek, fat and strong wolfhound sprang out from the road.

Lu Chang poked his head out curiously, and asked the servant in the mansion who was also guarding the gate: "Surely this is the guard dog of the mansion, right? It really is mighty."

Hearing the admiration in his tone, the young man couldn't help raising his head, with a proud look: "That's right, our young master bought it back at a huge price, and there are people in the mansion who specialize in serving it!"

Lu Chang nodded his head and said, "As expected, the service is good."

Lu Changhe waited for this dinner for less than half an hour, and when he and Lian Mu returned to the Yamen's residence together, he would have been starving.

While eating the food brought back by Simao Qi, he talked with Lian Mu about the father and son of the Zhao family.

Hearing him ask about his opinion on the father and son, Lian Mu frowned slightly, and said four words without any scruples: "The outside and the inside are different."

Lu Chang became interested, and asked him how he saw it.

Lian Mu explained to him: "If you really donate all your family's wealth, how can you still have money to support a large number of servants? If there is a real shortage of food, not to mention the master, how can even the servants have red faces?"

After listening to the explanation, Lu Changhe agreed very much, and he said: "You see people, and I see the same thing. Heh, their guard dog looks much stronger than the disaster victims outside."

Lian Mu lowered his voice: "The Zhao family and his son put all their effort into acting in front of us, obviously to cover up the completely different facts from what they showed, and there may be something else hidden about the disaster relief."

"That's right," Lu Chang took the bait along the way, and said, "Simao, tell me about the news you've found."

After listening to Simao's statement, Lian Mu frowned more and more as he listened.

The silver taels allocated by the imperial court to Pingzhou did not seem to have much effect. The wealthy businessmen pretended to be deaf and dumb, ignoring the imperial court's order, and the donated materials were just a drop in the bucket.

Lu Changhe naturally knew that someone was secretly corrupt and colluded with government and businessmen, and now he believes that Lian Mu must have understood the key.

The two already had a plan in their hearts, and seeing each other's confident appearance, they opened their mouths at the same time.

"Catch the thief and take the stolen goods." "Kill the chicken to make an example to the monkey."

Hearing what the other party said, the two looked at each other and laughed silently.This "thief" is not "chicken", and "chicken" is also "thief".

The matter of investigating Governor Zhao was finalized, but right now there was another concern.

On the surface, Liu Shilang is not close to any prince, but whether he is really on the emperor's side cannot be judged rashly.

And Lin Maoxun is the son-in-law of the second princess. The second princess is born of the noble concubine, and his concubine concubine Jin has the fifth prince.Therefore, Li Maoxun and the Yongxuanhou Mansion where he is located are all recognized by the ruling and opposition parties as the five princes and one party.

Besides, Governor Zhao, he is from the same family as the imperial concubine and concubine Jin, if counted, the fifth prince should call him uncle.The Zhao family is the strongest support behind the Fifth Prince.

The last one is Lian Mu. Ever since his younger sister Lian Xi came back, although he has been working diligently for the emperor, many people still regard him and the eldest princess Lu Changhe as the fourth prince.

Of course, in the original plot, Lian Mu had indeed sided with the Fourth Prince, but now, Lu Changhe can be sure that he did not support the Fourth Prince.

After such a process, it is hard to say whether the four people who are mainly responsible for disaster relief will return with one heart.

What is certain now is that there is something wrong with Governor Zhao. Does it mean that there is something wrong with Lin Maoxun's initiative to ask for an order?

In other words, without knowing whether Liu Shilang is an enemy or a friend, Lian Mu must not rashly propose to him a plan to investigate the governor of Zhao.

While the two were thinking, there was a sudden knock on the door, and Lin Maoxun's voice came from outside the door.

"Master Lian, can you let Master Liu and I enter the room to have a talk?"

"That's right," Liu Shilang also said, "Master Lin and I ran into each other on the way here, so we came here to bother Mr. Lian."

How did these two people come here?

The two people in the room looked at each other, seeing surprise in each other's eyes.Lu Chang left the chair softly and hid in the inner room.

Seeing that he was hiding well, Lian Mu opened the door unhurriedly and said, "Please come in, both of you."

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On the second day, while the yamen issued an announcement, they sent people to publicize it in the streets and alleys.Similarly, the silver and food shipments to other cities in the state will be arranged in the next few days.

Inside and outside the city, the people who got the news flocked, and less than half an hour before the state office, there were crowds of people.

"Come on, don't be crowded, everyone line up, everyone is there!"

"Listen up, everyone. According to the records on the household registration, each family only needs to send a representative to collect the family's silver and food. We will keep a record after everyone receives it to ensure that no one gets more or less!"

"That's right. The imperial court sent three adults to come here for disaster relief this time. It can be seen that although the Holy Majesty is far away in Beijing, he still misses you all. Don't worry, everyone, the drought will pass soon!"...

The yamen officials said one by one, and finally arranged the common people properly, and dispelled their worries, and they could distribute things after they came down.

The emperor sent Lian Mu and a few people over, of course not simply to deliver things, but more importantly to comfort people.Therefore, although they didn't deliver the things to the people with their own hands, they didn't leave, and they kept watching from a conspicuous position at the gate of the yamen.

Seeing the sun move from the east to the top of the head, and then to the west, the government officials who distribute things and the officers and soldiers who maintain order will soon be handed over into the third group.

Although physically exhausted, Lu Changhe and Lian Mu stood at the gate of the yamen all the time when they saw the common people smiling or bursting into tears.

Suddenly, just as the officers and soldiers handed over, when a group of people just registered and wanted to take away the relief supplies with a smile, dozens of people rushed out from the crowd who were still queuing, robbed them of all the food that should have been taken, and turned around. Lost in the crowd again.

This is like dropping a bomb on the calm water, instantly blowing up the quiet crowd into a pot of porridge.

Some robbed, scolded, beat, and the gate of the yamen was full of chaos.Lian Mu and several others hurried over to the principal, trying to control the situation.

While following Lian Mu through the crowd, Lu Changhe was suddenly shocked by the system's siren in his head.

[Host please pay attention!It is detected that the protagonist is about to be assassinated! 】

There are assassins!

However, all six of them were sent out to carry out investigation tasks, and only Si Mao pretended to be an officer and mixed in among them. Even if Si Mao found out that someone wanted to kill Lian Mu, he was at a loss for what to do.

The system's alarm sound became more and more intense, before he had time to think about it, Lu Changhe hurriedly grabbed Lian Mu from behind, and switched the positions of the two.

Lian Mu was about to ask him, but saw a dagger stuck into Lu Changhe's back by someone.

The severe pain made Lu Chang's legs go limp, and he lay on Lian Mu's body, and said weakly to Si Mao who rushed over: "There is an assassin, protect him."

The bright red blood was like flames, and it covered Lu Changhe's back in a short while, Lian Mu hugged him and was protected by Si Mao behind him, a thought kept circulating in his mind.

Why wasn't he the one who was stabbed?It was as if a knife had been stabbed deeply in his heart.

It wasn't until the night fell that the chaos subsided, and the injured Lu Changhe had already been placed in the yamen, and the best doctor in the city had been treating his wounds.

Outside the door, Lian Mu felt unprecedented worry and fear. After he restrained the idea of ​​rushing in countless times, the doctor finally opened the door.

Lian Muhong narrowed her eyes, held the doctor's hand tightly, and asked, "How is it?"

"Don't worry, my lord. The old man has already taken out the murder weapon that stabbed the young master, and the wound has been bandaged. You only need to take care of it slowly, and there will be no serious problems."

Lian Mu struggled with his heart and finally let it go, he thanked the doctor, and couldn't wait to enter the room.

Suddenly, he stopped and murmured: "Young master? He just said that young master..."