A piece of common sense.

Many ordinary people who came to the Luming Street County Office to watch the young county magistrate resolve the case actually wanted to watch the final repertoire of the prisoner's execution and howl.

Therefore, more and more people are gathering in Luming Street now.

In Jiangnan, where the poor people lack spiritual life, the entertainment novelty index of watching the county magistrate ascend to the throne is second only to the Caishikou Beheading Station.

People have a herd mentality and love to watch the excitement.

Should we reflect sadly?

Seems like the point.

But it is also these simple and obedient "foolish people" who have something called justice in their hearts.

Seeing that not only the bad guys were exiled, but the bad guys were punished, the young county magistrate even whipped his confidant female master personally. He stood under the plaque with the words "Longcheng County" at the gate, and every whip after he raised his hand broke the silence.

Air.

No fuss or fuss at all.

Crowds crowded the streets, some looked at it curiously, some stood in awe, and some couldn't bear to stare.

Among the group of grain merchants and country squires who had been watching from beginning to end, some of those who were hesitant about the new building in the lobby also calmed down.

Regardless of whether you are pretending or sincere, holding back your emotions and acting according to the rules is always the best tranquilizer.

It is more powerful than all the words said and all the cakes painted just after closing the door in the county government lobby.

Because everyone knows that you are a particular person, you will naturally only do things that are particular about you.

Why was Liu Ziwen able to unite all the squires in the county to speak to the outside world in unison?

In addition to the fact that the Liu family is the most powerful and has inherited the connections from his father's generation and has been running Dragon City for many years, it is also because Liu Ziwen was also very particular about doing things before.

It's just a pity that after the new county magistrate took office, Liu Ziwen did not lead the squires to resolve the conflict with the Longcheng County government. He did not put everyone's interests first. He wanted more to bring down the county magistrate.

In fact, that was all, but Liu Ziwen still refused to kneel to the new county magistrate.

This is very rude.

For the country gentry who are currently acquiescing to the new construction of making money.

A grain merchant tilted his head and joked in a low voice:

"Master Wang, your brother-in-law did not admit his mistake. He is principled and flexible at the same time. The key is to be able to do things and get things done.

"This is just the beginning of his official career, and he does not lack the stepping stone to become a Jinshi. If the long-term floods in Longcheng County are really completely cured one day..."

The corners of Wang Caozhi's eyes twitched. The servants admired him, but the ones who were whipped were Wang Xie's children.

Another grain merchant was suddenly enlightened and said in surprise:

"It turns out that the newly built business this time is just a bonus, and the real profit is from this gentleman's favor."

Wang Caozhi was silent after hearing this.

What his colleagues said was indeed correct, but he had never imagined that Ouyang Rong would dare to treat Xie's legitimate daughter like this.

Although Wang Caozhi's "brother-in-law, brother-in-law" is a joy these days, it is just a joke to suit his liking.

Because he always thought that Ouyang Rong was pursuing Sister Ling Jiang. After all, the attraction of the legitimate daughter of the fifth surname to the scholars of the lower class gentry was simply super doubled.

Ouyang Rong is extremely lucky to be able to worship the great scholar of the Xie family as his disciple, and he also has a young junior sister. If he can get close to the water, first come first, why not pamper and protect his junior sister?

But now it seems that it is a little different from what Wang Caozhi imagined. This is... Sister Jiang, the discipline order?

And he didn't expect Sister Jiang to be so obedient and obedient. Ouyang Rong whipped her 70 times, and she was nailed to the spot without moving a step.

This damn amount of information is a bit big.

Ouyang Rong didn't know what the people below were thinking.

After each stroke of the whip, he could hear the little junior sister burying her face in a slight "hmm" sound, so it was not considered silent. Only Ouyang Rong, who was the closest, could hear it.

When he put down the whip with a trembling hand, and after he finished his serious question and received her particularly obedient reply, he could already see some blood stains seeping out of the fabric on Xie Lingjiang's back.

Scholars and women were not required to take off their clothes when they were tortured. Xie Lingjiang's clothes were made of fine silk and satin, and there should be a thick corset inside, so the outer clothes were not damaged, but were made of soft material.

, which also caused the force of each whip to hit the flesh.

The caning was finished here, and the seventy spanks Liu Zilin spanked on the other side had also been finished without any delay.

The latter went from soft-spoken begging for mercy at the beginning, to abusive words in the middle, to miserable wails later on...

Now that Yan Liulang and others have put away the board, he has become physically silent, and the outgoing air from his mouth is no longer much more than the incoming air...

An old government official took out a piece of gray cloth and casually covered the bloody and torn buttocks of the Liu family's third son. Liu's servants rushed to save him with mournful faces.

Ouyang Rong took a clean white robe from Yan Liulang that he had left at the county government office, and draped it on the back of his little junior sister who endured the pain and groaned.

Xie Lingjiang suddenly heard him whisper softly: "If someone says next time that you don't pay for a slave, you will cut off his head, throw the money in his face, and say, what a shameful life, you

Bought."

Xie Lingjiang was stunned and couldn't help but look at his senior brother's expression... Dressed in official uniform, he pursed his lips and said nothing, his face seemed calm. After putting on his clothes, he turned around silently, facing the sun, and climbed up the steps... Just now

She suddenly felt like crying even though she didn't shed any tears even after being whipped.

Ouyang Rong stood on the three steps in front of the county government office. He faced the people on the street who were about to disperse and said loudly:

"Everyone happens to be here! I have something to announce."

The flow of people on Luming Street stopped and flowed back again like water hitting a solid wall. Many people turned around blankly and looked at the slender figure wearing light green official uniform.

He said calmly:

“Since I took office, I have opened warehouses to release grain, built disaster camps, provided work relief, and adjusted grain prices... There has been little success in disaster relief, but the root cause of the Butterfly Creek flood has never been solved.

"I am depriving myself of the people's salary, but I have yet to do anything. I am very ashamed."

"It should be noted that the flood in Longcheng County is by no means as simple as appeasing the refugees, cleaning up the dilapidated houses, and reviving commerce! If we only provide disaster relief but not control the floods, if we only pray for destiny and not rely on manpower, if we only bury our heads in fear and not stand up bravely.

"Everything that I and you have worked so hard to regain on these ruins today, your pots and bowls, your hotbed, your fields, your wives and daughters... will surely be lost unexpectedly in the next battle.

It was destroyed by the torrent of water and turned into nothing again!"

"The flood in Dragon City is definitely not destiny. If we don't act, it will be a man-made disaster!"

The whole place was silent.

In everyone's ears, the young magistrate's voice was not impassioned, or even sonorous, but his eyes were firm, and he was stating something he was extremely sure of word for word.

He is seriously telling all the people of Dragon City a very common but extremely cruel truth.

The calm words spoken by the speaker with firm conviction are particularly contagious.

Some people in Longcheng who had their houses washed away and their loved ones taken away by the last flood couldn't help but cover their faces and cry. The silence of the crowd on the street was broken a little, and sadness is the most contagious.

Everyone gathered on Luming Street today was all attentive, their eyes falling straight on the young magistrate like the sun above their heads.

Liu Ziwen, who originally threw up his sleeves and left to return to the carriage, also stopped in his tracks. The more he listened, the more he had a bad premonition. He couldn't help but frown and look back at the pretentious county magistrate.

"Then how to control the water?" Ouyang Rong nodded, "You must want to ask this question, should we continue to repair the Di Gong Gate?"

"No." He shook his head firmly: "Di Gongzha treats the symptoms but not the root cause."

"What is the basis?"

The young county magistrate pointed his index finger towards the west:

"The twists and turns of Butterfly Creek that cannot be discharged into the river are the origin! Every time the floods in Yunmengze flood the Butterfly Creek, the gentle river water that used to nourish generations of people in Longcheng turns into a devouring creature during the flood season.

beast!

“This beast is showing its teeth and claws, it’s extremely wanton!

"If we don't tame this beast, the floods in Longcheng County will never end, the rich can still move and escape, and officials can still leave their jobs and be rotated.

"But what about you? Where are your children? Where are your children's children? Will you always live in fear of floods every four years?"

"Maybe some of you are used to it, have accepted your fate, and have even regarded it as normal, but I am not used to it, I do not accept my fate, and I do not regard it as normal. When you serve as an official, you do not say it will benefit anyone, but you must seek someone with a clear conscience.

Do your best!

"And I also firmly believe that some of you sons and daughters of Wu and Yue will never get used to it, never accept your fate, and won't always treat it as normal!"

"If you are not such a person, you can go home by yourself now, because what I will say next is only for the people of Longcheng who refuse to accept their fate! The next thing can only be done by us!"

The crowded crowd remained motionless, staring up attentively. No one raised their feet, and some even couldn't help but utter a weak voice:

"Sir, what should we do? How can we block the water if we don't repair the Dickong Gate?"

"Good question."

Ouyang Rong nodded and turned to look at Yan Liulang, who immediately led the police officers up the steps and pushed open the gate of the county government office behind Ouyang Rong.

The main door had been closed when the hall was raised, but now it was finally opened thanks to the combined efforts of a group of detectives.

Soon, the scene in the open space in the rear yard was revealed to everyone:

There is a huge sand table in the courtyard about eight meters long and wide.

The sand table simulates the general landscape of the upper and lower reaches of Butterfly Creek where Longcheng County is located, which is quite detailed. People who often climb mountains and look far away will be surprised to find that this sand table is particularly realistic in restoring the twists and turns of Butterfly Creek.
To be continued...