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He thought for a moment before saying, "Just now, I did not want you to follow me. I felt that there was no need. Do you know how much that Zhang Da spent on this Xi County Magistrate's official position? "

"How much?" Zhangsun Wenxuan asked.

He actually spent ten thousand taels of silver just for a small county magistrate.

With that, Xuanyuan Chen became silent. A layer of cold sweat covered Zhangsun Wenxuan and Zhangsun Wenxuan's back.

At that time, the Heavenly Sage would be at the mercy of others?

If Xuanyuan Chen did not discover this in time, who would bear the consequences?

To be able to cause so much trouble just by taking care of the flood. It seemed like there was something behind this.

It's no wonder His Majesty sent Xuanyuan Chen to be the official minister.

Ordinary officials couldn't suppress these local officials. They were colluding with the officials and communicating with each other from top to bottom.

He deserved to die!

Xuanyuan Chen didn't say anything along the way. Because of what Xuanyuan Chen had just said, Zhangsun Wenxuan and Lin Mu also remained silent for the time being.

Around ten years of age, the entrance to Yicheng City was right in front of him.

Xie Qingrong and Black Turtle, who had already received the news, rode their horses and welcomed them at the city gate.

From afar, he saw a white stallion. Xuanyuan Chen was dressed in black, and with a faint sense of oppression and domineering aura, he slowly approached them.

The bamboo hat covered most of Xie Qingrong's face, and one could only see her exceptionally exquisite chin and the faint smile on her cherry lips, which added an additional layer of mysteriousness to her beauty.

Xie Qingrong stopped in front of Xuanyuan Chen's horse and slightly raised his bamboo hat. Her pitch-black and deep eyes carried a bit of a fragmented smile as she said: "Thank you for your hard work."

All his waiting and longing were concentrated within these three words. Xuanyuan Chen could feel the deep longing that Xie Qingrong had for him, and couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth into a faint smile, and say: "A Rong is the one who has worked hard."

Xie Qingrong shook her head, the two of them laughed at each other, and everything became silent.

Xuanyuan Chen brought a group of people and slowly entered the Yicheng. Even though he had already mentally prepared himself for this, he was still shocked by what he saw, and a trace of astonishment quickly flashed past his eyes.

When the Black Tortoise Flying Pigeon had sent the message to him, it had only explained the situation of the Yicheng briefly and did not give a detailed description. However, what the paper had found out, was definitely not the shock that it had witnessed with its own eyes.

It could only be described with four words, 'devastation'.

There were still drops of rain floating in the sky. It seemed that the rain would never stop, as if it was going to fall all the way down to the hearts of the people.

Xuanyuan Chen's heart was a little heavy, and the mood of Lin Mu and Zhangsun Wenxuan, who followed behind, were also extremely heavy. Not to mention that when the imperial guards who came with Xuanyuan Chen saw the scene in front of them, the eyes of the iron-clad men all turned red with fury.

"What's the situation?" Xuanyuan Chen asked heavily.

Xie Qingrong shook her head, and said: "Not so good. This place was almost completely destroyed. The granary in the county magistrate's office had turned into porridge that was barely enough for two days of rations. How much food have you brought here? For the time being. But just relying on porridge was not a long term solution. The most important thing was to fill up the dam on Nanping. Otherwise, the next flood will still be the same as now. "

Xuanyuan Chen: "I brought some when I came out, you can take them. As for Nanping, they should have some in reserve, so don't worry about it for now. As for the problem with the Nanping Dam, I will bring the imperial guards over later to settle it. I will give you half of the manpower here, is that enough? "

Xie Qingrong nodded and said: "That's enough. I will take them to rebuild it together. When you take your people to the Nanping to block the dam, be careful. Tonight, you will temporarily stay with me in Yicheng's county magistrate court. I have a few ways, but I don't know if it's feasible or not. "

"Yes." Xuanyuan Chen replied indifferently.

Xuanyuan Chen and the others followed Xie Qingrong and slowly walked towards the magistrate court, while the guards were left to Black Turtle and the White Tiger to provide food for the refugees.

Along the way, many citizens greeted Xie Qingrong, who also greeted them with a smile.

Xuanyuan Chen was a little puzzled, and did not know what A Rong had actually done in the Yicheng, to actually be able to move forward with the hearts of the people wherever he went.

Xie Qingrong seemed to have seen through Xuanyuan Chen's doubt and laughed lightly: "When I first came, they were wearing wet clothes and squeezed into an open area that didn't turn into a ditch under the rain. But when I gave them porridge, set up tents for them to stay out of the wind and rain, they would give me a simple smile and nod and say hello when they saw me. "

These people are actually very cute. If you give them a kindness, they will also give you a kindness.

Xuanyuan Chen didn't actually know that his own wangfei would have such a side. He seemed cold and heartless, but in reality, he was the most emotional.

He knew compassion and tolerance, but he would never show mercy to a disrespectful person.

He wondered how many surprises she still had on her, waiting for him to discover.

Thinking about that, Xuanyuan Chen's deep eyes lit up with a hint of gentleness, and his cold and stiff face became a bit gentler.

Xie Qingrong also felt the change in Xuanyuan Chen's emotions.

The corner of his mouth curled up slightly.

After Xuanyuan Chen and the others met up with Yicheng's magistrate Lu Rui, they finished their meal and went to the study room to discuss how to settle the Yicheng's problem.

The Yicheng was not considered big. Xie Qingrong and Black Turtle had already walked around the entire Yicheng in the past two days and drew a new map based on the map that Lu Rui had in the Yicheng's study.

As they spread out the map on the table, everyone's eyes were filled with amazement.