Chapter 53 Flash Flood
Chi Yan raised his eyebrows when he heard this. See, see, he said that the master is definitely gay!
Chu Li is the seductive vixen!
Chi Yan put down the cup and answered seriously, "Master, caring about someone is the beginning of love between a man and a woman. At this stage, you and your friend will feel that the person he cares about is different from others, but it may also be an illusion, a feeling of sympathy or mutual appreciation generated by some common experiences."
He observed the changes in Ye Hanting's expression and continued, "As long as you...as long as your friend can control himself and not think about him every day, there is still hope!"
The smart Chi Yan raised his eyebrows and said, "Hehe, master, please watch me and I will break it for you."
He pressed the issue, "Master, does your friend think about that person every day? Does he lose his appetite? Does he want to be with him all day? Does he even risk his life for him?"
Ye Hanting's eyes darkened, "No."
Chi Yan chuckled, "That's right, this feeling will gradually disappear as the distance between the two of you increases, and then your friend will be able to see his own heart clearly."
Ye Hanting raised his glass and drank another one without answering.
Maybe that's the case, he and Chu Li just get what they need.
The next morning, Ye Hanting arrived at the Dali Temple.
As soon as he entered, Lu Dongchen came out to greet him personally.
Ye Hanting walked straight past him and went to the prison.
Lu Dongchen followed him with a grim look on his face.
Magistrate Wu, who was lying comfortably in the prison, was kicked off the bed by someone.
He yelled, "Who is it?"
Wu Cheng looked back and saw Ye Hanting's handsome face. He was quite arrogant at first, until he heard Lu Dongchen say respectfully: "Master Taifu, if you want to interrogate the prisoner, just let me know."
Wu Cheng was startled and knelt down, "Master Taifu, I greet you, Master Taifu!"
Ye Hanting hooked his hand behind him, and Lan Yi lifted Wu Cheng from the ground and half-hung him in the cell.
"Master Taifu, what are you doing?" Lu Dongchen subconsciously wanted to stop him.
Lan Yi took out the dagger and pointed it at Wu Cheng. Ye Hanting raised his eyes gently, "This Master will only ask three questions, and you only have three chances. If you dare to lie, you will bear the consequences!"
Wu Cheng looked at Ye Hanting in horror, "Master Taifu, I dare not, I dare not!"
"Who is the master behind you!" Ye Hanting asked, staring at the chain on his wrist.
Wu Cheng didn't even think about it and said without hesitation: "No, I swear to be loyal to Your Majesty until death!"
"Gouge out your eyes!" Ye Hanting's voice fell, and the dagger in Lan Yi's hand fell.
Wu Cheng's left eye was stabbed fiercely by the dagger, and blood instantly flowed all over his face and splattered all over the ground.
"Ah!" Wu Cheng screamed in pain.
He had heard before that although this Grand Tutor was a civil servant, he was cruel and ruthless, but he didn't expect it to be true.
"I'm telling you, the master behind me is the Fourth Prince!"
Lu Dongchen's forehead was covered with cold sweat. If he was interrogated like this, Wu Cheng would confess everything in no time.
Ye Hanting rubbed his fingertips. "Besides asking you to frame the Crown Prince, how many bribes have you accepted for the Fourth Prince over the years, and how many people have you harmed!"
The reflection of Lan Yi's dagger pierced Wu Cheng's other eye, and his hand slowly moved down to his heart.
Wu Cheng's face turned pale instantly. In his vision blurred by blood, Ye Hanting stood there like a god of death.
He was extremely frightened. If he didn't tell the truth, Ye Hanting would definitely have someone stab him in the heart!
His tears and snot mixed with blood flowed, "I received a total of 500,000 taels of silver, 400,000 of which were all given to the Fourth Prince. Five people were imprisoned for embezzling other people's property. There is no other money!"
Ye Hanting continued to ask: "Mei Renpin works for the Fourth Prince?"
"Yes, yes, he bullied men and women in the village and embezzled the relief food provided by the court to the disaster victims. His whole family is a vampire. He listened to the Fourth Prince and ruined the reputation of the Crown Prince. He did all these things!"
After hearing this, Ye Hanting said in a deep voice: "Lu Dongchen, let him sign and seal the case. The case is closed."
Lu Dongchen: “…”
This Grand Tutor made Wu Cheng confess everything in just three sentences!
Before this, Zhang Zhilong investigated bit by bit, collected evidence, and kept Wu Cheng awake every day in order to prevent him from giving in.
As soon as Ye Hanting arrived today, Wu Cheng confessed everything!
Lu Dongchen swallowed his saliva. Fortunately, he was just standing by the Fourth Prince and did not kill anyone for him to make money.
Otherwise, he would be the one executed today.
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The bodies of Aunt Mei and Uncle Mei, who were killed by lightning, were brought back to Xiaomei Village.
Their children closed the door and cursed Chu Li, wishing him a miserable death.
"Old family, do you want to move?"
“No!”
"Okay, we won't move either!"
"I really want to burn down that barren mountain and let them sell tea! What kind of tea!"
"The heartless prince killed our parents, so it's not too much for me to burn down the barren mountain!"
"Yes, yes, that's right. It's not too much. If they don't let us live an easy life, then we won't let them live an easy life either!"
"Okay, do it quietly, no one will know it was us who did it!"
Someone looked up at the sky and said, "When will this rain stop? If it continues like this, we won't have a chance to take action!"
They were plotting when suddenly someone outside the door shouted, "Oh no! A flash flood is coming!"
When the mountain torrents came, the first place to suffer was Xiaomei Village, which was located in a relatively low-lying area.
Mei Renpin's family and Mei's second uncle's family all came out.
The flash floods are so fierce that they make people tremble with fear.
"Don't be afraid, our Mei family has the highest terrain and won't be flooded!"
Just when they relaxed for a moment, they saw a ferocious mountain torrent rushing into Xiaomei Village like a floodgate had been opened.
"Ah, no, no, no!" The Mei family saw with their own eyes that they quickly flooded the village.
Their houses were gradually engulfed by water.
"Run away, run away!"
The cold flood hit their faces, and in the face of death, fear appeared on each of their faces.
"Who will save us!"
"It's all because the prince took everyone away. Otherwise, there must be someone in the manor who can save us!"
"Ah! Gurgle..."
The people who had already moved into the new village stood on the mountainside and watched Xiaomei Village turn into a vast ocean in an instant.
They were all terrified.
Fortunately, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked them to move to Xinzhuangzi in advance, otherwise they would have been the ones drowned by the mountain torrents!
"This flash flood is really big. Fortunately, the terrain here is high, otherwise we would have been in trouble too!"
"Thank goodness we listened to His Royal Highness. His Royal Highness is truly an amazing person!"
The people were glad that they had moved away from Xiaomeizhuang, but Chu Li saw a crisis.
Days of heavy rain and fierce mountain torrents, even though she was mentally prepared, she did not expect the torrents to become more and more severe.
If the water level rises, people who have just moved into the new village will also be affected.
It looked like she was going to implement the backup plan.
Chu Li stood on a high place and looked at Huan Yan, "Come on, follow me to Dayingzhuang."
"Yes, Master!"