The thousand-mile dike collapsed with ant hole, and the dam of Jiande County completely collapsed under internal and external difficulties. Not only that place, but even the places where the riverside, which were originally safe, completely collapsed, and the entire county town suddenly became a vast ocean.

Fortunately, the Xiong Can and his brothers discovered this in time, which made people roar gongs and drums to wake up the people who were sleeping all over the city. However, even so, hundreds of people who had no time to escape were completely submerged by the flood and could not even find the body.

The entire county town has now become a country of marsh. Except for a few relatively tall buildings on the water surface, all other places are no longer visible. Xiong Can stood on a high ground, looking at all with a pale face, muttering, "How could this be like this? How could this be like this?" And the people around him who escaped from death were all crying. Their homes had been destroyed, and many relatives and friends were even more confused about their lives and deaths. In the darkness of dawn, some people cried first. Suddenly, there were crying sounds on the entire hillside, which made people feel sad.

After forcibly cheering up, Xiong Can comforted some people around him, but what they received was the abuse and criticism of those people: "You also said that you would watch the dam, but in the end it was still breached. Our relatives were all dead, but what about you..." The scolding made Xiong Can's face pale. He wished he had drowned in the flood at night.

Just when he was desperate, Xiong Hui came to him with a blue face: "Brother, I have asked someone, the officers and soldiers you care about have not even found their roots."

"How could this happen?" After another sound, Xiong Can said in surprise: "They are all sent by Hangzhou Prefecture. If they were all washed away by the flood, our sins would be even greater?"

"Brother, why don't you understand?" Xiong Hui sighed: "Don't you think there is something strange about this? When we were on the dam, the river embankment could still support it even though it was dangerous. But when these people changed to see it, the river embankment was completely destroyed in the middle of the night. How could such a coincidence come about in this world?"

"You want to say..." Xiong Can was not a stupid person either. He immediately heard what his brother said, but he didn't dare to say it. Xiong Hui nodded: "Yes, I'm afraid that this incident will not be related to those people. Maybe the dam was destroyed by them, otherwise the rain was much less than before last night, so how could it be destroyed? Moreover, all of these hundreds of people disappeared at once. These are five hundred people, so why would anyone stay there?"

"But..." Xiong Can seemed to be unwilling to believe this: "They were on the collapsed dam. If the dam really collapsed, they would be the first to be the brunt. Even if they wanted to leave, it would be difficult. And why did they do this? These are countless people, they are also the official army of the Ming Dynasty. How could they do such a crazy thing?"

"I don't know this, but based on various circumstances, this is the most consistent. Brother, can you be afraid of someone? Is it because you are afraid of someone? Isn't it because Xiong Hui has followed Tang Feng and has also seen some of this kind of tricks to slap people.

"This is impossible. I am a county magistrate of Jiande. I have always been kind to others. No one will hate me so much. This is a county. If it is to deal with me, they just need to send someone to assassinate or let the superiors deal with me. Why bother so much innocent people?" Xiong Can shook his head after thinking for a while.

Xiong Hui was right when he thought about it. This time the matter was really too big. No matter how big the hatred was, he couldn't do such a thing. So what happened? Xiong Hui thought for a while, but still had no idea. Finally, he said: "Brother, there must be something strange about this matter. I'll go find an adult and ask him to help you solve the truth of the matter. Stay here, don't give up..."

"I..." Xiong Can wanted to hold his younger brother, but Xiong Hui had already taken big steps out. It was obvious that he had made up his mind. He didn't want to be convicted by the court in a confused manner. Finally, he sighed and let his younger brother leave.

In Hangzhou City, Zhang Siyuan was walking back and forth in his mansion. The people had been sent out for seven days. According to the time being, they should be able to bring the letter back. But after waiting for most of the day today, no one came. Just as he was uneasy, he picked up the tea bowl and put it down, and then paced in the room again, the manager of the family came in to report: "Master, Lord Fan is here."

Hearing this, Zhang Siyuan immediately turned his face tightened and stopped: "Please." Then he said, "No, I'll go see him in person." He walked out quickly. In the main hall, he saw a tall and strong figure. After waving his hand and letting someone take it off, he whispered: "Why did General Fan come in person? But things have changed?" When he said this, his voice trembled a little. When the matter was about to come, he was still nervous.

"Haha, don't worry, Lord Zhang, everything has been done. Jiande is now in a vast ocean." Lord Fan turned around and smiled at him, "It turns out that I want to send someone to spread a message. But if you think about it carefully, this matter is too important. The fewer people know, the better, so I have to go this trip myself."

"General Fan is aware!" Zhang Siyuan raised his thumbs up at him: "These officials admire him. Those people were not caught by the locals, right?"

"Don't worry, the smart and capable people I sent are all smart and capable people. This little thing is still easy to do. They all returned to my military camp this morning." General Fan smiled and said, "Then I will depend on you, Lord Zhang."

"That's natural. I have arranged everything these days, just waiting for the news to come. I think that tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, Jiande will also bring the news, and then I will blame Xiong Can for everything." The two laughed at each other.

"What? Is there such a thing?" Zhejiang Governor Yan Boda couldn't believe the urgent matter in his hand, and shouted loudly: "The whole county of Jiande County was flooded by floods? What did Xiong Can make for? What did he use the nearly 10,000 taels of silver allocated to him every year? It actually broke all the three main rivers in the county, hundreds of people were buried in the belly of fish, and tens of thousands of people lost their gathering place..." In the end, he even slapped the table with a heavy palm.

"Sir, calm down!" Seeing that the governor was so angry, the subordinate officials rushed forward and persuaded him: "Sir, the disaster has happened now, and it is useless to think about it. Let's first prepare for how to help the people of Jiande overcome the difficulties in the present and rebuild their homes..."

"Yes, why are the people?" After hearing what the officials said, Yan Boda calmed down: "I passed on my order and immediately let the officials from various prefectures and counties in Zhejiang transfer the excess grain to Hangzhou. Now the people in Jiande can't have any more accidents. And Xiong Can, as a parent official, actually caused so many casualties and injuries to the people under his rule, and the crime was unforgivable. He immediately arrested him for me to Hangzhou. The official wanted to ask him where he had spent the money and how did he be the official!"

When the people from Hangzhou arrived in Jiande, Xiong Magistrate Xiong was building a temporary home on the slope with the people. When he saw the documents that wanted to lock him to Hangzhou, he was not surprised at all, and just said, "Let me tell the people below." In these days, in addition to helping the people save lives and heal the wounded every day, he was considering what his brother said when he left. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that what he said made sense. Now, when the people from Hangzhou came, he was more sure of this.

Although he considered himself a gentleman, he could not bully him like this, causing countless casualties and injuries to the people under his rule. Xiong Can had already made up his mind that after entering Hangzhou, he must tell the truth.

In Shaoxing Mansion, because the rain had stopped, Tang Feng also walked out of his home and came to the prefect's office. When Yin Dahong heard that Lord Tang had arrived in person, he hurriedly came out: "What kind of instructions do you have to send someone to pass on a message? Why should I come here in person?" Looking at the hem of Tang Feng's already wet clothes, Yin Dahong said hurriedly.

"I have been stuck at home these days. Today, the weather has finally improved, so of course I have to come out for a walk." Tang Feng smiled and picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, "And I came here to tell the prefect Yin this time. I will leave here soon and return to Beijing. By the way, the prefect Yin sent someone to send a lot of vegetables and food to my house a few days ago. This is the silver for those things." Tang Feng said as he took out more than ten taels of silver from his sleeve.

"Sir, I dare not accept it now." Yin Dahong hurriedly refused: "Those foods are just a little respect from the Lord. If you collect the Lord's money, let the elders of Shaoxing poke my backbone."

The two gave in, but Tang Feng did not send the money out in the end. After chatting for a few words, Tang Feng found that Yin Dahong was a little restless, so he asked curiously: "Does the prefect Yin have any worries?"

"Hey, it was the governor's yamen in Hangzhou who came to order our prefectures and counties to send the grain from the granaries."

"Why is this for?" Tang Feng said. He knew that after this heavy rain, all places were suffering from disasters. The grain in the granary of the government will be of great use. How can it be sent to other places?

"Because Jiande was hit by a disaster, the entire county was flooded, and the people must have stuttering. So the governor ordered us, the surrounding prefectures and counties, to help us. It's just the current situation..." Yin Dahong sighed.

Seeing that this was the case, Tang Feng couldn't say anything, so he didn't ask much. After saying a few more words to him, Tang Feng left the government office and went home.
Chapter completed!