Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1491: Legend of the Hidden Sea 11

Apart from the two parties involved, Xiao Jinyue was the second third party to know about Lu Jin's murder.

Xiao Jinyue had no opinion on this. He just asked Shen Mudan to spread the news that Dongxia had sent people to secretly look for the whereabouts of Guixi, and by the way, he assigned half of the task of keeping an eye on Prince Linzi's movements to Prince Yongrong.

Prince Yongrong directly refused: "Yuer, those who are capable should do more work. I am old, so such an important matter should be handed over to young talents like you."

It would be weird if Xiao Jinyue believed what he said. "Uncle Wang, most of my people are in Jiangnan, and I can't spare anyone to take care of this matter. Besides, you know me. Although the Guixi is said to be very mysterious, in my eyes it is just a disaster. I don't bother to worry about it."

King Yongrong just said it casually and was being pretentious, and he didn't really mean that he didn't want to get involved in this matter. Seeing Xiao Jinyue taking the initiative to surrender, he was of course very satisfied and readily agreed to be responsible for the fishing.

However, after only a few days of peace, Shen Mudan came to report that Zhongzhou had been suffering from drought for more than half a year.

Xiao Jinyue couldn't believe what she heard. "Zhongzhou has been suffering from drought for more than half a year? The news was actually sent back by our people in Jiangnan?!"

Shen Mudan's voice trembled as she reported, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Xiao Jinyue glanced at Shen Mudan. She knew that Shen Mudan's ancestral home was Zhongzhou. When she was young, there was a flood. Her father desperately took her and her infant brother to escape the famine to the south of the Yangtze River. However, he did not expect that the family of three, who had lived a slightly more stable life, would all be infected with the disease.

Shen Mudan was lucky and managed to survive, but her father and her brother were not so lucky.

Later, Shen Mudan was adopted in Jiangnan and brought to the capital. Now her adoptive parents and their family of five live a very comfortable life under her care. However, it seems that Shen Mudan still can't forget her biological parents and her poor brother.

Xiao Jinyue thought for a moment and came up with an idea, so he told Shen Mudan, "Go to the Imperial Observatory and ask if there is a possibility of heavy rain in Zhongzhou in the near future. If so, we may not only need to provide disaster relief, but also prevent epidemics."

Hearing the word "epidemic", Shen Mudan couldn't help but tremble all over, then hurriedly responded and went out to busy herself.

Dayong has a huge territory, so various disasters are inevitable every year. Sometimes some places in the north are extremely dry, while at the same time there are continuous rains and floods in various parts of the south, and there are even tornadoes in places near the sea. Xiao Jinyue has become accustomed to these. The people under her are all orphans who lost their loved ones in various disasters every year.

Originally, Xiao Jinyue had never thought of using these people for anything, but after they grew up, they realized the dire situation of Emperor Zhenshun, Xiao Jinyue, and even Prince Yongrong, and volunteered to help.

So Xiao Jinyue simply put a lot of effort into training them. Ten years later, she has achieved remarkable results.

Shen Mudan left quickly and came back quickly. She reported with great concern that Zhongzhou might have a severe flood in the near future: "Your Highness, the position of the Director of the Imperial Observatory is temporarily vacant, but the Five Senses Lingtai Lang Canghai announced at the gate of the Imperial Observatory today that Zhongzhou will soon have a severe flood!"

Xiao Jinyue really couldn't understand what Zang Hai was trying to do!

"He actually stood at the gate of the Imperial Observatory and announced this news to the public?!"

"Has he forgotten that he is an official of the Imperial Observatory's Five Senses Lingtai Lang?!"

Xiao Jinyue immediately went to the palace to explain the matter to Emperor Zhenshun, but Emperor Zhenshun had long been worried about the severe drought in Zhongzhou. He didn't quite believe the news that Zhongzhou might be flooded again. Even though this matter came from the mouth of his most beloved son, he only felt that Xiao Jinyue might want to take the opportunity to attack the lineage of Prince Linzi.

Xiao Jinyue was helpless after being looked at by Emperor Zhenshun, and could only explain the mess in Canghai. "Father, the court should act as soon as possible. Zhuang Luyin obviously has his eyes on the military power in Zhongzhou. He has calculated that if Zhongzhou really encounters a flood after a drought, he will definitely go to Zhongzhou to supervise the disaster relief and epidemic prevention."

"And if any problems occur in Zhongzhou at this time, Zhongzhou Governor Fu Zhisong will definitely be held accountable and will no longer be able to continue to serve in Zhongzhou. At that time, he, Zhuang Luyin, will have a chance to take over."

"But I am more worried that Zhuang Luyin is just a pawn pushed to the front. If something unexpected happens to him again, the person pushed to the front will most likely be the lineage of Prince Linzi. After successively dismissing two generals who stood on our side, those who are still neutral in the army will probably have some ideas."

Emperor Zhenshun just wanted to take the opportunity to deal with Fu Zhisong, the Grand Commander of Zhongzhou who had sided with Prince Linzi. However, he was satisfied and relieved that Xiao Jinyue did not know that Fu Zhisong had sided with Prince Linzi.

Sometimes those in a higher position need a so-called justification for doing things, but most of the time it is not necessary.

Emperor Zhenshun was still busy with carpentry work, and said to Xiao Jinyue nonchalantly, "Yuer, Fu Zhisong was indeed seriously derelict in his duty in the matter of the drought in Zhongzhou. This is a fact that everyone can see. If we want to save him, I'm afraid we won't be able to convince everyone."

"Besides, the flood in Zhongzhou has already become public, so let your father handle this matter. Just take a good look at the young talents that your father has selected for you and choose a few as candidates for the Princess of Qinghe."

Xiao Jinyue was not a fool. Hearing that Emperor Zhenshun did not care about Fu Zhisong's life or death, she naturally understood that Fu Zhisong must have violated Emperor Zhenshun's taboo, and the most likely taboo was that Fu Zhisong secretly defected to Prince Linzi.

Xiao Jinyue sighed secretly, her wool business seemed to have won over the generals from all directions, but people in the world are profit-driven, and only the two armies in the northwest and northeast, which were directly tied to their interests, could be said to be controlled by them father and daughter. The ownership of Jiangnan, Southwest, Southeast and even Zhongzhou was questionable.

As soon as Xiao Jinyue returned, she mobilized a large amount of food and medicinal materials from Zhongzhou, and also spent a lot of money to invite many doctors over. There was nothing she could do about the rest, and the most she could do was to deal with each move as it came.

And Cang Hai was really lucky. Because the flood in Zhongzhou broke out in the capital in advance and Xiao Jinyue made preparations, the flood really passed safely. Among the Zhongzhou officials, only Fu Zhisong was held accountable, but he unfortunately contracted an epidemic on his way back to the capital and died on the way.

Just when Xiao Jinyue thought that Zhuang Luyin would use his connections to get him the position of Grand Commander of Zhongzhou, he didn't expect that the old guy would actually claim to be ill and miss the court meeting.

Seeing Xiao Jinyue sighing and shaking his head, Shen Mudan couldn't help but ask Xiao Jinyue the reason.

Xiao Jinyue avoided the question. She couldn't say that this old boy Zhuang Luyin had deeply offended her narrow-minded father with this action, and he would definitely not have a good end in the future, right?

Seeing Shen Mudan sincerely asking Xiao Jinyue for forgiveness, Xiao Jinyue waved his hand and said, "I can't say much about this matter. You know I didn't ask this question today."

Shen Mudan quickly made herself forget what happened just now, and turned to talk about Xiang Antu's movements: "Your Highness, Xiang Antu has been quite low-key recently. Zang Hai was recommended by Zhuang Luyin to be the director of the Imperial Observatory, and he also moved into the house of the previous director Chu Huaiming, and changed the Chu house into Zang Mansion. I heard that many minor officials are trying to curry favor with Zang Hai today, and Xiang Antu seems to have developed a romantic relationship with Zang Hai."

This really made Xiao Jinyue not know what to say.