As soon as the Dragon Boat Festival is over, Gu Yunxiao is about to set off.

"Father, mother, just send them here. There is no need to go any further. My son will take good care of himself." Outside Huating County, Gu Yunxiao said to Gu Kaizhen and Mrs. Wang who looked worried.

"Don't worry about the hot weather these two days, don't cut down on your clothes rashly. Also, eat what you need along the way, use what you need, don't feel bad about money, don't lose yourself." Mrs. Wang held her son's hand tightly.

, very reluctant to give up.

"Don't worry, father, mother, and son all know it." Gu Yunxiao comforted him, "When my son wins, he will send someone to gallop back as soon as possible to congratulate the two elders."

Gu Kaizhen silently took Gu Yunxiao's hand out of Mrs. Wang's tightly held hand and said, "Okay, that's it. I'm almost tired of hearing you nagging. The child is so big, let alone

If you follow me, little boy, you won't be hungry or cold."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but instruct: "As soon as you arrive in the capital, send a letter home, and don't forget to take your grandfather's post to visit Mr. Zhao, the Minister of Household Affairs. If you are missing something,

Just send us a letter and let us know.”

Gu Yunxiao smiled and nodded, then turned to Gu Yunji and said, "Third brother, you will take the county examination in September. While I'm gone, if you have any needed books or textbooks, just go to my study and get them.

, no need to ask anyone."

"And the second brother, I saw Tingfeng going out to buy crickets yesterday, and not doing his job day by day. The third brother has made great progress in the past few months, and is about to overtake you. You must act like an elder brother.

, it is the right thing to concentrate on reading.”

As the eldest brother, he has a lot to worry about. Even though he is about to leave for the capital to take the National Examination, he is still concerned about the homework and studies of his younger brothers.

Gu Yunji couldn't help but pushed him to the side of the carriage: "My good brother, your examination is the most important thing. Look how high the sun is? It's getting late, let's set off."

Gu Yunxiao then said no more, waved goodbye to everyone, and then gradually disappeared into the distance in a carriage.

The Dragon Boat Festival was over, and Gu Yunxiao also went to Beijing to take the exam. Everyone returned to the track of life, doing what they should do, and the Gu family returned to peace again.

In June, the weather is hot. It has not rained in Huating County and several surrounding counties for more than half a month. The sun has baked the earth to the point of cracking deep and shallow ravines. The crops in the fields are drooping listlessly.

He was on the verge of dying of thirst.

This morning, everyone in the Gu family was having dinner in the hall, when they saw an old servant who was sweating profusely running in.

"Sir, it's not good." Manager Guo's face was red from the sun, and he was out of breath when he ran. "A few tenants in Xuejia Village and Wangjiazhuang got into a fight over the water source. I heard that some people died.

, someone has already reported it to the official."

"What?" Gu Kaizhen didn't care about eating and walked out, "Here comes, prepare your horse!"

When he walked next to Gu Yunlin, he slipped out his second son who was huddled in a chair trying not to attract anyone's attention: "Second brother, come with me!"

Gu Yunji finished the rice in the bowl in a few mouthfuls, then stood up and called to Gu Kaizhen: "Father, let your son come with you."

When Gu Kaizhen heard this, he stopped and looked Gu Yunji up and down. Looking at his son's bright eyes, he nodded: "Okay."

The situation was urgent, so they went straight to Wangjiazhuang, where the incident occurred, without saying anything.

Outside Wangjiazhuang, I could hear the noise and the cry of a woman coming from the river in the distance.

"You people who have been stabbed a thousand times! You killed my man, and I want you to pay with your life!" A woman dressed as a peasant woman sat on the ground, holding the body of a middle-aged man and crying heartbrokenly, "Master! What are you doing?

That’s it! How can we survive without our mothers!”

"Second Aunt Wang, you get up first. Brother Mancang has already gone. We have to clean him up and put him to rest!"

The person next to her wanted to help her up, but Aunt Wang broke away: "Bah! You evil-hearted man! Don't think that I don't know, but you just want to bury my whole house early, so that no one can find evidence of your murder!"

I tell you, no way!"

"Look! Look at the hole in my man's forehead, it's still bleeding!" As she said that, she pulled the man's head off in her arms and showed it to everyone. She pointed at a pale young man in the crowd and said bitterly, "Water

Yangzi! Don’t try to hide! I know that you killed my man, and you have to pay for it with his life!"

The young man named Shui Yangzi was so frightened that he sat down on the ground with a pale face and murmured: "No, no! I didn't! I held the hoe well in my hand, yes, he bumped into it himself!"

There were a lot of people at that time, and they were pushed around. I didn’t mean it, I didn’t know anything! I didn’t want to kill anyone! I didn’t kill him!”

"You're talking nonsense! It's obvious that you killed someone, but you still said that he hit him by himself. And this river flows through Xuejia Village and Wangjiazhuang, but you people in Xuejiazhuang built a dam to trap all the water.

Upstream, we are not allowed to flow downstream at all, so shameless!" said an indignant person from Wangjiazhuang.

"So you opened the dam at night and let all the water flow away? Do you leave any room for action? Without water, the crops will die from drought. You are killing our Xuejia Village! I see, Wang Mancang deserves it.

!Who asked him to take the lead in clearing our dam!"

"What are you talking about!" The people in Wangjiazhuang were suddenly ignited with anger, and they started to push each other with the people in Xuejiacun, and they were about to fight again.

"Give way! Everyone, give way!" At this time, Manager Guo pushed aside the crowd from outside, "Master Gu is here!"

Gu Kaizhen walked in from the outside and saw the miserable situation on the ground. He frowned and said, "Where is Li Zheng? Come and answer!"

Li Zheng from Xuejia Village was sweating on his forehead. He emerged from the crowd and said, "Xue Quanfu, the master of Xuejia Village, has met Mr. Gu."

"Where's Li Zheng in Wangjiazhuang?"

For a long time, no one in the crowd answered. Gu Kaizhen was about to have a fit when he saw Manager Guo whispering in his ear: "Master, the one who died is the Li Zheng Wang Mancang of Wangjiazhuang."

Gu Kaizhen's expression condensed. Although Li Zheng was not an official, he was registered in the county government. The villagers killed Li Zheng in a fight, which was troublesome.

Under the pressure of Gu Kaizhen's momentum, the Xuejia Village was stumbling to tell the whole story.

It turns out that Xuejia Village and Wangjiazhuang are located in the upper and lower reaches of this river respectively. The crops are dry, and the villagers almost rely on the water in this river to irrigate their fields. Seeing that it has not rained for a long time, the fields are getting drier and drier, and the river water is also drying up.

It became shallower and shallower and could no longer support the irrigation water of the two villages. Xuejia Village took the initiative and built a short dam with soil upstream to retain all the water upstream.

Wangjiazhuang went to the village several times to argue to no avail. With no other solution, Wang Mancang of Lizheng led a group of villagers to quietly open the dam at night. Unexpectedly, they were discovered by people from Xuejia Village on the way, and the two groups started fighting, causing chaos.

In the middle, Wang Mancang was opened, and before the doctor came, he died.

It was dark and windy last night, and no one could see who was who. They were all fighting with reckless energy. Was he beaten by someone or was Wang Mancang accidentally bumped into him? Was he beaten by someone from Xuejia Village or someone else?
Chapter completed!