We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?

Li Che got up and said in a deep voice, "What's the matter?"

Qiu Bai hurried forward to put clothes on Li Che and said slowly: "Maybe the snow has been falling for too long, and it has all piled up on the roofs, crushing several houses just now."

Li Che was completely awakened at once, his eyes filled with anger: "How could this be? Most of the houses in the city are newly built, how could they be so fragile?"

Qiu Bai lowered his head, not knowing what to say.

Li Che said angrily: "Human lives are at stake, tell me quickly!"

"Your Highness, the houses that collapsed were not newly built, but old houses that were left over and were renovated."

Li Che was puzzled and said, "That's even more unreasonable. After those old houses were renovated, weren't they inspected by the Gongzheng Office? Only when they meet the standards can they be lived in."

"This... According to the news from the scene, those houses show no signs of renovation at all."

Li Che suddenly felt his head buzzing, and a surge of anger rushed to his forehead: "Are you saying that someone tampered with the house and didn't renovate it for the people at all?"

Qiu Bai lowered his head and said nothing.

Li Che stood up angrily, and laughed in anger: "Okay, okay! Very good!"

"How long has it been? Huh?!"

"How long has it been since we've settled down? Fengguo, there's actually a termite!"

Seeing that Li Che was really angry, the maids and servants present all turned pale, knelt on the ground, and dared not say a word.

"Don't kneel! Stand up!" Li Che shouted angrily, then turned to look at Qiu Bai, "Prepare the horses, call the guards to assemble, I want to go and see for myself!"

"Yes, I'll go right away." Qiu Bai turned around and was about to leave.

"And!" Li Che stopped him, "Wake up Liu Ye and have him bring all the officials in charge of city construction to this king!"

"Yes!"

Soon, a group of guards escorted Li Che and walked towards the outer city in the night.

The road had just been cleared, but the dull thud of horse hooves on the snow still woke up the sleeping people.

The people were puzzled and looked out the window. They recognized the uniforms of the Royal Guards at a glance and realized that it was Li Che who had left the city.

There was no curfew in Chaoyang City, so curious citizens dressed up and followed the horseshoe prints to join in the fun.

Li Che was furious at the moment and didn't care about the people following him. He just rushed to the scene quickly.

Coming to the west side of the outer city, when Chaoyang City was still the Ninggu County City, this was the largest gathering place for the people.

Most of the old houses that have not been demolished are also located here.

When Li Che arrived at the scene, he saw that several houses had completely collapsed and the ground was covered with broken bricks and tiles.

Several corpses covered with white cloth were placed on the road, with several people kneeling beside them, crying inconsolably.

Li Che's heart skipped a beat.

dead!

Winter has just arrived. I have worked hard for a whole year to ensure that no one in Fengguo has frozen to death, but instead so many people have been killed by falling objects!

Several people kneeling on the ground heard the sound, turned around and saw that it was Li Che, and cried even louder: "Your Highness... It's Your Highness."

Li Che dismounted, walked up to the group, and took a deep breath: "Who are the dead?"

Everyone talked at once:

"He is the old father of the common people."

"The common people's wife."

"My Dalang!"

Li Che asked again, "Why did you live in the house when it hadn't been renovated? Why didn't you report it to the officials?"

An old man said sadly, "My house has been renovated... The doors and windows are all boarded up, and the roof is covered with new tiles."

Li Che suddenly felt it was ridiculous and couldn't help but raise his voice: "What's the point of nailing the boards and laying the tiles? The beams are not repaired, the pillars are rotten, and the brick walls are rotten!"

The old man hesitated and said, "I...I don't understand these things. The officials who helped repair the house said it was repaired and it was fine for me to live in. But who knew..."

Li Che closed his eyes in sorrow after hearing this.

The people lack common sense, and the Gongzheng Office is full of corrupt officials, which led to this tragedy.

Of course, there is also neglect.

The second half of the year went too smoothly, and without any setbacks, I let my guard down.

I was born in Northeast China and heard news about universities collapsing residential buildings in my previous life. How could I forget this?

In most people's impressions, snowflakes are light and soft, but they may also be wolves in sheep's clothing, and their harm is not only "freezing" but also "heavy".

Snowflakes themselves are not heavy; the total weight of 5,000 to 10,000 snowflakes is only 1 gram.

But when there is continuous snowfall, snowflakes will continue to gather. One cubic meter of new snow is made up of as many as 6 billion to 8 billion snowflakes, and its specific weight is difficult to calculate in grams.

The resulting massive weight is enough to crush trees and even buildings!

"Your Highness, Liu Ye is here." Qiu Bai's voice came from behind.

Li Che looked back with cold eyes, only to see Liu Ye in a thin official uniform, shivering with cold. It was obvious that he was awakened and brought in by the guards before he was ready.

When he saw the collapsed houses, his face turned even paler, and he knelt down at Li Che's feet: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

This time, Li Che didn't let him get up.

His eyes were like an eagle's as he scanned the group of Gongzheng Institute officials following Liu Ye.

No one dared to look at him within his sight, and they all lowered their heads.

"Who is in charge of this area?" Li Che ignored Liu Ye, his voice low and suppressed.

After all, he had personally experienced several bloody battles and killed dozens, if not a hundred, of enemies with his own hands.

Li Che's angry temperament at this moment is no longer the same as before.

"Come out to me!"

All the ministers felt a surge of blood rushing towards them, and they all knelt down in the cold snow.

A middle-aged official trembled all over and said in a bitter voice: "Your Highness...it's me."

Li Che shifted his gaze and after seeing the person who was speaking clearly, he was immediately shocked and angry:

"Qin Jing?" Li Che gritted his teeth, walked over, and kicked the middle-aged man to the ground. "It's you? How could it be you? How dare you!"

Qin Jing hurriedly got up from the ground and slammed his head on the ground: "Your Highness..."

"Qin Jing, you're also an old man from the imperial capital with me! Don't you know what I hate the most?"

Li Che was so disappointed that he kicked Qin Jing again, hitting him in the abdomen.

Qin Jing groaned in pain, endured the pain, and knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

"I don't hate officials for being corrupt or incompetent. What I hate most is officials who take human lives lightly. I hate your lack of sense of responsibility!"

"Eight lives! The people of Feng State trusted you so much that they didn't even notice anything was wrong with the house. They were so grateful when they sent you away, weren't they?!"

"Has your conscience been eaten by a dog? Open your eyes and look at them. How could you bear to do that just for a few pennies? Huh? How could you bear to do that?!"

Qin Jing raised his head, a hint of stubbornness flashing in his eyes: "I am not greedy!"

"If they are not greedy, then why don't you build houses for them?!" Li Che said angrily.

Qin Jing said hoarsely, "It's not that I don't want to repair it, but I didn't have enough materials at the time. I not only have the task of repairing the house, but also the task of repairing the city wall."

"There was a section of the city wall that was poorly maintained. It collapsed again just after it was repaired, wasting a lot of wood, bricks and stones."

"I have no choice but to divert materials used to renovate residential buildings to fill this hole. I believe that the city wall is more important than residential buildings. After all, if residential buildings collapse, it will only affect individual households. If the city wall collapses, Chaoyang City will be gone."

Li Che lowered his head and looked at Qin Jing, clenching his teeth and saying, "Even so, why didn't you report it?!"

Qin Jing lowered his head dejectedly. "Later, the other colleagues all completed their tasks without any problems. His Highness even praised our Urban Construction Department himself."

"I didn't dare report it, fearing that it would disappoint His Highness, and I have been putting it off until now..."

Many officials looked at Qin Jing in disbelief, and Liu Ye was so angry that he was shaking all over.

They simply couldn't believe that the truth was so outrageous.

Are you, Qin Jing, a seven-year-old child?

What is this? Is this an attempt to win favor from His Highness?

"You! You are so stupid!" Li Che gritted his teeth, his heart icy cold. "You are killing yourself with stupidity!"