Yesterday, Jiangning City was still a prosperous scene, full of small vendors, inns, restaurants, grain stores...... Everything but the kitchen sink.

But today's Jiangning City is very different.

Lu Yunxi just left the inn, and saw refugees lying all over the ground.

The refugees' clothes were torn, and some were leaning against the walls, already asleep.

But many more people don't even have a place to sleep.

Most of them had wounds on their bodies, and those injuries quickly became inflamed after soaking in the floodwaters, and some even rotted.

The whole street is filled with the smell of erosion.

Lu Yunxi couldn't bear it when she saw these refugees looking so sad.

"It's almost autumn, so why would there be a sudden flood?"

She asked, trying to avoid the refugees' outstretched legs.

It was also the first time for Hongya to see such a scene, and she was a little panicked.

She pursed her lower lip and shook her head, "The exact reason is not clear. It's just that I have long heard that there is a dam built by the imperial court near Jiangning City, why it is like this, I am afraid that there are still strange things. ”

Hearing this, Lu Yunxi stopped in surprise, turned her head away, and glanced up and down on Hong Aya's body.

Hong Aya lowered her head, slid her throat, took two steps forward, put one hand to her lips, leaned into Lu Yunxi's ear, and lowered her voice, "Miss, do you remember why the Xu family was punished by His Majesty?"

Why?

The Xu family built a waterway from Jiangnan to the capital, but they didn't know how much silver taels they embezzled, so that the waterway collapsed and almost poured into the capital.

It seems that this disaster in Jiangning may not be providential, but man-made!

Thinking of this, Lu Yunxi's heart was even more anxious.

Why do corrupt officials and corrupt officials do such unconscionable things wherever they go? Isn't it true that watching so many people be displaced makes them feel guilty when they dream back in the middle of the night?

The two of them walked a little further along the main street, but the way was blocked in front of them, and the crowd of people huddled together, all of them stretched their heads and looked forward, not knowing what they were doing.

"This aunt," Red Aya whispered, holding a woman who was in a hurry to squeeze forward, "what are you doing here?"

The aunt was wearing tattered clothes, and her eyes were red and swollen like a pair of walnuts because of crying, "These are all refugees, who have come to receive relief food from the government." ”

Before the words fell, I heard a man at the front of the team say in a loud voice, "Fellow villagers, there is no relief food for today." Please disperse, folks. ”

Hearing this, the crowd became noisy, and the cry shook the sky for a while.

When the aunt heard this, her eyes suddenly lost their expression, and she fell to the ground with a 'plop', raised her hands high, patted the ground, cried and grabbed the ground, and shouted loudly, "Official, you can do it." My youngest grandson has been swept away by the flood and the eldest grandson can no longer starve to death. Otherwise, how can I explain to his dead father?"

The aunt cried sadly, and Lu Yunxi hurriedly instructed Hong Aya to take a piece of silver to the aunt, "Auntie, go buy some food for the child." ”

The aunt's crying stopped abruptly, looked at the silver in her hand, and kept stroking.

She raised her head in surprise and looked at Lu Yunxi.

Immediately, he turned to kneel, put his hands in front of him, kept kowtowing to Lu Yunxi, and shouted loudly, "Thank you for saving your life, thank you for saving your life......"

It didn't matter if she knelt down, but it made everyone around her look at her.

Seeing that the aunt had actually gotten a piece of silver from Lu Yunxi, everyone rushed over, and they all shouted to her mournfully, "Please, girl, okay." ”

Where had Lu Yunxi ever seen such a battle? He was flustered for a moment.

She took two steps back, glancing in surprise at the crowd.

Hong Aya was protecting in front of Lu Yunxi, but she was a small woman, where could she stop so many people?

At this moment, I finally saw Si Tingyan push aside the crowd, walked forward quickly, protected Lu Yunxi behind him, stared at everyone, and said loudly, "Fellow villagers, don't be anxious, the government is already trying to find a way to raise food." Please also wait a moment. ”

After speaking, no matter how those people reacted, he only protected Lu Yunxi in his arms, turned his back to the crowd, squeezed away the bustling crowd with his shoulders, pulled Lu Yunxi out, and quickly got into the mansion on the side of the street.

"Why did you get out?"

Si Tingyan closed the door of the mansion, panted, turned his head, and glanced at Lu Yunxi.

Lu Yunxi found that Si Tingyan's eyes were red and swollen, his body was full of mud, and some places had been stained red with blood.

She was anxious, "Are you alright?"

Si Tingyan shook his head, took the kettle handed by the servant on the side, and took two sips.

He stayed up all night, and his mental condition was not very good, and he was slightly sluggish.

Si Tingyan wiped his face casually, "Jiangning City has suffered a great disaster, and now Jiangning City is an isolated island. If the flood outside can no longer be drained, I am afraid that Jiangning City will not be able to be saved. ”

Lu Yunxi didn't expect the matter to be so serious, and couldn't help but be a little nervous, "Why did it become like this overnight?"

Si Tingyan led her to the inner courtyard and said, "Last night, it rained overnight, and many villages around Jiangning City were submerged. ”

"Isn't there a dam near Jiangning City?"

Hearing this, Si Tingyan stopped, took a deep breath, and shook his head helplessly, "The dam built by the imperial court at a cost of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver was all washed away overnight. People came and went, and the dam was full of sand and gravel. This kind of thing can't be said to be heavy rain, even if a child goes to the dam to pee more, maybe he can rush out of a hole!"

Si Tingyan has always been a gentle and elegant person, and his words are the most taboo for such vulgar words, but at this moment, he is angry, which shows that this matter makes him angry.

After a long time, Si Tingyan may have realized that his words were wrong, he sighed and shook his head gently, "Lord He is already anxious. Now, even if he wants to send someone to ask for help, he can't get out. ”

"Then Jiangning City has a reserve of grain?"

Lu Yunxi asked worriedly.

Si Tingyan glanced around, and saw that no one in the corridor noticed them, so he pursed his lips, shook his head, and lowered his voice, "Jiangning City's reserve granary is almost empty. ”

Lu Yunxi's eyes widened suddenly, staring at Si Tingyan in surprise, and he almost roared.

A layer of cold sweat oozed from her forehead, and it was easy to lower her voice, "Empty? How can it be empty?"