In the whole capital, except for some restaurants, inns or green buildings that will build two floors and three floors at most, the other houses are bungalows. Because according to the regulations, no matter what kind of house is built, the height is not allowed to exceed the height of the roof of the imperial palace in the imperial city. Moreover, in ancient times, the land was very cheap and the population was small, so there was no need to build more than two floors, one floor was enough for people to live in.

Since they are all one-story buildings, where are they going to hide? The princess turned her head quickly and said, "Why don't we go to the stage in the back garden?" ”

This stage was built by King Run. In order to take care of everyone, you can see clearly, so there are two floors. This is the highest place in their palace. So this proposal was quickly approved by the prince, and the place where they lived was not far from the stage in the back garden, and they did not have to go out to the street to drip water, which was relatively safe. So the family supported each other and came out the back door to the stage.

Several maids and servants carried lanterns to the stage first, and hung the lanterns in the four corners of the stage. Then he supported the princess and princess who were wearing wet dresses and climbed up from both sides.

This stage is not big, and the dozen or so people standing on it are already crowded. And the prince's mansion alone has hundreds of maids and servants. Naturally, there is no way to come up on the stage, so you can only let the people who are in need go up, and the others climb the rockeries, pavilions and other high places in the back garden, and even those who climb the trees, just hoping to stay at a high place and leave the water.

The personal maid found two chairs for the princess and the princess to sit on. After sitting down, the horror calmed down. But they clearly found that the flood water under the stage was still slowly rising, approaching the stage.

Seeing the flood of the Yellow River pouring into the city, the momentum did not stop. King Wu scolded angrily: "The people who guard the embankment of the Yellow River and the city are rice buckets, and they can't keep the water of the Yellow River, so let him pour it into the capital." Emperor Ming must be played, these people Ling Chi will be executed, and the nine clans must be exterminated. It's so damning. ”

The lord of Yaoxiang pouted and said: "Such a big flood, I don't think the gods can do anything, the flood we encountered in Panlong River before, I heard the captain say, don't talk about him, even his father and his grandfather told them about the past, and they never mentioned such a terrible flood." This god has gone crazy, in the always calm and docile cat-like stream, there will suddenly be such a violent and terrifying flood, why will the capital city by the Yellow River not appear? Speaking of which, you still didn't pay enough attention to Brother Yang's words, and I knew that we were like Brother Yang, repairing a boat and putting everything on it. Isn't it now that you're at ease and don't have to worry about anything?"

This sentence reminded King Run, and he hurriedly said to the butler: "You quickly send someone to change the food and clothes, and bring the water from the kitchen, hurry up." ”

The housekeeper hurriedly agreed to take the people with him, and the lord of Yaoxiang said: "I'm afraid it's too late to go now, the flood has already been submerged, where are there any clean clothes? The hot water in the kitchen, including the well, which one can escape the flood! I'm afraid that all the grain will be soaked in water." I see, if we don't find a way as soon as possible, I'm afraid we'll be hungry!"

The princess turned her head to look at the large boxes of gold, silver and jewels that had been brought up and placed on the stage, which were indeed priceless. But in the midst of the flood, if they were really besieged, how could they sustain themselves with these treasures of gold and silver? I'm afraid that when the time comes, this box of gold and silver treasures may not be able to buy a life-saving cake.

As soon as she thought of this, the princess was a little nervous, turned her head and said to King Run, "Why don't we make a raft and hurry to the imperial city." Otherwise, if you sit here, you will definitely die. ”

King Run didn't have any idea, and when he heard what his wife said, he nodded and said, "That's okay, hurry up, remove the wooden planks on the wall on the stage and build a raft." ”

The servants hurriedly dismantled the door panels, but for a while they did not know where to find ropes, so they had to tie them together. So he cut the finest cloth he had brought and used it to tie the planks and put it together into a simple raft.

After trying it in the water, he thought it was okay, and King Run smiled and said, "Look, what kind of big wooden boat is Yang Xianmao working hard to build, won't it work if I make a simple raft?"

Lord Yaoxiang said: "With such a small raft, I'm afraid it won't fit many people. Otherwise, Daddy, you should go first, I'm waiting for news here, and Brother Yang will come to pick us up. ”

"What do you want? People would rather marry Bai Zhi than marry you, what kind of dreams are you still doing here. Although this raft is small, why don't we just fight a few more?"

So he instructed the servants to continue to dismantle the planks that could be dismantled and build rafts, but the four walls of the stage were torn down, and there were only two rafts that were tied, and they were all relatively small. Let the two minions climb up and try it, but it quickly sank, and even the two minions could not carry so many people.

After such a toss, the sky has gradually revealed the whiteness of the fish's belly. The rain is still pouring down. And the back half of the wall of the stage has been torn down, and there is nothing to dismantle. The other houses in the back garden were also bungalows, which had been submerged to the roof by this point, and all the walls were submerged under the lake, making it difficult to get planks to make rafts. And whether these two rafts, tied together with fabric, are strong or not, no one can say.

After dawn, although the rain was still pouring down, I could still see the distance. At this glance, everyone stopped talking, and their eyes were full of horror. Because they stood relatively high on the stage, they could look beyond the walls of the palace and see some of the conditions outside.

They were all stunned at this sight, because the whole city was already flooded, and the flood water had reached the height of the roofs of the houses.

The flood water rose close to the stage and finally stopped, and did not rise any further.

But it turned out that the city gate official ordered the bricks and pillars on the city gate tower to be removed. Insert the pillars from the outside of the gate and place them across the gates, and then block the flow of water with wooden planks, so that the flow of water slows down.

Then let the soldiers throw the sandbags piled up on the city wall and block the hole in the city gate. However, the sandbags that were thrown down at the beginning were instantly washed away by the floodwater. So some soldiers came up with a way to string these sandbags together, and many people carried them together and threw them down from the tower. It worked, and after throwing out countless sandbags, most of the flood water entering the city was finally stopped.

And by this time, the entire capital was already a vast ocean. Of course, most of the roofs of the houses near the castle tower were still exposed above the flood water, and the roofs were almost full of people waiting to be rescued. Above the water, there were countless drowned human corpses and animal corpses. The rest of the survivors almost all climbed the gatehouse. At this moment, the Yaoxiang County Lord's eyes were sharp, and he pointed to the distance and said, "Look, is that a big boat?"

Everyone looked up, and sure enough, a large boat slowly rowed over from a distance. The ship was not quite like a normal big ship, and had no sails. Instead, on both sides, there were people paddling with oars. Because the level of the city is as quiet as the water of the lake, and the waterline is not high. It can be seen that the contents inside are quite heavy, and when I got closer, I realized that the boat was full of people.

The boat came in their direction along the street, and as it got closer, the sharp-eyed Lord Yaoxiang had already seen that it was Yang Xianmao standing on the stern watchtower. The county lord of Yaoxiang waved his hands vigorously and shouted sharply: "Brother Yang, we are here!"

Most of the roofs of the houses in the city are still exposed to the water, so the boat can go around these roofs without being hit by the buildings. And the bottom of the ship was reinforced to prevent it from crashing into the fence or something.

The ship was mainly moving along the original wide streets. The water in the street was already very deep, so the boat didn't get hit by anything.

When the boat came to the stage Yaoxiang County Lord and them, King Run and Princess both stood up, both of them had a look of shame on their faces, they now believed that Yang Xianmao had come to save them.

Sure enough, taking a pedal from the boat, Yang Xianmao had already appeared in the bow of the boat. He clasped his fists and said, "Lord Wang, Princess Niangniang, Lord Yaoxiang, please get on the boat, I will transport you to the imperial city." ”

King Run's face was ashamed, and he clenched his fists and said, "Thank you Young Master Yang." ”

When King Run's family got on the boat, they saw that the bed was full of people, and judging from the way they dressed, most of them were ordinary people. Obviously, Yang Xianmao drove this boat and saved many people who climbed onto the roof and waited for rescue along the way. Most of these people were already besieged by the flood before they could escape to the city walls, so they had to climb onto the roofs and wait for rescue. However, there were no boats in the entire city, so even if they saw them on the roof, others couldn't help if they wanted to, but fortunately, the big ship of Yang Xianmao appeared in time and saved many people.

The boat was basically full, and Yang Xianmao ordered the big ship to approach the imperial city first, so that King Run and them could enter the palace.

When their great ship rowed forward, and they were still hundreds of paces away from the imperial city, they heard the soldiers shouting from above the imperial city, telling them to stop and not to come any closer, otherwise they would let go of their arrows. Yang Xianmao and the others saw rows of archers of the Imperial Forest Army on the walls of the palace, bending their bows and arrows at them.

Yang Xianmao immediately shouted: "There are King Run and Princess on the boat, as well as the county lord, please open the door and let them in." ”

Yang Xianmao's words were full of confidence, and they spread far away, and the people in the palace also heard it, and looked forward with their hands on the pergola. King Run hurriedly took the hands of the princess and his daughter, walked to the bow of the boat and shouted: "This king is here, hurry up and show the official's house, open the city gate and let me in." ”

The city guard hesitated for a moment, and said in a loud voice: "Back to the prince, the official family has an order, no matter who it is, it is not allowed to open the gate of the imperial city to enter the city." When King Run heard this, he couldn't help but be furious, and scolded: "Dog slave, don't you see clearly, this king is the younger brother of the official family, and even I am not allowed to enter?"

The city guard hurriedly bowed down and said, "Wechen doesn't dare, Wechen just conveyed the official's holy decree." It is forbidden to open the city, no matter who it is. ”

King Run was still angry, Yang Xianmao waved his hand to him, let him calm down for a while, and said loudly: "You go to the Qiqi official's house, and say that King Run and the princess and the princess hope to enter the imperial city." If you don't open the city gate, just ask them to put down the basket and send the princess and princess and the county lord into the imperial city, and no one else will enter. ”

As soon as he heard this, the city guard hurriedly agreed, and immediately rushed back to report it.