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"Let's go out and get some fresh air. "Stove suggestion.

"Okay. After jolting in the carriage for most of the day, Xue Ying happened to be tired. But strangely, this time the stove left the carriage with her.

A few steps further, the eyes suddenly opened up. In the distance, the peaks and mountains are undulating, and the clouds and smoke are shrouded, on the left is one of the main tributaries of the Tianhe River, the Xijiang River, and on the right is a large basin plain, with no end in sight. In the middle of summer, the green rice fields look more beautiful than any piece of brocade in the world.

Xue Ying took a deep breath, and the water vapor of the rivers and the fragrance of the rice fields were perfectly integrated, refreshing people's hearts.

"Heaven. She sighed.

"Below is Fucheng, which has a population of 300,000 people alone. ”

"Three hundred thousand?" Xue Ying's eyes widened.

Huolu nodded: "Although Fucheng is located inland, surrounded by mountains, this basin plain on which it relies produces nearly 20% of the rice in Dagu every year. Therefore, some people say that Fucheng is the well-being of Dagu, and Fucheng is safe, and Dagu can be safe. ”

When Xue Ying heard this, she couldn't help but look down, carefully observe this city with huge energy, and then let out a "huh" and pointed in a direction hesitantly: "What is that?"

"That's the Tianfu Great Weir. Its existence tamed the moody Xijiang River, so that the people of Fucheng were able to irrigate the rice fields without suffering from the abuse of the Xijiang River, so to speak, without it, there would be no Fucheng. ”

Looking at the silent and steady behemoth, Xue Ying couldn't help but sigh at the wonder of heaven and earth, but after looking at it carefully, she felt that something was wrong: "Is this Tianfu weir artificially built?" After asking, he shook his head first, "How is it possible, such a huge project can only be built by immortals, right?"

"Half and half. ”

"What do you mean?"

"The Tianfu weir is indeed naturally formed, so it is called 'Tianfu'. Fifteen years ago, however, a seismic disaster caused irreversible and severe damage. At that time, it was in the dry period of the Xijiang River, and the Tianfu weir could barely support it, but as long as the flood season came in the coming year, the Tianfu weir would definitely not be able to support it. In other words, the entire city of Fucheng is under the threat of extinction at any time. At that time, it coincided with frequent natural disasters, and if something happened in Fucheng, there would be a shortage of food, and the consequences would be unimaginable. ”

The imperial court sent officials to deal with this, and the people who came to inspect came to the same conclusion: move the city. But where can the 300,000 people move? If we take 10,000 steps back, even if we really move all the people in Fucheng, it will not be able to solve the food crisis faced by Dagu, and when the refugees are in turmoil, Dagu will probably die faster. ”

"Can't it be fixed?"

The stove shook his head: "The restoration project is too huge, and there is no time to do it." And once the water of the Xijiang River breaks through the Tianfu weir, this basin will become a lake, and there is no possibility of recovery. ”

Xue Ying looked at the land where the border was rich and could not be seen, and it was hard to imagine that it had become an ocean.

In addition, there was a rumor widely circulated in Dagu at that time, saying that the earth movement and the disaster of Tianfu Dayan were the punishment of God, just because the position of the Son of Heaven was dusty. ”

This is clearly a punishment of the heart, and it is still the heart of the son of heaven.

"Someone in the court jointly issued a death edict for this, asking the emperor to abdicate and make way for Xian to calm the wrath of the heavens. The emperor was angry and beheaded all these courtiers, but he also put himself in a more passive situation. At that time, the situation was that once the Tianfu weir collapsed, the throne was bound to be replaced. ”

In other words, the road of moving the city is successful, and it will not be good, and the anger of the Son of Heaven will not be subsided because of this. No one repairs the weir and no one cares about the relocation of the city, what should the people of Fucheng do?

When everyone was watching, one person stood up and took the initiative to ask Ying to preside over the restoration project of Tianfu Weir, and set up a life and death situation, ensuring that Fucheng would survive the crisis and never let the collapse happen. ”

Xue Ying felt the blood in her body seem to boil all of a sudden: "Who?"

"Xue Qi. ”

The boiling blood instantly coagulated, along with the expression on Xue Ying's face.

At that time, Lord Xue was already one of the best young talents in the court, and his future was immeasurable. It can be said that even if the throne changes, it will not have any impact on his status. But at that time, he stood up without hesitation, and took office under the pressure of lack of materials and discouragement, and mobilized the whole city to participate in this huge project that changed the fate of the world with his superb personal charm. In the case that everyone is not optimistic, it miraculously made up the Tianfu weir before the flood season, so that the people of Fucheng, the emperor, and the entire Dagu have survived a huge crisis. ”

"Miracles are not so easy to create, not to mention that repairing the Tianfu weir is by no means something that can be done by one person, and the hardships and dangers are probably unimaginable for us as outsiders. But he did it, and with the resources of mortals, he created miracles that only immortals can create. ”

So to this day, the emperor looks at him differently and trusts him, and his favor is not obtained for nothing, but by himself. ”

Xue Ying bit her lower lip for a while before she said, "But what does this matter to me?"

"Fifteen years ago, when Lord Xue broke the cauldron and fought bravely here, it was when Mrs. Xue was pregnant. Mrs. Xue was bullied in the Xue family, and he couldn't take care of it; Mrs. Xue was sick and weak because she was born prematurely, and he couldn't take care of it; even if there was an outbreak of plague in Anjing City and spread to Xue's mansion, he still couldn't take care of it...... Finally solved the crisis here, and rushed back to Anjing City non-stop, but the first thing I saw was the body of my daughter who had just been salvaged - the child had already died at that time, and it was not too much to say that it was a corpse. ”

Tears fell unexpectedly, and Xue Ying hurriedly wiped them away, but then more and more tears fell.

"If he had stayed in Anjing City at that time, Mrs. Xue and you would not have suffered so much, and Rong Wan'er would not have had the opportunity to do those things at all. Because of guilt and self-blame, that's why he hates Rong Wan'er so much, and even takes his anger on you. Over the years, he has done a lot of things to hurt you because of resentment and prejudice, but," Huolu looked at Fucheng under the mountain, "can you forgive him for the sake of the 300,000 people in Fucheng?"

Xue Ying covered her face, tears flowed from her fingers, and said in a muffled voice: "I didn't hate him. ”

But he didn't intend to think of him as a father. But you know what, you're his daughter, and it only takes a cold look to hurt him. The guilt of being a father and failing to protect his daughter has tormented him for fifteen years, do you want him to continue to endure this torture, or even deepen it?" said Stove softly, "He almost killed you with his own hands, and it's normal for you to hate him. But after your background is revealed, he may feel no less pain than you do. ”

Xue Ying let go of her hand, looked at the rushing Xijiang River, and then looked at the quiet and fertile Fucheng Basin, and finally fixed her eyes on the Tianfu Weir and smiled self-deprecatingly: "Okay, it turns out that I can only blame myself for being unlucky for all this." ”