Due to the recent autumn rains, the river water has risen sharply, and the terrain of Xiangjun is complicated, Ying Lanfeng and some hydraulic engineers and builders have been surveying for days and decided to use the method of dredging and diversion to curb the torrent...... しwxs

In the past few days, the sky has been beautiful, and the rain has stopped for a while, so everyone can't help but rush to work overnight, Ying Lanfeng prides himself on being the imperial court, and everything must be done by himself, strictly supervise and supervise, and be sure not to make a mistake, so he didn't sleep at night, and took the fortune Zhang Min to wait on the embankment to watch the construction.

There are already local officials stationed on the construction site, but seeing Ying Lanfeng coming in person, he was naturally very moved, and persuaded Ying Lanfeng to go back to rest several times, Ying Lanfeng did not listen, looked around, observed the situation, saw that the progress has been eight/nine tenths, and was satisfied, and greeted the construction people, explaining that after the completion of the construction, everyone was invited to drink, and the workers were also very happy.

Unexpectedly, due to the previous rise of the river by a few inches, there was a dam upstream that was in disrepair, and it was already a little crumbling, washed away several times, and finally burst.

Ying Lanfeng was standing on a stone and looking at the situation, when he suddenly saw a black shadow whistling upstream, shining silver in the moonlight, and he didn't know what it was for a while, but he reacted for a while, and he was instantly creepy.

Ying Lanfeng turned his eyes and saw that a few workers were on the river, so he shouted: "Hurry up and leave!" Even after a few calls, some of those people heard but didn't know why, and some didn't hear it, and still lowered their heads to carry stones.

Ying Lanfeng saw that the situation was urgent, life and death in an instant, jumped off the boulder, and accidentally fell to the ground, regardless of the hurry, he got up, shouted loudly while running, and waved desperately to tell them to evacuate immediately.

At this moment, those workers finally noticed it, and ran towards the embankment, Ying Lanfeng leaned down, stretched out his hand to help pull them up, and the last one was a little late, and before it came up, the water had already rushed to him, and he suddenly tilted his body and was about to fall into the water.

At this moment, Ying Lanfeng saw that he was holding his hands high, his eyes were full of despair, and he immediately didn't want to think about it, so he leaned over and grabbed the man's hand with all his might, and wanted to pull him up.

Who can stop the huge force of the flood? Ying Lanfeng only pulled the person up an inch, and in an instant, the water flow was like the long tongue of a giant beast, and with a gentle roll, Ying Lanfeng's body fell into the water as if it were planted upside down.

Zhaocai and Zhang Minyuan were looking elsewhere, and suddenly Ying Lanfeng ran to the river like crazy, and before he knew why, he reacted when he heard the roar of the flood, and the two of them rushed to this side to save him, but after all, it was a step too late!

Zhang Min got closer, and saw that the river water was like a giant beast in the wilderness, swallowing Ying Lanfeng and the waterman, and he was extremely frightened in his heart, and he stopped his feet vividly, and suddenly heard someone shouting behind him.

Zhang Min didn't look back, he only felt a strong wind blowing in his face, and a figure swept past him, rushing into the torrent like a meteor!

Zhang Min was so frightened that he couldn't speak, and he heard someone screaming loudly: "My lord has fallen into the water!

Someone else shouted, "Uncle Beckoning has jumped! Uncle Beckoning has jumped...... Uncle Fortune!"

I don't know what to do, and I shouted everywhere, which was very poignant and harsh.

Zhang Min stood as stunned as a stone, and then he understood that the shadow that had just passed by him was a fortune, but although he understood, he still couldn't believe it, and his heart was shocked.

Seeing a series of figures running by, Zhang Min finally reacted, and immediately pulled out his legs and ran in the direction of the river, staring at the river with his eyes, hoping to see the figure of any person.

The workers and officials present also ran wildly, while pulling up ropes and other things, desperately throwing them into the river, but seeing the river water like a mad beast, everyone was in despair, even if they were proficient in water, they did not dare to jump into such a rapid, in fact, in the face of such a turbulent current, whether it was water-permeable or not was no longer important, because even if it was a good diving skill, there was no room for display, and it was not easy to protect oneself.

But Rao was like this, and there were still a few people who jumped into the water desperately and tried their best to save them.

The crowd was trembling when suddenly a voice shouted from afar, "Come here!"

I saw a figure in the moonlight, not far downstream, waving his sleeves and not knowing what to do, and a slightly shorter shadow behind him, leaping into the water like a swimming fish, and not even making the slightest splash.

While everyone was giving first aid, they watched, only to see that the flood had rushed in an instant, but fortunately the diversion channel here had been built, and the water flow was suspended, and it was divided into two surging streams.

The man on the shore was running and jumping to a high place, and now some workers were running to him, and the man pointed to a spot on the water, and said, "Throw the rope there!"

Although they didn't know what this person meant, they still threw the ropes down, and suddenly one of the workers exclaimed, as if the rope was being pulled by something, and he was busy supporting his feet.

The man who spoke up earlier said, "Pull up!"

Seeing this, the workers next to him stepped forward, one after another as if they were tug-of-war, and they worked hard, and gradually leaned on the case, but they saw that the first to show their heads was a strange teenager, with a person in his arm, it was Ying Lanfeng!

The workers were overjoyed, struggled and pulled, and someone went to answer, the young man held the ground with his hands, climbed up by himself, and the others went to pull Ying Lanfeng, but it was extremely heavy, and a few more people pulled it out with their hands and feet, but they saw that Ying Lanfeng was still holding the worker who fell into the water first.

Immediately afterwards, those who went into the water to save people also came up, and when they saw that they had already saved people, they went ashore everywhere.

They have lived by the river for a long time and know the rescue method well, and when they saw Ying Lanfeng's eyes closed, they immediately squeezed all over their chest and abdomen, busy with first aid.

The young man who rescued people sat on the ground, took off his wet clothes and wrung them out, and wiped his face on the ground, he looked up at Ying Lanfeng, who was surrounded by everyone, and then looked at another place, and saw that his master was still standing on the shore, probing his brain to see something in the river.

As the boy looked, he suddenly saw a shadow in the river, which appeared with the waves, and rose and fell several times, and finally climbed the riverbank, climbed up, and tried to get up, but stumbled and fell for a while.

When a sharp-eyed sailor saw it, he shouted: "It's Uncle Zhaocai!" Immediately, several figures stepped forward, helped Zhaocai up, and walked in the direction of Ying Lanfeng.

This side happened to wake up Ying Lanfeng, the worker who fell into the water had already woken up first, and he was also surrounding him, but he heard the man's yin and yang weirdness say that "no good death", and suddenly they were all angry, if it weren't for the fact that he had just commanded people to rescue, they would have started a fight.

Ying Lanfeng exhaled a few breaths, only to feel as if his heart and lungs were still about to burst, and he wanted to wave his hand, but his fingers couldn't move, so he said in a weak voice: "Are all people okay?"

The magistrate hurriedly said to the foreman: "Don't worry, my lord, everyone is here, and there is no one missing." ”

Ying Lanfeng nodded, and before he could speak, he was dizzy, couldn't hold it and fell back, Zhaocai hugged him, and said, "My lord, let's go back and rest first." ”

Ying Lanfeng turned his head around to look for the person who had just spoken, and vaguely saw a gray-white shadow, so he asked vaguely: "This ...... Sir, I don't know what I mean?"

Everyone was silent, and they all stared at the man in the middle, for fear that he would say something unpleasant.

But I heard the man laugh twice, and said: "Interesting, interesting...... raised his eyes, and said: "God is tired, there is no sympathy, why bother......"

Ying Lanfeng thought he was talking about himself, and said suspiciously: "Sir......"

The man didn't wait for him to finish speaking, then he looked at him again and said, "You have taken this trip, and there are changes everywhere, which makes the gods hate and disgust, and there is still a catastrophe ahead, but ...... Don't be afraid, there will be noble people to help. Then you will know whether what we have said is true or not. ”

Ying Lanfeng was in a trance, and he wanted to ask again, but he felt that the leader Sen Sen was exhausted, opened his mouth and coughed a few times, Zhaocai caressed his heart for him, and said, "My lord, let's go back first!"

Ying Lanfeng couldn't make a sound, Zhang Min stepped forward and said, "Uncle Zhaocai, I'll hug the adult." ”

Zhaocai nodded, Zhang Min took Ying Lanfeng and hugged him, turned around and left.

Seeing this, the workers also scattered to work, and before leaving, they all glanced at the "outrageous" one, but several of them thanked the young man on the ground who saved people, and the young man just smiled and waved his hand.

Zhaocai stood up, glanced at the man, and followed Zhang Min.

At this moment, the man was almost gone, and the young man on the ground put on his wet clothes again, and said, "Can you control this mouth?" ”

The man seemed to be only about forty years old, wearing a black scribe's square scarf and hat, dressed in a gray-white crane, with a delicate face and three long beards.

At this moment, the man put his hands on his sleeves, raised his head to the sky, and hummed: "These laymen are confused, and it is difficult to expect them to understand the magic tricks of being teachers. ”

The young man sighed and said, "Everyone is confused, only Master, you know best, but I don't understand either: why did you almost give me my life and save this person?"

The man smiled and said, "You have such a fate with him in your life." ”

The young man said: "In the middle of the night, I didn't sleep well, and coaxed me to come here to fish, but I was asked to do such a terrible chore. I looked...... Obviously, you have such an indescribable fate with him?"

The man giggled twice and said, "I don't owe him, where is the fate?"

The boy sighed, "Do I owe him? I have never seen this man." You also need to find a decent one for your old story. ”

The man didn't answer, but just looked left and right, and said, "This big flood has washed away all the fish, so let's go back to sleep seriously." ”

The young man was angry and laughed: "Everywhere is washed away, I'll pick up one, won't I?"

When the man heard this, he laughed and said, "Sure enough, it is the biggest fat fish that you have brought up." Xiao Zhang Ye, there is really such a thing as being close to Zhu Zhechi, you have been a teacher for a long time, and you have become much smarter. ”

The young man Zhang Ye sighed and said, "Why didn't they beat you up just now?"

The two of them quarreled and walked along the riverbank to the town in the distance.

The next day, Ying Lanfeng woke up from his sleep, sat up suddenly, thinking back to last night, it was like a dream, but there was still a faint pain in his chest, which showed that it was not a dream.

Suddenly, someone faintly said in my ear: "Your original luck is not like this" and said, "Change your life against the sky, but I am afraid that you will not die well"...... There was a buzz.

Ying Lanfeng rubbed his forehead, but saw Zhaocai walk in.

Ying Lanfeng didn't know that Zhaocai desperately jumped into the river last night to save him, so he only said, "When is it now?

Zhaocai held the soup cup in his hand and handed it to Ying Lanfeng, and then said: "Although the adults do their best, they should also take care of themselves, if something happens, there will be grandma and young lady at home." It's for their sake. ”

Ying Lanfeng took the soup cup over, nodded when he heard the words, and said with some guilt: "What you said is very true, but the situation was urgent last night, and I couldn't take care of it for a while." Just thinking about saving people. ”

Zhaocai sighed, stopped talking, and just watched Ying Lanfeng drink soup.

Ying Lanfeng drank a few sips of hot chicken soup before he felt the coldness in his chest slowly dissipate, and suddenly remembered something, so he asked, "Did someone say anything last night...... That's not how my fortune is, and you say I'm not going to die there?"

Zhaocai paused, and then said: "There is indeed such a person, or the adult he saved." ”

Ying Lanfeng was stunned and asked for details.

Zhaocai told him, Ying Lanfeng listened to it, and muttered: "This person doesn't look like an ordinary charlatan, but seems to have some ability, but I don't know why he said that about me?"

Zhaocai smiled: "Why should adults take it to heart, this kind of person talks a lot of nonsense." ”

Ying Lanfeng said: "If it's really nonsense, why do you have the ability to save me?"

Zhaocai was silent.

After more than ten days, the local project was completed, and Ying Lanfeng invited those water workers to drink, and the city was full of joy and lanterns, like the New Year.

The next day, Ying Lanfeng set off for the next place.

The locals thought that they had never seen such a good official, and when they came to the place, they were not greedy and exploitative, but they were down-to-earth for the benefit of the people, and they all spread the news of Ying Lanfeng sacrificing himself to save people, and they were really grateful to Dade, so when Ying Lanfeng was leaving, the people in the town came to see each other off, and they sent out more than ten miles noisily.

Finally persuaded those people to turn back, Ying Lanfeng rode on horseback, while walking to check the surrounding terrain and mountains, this has become his habit, since he was appointed to manage civil engineering and other things, but whenever he arrived in a place, the first thing to pay attention to was the terrain.

The mountains on the south side are lush with vegetation, water vapor, and fog, and after walking for a while, you will see that the white mist is vast, and the road is obscured, just like people walking on the clouds.

Several entourages followed the guide to lead the way, in the middle, Zhang Min pressed the waist knife in his hand, followed closely by Ying Lanfeng's side, and Zhaocai rode a mule, carrying some luggage and other things to follow.

After walking for more than ten miles, the fog gathered but did not disperse, and it became thicker and thicker, Ying Lanfeng was worried that there would be more miasma, so he asked everyone to put a veil around their mouths and noses, and after walking for a while, Zhang Min suddenly said: "My lord, the situation is not quite right." ”

Ying Lanfeng asked, "What's wrong?"

Before Zhang Min could answer, he heard the sound of sharp arrows breaking through the air, Zhang Min reacted very quickly, and shouted: "Sneak attack!" immediately pulled Ying Lanfeng off the horse and pressed him to the ground.

As soon as Ying Lanfeng dismounted, an arrow shot from where he originally was, and at the same time, many figures jumped out of the surrounding grass, all masked, holding blades, and slashed at them with shouts.

In the fog, there are not many people and horses, Zhang Min commanded his subordinates to strictly defend and defend, and there was a danger for a while, so he rushed left and right, and it took about a quarter of an hour before the enemy was defeated and retreated.

Zhang Min called to check the remaining people, and saw that two guards were killed and four were injured, but more than a dozen thieves died on the ground, and secretly called "luck".

At this moment, the sun came out a little, the fog gradually dissipated, Zhang Min knew that he could not stay here for a long time, so he hurriedly urged the people and horses to hurry, while becoming more and more vigilant, and walked for nearly two hours, only to see the shadow of the village and town in front of him.

Zhang Min breathed a sigh of relief, turned back to Lan Feng and said, "It's finally out of danger, Lord Fang is frightened." ”

Ying Lanfeng said: "It's okay......" But in his heart, he remembered what the strange gentleman said that night, and said in his heart: "Could it be that this is what he said about another catastrophe?

In fact, Ying Lanfeng came to the south, although it was a hand-picked construction of water conservancy and civil engineering projects, but some local officials were greedy for ink, and they couldn't help but want to take the opportunity to make trouble, and some of them were very arrogant because the emperor was far away, and they didn't take Ying Lanfeng in their eyes at all.

Fortunately, during his time in the Ministry of Officials, because he wanted to classify the files, he actually read the files of some officials, and he was a caring person, so he remembered most of them in his heart, and during this trip, he saw several "old acquaintances".

Although it was the first time they met, he knew the details of the other party very clearly, such as what backers he had in Beijing, and what relatives he had at home, all of which he knew about his advantages and disadvantages.

When those officials saw him so powerful, they would have been very difficult, and they would have only done three points superficially.

And because of this, Ying Lanfeng also understood what Xiao Tang meant when he was appointed and at the birthday banquet of Mrs. Pingjing.

Xiao Tang must have also calculated that there were many obstacles in his trip, and what he learned in the Ministry of Officials would come in handy sooner or later, and it was not bad for him.

But in addition to some people who know the times, there are naturally some stubborn magistrates, who not only do not listen to orders, but have bad intentions.

Ying Lanfeng came all the way, thanks to Zhang Min being extremely alert and effective, so although he encountered several robberies, he survived them safely, so he also brought down a few corrupt officials.

Before arriving at the county seat in an instant, Ying Lanfeng looked up and saw that it was an ancient city, and the two messengers at the gate of the city showed off their might, knowing that it was not a good place. I'm afraid that the siege just now also has something to do with the magistrate here.

The local county magistrate took it, but it was also pleasant, and there was nothing wrong. That night he stayed in a post house.

Sleeping until midnight, in a daze, Ying Lanfeng suddenly heard someone calling: "Lord Ying, Lord Ying wake up." ”

Ying Lanfeng was sleepy, although he knew that it was urgent, he didn't want to open his eyes, but he listened to the man: "I've been drugged, take it out first." ”

Ying Lanfeng heard the word "drug", reluctantly opened his eyes, and vaguely saw a somewhat familiar shadow, flashing in front of his eyes, Ying Lanfeng was already confused at the moment, thinking: "Why is he? When did he return to Beijing? When will I return to Beijing?"

Suddenly, there was a scream, and then the flames rose to the sky, shining like daylight, and there were shouts of killing everywhere.

Although Ying Lanfeng still couldn't slow down, he also knew that something was wrong, and in the midst of a ball of blood and fire, he only heard someone say in a deep voice: "It's so mad, kill them all! Don't leave any of them!"

This voice was originally very good, but it was suppressed at the moment, but it showed a shuddering ruthlessness.

Ying Lanfeng tried to move, tilted his head to look, but saw that at the door in front of him, in the surging light of blood and fire, a shadow in black clothes stood there, with broad shoulders and a thin waist, and his figure was excellent, as if he was looking at the scenery calmly.

However, around him, there were many people who were desperately shouting, fleeing, or resisting, dodging one by one, and one by one, blood splattered on the spot, falling down very quickly, and finally ...... As soon as Qiē returned to calm, the firelight slowly extinguished as Ying Lanfeng's eyes closed.

Ying Lanfeng was in a coma until the next evening before waking up, still feeling a headache, coughing and getting up, he found himself sleeping in a strange room, thinking back to the situation last night, he suddenly shivered, hurriedly jumped off the ground, and walked out without wearing shoes.

In the end, his body was out of strength, and as soon as he staggered to the door, he heard someone outside: "...... They relied on the fact that the court would not track down the people who came here, and they were lawless to this point, but all the remaining henchmen would be killed, and they must be cut down and eradicated to the roots, so as to set an example. ”

Ying Lanfeng stopped suddenly, swallowed his saliva for no reason, he had already heard who this voice was, but he couldn't believe it, he stretched out his hand to open the door, but his hand trembled a little.

was hesitating, and suddenly heard the sound of footsteps outside, and gradually came here.

Ying Lanfeng knew that the person was coming, so he couldn't help but take a step back, and at the same time, the two doors in front of him were pushed open, and the light swarmed in with the open door, and someone stood in that light, with a shadowy figure.

Ying Lanfeng squinted his eyes and looked carefully, and finally saw the man's face clearly.

Xiao Tang stood at the door, looked at each other, and said with a smile: "Lord Ying, I didn't expect to meet here, it's been a long time!"

Encountering old acquaintances in a foreign country, the situation is so complicated, Ying Lanfeng was still in shock, so he hurriedly saluted: "Lord Tang......! Why are you here? ...... last night?"

Xiao Tang stepped in, patted him lightly under his arm, and said, "My lord was smoked by them with poisonous smoke last night, so there is no need to be polite." ”

Ying Lanfeng couldn't make a sound, and suddenly thought of his subordinates and others, so he asked how it was first.

Xiao Tang frowned and said, "I lost a few guards, and Zhang Min was injured...... Everyone else was fine. ”

Ying Lanfeng breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that it was the county magistrate here who was plotting against him, and sure enough, Xiao Tang said: "Because it is not far from the border, the county officials here collude with foreign bandits, have the intention of establishing themselves as kings, and enslave the people, and do everything...... Knowing that the adults were coming, they were afraid that it would be unfavorable to him, so they arranged a murder strategy, and they did the interception and killing on the road before. ”

He also said that the county magistrate had been beheaded last night, and ordered someone to thoroughly investigate the remnants of his wings.

Ying Lanfeng opened his mouth and sighed for a while: "Fortunately, Lord Tang came in time, otherwise we would all become dead souls under the sword, and even more so that this fang will be more and more arrogant here, won't it become a henchman of the imperial court in the future?

Xiao Tang smiled: "I also just came back, I didn't pass through here, but I just calculated that it was time for Lord Ying to pass through here, and because I heard that the officials here are not good, I came over to take a look, but I happened to meet it." Such a gentle and humble group made Ying Lanfeng suspicious of the voice he had heard before ordering the grass to be cut down and eradicated...... Is it him or not?

And although Xiao Tang said that the clouds were light and light, how could Ying Lanfeng not know in his heart: where is there such a thing as "just right", it must be that Xiao Tang expected that he would be in danger, so he deliberately came to help.

Ying Lanfeng looked at Xiao Tang carefully, for nearly four years, the young man he met in Taizhou at the beginning had a little less youthful on his face, the treasure light was contained, and the edge was not revealed, but it was even more outstanding, and he was full of emotion in his heart for a while.

Xiao Tang said a few more words, then asked Ying Lanfeng to rest and recuperate, and he went out.

Ying Lanfeng couldn't sleep again, followed him out, saw the patio covered with moss, flowing water everywhere, and when he looked at the place, he saw Zhaocai coming out of the hall downstairs opposite, and his arms were also hanging.

Ying Lanfeng saw that he was injured, so he hurriedly rushed up to inquire, and said, "It's just a slight injury, adults don't have to worry, fortunately, Lord Xingxi is fine." ”

Ying Lanfeng checked his arm, nodded and sighed, "Alas......!

Zhaocai was stunned, Ying Lanfeng thought he had forgotten, so he said: "It is the gentleman who saved me that night, he said that there is still a big calamity ahead of me, but there will be nobles to save me...... I didn't believe it at first, but now I'm not right?"

Zhaocai wanted to say something, but he didn't say it, he lowered his head silently, but Ying Lanfeng said: "I didn't expect that my noble person turned out to be Lord Tang......" Saying, thinking of Xiao Tang's excellent eyebrows, he couldn't help shaking his head and smiling, and said: "Start from Taizhou...... So far, what kind of fate is there in the south and the north?"

Because the evil official has been entrenched in this place for several years, and he is a henchman from top to bottom, Xiao Tang is not in a hurry, and first ordered his subordinates to search carefully, and actually strive to clean up those officials and bullies who have done evil one by one, so as not to leave future troubles.

It was not until the seventh day that he was ready to leave for Beijing.

Ying Lanfeng was still on business, so he couldn't go with him, and he was reluctant to leave when he was leaving, and suddenly remembered something, so he hurriedly turned around and took a package and offered it with both hands.

Xiao Tang was puzzled, and only asked, "What is this?"

Ying Lanfeng smiled and said, "Adults don't have to misunderstand, this ...... It's some gadgets I saw all the way south, I wanted to give it to Zhen'er after returning to Beijing, but I don't know when I can go back, and now it happens that the adults are passing by here, so it's better to ask the adults to help me take them back and hand them over to Zhen'er, and tell her not to worry, and her heart is happy, I don't know what I can do?"

When Xiao Tang heard this, he laughed and said, "My lord has a fist heart, how can I not fulfill it? As he spoke, he took it with both hands, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will hand it over to Xiao Huaizhen with my own hands." ”

After the two finished saying goodbye, Xiao Tang turned over and got on the horse, hugged his fist towards Ying Lanfeng, and said, "I will meet Ying Gong in Beijing in the future." Then he beat his horse and walked on.

Ying Lanfeng raised his hand behind him and waved goodbye, looking intently, only to see the horse galloping like a dragon, the person on the horse was heroic, and the people behind him followed one by one, although there were only dozens of people, but they were neat and heroic, as if there were thousands of troops and horses, and the sound of horses' hooves was like thunder, and it disappeared in front of him in an instant.