Chapter 176: Heavy Rain

A few days after Zhou Jingran left, it rained in the capital, it was just pouring down at noon, and in the evening, it was raining heavily, and in the middle of the night, lightning and thunder roared, and it rained heavily.

Cheng Ke frowned, listened to the louder and louder rain outside the window, and gradually couldn't lie down, lightly got off the Luohan bed, walked to the window, pushed open the window and looked out, it was pitch black outside, almost nothing could be seen, the wind swept the rain, crossed the wide eaves, and smashed in, the dull thunder in the distance came and went, and the sound of raindrops falling densely on the roof, flowers and plants and the ground made people feel as if they were in a violent ocean.

Cheng Ke wrinkled his brows and squinted his eyes to look in the direction where the thunder came from, which was the direction of Ru County and Huai County, where the Nanhe River passed through the two counties, and Xiaojing was patrolling the river there......

Li Xiaonuan was awakened by the dull sound of thunder and rain, stood up, through the silk curtain, turned his head to look at Cheng Ke, who was standing in front of the window with his hands behind his back and facing the wind and rain, thought about it, got out of bed lightly, took a long dress and put it on himself, and then took a cloak for Cheng Ke, and walked to the window.

Cheng Ke heard the movement, hurriedly turned around, saw Li Xiaonuan coming over, pulled the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile:

"Woke you up?"

"Well, it's raining too much."

Li Xiaonuan shook off the cloak, put it on Cheng Ke's body, and said with a smile, Cheng Ke accepted his smile, turned his head to look at the pouring rain in the window, and frowned worriedly.

Li Xiaonuan took half a step forward, stood side by side in front of the window with Cheng Ke, also looked out, and sighed softly:

"It's raining so hard"

"Well, I'm a little worried about Xiaojing, he is patrolling the river workers along the South River, and he doesn't have a few people with him."

Cheng Ke tightened his cloak and said in a low voice, Li Xiaonuan was stunned, and turned his head suddenly,

"River Ranger? What section of the South River is now? If it's in Ruxian and Huaixian, it's only a day's walk from the capital, I'm afraid it's raining like this there."

Cheng Ke looked down at Li Xiaonuan with a hint of appreciation in his eyes, stretched out his hand to hold her and pulled her into his arms, and said in a low voice:

"It was at the junction of Ru County and Huai County that I was a little worried about him."

Li Xiaonuan squeezed into Cheng Ke's arms, dodging the rain and fog, thought about it, looked up at Cheng Ke and said:

"When the day dawns, you bring more people, rush over and have a look, the junction of Ruxian and Huai County is not far from the capital, riding a horse, if it is fast, it will only take two or three hours to arrive."

Cheng Ke hugged Li Xiaonuan, rested his chin on the top of her head, thought about it, and said in a low voice:

"I think I'll rush over now, I can get there at dawn, such a day, the embankment in the Nanhe area didn't have time to repair last year, alas, the embankment in that area has not been repaired for more than ten years, besides, I'm afraid that it will ...... Someone took advantage of the situation ......"

Li Xiaonuan shuddered lightly, Cheng Ke hurriedly hugged her, and comforted her with a smile,

"It's okay, I'm just saying that, it's okay, Xiaojing's fate is tied to the sky, and Jiren has his own nature, don't worry too much."

Li Xiaonuan nodded, looked up at Cheng Ke, and said in a low voice:

"I'll pack up your things for you, quickly call them from the distant mountains, and let them hurry up and prepare to go, since they want to rush over, they should hurry up and set off."

Cheng Ke nodded, lowered his head and kissed Li Xiaonuan on the forehead, and said with a smile:

"You don't need to pack up your things, this trip is a rush march, Luochuan and Nanhai will be cleaned up, I have to hurry up and talk to my father, tomorrow morning, I have to let him explain the reason to the emperor, and I have to ask Prime Minister Yan for a token to go out of the city."

Cheng Ke paused, hugged Li Xiaonuan, and explained in a low voice:

"I'm over, I'll help Xiaojing arrange things in the Nanhe area and come back, if it's good, it's okay, if it's really decided, there is no ten days and a half months, I'm afraid I won't be able to come back, don't worry, I'll send you a letter when I get there."

"Hmm,"

Li Xiaonuan nodded abruptly, Alas, this embankment burst, I don't know how many people will die and how many homes will be broken

"You ......"

Li Xiaonuan looked at Cheng Ke, paused, and then said:

"Be careful in everything, people are the most important, if you don't look good, you save yourself first, and quickly let those people retreat to high places, don't be greedy for money, people are better than anything else, as long as people live, no matter what in the future, you can earn it back."

Li Xiaonuan was sad, and her words were a little messy, Cheng Ke laughed, hugged Li Xiaonuan heavily, patted her back gently, and comforted her gently,

"Don't worry, I will listen to you if there is anything I will do, people are the most important, only people live, everything is fine."

Li Xiaonuan laughed, nodded busily, raised his voice and called the jade buckle on duty to come in, lit the candlelight, Cheng Ke washed quickly, Li Xiaonuan waited for him to get dressed, and put on a thin cloak, watched him go out of the main house, walked along the verandah to the courtyard, and watched him turn out of the weeping flower door and couldn't see it, put his hands together, close his eyes and recite the Buddha, ask the Bodhisattva to bless him, and all the people are safe.

Cheng Ke and the prince discussed for a quarter of an hour, when they came out, Yuanshan and other small servants had already been prepared, Li Xiaonuan sent a bag of various pills over, Luo Chuan hurriedly put it in the burden and carried it, several people surrounded Cheng Ke, walked to the second gate, out of the second gate, one or two hundred long-term entourage, guards, and generals were already ready, seeing Cheng Ke come out, turned over on the horse, went out of the gate, and galloped towards the west city gate.

Kunhe accompanied the chief steward in Prime Minister Yan's mansion to take the token, and rushed to the West City Gate almost at the same time, called the door open, and the group braved the pouring rain to go to the junction of Ru County and Huai County with difficulty.

When the sky was bright, the torrential rain was still pouring like a note, and there was no meaning to be a little down, Cheng Ke and his party were already soaked, and they were moving forward with difficulty, and they had already seen Changshuiyi from a distance.

Zhou Jingran was resting in the Changshui Station.

Cheng Ke dismounted in the yard of the post station and strode towards the main house.

Zhou Jingran had already come out, standing under the eaves corridor, shaking the folding fan with his back hand, looking at Cheng Ke who was soaked with bright eyes, and said with a smile:

"What are you here to do? I'm fine."

"Hmph"

Cheng Ke was dripping with water, standing in front of Zhou Jingran, and said lazily:

"Can't wait, come to you to settle the score"

Zhou Jingran was stunned, covering his mouth with a fan, laughing and coughing, letting Cheng Ke,

"Look at you, the water in your body, hurry up and take a bath, just come over Luochuan, I will quickly ask someone to prepare hot water for you, hurry up and wash it away, if it freezes for a little while, Xiao Nuan is so distressed to go quickly."

Cheng Ke glared at him fiercely, ignored him for a while, and hurriedly went in to wash.

Cheng Ke quickly washed it out, and while twisting his hair from Qingping, he looked at Zhou Jingran and said:

"Hurry up and pack your things, you can't live here This is a river depression, no matter which place above the embankment breaks, this is an extremely dangerous place, if the gentleman doesn't stand under the dangerous wall, you can't live here."

Zhou Jingran nodded, turned around and ordered Jing'an, and after a while, Qingping curled Cheng Ke's hair, and the outside was also cleaned up, and the two of them got on the horse in the rain and withdrew to the county seat of Ruxian.

Along the way, the flood situation of the Nanhe River came back every two quarters of an hour, and the little people came and went, passing news and conveying instructions.

The rain is heavier upstream, and the water level of the South River is getting closer and closer to the tipping point.

Zhou Jingran's face became more and more gloomy, and for another day, in the area of Jiebei Town, Huai County, I was afraid that I would not be able to hold it, Zhou Jingran pulled the reins, approached Cheng Ke, and said loudly:

"I happened to go back and forth these days, the embankment in this area, the worst in the area of Jiebei Town, Huai County, yesterday when it rained, I went through it carefully with several masters of the Ministry of Industry, the embankment on both sides of the South River, if the embankment bursts, it must be broken from Jiebei Town, the water rises a few points, and Jiebei Town is only afraid that it will not be stopped."

Cheng Ke reined in his horse, looked at Zhou Jingran, and asked anxiously:

"What shall we do?"

Zhou Jingran turned his head to look around, looked up at the heavy rain again, raised his hand to wipe the rain off his face, looked at Cheng Ke, and said with a bitter face:

"Although Qin Tianjian said that there was rain, you also know that Qin Tianjian's words have never been this time...... Well, I just wanted to come and have a look. ”

"Don't worry, it's raining so heavily, it's raining so urgently, there's no way to think about it, the embankment is repaired, where is it a matter of a day or two."

Cheng Ke sighed and said, Zhou Jingran nodded,

"At this time, there is no way to prevent it from breaking the embankment, if the Jiebei Town breaks the embankment and discharges the flood, other places will be safe, we have to send someone to Huai County quickly, and order Gao County to take people to Jiebei Town, no matter what method you think, first withdraw the people and things in that area."

Cheng Ke nodded again and again,

"Well, what you said is, but, even if you bring something with people, I'm afraid it's too late, let's withdraw people first, this thing, as long as there are people, it can always be earned back, let Ruxian Sun County Order also bring people over to help withdraw, next to Jieshi Township in Jiebei Town, but in Ru County, these two counties are dependent on each other."

Zhou Jingran sighed, nodded sadly, and called Qingping, Yuanshan and a few other small guys to come over and order, and a few small guys ran to the two counties.

Zhou Jingran and Cheng Ke rushed to Gaojia Town in the east of Ruxian County, which is the highest place in the entire Ruxian County.

The group temporarily settled down in an inn, and the long entourage and the little servant ran back and forth, reporting the flood situation and conveying Zhou Jingran's instructions outside.

The torrential rain poured all the time, and in the evening, the water level crossed the critical point, and the next day, at dawn, the Tanma rushed in, and at two o'clock, the boundary monument town burst the embankment.

Zhou Jingran and Cheng Ke's faces turned pale, the Nanhe River is the closest river to the capital, and there has been no such thing as a levee breaking for more than ten years, and in a few days, it will be the Double Ninth Festival

The two looked at each other, Zhou Jingran sighed heavily, and said in a low voice:

"Wait for Qingping and Yuanshan to come back, if you can die fewer people, it will be slightly better."

The house leak happened to be rainy, that is, idle, this morning, the computer couldn't be turned on, so anxious to jump feet, no matter how it can't be opened, in a hurry, idle simply went to buy a small book, tears, idle time, idle silver

The next chapter, sent two hours late, really can't do it, I bought it at one o'clock and packed it and got home

Weep bitterly and ask for comfort