The officers and soldiers of Qingzhou City Gate were tightly locked, and there were originally only six people guarding the gate, but now two teams of people have been sent to guard the left and right, and they have to be checked when they enter and leave the city. If you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, but you are afraid that the displaced people from outside will come in, which will make the people of Qingzhou panic.

The residents in the city did not go out of the city easily, and when they heard that there was a big flood in Yuncheng next door, they didn't get the exact news, and they didn't dare to act rashly. Only some foreign vendors, passers-by or visitors from other counties lined up in a long line at the city gate to be searched by officials.

Originally, there was nothing wrong with going out of the city, but I was afraid that some people would take advantage of natural disasters to smuggle out the grain and coarse salt in Qingzhou City, and then sell it at a high price.

Those who entered the city were interrogated more strictly, who they were, where they lived, what was the matter with entering the city, and they had to search their luggage before they could be released. There were dozens of people lined up outside the city, and only one or two of the dozen or so people were put in, only officials and merchants came in, and even the peasant households on the outskirts of the city who delivered grain could only give grain to the people who received them in the city.

"After receiving the order from above, report your identity when you enter and leave the city, everyone cooperates, take out your luggage early, and go out of the city early after searching!" A dark-skinned official, with a sword on his body, shouted to everyone with full of energy.

Seeing this scene, the slave sent by the Yang family to lead the way told the coachman who drove the horse to stop first, jumped off the horse, ran to the city gate to say something to the officers and soldiers, and took out the token.

The servant ran back and said to the old man who was driving the horse, "Liu Han come with me." ”

The Ji family's convoy went straight past the long line, and an official arched his hand to it, opening the city gate.

The people in the team looked sideways, and they didn't know which noble family this convoy belonged to, and it was so prominent. There is an old man at the gate of the city pestering the official to let him go": The official is good, my son is still pulling goods in Yuncheng, and I don't know what the situation is. "The top deliberately blocked the news, so as not to make people restless, everyone only heard that there was a big flood in Cloud City, but they didn't know what the disaster was. The old man saw that the officers and soldiers were so strict, and he was afraid that he would not be able to get out.

"It's okay to go out, but you can't get in if you go out, you have to think about it yourself." The errand didn't care about his son, so he just searched for the old man.

Seeing such a scene, Ying Ning also guessed seven or eight points: "It's time for a big flood in Yuncheng, no wonder her mother hurried back to Kyoto without even saying the reason." "Yuncheng is adjacent to Qingzhou, the terrain is low, surrounded by mountains, and there is the Luo River flowing through the territory, so that Qingzhou can have such an urgent situation, there must be only Yuncheng. It has rained these days, the water can't flow out for a while, the water level of the Luo River is high, and it will pour back in case of successive rainstorms.

"Let's leave in time, the victims have not gathered at this time, and once they gather, the city gate will not be opened again." Ying Ning pointed to a few ragged people outside. It takes at least four or five days to walk from Yuncheng to Qingzhou, and my father received a letter to my mother after receiving the disaster, and it will take three days to speed up the horse, so Yingning guesses that these displaced people should come from the junction of Yuncheng and Qingzhou, and the people who come from the border of Yuncheng are already so depressed, and the city will suffer a catastrophe.

The carriage had been bumpy for most of the day, the rain had stopped, but the road was still muddy, and the horses could not hurry. Along the road, I saw the displaced people who were affected by the disaster coming from the direction of Yuncheng, as if they were going to Kyoto, there were more and more people, all of them were pale-lipped, ragged, there were women and children, there were children, and there were old people with white temples, some dragged their families, and some were alone. Seeing a magnificent carriage coming, the men knelt down on the side of the road, and kept kowtowing and begging for food. Mrs. Ji is a kind-hearted person, and ordered the maid to share all the food on the carriage with them. Some steamed bread and dry food were snatched up at once, the monks had more meat and less meat, and the children who didn't grab it cried loudly. Mrs. Ji is also a person who eats fasting and recites Buddha, and when she saw that she couldn't bear it, she took out another day's food.

"Old lady, I have to travel for another day on this road, in case something is delayed, I am afraid that food will not be enough." Apricot was a little worried.

Mrs. Ji thought for a while, but still said, "It's okay, give it to them, and tell the coachman in front to hurry up." "The food on this road has been prepared for five days, Qingzhou to Kyoto is the slowest and only takes three days, if it is fast, it only takes two days, Mrs. Ji left three days of food, and the rest was distributed to the homeless, Mrs. Ji divided another day's dry food, there are only two days left, due to the urgency of the situation to travel overnight and there is no place to change food, everyone only blesses the road to be safe and sound, and arrive in Kyoto quickly.

When Shen arrived, the convoy suddenly stopped on the official road, and the guards who opened the road came, and the heavy rain stored the torrent, and the torrent rushed to the hillside to block the official road.

Seeing that it's going to get dark, isn't Mrs. Ji in a hurry? A few sisters and aunts in the car are also anxious, and if the official road can't get through, they have to take the trail, and everyone can't say what happened on the trail, not to mention the bandits and bandits, it's enough to meet some chaotic people at this juncture.

Mrs. Ji got out of the car and came to Mrs. Ji's carriage": Mother, the road is blocked by mud and rocks in front, there is only one path to go to Kyoto, and it will take at least two or three hours to go around from here, I think we can find a place to live tonight, and it is feasible to set off again tomorrow morning? ”

"How far is the nearest inn?"

"The closest one is only Lianshui Town, which used to take more than an hour."

"That's all it takes."

Mrs. Ji ordered someone to ride a fast horse to carry a letter to Master Ji. Yan Yan called a few girls to pass the word to her sister and aunt, but Ying Ning didn't say anything, but the second girl couldn't help it and complained about God.

The convoy slowly turned around and headed towards Lianshui Town to the east.

At this moment, Kyoto Kifu, Master Ji is in a hurry in the study. The Holy One has decreed that the gates of the city will be closed tomorrow. His old mother, wife, and daughter are still on their way to Kyoto. The ferocity of the flood washed away countless mud-tiled houses, killing and wounding countless people, and displacing a large number of people. Yuncheng borders Kyoto and Qingzhou, and the disaster area is only 400 miles away from Kyoto, and a large number of displaced people are already coming to Kyoto. Kyoto is at the foot of the Son of Heaven, and in order to ensure safety, the Holy Lord even dispatched the military aircraft battalion.

The carriage had been traveling for six or seven hours a day, and it was already completely dark, and the clouds covered the moon, and it was pitch black outside. After a few days of heavy rain, potholes on the road, Ying Ning bumped in the car for a day, vomited twice, and did not eat, all that came out was bitter water, lying on the soft couch to recuperate, and finally there was a light in front of her.

Yingning put on the gauze hat and was helped out of the carriage by Zitang. The inn in front of me is a little dilapidated, the mahogany paint on the door is a little peeling, and the four words Taoyuan Inn are engraved on the plaque on the door. After all, they are all the daughters of the Ji family, and Lord Ji is a Beijing official, and the official reputation is important, so he didn't disturb the local governor, and the inn he was looking for was the best in this town.

There was a young man in the store who was wiping the table, and when he realized that a group of nobles came from outside the door, he threw dirty cloth and ran inside.

The shopkeeper came out to see, and he didn't know what it was, and when the guard stepped forward to say, the shopkeeper and two guys pounced and knelt down: "I don't know if the nobleman is coming, the little one is guilty." ”

Mrs. Ji waved her hand, told the shopkeepers to get up, and cleaned up a few rooms. Only then did the shopkeeper stand up tremblingly, his hands tightly pressed against his black coat and his back hunched. The young man on the side was clever, got up and said hello to the adults, and then ran to clean up the room with a rag.

The inn was not big, and there were a few more guests, and these dozens of people came at this time, and the girls had to squeeze two people into a room.

After a day of riding in the carriage, the second girl finally got on the soft bed, and stretched comfortably.

"I don't know what will happen tomorrow, if the official road can't be cleared, tomorrow I must take the small road. The trail is difficult to walk, and it is estimated that it will take two days to get to Kyoto. Ying Ning remembered the homeless people she saw on the road today, and if they didn't hurry to Kyoto, she was afraid that the gate of Kyoto would be closed. Although his father was a great official, he was no bigger than the saint, and if the saint decreed that the city gate was closed, no one would be able to enter.

She knocked on the door outside and came in with a food plate: "The girl hasn't eaten for a day, and the kitchen has made porridge with minced meat." "While putting down the food plate, the young man said what she heard outside": The slave maid heard from the young man in the store that the flood in Yuncheng killed and injured many people. The young man described it vividly, saying that in the middle of the night the torrent rushed down the mountain like a beast, and the mud flow and rocks poured down, and the patches of earthen tile houses were instantly submerged in the mud flow, and the people in the house disappeared in the dream. ”

Ying Ning took a spoon and scooped up a mouthful of meat porridge, and forgot to put the porridge in her mouth when she heard this. I thought it might be serious, but I didn't expect it to be so serious, the torrent broke out at night, and I couldn't escape even if I was afraid of it.

On the second day, the official road was still blocked, and the carriages and horses could only take the trail, so it seemed that they would have to reach Kyoto tomorrow evening at the earliest.

Mrs. Ji ordered people to prepare more food, and if they encountered disaster victims on the way, they could be shared. The carriage detoured along the path, and the number of displaced people on the road grew, some headed to the town of Lianshui, and most of them went all the way north in the direction of Kyoto.

Ying Ning put down the curtain of the car and couldn't bear to look at it anymore, and ordered the blue to share her food with the victims": These people who can escape are considered fateful, although there is no house and no relatives, so they can save their lives. finally escaped the disaster, but in the end he was starved to death because he had no food, but he was not sad. ”

"The imperial court will definitely allocate grain for disaster relief, but this will will be passed on the road for a day or two, and it will take two or three days for the grain to be transported from outside. Yingxiu shook her head at the displaced people with pity, hoping to reach Kyoto as soon as possible.

The carriage went around the trail for half a day, avoiding the mud flow that had piled up, and finally returned to the official road. The carriage hurried overnight, but fortunately, the official road was wide and flat, and the speed of the car was also faster.

On the third day, the Ji family's convoy finally arrived outside Kyoto. At this time, the gates of Kyoto had been closed for a day.

Outside the city gates were refugees fleeing the disaster. Crowds gathered, wailing, moaning, crying, sighing. These men had no place to go, and sat on the ground outside the city, staring at the gates.

If you don't see it with your own eyes, you can't really feel the tragic situation caused by the flood, and Yingning saw it. I saw the little doll in my mother's arms, and I was about to cry because I was hungry; Seeing the old woman lying on the ground, her hands were powerless, and she couldn't stop moaning......

Now they are also locked up outside the city.

The little guy in front reported to the official guarding the door, saying that the Ji family's chariots and horses were going to enter the city.

"There is a decree in the saint, the city gate was closed this morning, and no token is allowed to enter or exit without a decree, even if it is a royal relative, let alone Lord Yushi." The military aircraft battalion led the way. The military aircraft battalion is directly in charge of the saint, and only listens to the will of the chief general and the saint.

"The official is doing well, these are the family members of the Ji Mansion, they missed the itinerary when they encountered an accident on the road, there are refugees outside, and it is already dark, what can they do." Ji Fu had already sent people to wait in the city, and if the guards insisted on not opening the door, they had to wait for Lord Ji to go to the Holy Heaven to ask for the Holy Decree.

Xiao Yanchen saw that there was something wrong at the gate of the city, clamped the horse's belly between his legs, and walked over slowly.

"What are you gathered at the gates?"

"Back to the adjutant general, the carriage of Jifu wanted to enter the city, but there was no will and token of the saint, and it was blocked by his subordinates."

Speaking of Ji Mansion, Yan Chen thought of the Ji family's convoy in the market that day, thinking about this time, at this juncture, it should be the female dependents of Ji Mansion who returned to the city that day. Inexplicably, he remembered that coquettish but flustered look again.

"Open the gates and let them in."

"This ......" The leader didn't expect his lieutenant general to be so accommodating at this time. The lieutenant general has the token in his hand, so he can naturally send them.

The leading guard waved his hand to the people below, and the gate was half open for the Ji family's convoy.

At this time, the second young master of the Ji family was rushing to the city gate with the token he had just begged for. Yinghong stepped off the horse, bowed his hand to the young lieutenant general in front of him, thanked him gratefully, and turned to welcome his mother's carriage into the city.

Yan Chen glanced at the carriage with the indigo-topped blue tent and drove away with the guards.

"Seventh sister, the convoy moved, it was a young general who ordered someone to open the city gate, and the high-headed horse is really mighty." Seeing the convoy moving, she saw a very handsome man riding a horse and leaving with a group of people from a distance.

Ying Ning was relieved to hear the city gate open, and when she opened the curtain, the back of the horse had already walked away, and only the shiny armor almost flashed.

At the gate of Ji's mansion, Master Ji finally saw his carriage, hurriedly stepped forward to help the old lady down, and saw that everyone was safe, so he ordered Xingzhi to take the old lady back to Wanshoutang.

As soon as Yingning returned to Liuyunxuan, she asked Zitang to prepare hot water for bathing, and she was dusty on the road for three days, and her body was sticky and uncomfortable. By the time she had finished bathing, it was already too late. The bed is really a heaven and an earth compared to a carriage, and I can finally sleep peacefully tonight.

The inner courtyard of the house is closed, and Ying Ning doesn't know how the flood has been handled, and she doesn't know how the displaced people from outside are settled, but Kyoto is still blocked, and she just takes this matter over.

On the third day of returning home, the little girl in the outer courtyard hurriedly ran to Liuyunxuan, ran to the door and tripped over the threshold, swallowed her front teeth, and covered her mouth in pain.

"Oh, why are you so reckless, what's the important thing to be so flustered, be careful of breaking the phase." The mother-in-law who guarded the door stepped forward to help the little girl.

"Mother Wu is not good, there is a plague outbreak outside the city, and at this time, Mrs. ordered each room to smoke the house with atractylodes, and all corners of the courtyard should be sprinkled with grass and wood ashes."

After the flood, the worst thing happened.

The so-called Shixing households are suffering, and everyone is injured by the infection. There was also a major epidemic in the previous dynasty, and the people who got the epidemic were all down, the blood was thick all over the body, the symptoms were terrible, and those who were close to them were all sick, and the government had to isolate the sick people, and they went to the abandoned nunnery, and the doctors of the Huimin Bureau did not dare to enter, and those people had to resign themselves to their fate inside.

The epidemic also came fiercely, and the patients suffering from heat poison had diarrhea and vomiting, and finally died of loss of energy, and the deceased was as thin as firewood.

There was an outbreak of epidemic outside the city, hundreds of people died of illness in one day, some atractylodes realgar and other medicinal materials for prevention and control were snatched up, and it was difficult to find a thousand gold for a while, and someone picked mugwort to smoke the house, and the city made people panic.

The Holy Decree that anyone who has a fever must report it, and whoever dares to conceal it will not be able to live for the whole family.

Mrs. Ji and several girls also recited the Buddha with the old lady, just asking the Buddha to bless this epidemic to pass quickly.