Frowning, Wei Yifang was about to call the scribe outside the door into the study to inquire, but he saw the door being slammed open, and a scribe broke in soaking wet, shouting: "County Zun, it's not good!" ”

Wei Yifang was also a little calm, his eyebrows twisted and he looked at this unknown scribe with disgust, Young Master Wei, who was usually a little clean, was disgusted by his muddy clothes......

suppressed the displeasure in his heart, and asked in a deep voice: "Something to talk about slowly, and, what's going on outside?" ”

The scribe wiped a handful of rain from his face, didn't care about the embarrassment of the county zun, and hurriedly said: "Back to the county zun, the army sent by the imperial court has arrived outside the city......

Wei Yifang was shocked in his heart, and quickly stood up, and said in surprise: "So fast? Quickly notified, ordered the kitchen to immediately rectify the banquet, and after Lu Guogong and Fang Jun and other officials entered the city, the official should set up a banquet to entertain them. This official is a child of a family, how can he lose such courtesy? Otherwise, if it spreads, some people will laugh at me for ignoring hospitality. ”

The scribe was interrupted in the middle of his words, and at this time his expression was entangled, and he didn't dare to grab the words, and only after Wei Yifang finished speaking, did he squeak and say, "This...... If he returned to the county, Fang Jun and the others together with the 5,000 army had already crossed the city and went straight to the Jinghe embankment. ”

Wei Yifang paused for a moment, his handsome face instantly turned red, and he said in shame: "Even so, why do you say half of it?" Do you want to see the embarrassment of the official? ”

The scribe was so aggrieved that you grabbed the words, where did I dare not let you speak?

Wei Yifang was not in the mood to dwell on this trivial matter, waved his hand, and said with an unhappy face: "This Fang Jun is really excessive, but he can't enter the city when he arrives in Jingyang, don't you take this official in your eyes?" This official and dignified Jingzhao Wei's disciple was actually treated so contemptuously by him......"

At this point, I suddenly remembered that the relationship between the Fang Shilang and Jing Zhao Wei's family had always been tense, and the two sides had not fought once or twice, so there was really no need to give him face......

I had to say helplessly: "That's it, wait for the official to bathe and change clothes, and go to the embankment to see, after all, it is an angel who came by the emperor's order, so it's not too rude." ”

The scribe swallowed his saliva and said in his heart that you still want to bathe and change clothes? It's really a son of a family, no matter how you wash it, won't you still get drenched in the rain when you go out? What's more, the entire Jingyang City is about to turn upside down right now......

I had to say boldly: "What's that...... Didn't the county magistrate just ask why there was a lot of noise outside? ”

"Ah, yes, what the hell is going on?"

Wei Yifang almost forgot about this stubble, and only remembered it when he was reminded, and looked at the scribe curiously.

The scribe said: "Your Majesty ordered the army to come to Jingyang for disaster relief, and Fang Shilang shouted the slogan of 'the embankment is in the people, and the embankment collapses and people die' outside the city, and the people of the city are all moved, and they all miss His Majesty's grace, so even the old and weak women and children who stay in the city also go out of the city to the embankment together, vowing to live and die with the embankment!" ”

Wei Yifang's whole person seemed to have been immobilized, and he stood in place, incredulous: "What did you say? ”

"County honor, except for the old, weak, sick and disabled who can't really move, the rest of the people go out of the city to the embankment to fight the flood and rescue the danger with the officials and soldiers! The current castle ...... Almost empty. ”

Wei Yifang gasped!

The people of the city all went to the embankment to relieve the disaster, and even shouted the slogan of "the embankment is in the people, and the embankment collapses and the people die", and until now, he, the county lord, is still in the government to discuss the banquet to entertain the disaster relief officials who came to Chang'an, and even go to the embankment to bathe and change clothes......

Is this fear of danger and danger?

Or is it dereliction of duty?

Either way, Wei Yifang, who was born in a family, understood that once he was targeted by the imperial historian and presented to His Majesty for impeachment, his official position would almost be lost...... It's not even just about losing your official position and resigning from office, if you take advantage of the situation to thoroughly investigate yourself......

Wei Yifang soaked his robe with cold sweat in an instant, and the cool breeze at the door blew in, and he shivered, and his handsome face turned pale in an instant, and he shouted: "How dare you mistake me?" ”

didn't care about changing the official robe, so he pushed away the scribe in front of him with one palm, and strode into the heavy rain outside the door.

The courtyard suddenly remembered the county honor's hoarse shout: "Is Du Te dead?" Those who are still panting are all let Lao Tzu get out, and quickly follow the official to the embankment! ”

The scribe didn't expect Wei Yifang's reaction to be so big, and said in his heart that even if he was a county honorable and couldn't be on the front line in person, it would be a big mistake, but you are a child of the family, the descendant of Jingzhao Wei's family, how can you be afraid of such a trivial matter?

Look at the heavy rain that makes his hair loose and his clothes ragged, this is not the style of Wei Dashao, who is the most particular about appearance and demeanor in the past......

*****

Above the embankment of the Jing River, there are crowds of people.

Lin Ruofu supported his waist with one hand, and rode the pergola with the other, looking at the rushing river water in the upper reaches of the Jing River not far away, full of worry.

More than 2,000 people around him threw off their arms under the organization of the officials and officials to work in full swing, baskets of earth and stones from under the embankment to the top of the dam, and strengthened several embankments that could not be washed away by the flood, but the flood became more and more turbulent, and the turbulent water washed away the soil and stones that had just been dumped in an instant, and all the efforts were in vain.

There were even low embankments overflowing by the swollen river, leaving them muddy......

What is especially worrying is that these servants and men have not closed their eyes since they went up to the embankment at noon yesterday, and even their meals have only been two meals of gruel...... It was still the rice and grain he called on the wealthy households in the city to donate, and the Yicang, which was supposed to be opened at this time, was still locked and locked......

The whole city is indignant!

Lin Ruofu is just a director of the Ministry of Industry, Zhenguan has been in the early years, and the Lin family is only a small local household in Jingyang, even if he is willing to give up his family's property power to provide food for these people, how many meals can he provide?

Two or three thousand sturdy men who work continuously with super intensity, if the amount of food is open to eat, one meal can eat him Lin Ruofu to lose......

And the most critical question is that there are tens of thousands of stones of new grain for autumn in the warehouse, but why did he let a small bureaucrat who had already become a leader break his family?

It doesn't make sense!

But even if he was angry in his heart, he couldn't just throw his sleeves and leave. Wei Yifang, the county magistrate, is the descendant of Jingzhao Wei's branch, and the first Jingyang county magistrate is just a step into the body, even if Jingyang is razed to the ground by a big flood, relying on Wei's power to stand up to the sky, it is only two years, and his political achievements in another place are still high......

But he Lin Ruofu can't do it!

He is a native of Jingyang, born and raised in Si, and it is also the place where he will bury his bones in the future, how can he bear to let the flood ravage his hometown and ruin it? If he really did that, how could he be worthy of those neighbors, and how would he face the ancestors and ancestors in his ancestral home?

The more urgent the disaster, the more angry Lin Ruofu was in his heart!

What important responsibilities can the children of such families have in addition to ordinary pleasures?

What a son of man!

A person behind him walked quickly, gasping loudly beside him, wiping a handful of muddy water from his face, and said worriedly: "Why did this heavy rain come down and never stop?" The river has been soaring, the water level has been rising, and now there are many places where the water level has overflowed, and if it continues like this, it will probably be over! Uncle Shi, you see...... Why don't you let the servants escort you and leave first? ”

Lin Ruofu glanced back expressionlessly and saw that it was Zhang Ting, the county lieutenant.

Like the Lin family, the Zhang family is also the ancestral home of Jingyang, and has served as a county lieutenant for generations since the former Sui Dynasty. The Zhang family style is rigorous, although it is not a scholarly family, but it is also quite honest and kind, and its prestige in the county is not low.

When Zhang Ting said this, it was obvious that he had lost confidence in protecting the embankment......

Lin Ruofu's face sank like water, looked at the villagers who were still working hard, sighed lightly, and said helplessly: "You let the old man abandon these villagers and his neighbors and escape alone?" If my old bones are not there, then do you think these people will disperse in a hurry, and finally the embankment will be unguarded, allowing the flood to collapse and destroy Jingyang City? ”

Zhang Ting was silent.

After a while, Fang Cai shouted angrily: "Mother! What kind of officials are sent by the imperial court? I only know that I am greedy for pleasure and make a well-educated child of a family all day long, but once I encounter something, I don't even dare to show my face, it's just a corpse vegetarian meal! ”

Lin Ruofu's thin and thin body stood straight in the wind and rain, his face was haggard, but he could not hide the cold look in his eyes, and he shouted categorically: "Since you know that people only regard being an official as a step into the body, why do you have to look forward to it?" He was afraid that he would be embarrassed when he got on the embankment, so he drank and drank tea in the yamen and became his second ancestor. This is Jingyang, it is the Jingyang of our Jingyang people, let us use our flesh and blood to protect this embankment, and let our Jingyang people use their lives to guard our Jingyang! ”

In the wind and rain, his shouts spread far away, and the people near the left were all excited when they heard this!

"Guarding Jingyang!"

"This is the Jingyang of our Jingyang people!"

"Live and die with the embankment!"

The wind and rain were like obscurity, and the flood was raging, but the morale on this embankment was like a rainbow, and all the people and servants were red-eyed, gritted their teeth and burst out with all their strength, and brought baskets of earth and rocks from under the dam to stop the raging flood.

As one, people will win the day!