After determining that Wang Yan would secretly tell the court about this matter, Sun Shaozong followed his instructions and announced the truth that Xu Mingtang was actually 'committing suicide' in the back hall.

At that time, the atmosphere in the back hall was really relaxed, as for how many people were pretending, and how many people really believed that Xu Mingtang committed suicide for trivial matters at home, it was not something that Sun Shaozong could speculate.

Wang Yan took advantage of this opportunity to arrange the 'defense' on both sides of the river in one go, and urged everyone to raise troops and horses to take up their posts immediately.

It is about to repay the peach, Sun Shaozong's 'package section' is arranged near the left side of the Lugou Bridge, next to the official road, it is very convenient to transport materials at ordinary times, not to mention, once there is really something unexpected, it is much more convenient to escape than others.

Therefore, Zhou Da and Zhao Wuxing, who were under his command, as well as several officials of the Ministry of Industry and Hedao, were quite happy.

Sun Shaozong was only on the north embankment and concerned about the south bank, thinking that in the near future, tens of thousands of people might be affected by the flood, but he could only sigh and be helpless, and he was depressed and depressed every day.

Although he never thought he was a good person, he really couldn't treat human life like Jia Yucun, and even took the initiative to sacrifice thousands of lives to keep his official position.

-- Dividing line --

July 17.

The rainy weather, which lasted for more than half a month, finally came to an end this morning.

That round of the rising sun broke through the clouds, only a few hours, it showed the power of the autumn tiger, everyone on the direct embankment 'lost their armor', and countless 'flags' floated at the head of the Lugou bridge.

Standing at the head of the bridge and looking up, his eyes were full of clothes, hats, shoes and socks to dry, not to mention the stone lions, and he couldn't even see a few stone railings.

With the sun shining brightly, each other came and went without worry, and the embankment was full of laughter and laughter, and even the overseer, who had been carrying a leather whip all day, seemed to be much more cordial.

Sun Shaozong was driven by this cheerful atmosphere, and he couldn't help but have some luck, and secretly said that the river had only risen slowly in the past few days, and there was still a long distance from the warning line on the stone carving.

If this is the case, his suicide will really become a big laughing stock in officialdom.

"Your Excellency!"

Sun Shaozong was standing on the embankment and thinking about it, when he heard someone behind him call, and looked back, but it was Zhao Wuxing who hurriedly ran over with a Yanling knife on his hand.

Sun Shaozong's heart was tight, and he hurriedly asked, "What?" Isn't there something dangerous?! ”

"My lord laughed."

But I heard Zhao Wuxing grinning and said, "Where did this danger come from for no reason?" It's the government that has sent a lot of rewards, you see—it's down the slope now! ”

Sun Shaozong followed his point, and sure enough, he found eight carriages parked under the embankment, full of wine, vegetables, dried fruits, bacon, etc., among which there were many pigs, sheep, and dog heads—not as a reward, but for the sacrifice of the river god.

Since they were stationed at the river embankment, Ruan Rong and the cheap eldest brother sent things here almost every day, so Sun Shaozong was not interested in these so-called rewards at all, only rolled up his sleeves, and said impatiently: "Put the three animal sacrifices together, how to divide the rest, you and Zhou Da can discuss it, don't ask me what I mean." ”

Although Sun Shaozong didn't care about this, for Zhao Wuxing, these things were all good things that could win people's hearts, so he was busy responding, and he was ready to call someone to unload the goods.

At this moment, I heard someone shouting in the distance: "Look, there is a man in the river!" ”

"It looks like you're riding something!"

What did someone ride in the river and float over?

Sun Shaozong hurriedly looked at the river, and saw a white flower thing in the distance, and the righteousness was floating downstream at a very fast speed, but in the blink of an eye, the outline was much clearer, and it was a man tied to a sheepskin bag with a red stripe!

Those people who were temporarily summoned were still talking about it, but Sun Shaozong's face changed color, and he couldn't help but say, he snatched Zhao Wuxing's saber with his hand, stepped forward and cut off the reins on the horse stake, and then turned over and galloped towards the direction of Lugou Bridge.

The black horse rose up on all fours, and the people who were stirring all the way turned over on their backs, not to mention that there were four or five people who couldn't dodge, and were knocked to the ground head-on by it, but Sun Shaozong ignored it, and when he saw that he reached the bridge, he roared desperately: "Hurry, stop the 'sheep report brave pawn'!" ”

But it turned out that this man who was tied to a sheepskin bag and floated down the river, called 'Sheep Revenge Brave Soldier', was an important means of conveying water conditions in ancient times - and because of its great danger, the soldiers who took on the task of communicating could be said to be nine deaths, so they would only be used in emergencies.

said that Sun Shaozong shouted, and several slippery river patrolmen on the bridge panicked, and waited until Sun Shaozong arrived on horseback, but they couldn't put the sleeve pole into the water.

Seeing that the sheep reported the brave pawn, and had already drilled into the bridge hole along the turbulent water, Sun Shaozong hurriedly jumped off the horse and grabbed a thick and long sleeve pole, ran to the other side in three steps and five steps, and hung the ring to the water, only when the man riding the sheep rushed out of the bridge hole, he violently stopped his waist and shouted: "Hold on!" ”

Before the roar fell, he screamed with both hands, and picked the man out of the water along with the sheepskin bag!

Carefully put it on the bridge, Sun Shaozong immediately threw away the shaft and pounced, nervously helped the man up and asked, "How are you?" Can you still hold on?! ”

"Also...... I can't die yet. ”

The man's face was swollen and his whole body was cold, and as soon as he opened his mouth, his mouth full of yellow teeth clicked, but he still forced himself to say, "Hurry up...... Find a prisoner...... Come the Lord of the River, I have a hundred thousand fires...... Urgent......"

Sun Shaozong untied the rope around his waist and said: "This official is the river supervisor here, if you have any urgent report, even if it is!" ”

Only then did the man realize that the person who rescued him was actually a blue-robed official.

So he hurriedly struggled to take out the bamboo skewer covered with fire paint from the sandwich of the sheepskin sac, and handed it to Sun Shaozong tremblingly: "My lord, upstream...... The upstream mountain collapsed, I don't know ...... I don't know when a dammed lake was formed, but it was discovered by the Inspector the day before yesterday, and now the embankment may collapse again at any time, so please inform the Governor as soon as possible...... Prepare early! ”

Damn it!

No wonder this water rises so slowly, and there is suddenly a 'natural reservoir' in the upper reaches of feelings!

If this dammed lake can resist the flood and recede, it will be fine, but if it collapses halfway......

Sun Shaozong shuddered, hurriedly took the fire-painted bamboo stick, and entrusted the man to the patrolman on duty on the bridge to take care of, and then turned over his horse again and galloped towards the 'flood control center' where Wang Yan was.