Chapter 62: The Rainstorm Strikes
"When will this rain stop?" Yao'er looked at the sky and said worriedly. It stands to reason that it is not yet night, but the sky is terrifyingly dark, the black and oppressive dark clouds keep pouring down, the whole city of Jinan lightning and thunder, the wind is raging, as if it may be destroyed at any time.
When the girls heard Yao'er say this, they noticed that they had been playing all afternoon unconsciously, and they had lost the interest in continuing to play.
Wang Qianqian was the first to say: "You guys play, I'll go out and have a look." After speaking, he left the peerless building with an umbrella.
Wang Qianqian came to the outer courtyard and shouted to the general pipe who was directing the drainage of his subordinates: "Li Bo." ”
Then the manager was in his forties, his body was very tough, he was drenched in the rain all afternoon, and his spirit was still very good, he heard Wang Qianqian calling him, so he ran over.
Wang Qianqian was afraid that he would get wet, so he approached him with an umbrella.
"Don't, miss, don't get your clothes dirty." Li Bo hurriedly took a few steps back.
Wang Qianqian put another umbrella in his hand on him, Li Bo was already drenched, it didn't matter whether he played the umbrella or not, but he couldn't refuse Qianqian's kindness, so he still took the umbrella.
Wang Qianqian looked at the busy people in the rain, they had just finished clearing the dead branches and rotten leaves in the drain, a gust of wind passed, and there was a new blockage of the waterway, she said: "Uncle Li, I see that the rain can't stop for a while and a half, let the people rest, I have already asked someone to prepare ginger soup, don't get sick." ”
"Hey, Howler." Li Bo also felt that it was useless to drain like this any longer, and he still had to be flooded. He turned to his subordinates and shouted, "Let's all go back and rest." The subordinates were relieved, packed up their utensils and went back to the front yard, where there was hot rice and ginger soup prepared by Wang Qianqian for them.
Seeing that everyone was leaving, Li Bo said, "Miss, let's go back to the house first, don't get wet." ”
Wang Qianqian didn't seem to hear it, her mind was in the sky, she looked at the black sky, and asked, "Uncle Li, when do you think the rain will stop?" ”
"The old servant doesn't know, the old servant has lived for more than forty years, and he has never seen such a heavy rain in Jinan City."
"Oh? Even you haven't met it? ”
Li Bo nodded and affirmed: "It's not just an old servant, I'm afraid that even an old man who is old has never met him." ”
Hearing him say this, Wang Qianqian became even more worried.
After Wang Qianqian left, Li Er also went back to her small room, sat cross-legged and continued to practice, her true qi today has not yet run to ten laps, and if her internal strength does not advance, she will retreat, she has to seize the time to practice more, so as to strive for revenge as soon as possible. Mingxi went back to his small meditation room, bowed his head and chanted the Buddha, praying for the blessings of the people throughout the process.
After the three of them left, Yao'er was always uneasy, she stood by the window and looked in the direction of the north of the city and muttered, "I don't know how the emperor's brother is now." ”
Chen Yuanyuan also glanced at the sky.
Yao'er was very worried about Wang Jian, so she turned around and said, "Sister Yuanyuan, why don't we go and have a look?" ”
Chen Yuanyuan said: "I'm afraid that the faint monarch is busy discharging the flood, what are we going to do." ”
Yao'er said, "Let's go help, maybe we can help." ”
Chen Yuanyuan glanced at Yao'er, who was petite and delicate, and said, "What can you help with, if you want to go, I won't go." ”
Yao'er begged, "Sister Yuanyuan." ”
"Okay, okay, don't shake it, your hands are about to be broken by you, I'll go with you."
"Hehe, Sister Yuanyuan is the best."
Wang Jian sat in the yamen of the political envoy with a stern face, and on either side of him stood officials at all levels in Jinan City.
He asked, "How's it going?" ”
Governor Zheng Yuqiao said worriedly: "Your Majesty, in previous years, there were often heavy rains or thunderstorms in this month, but it was not as big as today, once the rainstorm continued to fall, not to mention the Yellow River in the north of the city, even if the water of the Xiaoqing River was full of water into the Luohe River on the east and west sides of the city, the water level would rise again, once it was poured into Daming Lake, I am afraid that a large amount of lake water poured into the city, and the consequences would be unimaginable." ”
Zhou Tongju also said: "Your Majesty, Weichen has already sent someone down to strengthen the embankment of Xiaoqing River, and he will never let Xiaoqing River burst its embankment!" ”
Wang Jian asked, "What should I do if the Yellow River bursts?" That's 10,000 acres of fertile land! "Wang Jian moved back more than 400,000 people from Laizhou and Dengzhou, and if the Yellow River really flooded and destroyed the fertile land, then the people in the whole city would have to starve to death. Moreover, he asked the merchants to pay as a guarantee, and the peasants originally intended to plant new crops such as potatoes and corn, and saw that a bumper harvest would be in another month.
"This..."Zhou Tongju only cared about the safety of Jinan City, but he didn't care so much, and he didn't know what to do for a while.
At this moment, Qi'er hurriedly ran in, and she said: "Your Majesty, there is a dangerous situation in the Luokou section of the Yellow River, and Concubine Ma has already rushed to the rescue with the officers and soldiers of the Iron Cavalry Battalion!" ”
It turned out that Ma Mimei saw that the torrential rain had not stopped all afternoon in the barracks, and she knew what the fertile fields on both sides of the Yellow River meant to Wang Jian, so she took the soldiers of the whole battalion to the embankment regardless of her own safety.
"What!" Wang Jian was not only afraid that the Yellow River would burst its banks, but also that there would be any danger to his concubine, so he said: "Let's go, go with me and have a look!" Although the officials on both sides were very reluctant, but the emperor took the lead, and they could only follow hard.
Whoa, don't let anything happen to you.
Ma Meimei was standing on a high ground on the shore, directing the soldiers to strengthen the riverbank with sacks of selap wrapped in large stones and earth. As soon as the sack was placed on the embankment, before the soldiers could tamp it, it was hit into the water by several waves, and was soon swallowed up by the tumbling water.
Suddenly, there were a few screams in my ears, and I saw a small gap in the river embankment, and several soldiers did not have time to react before they were involved in the river.
Seeing that the gap was getting bigger and bigger by the river, Ma Xiaomei didn't have time to think about it, and she jumped a few times to the river where the accident occurred. The internal force of her luck and body instantly appeared all over her body, and those true qi blocked the gap, and even within a hundred steps of her, the crumbling rammed earth embankment gradually stabilized.
Seeing that Ma Mi had such might, the surrounding soldiers were all highly motivated.
Only Zu Dabi knows that when manpower is exhausted, how can he win the sky? He worried: "Dashuai! ”
Ma Mi said while urging the true qi to stabilize the river embankment: "Leave me alone, stop it quickly!" ”
Zu Dabi gritted his teeth, and knew that what he was competing with God now was time, so he immediately ordered people to reinforce the embankments on both sides of the gap.
"What about the imperial concubine?" Wang Jian rushed to the riverbank, but he didn't see him, so he hurriedly asked.
"Back to the emperor, there was a new gap over there, and the handsome man just led someone to block it." One of the generals replied, pointing to a river embankment in the distance.
More than an hour has passed, the rainstorm is still falling, and Ma Yumei is also standing motionless in the rainstorm, the red true qi around her body is getting weaker and weaker, competing with the raging river, it is like fighting against a master of the emperor's realm, and it is a continuous battle, and there is no rest halfway through!
She single-handedly blocked the gap, and now her true qi is close to exhaustion. The banks on both sides of the gap had been reinforced, and now only a human-sized gap remained, and the soldiers were making the final stops.
Finally, the gap was also blocked, and Ma Miao's heart was also relieved.
"Dashuai, okay, you can come down." Zu Dabi said.
Ma Miaoyan's body was weak when she heard this, and she could barely stand, and her true qi in her dantian was seriously overdrawn now, and she was afraid that it would be difficult to recover within a month.
Suddenly, another wave rolled over the embankment, and in the blink of an eye, the crumbling horse was swept into the Yellow River.
"Whoa!"
This scene happened to be seen by Wang Jian, who had just arrived, and he didn't know where the true qi came from, his speed at the moment increased to the extreme, and a fish leap also jumped into the Yellow River.
"Your Majesty!" The officers and soldiers on the banks of the river let out a cry of terror, and they could not do anything in the face of the rushing water of the Yellow River.
At this time, Wang Jian finally hugged Ma Miao, who had fainted to death, he used all his strength to struggle, his body floated slightly, his head just surfaced, he used all his true qi to throw Ma Miao's high: "Catch!" ”
Ma Concubines were thrown into the air, also for the realm of kings, Wang Chengen, who had been prepared, immediately threw a long sword into the Yellow River, he jumped into the air to catch Ma Concubine, and then fell with Ma Concubine, seeing that he was about to fall into the Yellow River, just the long sword reached his feet, he stepped on the long sword, and the light work was carried to the limit, and finally returned to the shore. When he turned his head again, Wang Jian had already been washed to the center of the Yellow River, and it was impossible to save him again, seeing that Wang Jian was about to be swallowed by the river again.
Suddenly, Wang Jian's body miraculously surfaced again.
It turned out that Zu Dabi saw Wang Jian's head out, and at this critical moment, he used a dragon rope to tie Wang Jian's feet, even so, he was still unable to resist the churning river, and Wang Jian was still swept into the depths of the Yellow River.
Zu Dabi steadied his horse, his feet were dragged into the muddy soil, he wrapped his hands around the dragon rope and shouted: "Come and help Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu can't hold it anymore!" ”
The surrounding soldiers rushed up, and they all hugged the dragon rope and dragged it vigorously. But no matter how they drag, how can manpower win the sky? With the strength of the realm of the king, Ma Fei can only apply true qi to the rammed earth to strengthen the river embankment, but water is the most yin and soft thing in the world, and Ma Fei can only use true qi to block water, but cannot make water. In other words, you can wrap the water in the cup with your true qi, but you can't use your true qi to take out the churning river water, because the river water is flowing, and any true qi that enters the river will disappear into nothingness.
It is not easy to drag Wang Jian back in the churning water of the Yellow River, which is mixed with countless sandy soil, not to mention the raging winds and torrential rain!
Wang Jian was hit by the storm and river waves in turn, he was dizzy, he didn't know how much sand in the Yellow River he had eaten, and his consciousness was about to blur.
God seemed to be also mad, and he had to kill Wang Jian, the wind blew more violently, and the rain fell even more violently.
The two sides were at a stalemate for a while, but everyone knew that time was on God's side, and it was only a matter of time before Wang Jian was washed away.