The first rainstorm of the summer finally came, and the sky was dark, and the rain poured down on the whole land in a hazy mist, and it seemed that there was no life on the land except for the heavy rain.

Yang Yi stood under the eaves with his hands behind his back, his eyes slightly closed, smelling the earthy air, and his mood was quite heavy.

"You don't seem too happy." An old voice came from behind.

Yang Yi turned around and saw Su Zhongzhai sitting in a wheelchair and being pushed out of the house by Su Luan.

"Grandpa." Yang Yi bowed and saluted, glanced at Su Luan, who looked a little embarrassed on the side, and said, "Cousin Luan'er." ”

Su Zhongzhai smiled and nodded, but Su Luan forced a smile and hesitated: "Table... Cousin is good. ”

In Yang Yi's impression, this is the first time Su Luan has called her cousin, this girl is very guarded, and she has always been wary of Yang Yi before Yang Yi revealed her identity.

Su Zhongzhai, who was in a wheelchair, laughed and said, "Why, don't let grandpa drive your cousin away now?" ”

Su Luan said angrily: "Luan'er... How can that be said. He peeked at Yang Yi, and said, "It's not that you and your father hide me from me and don't let me know the true identity of Yang Yi's cousin, which offended my cousin." ”

Yang Yi smiled and said: "It's a good thing that Cousin Luan'er can bravely stand up and protect the safety of the Su Mansion, what's wrong." My grandfather and uncle hid my identity for my safety, and it's no wonder they did. ”

Su Zhongzhai pushed the wheelchair forward twice, and said with a smile: "Okay Luan'er, you go to your father to help, I'll talk to Yi'er." ”

Su Luan nodded obediently, and was about to leave, when he suddenly turned his head again and asked Yang Yidao with a smile: "Cousin, where is your fat cat, borrow me to play?" ”

Yang Yi was stunned and said, "Huh? You say coffee, maybe sleep in my room. ”

Su Luan responded with a grin, and ran quickly towards Yang Yi's room. This girl has been very interested in the "fat cat" since the last time her dog was scared by coffee and couldn't walk.

Su Zhongzhai smiled and said, "This girl has no mother since she was a child, and she has been spoiled by the Su Mansion, and there are no rules. ”

Yang Yi smiled: "It's good, being able to live happily is more important than anything else." ”

Su Zhongzhai raised his hand to turn the wheelchair, but Yang Yi hurriedly stepped forward to push it down on the edge of the eaves, and the grandfather and grandson enjoyed the majestic rain outside the house together.

"It seems that in this contest with Tao Yong, you seem to have learned a lot." Su Zhongzhai said with a smile.

Yang Yi pondered for a moment, sighed and said, "Don't hide it from my grandfather, although I can successfully defeat Tao Yong this time, I am not happy at all." ”

"Why?"

"I don't know if I can take on such a heavy responsibility, I don't know if I really have the ability to change the world, step by step in the past few years, more often I am trying to live for myself and the people I care about, and now suddenly hundreds of thousands of people are looking at me with wide eyes, I... Seems a little unaccustomed. ”

Su Zhongzhai looked up at Yang Yi with a smile on his face, a gust of wind blew, and a few drops of rain splashed on his gray beard, and suddenly asked, "Is it useful to think about these?" Sometimes, the reason why people do a lot of things is nothing more than to live more comfortably, to make themselves comfortable, to make the people they care about and those who care about themselves comfortable.

Don't look at things so complicated, as long as you have the right heart, things will always fall into place, even if it is a turbulent stream, in the end, it can turn into a monstrous flood. ”

Yang Yi looked thoughtfully at the rain line that kept pouring down on the eaves, and condensed: "Don't hide it from grandpa, Yi'er always feels that she doesn't belong to this world, and I don't know why God let me come to this world, I know very well what kind of person I used to be, I want to know why it's me..."

Su Zhongzhai paused for a moment, only thinking that Yang Yi was talking about his misfortune when he was a child, and comforted him kindly: "What does it matter what happened before?" You are still young, and it is not time to question the past, and it is not too late to think about these issues when you reach the age of an old man. ”

Yang Yi smiled and muttered: "That's right, I'm reborn from the fire, whether it's a phoenix or a pheasant always depends on it, but Yi'er thinks too much." ”

Su Zhongzhai nodded with satisfaction, this kind of thing must be figured out by Yang Yi himself, others play a small role, and at the moment, it seems that in order to change the topic, he said: "Now that the Chengzhou Mansion has been decided, what are you going to do next?" ”

Yang Yi took a deep breath, calmed his mind again, and said: "Now that the four states in Shuzhong, Yi'er has taken down the two places of Chengzhou and Kangzhou, and in the morning, he has sent a fast horse to send an edict to the other two states, and at the same time, many of Tao Yong's crimes have been made public, but he is also ready to fight again." ”

Su Zhongzhai pondered: "Although there are four states in Shuzhong, whether it is military or economic and tax production, Chengzhou and Kangzhou are far ahead of the other two states. After a pause, he asked again: "Then how should you deal with the forces outside of Shudi?" ”

Su Zhongzhai had also heard about the situation outside, and knew that Yang Yi wanted to sit firmly in Shuzhong, not only to stabilize the interior, but also to strictly prevent all forces outside Shu from taking advantage of his unstable foundation.

Yang Yi obviously also considered this, and said: "Now that the northern army has arrived at Jianchong Pass, under the pressure of internal and external attacks, I believe that the Jianchong Pass guards will open the city and surrender in the near future, and Yi'er will prepare to let the northern army temporarily garrison Jianchong Pass to prevent foreign forces from invading Shu." ”

Su Zhongzhai nodded and said, "Hmm... Yes, with an elite town like the Northern Army guarding the dangerous pass, I believe that Shudong Road can ensure worry-free. This time, after the three shocks of Tao Yong, Gao Zuozhen and you, Shuzhong has suffered a lot of political and economic blows, and my grandfather suggested that you must quickly re-establish a new order before attracting the attention of other forces. ”

Yang Yi frowned and said: "Well, Sun Er also thinks so, stabilizing the people's hearts, opening up business routes, and reappointing officials all need to be completed as soon as possible in a short period of time. ”

"Do you still have any money? If you don't have any money, go to your uncle to get it, as long as Su Fu has it, you can use it. Su Zhongzhai suddenly said, he knew that most of the things that Yang Yi wanted to do were inseparable from the word money.

Yang Yi's heart warmed, this sentence seems familiar, in his previous life, the wanderer was working hard, and there would always be someone in the family who asked on the phone, "Do you still have money?" Didn't tell me".

Such a simple sentence contains countless sad tears, but it is full of warmth.

Yang Yi said with a smile: "Thank you grandfather for your concern, when Dou Xu and I went into the mountains to exterminate the bandits, we accidentally got a batch of treasures from the blue-eyed eagle, and I will send someone to retrieve it in a few days, I believe it can last for a long time." ”

At this moment, a figure rushed into the courtyard in the majestic rain, and the grandfather and grandson turned their heads to look, but it was Ma You, the acting commander of the Connecticut Army appointed by Yang Yixin.

Ma You, who was soaked and wearing only a single coat, hurriedly came to Yang Yi and bowed his hands: "The last general has seen His Royal Highness, and he has seen Mr. Su!" ”

Yang Yi saw that Ma You was speaking very quickly, as if he was in a hurry, and hurriedly said: "General Ma doesn't have to be polite, what happened?" ”

Ma You wiped the rain off his face and said, "Your Highness, because the rain is too fierce, the river is rising, and the Chengzhou section of the Hengchuan River embankment is in danger, and there is a danger of bursting the embankment at any time!" ”

Yang Yi was startled, looked up at the sky, and saw that the sky was dark and terrible, and the heavy rain had been raining all day without any signs of slowing down.

Whether it is the ancients or modern people, they are undoubtedly vulnerable in the face of natural disasters, and the monstrous flood is even more terrifying.

Even Su Zhongzhai, who has never been surprised by trouble, said with a solemn face at this time: "The Hengchuan River is located in the upper reaches of Chengzhou Mansion, and there are tens of thousands of fertile fields and villages in its lower reaches, once the embankment bursts, the consequences are unimaginable!" ”

Yang Yi asked Ma You urgently: "How is the situation there now?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness, his subordinates have mobilized more than 1,000 people to go to the berm, and nearly 10,000 people are also helping, but there are more and more dangerous places, and if it goes on like this, I am afraid that it will soon be unbearable!"

Yang Yi no longer hesitated when he heard this, and immediately said: "Pass my order, the Chengzhou Army, the Kangzhou Army, and the Zheng Army will each send 10,000 soldiers to repair the river in the severe danger of the embankment, and issue an edict calling on the people everywhere to spontaneously organize flood relief efforts, and the local government needs to actively cooperate, all affairs will be simplified, and it is necessary to ensure that the river bank is worry-free before anything else!" ”

"Yes!" Ma Youde ordered him to turn around and run quickly to give the order.

Yang Yi thought about it and turned to Su Zhongzhai and said, "Grandpa, my grandson is not at ease, I have to go to the river to see it myself." ”

Su Zhongzhai was a little worried, but he also knew that Yang Yi couldn't sit still at this time, and advised: "Be more careful, don't hurt yourself." ”

Yang Yi nodded, called for Monkey Jian'er and Tie Niu, went out of the mansion and rode on a fast horse, and hurriedly ran towards the Hengchuan River.

The danger of the Hengchuan River far exceeded Yang Yi's expectations, and the ancient rudimentary dikes were simply not enough to resist the turbulent floods, and basically as long as the river bends in the bends, there are signs that the levees may burst.

Soon after Yang Yi arrived, the Chengzhou Army, the Kangzhou Army, and the Zheng Army also arrived on the river bank to protect the embankment. Together with the people who came to support them spontaneously, 30,000 or 40,000 people have been working hard to build the embankment along the river.

Thirty or forty thousand people may sound like a lot, but in the face of the devastating flood, it seems so small.

God doesn't seem to be too kind, and the rain doesn't stop in such a critical situation, but it tends to get heavier and heavier.

Yang Yi was anxious, so he simply tore off the coat on his body, ignored the obstruction of Monkey Jian'er and Tie Niu, grabbed a bundle of sandbags and put them on his shoulders and rushed to the riverbank. 10