The rain, which had been raining for more than 20 days, finally stopped!

When this fact was known to the people of the county, there was a sudden euphoria inside and outside Zhuji County. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

If you weren't one of them, you wouldn't be able to understand how happy and relieved they were. Seeing that the Puyang River outside the city is full day by day, and that the embankment that protects their homes is about to be flooded, the anxiety and fear in people's hearts naturally cannot be expressed in words.

It is only when the Yang County Order continues to strengthen and raise the embankment that the hearts of the people will come out of that uneasy mood slightly. However, when they came to the river and saw the water that was a few points higher than yesterday and a few inches closer to the top of the dam, the fear in the hearts of the people was still spreading.

And now, just when everyone thought that the river embankment was about to be completely washed away by the water and that their homes were about to be destroyed, this damn heavy rain finally stopped. This feeling of the aftermath of the catastrophe is indeed not something that ordinary people can comprehend.

"Finally, I don't have to worry about it every day. For more than ten days, I couldn't sleep all night. I'm afraid that when I wake up, I will find that I am floating on the water. ”

"My litter of piglets has finally been saved, it's really an eye-opener."

"This thief, this time I am not completely blind this time, otherwise our entire Zhuji County will suffer."

"Shhhh I can't say that anymore. If God listens to it, and if we come out like this again, we will all be finished! ”

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The people of the city were celebrating and telling in their own way. If it weren't for the fact that the people of the Han nationality have always been introverted and not good at dancing, I am afraid that the county town of Zhuji at this moment is already singing and dancing.

But in this scene of celebration, there was not much relief on the faces of the Yang brothers. Because they know that although the rain has stopped, the test of Zhuji County and Puyang River embankment has just begun. The Puyang River will continue to flow at a turbulent rate for a few days, and the defense on the embankment should not be taken lightly. Moreover, even if the flood did not break the embankment, it still seriously affected the lives of the people in the city, and there was still the aftermath that they needed to deal with.

After the two looked at each other, Yang Chen suddenly smiled: "No matter what, let's go back to eat and take a shower first, and then think about what to do next." It's better to stop the rain than to keep it. ”

Yang Zhen nodded in agreement, and then reminded: "I also have to remind the people who patrol the embankment, tell them not to relax their vigilance, the matter is not over yet." ”

While talking, the two returned to the county government office followed by several officials. Jiang Chong and Zhao Bangfu, who stayed there, hurriedly came up to salute, and the latter's face was full of smiles: "Congratulations, my lord, this is really God bless the people of my county." ”

"Hehe, rejoicing and rejoicing. Both adults have worked hard, so let's go back and rest. Tonight, if there is an official in the yamen, he will not work for the two. Yang Chen arched his hand.

In the past few days, Yang Chen has been staying on the embankment in case something goes wrong, and the two Zuo Er stayed in the county government to do logistics work, and they really felt a little hard. Now hearing Yang Chen say this, the two of them accepted it happily after a little excuse. After all, in their opinion, since the rain has stopped, the danger has naturally passed, and they really need to sleep well.

The darkness completely enveloped the entire county. People who are accustomed to the sound of rustling rain every night are a little unaccustomed to hearing the disturbing sound for a while.

Yang Zhen felt like this, he only lay in the room for less than an hour, and then got up again and came to the courtyard. At this moment, there are no stars and no moons, and the heavens and the earth are in chaos, as if a large black curtain envelopes the entire small county town.

I don't know if it was because the vigilance of the past few days made it difficult for him to calm down for a while, or for other reasons, Yang Zhen looked a little uncertain when he stood in the knee-deep water, and he always felt that danger was approaching him little by little.

"Is this a suspicion of a dark ghost, or is there really something I'm missing?" Yang Zhen stood in the courtyard in a daze, frowning and desperately turning his thoughts, trying to dig out the root cause of making him so uneasy.

Suddenly, a little red light suddenly flashed in the darkness, and in a blink of an eye, it lit up the mystery in Yang Zhen's heart: "Chang close the position!" An important point that had been valued by them before, but gradually faded because of this heavy rain, reappeared in Yang Zhen's mind.

Then, Yang Zhen's complexion changed suddenly. For he found that a little red light in the darkness did not come from his own mind, but from his own eyes—he saw a red light in the darkness in the distance! And it was just a short moment of stunnedness, and the red light had completely turned into a ball of fire that went straight to the sky!

"Not good!" Yang Zhen exclaimed, he had already found that the direction where he saw the firelight was where Chang Ping was located. In other words, this fire is likely to originate from the regular liquidation that I just remembered. This realization made him anxious, and as soon as he raised his anger, he strode towards the gate of the county government, and at the same time shouted in his mouth: "Big brother, Yingyang, hurry up!" Chang closed the position there seems to be an accident. After shouting this, he did not stop for a moment, and immediately sped up and ran forward.

Yang Chen's door opened. He also couldn't sleep because of something in his heart, and when he heard his brother's greeting, he was also shocked and anxious, and he didn't have time to get dressed, so he hurried out the door. Raising his eyes and looking at the sky not far away, his face suddenly turned snow-white, and without saying a word, he followed Yang Zhen and ran out.

Then there are Cai Yingyang and Zhuang Heng. They were sleeping in a daze, and when they heard the movement outside, they also got up quickly. When they came outside, they saw that Yang Chen was running out, and they didn't have time to think about what was going on, so they also followed behind them.

At the same time, the entire county was once again alarmed. Many people who had just fallen asleep woke up one after another, and rushed out to see the fire rising into the sky, and they were stunned one by one, and they didn't know what was going on in their minds for a while.

Yang Zhen ran all the way, but he was anxious. In fact, according to common sense, since the fire has started, the grain in the warehouse is only afraid that it will be completely destroyed, even if he runs fast, it will not help. But he still didn't have the slightest intention of slowing down, because in addition to the grain, he was more worried about the people in the warehouse-Ruan Tong.

During these days, Yang Zhen and the others put all their energy into the river embankment, but it does not mean that they really completely ignored the regular liquidation. Especially in the case that this year is destined to be a famine year, Changping is the guarantee of the stability of the entire county. Therefore, Yang Zhen sent the most trustworthy Ruan Tong to take care of him in the warehouse.

But now, there is still a fire in Chang Ping, if someone deliberately set it on fire, wouldn't Ruan Tong, who was in the warehouse, ...... Once this terrible thought flashed through Yang Zhen's mind, he didn't dare to delay in the slightest and rushed over as fast as he could.

Chang Ping is three or four miles away from the county government, but Yang Zhen has rushed to Chang Ping in five minutes in later generations. Sure enough, the sky-high fire came from here.

At this moment, the entire Changping warehouse has been completely engulfed in flames, only the sound of crackling flames steaming, and there is thick black smoke billowing upward, making people dare not approach.

The people living nearby had also rushed over at this time, and when they saw this situation, they were all stunned at first, and then someone reacted: "Everyone hurry up and put out the fire!" ”

After this reminder, everyone came back to their senses, turned around and ran home to fetch water to extinguish the fire, and suddenly the warehouse was already a mess of porridge.

Outside the warehouse, there were a few panicked men, wearing only single clothes and their faces covered with black ash, who were the veterans who took care of the warehouse. As soon as Yang Zhen saw them, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Have you seen Ruan Wu?" As he spoke, his eyes kept looking for him in the crowd.

Several veterans looked at each other, and then shook their heads, "When we found out about the fire, we quickly ran out, and we didn't notice whether there was anyone inside." ”

"By the way," one of them suddenly remembered something, "Ruan Wu stayed in the innermost part tonight, don't you come out in time." ”

"What?" When Yang Zhen heard this, his heart sank. He couldn't help but look at the scene that was burning and had become a sea of fire again, and couldn't help comforting himself in his heart: "Even if he really stays in the innermost, he is clever and should be able to come out in time." But seeing that there was no Ruan Wu around, he was a little less convinced, if this fire was artificial, would the other party control Ruan Wu first and then set this fire?

The uneasiness in his heart made Yang Zhen can't help but want to rush towards the fire, Ruan Tong was arranged by him to enter the warehouse, and he can't care about his life or death. But after only two steps forward, Yang Zhen felt a scorching heat wave rolling in, and his steps were just a sudden. After all, it is not a joke that it is facing a sky-high fire.

Just when Yang Zhen hesitated and didn't know what to do, someone suddenly exclaimed: "What is that?" He followed the sound and saw a fireball rolling out of the fire. When it was about to come out, it suddenly increased its speed, and with a roar, it jumped out like an arrow from a string.

Seeing this, the people standing in its path quickly dodged to the side, so that they were not injured by the fireball. It was not until this time that everyone understood that it was a person, a person who had escaped from the fire with several layers of quilts on his body.

After a little panic, the people came to their senses, and quickly picked up the bucket at hand, and threw it on the still burning flame. Soon, the flames on the man's body were extinguished by water, and as soon as he raised his head, Yang Zhen was happy in his heart: "Ruan Wu! You're all right! ”

That person was already exhausted, after all, escaping from the fire would make him feel very uncomfortable both mentally and physically. Now as soon as he heard Yang Zhen's greeting, he raised his head with difficulty, and then his face showed many complicated expressions such as shame, weakness, and chagrin. He is naturally Ruan Tong who Yang Zhen cares about the most.

"Erlang ......" After a while, Ruan Tong calmed down and looked at his good brother very uneasily: "It's me who is useless and actually let this warehouse catch fire." What ...... to fail the trust of you and adults?"

"Ruan Tong, don't say that." It was only at this time that Yang Chen arrived breathlessly, and as soon as they met, he comforted him: "If someone deliberately sets fire, no matter how careful you are, they will find an opportunity." ”

Yang Zhen stepped forward and patted Ruan Tong's shoulder and said, "My lord is right, as long as the person is fine." As he spoke, he twitched his nose in the air a few times, and said solemnly: "It is true that someone set the fire." I could smell the oil, but there was no oil in the warehouse. ”