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The heavy rain hit the entire Chang'an City, prompting those who were still wandering outside to play and the merchants on the street to run under the eaves on the left and right and run home. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Guo Shan stumbled and drove the carriage to Guo's mansion in such a state, and then the group of four people was surrounded by Guo's subordinates and walked back to the backyard.

Guo Shan didn't care about the invasion of the rain on him as much as Hu Laohan and others, he cared more about the enjoyment brought by being able to play freely under the rain. entered the courtyard, took the handkerchief on the porch, wiped his face, looked left and right, and said, "Don't worry about me, give Sister Su Su and Sister Ning first." ”

Steward Hu received the order and immediately ordered a few servants to take Sister Ning and Wang Susu down first.

Guo Shan squinted his eyes and glared at Xiao You, and said, "You go down too." ”

"The maid will change it for the master first?" She looked at Guo Shan's wet clothes.

Guo Shan blushed and urged her, "Don't worry about me, you go down first." ”

After really urging Xiao You away, Steward Hu held a wet handkerchief and asked Guo Shandao, "Master, do you want to go back to the room first to change your clothes?" ”

Guo Shan looked at the dark clouds rolling in the sky, and replied to the question: "This year, when has it rained so much?" ”

Hu Laohan also raised his head and looked at the sky, squinted his eyes before responding: "In previous years, it was rare to see such a big rain, and there was water in the yard, but I am afraid that people will sweep it." ”

Guo Shan didn't care about Hu Laohan, and went back to the room to change clothes. But he didn't take two steps, he turned back again, and asked the old man Hu who was facing away from him: "By the way, Steward Hu, with such a heavy rain, our farmland will not be affected, right?" ”

"It's okay, sir, you don't have to worry about it." Steward Hu hurriedly turned around and smiled at Guo Shan.

Guo Shan was still not at ease, so he couldn't help but ask again: "The river won't rise and flood the fields, right?" ”

"Won't it?" Hu Laohan felt that his master was quite crow-mouthed.

The two glanced at each other, and Guo Shan said, "This matter has to be guarded against, you have to pay attention." ”

After giving a command, he turned around and went back to the house.

"Sir." Not long after Guo Shan returned to the house, Hu Laohan's voice came in from outside the house.

Guo Shan sat on the kang and put on his boots, and asked loudly, "What's wrong?" ”

I heard Hu Laohan's voice trembling: "Our fields have been flooded." ”

At this moment, Guo Shan couldn't sit still, put on his shoes twice, ran to the door to open the door and walked out of the house, and saw Hu Laohan standing at the door, listening to him explain: "The Bahe River is rising, our farmland has been flooded, and some crops have been washed away. ”

Guo Shan was anxious when he heard this: "How is it now?" ”

Hu Laohan said: "There is nothing serious, but I am afraid that after this flood, half of the crops will be destroyed." ”

This is undoubtedly bad luck, and the Guo family had a good harvest this year. But a flood turned a good harvest into a bad harvest.

Guo Shan frowned and said, "It's okay if the crops are damaged, what I'm asking is anyone hurt?" Rising water only the Bahe River rising water? Have the villages on the banks of the Ba River been attacked? Did Jingzhao Mansion send someone to deal with the problem? ”

As he spoke, Guo Shan strode out and said, "Quickly find out the carriage, let's take a look." ”

Hu Laohan didn't dare to delay, and led Guo Shan to the front yard. I happened to meet Wang Susu from the porch, and when I saw Guo Shan and Hu Laohan walking out in a panic, I hurriedly asked about the situation.

Guo Shan sighed and said, "The Bahe River has flooded, and the Grange has been flooded. ”

Wang Susu was taken aback and hurriedly said, "Will those children be okay?" ”

Guo Shan knew that Wang Susu was worried about the students of Caotang Academy, so in order to comfort Wang Susu, Guo Shan had to shake his head and say, "I think it's going to be fine, let's go and take a look." ”

didn't have time to inform Sister Ning, so Guo Shan got into the carriage with Wang Susu.

Hu Laohan and the Guo family's coachman drove the horse and went straight out of Chang'an City. At this moment, the gate of Chang'an City has blocked a group of people.

The storm was raging, and the streets and bluestone slabs were full of water. Guo's carriage had to be intercepted when it went out to the city gate, and the guards at the gate said that they were not allowed to leave the city at this moment.

Steward Hu was angry and said that our master used to serve as the assistant of Taichang Temple and was an official master. But the prisoner replied, "No one is allowed to leave the city without the decree of the eldest grandson, and those who violate the order will be severely punished." "To put it bluntly, if Hu Laohan makes trouble again, he and Guo Shan will be arrested together and arrested on charges of obstructing official business.

Not to mention that Guo Shan used to be Xielulang, even if he is Xielulang now, he is not useful, because it seems that the imperial court has immediately issued an iron order not to leave the city from here.

Guo Shan can understand.

Natural disasters are ruthless, and ** is also ruthless. The imperial court does not use iron-fisted means to control the scene, and I am afraid that there will be many disasters in vain at that time. Seeing that batches of Jin Wuwei's government soldiers were transferred out of the city, Guo Shan was anxious but couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He turned to Wang Susu and said, "The Bahe River is rising, and I'm afraid other rivers are also rising." At this time, the imperial court did not let us out of the city, not only to maintain order, but most importantly, to dredge a smooth road. Let's go first, don't cause trouble to the government. ”

Wang Susu hesitated for a moment, and said helplessly: "It's all about it."

Guo Shan saw that she agreed, so he turned around and said, "This is not far from Penglai Pavilion, let's go there and rest for a while." ”

The wheels of the carriage rolled slowly, and the corners disappeared into the rain.

"More than ten prefectures and counties have sent big waters, and the household department has not had time to transport disaster relief food, and Chang'an City has also sent big waters, is it because God is not satisfied with me as an emperor?"

Li Shimin walked into the Liangyi Hall from the Ganlu Gate, and his hateful anger sounded in the Ganlu Hall and the Liangyi Hall together. The guard of honor hurriedly followed him from the Manna Hall into the Two Rites Hall. And at this moment, in the Liangyi Palace, the eldest grandson Wuji and several people were already waiting for Li Shimin there.

The rain in Chang'an City came too suddenly, and the water rose too suddenly, so suddenly that people couldn't react at all.

Everyone saw that Li Shimin's face was not very good-looking, and heard him ask if God was dissatisfied with him, the emperor. During the matter, Liu Xun hurriedly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, is there any rumor in the palace?" ”

Wei Zheng and Li Jing's faces changed, and when they saw the two of them looking at each other, Wei Zheng stepped forward and said: "People are terrible, at this critical moment, the ministers think that they should strengthen supervision inside and outside the palace, so as to avoid the chaos of ministers and thieves taking the opportunity to confuse the public." ”

Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair with a cold snort and said, "What I'm afraid of is that the water will not recede, and the refugees will not decrease." At that time, the imperial court will face more than just rumors. ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers have ordered Jingzhao Mansion and Jinwuwei to strictly guard the Chunming Gate." The eldest grandson Wuji stood up and played.

"If the water does not recede, no one is allowed to leave the city. I don't want my people of the Tang Dynasty to die in front of my eyes, and I don't want Chang'an City to mourn and rejoice everywhere. Li Shimin said, and said to Wei Zheng: "Let the household department prepare disaster relief food and prepare for disaster relief." When the flood waters receded, I didn't want them to go hungry. ”

Wei Zheng hurriedly complied with the order, and Li Shimin sighed and said: "Two days ago, Guo Shan solved the refugees who fled from Yuzhou for me, and now in Chang'an City, who will solve the refugees in Chang'an City for me?" ”

Guo Shan sat in the attic of Penglai, looking at a bobo of refugees standing all over Chunmingmen Street. Guarded by Jin Wuwei, he sat down against the wall in the street.

There are orphans who lost their fathers in the floods, and there are farmers who have just lost their parents. Some of them have their families and mouths, and some of them are alone. Desperate and helpless at the moment, they can only let them cry under the eaves.

They are also lucky, especially unfortunate are the group of relatives they lost who did not enter Chang'an City with them.

Among those who disappeared were pregnant women who had just given birth and were swept away by the flood with their children. There are old and ill-fated old people. There are Tang people, and there are Hu people

In the face of natural disasters, there is never a distinction between races, men and women, and there is no distinction between old and young, and it is precisely because of this that natural disasters are so unkind.

One after another, when the sky was getting dark, hundreds of refugees had already gathered on Chunmingmen Street.

"Let the guests go out, and then call the refugees in. There was no shelter from the rain outside, and there was really no one standing. Guo Shan couldn't bear it after all, and said to Xu Qian, who rushed to the Pavilion.

Xu Qian hesitated slightly, then nodded.

Call the shopkeeper to beat the gong and dismiss the guests.

I heard the shopkeeper standing at the door of the Penglai Pavilion and shouting loudly: "Everyone, I'm sorry." My master has something for me to tell you. ”

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, the shopkeeper only paused slightly and continued: "My master said, our friends will not do business today, please go to another house to eat and drink." ”

I heard someone ask, "Isn't it time to close yet?" ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "It's true that it's not time to close, but isn't it a special situation today?" My master said that I will not do business in the Pavilion today, so please leave a place for the refugees outside to hide from the rain and eat. My master also said that in order to express his apologies, I can only make amends to you here, and my master will not charge a penny for your food and drink here in my Penglai Pavilion before. ”

When everyone heard this, they saw that they really didn't want to keep guests, and they had already begun to invite people outside. Although he was unwilling, he had no choice but to go out in the end.

The refugees stood at the door and shouted, "Listen to me, don't take shelter from the rain outside." My master let everyone go into the house to shelter from the rain, and now everyone eats and drinks in Penglai Pavilion, and we don't charge money for Penglai Pavilion. ”

Hearing this, refugees with children hesitated. Then as if he had made up his mind, he pulled the child on his back and squeezed the wet quilt into the Penglai Pavilion. Soon, a group of people rushed to the Penglai Pavilion, afraid that they would not be able to grab a seat.

The Jin Wuwei, who were in charge of maintaining order, opened their mouths, wanting them not to run around or move. But after looking at the increasing number of refugees on the streets, I thought about it and still didn't stop these people from entering the pavilion.

"If you can't find a seat, don't squeeze in, go to Chongrenfang, there is a Penglai Pavilion there, the same doesn't cost money." Seeing that it was overcrowded, the little maid immediately stopped the refugees behind him.

When the refugees heard this, they saw that they couldn't squeeze in, so they had to turn around and run to Chongrenfang.

The Jin Wuwei were anxious, fearing that these refugees would create chaos and chase after them with knives; Soon a vacant lot was cleared of the crowded Chunmingmen Street, and people who didn't know it probably thought that not many people suffered from the flood.

The streets were quiet, but the pavilion was chaotic.

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