Since she knew that the river embankment had burst, Zhuo Qiaoniang was anxiously guarding the stairs of the upper city, waiting anxiously. When she finally saw her husband's figure and heard her husband's voice, she let go of her heart.

After waiting for Leng Yi to comfort everyone, and then walked forward, Zhuo Qiaoniang came out to meet him.

There were people all around, although Zhuo Qiaoniang wanted to throw herself into her husband's arms. But she just stood quietly until her husband came and greeted her.

Leng Yi took Zhuo Qiaoniang's hand and walked along the city wall. The people along the way looked at him silently.

The prefect of the palace came to him, holding his official seal, and sighed for a long time. Lian Sheng asked Leng Yi what to do.

Leng Yi comforted him that he would find a way to organize forces to plug the gap. But, having said that, he didn't have any bottom in his heart about what to use to plug the gap.

Leng Yi took Cheng Luojie to continue to inspect the people on the city tower. At this time, a big man greeted him with his hand: "Master Leng!" ”

Leng Yi recognized him, it was Bao Lie, the deputy leader of the boat gang. When Leng Yi saw him, he suddenly had an idea, so he arched his hand and said, "It turned out to be the Bao Gang Master!" This time there was a big flood, and your boat gang was also affected a lot, right? ”

"Yes! The yamen was worried that our ship would be sailing at this time, which would cause an impact on the river embankment, and forbade us to go out of the boat. So, our boats are parked on the pier. ”

Leng Yi nodded and said, "This is my idea, now, the river embankment has burst, and the gap must be plugged as soon as possible to reduce the loss, so this official wants to ask your boat to do a favor." ”

"If you have something to say, please speak, but if our boat gang can help, we will definitely help!"

"Great," Leng Yi said, "I want to requisition a few of your boats to plug the gap in the river embankment." ”

"Huh?" Bao Lie was taken aback, "How do you plug the gap with a boat?" ”

"Fill the boat with sandbags, tie the bow and stern with ropes, slowly lower it to the gap, and then have the boat scuttled and sunk. With a few boats in a row, it should be possible to plug most of the gaps, and then people on both sides will help fill the holes with sandbags. These ships will make up for the disaster relief money issued by the imperial court in the future. ”

Bao Lie said: "Okay! We listen to the command of the great master! Bao Lie immediately called a team of boat gang members and followed Leng Yi to fill the gap. Leng Yi also asked Deputy Song to reorganize the people and young people to participate in the flood fight.

The boat of the boat gang docked at the pier of the Ba River, and at this time, the rain also stopped. Armed with torches, the men began to carry sandbags and stones to several boats, while large stones and sandbags were prepared to be filled with iron cages on both sides of the gap.

After several boats were filled with stones and sandbags, they were pulled by several other boats, came to the gap, lowered the iron anchor that stopped the ship, and slowly put the ship that was going to plug the gap to the gap first according to Leng Yi's command.

However, the current of the breach was too strong, and the weight of the boat was added, and the rope pulling the boat was broken, and the boat was washed out of the gap and into the dark city.

After discovering the problem, Bao Lie ordered the rope to be replaced with an iron cable, and finally put the boat firmly in the gap, and the sailors on board began to scuttle the boat. Soon, the ship was scuttled. However, the towing rope was not released to ensure that the wreck could rest in the gap.

Immediately afterwards, several more ships were scuttled and stopped in the gap, most of the current was blocked, and the current slowed down considerably.

The people on both sides of the gap began to fill the gap with sandbags and stones filled with iron cages. Although some of it was washed away by the current, the gap was still filled and narrowed little by little. At dawn, the embankment finally closed and the breach was successfully plugged.

And all the people of the city began to rejoice. However, seeing that the whole city was still a sea and many houses had collapsed, they couldn't laugh anymore.

Leng Yi arranged for people to inspect the river embankment, and at the same time organized people to drain the flood water from the city out of the city. At the same time, the dead and missing are counted.

This work lasted all day, and in the evening, the numbers were reported to Leng Yi. There were no deaths, however, twenty-three people were missing! Moreover, these people are all people who are involved in the flood control of the river embankment! According to further information, these people are in charge of the embankment in the area of the gap.

Were they swept away by the flood that followed the breach?

By this time, the flood in the city had already drained a lot, and it was only waist-high. Leng Yi asked the sailors of the boat gang to help find the body of the missing man.

Soon, the body of a missing person was found in the standing water outside the courtyard of a house near the gap.

The body was carried to the embankment.

Leng Yi came to the corpse, originally to express his condolences, but after seeing this corpse, he was taken aback, because the corpse's head had obvious trauma! The skull is broken!

Leng Yi squatted down and examined it carefully, and found that it was a long strip of depression with a fracture, and there were three in total!

Could it be that the deceased was swept away by the flood and hit a hard object such as a fence?

Before Leng Yi crossed, he had encountered many cases of drowning, but he had never encountered such a case of death caused by such an impact in a flood. He pondered for a moment, and then called for the dissecting knife, ready to be dissected.

He first dissected his head and found that the three wounds on his head were all wounds before death, that is, the three wounds on the deceased's head were all caused by heavy blows while he was alive.

This result made Leng Yi's brows furrow, and he then dissected the chest and abdomen, focusing on examining the deceased's stomach and lungs. The results of the autopsy made his face suddenly grim. -- In the stomach and lungs of the deceased, no sediment was found in the flood!

This means that when the deceased was swept away by the flood, he had stopped breathing, so neither the stomach nor the lungs were inhaled in the flood!

Well, the dead were murdered!

At this moment, the body of another missing person was found. Similarly, the head of this corpse also has several depressions and fractures caused by blunt force blows!

Leng Yi also performed an autopsy on the corpse, and as a result, no sediment from the flood was found in the lungs and stomach! It is proved that the deceased was beaten to death before sinking into the flood.

This is a horrific murder, the murderer killed the people who guarded the river embankment!

Both men were guarding the section of the river that had burst at the time. Why did the killer kill these people?

Leng Yi didn't tell anyone about this result, and he didn't even let him participate. He was afraid of startling the snake.

The salvage continued, and more bodies were recovered as the flood waters in the city dropped further. Leng Yi checked them one by one, and all of them were hit on the head with a blunt object and died!

The search continued for two days, and several bodies were still missing, presumably buried in the thick mud left behind by the city's floods.

The water in the city is almost drained. However, the whole city was devastated, most of the wooden houses were destroyed, and only a small half of the brick buildings were washed away. In other words, it is mainly the common people who are affected by the damage to the houses.

The water level in the Ba River began to drop, but it still maintained a high water level, so Leng Yi arranged for Minzhuang to continue to search for defense on the river embankment at night. Officials sent to various counties and townships to learn about the disaster situation have returned one after another. They were all surprised to see that Bazhou City had changed beyond recognition.

And the news they brought back surprised Leng Yi and the prefect even more. -- All counties in Bavaria were affected! Most of the paddy fields that have been tasseled have been washed away by flash floods caused by torrential rains. Many villages were hit by floods, with houses collapsing and many villagers killed and injured.

Leng Yi immediately asked the household secretary to sort out the disaster situation, wrote an emergency recital, and jointly played it with the Liao Governor's Mansion, requesting the imperial court for disaster relief.

While Leng Yi was busy with disaster relief, he carried out an investigation into the case of the twenty-three berm guards who were killed. Oddly enough, since no one found anything to happen that night. There were no screams or digging of the embankment, as if all of a sudden the people had fallen at the same time, and the embankment had suddenly collapsed.

There were no clues in the case, and Leng Yi was very anxious. However, there are too many things that make him anxious now, mainly the issue of post-disaster reconstruction. Many people in the city have lost their homes, have no shelter, no food. The granaries of the rice merchants in the city were all washed away by the flood, and even the grain of the big families was also destroyed by the flood. As a result, there is a very serious problem in the city, that is, there is a shortage of food!

Leng Yi had already expected this result, so he was not very panicked, because he had already told Bai Hong that the bounty would be paid in advance for the purchase of grain. And asked Bai Hong to buy grain, wait outside Bazhou, find a trustworthy big household, and replace Leng Yi to come forward to release grain for disaster relief. However, Leng Yi didn't find Bai Hong, and only found the guy at Xinghuang Restaurant. After asking, I found out that after Leng Yi looked for Bai Hong last time, Bai Hong left Bazhou and never came back.

Leng Yi's heart hung up, Bai Hong obviously went to buy grain. But I haven't come back, so there's a problem with this, what is it except for? Leng Yi is unknown.

The situation is urgent, and the people who have no food have begun to go hungry, and some have already gone up to the mountains to dig wild vegetables to feed their stomachs.

After Leng Yi discussed with the Liao Governor's Mansion, because the yamen had no extra money to use enough food, he summoned the big households in the city and asked them to immediately go to the neighboring prefectures and counties to buy grain.

A few days later, the people of the big grain buyers returned, and the news they brought back was very depressing. -- All the neighboring prefectures and counties have been hit by floods, and some prefectures and counties are even worse than Bazhou, and they are also in danger of running out of food.

The yamen granary is a brick structure and is guarded by high walls of the yamen, so it has not been washed away by the flood, but it has been soaked by the flood and buried in the mud brought by the flood. Leng Yi could only organize the people to be strong, dig up the thick mud, dig up the grain soaked in the flood from the granary of the yamen, and sell it to the people who lacked food at a low price, and each person has a quota. It's just that there is not much grain in the yamen granary, and it can't last a few days.

When Leng Yi was trying to raise food in many ways, Governor Liao called him over. Because the water level of the Ba River is still very high and the danger has not been lifted, the office of the Yamen is temporarily arranged on the city tower.

Governor Liao was in a hurry in the attic. Seeing Leng Yi coming, he hurriedly said, "What can I do!" ”

Leng Yi hurriedly asked, "Is something wrong?" ”

Governor Liao handed an official document to Leng Yi: "To make matters worse!" To add insult to injury! ”

(To be continued)