At this time, it was not only Li You and Gonggong Hai who were standing on the embankment, but also other eunuchs, mausoleum guards, and mausoleum households. If the ancestral tomb is flooded, the eunuch will inevitably be martyred as the emperor's domestic slave, and the mausoleum guards are estimated to be distributed, and the loss of the mausoleum household is that there will be no preferential treatment for money and food in the future.

When the situation was desperate, Master Li died in a shocking dive! Then the flood water began to recede even more shockingly! Marvellous!

Using the superstitious saying of heaven and man induction, Lord Li surrendered the flood with his loyalty and righteousness on the day of his death?

The guards brought by Li You were all selected, all of them were familiar with the surname Shui, and they had military law in front of them, so they naturally did not hesitate to go into the water to save people at this moment. Braving the torrent, he dragged his boss, who was still struggling, down the water to the embankment.

Lord Li was panting with anger, wet and miserable, the official hat on his head had long since disappeared, his hair had been washed away by the water, and a few aquatic plants were hanging on his shoulders in accordance with the situation. Although he had no image, he still stood up and yelled to the left and right: "This official has no face to go to see the saint again, what can I do to save me!" ”

It's a pity that these guards are rough people, they haven't read books, and they don't know how to deal with them loudly and decently. I could only hold my boss tightly and persuade him in boring words: "Don't commit suicide in calming down..."

Li You shouted: "The ancestral dragon vein was destroyed in my hands, what is the face of a minister and stealing a life!" Sacrifice yourself for martyrdom! ”

The Gonggong Hai next to him woke up from the ecstasy of the subsidence of the flood, and recovered from the shock of the dark providence, and suddenly heard Li You shouting, and he didn't need to look at it to know that it was another civil official trick to betray loyalty. He spent the first half of his career in the palace, and he has never seen such scenes uncommonly.

But this time it's too amazing, even if it's a trick, it's a god-like trick, is God deliberately cooperating with him, isn't this the will of God?

With envy and jealousy, Father-in-law Hai stepped forward and said to Li You: "Lord Li, don't talk about life and death lightly, the water has begun to recede!" ”

Master Li, who had been all in vain, was so involved that he didn't even notice the water level after being rescued ashore.

He was immersed in a tragic mood and couldn't extricate himself, imagining himself as Zhang Xun who was guarding Suiyang, while brewing new lines, and Gonggong Hai's sentence seemed to be like thunder, which surprised Li You.

He looked down in disbelief, and the top of the embankment, which had been covered by floods, was gradually revealed... Li Youzhen didn't expect the flood to recede at this time, the coincidence was bizarre. In fact, his original intention was just to emulate Zeng Guofan, who had been defeated and repeatedly dived in another time and space, and put on a posture of martyrdom and ambition to win the widest sympathy and public opinion support for himself.

Then all the responsibility will be borne by the damned Wang Zhizhou. He Li You knew that the ancestral tomb was in distress, and knew that the responsibility was at stake, but he dared to come to the rescue with enthusiasm, courage and recklessness!

At this time, you can't be afraid of "the water is too cold", but why did the flood recede just after jumping into the water, and the flood peak passed like this?

Li You couldn't care about the surprise, and raised his arms with great joy and shouted: "I am blessed by God, this is the obvious spirit of the ancestral gods!" ”

Do you mean that the ancestral gods are all for you to manifest their spirits, Gonggong Hai complained in his heart, but he could only smile in agreement.

He did envy and jealousy, but he didn't hate, because Gonggong Hai knew that he couldn't imitate it. A civil official is a civil official, and a eunuch is a eunuch, each with its own code of conduct and its own way of playing. You can be a eunuch and be a righteous person, but if you want to learn from civil officials to deliberately brush up your reputation, you are purely looking for death, don't forget that the essence of eunuchs is the slave of the Son of Heaven.

When the water receded on the embankment, a fire was lit and a fire was lit, and Master Li sat by the fire in disheveled clothes and continued to chat with Gonggong Hai.

The two joined hands to fight hard against the flood for several days, faced the great danger of the collapse of the sky and the earth together, and struggled together in despair.

"My lord, did you dive when you knew that the water level was starting to drop, or did you really dive in the water regardless of it?"

Li You said impatiently: "How many times have you asked?" This official is not as straightforward as Gonggong Hai, how can he have the foresight of the unpredictable? ”

Don't say that he really won't know in advance, even if he knows in advance that the flood is going to recede, he has to answer that he doesn't know, otherwise how can he show that he is loyal and shocking, and the flood will retreat by itself? The brighter the aura, the heavier the court's reward.

But this time it was dangerous, and it was not a good feeling to struggle in despair, and he didn't want to have a second time. So cherish life and stay away from the ancestral tomb, after the flood season this year, he will never go to the ghost place of Sizhou again in this life, and in the future, he will be encouraged to come to Sizhou to be an official if anyone is not pleasing to the eye.

Hai Gonggong, a self-taught water conservancy expert, sighed: "The flood season has just passed the halfway point, and this time it is just a big flood peak that exceeds the past, and I am afraid that there will be new flood peaks below..."

Li You quickly raised his head and looked at the water in the distance, and then pointed at Gonggong Hai's nose and said, "Shut up!" ”

He was not a superstitious person, but this time he really had lingering palpitations, and he couldn't help but be superstitious, worried that Gonggong Hai would start to perform the Great Prophecy again.

Gonggong Hai also slapped himself and took the initiative to change the topic: "This time the tomb has a great merit, and Lord Li will be rewarded by the imperial court." Saving the dragon vein is the place of the national fortune, this credit is second only to the protection of the sky, there has never been a precedent for the dynasty, I am very curious how the imperial court will reward the lord. ”

"To be honest, the official is also curious." Li You said honestly. It is a very wonderful achievement, the wonderful thing is that this is not a great achievement, but it is not a great achievement such as destroying the enemy and destroying the country, and it will not cause suspicion and trouble such as high merit and shocking the master, but it cannot but be rewarded.

"I guess it's nothing more than sealing his wife and son, or earning a Danshu iron coupon..."

Li You only thinks about these beautiful things in the future, but he is cautious and does not want to talk about them publicly, because spreading them will not only ruin his image, but also may cause trouble. He interrupted Gonggong Hai's discussion and asked: "Aren't you the same, with this merit, I think it is enough to go back to the palace to be a palm seal eunuch, I don't know which yamen,"

"I don't dare to think about it, I don't have any other wishes, as long as I can leave the ancestral tomb, I will be satisfied."

Li Youqi said: "You are so desperate to leave the ancestral tomb? He didn't even hesitate to sit back and watch Wang Zhizhou do such a rebellious thing, just for meritorious promotion? ”

Li You said very implicitly, in fact, it was Gonggong Hai's connivance or even conspiracy, not just sitting idly by.

Gonggong Hai thought about it for a while, and then explained: "Five years ago, when there was a big flood, it wet the ancestral tomb Shinto, but it almost scared my heart and liver out, so I deliberately went through the archives of Sizhou hydrological works in recent decades. Do you know that more than 100 years ago, Hongze was 30 miles away from Sizhou, and what about now? Moreover, in an inconspicuous place, it is recorded that someone measured the water level and depth of the waters of Huaihu Lake in Sizhou decades ago, and I was inspired by this, and secretly sent someone to measure it again, and the results were terrifying compared to decades ago. ”

"At that time, I had a feeling that the ancestral tomb might be flooded by the lake, and even if it wasn't submerged, it was too likely to be flooded. Once the Xuangong enters the water, then I will lose my head, so guarding the ancestral tomb is like waiting for death, and it is only right to escape as soon as possible. But others didn't think that the ancestral tomb would be submerged, and if they made any moves to prevent it out of caution, it would not be a credit, so they had to think about creating some dangers and making meritorious contributions, but they didn't expect Master Li to intervene horizontally. ”

In the end, Gonggong Hai sighed slightly: "Actually, I just want to live, I don't want to die here inexplicably." ”

Li You smiled: "Don't pretend to be pitiful, you are just worried that the official will harm you." If the credit is enough, you and I will lift each other, and after the official helps you say a few good words, you will be asked to return to the palace to take up your post. ”

Gonggong Hai shook his hand and said: "Actually, I don't want to go back to the palace, I'd rather be at ease outside the town." ”

Since then, the flood season has continued, but there is no more danger as in mid-September.

When Li You was walking on the embankment, there was a sudden report that Yang Dazhongcheng, the governor of Fengyang, had set off from Huai'an Mansion to inspect Sizhou and the ancestral tomb!

This is normal, Li You is not surprised. The dragon vein related to the fortunes of the country is in such a big danger, Governor Yang has to come and see it in person. But the Sizhou magistrate has already entered the prison, and the eunuch Hai Gonggong is not a member of the local government's mansion, so he can only be greeted by Lord Li.

There is also an emphasis on greeting, greeting at the yamen station, greeting at the city gate, and greeting at the border of the jurisdiction, representing different levels of etiquette. The governor is not only a feudal official, but also nominally a messenger system sent by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, of course, he must use the highest level of etiquette.

But Lord Li looked at the ocean in front of him and was speechless, where is Sizhou City? Where is the Sizhou border? Where should I go to greet the governor on behalf of Sizhou?

The old site of Sizhou City is only less than ten miles away from Xuyi, and the Sizhou Prefecture Government has also temporarily moved to Xuyi for refuge. Li You thought about it and decided to go directly to Xuyi to greet Governor Yang, which was not only in line with the actual situation, but also seemed to be very respectful to go out to greet him.

At first, the three places of Zuling, Sizhou City and Xuyi were arranged in order from northwest to southeast, with Zuling and Xuyi being slightly higher on both sides, and Sizhou being low-lying in the middle. The ancestral tomb is only ten miles away from Sizhou, separated by a river, and Xuyi is less than ten miles away from Sizhou, and there is also a river in the middle.

The resolute Lord Li broke the embankment and allowed the water of Hongze Lake, which was very high, to flood Sizhou, creating a water surface more than ten miles wide between Zuling and Xuyi. This water surface shows no signs of receding with the end of the flood season, but is connected with Hongze Lake, becoming a small corner of the southernmost part of Hongze Lake.

At this time, the flood season was coming to an end, and the current was not as fierce as it was at first, so Master Li took a boat from the shore of the ancestral tomb to cross the lake he had created with his own hands, and went to Xuyi on the other side.

When the ship passed near the old site of Sizhou City, the city gate tower, which had been sturdy for 20 days in the flood, collapsed in Li You's field of vision, and the last sign of the thousand-year-old city exposed on the water disappeared.

(To be continued)