On March 15, it was supposed to be a full moon night, but the hazy moonlight was blocked by the rain curtain in the sky, making this night extraordinarily dark, with continuous dark clouds shrouded and continuous rain falling tricklingly, and the ticking sound of rain on such a night occupied all people's feelings and thoughts.

The Caohui Hall of Qinhou Mansion exudes dim lights, Qing Sanyuan and Qing Changgui sit on the warm couch, and a kang table is placed in the middle, and there is a chessboard on it, which has been covered with chess pieces, which can be seen that it has been played for a long time.

"How many days have they been gone, big brother?"

"It's been three days."

"In this way, the prince has been gone for four days, and he should go to Guangling, right?"

"According to the footsteps, it should be there this evening, but the rain is continuous, and I don't know if there will be any delay."

Qing Sanyuan was silent, thinking back to what Qing Yan said, and uneasiness rose in his heart, what if something really happened? This trip is her advice, if the prince really has a case, I am afraid that this family will be implicated, and if he does not die, he will be exiled, you must know that the most important son of the saint today is the prince.

Clear Water Pavilion

Yi Hanshou sat on the edge of the bed, slightly closed his eyes, and frowned lightly from time to time, which showed that he was not sleeping peacefully; Looking at Qingyan through the bed curtain, her brows were tightly locked, her face was pale, and she bit her lower lip tightly, and at a certain moment she suddenly shook her head left and right, her hands clenched unnaturally, and then opened her eyes violently:

"Cloud-"

He exhaled softly, with panic, fear, and disbelief.

"Miss-" Yi Han immediately woke up, opened the bed curtain, but saw that she was covered with sweat, and quickly turned around and poured a cup of tea and handed it over.

She took it, took a sip, and fell into deep thought, she had only dreamed twice since she came back, once the memories of that life, and this time it was actually a dream in which Yun Fei and the prince fell into the flood at the same time.

"What time is it?" She handed the teacup back and looked out the window at the dark night.

"It's been four watches!"

"Hasn't Ling Shan come back yet?"

"Not yet"

"Is there something wrong with the Junjun? The subordinate is Ling Feng. ”

"Ling Feng? When did you come? ”

"Hui Junjun, yes"

"Come in and talk! If it's raining outside, it's bound to be cold! She said as she got dressed, grabbed her shoes and walked out of the inner room.

"Xie Junjun!"

Looking at Ling Feng, who was wearing a soaking robe, but still soaking through the placket, she waved her hand to Yi Han, who hurriedly poured a cup of hot tea and handed it over.

"How are you doing with your husband and uncle? Is Chen Dong ready to take the township test? ”

"Back to Junjun, Mr. and Young Master are all right, although Chen Dong has a lot of things to do every day, he has not delayed his studies, listen to Mr., he will definitely pass the township examination this time."

"That's good!"

"Ling Shan asked you to come?"

"Yes! Some time ago, she was on an errand at the eldest lady's place, Qingping was seriously injured again, and she was a little worried, so she flew a pigeon and passed the young master, and her subordinates came over. ”

"Flying Pigeon? Yes! You have always had such a connection, if I have something to ask Chen Dong now, is it okay? ”

"Yes!"

Qingyan was overjoyed, and hurriedly got up in front of the bookcase and handed it to Ling Feng's hand, and then watched the latter put the letter into the bamboo tube on the pigeon's right leg, and a snow-white carrier pigeon flew into the night.

"How long?"

"An hour at most!"

She sat there in silence, waiting, not expressing the slightest hint of her uneasiness, when in fact the dream was so real that she couldn't tell whether it was real or false.

Bang –

"Who?"

Suddenly there was the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground in the courtyard, Ling Feng rushed out with an arrow step, Qing Yan got up in surprise, he never thought that there would be assassins on such a rainy night?

"Jun Jun, it's Ling Shan!" Ling Feng returned in the blink of an eye, with joy on his face.

"I've seen Junjun!"

"Hurry up! With the cold, go get some dry clothes, you go to the inner room to change, don't get cold. ”

Ling Shan nodded, feeling the exhaustion and dampness all over her body, she turned around and followed behind Yi Han, and after a while, she changed into dry clothes, but she was still red.

"Back to Junjun, the letter has been delivered, it was General Jianwei himself, and asked his subordinates to tell you that they will leave immediately."

"That's fine, but hopefully it's still too late!" She watched the rain grow stronger, and for the first time felt that rainy days were not only happy, but also brought some unforeseen bad things.

Flutter - flutter –

The carrier pigeon appeared in front of the window, and Ling Feng walked quickly, took the letter from his lap and handed it to Qing Yan's hand.

She couldn't wait to open it, and as she read deeply, the expression on her face became particularly solemn, and finally she sat down on the warm couch, and the letter in her hand slipped like this.

Caohui Hall

As soon as Qing Sanyuan fell, the door was pushed open by Qing An, and his panicked expression was unprecedented.

"What happened?"

"Back to the Hou Ye, I just got the news, in the evening, the cold dam of Guangling Ling broke, a catastrophic flood occurred, Guangling was flooded immediately, and the prince who had just arrived and his party, as well as Dr. Yun Fei, were all missing."

"What?" Qing Sanyuan was stunned for a moment, and the chess pieces in his hand fell on the chessboard, making a dingdong sound, and fell into his ears, only to feel that it was still shocking.

Capital

Xinyang Palace

The emperor received the secret seal of Qing Sanyuan yesterday, after a day of thinking, although he felt that it was unlikely that there would be floods and wars, but he still felt that it was better to be prepared, so although it was the fourth watch at this time, he still recruited Chang Shizhong, the Marquis of Zhuguo, Zheng Zhonghe, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Lu Song, the secretary of the Ministry of Households, Fan Jingting, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Yang Zilong, the general of Jinwu of Zhengerpin, to come to the meeting.

"The prince has gone to Guangling to show the cold dam of the Ling, the rain in the past few days has indeed made me worried, today I called the Zhongqing overnight for this matter, Fan Aiqing, Linghan has been ten years, and there are people who go to the test every year, but this year's rain is earlier than in previous years, and there are more, with your experience, can you still stand it?"

"Back to the Holy Heavens! The Linghan Dam was measured at the time of its construction, and its lifespan was at most 15 years, but the rains in recent years have not been small, which may have an impact on its lifespan, so floods are not impossible. ”

"That's the case, Fan Aiqing has already taken a countermeasure?"

"Back to the Holy Heavens! The person sent this year was a student of Chen, and he had reminded him before he left Beijing that if he found that it was not good, it was necessary to evacuate the people in time to ensure that the damage was minimized, and he told him to make a document and send all the conditions of the dam back to the capital as soon as possible. ”

"Oh? Can the paperwork be sent back? ”

"Not yet!"

"That is it, you send a letter to urge you to report the situation in Guangling as soon as possible, so that I and the entire court can be prepared, so that I will not be caught off guard when the flood really breaks out."

"No!"

"Lu Aiqing, you are in charge of the household department, and from now on, you must prepare disaster relief food for emergencies."

"No!" Lu Song bowed slightly, not thinking that something would really happen to the Ling Han Dam, so he quietly hid the disdain in his eyes.

"Zheng Aiqing, in recent days, Zhennanguan has come to report many times that the Annan National Military Department has been frequently transferred, if there is really a flood, I am afraid that they will take the opportunity to make trouble, and from now on, you must prepare food and grass to prepare for war."

"No!"

"Yang Aiqing, go back to your home immediately and make full preparations, once the war starts, you will immediately become the generalissimo of soldiers and horses and go to Annam!"

"No!" Yang Zilong responded in a deep voice.

"Chang Aiqing stays, you all retreat!"

"No!"

After the four of them left one after another, the Xinyang Palace suddenly quieted down, the emperor got up from behind the bookcase, walked in front of Chang Shizhong, took his hand, sat on the warm couch with him, and patted hard and patted again: "Shizhong, I know your heart, but I think you must have also received a letter from the child, he wants to go to guard the town of Nanguan, you and I are out of reach." ”

"The saint rest assured, the minister's family is loyal to the saint, this time You'er insisted on going to the south of the town in person, although the minister was worried, but he had no intention of stopping it, not to mention that he had been on the battlefield for a long time, but the minister was worried"

"Worried about what?"

"The minister is worried that once Annan rises up, the other three countries are only afraid that they will take advantage of the fire to rob!"

"Look at this!" The emperor nodded appreciatively and put Qing Sanyuan's secret seal on his hand.

"This, this old guy still has such a unique vision." He was surprised, he never thought that the old friend who had returned to his hometown was still paying attention to the affairs of the court, which was obviously in Cao Ying's heart and in Han.

"Yes! It's a pity that he insists on saying goodbye to the old, otherwise with you and him, why should I worry about my dynasty? ”

"Your Majesty" saw that he was a little dissatisfied and regretful, so he wanted to comfort him.

"Needless to say! I understand his thoughts, and I also understand your thoughts, leaving you today is to discuss this matter, if the Three Kingdoms take advantage of the fire to rob, how to deal with it? ”

"Yulin Pass doesn't have to worry, it's just that Tatar and Fusang are in some trouble, if there is really a flood, our dynasty will definitely have insufficient troops, and the former is strong and strong, and the latter is good at water warfare, just afraid"

"Newspaper—"

At this point, there was an urgent report outside the door, the two looked at each other, their faces changed greatly, and in the middle of the night, the gate of the imperial city was closed, but there was still news coming in, which was enough to show the urgency of the matter.

"Your Majesty, there was a flood in Guangling in the evening, and the people of the city had nowhere to hide, and there were countless casualties, the prince, the prince"

"What's wrong with the prince?"

"The prince and his entourage had not yet entered the city, so they were in the center of the water flow when the flood broke out, and now they are nowhere to be found!"

The emperor's eyes widened, he looked at the soaked soldier in front of him in disbelief, pointed at him with trembling hands, and couldn't say a word for a long time: "Puff-"

After a long time, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and the whole person fell backwards, although Chang Shizhong was old, he was born as a military general after all, so he quickly caught him and gently put him on the warm couch.

"Your Majesty—" Li Sheng stepped forward to take a look in a panic, and instead shouted at the Imperial Doctor.

"Slow!" But the emperor stopped it at this time.

"Your Majesty, it's better to let the imperial doctor diagnose the pulse!" Li Sheng persuaded helplessly and distressedly.

"Nope! I'm fine, at least not now! ”

"Your Majesty—" Chang Shizhong still wanted to persuade something, but when he thought of the prince, he still didn't say anything after all.

"Pass the order, look for the prince at all costs, live to see people, die, see corpses!" He closed his eyes and opened them violently, and all his sadness disappeared in this instant.

"No!"

"What else?" Li Sheng saw that the person who came to receive the order but did not leave, and asked sharply under the emperor's instructions.

"Yu Shengshang, when the little one left Guangling, he learned that Annan had sent troops to Zhennanguan, and on the way to Beijing, he met General Jianwei of Yulin Pass who was rushing to the city, and the general asked the little one to convey it, asking the Holy Lord to forgive him for the crime of leaving his post without permission, and when the little one arrived in the capital, he handed over this letter to the Shengshang!"

"Bring it!"

Although Chang Shizhong had already received the news that he would go to Zhennan, he didn't want it to be so fast, and the same was true for the emperor, especially after hearing that Annan really sent troops, he frowned, quickly opened the letter, and read it at the same time as the former.