Chapter 27: The Flood

Sanniu lay down and stopped talking, and Ling'er responded happily: "Okay, sister, let's sleep together!"

Outside the window, there was a constant thunderstorm, and it seemed that a branch of a tree had been blown off by the wind, falling to the ground and smashing in all directions.

Ling'er nested in Erya's arms, and she was not afraid, and fell asleep after a while.

Erya wanted to say a few words to Sanniu, but when she saw Ling'er falling asleep, she rested her thoughts and fell asleep after a while.

"I tell you, I'm going to throw you into the mouth of the jackal, tiger and leopard, I'm going to smear poison on you, kill all these animals, no one can stop me, hahahahaha......"

"Don't, I beg you, I don't want to die, you let me go, I don't ......"

With a flash of lightning falling on the window, Erya suddenly got up from the bed, looking flustered and his heart beating rapidly. It turned out to be a dream, and I dreamed that Gong Jueyi said to her that she was going to throw her to feed the beast, how could he be like this, he was still tender and sweet with her yesterday, he wouldn't!

Erya comforted herself and lay back on the bed, only to find that her back was already covered in cold sweat.

Looking at the sleeping Ling'er and Sanniu, Erya was a little relieved, closed her eyes and wanted to fall asleep, but the wind and rain outside were urgent, and she couldn't sleep peacefully. It was about half an hour before she fell asleep.

On the second day, Erya was woken up by the noise outside the door, and as soon as she opened her eyes, Mama Feng's scolding came into her ears.

"Bastard, what are you anxious about, you only know how to be anxious when you encounter something, what's the use!" She paused, "Lu Zhong, hurry up and call all the people in the mansion to Fanghua Pavilion and tell Qian Fu to bolt the gate tightly!" ”

Hearing this, Erya's heart suddenly struck, something happened, as soon as she got out of bed, Agarwood came into the door, with an anxious face, "Miss, you can wake up, it's ...... outside"

Before she could finish speaking, Erya had already passed past her.

As soon as she entered the hall, Er Ya felt that her feet were wet, and when she looked down, the water that was submerged in the dim hall reflected the dim yellow luster in the candlelight.

Erya knew that it was broken, it had been raining heavily for days, and it was good luck that there was no flood, and it was not an accident to be flooded.

Agarwood saw that the young lady was wearing a middle coat and went out, and hurriedly took a cloak that had just been prepared for the third lady to wear in the autumn and came out, although the third lady was only ten years old, but she was tall and fast, and she was only a head shorter than the fifteen-year-old Erya, and the young lady could barely wear the clothes of the third lady.

There were already several people standing under the eaves, Yuzhu stood behind Mama Feng, Mama Lin stood beside Mama Feng, her face was a little uneasy, Erya saw her, her heart moved slightly, she didn't see her when she came over last night, but she came out now.

Mama Feng's face was calm, looking out thoughtfully.

The water in the yard should be able to reach the feet and necks, Er Ya thought about it, this Suzaku Street is a higher place in Lin'an City, and now the Lu Mansion in the middle of Suzaku Street has become like this, so what about the outside? If the terrain is a little lower, I'm afraid that the water will not be over my calves!

After a cup of tea, Lu Zhong walked in with the eight family members, followed by Qian Fu, who was limping.

"Qian Fu, what's wrong?" Hearing Erya's voice, several people at the door seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and turned to get out of the way.

"Miss Hui, it's okay for the old slave, it's just that his foot was pierced by the wood in the water, and it doesn't get in the way." Qian Fu waved his hand and explained.

As soon as Qian Fu's words fell, Lu Zhong became anxious, "Boss, the Ming River has burst its embankment, the upstream water is too big, the water can't stop pouring into the city, and the houses are flooded in low-lying places, I'm afraid that there will be a lot of refugees fleeing to our high-lying places!" ”

As soon as Lu Zhong's words came out, Erya finally understood why Mama Feng had to arrange to close the door, once the real refugees poured in, the consequences would be unimaginable. Erya couldn't help but admire Mama Feng's adaptability, and she was really a usable person.

"Has there been any change in the city river?" The Chengxin River is a small tributary of the Ming River, and Lufu is surrounded by these two rivers, one large and one small.

"I only heard that the river has collapsed, and the terrain of the Chengxin River is higher than the Ming River, so it shouldn't be so fast!"

Lu Zhong's analysis was exactly what Erya was thinking, Erya turned her head to look at Mama Feng, "Is there any food in the house?" ”

Mama Feng said calmly: "Miss Hui, there are 500 catties of rice, 40 catties of pork, 80 catties of fruits, and 80 catties of all kinds of vegetables in the house, except for meat, which were all prepared when it rained a few days ago."

Erya nodded with satisfaction, yes, these stored grains are enough for the house to use thriftily for two months.

Mama Feng also secretly admired this fifteen-year-old young lady in her heart, when the princess was fifteen years old, many things depended on the advice of the people around her, compared to the young lady who was not shocked and calm in front of her, she was really more than three points inferior.

Lu Zhong led a group of people to wait for Erya's orders, and Erya only said: "Dig a pit!"

“……”

Led by Lu Zhong, eight men wearing hats and holding various tools began to dig a pit at the location designated by Erya, and then built the excavated soil around the Fanghua Pavilion of Tonghua Courtyard to a height of half a person. Two inclined deep ditches leading to the lotus pond were dug out from the paved cobblestone road outside the two courtyards, and seeing that the water inside was about to overflow again, Lu Zhong hurriedly opened two openings in the earthen dam at the entrance of the two courtyards according to the way Erya said, and in an instant, the water rushed down the mouth into the deep ditch.

Erya instructed Lu Zhong to guard the gate, and once he found any movement of refugees, he would come to tell him, and he should not open the door at will.

A few maids in the yard were not idle, and drained the water out in the yard. Mama Feng followed Erya into the house, Mama Lin wanted to follow, but was called by Erya to help in the yard, and was disgraced, Mama Lin walked in the direction of Agarwood with a fat face and a dark face.

She can see that the young lady is partial, and if she has any good errands, she will stick to Mama Feng first, and she can't help but complain in her heart.

After a while, the water in the yard was really discharged, and Lu Zhong couldn't help but admire Erya.

The sky was already bright, and on the post road outside the city, four brown horses galloped hard, and the horses were also unable to do their best, but the whips were still mercilessly struck, and they could only use all their strength to move forward.

The floods in the area of Anbei Town are serious, the victims are everywhere, last night Gong Jueyi and Gong Xuanchi rushed to check, the houses were seriously destroyed, the land was flooded into rivers, and the displaced people were everywhere, it turned out that before they came, there had been a flash flood. The area around Anbei Town belongs to Qingping County, which is mountainous and soft, and the impact of heavy rain for several days finally caused a tragedy.

The officials were helpless, and Gong Jueyi could only let them appease the people first, not let the displaced people go around. If you look elsewhere, you can see this scene, and some of them are even worse.

In front of the Lu Mansion, a rapid sound of horses' hooves stopped abruptly, and several people turned over and dismounted, so they stepped on the water that accumulated in the center of their calves.

Suzaku Street has begun to accumulate displaced people, the situation here has been calculated, the frightening wind stepped forward to knock on the door, no one opened the door for a long time, and there was no response inside, Gong Jueyi and Gong Xuanchi were both shocked in their hearts, and the frightening wind stepped forward to push the door, and the door was bolted to death.

"Qian Fu, open the door!" Thunder shouted as he recalled the name of the old janitor. I am afraid that they thought they were victims of the disaster, so they refused to open the door, and if he could call his name, the old man would have opened the door.

Sure enough, an old cloudy eye looked out at the crack in the door, and the door squeaked open.