Chapter 120: Natural and Man-made Disasters
[Chapter 1, Volume 1]
Section 122 Chapter 120 Natural Disaster**
Because Mu Yizhi's body was inconvenient to move, Mu Qingya had to stay in Guangdu Temple to take care of her father! Fortunately, because the royal driver has to stay here for a while, there is no need to be too anxious, and Mu Yizhi is not from suffering from bumps again!
Now that it has entered August, the weather in Jiangnan is particularly sultry, Mu Qingya is sitting a little coyly, holding a book but can't see it!
Leqin walked in with a basin in her hand, with a smile on her face: "Miss, this is sent by the Seventh Prince, it's ice!" But it's cool, and the slave and maid put it next to the master also makes the master cool and cool! ”
Mu Qingya nodded with a bull's head and asked, "There's nothing wrong with my father, right?" "The most feared thing about the hot weather is the suppuration of the wound, some time ago Mu Yizhi was constantly recurring because of the deterioration of the wound, but fortunately, Duanmu Lingyu sent ice cubes, which made his condition much better!
Le Qin: "Miss don't worry, there are a few basins in the master's room, they are cool and tight, and Imperial Doctor Xu has also checked it, saying that the wound has begun to scab, and it is no big deal, and the fever some time ago is also because the wound has begun to grow new 'meat', so you don't have to worry so much!" ”
Le Qi fanned the fan on the side, it was really cooler, and the irritability in Mu Qingya's heart gradually subsided: "What did the emperor do today?" ”
"I heard that the scenery next to Huaishui is very beautiful recently, and it is cooler than here, so the emperor went to the palace over there! A few princes are also on the side! Le Qi said.
Mu Qingya frowned, looking out through the window, the weather has been extremely hot these days, so hot that it is almost breathless, she has lived in Linjiang City for a while, although it is normal to say that the climate in Jiangnan is hot in summer, but it is not like now, only the noisy cicadas are annoying, the leaves of those trees seem to be dried up, and it is a whitish scene as far as the eye can see, and an uneasiness permeates her heart, and then she said:
"Leqi, if you pay more attention these days, I always feel as if something is going to happen!"
Le Qi was stunned for a moment, and then nodded: "Miss, don't worry, the slave will definitely pay more attention!" Master, it's too hot, change your clothes, slave and maid see that your clothes are almost soaked! ”
Mu Qingya nodded, her body is cold, when others feel hot, she feels the temperature is just right, but she doesn't want to be hot this time, it can be seen that this weather is really unbearable! I was about to change my clothes, but the door was slammed open. Le Qi hurriedly stepped forward to block Mu Qingya behind him, and after seeing who was coming, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes: "Wei Xi, Miss's room is also something you can 'mess into', be careful that the master has uncovered your skin!" ”
"Miss!" Wei Xi gasped for breath, his eyes were full of red!
Le Qi felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him: "What's wrong with you?" ”
Before he finished asking a sentence, Wei Xi's body trembled, and he spit out a mouthful of blood, pushed Le Qi away, barely suppressed the tumbling qi and blood in his chest, and said, "Miss...... Something is wrong! The master accompanied the emperor to the Huaishui Palace...... When passing by the embankment, some homeless people came out to block the drive, accusing Jiangnan officials of corruption and bribery, but they didn't want to wait for the emperor to ask questions, the Huaihe River embankment suddenly burst, and hundreds of people on the bank were instantly swept into the river......" Wei Xi said, his eyes were slightly red, with a trace of palpitation in his eyes, the scene just now was too big for him, it was hundreds of lives, and they were harvested in an instant, and there were old people with gray hair and ignorant children, "Fortunately, the emperor was far away, but he was not hit, But I was also shocked, the doctor is consulting! ”
Mu Qingya stood up suddenly, the weather was so hot but she still felt cold, and asked in a cold voice, "How could a good river embankment suddenly burst?" ”
"The master also has this question, and he is investigating it, so let the slave come here and you say it first! The Huai water is now wanton everywhere, and it is estimated that it has flooded several towns along the border by now! Wei Xi frowned tightly, his eyebrows and eyes were full of pain!
Mu Qingya frowned tightly, all kinds of thoughts turned quickly in her mind, and she looked at Wei Xi, who was still kneeling on the ground, for a while: "What's the matter with your injury?" ”
"It doesn't matter if you're a slave, it's just that you went into the water to save a child, and you were hit by the 'chest' of wood that 'rushed' down in the water!"
"You stay here to rest first, and I'll let Le Qi go and reply to the Seventh Prince!" Looking at the pale appearance of his face, Mu Qingya said.
"Thank you Miss for your compassion, the slave is fine, but the internal organs were shaken and shaken, and now I feel a lot better, there are still many things around the master, and the slave will not dare to delay!"
Seeing that he insisted, Mu Qingya didn't say anything anymore, just checked his pulse, and after feeling that there was no big problem, he said: "You go and tell the Seventh Prince, this matter is definitely not simple, let him check it carefully!" Since Jiangnan wants to be 'chaotic', then it will be completely 'chaotic'! If you don't 'mess' and can't be cured, since it's 'messy', then simply pull out the tumor in Jiangnan completely and receive it into your own hands in one fell swoop! The Huaishui has burst the embankment, no matter how sad it is, it can't withstand anything, and finding a way to control the flood is the key! ”
Wei Xi was stunned for a moment, and his heart was shocked: "Yes, the slave is going!" "It turned out that the master asked him to say to Mu Qingya, he thought that it was just the master who remembered her, but he didn't want Miss Mu to have a big gully in her chest, and she had to hesitate in the face of the huge Jiangnan is the master, but she didn't want her to be a 'girl' with such courage, if she could really take Jiangnan under his command in one fell swoop this time, then why worry about the master's big thing?
Sending Wei Xi away, Le Qi walked in: "Miss, is this matter really deliberately 'made' by someone?" ”
Mu Qingya moved her eyes slightly: "I'm not sure yet, but it's artificial!" "When she came, she had seen the Huai River embankment, although the embankment was not impregnable, but there would never be any worries within more than ten years, and now the river has not risen in a large area, but the embankment has collapsed, which doesn't make sense! Thinking about the previous events, there is no one in this who has a ghost!
When Le Qi heard this, her face was suddenly very ugly, she had also killed people, but she had never killed innocents indiscriminately, and when she suddenly heard such news, her heart was extremely uncomfortable!
Mu Qingya glanced at her, did not say anything to comfort her, and only told Mu Yizhi not to tell this matter. Her father's 'sexuality' is upright, if he hears the news, he will climb to the edge of the Huai River to watch, she really can't rest assured!
Three days have passed in a flash, and they have not appeared since Wei Xi came, Leqi and Leqin have been looking forward to the news all day long, so they can only be anxious on the sidelines! Mu Qingya looked at the hotter and hotter weather, her mood tightened slightly, the Huai River has always been known for its turbulent water, the previous dynasty suffered heavy losses in the south of the Yangtze River because of several embankment breaks, and later built this embankment to divert the Huai River and govern it, so that the Huai River was controlled, so that the people on both sides of the river lived and worked in peace and contentment, so the kings of the past dynasties paid special attention to the governance of the Huai River, that is, Duanmuqing allocated countless money to repair the dam every year, but he didn't want to end up in a 'mess'! How dare those people put their hands on the Huai River embankment, do they really dare to use any method in order to compete for a throne! They are not afraid that the thousands of innocent people who suffered will swallow them alive!
They were worried about the Huaishui Dam, but they didn't want to be caught off guard by something more tricky!
In the middle of the night, an earth-shattering sound thunderclapped down, and the sound was eager to make the entire Jiangnan tremble! After the thunder, a torrential rain followed, and the rain poured down like a torrent!
Mu Qingya sat up suddenly, she didn't even care about wearing shoes, she went to the window alone, and Fang Yi pushed open the window and the oncoming rain instantly wet her clothes. Le Qi ran in and saw this scene, so he hurriedly stepped forward to protect Mu Qingya and closed the window: "Miss, what's wrong with you, hurry up and change your clothes!" ”
Mu Qingya's expression was stunned, her mood suddenly became heavy, the worst thing really happened! Le Qi saw that her expression was abnormal, thinking that she was frightened by the thunder just now, and wiped her face with a handkerchief: "Miss, are you okay?" ”
Mu Qingya shook her head, changed her clothes and sat in front of the lamp without saying a word, her eyes were as silent as a bay of lake, and there were no 'waves' in the depths!
"Le Qi," after a while, Mu Qingya finally spoke, "Do you have a way to contact the Seventh Prince?" ”
Le Qi nodded: "If Miss has any instructions, just say that the slave can run in person!" ”
Mu Qingya sighed slightly: "No need! ”
"Miss don't worry so much, I think after three days, the Huai River side should be dealt with almost enough, and the victims should be properly resettled!"
Mu Qingya weakly hooked the corners of her 'lips', and the smile under the light became more and more sorrowful: "It would be good if it was really as you said!" ”
The heavy rain continued to fall all night, and there was no sign of stopping until the hour, and even the whole sky was still like night, and people needed to light up in the room, and there was no sign of lighting up at all!
Looking at Mu Qingya, who was worried, Le Qi also felt that things were unusual, and after eating something with Mu Qingya, he asked cautiously: "Miss, ...... weather this time?"
Mu Qingya walked to the 'door', and looked at it, there was a blank between heaven and earth, and the stagnant water in the yard had reached people's little 'legs', this was still on the mountain, and it was already an ocean of water under the mountain! And the sky was still like a hole, and the rain was pouring down one after another!
"This weather is estimated to be unpleasant for a while......
Le Qi was shocked: "Aren't the people of Jiangnan going to suffer!" ”
"If it's just a flood, it's still the lightest ......" The faint voice was like a sigh, but it was as heavy as a mountain in Leqi's heart!