Chapter 68: The Flood of the Sui River
Mo Ling's eyes were full of surprise, he had often heard of giant dragons in his previous life, but they were all movies and legends, so he couldn't believe it! But when he saw it for the first time at this time, such a huge dragon was really shocking to his heart! The giant dragon was huge, and behind each cloud seemed to have his graceful and circling body, every time the body danced, the clouds became thicker, and the rain began to gradually intensify, and every drop was the size of a bean.
Black clouds rolled down the city, but for a moment, the world seemed to turn inky, and as far as the eye could see, the clouds stretched for thousands of miles, obscuring all the sunlight, and everything entered a dark state in an instant.
A strong wind struck, and the originally calm Sui River began to roll in waves, and the waves spread to both banks, hitting the surrounding land in rows. Many of the houses that had already been submerged in the water were crumbling under the waves, and the crowd was desperately trying to carry their belongings and hide in high places, unwilling to leave the danger.
Mo Ling was worried, only to see the children in the city crying, and the old man standing tremblingly on crutches in the water, the water was panting, and his body was shaking. Waiting for the family to finish moving the finances and then take themselves away, the rich and noble families drove the carriage early, the poor farmers grabbed the crops, the wind blew fiercely, they couldn't open their eyes, and for a while, the clothes were raining, and the world was full of water splashes and frenzied dances!
After a while, the high ground on both sides of the Sui River was crowded with people avoiding the water.
The sound of the rain was getting louder and louder, and Mo Ling even faintly heard the sound of thousands of horses galloping in the distance. Mo Ling became more and more worried, so he first put several concealment spells on himself, flew into the air, and looked into the distance of the Sui River.
I saw a slightly high turbid wave wall in the middle of the river, swept like a mountain and a sea, the trees along the way were broken, the houses were destroyed, and countless people had no time to escape.
The huge waves were overwhelming, and under the carriage of the strong wind, they rolled towards Yishui City.
Mo Ling was shocked by the power of heaven and earth, such a flood and waves were unstoppable, no matter how strong the stone bridge was, it would only be destroyed with one blow, and in front of him, nothing could survive by chance.
The heavy rain was majestic, and Mo Ling flew between the heavens and the earth like this, drenched in rain, and his heart was anxious:
"No! it would be terrible if the flood poured into the city!" he hurriedly flew back towards his lair without looking at the huge dragon body on the clouds.
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Since the first rainstorm in early summer, the water level of the Sui River has skyrocketed for dozens of meters, and the embankments on both sides of the river, which have been crumbling, are finally overwhelmed and collapsed in an instant.
The flood was ferocious, sweeping nearly 100 miles on both sides of the river, and tens of thousands of people were affected, not only Yishui City, but more than 10 cities on both sides of the Sui River all suffered from flooding. Although the imperial court Sidao Qin Tianjian had already calculated and reported the waterproof matter to the imperial court, the local officials did not take it seriously, and there was no warning in advance, so that all the people stayed by the Sui River, and few people could escape when the flood hit.
The flood was serious, and the Jinyi Yamen of Shu County sent a knight in brocade to carry the three-color red flag, quickly whip the horse, and send the information to the capital without changing people all the way.
When the news came, the whole country was shaken, and the emperor immediately ordered the southwestern provinces to fight the disaster, and sent eunuchs to supervise the southern provinces to increase the collection of flood tax silver.
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By the time Mo Ling arrived at the temple, the flood had already reached Yishui City, but fortunately, the river embankment was towering and the city wall was quite thick, temporarily blocking the raging flood. However, the gates, which had not been given prior notice, were not sealed, so that the flood water continued to flow through the cracks in the gates, and it was no longer possible to stop them.
When Mo Ling returned, the temple was already full of people, and the crowd looked at the raging flood below the mountain with fear on their faces. Fortunately, the mountain is high enough, and there are still people who continue to go up the mountain in some places, and the entrance of the temple has long been surrounded by refugees, most of whom are the whole family, and the nursery is with the mouth.
When everyone in the temple saw Mo Ling coming back, they hurriedly greeted him:
"Lord, you're finally back!"
"How's it going?"
"Now it depends on the situation that the flood will not be able to flood for a while and a half, but there are too many people fleeing outside the temple gate, and I estimate that these people will reach the maximum in the next few hours. ”
"How many people will there be?"
"The one who occupies the whole mountain. ”
Mo Ling was stunned, looked at Li Xuanji, and asked in surprise:
"What about those who can't run?"
Facing Mo Ling's question, Li Xuanji sighed and chose to be silent, and after looking at Li Xuanji for a while, Mo Ling suddenly turned his head to look at Heishui:
"Open the temple gates, let the people in, don't let people stay in the temple, and run as far up the hill as possible. ”
"But Lord, there are only two of us, and there are thousands of people, how can we take care of them?"
Mo Ling was stunned for a moment, suddenly looked in the direction of Yishui City, looked up at the rolling gray clouds, and asked:
"Where's Li Dazhi, why haven't you come yet?"
At this time, the streets of Yishui City are full of water, many people are crowded on the roof or the city wall to avoid the flood, in the east of Yishui City, here and the Sui River across the entire urban area, although there is also a flow of water, but it is not breathing, barely able to pass people.
"Who are you? The Huang County Decree said that all the city gates must be closed, and you all go back, and you are not allowed to go out of the city!"
The carriage of Li Dazhi's family was blocked at the gate of the city, and the water had overflowed the carriage, and even in the carriage at this time, it had to wade through the water, so that the speed of moving forward was already slow, and now it had to be blocked by arrest and was not allowed to leave the city.
Li Dazhi looked anxiously at the back, and secretly cursed in his heart, Huang Xian Ling is really a fool who eats dry food, and he doesn't want to solve things when he encounters them, and he still wants to close the news? He doesn't use his brain to think about it, can such a flood be sealed? He, Li Dazhi, is not a fool, this flood is far from being comparable to the past, and staying in Yishui City is only a dead end.
"Accommodating, my family is outside Li Yuan, but Master Huang's relatives, let us out!"
The housekeeper Xu Fu kept smiling faces in front, and he also gave a lot of red envelopes, but the catchers didn't know if they were scared stupid, and they gritted their teeth and didn't let them go.
Xu Fu was helpless, and was about to send out the red envelope again, forty or fifty people rushed from the city gate with knives and guns, and more than thirty strong men looked murderous, and they protected the female dependents in the middle, and rampage along the way.
"What kind of birdman is in front of you, dare to stand in the way of grandpa?"
Xu Hong rode a horse, several dart masters in front of him blocked the front, and took the lead in a person who yelled angrily, Li Dazhi's family behind saw these dart masters, instantly lost his temper, and did not dare to speak, Li Dazhi hurriedly ran out of the carriage, just stood in the carriage and looked at the back, and instantly his face was overjoyed:
"Is that Brother Xu?"
Xu Hong was stunned for a moment, and found that Li Dazhi was in front of him, his eyes were gentle, and he signaled his subordinates not to continue to make trouble, and rode forward:
"Why is Brother Li here?"
"Isn't it up to the front to block the city gate and not let us out?"
Xu Hong was stunned when he heard this, his eyes became cold, and he glanced at several people behind him, and everyone understood that a few dart masters in the past were smiling and grinning.
"Come on, come on, play with grandpa, don't you have good hands and feet, let's do it today?"
"Heh, you old thing can also be a fast catcher, come and compare?"
A few fast catchers at the door have only known the fox and the fake tiger for many years, which is the opponent of these tough dart masters, they can only dodge under fear and let go of the city gate, Li Dazhi and Xu Hong are not hypocritical, and the people on both sides are together and go out of the city.
The two themselves want to have some communication, and they have some contact because of Mo Ling's matter, and the relationship between the two is also very good, out of the city gate, Xu Hong took the lead in asking:
"Where are Brother Li going now?"
"The flood is serious, and I can't run far in a short time, I am going to take shelter in the White Temple for some time, where it is big enough, the mountain is high enough, and it should be no problem to settle my family. ”
Xu Hong nodded:
"I'm getting ready to go to the temple, so why don't we go the other way?"
Of course, Li Dazhi was happy to hear this, under the natural disaster, people were forced to be in a hurry and couldn't do anything, now with these dart masters escorting, the road should be much safer.