The beautiful scenery of the burning clouds in the evening when the rain stopped.

It's been a day and two nights.

During this period, the upper and lower reaches of Butterfly Creek received continuous rainfall.

It rained for a day and two nights.

Upstream Yunmengze and Di Gong Gate are surrounded by the majestic rain of black clouds pressing down on the city.

Downstream near the county seat of Longcheng, there are clouds and continuous drizzle.

And for the many people of Longcheng who are dragging their families and hurrying on the straight official road leading to Dagu Mountain in the early morning at this moment.

In the former, the heavy rain upstream, like a sharp sword, hangs overhead, and may be accompanied by a loud sound of the collapse of the sluice at any time, and the head falls to the ground.

The latter, the rain above his head, is like a soft knife, finely sharpening the fragile will of the tired people who are already frightened birds.

The sky was drizzling, and looking down from a high place, the winding official road was a black crowd of people.

They were as slow and depressing as a black stream, flowing from the starting point of Longcheng County to the foot of Dagu Mountain at the far end.

The wheels creaked to the overwhelmed carriage.

Cabinets that are messily placed and collide.

Pots and pans were thrown away on both sides of the road.

Also, the people of Longcheng County, who take each household or township neighborhood as a unit, support each other and move forward together.

In the background, there is a gloomy gray sky and rain curtain, muddy and wet roads, and dark woods on both sides of the official road.

"Wow——!"

Among the people who were organized to take refuge in Dagu Mountain on the official road, there was a burst of baby crying from time to time, and then it seemed to be embraced into the arms of the women wiping their tears, and the crisp baby cry turned dull, and it took a while to be calmed down.

But the adults who occasionally appear in the crowd who are emotionally broken are not comforted by their mothers like babies, which can only add to the atmosphere on this official road.

The overwhelming flow of migrants and refugees is silently staging scenes of life.

And the reason why the team is so dull and depressed will not collapse and scatter, and flee in all directions.

It's just a solemn atmosphere, confused and confused.

Beside the flow of people on the official road, the fast horses that galloped past from time to time, and the unified slogan of the fast catchers shouted in hoarse voices:

"Tell the old folks of Longcheng...... Today, in the heavy rain, in order to prevent the disaster, the Dagushan refuge camp was set up, and the food and mattress were ready...... It is hereby scheduled to arrive before the first hour of today's ceremony...... Longcheng County Order. ”

Since last night, Yan Liulang has arranged for the capture team to ride fast horses along the official road all the way, and shouted the concise and concise notice written by a young county commander from the farthest outskirts of the county to the foot of Dagu Mountain.

The catchers shouted dryly, and the horses ran away in two batches, but no one dared to be sloppy, and along the way, they also rectified the crowd and led the team to the Dagushan refuge camp.

Perhaps it was the signature of a young county magistrate in the notice that gave some peace of mind to the people who had experienced the disaster relief and flood control in the past two months.

may also be the calm and confident tone of the young county commander in the notice, as well as the promise that the government and the people can keep the gate from collapsing.

Or just go with the flow and bury your head in the army.

Under the organization of Yan Liulang and others, except for a small panic in the county, most of the people in the county were relatively stable.

There was no vision of the worst order that had been expected.

For the time being, there was no crowding of people frantically collecting all their belongings, fleeing to the docks, fighting for boats, and trampling on the crowd.

Most of the people in every household in the county obeyed the arrangements of the county magistrate and the government, and worriedly packed up some necessary gifts and went out.

dragged his family to the Dagushan disaster relief camp, and I heard that it was just like the original disaster relief camp on the outskirts of the city, and it had been arranged by the county magistrate.

At the foot of Dagu Mountain, on a hillside, Yan Liulang, dressed in gray and black hats, was riding on horseback and stopping to look into the distance.

He looked at the orderly crowd of people lined up like snakes on the official road in front of him, and couldn't help but let out a long breath.

Fortunately, under the helm of the Ming Mansion, the current Longcheng County Ya has a good reputation among the people of Longcheng.

From the original disaster relief camp to distribute grain, to the suppression of grain merchants in the back to defeat grain prices, and then to the ribbon-cutting ceremony in the back of the public trial of the Liu family...... Over the past few months, a lot of faith has accumulated in the hearts of the people.

Only then did the flow of people out of the city at this time be relatively stable.

The credibility of the prefectural ordinance and the prefectural government can temporarily suppress the pre-disaster panic that is prone to rumors.

Otherwise, it is placed before the last flood.

Not to mention rectifying the ranks of the people like now, it's not bad for everyone to rush to the ferry dock like ants on a hot pot and grab boats like crazy.

At this moment, on the small hillside, Yan Liulang, who had experienced the panic scene before the last Yunmengze flood, and the group of dusty catchers behind him glanced at each other, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.

So far, the retreat has been relatively successful, and for the time being, there is no plan left by the county commander before leaving.

With his back to his subordinates, Yan Liulang, who was riding on a horse at the front, silently reached into his arms, took out a crumpled silk handbook, and unfolded it in the palm of his hand.

The blue-clothed catcher quickly held back the rain, and looked down at the calm and powerful dense handwriting of the Ming Mansion.

Even if he has seen the arrangements for the rear of the lower reaches of Butterfly Creek laid out by Ouyang Rong a hundred times, they are all ripe and can be recited backwards.

But every time Yan Liulang stopped for a moment in the past two days, he couldn't help but take out Ouyang Rong's handwritten book and take a look.

It seems that after confirming that it is correct, it can continue to work with peace of mind.

It's like...... Ming Mansion is still by his side.

"Let's go, let's go back to the city again, help the brothers who stay behind, don't let a single family in the city be left behind, and be sure to persuade all of them to leave."

Yan Liulang, who had rested for a while, suddenly put away his handbook, rode a horse and raised his whip, left the small hill first, and led the men behind him to continue to implement the arrangements left by Ouyang Rong.

Their team caught fast, just came down from Dagu Mountain, bumped into Diao Xiancheng before, explained some important matters, and now continue to go down the mountain to be busy.

And the latter is also busy.

According to Ouyang Rong's arrangement, Yan Liulang and other catchers were responsible for organizing all the people of Longcheng County under the mountain to go up the mountain, and at the same time, they were responsible for receiving the displaced people who ran down from the upstream one after another.

Diao Xiancheng is responsible for deploying disaster relief resources prepared in advance on Dagu Mountain, contacting Donglin Temple to set up a refuge camp to accept nearly 6,000 households of Longcheng people.

These are the jobs of the big rear.

As for Ouyang Rong, he was leading the remaining six Cao officials, as well as the militia warriors organized by Liu Ashan, to sail the boat, and at the forefront of the Digong Gate in the distance, doing everything possible to guard the sluice gate and resist the flood......

Yan Liulang's gaze silently withdrew from the direction of a certain key sluice gate in the south, he turned his head, instructed and left two catchers, and guided the people who came to follow up the mountain in an orderly manner at the foot of the mountain.

Yan Liulang took the rest of the brothers and returned to Longcheng County all the way, shouting a letter to the elders and villagers of Longcheng on the way, which shook people's hearts.

The task of gathering most of the people was relatively easy, but what made Tsubame find it tricky was the special circumstances.

Ouyang Rong has explained that he must not leave behind a single family of Longcheng people.

Yan Liulang naturally didn't dare to be sloppy, and knocked on the door from door to door to investigate.

I've had a dry mouth all day.

Until the evening, the blue-clothed catchers were almost tired and panting, and their faces were tired.

Throughout the day, they encountered quite a few special situations.

The brawls and fights in the flow of migrants on the official road are small things.

The key is that some nail households in the city just refused to leave, and they couldn't be persuaded to say anything, and in the end, they showed their waists to eat guys, and they were half frightened and half coaxed back to Dagushan.

At noon on the way, Yan Liulang and the others also listened to the displaced people who fled upstream, saying that the clan elders of a village had a luck mentality and felt that the village was on high ground, so they were like turtles with shrunken heads and did not move away...... Yan Liulang had no choice but to run ten miles and hurriedly came to the door to persuade.

There were even speechless things where some people were afraid that they would never come back, so they asked them to help dig up the stored ancestral belongings somewhere in the yard.

And so on.

At dusk and sunset on this day, just before the hour of the unitary, Yan Liulang and the others finally returned with the last group of displaced people and "nail households" who could be found, and rushed to Dagu Mountain.

Along the way, it seems that he has some closeness to Yan Liulang, these conscientious and tired catchers.

From time to time, some people in the crowd turned around and accosted them at the back of the crowd, asking if the Ouyang County Commander was also waiting for everyone to arrive in Dagu Mountain.

In this regard, Yan Liulang grabbed in front of his subordinates, all of them smiled, and they should be nodding their heads.

When the people who dragged their families on the road heard this, their tense faces relaxed, relieved, and told each other, and the atmosphere was not so depressing.

There are also people who enthusiastically handed water to Yan Liulang and others whose mouths were chapped and blistered.

At the back of the crowd, the catchers were silent.

From time to time, they looked sideways at Tsubame Rokuro, who was smiling and nodding at the leader.

Sigh in my heart.

In order to appease people's hearts and suppress the panic, Yan Liulang and Diao Xiancheng did not tell everyone about Di Gongzha's dangerous situation at this time.

It was also not mentioned that Ouyang Rong and the others were rushing to rescue 100,000 people at the upstream Di Gong Gate at the moment.

He was also ambiguous about where the young county magistrate, who was trusted and kind by the people of Longcheng, was at the moment, and he was also organizing a refuge camp in Dagushan at this time, waiting for the arrival of his fathers and fellow villagers.

This is one of the reasons why the work of gathering people to move is relatively smooth today.

However, among the last group of displaced people, there are also a few villagers who ran down from the vicinity of the upper reaches of the Yuenu Gorge, and they can't help but raise questions.

On the way to escape, I heard that the young county order seemed to be on the side of Di Gongzha, so many villagers near the Yuenu Gorge did not run to Longcheng County downstream, but rushed to the side of the Yuenu Gorge where the young county order was located......

Fortunately, these questioning voices were slight and few people, interrupted by the tacit understanding of the nearby catchers, they did not spread, but did not bring a rhythm.

"Boss, ...... over there"

In the midst of the silence, someone couldn't help but ask Yan Liulang.

Yan Liulang pursed his lips, grabbed the handwritten book in his arms, and suddenly turned around and said:

"The Ming Mansion and the Ahsan brothers can handle it well, let's do a good job in the rear and don't make trouble, it is the greatest help."

The blue-clothed catcher suddenly whipped his horse and rushed forward, turning his face and pointing to the second phase of the winged canal that happened to pass by him, the young man raised his head and said with a determined face:

"Besides, there is a folding wing canal, most of it has been repaired, in case the flood comes, it will be opened directly, it is enough, the Ming Mansion has said that there is nothing to be afraid of, why, you can't even believe the Ming Mansion?"

The crowd cheered up and whipped up.

Yan Liulang quickly whipped up, rushed out, and said loudly:

"Let's go, go halfway up the mountain and check the beacon tower, this is the important matter explained by the Ming government, and we can't delay it!"

It's late afternoon, and the sky is still overcast because of the day's light rain.

The sky was gray and dreary, no different from the day, and the darkness was not obvious.

Yan Liulang took the last group of displaced people to the foot of Dagu Mountain and handed them over to Diao County Cheng and other scribes for settlement.

Many of the latter's eyeballs are bloodshot, and it seems that they should have been busy staying up late the day before yesterday, lacking sleep and looking tired.

However, Yan Liulang and the others were no better, exchanged a few words, added a few mouthfuls of water, left the horses, and they traveled lightly up the mountain.

Both sides of the mountain road are full of homeless people, but fortunately, some tent camps have been set up on the open space pavilions on both sides.

Hot water, bedding, food and other items look like there is no shortage of them.

And more than the people who came out, they were all placed in the Donglin Temple on the top of the mountain.

Yan Liulang and his party walked through the crowd all the way to the Shamu Pavilion halfway up the mountain.

On a lawn with a wide field of vision not far from the Shamu Pavilion, there is a huge beacon tower that has been erected, and there are officials guarding the side, covering their eyes with their palms, looking at the direction of the Yuenu Gorge in the upper reaches of the Butterfly Creek.

Among the mountains there, where even the eye could not see clearly, there were actually several beacon towers erected.

This early warning system, like the water monument along the upstream coast, was also prepared by Ouyang Rong some time ago.

Once the Di Gong Gate collapses as soon as possible, the beacon fire will be lit all the way, and finally seen by everyone on Dagu Mountain.

Then the beacon tower at the end of the morning sun position in the middle of the mountainside of Dagu Mountain will also be immediately lit for warning, and the people who are still scattered around Dagu Mountain will also immediately return to Dagu Mountain and no longer stay outside.

Including the craftsmen and young men who are still conscientiously guarding the Folding Wing Canal not far from the bottom of the mountain, they will open the Folding Wing Canal before leaving......

Ordering his subordinate brothers to rest in place, Yan Liulang stepped forward silently, looked at the dry and flammable materials that had been replaced on time in the beacon tower, and bowed his head slightly, he walked to the edge of the cliff and glanced at the direction of the Folding Wing Canal.

According to the message of the Ming government, until the flood is confirmed, the second phase of the Folding Wing Canal that is still under construction cannot be opened as a last resort.

The construction of this huge amount of work is related to the century-old plan of Longcheng County to control water, and the second phase is only half repaired, so it is necessary to avoid being forced to open as much as possible.

This is also the last fight in case the Di Gong Gate collapses.

Yan Liulang took off the hat, shook the raindrops, learned from the Ming Mansion, and rubbed his face fiercely.

"Rokuro."

At this moment, a familiar shout not far behind him broke Yan Liulang's distraction.

"Dalang? Miss Ye, Miss Su...... Are you all there? ”

Yan Liulang looked back and found that the Shamu Pavilion not far away was full of acquaintances.

Su Dalang, who came forward with a surprised face.

The little sister of the Su family wearing a purple veil and calm eyes, and the bun-faced maid behind her who seems to be called a colorful ribbon.

and Ye Weilai, who was personally sent to Dagu Mountain by Yan Liulang for the first time yesterday.

Although Ouyang Rong only seriously told him to take all the people of Dragon City up the mountain before leaving, he did not specifically tell him to take care of Merlot Garden.

It seems that they also classify their own maids as "normal people", and they have no privileges to arrange.

But as soon as Ouyang Rong left yesterday, Yan Liulang still turned his head, and first went to send Ye Weilai and other maids of Merlot Garden, as well as the families of other colleagues who went to Di Gongzha with the Ming Mansion to support him, to Dagu Mountain for resettlement.

Yan Liulang understood and admired Ouyang Rong's example.

Ouyang Rong also had to take the lead, because all his subordinate colleagues around him, regardless of the position of good and evil, were all silently watching his every move.

As a parent officer.

If you arrange for your family to run away as soon as possible, then you can also arrange for your family to run away, which is beyond reproach.

If you abandon the city as soon as possible, then everyone can also abandon the city, and you are not qualified to blame everyone.

In addition, you said when you first took office that you only came to Dragon City for one thing.

Disaster relief, flood control, justice.

It's really just one thing – justice.

So what the county order says is fair, is it really fair? Have you forgotten?

For this, not only the Longcheng County Ya, but the entire Longcheng County, all the officials and people are watching silently at all times.

Otherwise, the prestige and admiration established before would collapse in an instant, and except for cronies like Yan Liulang, it would be difficult for everyone else to move.

But on the other hand, it is precisely because of the fairness that Ouyang Rong was able to quickly integrate the power of the order of a county, and he was like an arm to the entire Longcheng County and the entire Longcheng County......

Understanding is understanding, but there are some things in this world that Yan Liulang feels that he should not be like this, and he should not treat those who stand up bravely......

"Yan Zhutou, where is my Tanlang?"

In the Shade Pavilion, Ye Weilai ran into the rain, grabbed a handkerchief with both hands, and asked quickly.

Under a wet veil stained with raindrops, the pink lips that wanted to be opened quietly closed.

Su Bao'er silently withdrew her feet, and looked at Yan Liulang, who wanted to speak again, with her brother.

(End of chapter)