Three days ago, Bianjing Kou Xiangfu ......

"Kou Xiang! Jinju 600 miles expedited! A messenger carrying a six-hundred-mile urgent paperwork rushed in in a hurry.

"In such an emergency, is there something wrong?"

"Kou Xiang, take a look at the official document, something is wrong!"

Kou Zhun took the official document of the Jinzhou Governor and read it, and the content in it instantly shocked him.

"The Yellow River burst?"

"Lord Zhizhou said that this year, the Yellow River is turbulent and abnormal, and it is almost the same as the height of the Yellow River embankment, and in recent days, Jinzhou has been raining continuously, and in another half a month, the river will break the Yellow River embankment! Once the river breaks the embankment, the damage is incalculable! ”

"Once the Yellow River bursts, the nearest Jinzhou, Fenzhou, and Hezhong Prefecture will all suffer major disasters, and even Henan and Kaifeng will be affected...... Kou Zhun thought for a moment, took the pen and wrote a letter, and then immediately said to the messenger: "You take my handwritten letter and return to Jinzhou immediately, and tell the Jinzhou Governor to immediately prepare for disaster prevention and evacuate the people to the east, and I will send someone to inform the nearest Fenzhou, Longdefu, and Hezhong Province at the same time." Human life is at stake, go! ”

"Yes!" The messenger suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of responsibility, and immediately put away his handwritten letter and hurried back.

"We must let the Holy Lord know about this matter immediately, and let the Holy Lord send troops to assist...... Come on, prepare the horses! ”

……

"What? The Yellow River bursts? At this time, Lin Xi, who had just gotten off the boat, heard the shocking news from the boatman's mouth.

"Exactly, I heard the boatmen upstream say that the river is almost at the same level as the Yellow River embankment, and the embankment has been loosened, and the Yellow River may burst in a few days."

"So serious?"

"You must be from the north, I've never seen anything like this. Once the Yellow River bursts, not only several nearby prefectures and counties will be wiped out, but even Henan and Kaifeng in the lower reaches of the southeast will also suffer. ”

"Thanks to the boatman, we can cross the Yellow River over there in only two days, it should be ...... Nothing will happen. ”

The boatman shook his head, "Well, you haven't seen that scene, don't believe me, I won't stop you, if you believe me, try to go north when you stay at night, maybe you can escape." ”

“…… Well, I see, thanks. Lin Xi politely thanked him and left.

"Slow down!"

"Lin Xi, I see that the boatman said that he has a nose and eyes, I'm afraid what he said is true." Ling Yebai said cautiously behind Lin Xi.

"Yebai, if we are fast, we can get to the edge of the Yellow River in one day, we should ...... Nothing will happen. ”

Ling Yebai shook his head and said: "I have seen avalanches in the northwest, although it has little to do with the Yellow River bursting, but this kind of disaster has always happened in bad weather, and there is no warning beforehand. ”

Lin Xi lowered his head and laughed, "Okay, since that's the case, I promise you, walk slowly, and just look at the people nearby on the way." ”

Lin Xi walked a short distance to the west, and found a large number of troops in the distance, as well as people who were dragging their families in the opposite direction to Lin Xi.

"Hey, old man!" Lin Xi stopped an old man and was about to ask about the situation, "What's going on in the west?" Why are you all heading east? ”

The old man sighed, "You're not a local, two days ago, Zhizhou informed us that the Yellow River was about to burst, so let's pack up our belongings and retreat to the east." ”

Looking at the scene in front of him, Lin Xi still retreated: "With so many troops mobilized, it seems that the boatman is not alarmist, this matter is really serious......"

Yuan Kui asked, "What...... Where do we go after that? ”

"Listen to the boatman, go north, and I'll hire two more wagons when I meet town."

At noon, Lin Xi drove the carriage, and the raindrops the size of beans fell on Lin Xi's head.

"It's raining? It's still sunny in the morning......"

"Lin Xi! I'm afraid what the boatman said isn't true, but luckily we haven't gone that way yet. Yanshou got out of the carriage and intimately put an umbrella on Lin Xi.

"It's windy outside, go back and prolong your life."

"It's raining heavily, be careful, I'll block some rain for you."

"Hey! Is there an umbrella in front of you? Compared with Lin Xi in front, Yuan Kui, who was driving the car in the back, looked a little miserable.

"No umbrellas! Figure it out for yourself! Lin Xi shouted.

Yuan Kui helplessly watched the rain falling from the sky, and suddenly a straw hat was brought to his head.

Qin Ruoyan was behind him and said to him: "There is no umbrella, let's take this to make do with it first!" ”

Yuan Kui saw Qin Ruoyan's face and smiled faintly: "It's okay, this is good." ”

"Oops...... Don't look at me, look at the road! With just one sentence, the carriage almost ran off and fell into the roadside.

"Just pull the cart well, don't look at the girl! I don't care about planting in the ditch! Lin Xi's mocking voice came from the front again.

"I said you were embarrassed to laugh at me, if we heard you go towards the Yellow River today, maybe we would be unlucky!"

"That's it! Don't chatter, according to the map, more than 30 miles north is the county seat of Zhaozhou, we have to rush over before dark! ”

"I said it's not noon yet, why are you in a hurry?"

"This rain has not stopped, the carriage can't run fast, if we are unlucky, more than thirty miles, we are afraid that we will run until the sun sets!"

Yuan Kui couldn't help but speed up the carriage when he heard what Lin Xi said: "It's going to take so long?" Then run! ”

"Oops! You're such an impatient, don't roll over if you drive too fast! Just the right speed! I put the food under the carriage seat, it's hard for everyone, I won't stop eating! ”

Finally, when the sun was about to set, Lin Xi rushed to the county seat of Zhaozhou in the rain, and the heavy rain at this time not only did not stop, but became heavier and heavier.

Everyone simply ate something in the inn, and then went back to their houses to rest.

In the middle of the night, lightning and thunder thundered outside, and the raindrops crackled on the roof, causing a reverberation.

Lin Xi couldn't sleep when he heard the thunderstorm outside, so he got out of bed to find some water to drink, and when he didn't want to come back, he found a dexterous figure "whooshing" back to the bed.

"Longevity, why don't you sleep."

Yanshou sat up from the bed embarrassedly, "Lin Xi, I'm just hungry and want to find something to eat." ”

"Dead girl, why don't you tell me." Lin Xi took out a piece of cake from the baggage, as well as two remaining slices of bacon.

"Let's make do with it, that's all."

"And the meat, it's good."

Yanshou looked at Lin Xi, who was looking at the closed window with a worried face, and asked, "Lin Xi, why haven't you slept?" ”

"It's raining too much."

"yes, I've never seen such a heavy rain in Shangjing."

"I'm really a little panicked, and I always feel like something is going to happen."

"Yes...... What could happen? Didn't the boatman say that it would not be a few days before the Yellow River burst? ”

"That being said, it's really hard to say that it's raining so heavily."

Lin Xi took Yanshou's hand, "Let's go outside for a walk." ”

Lin Xi and Yanshou went out and came to the corridor on the second floor, where the window was open, and Lin Xi could see the situation outside.

"Longevity, look outside," Lin Xi pointed to the ground outside, "The ground outside is filled with water." ”

"Really...... Shouldn't this water seep into the ground? ”

"I'm afraid that the rain will be too strong and it won't have time to seep down, and the rain in the sky will fall." Suddenly, Lin Xi was slapped behind him, and when he turned around, he found that it was Tang Xiao.

"You guys? Why didn't you sleep either? ”

"My heart is a little messy, and I can't sleep." Tang Xiao also leaned to the window to breathe the cool air outside, so there were three people squeezed into such a small window.

Tang Xiao looked at the rain outside and said in disappointment: "Lin Xi, do you think we can still go to Tangmen?" ”

"Why can't you get there?"

"Didn't you say that the Yellow River burst its banks? Once the Yellow River floods, then all the east and south will suffer, and we will have to block the road by the river. ”

"Tang Xiao, I promised you that I would help you find out the truth about the civil strife in the Tang Sect. Either way, I'll find a way to get through. ”

Tang Xiao nodded gratefully.

"Oh no! Wake up, everyone! ”

Suddenly, there was a commotion downstairs, and the sound of gongs sounding not far from the window. The shopkeeper ran up to the second floor in a hurry and bumped into Lin Xi who was still in the corridor.

"Little second brother, what's wrong?"

"The flood... There was a flood! Guest, run to the city wall! ”

"What? Flood? Did the Yellow River burst? ”

"That's right! Guest, please help me wake up the guests on the second floor! The first floor was flooded in less than a moment! ”

"Knock on the door and wake everyone up! Little second brother, hurry downstairs and wake up the people on the first floor first! ”