In the first year of Zhiping, summer.

The outskirts of Pingyang County are shrouded in a dark curtain of rain, and the wind is carrying the torrential rain, pouring into the river, churning the raging waves.

Suddenly, a flash of lightning streaked across the sky, and the heavens and the earth suddenly lit up.

A few faint fires flickered on the official road not far from the riverbank, and several men in robes and hats were gathering together to argue fiercely.

"Envoy Chen, with the current rainfall, if we wait any longer, it will inevitably cause casualties among the people nearby. Evacuation is imperative. ”

Song Zhiyu, the director of the Hesi Division, was supported by two small servants left and right, and his voice was mixed with the sound of the rain, and he still seemed too excited.

Chen Jing, the envoy of the Xiuhe Division who was standing opposite him, looked at him with a disapproving face, and looked at him unhurriedly.

"According to the regulations of the Ministry of Water, the water level needs to be above the middle of the water monument before Pegasus can report the flood, and now the three have not arrived, how can we arrange evacuation?"

"What's more, Lin'an County in the upper reaches of this country has not come to report the flood, what are you anxious about?" After Chen Jing finished speaking, he gestured to the other man beside him with his eyes, "Zhao Zhutou, did you say it?" ”

Zhao Mingfeng, the head of the county government, looked at the two people who were arguing in front of him, and his worries came to his heart.

At the end of the night, Song Zhiyu, the director of the Hexi Division, suddenly sent someone to the county office, asking the county order to immediately report the flood and arrange for the people to evacuate.

The county order did not agree with this, because although Binh Duong County was in the flood season, there was no heavy rainfall, and it was only today that it suddenly turned from drizzle to torrential rain.

But he did not dare to be perfunctory, this time, the work of monitoring the water level and reporting the flood has always been in the hands of the River Repair Department and the River Si Division, and the local county government only needs to provide manpower and material help at the necessary time, and has no right to distinguish whether the beak is true or false.

Second, after all, this is a matter of money and life, in case the flood is reported late, resulting in the downstream people not having time to evacuate, the court blames it, and the local county government can't afford it.

Therefore, he sent Zhao Mingfeng over and asked him to act at the opportunity.

Zhao Mingfeng pondered for a moment and wiped the dense raindrops on his face.

"The River Division is under the management of the River Division, since the Chen Division thinks that it is not urgent to report the flood, then the River Division should continue to observe the water monument, if the water level reaches the middle, we will not be too late to discuss. Besides......"

He turned his head to look at Song Zhiyu, who had broken his waist due to slipping, and his eyes were quite sympathetic: "Besides, Song is responsible for your waist ......"

Chen Jing saw that Zhao Mingfeng agreed with his own opinion, and hurriedly instructed the river workers who were surrounding them: "Come on, quickly send Chief Song back to the mansion." ”

The riverman did not obey the order, but pointed in the direction of entering the city, and asked suspiciously: "Hey, it is raining heavily this night, why does it seem that a carriage is rushing to our place?" ”

Everyone's eyes brushed over.

I saw a carriage approaching the riverbank, and the coachman was wearing a coat and hat, and he couldn't see clearly, but he could only see the dim yellow wall lamps hanging on the left and right sides of the carriage, which were swaying back and forth with the carriage.

A moment later, the carriage stopped in front of everyone.

The coachman jumped off the frame, lifted the curtain, and ushered the people in the carriage down.

Then, a girl about sixteen or seventeen years old walked out of the carriage with an umbrella, and when she saw Song Zhiyu who was being held left and right, she hurriedly lifted her skirt and stepped forward: "Uncle." ”

Song Zhiyu was very dissatisfied with the arrival of his niece Qian Xiting: "You are a woman, you are not at home at night, what are you doing here?" ”

"Uncle, just now Ah Fu went back to the house and said that you fell and injured yourself on the riverbank, but you didn't want to go back to the house to see the doctor, and your grandmother and aunt were very worried about you. My grandmother is old, and my brother Xian'er can't leave her aunt at home, so I can only come and see the situation. ”

After Xiting explained, he stepped forward to support Song Zhiyu, very worried: "Uncle, if you are injured like this, you can't patrol the river embankment, so it's better to let the river workers go to inspect, you go home with me first, and wait for the results of the report to come out." ”

"Nonsense! Is this embankment something that a girl of yours can manage? Go back quickly. ”

Song Zhiyu didn't appreciate it, shook off Xiting's hand, and sharply ordered the coachman who sent her over, "Ah Fu, take Miss Biao back to the house!" ”

Chen Jing took Qian Xiting's words and persuaded: "Chief Song, I think what Qian Niangzi said is not unreasonable, it is better for you to go back to the house to rest with your injury." Zhang Qi, send Director Song back quickly. ”

As he spoke, he made a gesture to the riverworker behind him to send people away.

"I'm not leaving, I'm not going back, you let me go."

Song Zhiyu saw that Hegong was about to step forward in accordance with the order, and suddenly became anxious, and jumped forward to reason with Chen Jing, but the twisting amplitude was too large, which made him feel a strong pain in his waist again, so that he couldn't help shouting.

"Oops, my waist ......"

"Oh no! Oh no! ”

At this moment, a shout suddenly came from the direction of the upper reaches of the river.

I saw a riverman running over in embarrassment, he was running too fast, and the road was slippery, so just ran in front of them, his feet slipped, and he fell to the ground with a "poof".

The raindrops fell on the coat and made a crackling sound like a popping of fried beans.

Chen Jing frowned and shouted, "Why are you so flustered? ”

The river worker got up in a panic, ignoring the muddy water all over his body, pointed to the upper reaches of the river, and shouted: "The water level has risen to the point where the water is four times, and the embankment in the flood storage area is about to be flooded." ”

"The flood, the flood is coming!"