The weather has been cold recently, and the handymen of the North 5 Institute had planned to take this opportunity to clean up the ice storage so that they could store new ice for the next year. When they opened the door of the freezer, they didn't expect that most of the large ice cubes inside had melted into half, and all of them flowed out mixed with ice water.

The ice reservoir was built in the upper reaches of the Luohe River in the northwest of Luoyang, which was originally intended to facilitate the selection of clean Luohe water to make ice. Now that it's poured, all the ice has fallen into the water of the Luo River, and it is flowing down the river quickly.

The most prosperous street market in Luoyang is built along the Luohe River, and many shops have built wooden houses to expand their business area by driving piles on the gentle level of the Luohe River in order to expand their business area.

For so many years, even if the water of the Luo River freezes, or there is drift ice, it has not affected it at all.

But who knew that this time it turned out to be a huge block of ice rushing down the current.

Amid the shouts of the miscellaneous servants of the North Five Institutes, some of the shopkeepers noticed this situation and quickly used long poles or wooden sticks to push large ice blocks away from the wooden stake foundation of their shops, so as to avoid the risk of being hit.

But the incense pavilion was not so lucky.

It itself is near a bend in Luoshui, when it was first built, it felt that its own house was just rouge gouache and other light things, so others made five or six piles in the river, and his family only made three piles, and the wooden piles used were also one-third narrower than others.

At first, some people questioned whether there would be safety problems with their construction, but the owner of his house felt that it was just a ventilated place to watch the scenery, and most of the items were placed in the front, so there would not be too many people standing there on weekdays, so there would be no problem.

The reason for this is simply because the cost of construction is too expensive, and he is reluctant.

In the past year, the struggle for imperial power has entered a white-hot stage. Luoyang entered a curfew at every turn, and many shops closed their doors to take refuge in the countryside. A rouge gouache shop like him can't make any money, so he dismissed all the guys three days ago, put the store on the door, and said that it would be closed until the spring of the next year.

The drift ice slid down the Luoshui and hit the wooden stake below the store's waterfront. There was a loud noise in the first block, and then the second one struck with more force, and the stake broke immediately; The third and fourth pieces came one after another, how could the three wooden stakes withstand such an impact, they broke completely, and the storefront of the Xiangxiang Pavilion also fell into the water of the Luo River.

But the strange thing is that this is a bend in the Luo River, and the big ice block is actually stuck. In other words, even if the incense pavilion was poured into the water, the broken wood did not flow down, and it was also congested behind the ice blocks.

This is a terrible thing.

The Luohe River is living water, and after it is blocked here, the water level in the upper reaches immediately rises, and the water overflows into the street. But what is more dangerous is not these, but if it is not dredged in time, it will accumulate to a certain extent, and the drift ice will rush downstream, and all the shops and houses on both sides will suffer.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and if it is flooded again, it will really make the snow worse, and the days will be even more difficult.

Someone ran to the Northern Military Mansion to report the news.

They didn't dare to ask for help from Zhang Fang's army, they only dared to find people from the Northern Military Mansion.

Qin Chaoge was still in Yizhuang, and Mao Hongbin could only take people to see the situation by himself. Fortunately, the Yang brothers came back, and he took the two of them to the scene.

Yang Xiankang is an actionable person, and when he sees this situation, he knows that if he doesn't deal with it anymore, something big will happen. He grabbed a long pole from the hand of the bystander, and poked the large ice cube vigorously, but did not move. He was going to jump on top of the big ice closest to the river bank and push another piece of ice with his bare hands.

Yang Xianyong felt that it was too dangerous to do so, and grabbed his brother. His idea was to light torches to burn large blocks of ice and speed up their melting.

The people of the Northern Military Mansion and the men of the nearby merchants were all busy, looking for torches and rags, and the chaos was extremely chaotic.

But at this moment, Yang Xiankang had already jumped on top of the big ice block, leaned down to take a look, and shouted in surprise: "What is this?" Grab a fishing net! Hurry up! ”

Everyone looked into the river, and the water level there had risen, because there was a debris accumulation, and they couldn't see what it was, but it was a large black area.

At this time, a brave guy also jumped on the big ice cube, and looked down with Yang Xiankang, and this person couldn't help but shout in shock: "Oh my God! Is it a person? How do you have eyes? ”

It didn't matter if it was a shout, it frightened people on both sides of the shore.

For a while, I couldn't find a fishing net, and someone actually brought a door panel.

Yang Xianyong was worried about the safety of his second brother, so he and the other two military guards of the Northern Military Mansion put the wooden planks of the door boards that they could use on top of the big ice blocks, and then tied them all with long strips of cloth, and also tied Yang Xiankang and the other person around their waists.

Yang Xiankang was so bold that he took off his clothes, lay on top of the big ice, and reached out to catch the things in the water. Fortunately, he moved quickly and his hands were steady, and he pushed the water into his shirt, and with the strength of the other fellow, he lifted it up.

Yang Xianyong stood on the shore and stretched out a long pole, allowing the two to quickly return to the shore with strength.

Just as Yang Xiankang stepped to the shore with his front feet, the big ice suddenly loosened and quickly slid downstream. The crowd shouted with long poles and sticks to push the big ice as far as possible into the middle of the river, so as not to hit the wooden stakes of the building.

It's a mess.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Fang's garrison also joined in. Finally, there are many people with great strength, and the large ice blocks are gradually melting and slowly becoming less threatening. After a period of bustling commercial districts, the river gradually widened and the crisis was resolved.

Most of the people also gathered here to help clean up the debris in the river. There were even people around Yang Xiankang to see what he was carrying from the river.

The clothes were spread on the ground, and there were still some dead branches and wood chips, but it could be seen that this was an old turtle, the size of a large iron pot for cooking with firewood, if it weren't for Yang Xiankang and that guy's strength, they wouldn't have been able to lift it at all. But it is also very likely that the old turtle resisted the large ice and caused the river to be seriously blocked.

Anyway, the old turtle lay there motionless.

Someone in the crowd of onlookers had sharp eyes and asked, "What's on this turtle's back?" How does it look like it has nose and eyes? ”

"I'll just say, I just looked like a person lying in the river, it really scared me to death." The guy who was with Yang Xiankang said loudly, and patted his heart to express his fear.

Someone went and poured some river water on the old turtle's back, and some of the brave ones took a bamboo brush to clean the shell of the turtle on its back.

Soon, the turtle shell took on the appearance of a human face.

There were exclamations among the onlookers: "Could this be a leak of heaven and a miracle?" The Emperor is coming? ”