Chapter 48, Drought
Boom, the ice on the cave wall shattered to the ground, Xiao Yuebai looked over and was shocked: this ice cube is so thick.
Although the outer layer of ice was shattered by Xiao Yuebai, the inner layer was still ice. He struck again, and after repeated many times, he had carved a large hole in the wall of the cave, but there was still no rock to be seen.
Could it be that she was in the middle of a huge iceberg? Xiao Yuebai felt amazing: maybe she could escape by breaking through the ice!
After doing this repeatedly, Xiao Yuebai looked back tiredly, and found that she had unconsciously entered dozens of zhang. Although the light refracted from the cave could still illuminate the surroundings, there was no end in sight.
Seeing this, he suddenly became tired, so he leaned on the ice wall in front of him to rest.
Suddenly, there seemed to be a faint sound in front of me. Xiao Yuebai immediately became energetic, he carefully identified, and there was indeed a sound in his ears around the unusually quiet surroundings.
It's the sound of "whooshing" water!
Xiao Yuebai's heart suddenly fluctuated: having living water means that there is a way out to the outside world.
Realizing this, Xiao Yuebai's strength recovered a little more, and Yu hurriedly raised his luck again.
This time he changed his tricks, hit the whole body strength in the palm of his hand, the horse stepped steadily, and with a loud shout, the sound came out of the palm, and a huge air flow rose wildly, and the palm was full of power. The impact shattered the wall of ice in front of him.
Suddenly the eyes are bright!
An empty ice cave appeared in front of him, and the clear spring water was flowing from the cave into the distance.
Xiao Yuebai was ecstatic in her heart.
He looked down at the water and saw that it was not very deep. I tested the water with my hands, and I didn't feel a chill piercing my heart!
There was nowhere else to go, Xiao Yuebai gritted her teeth and dripped into the water. On weekdays, I stayed in the extremely cold place of this Buyao Mountain for a long time, and I was also used to the cold. It's not a big deal in this ice water this time, just endure it.
But he himself did not know where the waterway leads, but he followed the direction of the water.
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At this time, it is the summer harvest time at the bottom of the mountain.
Since this spring, there has not been a rain in the south of the Yangtze River, and the field has cracked like a turtle's back, and the rice that should have been harvested at this time is still green and yellow, and the rice ears are withered and yellow and empty on the seedlings.
At this time, on the outskirts of Heifengling, the peasants in the fields endured the severe pain of the poor harvest, and sweated to harvest the empty rice in the field.
"It hasn't rained for half a year, and there will definitely be another famine after winter. ”
A man who looked like a county guard on the ridge said to a man with a little white hair beside him, and the county guard continued: "I reported the situation a few months ago, but Luo Jing has not yet given an order. ”
"We still have some grain in the warehouse of the 'Hun Tian Sect', and when the time comes, we should be able to survive a winter. The man said.
This man is the "Hun Tian Sect" who is in charge of Nan Yaoyang. Three years before he was sent to lead the crowd to eliminate the camp of the Haikou Kou, and later learned that Zhiqian had fallen into the hands of Zhu Xi, so he ordered his younger brother Nan Feiyu to evacuate Jiangzhou, so that the Lian Xuzi made the attack of the Haikou worse and let Jiangzhou City be occupied by the Haikou Kou. was ridiculed by the rivers and lakes for a while, and his youngest daughter Zhiqian was nowhere to be found in the past three years, which made him a lot haggard in the past three years.
"Master, the people of the Black Wind Ridge will rely on you in the coming year. The county guard affectionately saluted Nan Yaoyang.
In the daytime, a strand of trees stood upright on the earth. When Nan Yaoyang rushed back to the hall from the field, his clothes were already soaked with sweat from the scorching sun, and he immediately ordered his subordinates to prepare water for bathing. Just as he was shirtless scooping up a scoop of water from the bucket and preparing to take a bath, Shang Protector suddenly came to report.
"Boss, there is a royal army on its way to the county guard. ”
"Imperial Army?" Nan Yaoyang's heart tightened, what did they do? Could it be that the county guard made a mistake. He hurriedly threw the water drift back into the bucket.
"Hurry up and call someone, and make sure to ensure the safety of the county guard. Nan Yaoyang hurriedly picked up the clothes he had just changed and ran out.
Although Nan Yaoyang knew that if he offended the royal army, he and the "Hun Tian Sect" would definitely suffer, but the "Red Cavalry Guard" dared to enter the realm of his "Hun Tian Sect" to do things, and he looked down on the "Hun Tian Sect" too much. What's more, the account of the "Red Cavalry Guard" killing Xiao Tianxing's family has not yet been settled. At this moment, although this county guard is an official of the government, he is also his disciple, and he is also a good official, saving his life is to give an explanation to the people in the county, and it is also an explanation to other believers.
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In the county guard's mansion, the county guard knelt under the lobby wearing a court uniform and sweating profusely, looking at his expression, he should have just rushed back from the outside world, and his mouth was still panting.
The "Red Cavalry Guard" stood upright in the lobby one by one, their expressions seemed to have just arrived, and everyone's faces were constantly dripping with sweat and restless. Only the iron Bodhi son looked still cold as frost, he stood in the center, and his iron face was gloomy.
Although the county guard didn't know what mistake he had made, he knew in his heart what the royal army in front of him represented. Despite the heat, his body shivered as if in the cold wind.
"A few months ago, Shangjiang County went to the official mansion and said that there was a drought in several neighboring states and counties, and you Heifengling County was the hardest hit?" Tie Bodhi asked in a hoarse and low voice.
This county is to assist the county keeper in daily affairs. It also has the right to play the Son of Heaven.
"Returning to a few adults, what Jun Cheng said is true, I thought that the drought could be alleviated after the spring drought, but the spring drought followed by the drought, and there has not been a drop of rain for half a year, and the crops in the fields have basically been lost. The county guard knelt down and spoke earnestly, "The official documents issued by the government so far have not even mentioned a word, and I hope that the lord will tell His Majesty like this, otherwise the people will suffer." ”
"Don't worry, we'll report everything we see here. Xi Ziyan on the side hurriedly said.
Tie Bodhi still said in a low voice, "I asked you if the royal army had been to your territory three months ago. ”
The county guard paused, thought carefully for a moment, but shook his head again and again, and replied in a trembling voice, "No." ”
"Bastard, Your Majesty has sent people down to inspect the disaster for three months in a row, and you actually say you don't know. The second Wu Yiwei suddenly said loudly.
"My lord, the junior official really doesn't know. The county guard was so frightened by this shout that he trembled, and his heart suddenly tightened, what he just said was true and suspicious of the Son of Heaven, in case this word came back to the ears of the Son of Heaven, it didn't matter if he died, I was afraid that it would affect his own family. It's better to be careful in everything, who doesn't know that the royal army has the power of life and death given by the Son of Heaven. The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, and then his face turned pale instantly, his mind went blank, and he staggered and fainted.
At this moment, Nan Yaoyang was riding a horse and rushing towards the county guard mansion with his brothers. Just walk through a forest in front of you and you're there. But when he reached the woods, he was resting in the shade of a tree, and when he saw his men and horses coming, he hurried into the woods. Nan Yaoyang looked alert, thinking that he was a spy of the "Red Cavalry Guard". Hurriedly slowed down. He ordered his men to arrest him, but he couldn't find anyone after searching for a long time.
In order to rush to save people, he couldn't take care of so much, so he immediately sped up and went to the county guard's mansion