After the hero goes crazy

Yao Shouning didn't know about her grandfather's inner struggle. She thought she would not be able to fall asleep after such a big incident happened, but she just fell asleep when she just lay down on the bed.

I don't know if it's because I think about it every day and dream at night.

She dreamed that she was wandering on the street after the flood, and the water covered her calves. Many people who lost their homes in this flood were soaked in the cold water, leaning against the walls on both sides of the street, looking Muran, like a walking dead.

Some relatives cuddled each other, and some lay on their own, motionless.

The monster mosquitoes that I saw in the General's Mansion during the day bit these people, and the people who were bitten remained motionless.

When she thought it was a corpse, the man's body trembled—'Buzz! '

A large number of floating mosquitoes were frightened and scattered quickly.

The person who was bitten fell silently into the water with a 'plop' and never woke up again.

The people around seem to have become numb to such things long ago. Those who lean here are those who have lost everything in the torrent. They are displaced, and there is no tomorrow for today.

The imperial court did not release food for a long time, and many people were cold and hungry. Compared with these, mosquito bites were not a big deal.

Yao Shouning felt a little uneasy.

The dream changed again, and the condition of people who were bitten by mosquitoes deteriorated rapidly.

Even the wounds of the dead began to fester and pus, and these corpses flowed into the water without any treatment.

This flood became a breeding ground for evil spirits, and a terrible plague spread throughout the entire capital.

As a result, many people were infected by the evil spirit, resulting in countless deaths and injuries.

The previously bustling gods became more and more quiet, so quiet that she was terrified and unbearable.

Just when Yao Shouning was feeling terrified in the dream, her dream changed and changed to another scene: In the rainy night, the flood came, and her father was dragged into the waves while holding a log.

"father!"

Yao Shouning yelled and sat up.

"Shouning." Yao Wanning's gentle call came, and then she quickly stepped into the house and sat on the side of the bed:
"what happened?"

She gently hugged her sister into her arms, touched the girl's forehead, touched the beads of sweat, and saw that Yao Shouning's complexion was pale, and his eyes were blue, so she couldn't help guessing:
"Did you have a nightmare?"

"I dreamed about my father." Yao Shouning nodded, and wiped his wet face with his sleeve.

When Yao Hui was mentioned, she was a little worried, but she didn't have an ominous premonition. Yao Shouning guessed that it should be because Yao Hui was in danger.

In the dream, she 'saw' Yao Hui being swept away by the waves, but nothing happened.

She glanced at her sister, Yao Wanning took the handkerchief, and was wiping the sweat from her hair roots with a focused expression, as if she noticed her sister's gaze, she paused, and asked with a smile:
"what happened?"

"No, nothing." Yao Shouning shook his head.

It seems that Yao Wanning slept well, and the flood last night didn't seem to have any effect on her, and she was even in great spirits.

But her sister recovered from her illness not long ago, and her troubles have not been resolved yet. Yao Shouning hesitated for a while, and did not tell her that Yao Hui might be swept away by the torrent last night. He planned to secretly tell Liu Shi later, to see if he could send someone out to find .

...

"Get up, are you hungry?" Yao Wanning smiled and helped her up:

"I steamed corn tortillas with porridge this morning, you can eat some together."

Cao Mama heard the movement outside and hurried into the house:

"Second Miss is awake?"

She was holding a basin in her hand, and the hem of her skirt was already wet.

There was a lot of noise outside, Yao Wanning explained:
"There was some water last night, and Mammy led people to bail out the water in the house so that I can walk."

Yao Shouning's shoes were placed extremely high, but it was unavoidable that they got some moisture, and the water on the ground was almost cleaned up. Although there were mud and sand left, it was better than walking in the water.

"Where's mother?" Yao Shouning sat at the table and asked.

Mallow laid out breakfast for her and replied:

"Madam, go to the gate to have a look. The master didn't come back last night."

Yao Wanning was also a little worried when she heard this.

Yao Shouning paused, then stirred the porridge twice with chopsticks, and replied:
"Don't worry, my dad is fine."

While talking, he heard Liu Bingzhou's father and daughter coming back with umbrellas.

"Grandfather!"

Yao Shouning put down his chopsticks and yelled.

Seeing that her daughter was full of energy, Mrs. Liu's mood, which was depressed due to the impact of the flood, suddenly improved a lot:
"You child, when you wake up, you only know your grandfather, and you don't even know how to call your mother."

"Mother, I have something to tell my grandfather."

Liu Bingzhou smiled and watched the mother and daughter talking, Yao Shouning came to his side and reached out to help him:
"Grandfather, after this flood there may be mosquitoes—"

After she finished speaking, Liu Bingzhou's expression did not change, but Liu's eyes showed a strange look, and he turned to look at her.

When she was at the gate earlier, her father had mentioned to her that floods are not terrible, but what is terrible is that there will be mosquitoes bred by evil spirits after the disaster.

It's just that it's okay for the father to know about these things, but why does this little daughter also know?

The past flashed through Liu Shi's heart like a revolving lantern, and she seemed to realize something——

Liu Bingzhou nodded:
"good."

The granddaughter looked up at him with clear eyes, but he remembered what he taught her yesterday: history should not be changed easily.

The words are still in his ears, and he has already violated his own rules - although this violation is not out of his selfish intentions, it still makes him feel guilty when facing Yao Shouning.

Yao Shouning didn't understand his inner struggle, and he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief when he saw him nodding.

"It's good that you know." She thought of the nightmare last night, and she was still a little scared, but her grandfather had already snooped out the opportunity, and since he said so, he must have a way to deal with it.

Liu Bingzhou's statement made Yao Shou Ningru let go of the big stone in her heart. After her worries were gone, she smiled:
"I had a nightmare last night. I dreamed that after the city of Shendu was flooded, it was plagued by mosquitoes—" She recalled the scene in her dream. Because there were too many dead people, no one handled the corpses, and the corpses were floating one after another. On the surface of the water, a large number of poisonous mosquitoes accumulated on it, emitting bursts of stench.

Yao Shouning shivered, and said happily:
"Thankfully it was just a nightmare."

Liu Bingzhou didn't reveal the matter, but just nodded his head, suppressing his worries in his heart, and said to Yao Shouning in a warm voice:
...

"It's just a nightmare, it can't be real." After speaking, he was afraid that Yao Shouning would think too much, so he explained:

"These poisonous mosquitoes are fed by evil spirits. You only need to pour firewood with strong wine and light it as a torch to drive them away."

Yao Shouning's eyes lit up:
"That's great! Yesterday the eldest princess couldn't kill her with all her strength, so I'm worried."

"Yes." Liu Bingzhou showed a faint smile: "I sent a message to the princess with a paper crane last night, and she should have already prepared enough spirits for distribution to the common people."

Yao Shouning felt relieved.

At first, the Yao family was a little scared when they heard the word 'poisonous mosquito', but now seeing Liu Bingzhou's calm expression, he obviously had a countermeasure, so they couldn't help but feel relieved.

Cao Mama also said with some joy:

"Our family also bought some spirits." At that time, Mrs. Liu had a sense of urgency, worried that the rain would not stop for a long time, and feared that the price of supplies would increase, so Mammy Cao stocked up on various things. Hit by mistake, just came in handy.

"I'm just afraid it won't be enough." After finishing speaking, Cao Mama said again:
"Why don't I go buy some more with Zheng Shi, just in case."

Liu Bingzhou didn't speak, Liu Shi hesitated and shook his head:

"There is a lot of wine in the house. I ordered it earlier, and there are five big urns." Each of those urns is half a person tall, and they should be able to last for a while.

"Now the water has risen so badly, and the master hasn't come back, I feel a little panicked. Everyone should not go out today, so as not to cause accidents."

Mammy Cao knew that she was worried about herself, so she nodded.

Seeing Liu's frowning frowning, Yao Shouning walked around to her, took her arm and whispered:
"Mother, don't worry, my father is safe and sound, it's fine."

It's not the first time Liu heard of the words 'Yao Hui is fine' today, but when she heard her daughter comforting herself like this, she still felt relieved and asked her deliberately:
"how do you know?"

"I dreamed about it." Yao Shouning replied honestly.

Liu felt that what she said was really childish, but she also knew that she said it purely to comfort herself.

"What a child." She couldn't help smiling, and reached out to touch her daughter's head.

Yao Shouning repeated it seriously:
"What I'm saying is true!"

In this way, everyone was amused by her, which relieved a lot of the depression caused by the flood.

……

At this time in the palace, Emperor Shenqi was wearing bright yellow thin silk clothes and was lying on the bed.

The earth dragon was burned in the palace, and it was very warm. Even though it was rainy and windy outside, and it was bitingly cold, the inside of the palace was as warm as spring, as if all the cold and bitterness outside was isolated.

Gu Hou, who was nearly forty years old, was sitting on the side of the bed, holding a bowl of soup that had just been boiled, and was blowing gently with his head down.

She has a bright appearance and a graceful demeanor. Even though she is not young anymore, she is well maintained and her skin is as delicate as snow. She still looks glamorous.

It's a pity that Emperor Shenqi only wanted to practice Taoism and become an immortal, and he didn't value female sex.

Gu Hou was born in the Gu family, entered the palace when he was young, and was not very favored. It was not until later that he saved the emperor once because he was angry under the eldest princess's hands, and then he was valued by the emperor and entered the middle palace.

She was only pregnant in her early thirties, and she has only one son, Zhu Jingcun, who is like an eyeball.

...

At this time, while she was blowing the medicine, she was looking at the emperor's face from the corner of her eyes.

Emperor Shenqi's face was a little ugly.

After Zhu Hengrui entered the palace yesterday, there was a commotion. He beat up the relatives of the emperor called into the palace by Emperor Shenqi, and tied up King Jian. It was tantamount to provoking the emperor's authority. stamped.

The emperor's mind is no bigger than a needle, and he and Zhu Hengrui have been grudges for many years. After this incident, new and old hatreds surged up, and he must be extremely resentful.

Gu Hou's thoughts were slightly lost, thinking of his father.

Her father knew that she was in a difficult situation in the palace, and also understood that Emperor Shen Qi was temperamental, so he acted carefully and never dared to show it.

Although it is stated that he is the head of the country, but because of the fourth prince Zhu Jingcun, he has tried his best to avoid enmity with the eldest princess and his wife. All these years, he seems to have lived in the cracks. He looks beautiful on the outside, but in fact he is cautious and dare not make mistakes.

Yesterday Zhu Hengrui came to look for him and said that the flood was coming and asked him for help.

It was a matter of state affairs, and Gu Huanzhi knew that this move might cause dissatisfaction with the emperor, but what the eldest princess said to him finally moved him.

It would be fine if it was just a false alarm, but Zhu Hengrui made a big fuss afterwards, and last night the Bailing River really burst its embankment, causing floods, which made Emperor Shenqi feel extremely bad.

The rain 'crackling' hit the glazed tiles, making a crisp sound.

Feng Zhenzheng, the leader of Zhenmagic Division, and Emperor Shenqi reported back:

"...Shendu City has set up fifteen checkpoints, but none of them can stop the flood... Most of the houses in the west and south of the city were washed away, but because most of the people were relocated yesterday, the casualties were not large..."

Emperor Shenqi's hair was disheveled, and a towel was placed on his forehead. He closed his eyes to rest on the surface, but in fact his eyes were half closed. With the help of the veil, his eyes fell on the graceful and luxurious woman unscrupulously.

The woman who had been with him for more than 20 years was submissively lowering her head and blowing on the medicinal soup at this time, but she was actually in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking.

He thought of Zhu Hengrui.

The woman he had hated for half his life, his sister—the emperor's teeth clenched.

The late emperor didn't like him back then, and saw him as disliked everywhere, but because Zhu Hengrui appointed him as the prince back then, he reluctantly supported him.

Before he died, he regretted that his daughter could not ascend to the throne of God, and even allowed the eldest princess to support her self-respect, and did not take her son at all.

Since the beginning of Emperor Shenqi's ascension to the throne, he felt very resentful in his heart. Unfortunately, the eldest princess has a strong temperament and has a heavy army in his hand. At that time, his foundation was weak, so he couldn't touch her for the time being.

But in these years, there was not a day when he didn't want to eradicate his elder sister's family.

In particular, the two siblings in the middle had conflicts many times, but Zhu Hengrui beat him up at the slightest disagreement, without even thinking about saving face for him, which made Emperor Shen Qi intolerable.

'cough--'

An itchiness rose from his throat, and he coughed lightly, which affected the wound on his chest and brought a heart-piercing pain.

Emperor Shenqi's memory flashed back many days ago, the scene where he was beaten by the eldest princess in front of Liu Bingzhou and others. At that time, Zhu Hengrui looked fierce, as if he was going to beat him to death.

...

Recalling the scene at that time, Emperor Shenqi felt both hatred and fear.

The imperial doctor made a diagnosis and said that he had broken several ribs in his chest and needed to rest well.

But yesterday, the scene of the eldest princess forcibly breaking into the palace, dragging him off the bed, and forcing him to take out the jade seal to stamp it came back to his mind. His eyes were covered with haze, and he also learned that Gu Huanzhi was working with Zhu Hengrui...

The instant anger mixed with resentment made him forcefully lift off the hot towel covering his eyelids, stood up and pushed Gu Hou who was sitting next to him to the ground!
'Clang——'

The medicine bowl fell to the ground and broke into several pieces.

The hot soup was splashed, and Gu Hou's face turned pale, and the round stool she was sitting on was rolling along the floor.

The servants and servants in the palace did not dare to speak out, Feng Zhen seemed not to have seen the scene in front of him, and still replied obediently:

"...the number of people who died last night is not counted yet, but at least thousands of people." This is just the beginning. As the disaster continues and food shortages follow, many refugees who have lost their homes and relatives will eventually flow into the streets and alleys Do evil among others, and more people will die at that time.

Emperor Shen Qi didn't let go of his anger after pushing him down, and jumped up from the bed again.

Gu Hou suppressed the feeling in his heart, sat up tremblingly, and before he could force a smile, he heard Emperor Shen Qi angrily shout:

"Bitch! Bitch! Bitch!"

While shouting, he lifted his foot and kicked it.

'Boom!Boom!Boom! '

"Your Majesty—" Gu Hou felt severe pain in his chest when he was kicked for the first time. He was kicked and lay on his back, but he didn't dare to cry out the pain. He only dared to reach out and hug Emperor Shenqi's foot, and called out mournfully:
"Your Majesty, it's me—"

"Bitch! Bitch!"

Emperor Shenqi ignored her and kicked her several times, each kicking extremely vigorously.

Gu Hou began to scream, his face turned pale, his forehead was sweating, and blood was leaking from the corners of his mouth. It was already that the air was getting less and more air was coming out.