The blessing of the splendid farm family is married to the world

Chapter 164 Water Burst
As soon as she asked, the others all looked at the woman who picked out the canned food.

The Qingmo River, originating from the Qiyue Mountains in the northwest, flows into the sea through Jiping Mansion. This section is the most prone to flooding. Therefore, Jiping Mansion has a specially established Qingmo River Supervision Department.

The general secretary is called the governor, and belongs to the sixth rank in the official system of the imperial court.

Three years ago, after the earthquake in Chaoyang County, what An Xu remembered most was the embankment breach of the Qingmo River.

It wasn't that the river two thousand miles away collapsed into their De'an Mansion, but this Qingmo River was fought, and a river sacrifice incident that shocked the whole country happened at that time.

An Xu heard the whole story from Fang Fu.

Three years ago, this section of the river in Jiping Mansion broke its embankment. The officials at that time gave the reason that a nest of white-haired foxes had been dug up on the embankment when the embankment was being repaired. It was a very unlucky thing, so they asked those servants to block up a nest of foxes, big and small, old and young, and smoke them to death.

There are hundreds of officials in the entire Jiping Mansion, but it is said that the person in charge of this matter is a small official named Jiao Yi.

In order to avoid blame, the officials of Jiping Mansion put all the blame on Jiao Yi, saying that he killed the living beings in vain and offended Immortal Hu.

Why do you say it took several years for the embankment to burst?The officials of the Jiping Mansion did not analyze the amount of rainfall and the strength of the river embankment, and explained it in a sentence.

The imperial court also accepted this statement. Although they believed in the existence of gods, no one could say that they should ask the gods to build the embankment again.

So the embankment needs to be rebuilt, and at the same time, something should be done to appease the anger of those big foxes.

All the officials in the Jiping Mansion agreed to sacrifice Jiao Yi, the main person who had offended the Great Immortal, to the river.

Then they ransacked Jiao Yi's house and built a temple in the area where the fox's den was with the money. Fang Fu also said that every [-]th day of the lunar new year, after the temple was built, many people went to burn incense.

The imperial court took the lead in engaging in superstitious activities, and that incident left a deep memory on An Xu. She has been cautious for a long time, afraid that people would find out that she was wrong and burn her as a sacrifice.

But not only did no one notice her difference, it was also rumored that she was the reincarnation of some fairy in the sky, so she was able to make so many good things.

An Xu heaved a sigh of relief, and finally understood why modern people who study the ancient immortal system have a saying that the beliefs of Chinese people are very different from those of foreign countries.

Gods or whatever, as long as it is beneficial, they believe in it.

But the only ones who can be called faith are their own ancestors.

The appearance of a foreign body is not suppressed by the masses, not because of what it is, but because of what it brings to the people around it.

Bringing benefits and bringing good weather, even if it is ugly, it is also kind.

Those who bring harm, even if they are beautiful, are ugly and need to be beaten.

And Da Ming's belief habits in this different time and space are just like this.

Like the Jiaoyi Sacrifice to the River incident, at the beginning, the chief officials above also thought that foxes were unlucky, but later, in order to avoid blame, they were able to pull out this group of foxes as a protective umbrella, and then launched a similar group to quell public anger.

It can be said that three years ago, except for Jiao Yi's family who faced the disaster of family overthrow, no one in the entire Jiping Mansion was damaged.

What's even more damning is that the top decision-maker above actually accepted what the Jiping government said.

Thinking of Fang Fu's report back then, and listening to the servants' words in his ears, An Xu felt blush for the officials of Jiping Mansion.

They probably wouldn't dare to kill this brood of foxes, but if they were properly raised, the river would burst its embankment. I don't know what wonderful excuses they would come up with.

"Miss An," a chubby middle-aged man hurried out from the backyard. After hearing from the clerk that it was a girl who came to ask, he greeted An Xu directly, "Which room are you from, Miss An?"

An Xu directly took out her own seal. She doesn't use this seal very often, and only people with close contacts know it, "I am An Xu."

The shopkeeper had just received the seal, and when he heard this, he almost threw the seal out.

An Xu, this is the eldest lady of the An family!
Although she is at the bottom of the ranking, she is a real eldest lady.

When the Shaodong family came to the shop here, they also mentioned Miss An, and they only called it "a strange woman".

But the shopkeeper was still afraid that someone would be a substitute, so after carefully checking the seal, he returned it with both hands, and said: "Miss An is here, I am not far away to welcome you. You are going to stay in the hideout for a few more days, so I can inform the owner to come over." Treat you well."

An Xu said: "No need, we still have to hurry. I came in just to ask, what did you bring from An's house?"

"It's a basket of big white apricots," said the shopkeeper, "We just got home from unloading, and we didn't expect you to arrive."

"We were also sailing along the way, so we didn't notice the Fang family's cargo ship." An Xu gave a salute and said with a smile, "Thank you."

The shopkeeper hurriedly said not to dare, and asked them to talk in the backyard sideways.

Zong Che said: "No need, we still have to go to other places. If it's convenient, you can ask someone to send Xing to Jiangchuan Inn."

The shopkeeper had noticed this young man just now, but he didn't dare to ask, guessing in his heart that he was Miss An's husband.

Miss An got married two months ago, and she was married to the number one scholar who was bestowed by the imperial decree. The storekeepers of the Fang family's large and small shops also gathered together to buy gifts at that time, and sent them to the capital together with the Fang family's gifts.

The shopkeeper nodded again and again: "No problem, no problem, just go shopping, I'll find a boy and send it over."

An Xu said, "Give it to a girl named Partridge."

The shopkeeper said he knew, and then personally sent them out.

The servants who were picking canned food and discussing the fox just now also looked at it curiously.

Who can call the shopkeeper of the Fang family so polite?
In the backyard of Shen Bing, the magistrate, Mrs. Shen listened to the words of the maid who bought her, and said with a smile: "Who else can it be? The person who the master went to the pier to meet just now. Since he didn't live in, it doesn't have much to do with us."

The maid also smiled and said, "Ma'am, don't you mean that girl almost became our Shen family, that peasant girl?"

An Xu would never have imagined that everyone in Jiping Mansion would know about her stay in the capital. She, Zong Che, and two younger ones went shopping for more than half an hour and bought a lot of local specialties in Jiping Mansion. Things, and then returned to the inn.

Jiangchuan Inn is backed by the Qingmo River, with a window facing north, as long as you open it, you can see a vast and open river in the distance.

After eating, when he opened the window and saw the Qingmo River, An Xu thought about digging a fox's nest by the river embankment he heard at the cannery again.

"Che'er, look, Qingmo River is so close to Jiping Mansion," she said.

Zong Che came over, hugged her from behind, looked out together, then smiled and said, "Xu'er, don't you even know the direction?"

An Xu: I have a poor sense of direction and I need to tell you specifically?
Zong Che kissed her on the cheek and said, "That's the Huitong Canal where we sailed all the way, but there is a section of water that is diverted from the Qingmo River."

"Then Qingmohe is far away from Fucheng?" An Xu said.

"It's not too far," Zong Che said, familiar with the map of Daming, "about a few miles."

An Xu looked at him sideways, and asked, "Do you think the fox was dug out again in Qingmo River, is it man-made or purely coincidental?"

Zong Che looked down at her, kissed her on the lips, and said, "What's wrong with you?"

An Xu shook his head: "I have a feeling of uneasiness."

She will not easily have a sixth sense, once it does, it will be a big deal.

Zong Che smiled and said, "Don't think too much, we only stay here for one night, and we can do it tomorrow morning."

But neither An Xu nor Zong Che expected that her sixth sense was so accurate this time. In the middle of the night, An Xu, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by a sound like gurgling and rolling thunder.

When she opened her eyes, Zong Che also woke up. While getting dressed, he said, "Hurry up and get dressed, I'll go and have a look first."

"Wang Wang Wang."

The little Wang who was sleeping in the outer room kept barking. An Xu put on his clothes and yelled at him. Hearing the voice of the master, the little Wang ran in immediately, but kept barking towards the north window.

And that thunderous sound had already caused the ground to tremble.

Rumble, rumble, like a huge empty car, crushed from the horizon.

Zong Che didn't need to look anymore, he put on his shoes, picked up An Xu and ran outside.

This is a breach.

Some time ago, it was the time when the autumn rains were the most frequent. If there was a showdown, the entire Jiping Mansion might be turned into a vast ocean in an instant.

The door was opened by Zong Che, and Xiao Wang ran out first, screaming as he ran. In fact, at this time, everyone in every room was almost awake.

Xiao Wang ran out for a few steps, but he didn't hear the sound behind him. He turned his head and saw that the owner was removing the door panel, but he ran back quickly and bit the door post with its small canine teeth.

An Xu remembered that they hadn't picked up their bundle yet. It contained various seals of her and Zong Che, as well as Zong Che's official letter of taking over the position of the Northern Commander.

While Zong Che was tearing down the door panel, she rushed into the room.

"Xu'er!" Zong Che's serious voice came from behind, "Don't go in."

As he spoke, he handed over the removed door panel to the guards who rushed over, "Throw it into the street."

The sound was still outside, and others had already rushed into the room. Just as An Xu got the bundle, suddenly a huge dragon broke through the window and rushed in.

A large amount of turbid water was instantly poured into the room.

A hand pulled her just in time, Zong Che stood sideways to block the water, staggered a step, and then led An Xu out of the room with a livid face.

After the water broke through the window, the flow slowed down a bit, but it still raised the water level in the room within a few breaths.

An Xu asked, "What about the partridge, the dial and Zhun'er?"

"You should take care of yourself first," Zong Che pulled her, not going to take the stairs, and walked directly to an opening facing the street in the corridor on the second floor.

When I was about to jump down, I realized that there was not much water on the ground at all.

But at this time, many people had already ran out of the house, making a mess in the street.

Zong Che called a guard: "Zhang Wu, ask everyone to come up, and they can stand by the railing in the corridor."

The guards who were still saving their luggage over there agreed, and ran to the first floor to call up the guards who were running out with the two young masters.

(End of this chapter)