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Chapter 266 Qingqi Leaving the City
If you want to repair the Huaishui embankment, you still need to carefully stack the stones and silt one by one. Can.

Hundreds of miles downstream of the Huai River, the Xuyi section alone is long enough. Even if Li Ke wanted to defend it, he didn't have so many people.

Early the next day, the sky was still dark, it was the most sleepy time of the day for ordinary people, Li Ke, who was tired all day yesterday, was still asleep, Zuo Youxian and others had already reached the edge of the Huai River.

It is only three miles away from the river bank at the junction of Huai and Si. On a river slope beside the Huai River, because the slope of the river fluctuates greatly, it is difficult to use farming here, so it is usually an inaccessible place. Zuo Youxian took More than [-] people have already started to work on the river slope.

"Hurry up, hurry up, make sure to dig this embankment within Maoshi, so that people won't notice it after a long time." Zuo Youxian stood on the river slope, pointing at the still solid embankment under his feet, Tell everyone below.

"Master Immortal, why are we going to dig the river here? The embankment here is very solid, and it is really hard to dig." A man in a gray cloth shirt among the embankment diggers wiped the sweat from his forehead , asked Zuo Youxian.

The embankment here was built by Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, in the early years of the founding of the Sui Dynasty to prevent and control people suffering from the Huai River. It has only been more than [-] years old, and it has been reinforced every year. It can be regarded as the most embankment in the lower reaches of the Huai River. There is a solid place, Zuo Youxian and the others are naturally working very hard to dig here.

If it was in the past, if someone asked Zuo Youxian such a question, Zuo Youxian would probably be displeased, but now the good opportunity that he has been waiting for for more than ten years has finally arrived, and Zuo Youxian seems to be in a much happier mood recently than before , Zuo Youxian smiled back and asked: "In your opinion, which river embankment should you solve?"

The man in the gray shirt replied: "I heard that the embankment at the junction of Huaisi and Si was washed away by the flood the day before yesterday, and the king of Chu barely repaired it yesterday. If I were to dig the embankment there, wouldn't it be very easy?"

Hearing the words, Zuo Youxian shook his head and said: "How can everything be as you said, although the embankment at the intersection of Huaisi and Si is easy to dig, but it is heavily guarded, and Li Ke has deployed many people there, what do you think? It's hard to get close, and it's not easy to dig an embankment. What's more, now that the flood is rushing to the bank, no one knows what the situation is. If you dig the embankment there rashly, it will be uncertain whether your life or mine will be saved. "

Zuo Youxian dug the embankment of the Huai River to cause chaos in Xuyi and make the guards around Li Ke unprepared, so he seized the opportunity to seize the prince's golden seal and the imperial axe from Li Ke's hands, not to die with Li Ke, let alone seek death with all his heart road.

If it is true that the Huai River is in trouble like the rumors in the market, after the Huai River breaks its embankment, it will be difficult for anyone to retreat, and maybe they will lose their lives before Li Ke, so what good?
However, the river slope here was definitely not chosen by Zuo Youxian randomly, it was also chosen after he carefully surveyed the terrain of the Huaihe River and deliberated for a long time.

The slope of the river here is nearly half a foot higher than the flat ground. If the embankment here is dug, the Huai River can flow down the embankment and directly pour into Xuyi.

"Hurry up, move faster, we must dig the embankment here before the time of day." As the time slowly passed, Zuo Youxian looked at a trace of fish belly that had appeared in the sky, and looked at the people below who were busy digging the embankment. Everyone urged.

Everyone heard Zuo Youxian's words, the leader wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said to Zuo Youxian: "Don't worry, Zuo Xianshi, within an hour, we will dig the Huai embankment."

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At the beginning of the hour, Li Ke, who had been busy all day yesterday, finally got up.

Li Ke was concerned about the water in the Huaihe River. After getting up, he washed and changed his clothes under the service of Xiao Yuexian. After a brief meal and tea, he ordered his subordinate guards to patrol the Huaihe River if he wanted to go to the Huaihe River in person.

But when Li Ke arrived outside the government office with his hands, he was just about to step out, but he saw that the outside of the government office and even the entire street was crowded with people. Running outside the city.

The streets of Xuyi City are not spacious, and if there are more people, it will be very crowded. What's more, there are many ox carts and horse-drawn carts coming and going, which suddenly become more crowded, and some people can't even walk.

"Your Highness! Your Highness!"

Just when Li Ke was wondering, the voice of Xuyi County Magistrate Lin Yuantu came from Li Ke's ears.

"The magistrate of Xuyi County, Lin Yuantu, pays his respects to His Highness." Lin Yuantu, dressed in ordinary clothes, squeezed in front of Li Ke against the flow of people, and bowed down to pay homage.

"Magistrate Lin, what happened? How could it be like this in the city?" Li Ke looked at the flow of people coming and going, wondering in his heart. Seeing Lin Yuantu coming, he must know the reason, so he asked.

Panting heavily, Lin Yuantu replied, "Reporting to Your Highness, there was a sudden flood outside Xuyi City, and it seemed that it was about to be unstoppable and flooded into Xuyi City."

When Li Ke heard Lin Yuantu's words, his heart was shocked. The first thing he thought of was the collapse of the embankment at the turn of Huaisi, and the water from the Huai River poured into Xuyi. His heart suddenly seemed to be the peace of being thrown into a huge rock. The surface of the lake is difficult to calm down.

If the embankment at the intersection of Huaihe and Si is really broken, it means that Li Ke's life-and-death gamble failed. It's a lost cause, and he, the governor, can hardly escape the blame.

"Do you know where the embankment was broken? Is it the friendship between Huai and Si?" Li Ke stared at Lin Yuantu and asked hastily.

Lin Yuantu replied: "The minister has already sent someone to investigate, but no one has replied yet."

After listening to Lin Yuantu's words, Li Ke felt a little bit more at ease. Since he hadn't determined where the embankment burst, the matter hadn't collapsed to an irreparable situation.

But even if this is the case, how can Li Ke wait for Lin Yuantu's people to come back to report the letter? Li Ke couldn't wait any longer, and hurriedly said to his guards: "Prepare the horse, clear the way, and leave the city through the back door. This king must hurry up!" Go outside the city to check the water situation."

"Promise." The flood poured into Xuyi, and the people in the city were in chaos. The guards of the Chu Palace also knew the urgency of the situation, so they responded immediately.

Lin Yuantu heard Li Ke's words, and said to Li Ke: "Your Highness, the Huai River may have burst its embankment. I think that Your Highness is a man of gold, so he should retreat to Tieshan Temple outside the city and make inspections after the flood passes."

Tieshan Temple is located on the mountainside, the highest point outside Xuyi City, even if there is a flood, it is very safe.Li Kegui is the prince, if Li Ke is sent to Huaishui, there will be some mishaps during the inspection, and then none of the officials in Xuyi will be able to live. Lin Yuantu tried to persuade Li Ke to retreat to Tieshan Temple, partly because of Li Ke Safety is also half for self-protection.

However, Li Ke immediately shook his head and said: "Since this king is the deposed envoy of Huainan Road, the chief official in the southeast, and the flood is near the city, how can he retreat without authorization."

Lin Yuantu said: "Nowadays, the people in the city know that the Huai River has broken its embankment, the city is chaotic, and people are in panic. In addition, the government is short of manpower. If there is no one to take charge of the situation, there will be great chaos. Presiding over the overall situation in the city is here, why bother to take risks in person.”

All the troops in Xuyi City have been dispatched by Li Ke to rush to repair the embankment, the guards in the city are useless, there is a shortage of manpower, Lin Yuantu has no one to use, the situation in the city is chaotic, it is not a lie.

Li Ke heard the words and said: "This matter is easy to hear. This king leads a few personal guards to go out of the city on light horses, and go to the Huai River for inspection. The rest of the people will be led by Wang Xuance, and together with Lin County Magistrate, they will stabilize the people in the city."

(End of this chapter)