Rebirth of the noble daughter

Chapter 389 400. Earthquake
Not only was he sweating profusely, but even his round figure seemed to have lost a lot of weight.

He looked hurried, as if he had just rushed back from outside.

Xu Lin drove his horse forward, then jumped off the horse and stood in front of Wen Zhonghe, and then showed the token of Prince Ding's Mansion.

Wen Zhonghe was startled, and immediately looked towards the group of people.

I saw the man in the lead, although his face was ordinary, he was not like what he had seen before, but he could tell who he was just by looking at his whole body.

As for who was following behind, he didn't know, and he didn't bother to ask more questions at the moment.

Immediately, he walked over quickly and bowed in front of King Ding's horse.

But he didn't open his mouth to call him. Since he came here in disguise, he naturally didn't want others to know his identity.

So he continued to use his previous alias, He Fang, and said right away.

"Mr. He came all the way, is it because of the flood?"

"Well, how did Master Wen handle it?"

"There are so many things, please ask Mr. He inside, let's talk about it in detail."

Then he ordered the servants behind him to go back to Wen's house to prepare food and rooms. Since they came, they would naturally not live in other places.

Living in Wenfu is also a matter of course.

After entering the government office, Wen Zhonghe ordered people to serve tea, and then said to the trusted master beside him.

"Have someone guard the courtyard so that you don't come to disturb me when you are free. I have something to say to Mr. He alone."

"Say!"

This Mr. He, the master has heard of it before, and his adults are always full of praise for him. He thought he was a refined old man, but he was so young. He looked like he was in his early thirties. To be valued so highly by the magistrate of Shuzhou, it seems that he must be very capable.

Now what they lack most in Shuzhou is powerful people, so this Mr. He is simply a heavenly soldier.

So he nodded solemnly and went outside to set up.

Before they knew it, the hidden guards of Prince Ding's Mansion had already ambushed all around, closely monitoring all the people and things that might threaten the safety of the prince.

In the main house, Wen Zhonghe immediately knelt down to pay his respects when he saw that there was no one else.

"The lower official has seen the prince."

"Master Wen, please stand up."

Both of them started talking about the flood without being polite.

"Since the beginning of spring, Shuzhou has been raining continuously, and there are many rivers in the territory, so the officials guessed the possibility of the river's water surge, and asked the craftsmen to open the canals in advance. For this reason, the territory and the Xishui River , the sluice gate connected to the Luo River was lowered, thinking to let the water flow through the channel dug next to it. Everything was fine at first, but who knew that someone deliberately blew up the water sluice gate half a month ago, and the flood surged like a beast As soon as they came out, the tens of thousands of mu of fertile land and people's homes outside the city of Shuzhou were destroyed. Many people were swept away by the flood, and their whereabouts are still unknown."

Listening to his reply, Xiao Tingyi became more and more chilled the more he listened.

It has been more than half a month since the flood occurred at this moment, but even the casualties could not be counted, so they immediately lost their temper.

"What is Yang Xu doing to eat? This king asked him to guard in the Southwest Army to protect the safety of one side. Is that how he guards?"

"My lord, don't condemn General Yang. All the roads and bridges between the Southwest Army and Shuzhou were washed away. General Yang ordered people to rush to repair that night, and he brought more than 2000 soldiers who were familiar with water to cross the river. They helped build the tent, otherwise the common people would have nowhere to go."

Hearing this, the anger in King Ding's heart was slightly suppressed.

"Now that road and bridge are about to be repaired, it is estimated that tomorrow or the day after that, the Southwest Army will come to help."

Wen Zhonghe was grateful in his heart, if it weren't for Yang Xu and the Southwest Army, Shu Prefecture would really be in chaos.

Although the situation is more difficult now, the refugees have not fled out. When the Southwest Army crosses the river, they will be able to help them recover.

He wasn't afraid of this, but something else made him a little worried.

King Ding saw his worry and asked quickly.

"what happened?"

"The lower officials are worried that Shuzhou is inherently fragile. There have been frequent earthquakes in the past few hundred years. After this flood, I am afraid that going up the mountain to fix the soil will be a problem. If earthquakes and mudslides are triggered, I am afraid that Shuzhou will be real. into catastrophe."

After he finished speaking, even Xiao Tingyi fell silent.

On the way here, he thought about this matter. If an earthquake really happened, what would they do?

In the face of natural disasters, manpower seems so insignificant.

The refugees outside didn't know how to deal with it, but Wen Zhonghe's words became a prophecy.

The government office that was still fine suddenly trembled.

The porcelain vases placed on the table were smashed to the ground with a crackling sound, even the kung fu masters such as King Ding and Xu Lin were almost not shaken to the ground by the shaking.

"Earthquake! Earthquake!"

Wen Zhonghe's eyes were full of panic, and what he feared most happened when King Ding had just arrived in Shuzhou.

If he hurt half a hair here, I'm afraid that the entire Southwest Army will fight him desperately.

So he completely disregarded his own safety, and rushed forward to protect King Ding, but just as he got up, he was knocked down by a wooden chair beside him, and there was a heart-piercing pain from his arm, which was probably broken. .

Xiao Tingyi yelled secretly, "No, Ayao is still on her way to Wen's house!"

Then he quickly ran towards the outside, and said to Xu Lin behind him while running.

"Protect Mr. Wen and take everyone to a safe place first."

"My lord!"

Xu Lin was very anxious. Naturally, what he cared about was the safety of King Ding, but he had to follow King Ding's orders. In the end, he just gritted his teeth and picked up the injured Wen Zhonghe, and ran out of the house.

I don't know how long the earthquake shook, and the whole Shuzhou fell into chaos.

Because there have been earthquakes in the past, the construction of houses in Shuzhou is not high, and most of the wooden piles used have solid foundations.

Unexpectedly, the disaster happened so violently that the wooden piles supporting the house were dug up from the ground, and the houses naturally collapsed in pieces.

And those rich families in the city who were hiding in their homes all ran out in panic, and some of them even brought gold and silver with them, and they really didn't forget their wealth when they ran for their lives.

Feng Jinyao, Chi Zimo, Qiao Shanwei and others who were in the carriage originally planned to go to Wen's house to rest and wait for King Ding to join them.

They don't have a rank, so they can't rush into the magistrate's office.

Unexpectedly, just halfway there, the mountain shook on the spot.

Unfortunately, they happened to pass by a private house. The construction of this private house was not as secure as the official house, so it was shaken like this, and it was all smashed down from all directions.

The horse was frightened, so it threw the coachman off, and led Feng Jinyao, master and servant in the carriage, to run forward indiscriminately.

"cousin!"

"Miss Three!"

Qiao Shanwei and Chi Zimo immediately galloped over to stop the carriage, or fish the three of them out.

(End of this chapter)