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Chapter 231 The Back
"Boom!"

A basket full of stones, tied with a rope, was thrown into the water.

It stirred up a large splash of water and quickly sank to the bottom.

The newly arrived boat quickly stabilized its shape and slowly stopped on the shore.

Liu Ashan looked away from the water flower, which was called "anchor" by the boatmen on the Xunyang River.

Throw it into the bottom of the water when berthing, and anchor the hull according to its weight.

The dull man who helped put down the rock together clapped his hands, bowed his hands to the boatman, and thanked the boatman in a muffled voice.

Before the ship's boarding ladder was fully lowered, Liu Ashan quickly turned over on the deck and jumped off the ship impatiently.

Both feet stepped firmly on the familiar gray and black floor tiles of Peng Langdu Wharf.

On the side of Penglang Ferry Pier, the early morning sun was warm on the skin, Liu Ashan raised his head and took a deep breath.

An indescribable feeling came to my heart.

It's like walking on a rickety tightrope for years and suddenly being able to walk around on the ground.

Peace of mind.

I looked left and right at the bustling and bustling ferry street.

Liu Ashan couldn't help showing a smile on his dull face with slightly circled eyes, he murmured:
"Nai Zhan Hengyu, Zai Xin Zai Ben... The master said, this sentence means that when you see your humble home from afar, you can't wait to run over happily.

"Master is worthy of being a Jinshi Tanhualang, and occasionally whispering something is so reasonable."

Liu Ashan subconsciously imitated someone and rubbed his face, then lowered his head to check the moonlight sword on his waist.

Stretching his hand into his sleeve again, he felt a cold touch of bronze metal on his fingertips.

After confirming that all the things were brought, Liu Ashan turned his head, waved goodbye to the boatmen unloading the Ark, and left the pier.

Liu Ashan passed through Naojie and Xisi all the way, and couldn't help looking around on the road.

Before meeting the master, he worked as a porter at the pier carrying goods.

The huge old locust tree in front of him dozed off under the awning of the steward. He once went to escape the shade for a while with his workmates. It was the only fishing position where he could take a breath during the day.

Later, when I got older, my father died early, and then suddenly encountered a flood, which destroyed the house and field.

The family was impoverished, and they became officials and slaves early in the disaster year, and were mortgaged to the Guyue Sword Shop. Later, he and his sister would come to the wharf to cross the river to work on the west bank every day.

Liu Ashan was diligent, he was busy with the fortifications at the Guyue Sword Shop, so he squeezed out some time to secretly do some odd jobs at the pier, secretly saving money, and wanted to redeem his sister and grandmother.

However, before the master came to Dragon City, the hard-earned money he had worked so hard to save for seven or eight years was not enough to redeem half of my younger sister.

Not to mention building a new house, marrying a wife and having children, etc., it may be a normal track, you have to work hard all your life to save enough, and you have to avoid catastrophe and serious illness.

Liu Ashan's expression was calm, the morning sun set, and he walked on the noisy street when he woke up in the morning, looking back at the roadside from time to time.

At the corner, the stall selling sesame cakes is a must.

I heard that the boss is from Guangzhou, Lingnan Road, and has a long-established craftsmanship: make glutinous rice flour balls, sweet-scented osmanthus sugar, and kumquats as fillings, pour hot oil on them and fry them. Sesame golden oil...

My sister and my mother love to eat, but they never talk about it.

Liu Ashan used to take his sister to the pier every morning to cross the river by boat, and when she passed by, she often turned her head to see it.

Later he silently bought a piece of linseed cake for my sister to eat. My sister only took two small bites. After asking him not to eat it, she wrapped it in oil paper and stuffed it into his bosom. Mother reprimanded her.

They also taught him to waste half a penny to buy a piece of cake wrapped in oil paper and wrap it in a piece of lotus leaf from a roadside pond. Isn't that good?
"Nai Zhan Hengyu, Zai Xin Zai Ben..."

Liu Ashan murmured.

It’s weird.

Why did he just leave for a short while in such a piece of land that didn't carry many happy and happy memories, and ate and drank good food outside on the boat.

But once he came back, these things that he regarded as usual, even suffering, became very kind in his eyes?
Speaking of which, this is the first time for Liu Ashan to leave Longcheng County, where he was born and raised. He has traveled farthest before, and it was only when he was young that he went fishing with old fishermen on the river.

But at this moment, stepping on this land again, Liu Ashan suddenly felt an urge to never leave home again.

Do not know why.

The words that the master said are also recurring in my mind.

He is not a person who likes to draw words, but he just thinks that the sentence "Nai Zhan Heng Yu Zai Xin Zai Ben" is very good.

Liu Ashan disembarked from Penglang Ferry, without delay, went straight back to Luming Street, he chewed and recollected this sentence all the way.

But before leaving the West Market, Liu Ashan went to the sesame cake stand at the corner of the busy street, silently took out six copper coins and handed them to the boss.

By the way, half a penny was added later.

Liu Ashan stuffed two pieces of hot sesame cakes tightly wrapped in oil paper into his arms, his chest was warm, and he went all the way back to the county office on Luming Street.

Although lotus leaves are cheap and easy to use, my sister likes origami. After eating cakes, the oiled paper can let my sister origami fold flowers.

The dusty and dull man covered his chest with his hands and nodded.

This time he turned around and returned to Longcheng. Before Miss Ye and the official boat left in Jiangzhou, Miss Ye gave him a lot of money with tears in her eyes for travel expenses.

Tell Liu Ashan to return to Dragon City as soon as possible to stop Ouyang Rong.

But Liu Ashan didn't spend much. He just endured the pain and found a fast cargo ship at Xunyangdu to return to Longcheng County. As for the food and drink along the way, Liu Ashan squatted on the deck with the boatmen to eat.

He originally planned to buy some gifts for his sisters and mothers after arriving in Nanlong, but now it seems that it is too late, so he can only bring two pieces of sesame cakes back.

As for the remaining money, it will be returned to Miss Ye in the future.

The dull man was very thoughtful, and after he silently sorted things out, he also came to the intersection of Luming Street, and he could see the familiar gate of the county government in the distance.

"At this time in the past, the master has already come to the county government office, unless it is really like Miss Ye said... wait, why are there so many people at the door?"

Liu Ashan, who was talking to himself, opened his eyes wide.

In front of the gate of the county government, all kinds of officials are coming in and out, walking in a panic; on the street in front of the gate, there are many carriages or fast horses parked, almost blocking the entrance of Luming Street.

There is a faint tendency to be noisy and chaotic.

Liu Ashan has a pretty good memory. Seeing some familiar clothes in the rush of people entering and leaving the gate ahead, he immediately recalled:
"Aren't those chief officials stationed at the Shui Ze Monument at several ferry crossings upstream? Why did they come back? What are you doing in the county government office? They're looking for the Ming Mansion?"

Liu Ashan frowned, as if he had realized something, he suddenly looked up at the sky.

The sun is shining brightly in hot summer.

"How is it possible in this season... In the past, the upstream has never had a big flood in this season."

Liu Ashan shook his head, with an unbelievable expression on his face, he rushed forward, rushed into the crowd, and entered the county government office.

Available soon.

The steadfastness of the dull man was destroyed by the chaotic news and flustered conversations he heard from left and right.

With his eyes wide open, the information in his ears was quickly summarized:
At the moment of the summer solstice, there is indeed no rain in the upper and lower reaches of Yunmengze for half a decade.

but,
This morning, at the first hour of the morning,

The water level of Yunmeng Lake near the Digong Gate began to skyrocket unreasonably!
An official who staggered over shouted eagerly:
"Where is Mingfu, where is Mingfu, hurry up and inform Mingfu, the water level is rising too fast! We, we can't find the reason at all.

"The last time the rainstorm swelled, the water level rose in one day and one night, and now it has risen to [-]% in less than two hours. This speed is too terrifying..."

A senior official who stayed behind in the county government was stunned and stammered: "Ming... the Ming government is not here for leave, Master Diao will take it on his behalf..."

"Then what about the other adults, Lord Diao? What about people? Go and report to Lord Diao and ask what we should do now? The colleagues in the upstream are very panicked and need instructions from the county government..."

"Diao Xiancheng didn't come to duty this morning, and took half of his colleagues to Zheyi Canal to participate in a ceremony to celebrate the opening of the canal..."

"Now tell me, it will take at least an hour to come and go. The day lily is cold. Why are the two adults not here at such an urgent time!"

"Brother, go this way. Hurry up to catch Lord Yan. The two adults are not here for the time being. Lord catcher Yan has the highest authority. He is calling for emergency colleagues in the hall of the county government."

"Yes Yes Yes……"

On the promenade, officials who rushed over on horseback were guided and ran towards the hall of the county government.

Liu Ashan walked slowly from behind, looking in the direction the former left.

Similar to this urgent official, Liu Ashan walked all the way from the gate of the county government, and saw a lot of them everywhere, coming in waves from everywhere along the way upstream.

Although Longcheng County is geographically remote on Jiangnan Road, it is a large county with nearly [-] households. In addition to the people living in the downstream Longcheng County, there are also many villages and towns along the upstream, where many villagers gather.

Once the Digong Gate blocking the Yuenv Gorge in the upper reaches collapses, the high-level flood will pour out and surge, and it can instantly submerge the villages and towns along the water, so the most urgent thing is the officials and people in these local villages and towns.

"Mingfu is not here for the time being, is Brother Yan here..."

Liu Ashan was stunned, and rushed to the county government hall with the emergency officials ahead.

I thought that there was a backbone, and the county government lobby would be quieter.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked into the courtyard where the county government hall was located, he would be overwhelmed by loud noises.

In the lobby of the county government office, there was no one at the top desk.

The back of the familiar young county magistrate in the past is long gone.

Right now, Yan Liulang was standing right in front of the empty public desk, working with his subordinates to appease everyone.

The emergency officials gathered from all over the place talked in a hurry, each with urgent matters and worries.

Anxiety spread in the hall of the county government, and it was difficult to suppress.

Yan Liulang was very busy.

"Everyone be quiet, I've already made people hurry up and informed Diao Xiancheng to go, and the county magistrate will come back soon, everyone, don't worry, don't be impatient, if the water rises, first follow the previous warning..."

A senior official said urgently:

"It's still a warning, the previous preparations are useless, this time is really different from the previous times, Mr. Xiaoyan catcher, the water is rising too fast.

"Today...not even in the afternoon, until noon, it will exceed the highest water level last time.

"Most of the plans made by the county government before are useless, and it's even too late. What should we do now, should we evacuate the people immediately?

"If you don't use the refuge camp plan in Dagushan, first transfer the people there."

"This..." Yan Liulang hesitated.

A young policeman beside him sneered and retorted:
"Without the clerk's order from the two adults, who would dare to make arrangements easily and issue an order to evacuate the entire city?
"Such a large-scale mobilization, in case there is an unexpected accident during the period, or the court investigates afterwards, Di Gongzha could have rescued and resisted the flood, but missed the opportunity. It is the mistake of the chief's cowardice to abandon the city. Who will bear the responsibility."

In the lobby, some officials were not pleasing to the eye and stood up:
"What time is it, still entangled in responsibility, afraid of taking the blame, and not taking any action, is the real delay."

"That's fine, you don't have to wait for the two adults anymore, Lord Catcher Xiaoyan also listens to you, Brother Zeng, you can take command..."

"you!"

An old official stood up and said:
"Okay, okay, stop arguing, don't make sarcastic remarks, and don't care what time it is."

After a pause, he suggested again:
"Speaking of which, should we first figure out the reason for the sudden flood upstream before taking any action, otherwise our eyes will be smeared, and the result will be half the effort, or even counterproductive...Xiaoyan catcher, what do you think?"

"I think..." Yan Liulang hesitated to speak.

A distraught voice came from the crowd:

"Find out the reason? In summer, the water level soars, who knows why, soldiers come to block, water comes to cover, what else can we do?
"It's only halfway through this year, and there have already been three floods that have been completed or extinguished. Maybe... maybe the sky is going to destroy us. There is really a so-called Dragon King in Butterfly Creek..."

Such words, someone was the first to say it, and the surrounding audience suddenly exploded, with different opinions.

"Okay! Stop arguing!"

Yan Liulang yelled violently, turned his head sharply, and reprimanded in the direction of the dejected voice:

"The Ming government hates people who believe in the theory of the dragon king and ghosts the most. When they rescued the gate in the upper reaches, they said that those who deceive people will be executed. Whoever dares to spread the words of accepting fate and believing in gods, I, Yan Liulang, will take your head and hang a flag!"

The whole place was silent.

Yan Liulang panted heavily, holding the knife and looking around, everyone averted their eyes.

Just when he was silent for a while, and was about to speak again, he suddenly felt his sleeves being pulled. He frowned and turned his head, suddenly surprised:
"Brother Ah Shan, why are you back?"

Liu Ashan pointed to the direction of the back hall of the back door of the county government hall, and gestured.

Yan Liulang turned his head, calmed everyone down temporarily, and then followed Liu Ashan to the back hall.

In the back hall, the tired Yan Liulang looked curiously at the dusty Liu Ashan, feeling that something was wrong with him.

The dull man's face was surprisingly calm, and he asked directly:

"Brother Yan, where is Ming Mansion? Have you seen Ming Mansion recently?"

Yan Liulang was stunned, and asked back:

"Mingfu asked for leave to return to Nanlong, don't you know?"

"Isn't Ming Mansion in Dragon City? Ye... After Miss Ye's boat left, Ming Manor hasn't appeared?"

"Sure, that day, didn't the Ming Mansion take Miss Ye and the others away by boat together? You also asked for leave, didn't you go there together?"

Yan Liulang frowned and asked back: "Brother Ashan, why did you run back from Nanlong? The round trip is so fast? Also, isn't Mingfu with you? Is he in Longcheng?"

Liu Ashan clicked his mouth, and swallowed some words.

Seeing that his expression was not right, Yan Liulang asked worriedly: "Brother Ah Shan, are you okay..."

All the questions he wanted to ask seemed to have been answered, Liu Ashan heard a "buzz", which was suddenly drowned out by a burst of white noise.

He didn't hear a word of what Yan Liulang said later.

Stand still.

When I found Ye Weilai in the boat warehouse a few days ago, the latter's words still lingered in my ears:

"I don't know where he is going, but I know that Tan Lang is leaving... I can see that he is preparing to say goodbye to us forever..."

Liu Ashan lowered his head in a daze, staring straight at the moonlight long sword on his waist.

This was the eve before he boarded the boat to send Miss Ye back to Nanlong. Before leaving after dinner at his house, the master gave him the last thing, and left it with the mirage mask.

Liu Ashan clearly remembered that at that time, he was worried that he would not be able to handle the matter that the master explained, and he was terrified. At that time, the master patted him on the shoulder, turned away with a smile, and waved at Liu Ashan from his back:
"You do the work, I don't worry...

"Ashan, you have always been behind me and listened to my orders, but one day, I will not be here, and by then, you have to learn to be your own.

"Ashan, if you think of it, then do it. Don't hesitate to stand up. We must protect the people or things we want to protect. I am the same, and you are too..."

It turned out that Miss Ye was right, the master was ready to leave a long time ago, and even said goodbye to him quietly, only he was still clumsily kept in the dark.

Liu Ashan murmured suddenly: "Nai Zhan Hengyu, Zai Xin Zai Ben... This is what the master said, but why did you go away and don't want a home..."

This is his last puzzlement.

In the back hall, the stature of the dull man wearing a long sword swayed slightly.

"Brother Ah Shan? Brother Ah Shan?"

Seeing Liu Ashan talking to himself suddenly in a daze, with a strange expression on his face, Yan Liulang couldn't help stretching out his hand, pushed Liu Ashan, and called twice worriedly.

Liu Ashan raised his head in a trance, looked around, then looked at Yan Liulang, his eyes were a little confused, and asked softly:

"Brother Yan, if there is no more master, what should we do?"

Yan Liulang wanted to speak, but at this moment, the noise in the lobby of the county government in front became louder and louder.

"Not good, you have to go out and stabilize the scene!"

Yan Liulang turned his head and said something bad, and shook his head with a sad face:
"I don't know if Mr. Diao has come back, why hasn't he come back yet! The Ming government entrusted him with all the affairs, but he is not here at the critical moment, so he went to some kind of celebration ceremony..."

Liu Ashan didn't answer, and looked down at the moonlight sword, seemingly lost in thought.

Yan Liulang didn't have time to care about Liu Ashan's state, and he didn't have time to drink the tea on the table, so he left the back hall quickly.

Back to the county government lobby!

Noisy sound waves came.

At the same time, a piece of bad news came from outside the county government.

Yan Liulang who came out frowned.

If Ming Fu was present, who would dare to make such a noise?
Yan Liulang sighed, when he followed Mingfu before, he couldn't help but feel that there was something wrong.

It is only now that I realize it later, how difficult it is to be able to calm down the audience and become the backbone of everyone in a critical moment without fear!
"Everyone, stop arguing and be quiet!"

Yan Liulang untied his waist knife, slammed the table, and let out a loud shout. Such a stupid method was able to suppress some anxious noises in the lobby.

Seeing the different eyes of everyone, Yan Liulang turned his head and asked a trusted subordinate:
"Has the person sent to Zheyi Canal come back? Why hasn't the county magistrate arrived yet? They all sent someone to call. After so long, even a turtle crawls back to the county government office, not to mention that they still have a big boat there. , you can take the waterway."

The confidant bowed his head: "There is no news yet, for some reason, two groups of people have been sent there..."

"Send someone again... No, you go in person now!"

"Yes!" Commander retreated.

Yan Liulang turned his head and said seriously to everyone:
"If we drag it on, it will be too late. We have to make arrangements earlier?"

"What's the best opinion of Mr. Catcher Xiaoyan?"

"First... organize the people to go out of the city to take refuge..."

Yan Liulang hesitated and said that he tried his best to follow the plan of the Ming Mansion last time. In fact, he didn't know much about water control. Most of the time, he was just the executor of the Ming Mansion's orders.

What's more, Yan Liulang is still young in this kind of situation that requires courage. It is the first time he experiences it, and he will inevitably be easily influenced by other people's "opinions".

But at this moment, a fat-faced official immediately asked with a puzzled expression:

"Master Xiaoyan, are you sure you want to do this? Could it be that the water rise was just a false alarm, after all, it's going to be a bad summer...it won't end well."

Someone interrupted angrily:
"He Laosan, do you want to read what you said? Is it human words? A false alarm? We are all locals, who doesn't know the situation in Yunmengze?

"In these years, when the water has risen, isn't it extremely dangerous? Those of us who monitor the water level at the Digong Gate upstream, can't tell the truth from the truth, are we here to make a false report? The situation is already so dangerous, you are still taking chances, if If you miss the timing, you will be the criminal of the whole county."

The fat-faced official immediately smirked, and said forcefully: "That's all right, tell me what to do! You come!"

Just when the two parties were about to quarrel.

There was a younger official with a puzzled look on his face and said:
"What did Master Mingfu do last time? Can't we just do whatever we want?

"Isn't that batch of official ships still there? Where are the official ships? Go and get them here!
"Like Ming Mansion, our troops will be divided into two groups, and a group of people will go upstream to the Di Gong Gate to rescue the gate and dam.

"A group of people stayed in Longcheng County downstream, organized the people to take refuge in Dagu Mountain, just in case, and then contacted through the Beacon Tower... What a simple matter, why are you arguing? The Ming Dynasty has demonstrated it once... "

It's just that he didn't expect that as soon as these words came out, the audience gradually became quiet.

Most people fell silent.

You look at me, I look at yours.

Only a few people nodded in agreement.

Finally, someone forced a smile and said:
"That's fine, then... Then how do we distribute it? Which group of people will rescue the sluice, and which group will stay downstream to organize the common people to go to Dagu Mountain to hide from the disaster."

Yan Liulang opened his mouth, wanting to say that the latter one will be handed over to him, he is most familiar with it, the last time Yan Liulang and Diao County Cheng organized the people of Longcheng to retreat to Dagu Mountain.

As for rescuing the sluice, he was a young policeman who hadn't read many books, and didn't know much about water conservancy, so he was very unfamiliar.

But in the next second, from the corner of his eye, Yan Liulang caught everyone's dodging and avoiding eyes.

His face froze for a moment, and then his heart suddenly turned cold.

It turns out that the root of all quarrels is not that everyone has no effective plan in the face of disaster.

It's that the team's hearts are scattered, and everyone is afraid of their lives.

So those confusions and suggestions just now are all excuses for their own secret calculations!

Yan Liulang felt cold all over his body, but there was scorching fire rushing in his chest.

His face turned blue and red, and at a certain moment, he took a step forward with a stern face.

"Stop arguing, the Ming government isn't here, I'll take people upstream to save the gate..."

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