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Chapter 133 Black Air
Outside Ningzhou City, the lower reaches of the big river that runs through Ningzhou City.

Standing on the edge of the river, Gu Chen looked down at the river that was about to become a river, and slowly exhaled.

"How many villages are there under this river?"

What Gu Chen asked was the guard who followed him.

The guard replied:
"Master, there should be four or five. I remember there was one nearby."

"What about the village?"

"Probably...probably submerged underwater..."

The guard answered in embarrassment.

Ningzhou Dashui, Ningzhou City was built upstream, controlling the downstream water sources in other places.

On weekdays, the river channel inspector will not deliberately control the opening and closing of water sources. After all, the water source problem is not a trivial matter.

But today is different, just like what Gu Chen said to the victims before, if the supervisor does not choose to release the water, then Ningzhou City will be flooded.

And Ningzhou City is the center of the entire Ningzhou. If something happens in this place, it will affect the entire Ningzhou.

Whether it is Baoxia or Baoning Prefecture, this is actually not a multiple-choice question at all.

Ningzhou City chose to ignore the downstream. They could not hear the cries of the people downstream, they could not see their displacement, and they did not want to see how many people were killed by the release of water.

All they care about is whether the money on hand has decreased.

The same goes for Gu's family.

The guards obviously knew what the Gu family had done. No matter how high-sounding what Gu Chen said earlier, the Gu family was actually the one who asked the inspector to open the gate and release the water, and he was the one in the lead.

Now Gu Chen personally came to inspect the downstream. Although he didn't ask for the water to be released, in the eyes of the guards, this kind of behavior is somewhat... To put it bluntly, it is similar to erecting an archway.

Looking at the flood in front of him, Gu Chen had a calm expression.

He has always been a selfish person, Gu Chen himself admits this.

If the lives of thousands of people were to be weighed against his own life, Gu Chen would choose his own life without hesitation.

He doesn't want to be a saint, nor is he expected to be a saint. The life and death of other people has nothing to do with him. As long as his own life is not involved, Gu Chen will not take the initiative to cause trouble for himself.

But in the same way, as long as it doesn't involve his own life, Gu Chen will occasionally show kindness to satisfy his hypocrisy and prove that he still has some kind thoughts.

For example, give the victims a place to rest.

Another example is now...

"Is there any statistics on how many people died here?"

Gu Chen asked suddenly.

The guard replied:
"This...you need to ask the local county magistrate, but it seems that not many people died."

"Oh? Why?"

"Before the supervisor releases the water, he will notify the downstream people to take refuge in advance. If the downstream people are obedient, they should leave before the flood occurs."

"But what if they insist on not leaving?"

Gu Chen asked again.

This time the guard couldn't answer.

Resolutely refusing to leave... The end is of course being submerged in the flood, there is no other possibility.

And if this is the case, then there may be thousands of people who died this time.

The guard kept silent, and Gu Chen didn't ask any more questions. He looked down at the rushing river, and then at the roofs of some houses exposed under the river not far away, and sighed softly.

"Let's go back."

Seeing the scene here with his own eyes, Gu Chen lost his interest.

The guard asked: "Should we go to the nearby city and ask the local county magistrate? If the young master really cares..."

"That's not necessary, go back."

Gu Chen replied softly.

There is no point in counting how many people died now, since death is death, and Gu Chen never thought of seeking justice for this group of people.

He came here today, other than a sudden whim, he also wanted to see if he could rebuild the village for the disaster victims who entered the city.

But looking at it now, it should be impossible.

That being the case, there is nothing to look at.

Thinking of this, Gu Chen turned around and was about to leave, but when he turned around, something out of the corner of his eye made him stop again.

"what is that?"

Gu Chen frowned slightly, and pointed his finger into the distance.

In the distance, above the downstream river, a pale black airflow swirls and connects to the sky, looking like a solidified tornado.

But it didn't move at all, it just stood there as a pillar connected to the clouds.

Gu Chen didn't notice it before, one is that its color is too light, and it can't be noticed if you don't pay attention.

Secondly, no one reminded him that there was something over there, and Gu Chen selectively ignored it.

The reason for mentioning it now is because he saw that thing seemed to move just now...

"what?"

Hearing Gu Chen's question, the guard looked at the direction he was pointing in astonishment: "Master, what did you see?"

"That, didn't you see it? The black one."

Gu Chen frowned and asked.

The guard looked at it blankly, and said, "Over there... there is nothing, why don't I go over and have a look?"

The guard asked cautiously.

The heavy rain kept falling, and it was easy to overlook many things in the rain curtain. The guard dared not say that he didn't see anything. He thought it might be that what Gu Chen wanted him to see was covered by the rain curtain, so he proposed to go and have a look.

Gu Chen put down his fingers, frowned slightly, and asked Gu Yu beside him:

"Xiaoyu, did you see anything?"

"Huh? Brother, I didn't see anything either."

Gu Yu was also a little dazed, she didn't know what Gu Chen saw.

"... the end of the bid?"

Gu Chen turned his head to look at Jie Biao again.

Jie Biao, who was acting as a tool man without making a sound, came to Gu Chen's side, squinted his eyes and looked there, and said after a while:
"It seems... there seems to be a black thing...?"

Hearing what Jie Biao said, Gu Yu said with some dissatisfaction:
"Why can you see what my brother sees, but I can't!"

"...who knows."

Hearing Gu Yu's slightly complaining tone, Jie Biao Danxi laughed twice.

She guessed that maybe it was because she was summoned by Gu Chen that she could see it, but it was not suitable to tell Gu Yu about it.

Gu Chen ignored the exchange between the two, since the result can be seen, it proves that this is not Gu Chen's illusion.

So what is the black air connected to the clouds?
weird?
Gu Chen looked at the river and sky connected to the black air column, and his heart sank.

……

Shuzhou City.

Tang Yumeng was walking on a desolate street, followed by a disaster victim who believed in the double god religion.

The victims pretended to be Tang Yumeng's servants and followed her into the city to investigate the situation, and then the victims sent messages to Shanteng and Zitong outside the city.

Because it is daytime now, and Shuzhou is a place where there is no cloud for a long time and the moon is dry, Zi Tong and Shan Teng can't get out at all, even if they take a carriage.

After all, they had to check when entering Shuzhou City. Once they got out of the car, they had to face the sun. But if they didn't get out of the car, then entering Shuzhou City would not be an intelligence search, but a storm.

Tang Yumeng didn't know why her friend couldn't come out during the day, so she chose not to ask about it. Since she had already promised Zitong in her personal capacity to enter Shuzhou City to investigate the news, Tang Yumeng would not regret it.

It's just that Tang Yumeng didn't expect that the originally prosperous Shuzhou City would look like this now.

Most of the shops on the street are closed, and beggars can be seen everywhere on the roadside.

Some lay on the ground, covered with straw mats, looking as if they were dead, and many more hid in their homes, preferring not to go out than to endure the heat outside.

Shuzhou City is a big city. As a state city, it is needless to say how prosperous it is. Before the drought, Tang Yumeng would come to Shuzhou City every festival.

Appreciate fireworks, watch lanterns, listen to opera...

It was a rare time for Tang Yumeng to relax every year.

But now, Shuzhou City seems to be turning into a deserted city. The smiles on the faces of the residents in the city are no longer there, and everyone is vigilant and uneasy.

The soldiers who walked by the side of the road from time to time exacerbated this uneasiness.

Tang Yumeng suddenly felt that the scene in front of her seemed a little familiar. After walking for a while, she finally remembered where she had seen this scene.

At the border gate, in the city bordering the barbarians, Tang Yumeng once represented the Tang family to send organs and props to the Jianghu people who supported there, and the scene he saw was like this.

"...No wonder Zitong is so angry."

Tang Yumeng murmured softly.

She hadn't been out of Tangjiabao for a long time, so she didn't know what was going on outside Tangjiabao.

In previous years, there had been severe droughts in Shuzhou. From Tang Yumeng's point of view, this drought was the same as before, and it passed after a while, but he didn't expect it to be so severe that even the city of Shuzhou was affected.

This was not a simple drought. Thinking of the news that Tangjiabao had received in advance, Tang Yumeng had an unbelievable guess in her heart.

This drought...maybe man-made.

"Ouch! Miss Tang, why are you in the mood to come to our chamber of commerce today?"

Walking to the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, the deacon at the entrance of the Chamber of Commerce greeted him with a smile on his face and asked.

Tang Yumeng's originally worried expression turned into a smiling face in an instant, and said with a smile:
"Some materials in the castle need to be purchased. I just thought I haven't come out for a long time, so I took this opportunity to come and have a look."

"Oh, so that's how it is. Miss Tang, please, I'll get someone to prepare the things you need right now, right?"

"Yes, it's still the same. When the time comes, you can just send it to Tangjiabao."

Tang Yumeng answered with a smile.

Tangjiabao was built outside the city of Shuzhou. It has only one ordinary vein in its hands, and it is not iron ore, so it needs to find outsiders to buy things like metal.

After all, these things are also the key materials for making hidden weapons, and Tangjiabao cannot do without these things.

The Kyushu Chamber of Commerce does all kinds of business, even if the imperial court explicitly prohibits the trading of large-scale metals, it can't stand the relationship between the imperial court and China.

Changing the name and reason of certain things can sell things that were not allowed to be sold to those who need them.

That's how the metals for making hidden weapons in Tangjiabao's hands came from.

And buying these things also required a lot of money. Every time a transaction was made, Tangjiabao would take out a lot of gold and silver.

This is a major client of the Kyushu Chamber of Commerce, so the deacon has such a flattering attitude towards Tang Yumeng.

(End of this chapter)