Wind rises time and space gate

Chapter 487 The dog jumps over the wall in a hurry

The dam in Zhutou County burst! In the dead of night when everyone was fast asleep, the water quickly flooded into the city.

Zhao Guangyuan was awakened and sat in shock for a moment, unable to recover.

"You thief!" Zhang Zhi and others cursed, "Xu Hu, who deserves to be cut into pieces, actually allowed people to dig the embankment!"

His entire clan should be killed!
Zhao Guangyuan had already rushed out of the room, put on his coat and walked outside, "Call all the people here!" His voice was carried by the night wind, without a trace of warmth, so cold that it was frightening.

The Zhutou County Office was soon occupied by Zhao Guangyuan and his men. The lights in the office were bright, and the county magistrate, the chief clerk and others rushed in and knelt down in the hall, trembling.

"Where is Xu Huren?"

"I don't know, my subordinate."

A gavel was thrown in front of the county magistrate. He was so scared that he almost pissed himself. "King of Yue, spare my life!"

Spare my life? Zhao Guangyuan now just wanted to tear these people apart to vent his anger.

Seeing that only half of the people were left in the county government office, it was unclear whether the rest were taken away by Xu Hu or had not received any news.

He did not even bother to send someone to look for them. "Quickly evacuate the people in the city! Sound the gongs and drums, and have the people evacuate quickly. Open the four gates of the county, and send runners to the city gates to guide the people to leave in an orderly manner!"

"Yes."

"The old, the young, the sick and the weak who can't walk, let them climb the city wall!"

"Yes."

After repeated orders were given, the county magistrate, the chief clerk, the yamen runners and others became busy, and Zhao Guangyuan's men were also busy.

"Your Majesty, Xu Hu and his family are not in the county government office."

"I'm afraid he left overnight."

Nothing important was found in the backyard of the county government office, and many important documents in the county government office were also taken away by Xu Hu.

Zhao Guangyuan only hated himself for being careless.

Now he couldn't take care of sending people to look for Xu Hu, but Zhao Guangyuan guessed that Xu Hu might have gone to Linzhao Prefecture to seek Wei Quan's protection. He was trying to escape punishment, and if he left his post without reason, he would be guilty even if he was innocent.

But Zhao Guangyuan did not expect that Xu Hu was so bold that he had the dam destroyed in order to escape the blame.

Even if it means flooding the dam, they will try to drown all the evidence.

He ignored the safety of the people in the surrounding villages and the safety of the people in the city and actually did such a thing!

"Your Highness, a guard at the city gate received us. He said that just after nightfall, dozens of people left the city with notes from the county government. Later, a number of carriages left the city, all with notes from the county government. The guard at the city gate didn't see anyone, so he doesn't know if Xu Hu is inside."

It must be that Xu Hu. Zhao Guangyuan gritted his teeth and said, "Send someone to look for him along the wheel tracks!"

"Yes!"

Xu Hu, he must be caught!
By the time Zhao Guangyuan left the county government, the flood had already flooded the city. There was water everywhere, up to his knees. When he climbed up the city wall, he saw the city gate was crowded with people leaving the city, dragging and pulling, crying and shouting.

Zhao Guangyuan only hated himself for being careless.

I didn't expect Xu Hu could do this.

At the city gate, a citizen dropped something in his hand and bent down to catch it. The people behind him rushed forward and pushed him into the water, causing a lot of splashes.

Immediately, there were cries and shouts at the city gate.

Zhao Guangyuan felt so heartbroken, "Let people shout, don't want anything, run to the mountain behind the north gate quickly, the government will compensate you after the flood!" Zhang Zhi and others heard it and immediately shouted to the bottom of the city wall, "Don't want anything, run to the mountain behind the north gate quickly, there is hope only when people are alive, the government will compensate you, run!"

When the people heard this, they looked towards the city wall and saw that the county officials and runners were all standing on the wall, pushing and shoving each other and trying to get onto it.

"Run to the back hill! The city wall can't hold so many people! The dam has been breached, what if the city wall is also breached!"

These words stopped the people in their tracks, "The city wall will collapse!" The people only heard these words and then ran towards the mountains behind the city.

Fortunately, Zhutou County is well built, and the deepest part of the flood is only thigh-high.

After one night, the entire Zhutou County was empty except for the elderly, the young, the sick and the infirm on the city wall.

The streets and alleys in the city were full of water. It was impossible to tell where was where. All kinds of things were floating in the water. In the narrow alleys, the water blocked everything. There was no splash, only all kinds of things.

The people on the city wall watched this scene and cried so hard that they couldn't catch their breath.

"Your Highness..." The chief clerk of the county government and others also realized that the matter was serious and their legs were shaking so much that they could not stand.

Zhao Guangyuan glanced at them coldly, "If you want to survive, quickly organize people to go to the city to check if there are any survivors, and send people to clear the roads. Then send people to the nearby villages to check the situation and make amends!"

"Yes, yes. I'll go right away." He staggered down the city wall.

"Your Majesty?" Wei Zuo looked at the vast expanse of water in the city, his heart sinking to the bottom. He had never expected that Xu Hu would dig up the dike and destroy the dam in order to escape the crime, flooding the fields, the land and the people.

I don't know how many people will be killed or injured, I'm afraid the prince will also be killed. The court is probably accusing the prince of being too extreme, which is why Xu Hu is desperate.

"We can't take care of that right now. Send people to the back mountains to organize young and strong people and rush to the nearby villages to rescue people."

The people Zhao Guangyuan brought with him all started to work. The wheelbarrows used to transport goods in the city, the planks of horse-drawn carriages, and the wood from furniture stores were all dismantled to make boats, and Zhang Zhi and others rowed them to various villages.

Some people on the city wall also obeyed the order and went to various shops to rescue usable items, such as grain, cloth, firewood, medicinal materials, food, etc., and moved them to the county government office.

These are the foundation for survival in the future.

No one dared to rob, because Zhao Guangyuan and the yamen runners were watching. Moreover, the people were at a loss now, and they didn't even know if they could light a fire and live in their own homes. If the government was willing to take care of them, they were happy to follow the government's instructions.

When the people heard that the county magistrate and his family had run away, they rushed to rescue various things while cursing the county magistrate.

The water in Zhutou County did not recede until the third day. Because the flood was not deep, the people who had hidden in the mountains came back one after another during the next day. Dozens of large pots were set up outside the county government office to light fires and cook for the people.

The county government really provides meals! The officials keep their word. The people feel at ease.

Zhutou County did not fall into chaos after all.

Many young and strong people followed Zhao Guangyuan's men to rescue people in nearby villages and brought back waves of people to Zhutou County.

"Send a message and ask the Yongchang to quickly send various supplies to Zhutou County."

"Send someone to find out where the officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works are. Send them an urgent letter to come to Zhutou County."

"Xu Hu is in Linzhao Prefecture? Capture him and Wei Quan and keep them under guard on the spot! Once I have dealt with local affairs, I will bring them back to the capital to interrogate them!"

It was not until the third day that casualties in Zhutou County and nearby villages were reported.

Although the losses were heavy, Zhao Guangyuan was relieved when he heard that the casualties were less than 100. This number was much less than the number of deaths reported by various counties and prefectures in previous years.

Just when he was about to take a breath, as he had been tired for several days and had only had two or three hours' rest in total, the owner of Yongchang Store in Wanhua County came with someone when he delivered supplies.

When Liu Fengshui saw the noble man, he cried like a drowned man seeing a floating log, "My family is gone, they are dead, all dead!"