Duan Shaojun stood on a high place, looking at the valley that had become a Ze country, and his heart was secretly bitter, Lanting City was located in a gentle river valley, and between the upper and lower reaches of the winding river, there were narrow valleys. In this way, it is impossible for the flood water to completely recede and subside in a day or two.

This has to be blessed by God upstream, or there will be no more heavy rain in Lanting City, but now, the rain in the sky that is pouring like a cauldron that leaks the bottom makes Duan Shaojun understand that this disaster has just begun.

The sudden heavy rain and the incessant flood caused both those in the city and those outside the city to fall into deep sadness and numbness. Many people, under the guidance of the monks, began to walk farther away, where there would be hot water and clean shelter from the rain.

More than half an hour had passed, and except for a few people who still had relatives in Lanting City who stubbornly stayed where they were, the vast majority of the people had already obeyed the arrangement and entered the mansions built on the mountainside, or the tents that were temporarily erected.

In the dozens of greenhouses built with tree trunks and wooden planks, each of which had several large pots, steaming hot, were boiling fragrant rice porridge, and nearly 200 county guards dressed in robes brought buckets of water that they used to carry water on weekdays, and began to pour hot rice porridge into the buckets so that they could be distributed to the hands of the people.

And Duan Shaojun was standing in such a simple shed that leaked rain, and he was speechless with Senior Brother and Shizun, Li Xuan and others, as well as a Lanting Wenwu.

The rain outside was as swift as an arrow, causing all the weeds outside the shed to bend over, and the broken rain that bounced off the leaves formed a fine mist nearly a foot high on the ground.

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The abbot of the dream whispered a Buddha horn as the opening remarks. "Ladies and gentlemen. This cataclysm. Far more exaggerated than the old man had imagined. It's a pity that the old man is not capable enough, even if he pulls down his face and deceives the people, he can't lead most of the people of Lanting to Xishan, which is really a sin. ”

"Master, don't say that, if it weren't for your righteous act, how many of these more than 15,000 people, who are old, weak, women and children, would have escaped from such a flood?" Lieutenant Hu said with a grateful face. If it weren't for the dream that the abbot would go to the west mountain and yell to self-immolate, his own family. Even in the midst of such a calamity, it will be difficult to preserve.

"Alas...... But now, I can only watch tens of thousands of people trapped in the floods, and I really don't know what happened to them. The abbot sighed, and his fingers plucked the Buddhist beads on his chest and muttered to himself.

"This flood is too big, isn't it? It felt like there was a big lake bursting upstream. It's horrible......" one of the officials muttered quietly, his face palpitating.

This statement is reasonable, and the lower officials also feel that this flood is too hot and turbulent, and such a large amount of water is just rain. It is absolutely impossible to create such a momentum. The other officer nodded approvingly.

"Guys, have you noticed? I heard that there have been heavy rains in the area of Xuping County, but the water level of the meandering river has not increased or decreased in the past few days. Perhaps, it has something to do with this sudden flood? Another interjected.

Duan Shaojun slapped his thigh. "I see, there must be a lake."

"How is this possible, from Xuping County to my Lanting, all the way to the east, there are mostly canyons, although there are wide and narrow, but there has never been a lake." Hu Junshou was stunned for a moment, and slowly shook his head to affirm.

Duan Shaojun ignored this and asked directly. "I don't know if there are more uphill or downhill from Xuping County to Lanting County?"

"Hu once went to Xuping County on a business trip, and the terrain difference between the two counties is quite large, from Lanting to Xuping, half of the way is uphill." Hu Junshou replied without thinking about it.

"That's it...... It should be somewhere between Lanting and Xuping County, because of heavy rains, there was a large landslide in a certain valley, and after that, the canyon was blocked, and the river channel of the meandering river formed a dammed lake. Seeing that the two of them were all stunned, Duan Shaojun simply squatted on the ground, pulled out the soil, and explained while gesturing.

"This is the biggest reason why the water level of the river has fallen instead of rising. After that, the rainwater and river water accumulated too much, and the dammed lake could not carry it, causing a large burst, and naturally, countless floods would gush out of the valley and come towards Ben My Lanting......

"I see, what the junior brother said is very reasonable, if it weren't for this, it would be impossible for such a turbulent flood to hit my Lan Pavilion." Senior brother Jianyin suddenly patted his thigh.

The abbot of the dream also nodded thoughtfully, this is indeed the truth, otherwise there would be no way to explain where so many floods came from.

"Master, the water is too urgent now, but Hu has ordered the soldiers to start building rafts, and when the water tends to ease, he will send people to investigate in the city."

"Well, that's good, by the way, have you ever reminded the people that you can't drink raw water and eat raw food?"

"Master rest assured, he has already arranged for people to preach everywhere, and he must let every common person know, and in addition, the soldiers who stayed in Lanting City will definitely preach to the people to prevent the disease ......"

"Shaojun, look at it, is there anything else you need to add?" After the abbot nodded, he turned his head and said to Duan Shaojun with a kind face.

"We are short of food, medicine, and shelter, and 15,000 people are crammed into this western mountain, and no more than half of the people who can get shelter at present, and many people can only hide under trees, which is very dangerous. Therefore, I hope that Hu Junshou can send a powerful soldier to reorganize some of the young and strong people who accompany them up the mountain, cut down more trees, and create more shelter from the wind and rain, otherwise, at night, many people will get sick due to the wet and cold, and may even cause typhoid fever......"

Everyone gasped in unison, and the abbot nodded thoughtfully. "Yes, Lieutenant Hu, this matter cannot be delayed, you immediately send someone to do it, Jianyin, you bring a few more junior disciples to go with Lieutenant Hu, you must appease the people, and you must not breed riots."

"Disciple obeys, Hu Junwei please ......" Senior Brother Jianyin nodded, and hurriedly walked out of the shed with Hu Junwei.

"Why is this rain not light?" Chu Chu gently combed the wet hair stuck to his cheeks, glanced at the pouring rain, and couldn't help but worry.

"It's going to be a little bit like that, alas, it looks like we're not prepared enough." Duan Shaojun sighed and said. In this era, there was no disaster response mechanism, and it is actually quite good to be able to do this now.

However, the sudden flood made Duan Shaojun feel a little discouraged, which made the plan that he hoped to lure most of the people of Lanting to Xishan when the water level of the meandering river soared, but only less than a third of the success.

"Actually, you've done well enough, Brother Shaojun, don't be discouraged, you're our backbone." Chu Chu saw Duan Shaojun's melancholy brows, stood beside him, stretched out his hand, straightened out Duan Shaojun's soaked clothes, and said softly.

"The world is impermanent, and life is like that...... Yesterday, it was still a noisy Lanting City, but now, it has become a lonely boat crumbling in the torrent......" Duan Shaojun looked at the Lanting City, which looked hazy in the rain and fog, and sighed leisurely.

"I'm fine, it's just that I feel a little uncomfortable when I see such a scene." Feeling the tightness of his sleeves, he turned his face, and the corners of his mouth curved slightly, revealing a warm smile.

Sister Chu Chu nodded and smiled, at this moment, what else is holding his hand and facing the wind and rain side by side to be happier.

"By the way, what about your brother?"

"He's not idle, so he just went to cut wood with those county guards, and they've been there for almost an hour." Sister Chu Chu pursed her lips and said angrily. "Let him not go, he won't listen."

"It's okay, as long as your brother's physique, don't talk about logging, it's no problem to smash stones." Duan Shaojun grinned, it was strange that Ximen Dongliang's temperament was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, and he could sit still.

"And Hu Gongzi, who was supposed to go to logging with my brother, but he was kicked by his father, and obediently squatted in the shed over there to watch the fire and cook porridge." Chu Chu smiled and pointed to a wooden shed not far away.

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"Hey, he's the son of a dignified lieutenant, how can he do such a thing?" Duan Shaojun couldn't help but ask with some curiosity.

"What's this, my brother and I are still the sons and daughters of the county, and we are still busy. The most important thing is that there are monks and uncles here, and they can't wait to bring all their children to the monks and uncles, so that they can see the hard-working side of their children and grandchildren. Chu Chu girl wrinkled her nose cutely and said in a low voice.

Duan Shaojun bowed slightly, he didn't think there was anything about the cautious eyes of these officials, it was better, even the children of the county lieutenant and the county guard were busy, doing things for the people, which also played a role in appeasing the people to a certain extent.

"By the way, what about Su Su and them, but they came to Xishan?" Duan Shaojun retracted his gaze and asked towards Chu Chu.

"Oh, Sister Su Su and they have all gone up the mountain, and Xu Gongzi has already arranged a residence for them, which is in a small courtyard next to the Xu family's courtyard in Xishan, although it is not big, but fortunately it is enough to live in it. This is what he told me when I met Xu Gongzi before. ”

Chu Chu's answer made Duan Shaojun breathe a sigh of relief, he didn't want this hard-working iceberg beauty to experience any more misfortune.

"By the way, Brother Shaojun, we're okay now, can we go over and see them?" Sister Chu Chu glanced at the dream abbot who was confessing to the other disciples, her eyes rolled, and she whispered in Duan Shaojun's ear.

“…… Okay, you wait, I'll talk to Shizun. Duan Shaojun also wanted to go out for a walk to understand the situation, and by the way, to see how Su Su and the others were doing, when she was suffering, Su Su's sister didn't think about tea and dinner, and she was frightened and scared for herself, thinking of this, Duan Shaojun couldn't help but feel warm in his heart. (To be continued......)