Thuan An Province

An ox cart struggles to move forward in the dark night, the slanting rain falls, the curtain of the car is already soaked, and the smell of the wind blows, even if it is a summer night, who enjoys who knows.

Sitting inside, there is no shelter from the wind and rain, but it is not as warm as the person wearing the coat outside.

But even if she was shivering from the cold, Mrs. Zhou, who was guarding the food basket in her arms, didn't pay attention to it, she was anxious now, and she just wanted to see her husband Qi Hongxin as soon as possible.

"When it rained so hard just now, why did the old man go out, and he didn't know how to take care of himself?"

"Even if the flood disaster needs to be controlled, can't it be controlled in the yamen? Do you have to run inside? Lord Su and other adults are not there?"

"I've been in a coma for so long, what is my body like, and the dead old man himself didn't notice it?"

"If he has three longs and two shorts, how can we be called mother and son?"

After so many years, Mrs. Zhou and Qi Hongxin naturally have a deep relationship, and at the same time, no matter how docile a woman is, I am afraid that she will be angry.

But no matter how uneasy she was, Mrs. Zhou didn't dare to urge the coachman to speed up.

The section of the road that I am now running is not far from the front of the dam, and because of this, although it is along the slope, and the water rushing down is not so turbulent, only as deep as the middle of the wheel, it is still quite difficult to work.

When the wheels run over, muddy water splashes everywhere, a layer of water is spread on the road, and the bottom is slippery mud, and if you go fast, there is a danger of rolling over at any time.

The driver who drove the car was a veteran, and it was precisely because of this that he dared to take over the job of escorting Mrs. Zhou and replaced it with someone else, I am afraid that he would have to resign at that time.

But after walking for a while, the wheels of the ox cart still accidentally got stuck in the mud puddle, and it was a coincidence that it got stuck and couldn't move for the time being.

"Why did it stop?" Finding that the ox cart had stopped before it arrived, Mrs. Zhou was anxious and immediately lifted the curtain and asked.

The coachman jumped out of the car to see the situation, wiped the rain on his face, and explained with a bitter face: "Madam, the wheel is stuck in the pit, let's see if the villain can lift it out!"

But he is the only one, and I am afraid that he can only be delayed here for a while.

Mrs. Zhou glanced at the embankment that was close in front of her, with torches flickering on it, and she directly lifted the hem of her skirt and jumped down.

Ignoring the driver's exclamations, she dropped the phrase "You are waiting here" and ran towards the embankment with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

The icy rain mixed with the mud made Mrs. Zhou very cold from her feet.

But none of this is as worrying about her husband as she is worried.

The rain was much lighter than before, and the people holding the torches were dressed in robes, and the raindrops poured on the torches, causing the flames to rise and fall.

Just when Mrs. Zhou had already rushed to the front of the dam, the person was suddenly stopped, and when she was about to explain her identity, a burst of cheers suddenly sounded in front of her.

"Close!

"Haha, we succeeded, we succeeded!"

The levee is blocked, closed?

Mrs. Zhou heard the cheers, stayed for a moment, and then showed surprise.

The biggest problem has been solved, the old man can finally go home to rest, and he doesn't have to soak in the rain when he just woke up, right?

Who could have experienced the uneasiness and panic that suddenly rose in her heart when she learned that her old man went out in the rain?

When Mrs. Zhou came back to her senses, she immediately said to the two county soldiers who stopped her: "I am the wife of the prefect of Qi, and I am here to bring him food......

The two county soldiers looked at her and checked the basket again, it was indeed ordinary food, but it was completely cold, they didn't dare to stop her, and there was even a county soldier who led her to the place where the Qi prefect was staying.

On the embankment, Mrs. Zhou saw that the dam was closed again, and it was the water that was washed downstream, but when the dam was closed, the overflow water became less and less, until there was no more water flowing out.

Several officials rushed over as early as when they closed it, and when they saw a scene at this moment, they were all surprised in their hearts, and they saw Mrs. Zhou in a blink of an eye, and some officials who had seen Mrs. Zhou immediately saluted her: "Mrs. Zhou, why are you here?"

This dress, this look, is really a bit embarrassing.

Usually, even when she is on the way to be transferred, Mrs. Zhou can take care of herself neatly and cleanly, which is a habit developed by a woman who has lived in an official eunuch's house since she was a child, and it is difficult to change it in difficult situations.

But now, her hair is wet, her face, body, and legs are full of mud, and only the basket in front of her looks the cleanest.

Of course, no one has to laugh at anyone who is present now, one counts as one, and they all look like they have rolled in the mud in the water.

Mrs. Zhou pressed her heart and felt uneasy: "I'm here to find your Qi Governor's Mansion, can he be there?"

It's not that here, why can't you see Lao Qi in the crowd?

She searched the crowd and knew that there was no one she was looking for.

In fact, a few officials had just arrived, and when they heard the words, they also hurriedly looked at the county soldiers who had been guarding nearby, and asked, "Lord Qi is here?"

A county soldier immediately replied: "Lord Qi is tired, and he just went to rest in the ox cart. ”

"Oh, the car?"

Looking at the ox cart parked in the corner about a few dozen meters away, several officials immediately breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it wasn't an accident when they didn't know it.

At this time, another servant came over and said, "My lord, all the places where the embankment has burst have been filled!"

An official who is not a water control yamen, usually only heard about the dam repair, and is not very clear about the matter, at this time he heard the little official reply, a little surprised, and asked: "Are you sure you have filled it in?"

"Lord Hui, Lord Su led us to repair the dam, the drawing design was originally excellent, and it was built according to the terrain, and there was already a response plan for the breach of the embankment, which would not allow the water to expand the gap. ”

"And several of the embankments that have burst are actually artificially blown up, as long as the gaps are filled, they will be completed. ”

As he spoke, the rain falling from the sky was also much lighter to the naked eye, and it was still pouring before going out, but now it was a light rain.

With such rain, it is almost impossible to accumulate enough water to break through the gap.

Mrs. Zhou breathed a heavy sigh of relief, and at this moment, she was relieved.

The biggest trouble is solved, the rain is light, and it looks like it is going to stop, which gives people a chance to breathe, as long as the levee is not blown up again, there will be no bigger floods.

Although the flood is raging, it may affect the merits of the old man, but the old man has already broken his bones, as long as the follow-up impact is not large, the husband and wife should still be able to return to their hometown safely with their son.

At that moment, someone suddenly shouted in the distance: "Qin is here!"

"The chin is coming! the chin is coming!" more than one person shouted.

The officials remembered, yes, I heard earlier that the imperial court sent the Qin mission, because of the sudden burst of the embankment and the heavy rain and flood, they had all paid attention to plugging the gap, and directly forgot about the incident of the Qin mission.