"Knock! knock!"

There were bursts of rapid gongs on the streets of Guobeicheng early in the morning, and with the sound of gongs, a loud voice echoed: "Everyone go and flee, the flood is coming, the flood is coming, the flood is coming....."

The sound sounded in more than one place, in all directions of the city. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

These people were all men in the city's dart bureau, and they rode around the city on fast horses and banged gongs.

At this moment, Li Xiuyuan came to the city wall with a few guards, and he looked at everything in the city with a solemn gaze.

"Li Gongzi, the effect of you sending someone to inform is not great, the people don't believe in the flood very much, and there are few people who really flee, after all, since the founding of Guobei City, there has never been a record of being flooded, and even if some people believe that the flood is back, but there is no sign of a flood at the moment, they can't act within half an hour. ”

The eight kings next to him prostrate beside him, stretched out his head to take a look, and then said.

Li Xiuyuan closed his eyes and said slowly: "Yes, what you said is very right, so I sent someone to inform the prefect, if the people from the government are willing to come forward, the people will definitely believe in the flood." ”

In ancient times, the common people were very wary of outsiders, but they would blindly believe in the government.

As long as the government comes forward, many things can be done.

At this time, a guard rode up and came to the city wall and shouted: "Young master, the little one has not found the prefect, and the official of the yamen said that the prefect had left Guobei City yesterday." ”

"What, the prefect left?" Li Xiuyuan's face suddenly froze slightly.

The Eight Kings said: "The prefect of this place should have also received the flood and left here in advance to take refuge. ”

"How could the prefect know about the flood in advance?" asked Li Xiuyuan.

The Eight Kings said: "Since ancient times, officials have been indispensable to be protected by ghosts and gods, and officials who can sit in the position of the prefect have always had a lot of ghosts and gods to help him before the catastrophe comes, and the prefect here is greedy for life and afraid of death, and he is afraid that he has already left Guo Beicheng at the moment of receiving the news." ”

"In that case, why didn't the prefect post a post to inform the people about the flood? Li Xiuyuan said.

The Eight Kings sighed and said, "It's not that you don't make a list, but you can't make a list." ”

"Why. Li Xiuyuan frowned.

"Once the list is made, if the flood really comes, the blame for the flood will be blamed on the prefect, and the court will have a reason to ask, on the contrary, if the prefect pretends not to know, the flood will not implicate the prefect, which is the way of the official to protect himself. The Eight Kings said.

Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but be stunned.

"This, this is a major matter of human life, how dare the prefect do this?"

"As an official, who will really care about the life and death of the people, isn't it all for their own black yarn hats, not to mention that the current court is corrupt and the country's fortunes are weakened, it is not surprising that such a situation occurs, Li Gongzi, even if you have the heart to save the world, but there is nothing you can do at the moment, the flood is coming soon, you see, how many people are fleeing now?" said the Eight Great Kings.

Li Xiuyuan suddenly fell silent.

"Young Master, what should I do now? Time is running out, if the people can't be called, the brothers in the city can't follow here to be buried here, and the little suggestion is to let the brothers withdraw." The man under the walls shouted.

Li Xiuyuan looked at the city, but there was still no big movement, although some people believed it, but they didn't know that the matter was urgent, and they were still packing up their things in no hurry.

"Retreat, let all the people in the dart bureau retreat and go to Wangchuan Mountain. He gritted his teeth and waved his hand.

The people who walk the darts are also the people, and there is really no reason for them to suffer with them.

"Yes, young master. ”

The man answered, and immediately rode away on a fast horse, and then shouted all the way: "The eldest young master has spoken, let us evacuate Guo Beicheng immediately and go to Wangchuan Mountain." ”

Suddenly, Li Xiuyuan saw the overflowing moat under the city wall, he had a flash of inspiration, and suddenly said: "Eight kings, there is a merit for you to save all the people, do you earn it?"

"Li Gongzi's words are serious, now that the flood is coming, I will not be able to stop this flood even if I am the Taoist for another thousand years, if I have the ability, how can I not earn this merit. The Eight Kings smiled bitterly.

"I didn't let you stop the flood, I let you go into the moat under the city and raise a great flood, so that the water in the moat will pour into the city. Li Xiuyuan stared at him and said, "This thing shouldn't be difficult." ”

"The flood is coming soon, Li Gongzi, why did you let me raise a big flood?" the Eight Kings wondered.

Li Xiuyuan said: "It is precisely because the flood is coming, so I let you raise a big flood, the water in the moat is not enough to flood the city, but it can give the people in the city a wake-up call, let them know that the flood has come, and scare them to take refuge." ”

"Good attention. ”

The eyes of the eight kings lit up, and they immediately understood.

"I still have a lot of turtles and turtles hiding in the moat, Li Gongzi wait a minute, watch me. ”

After saying that, the eight kings fell from the city wall with a puff, and fell headlong into the moat under the city.

Although the Eight Kings were damaged, they were not unable to use any spells, and as he carried them headlong into the moat, the water in the moat soon was tumbling and surging.

Soon, the river in the moat rioted, and it unreasonably converged towards the city gate, and then poured into Guobei City along the city gate.

The flood poured in, and the people of the city immediately reacted.

"Oh my God, the real flood is coming, and the water is rising so fast. Some people on the street suddenly exclaimed.

"Quick, run, those people are right, it's really going to be flooding. ”

"Oh no, the city is going to be flooded. ”

Now that the eight kings sent a flood and poured it into the city, the people in the city understood the seriousness of the matter, and they immediately began to flee without hesitation.

"There's still time. ”

Li Xiuyuan looked at the sky and said secretly in his heart.

There is still time for the people to flee before the flood comes, provided that there is no further delay.

If it's too late, there's no time to get out of town.

"Young Master, aren't you leaving?"

The people of the dart game gathered together at this moment, wanting to get out of the city.

Li Xiuyuan glanced at it and said: "The people on the east side of the city have already believed that the flood is coming, I want a few people who are not afraid of death to stay, take them out of the city, and go to the high ground, which of you is willing to lead the people over there?"

Everyone in the dart game was stunned for a moment, and their expressions were hesitant.

"I don't force you. Li Xiuyuan said.

"I'm going to the east of the city. ”

Among the crowd, a man who was not good-looking, gritted his teeth, answered, clenched his fists, turned his horse's head and galloped away.

"Okay, it's a man, I, Li Xiuyuan, didn't see the wrong person. Li Xiuyuan nodded.

"Young Master, I'll go with him. Another man exhaled deeply and followed without hesitation.

Li Xiuyuan advised again: "Don't stop all the way after you leave the city, with the good horse you sit on, it is enough for you to escape to a safe place, although there are some dangers, but it is not enough to lose your life." ”

Nor would he assign a mortal mission to his men.

"Young Master, I'll go too. A few more men said.

"No need, it's useless if there are too many people, you go to the west of the city, and the north of the city, and the others leave along the south of the city, you still have families to escort, there is no need to stay here and take risks. Li Xiuyuan commanded.

Several more men left the team and galloped away, and the rest of the people from the dart bureau went out of the city gate and quickly went in the direction of Wangchuan Mountain.

At this time, Li Xiuyuan looked up again, but saw that there were already people who had begun to rush out of Guobei City for refuge.

And the number of people is gradually increasing.

"It is up to people to succeed and to plan things, everything I should do has been done, and how much the people in this city can live depends on the will of heaven. ”

Li Xiuyuan closed his eyes, sighed, and then walked along the city wall to the north of the city.

If the flood hits, the north of the city will be the first to suffer.

However, in the north of the city, a large number of people gathered in front of a Taoist temple.

A Taoist man with a bald head and wearing a Taoist robe was standing on a high platform at this time and shouted loudly: "The dragon king is angry, and it rains rain, only by worshipping the gods of all spirits can you pray for peace, everyone, as long as your hearts are sincere, the gods of all spirits will definitely protect you and resolve your calamities."

Behind this bald man is the view of the breeze. Countless people burned incense and worshipped in front of the view, and the peak of the incense of the Qingfeng Temple for a time was far greater than before.

But the so-called god of all spirits in this Qingfeng view is the statue of the god he built for his own yin soul to collect incense.

"This bald man is not dead, he has obviously suffered the curse of heaven, the idol has collapsed, and the yin soul has been frustrated, but he didn't expect that at this time, he would still confuse the crowd with evil words, gather pilgrims, and want to re-follow the divine path. Li Xiuyuan was furious when he saw this.

It's okay for this person to take the opportunity to confuse the people, but it's still at this time.

Now that the flood is coming, these people are looking for death if they stay here.

Immediately, Li Xiuyuan rushed down the city wall and shouted: "You bald man still dare to bewitch the people here, now that the flood is coming, what are your intentions in gathering the people here?"

When the bald Dao man saw Li Xiuyuan, his face was immediately frightened, but then he relied on the breeze to see that there were so many believers and pilgrims in front of him. But he said, "This person is disrespectful to the god of all spirits, and will provoke the wrath of the god of all spirits, and drive this person away quickly, otherwise there will be a great calamity." ”

"Dao Chief, why are you still standing here, don't leave quickly, if you anger the God of All Spirits, it won't be good. ”

"Yes, this scholar, how can you scold the Daoist for beguiling the public, the Daoist is a master with mana. ”

"Scholar, we worship the gods, what do you have to do, you don't want to mess around here, leave quickly. ”

The nearby pilgrims were immediately instigated, and drove Li Xiuyuan away with a word.

If it weren't for Li Xiuyuan's scholarly dress, maybe his attitude would have been even worse.

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand things, I won't blame you, but I won't forgive those who lie and deceive people. ”

Li Xiuyuan glanced at the people nearby, and suddenly, he took out a big bow from behind his robe.

This is his golden goose bow.

The big bow opened, and Li Xiuyuan took the arrow, aiming it at the bald man on the high platform with murderous intent.

The bald man was shocked when he saw this, and thought that this was just a scholar, and he was not afraid, but he didn't expect to bring a weapon with him.

"Huh~!"

He couldn't help but be surprised, Li Xiuyuan shot an arrow, accompanied by the roar of the arrow, and accurately shot through the head of the bald man, nailing his whole person to the wall pillar of Qingfeng Temple.

"Uh~!"

The bald man's eyes widened, his face was full of fear, as if he didn't expect that this scholar would really dare to kill him, but now he didn't give him time to regret it.

If you are shot through the head, no matter how advanced and profound the Taoist is, you will die, not to mention that this Taoist will damage the bald Taoist people.

Li Xiuyuan shouted: "The God of All Spirits can't even protect him, how can he protect you, the flood is coming, if you burn incense and pray here again, you are waiting for death, don't hurry up and flee." ”

When all the people saw this scene at this moment, they were all frightened.

Li Xiuyuan didn't bother to say more to them, put away the golden goose bow, and strode away.

He has done everything he can do now, as for whether he can save them or not, Li Xiuyuan can't care so much now.

"I remember, this scholar seems to be the scholar who talked to the Dragon King of Wujiang on the treasure temple a few days ago, the Dragon King of Wujiang said that he is a saint in the world, and his status is noble, what he said should not be false. ”

"Speaking of which, I also heard people on the way here that the flood is coming, and Guo Beicheng is about to be flooded, is it true? ”

"Whether it's true or not, let's avoid it quickly, it's been raining for so many days, maybe the flood is really coming. ”

After Li Xiuyuan left, these people talked a lot, talking and talking, and the crowd quickly dispersed.

"Boom ......"

Just as the people were fleeing, suddenly the rumbling roar of thousands of troops and horses was heard in the distance in the north.