Liaozhai Great Sage

"We two brothers passed by Wujiang Town when we came back, and the water has already flooded the street and entered the houses." The black-faced Yin soldier thought for a while and said.

"How many houses have been flooded?"

"Waist-high."

The Eight Great Kings made a calculation in their minds, and stretched out their heads to look at the sky outside. Although the sky outside was dark, it was because of the rain, and it was almost the time of day.

"With this amount of water, the flood will reach Guobei City before noon."

"So there are still two hours left." Li Xiuyuan said.

The Eighth King shook his head and said: "No, that's not how it is calculated. It's only one hour. Although there is not much water in the upper reaches, it will continue to accumulate power all the way down. After an hour, the big water will become The flood is raging, and even if the flood does not reach Guobei City by then, it will be too late, and one hour is not enough to take refuge in a safe place."

Li Xiuyuan understood what the Eight Great Kings meant.

Although the flood didn't arrive until two hours later, you would have no chance to take refuge after one hour, because you couldn't outrun the flood at all.

"Eldest young master, it's better to take refuge as soon as possible without delay." The two Yin soldiers immediately cupped their hands.

Li Xiuyuan was silent, he didn't have the urge to take refuge immediately before the catastrophe came, on the contrary, he wanted to vent his killing intent.

This killing intent was aimed at the Wujiang Dragon King.

If the Dragon King of Wujiang hadn't acted so recklessly, how could such a catastrophe have come.

But right now, Li Xiuyuan knew it was not time to waste, he looked at the two Yin soldiers and said: "We may be the only ones in the whole Guobei City who know that the flood is coming, and now there is still an hour to go, you guys The two went to the City God's Temple to find the City God, asked him to entrust a dream to the people of the whole city, and informed the people to take refuge."

"Eldest young master, the younger one has been to the City God Temple before, but the Lord City God has been hiding in the statue and has not shown up. I don't know why." The blue-faced Yin Soldier said.

"What, there is such a thing?" Li Xiuyuan was furious.

"Yes, it is."

Li Xiuyuan gritted his teeth and said, "None of these goddamn gods can be relied upon in critical times. Go and inform the people in the city as much as you can, and let them take refuge. As for the city god, I will turn to him to settle the score."

"Yes, young master."

The two Yin soldiers responded and left immediately.

However, it is not known how many people can be notified and how much effect can be achieved with the power of these two Yin soldiers.

It's just that right now, Li Xiuyuan feels that he can do as many things as he can.

At this moment, he strode out of the study and came to the bedroom, woke up the two servant girls, Xiaodie and Du Chunhua, and then summoned the guards who had not slept for a long time.

"I don't have time to explain. Guo Beicheng will be submerged in the flood soon. You go to the Escort Bureau to inform the others to evacuate quickly. The rest of you immediately escort Xiaodie and Du Chunhua to Wangchuan Mountain. Wu Fei's place is high and will not be submerged by water, so you go there to take refuge."

"No, it's not right, young master, there's going to be a flood here." The guards were shocked.

Even Xiaodie and Du Chunhua beside them also turned pale with fright.

Li Xiuyuan nodded solemnly: "Could it be that I will lie to you about this matter, act immediately, you only have one hour, after an hour, don't leave the city before you leave the city, run to the city wall, Guobei City Wall Tall, not to be submerged in the flood.”

"Yes, young master."

All the guards were startled at this moment, they woke up from their doze, and hurriedly acted.

Even Lu Bo's hands and feet became nimble all of a sudden, and after giving a salute, he immediately ran out of the mansion.

After a while, the guards came back with their horses.

"Master, let's go."

Li Xiuyuan said: "You take Xiaodie and Du Chunhua away, and I will stay here."

"Master, the flood is coming, what are you doing here?" The guard was startled.

"Of course I have my plan, you guys leave quickly." Li Xiuyuan said.

"Master, this flood is so dangerous, what are you doing here, go with your servant." Xiaodie was about to burst into tears.

Du Chunhua next to her was also grabbing her young master's arm, looking anxious.

Li Xiuyuan said: "I stay here because I still have things to do."

"But……"

At this time, the Eight Great Kings crawled over and said, "Don't worry, you can leave. Mr. Li is here with me. Although my morals are damaged, it is not a problem to protect a person when the flood comes."

"Take them away." Li Xiuyuan said.

The guards gritted their teeth and said, "You two girls, I've offended you."

After speaking, he forcibly took the two away, regardless of how they cried and struggled.

They knew very well that even though Xiaodie and Du Chunhua were maidservants on the surface, they would actually be the female relatives in the eldest and young master's room from now on, so they had to be taken care of.

Chapter 168 Refuge

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

There was a rush of gongs coming from the streets of Guo Beicheng early in the morning, and with the sound of gongs, there was a loud voice echoing: "Everyone, run away, the flood is coming, the flood is coming... ..."

The sound sounded not only from one place, but also from all directions in the city.

These people are men from the city's security bureau, they ride fast horses and beat gongs to run around the city.

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

"Mr. Li, the effect of sending someone to notify you is not very effective. The people don't really believe in the flood. Few people actually escaped. After all, since Guo Beicheng was built, there has never been a record of being submerged by a flood. Some people believe that the flood is coming back, but there is no sign of the flood now, and it is impossible for them to act within half an hour."

The Eight Great Kings next to him prostrated themselves, stretched out their heads to take a look, and said.

Li Xiuyuan closed his eyes and said slowly: "Yes, you are right, so I sent someone to inform the magistrate. If the people from the government are willing to come forward, the people will definitely believe the flood."

The people in ancient times were like this. They were very wary of outsiders, but they would blindly trust the government.

As long as the government comes forward, many things will be easy to handle.

At this time, a guard came on horseback and came under the city wall and shouted: "Eldest young master, I have not found the magistrate. The servants of the yamen said that the magistrate had already left Guo Beicheng yesterday."

"What, the magistrate has left?" Li Xiuyuan's face froze slightly.

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

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

The Eight Great Kings said: "Since ancient times, the protection of ghosts and gods has been indispensable for officials. Officials who can sit in the position of magistrates always have many ghosts and gods to help them before a disaster strikes. At that moment, he had already left Guo Beicheng."