I Became the Older Brother of the Heroine in an Abusive Novel

Jun Huailang pushed him a few times but did not push him away.

He couldn't help but sighed softly, then raised his hand and patted Xue Yan's shoulder.

The two were so close that he could feel the person holding him so tightly that he could hear the heartbeat like a drum beating.

His arms were shaking, his breathing was trembling, and he was dripping wet.It is clear that such a big man hugs himself tightly, but it seems that he is the one who has been wronged.

It was as if the vicious one just now wasn't him.

Even though Jun Huailang made up his mind to cut off the idea of ​​being with him, but at this moment he still couldn't help but feel soft-hearted, even though he wanted to push him away, he couldn't exert any strength.

"...well," he said. "fine."

Xue Yan didn't say anything, but he didn't let go.

Only he himself knew how dangerous the situation was when he arrived.

He left the city with Duke Yongning early in the morning, Duan Shishi also accompanied him, only a small group of Jinyiwei remained in the city.

Not long after leaving the city, the car got stuck on the road outside the city, and the guards of the group were busy pushing the car again.After finally getting back on the road, Jin Yiwei rushed over, saying that the dam in the north of the city had collapsed, flooding the northern part of Jinling.

As soon as Xue Yan thought about it, he knew that there must be something strange about this matter.

The dam just happened to collapse when they were not in the city. Although Xue Yan did not understand the water conservancy project, he also knew that the prefect of Shen would not be so unreliable.Among them, someone must have moved behind his back.

But Xue Yan couldn't take care of that much, only Jun Huailang was left in his mind.

Jun Huailang is in the academy, which happens to be the extreme north of Jinling City.After the dam collapses, there will be floods and refugees, none of them are in the city, only Jun Huailang himself is there.

Without waiting for Magistrate Shen and Duke Yongning to make a decision, he got out of the carriage, led the Jinyi guards and galloped all the way back to Jinling City.

The road was extremely difficult, but he did not slow down at all. One or two Jin Yiwei, who were excellent in riding skills, tripped over their horses and fell on the road.

He hurried all the way back to the academy like this.

From a distance, he saw a large group of people gathered around the entrance of the academy, all of them were lively men, who seemed to be taking the opportunity to make trouble.

Xue Yan was only concerned with telling Duan Shishi what was going on at the door, before he even got to the academy, he stepped on his horse, flew past the crowd at the door, and jumped onto the wall.

I saw someone holding a sword and stabbing at Jun Huailang.

That cold light flashed Xue Yan's eyes so painfully, and made his mind go blank, all rationality and thinking didn't work.

He just wanted to kill, to kill that man alive with a knife.

Thinking of this, Xue Yan twitched his nostrils lightly, and hugged Jun Huailang tighter.

Jun Huailang patted his back lightly.

Xue Yan seemed to have come to his senses, and said in a low voice, "You go home."

Jun Huailang was puzzled.

I heard him continue to say: "Go home and stay, don't go anywhere. I will send all the people to your yard, and no one can touch you."

Jun Huailang naturally wouldn't listen to him.

After Xue Yan came back to his senses, he raised his hand and pushed him, separating the two.

Jin Bao, who was standing far away and hiding, saw that the two had finally finished hugging for a long time, so he held an umbrella with great winking, and ran to hand it to his master.

As for why not hold two?Of course, there are as many umbrellas as you need, but why do two people who are good at each other have to open umbrellas separately?

Jin Bao handed over the umbrella and said, "Master, the carriage is at the door."

Xue Yan nodded, and Jin Bao quickly backed away.

"I'll take you home in a while." Xue Yan opened the umbrella and put it on top of Jun Huailang's head, and said.

Jun Huailang said, "I still have things to do."

He had seen the leader of the thief today. Since this person was in charge of road construction that day, and today he gathered people here to harm people, he must have something to do with the collapse of the embankment.

Even if he didn't do it, if he arrived at the first time, he must know the inside story.

What's more, this dam collapsed as soon as it said it would, even at a different time from the previous life.The weather cannot be changed, but people can. If the dam collapses, someone must do it.

He wants to find evidence and traces.

Xue Yan asked, "Anything else?"

Jun Huailang said truthfully: "There is something strange about the collapse of the dam, I'm going to interrogate the leader of the first trial."

Xue Yan said without hesitation, "I will interrogate."

Jun Huailang's voice was not loud, but he was extremely firm: "No, there are some things that I must ask him personally."

Having said that, he paused and asked, "Is the north of the city flooded?"

Xue Yan asked, "Why do you ask this?"

Jun Huailang said: "Before the interrogation, I have to go to the river embankment first."

Xue Yan frowned immediately.

"The dam has collapsed, you still want to go?"

Jun Huailang said: "It won't all collapse. The embankment is built high, so it won't be submerged by water. What's more, the collapse is probably man-made, and the rest of the place is solid. Going at this time is to collect evidence. If the embankment is washed away for a few more days, it may erode and damage the evidence."

He needs to ascertain the evidence as soon as possible, so as to obtain the confession of the thief leader.After all, the evidence made of stone can't last long under the washing of the river, but the confession can.

But I heard Xue Yan say: "Since I think it's man-made, I don't need to investigate. It doesn't matter if there is evidence or not, just interrogate."

Jun Huailang raised his eyebrows: "How can this be done? To submit the records of the case to His Majesty, the actual evidence must be written in. Naturally, guesswork is not enough."

But Xue Yan said, "You got caught in the rain."

Jun Huailang was puzzled.

I heard Xue Yan go on to say: "You will have a fever. And the side of the embankment is not safe, so you are not allowed to go."

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Jun Huailang still managed to go to the river embankment in the north of the city.

But in exchange, he had to go back to the mansion and change into a clean robe, and Xue Yan would follow him to go together.

Jun Huailang didn't want to, but Xue Yan was in a stalemate with him and refused to leave.

Jun Huailang has always been unable to resist Xue Yan's cheating, so he finally had to compromise and ride with him, starting from the unflooded west city gate, going up the river embankment from the unflooded place, all the way to the east.

Along the way, many displaced people were already hiding under the eaves on the side of the road with their rescued luggage, young and old.

In the heavy rain around, we could hear mournful cries.

Contrary to the fleeing direction of the refugees, there are already teams of officers and soldiers heading north, presumably sent by the prefect Shen to rescue people.The dam collapsed so suddenly that many people had no time to escape. Now it seems that the casualties were not small.

Jun Huailang gradually clenched his hands on his knees.

They want to crush officials, form cliques for personal gain, and fight freely in court, but they want to use such low-handed means to kill many innocent people and families for the power in their hands.

At this moment, Xue Yan spoke.

"Jinbao," he said.

Jinbao outside the car quickly responded: "Master, please order."

"If you have any spare money on hand, take it yourself and ask Shen Zexun to find an open space in the south of the city and build a tent to house the refugees," he said.

Jun Huailang was taken aback.

Shen Zexun is the name of Shen Zhifu.

He looked at Xue Yan, and saw that Xue Yan was also looking at him.

Then, Xue Yan forcibly pulled up his hand on his knee, and separated the tightly clenched fingers one by one.

"What are you worrying about, just say it directly." Xue Yan said lightly. "There's nothing I can't fix."

It was only then that Jun Huailang noticed that the palm of his hand had already been crushed by his nails.

He was speechless.

The two of them took the car all the way to the embankment from outside the west city.The embankment was built wide enough for carriages to walk on it. They walked east all the way, and they could see the collapsed place from a distance.

There was a big gap, and the turbulent river rushed out from there, like a beast that had broken free from its cage, and rushed into Jinling City.

The dam is high, and from a distance, you can see a small piece of city that has been flooded into a pool.Houses and pavilions are slightly exposed on the water, and some weak houses have been washed away, and various objects are floating on the water, in a mess.

In the previous life, Jun Huailang only saw a few descriptions of the flood by the historian in the file.

[The Jinling River Dam collapsed, destroying half of the city, and tens of thousands of people were displaced. 】

Jun Huailang's lips tightened involuntarily.

The carriage stopped slowly not far from the gap, Xue Yan got out of the carriage first, and picked up Jun Huailang while holding an umbrella.

When they came close, Jun Huailang bent down and saw the river rushing through the remnants of the embankment.

Xue Yan pulled him back: "Be careful, don't stand too close."

Jun Huailang had no choice but to step back a little.

He looked down carefully, and he really saw something strange about the broken part of the embankment.

It is said that the collapse of the embankment is caused by the river water. Even if the damage is on the inside, the river water will invade from the outside, and the break is from the outside to the inside.

But the cracks in this embankment are clearly from the inside out, and there are obvious signs of being damaged and excavated.

Jun Huailang took a look outside.

The inside of the collapsed place is surprisingly the official road built a few days ago.At the moment, there are still some wood tarpaulins floating on the river, which were not transported away from the road construction site.

...His guess was right.

He asked Jinbao for a pen and paper, and recorded the damage in detail by the embankment, and also drew the pattern of the damage.

As soon as he got to work, he forgot everything else.Xue Yan stood beside him quietly, holding an umbrella for him, blocking all the big fish that were pouring for him.

It wasn't until Jun Huailang finished drawing the material that he rubbed his sore neck and stood up.

Only then did he notice that Xue Yan beside him had been standing still.The oil-paper umbrella fell over his head, but half of Xue Yan's shoulder was drenched.

"you……"

Before Jun Huailang could speak, Xue Yan naturally took the blueprint in his hand.

"Fixed?" he asked. "Get in the car when you're done."

With that said, he led Jun Huailang to the car.

Jun Huailang followed him into the car, and as soon as he opened the curtain, he felt the warmth and the fragrance of tea blowing from the car.

He had been drenched in the rain for a long time today, and he had lost consciousness for a long time. Only now did he suddenly realize that he was already freezing all over his body.

Jin Bao, who was holding the curtain next to him, added fuel and vinegar: "Your Highness, I don't know, just now, the prince ordered the slaves to make tea for warming up, so I'm afraid that His Royal Highness will get sick from the cold!"

Xue Yan glanced at Jinbao, Jinbao put down the car curtain knowingly, and retreated.

Jun Huailang looked at Xue Yan, and saw him sitting down as if nothing had happened, and began to pour tea for him.

The warm air from the small tea stove gradually warmed Jun Huailang's frozen bones.

It also made his heart shake uncontrollably, shaking violently.

Jun Huailang spoke involuntarily, as if blaming himself, and said softly: "...I can't be with you."

Xue Yan looked up at him.

The next moment, a warm teacup was placed by his hand.

"I forced you to be with me?" Xue Yan leaned back slowly, raised one lip, and said.

"I didn't let you stay with me, let you drink tea."