Placid Chang'an

The mountain road is really rugged, with cliffs right next to the road, the widest part is only ten feet, and the narrowest part can only allow a person and a horse to pass by.The mountain road was slippery, and he staggered if he was not careful, and the horse refused to go half way. Su Cen found a piece of clothing and tore it up, and wrapped it around the four horses' hooves, so that he could move forward again.

On a cliff, the rock collapsed and was several feet wide. It would take too much time to go back. Su Cen gritted his teeth, raised his whip and urged his horse, and jumped with all his strength. When he landed, he was only a few inches away from the edge of the cliff.

Qu Ling'er and an official also came over steadily, but when the other official came over, something happened. He had already arrived here, but he slipped down because of the broken cliff. However, the horse fell into the abyss and died instantly.

After the official was pulled up, his trousers were wet, and he sat on the ground for a long time before he recovered.

Su Cen felt sorry and hurried on his way, so he decided to leave the two of them here to rest for a while before leaving. When the time comes, Xuzhou City will be reunited. When they return, they will be rewarded for their merits. Naturally, he will not make things difficult on purpose.

The official who was sitting paralyzed on the ground stood up and shook his head. Anyway, it has come to this point, and there is no turning back. There is still a support for walking together.

So Su Cen and Qu Ling'er took a horse, allocated one to the official, and started on their way without stopping.

The walk further back was a bit wider, and there were already people. Su Cen looked at the flooded fields at the foot of the mountain and the houses with only roofs left. He couldn't help frowning, and asked the two officials, "What is that place?"

An official rushed forward and said: "That is the Cao village where the breach began. The north flow was cut off, causing the river to move south and destroying countless farmland. The village was basically destroyed. Even if the flood went down, the houses were soaked for so many days. There is no way to live anymore.”

Su Cen asked again: "It looks like there are a hundred people in this village, where are the villagers going?"

The official scratched his head: "I don't know about that."

Su Cen nodded: "Remember to report truthfully when you go back. There must be no less than a penny of the relief money that should be given, and it must be handed over to the villagers."

The official nodded in agreement, feeling a little more fond of this young imperial envoy in his heart. In recent years, there have been fierce party disputes in the court, and there have been bloody fights over money and power, but very few people are willing to really do things for the people. few.They are small officials, and they can't get much benefit, but they are used to seeing how their immediate superiors fill their private pockets. When they first saw such a person like a clear spring, they couldn't get there, but they yearned for him, even after eating rotten dry food for several days. It doesn't feel so hard to swallow anymore.

Just as he was in a trance, he suddenly heard a bang. Before he realized what happened, he heard Su Cen yell, "Back!"

When he raised his head again, he was immediately stunned on the spot!

The rolling sand and stones are rushing down directly above, obviously soaked in rainwater for too long, the rocks are loose, and a landslide has occurred!

The horse was frightened, let out a long cry, and fled in all directions.The muddy water engulfed the rocks, with an aura of annihilating everything, covering everyone in an instant.

In a panic, Qu Ling'er only felt that someone pushed her, and she fell off the horse, hitting her head hard on the stone wall, but she also escaped the impact.

In the next moment, he saw his brother Su being washed down the cliff with man and horse!

Sixty miles away, Xuzhou City

Ships shuttled back and forth to search and rescue people who might have survived. Although the houses were collapsed and devastated, there was no scene of mourning.

It was the second day of July when Li Shi arrived in Xuzhou. He only glanced at the water outside the city wall, and without saying a word, he ordered the transfer of the people in the city and temporarily evacuated them to Qifeng Mountain outside the city.

Thanks to Prince Ning's foresight, the Yellow River broke through on the night of the fourth day of July. Fortunately, there were not many casualties. Most of the people were transferred to Qifeng Mountain. Only a small number of old people still stubbornly defended and refused to evacuate.

When the river burst, Li Shi was trying to persuade those people in the city.

What Su Cen said was true, Prince Ning would not leave unless he watched the last person escape.

At the critical moment, Li Shi led all the people in the city who had not yet evacuated to the highland stage in the city. Almost at the moment when they climbed up the tower, the flood flooded into the city and submerged the entire Xuzhou city in an instant.

By the time Xuzhou Inspector Liang Fang sent a boat over, it was already the afternoon of the second day, and the letter with the flood breach and Prince Ning's whereabouts missing had already been sent out.

Thousands of miles away, Li Shi has nothing to do, he is not worried in court, even if there is a moment of chaos, he will settle down again after knowing that he is fine.

It was the man he was worried about.

Originally, he left Beijing without saying hello, that person must have been angry, and with this incident, he really didn't expect Su Cen's reaction.

Su Cen has never let him down in his work, but it is exactly the same, time and time again he puts himself in danger, disregarding life and death, and his body is covered in bruises.

If I had known this before, I should have cleaned up the person the night before leaving, whether it was intimidation or temptation, and made people swear to the sky that they would never leave Chang'an City.If it doesn't work, it's good to make people unable to get out of bed for ten days and a half months.

Li Shiruo sighed nonchalantly, aware of someone coming in, put away his reverie, and looked at the person coming.

This is a temporary palace on Qifeng Mountain. It seems that it was built by the former Emperor Daye when he was in power. Because of this, although this palace has never visited an emperor, it is extremely luxurious, and it can even be regarded as a palace. A scene in Xuzhou.It is also thanks to Emperor Daye's extravagant|excessive demeanor that the people of Xuzhou will not live in the open and live in the wilderness.

The people's fat and people's anointing are taken from the people, and now they belong to the people, which can be regarded as the best use of everything.

The person who came was Qi Lin, who had just finished counting the personnel and materials in the palace, and came to report: "There are [-] shi of grain stored in the palace, plus the [-] shi of grain transported from Xuzhou, enough for the people here to eat for a month."

"It's not enough," Li Shi said, "we have to make long-term plans. If the flood doesn't subside after January, these [-] people can't just go hungry like this. Order to collect food from Huaibei, Suzhou, Jiangnan and other places, and at the same time prepare Cotton clothes and quilts, there should be no one in Xuzhou City, expand the scope of search and rescue, and bring all the people who are in distress from the places affected by the flood, and find a way if the place is not enough, but you can’t give up any innocent people.” Touching hands. The wrench on the top nodded slightly, "Go."

Qi Lin took the order, but stood in a stalemate for a while, and finally said: "I just received a letter from Chen Ling, saying that Mr. Su and Ling'er have left Beijing, and they are ordered by the little emperor to come and investigate the dam in Xuzhou. thing."

As soon as Li Shi stopped moving his hands, his heart tightened for no reason.Looking at the vast ocean in Xuzhou city in the distance, he said after a long time, "I see."

The rain was still falling, and Su Cen woke up from the pain at first. There was no pain anywhere in her body, as if she had been torn apart.His mouth was full of gravel, and he didn't dare to move after coughing twice. Looking around, he was now on a tall mountain pine growing wildly on the cliff. Every time he moved, the branches trembled wildly. It will break in no time.

What the abbot of Caotang Temple said was true, he was really out of breath at this time, and it was rare that a landslide appeared on top of his head, the weather was not good, so where would he go to reason.

He tried to move his arms and legs carefully, but he still felt all of them. They should still be there, but they all hurt so badly that he couldn't tell which was the most painful place for a while.

After thinking about it, forget it, just hanging on the mountainside like this, he can’t climb and chisel the wall like a monkey, so what can he do with all his arms and legs, in the end, starving to death would be better than falling to death at the beginning It's a pleasure to come.

Su Cen half-closed her eyes and let the rain wash over her, just thinking that she couldn't see that person for the last time when she was dying, she couldn't help feeling a little regretful.

But he was too tired, maybe he had exhausted his energy from running around for days, or he had already lost his soul when he learned that Li Shi's life and death were uncertain, and it was already the limit to support here with one breath.He had been chasing that man since he entered Chang'an City, and now he finally couldn't chase him anymore.

It is no regret to die in this place with you.

It was rare for Su Cen to have a sweet dream. In the dream, the night was warm and the tent was warm. He leaned on the man's chest and told about his experiences along the way.Speaking of him being washed off the cliff, the handsome man frowned, raised his chin and stared at him with a pair of deep eyes.

Those eyes saw him so thoroughly, how dare he look at them, and hid in the man's arms with a smile: "I'm tired, I'm going to sleep."

The man sighed, "You are asleep, how can I sleep in the future?"

He smelled the increasingly heavy sandalwood scent from the man, first he gritted his teeth, and the bitterness entered his throat, followed by the man's seemingly absent touch, finally he choked up and cried out.

But what can he do...he doesn't want to die either, he also wants to continue to make soothing incense for that person, and sleep in his arms day by day...but what can he do...what can he do ...

"Don't be afraid, Zixu is not afraid," the man pressed a cold kiss on his head, "I'll send someone to rescue you."

Su Cen vaguely seemed to hear something, struggled for a long time before shaking his eyes full of water vapor, and two small heads came into view, one of them said happily: "Brother Huzi, this person is still Live!"