reincarnated as emperor [rebirth]

Chapter 21. Flood

After being eaten tofu in the bathroom, Ling Qiu came out blushing, and glared at Huangfu Yunzheng who was following behind. Although he didn't do that, the hickey marks on his neck and chest couldn't be covered by anything.

Back on the bed, he nestled into the quilt first, grabbed the corner of the quilt and watched Huangfu Yunzheng approach, and then, the quilt was lifted, he lay down, stretched out his long arms, and pulled himself into his arms.

Leaning on his warm and broad chest, Ling Qiu only felt relieved. He raised his eyes to meet Huangfu Yunzheng's gentle gaze, rested his head on his shoulder, and closed his eyes in peace.

In the morning of the next day, Huangfu Yunzheng woke up first, looking at Ling Qiu who was sleeping peacefully in his arms, he suddenly felt bad, stretched out his hands to knead the roots of his ears, and gently stroked his face. But, staying on the soft lips, he stared at those lips for a long time, leaned over to peck, and smiled contentedly.

Ling Qiu fell asleep in a daze, and suddenly felt as if someone was touching his face, the slightly callused palm was dry and warm, he opened his eyes half asleep, and looked at Huangfu Yunzheng's smiling face, helplessly. He pursed his lips and said, "Morning."

"Morning." Huangfu Yunzheng raised the corners of his lips, and placed another kiss on the lips of the man in his arms. He tightened his arms, hugged him even tighter, lowered his head and rubbed against his neck affectionately, for a while Passionate, and left a few hickeys.

Sensing the movement of the person in front of him, Ling Qiu blushed, and let him touch his neck. After a while, he stretched out his hand to push him away and sat up, "Yun Zheng, you should go!" It's up."

"I know." Huangfu Yunzheng nodded, and sat up with him, soon some palace servants came in to help him dress and wash, he looked back at Ling Qiu who was still sitting on the bed, and said goodbye to him.

Walking out of the hall, the fresh air in the morning stimulated his nerves and made him wake up immediately. He walked slowly into the hall, sat down on the dragon chair, and signaled the palace people beside him to start the morning morning.

At the beginning, it was still some unimportant things. Huangfu Yunzheng sat on a high place and yawned boredly, thinking that these ministers are really looking for trouble for nothing. Another trivial matter.

He yawned again, he began to miss Ling Qiu, and wanted to go back to accompany him earlier, when he was thinking, he saw a person running in outside, shouting: "Report!" The person rushed to the center of the hall and knelt down hastily Down.

"What's the matter?" Huangfu Yunzheng looked at the man's face, and felt something happened in his heart, so he asked quickly.

"Your Majesty, Pingzhou is flooded and the houses downstream have been submerged. Please send someone to take care of it." The man replied loudly, with eagerness and pleading in his eyes.

"What?" Hearing the man's words, Huangfu Yunzheng was taken aback. It's the beginning of spring now. He remembered that the dam in Pingzhou had just been built two years ago. Logically speaking, there would be no major incidents. Why did it suddenly happen? Flood?

With a flash of thought, he raised his eyes to look at Shen Fang, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry standing below, and immediately ordered: "Shen Fang, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, immediately take people to Pingzhou to control the floods, and ensure the safety of the people. people report."

"I obey the order." Shen Fang stood up after hearing the words, and bowed his head to accept the order. After returning to the original place, he stroked his chest and suppressed the discomfort in his chest. Maybe he was really old and gradually felt a little powerless.

After going down to court, Huangfu Yunzheng hurried back to the imperial study, just in time Ling Qiu brought him a pot of tea, he looked at him with puzzled eyes, and told in a deep voice what happened earlier.

After he finished speaking, Ling Qiu opened his eyes wide with astonishment, and thought carefully in his heart. He remembered that his father once said that the dam in Pingzhou was only built in recent years, and it stands to reason that there should be no floods again. Yes, why did this happen?

Obviously, the two had the same thoughts, and Huangfu Yunzheng also expressed doubts about this matter. He sat on the chair and looked at the presented memorial, feeling inexplicably agitated.

Let’s say that after Shen Fang, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, took the order, he had no time to go back to the house to pack more things, so he set off for Pingzhou. After a few days, he arrived at Pingzhou, and went to the embankment to check without saying a word. His attention.

It was a gap, which was obviously not washed away by the flood, but blasted away. The gravel was still in place, and there were scorched black marks on the embankment, which were obviously left when the explosives ignited.

Shen Fang didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately sent someone to report the matter to the emperor, and then went to the downstream to check whether all the people had left safely, the flood was still going on, there must be no more people left there, thinking so he quickened his pace.

Besides, the news reached Huangfu Yunzheng's ears very quickly. He raised his brows in surprise, and a thought flashed through his mind. He intuitively felt that this matter must have something to do with Du Yi, but he had no evidence to prove that it was her. made.

Her family members have already been monitored by him, and it stands to reason that there would be no such action, unless... Huangfu Yunzheng's eyes widened suddenly, unless Liu He did it!Not a member of the Du family!

But now he doesn't know where Liu He is. Du Yi seems to know about his surveillance of her family, so she is extremely careful in contact with Liu He, so that he didn't find Liu He's hiding place, but he has a lot of patience , I am not afraid that Liu He will not show up!

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Pingzhou was swept away by the flood, all the houses were uninhabitable, and many roads had been flooded, so Shen Fang had no choice but to evacuate to a place with higher ground.

With the migration problem solved, there are more challenges ahead.At this moment, the people are queuing up to get food, their homes are flooded, and the food cannot be taken away, so the people are miserable.

The long queue lined up from the street to the end of the street. Everyone's face was full of helplessness. Shen Fang led people through the queue and couldn't help sighing. He walked to the end of the queue, and several people were distributing The food, these are all the food in stock in Pingzhou Prefecture, and voluntary donations from some wealthy businessmen, but no amount of food can withstand the crowds, so we still have to find a way to get the court to send food over.

Shen Fang was walking when suddenly a child ran up to him and looked at him with round eyes. Immediately afterwards, the child's small mouth was flattened, and he was about to cry. Tears overflowed from his eyes, and he stretched out his dirty Drying his little hands, he asked softly, "My lord, Mother said you would help us, right?"

He was taken aback, nodded subconsciously, knelt down and looked at the child at the same level, looked at him with gentle eyes, and replied softly: "Your mother is right, the flood will be resolved, don't worry."

Hearing the words, the child's eyes lit up, he grinned, nodded again and again, and went back to find his mother bouncing back and forth. Shen Fang watched him return to a young woman, the pressure in his heart became heavier, and his body suddenly Feeling uncontrollably uncomfortable, he stroked his chest lightly and coughed softly.

At the same time, in the palace.

"What did you say?" Huangfu Yunzheng asked sharply. The secret envoy in the prison hanged himself. He wanted to keep him so that he could confront Du Yi in the future, but he didn't expect that he couldn't stand the prison. Depressed, hanged himself.

Waving Feng Yang to go down, he sat down distractedly, clenched his right hand into a fist, and knocked hard on the table, making a loud noise. He narrowed his eyes and gritted his teeth.

"Yun Zheng, don't worry, he's the one who died, there are others." Ling Qiu stood not far from him, seeing his angry face, couldn't help walking over, putting his hand on his shoulder, comforted.Although the secret envoy died, fortunately, there was already a lot of news that should be obtained. If Du Yi was really going to be killed, he would not be missing.

After thinking about it carefully, Huangfu Yunzheng felt that what Ling Qiu said made sense, and the anger in his heart subsided a little, he calmed down and thought carefully, and he had a calculation in his heart.

Let's say that Shen Fang was in Pingzhou, the heavy pressure made him feel increasingly uncomfortable, and finally one day, he was bedridden, the news spread to the palace through many people.

There was no other way, Huangfu Yunzheng had no choice but to send another person to go again. At this moment, Ling Qiu hurried in from the door, met his gaze, and begged: "Your Majesty, please allow me to go."

Ling Qiu heard the news of his father's illness and was very worried, so he wanted to go and see for himself. In addition, his father taught him about flood control when he was a child, and he also wanted to see if he could help.The more important reason was that he didn't want to stay in the palace all the time, and hoped to have a place to show his hands and feet, so that the courtiers and people of Dongcang Kingdom would know that Shen Lingqiu was not just showing off.

Huangfu Yunzheng naturally understood what he was thinking, he wanted to refuse at first, but when he saw Ling Qiu's pleading eyes, he found that he couldn't bear it, anyway, letting him stay in the palace all this time was wronging him, making him It's good for him to go out and display his ambitions.

"Zhong Aiqing, I will leave my queen to you. You have to watch him carefully." After thinking for a long time, Huangfu Yunzheng sighed softly, and agreed to his request. If he didn't want to sit in the court, he would also want to follow Ling Qiu went together to ensure his safety, but he believed in his ability and believed that he could come back safe and sound.

"Your minister must do his best, and he will never hesitate to die." Zhong Lisheng bowed his head in response, and slowly withdrew from the hall.

The next day, when Zhong Lisheng and the others were about to leave, Huangfu Yunzheng looked at Ling Qiu's back and couldn't help but go over and hold his hand and walk aside, what to do, Ling Qiu hasn't left yet, he has already begun to regret agreeing to him!

Seeing him like this, Ling Qiu roughly understood in his heart. He put his arms around the waist of the person in front of him, leaned his face against his chest, and patted his shoulder again, with determination in his eyes, "Don't worry, I will protect myself well." , don’t you believe me? Besides, you have arranged so many shadow guards to follow me, so what can happen.”

After thinking about it, Huangfu Yunzheng still felt uneasy, so he arranged many shadow guards to follow him secretly. He wanted to hide it from him, but he didn't expect to find out.

Smiling awkwardly, he put his arms around the person in front of him, helped him fasten his belt, and while no one was paying attention, lowered his head and kissed him on the lips, then stood where he was, watching him leave reluctantly.

After everyone left, Huangfu Yunzheng returned to the imperial study room. As soon as Ling Qiu left, he instantly felt as if there was a void in his heart, and he was listless and depressed in everything he did.

However, he should give his Ling Qiu full trust, shouldn't he?