The Reborn Noble Daughter

Chapter 389 389. Earthquake

He was sweating profusely, and even his somewhat round figure looked much thinner.

He looked in a hurry, and it looked like he had just come back from outside.

Xu Lin drove the horse forward, then jumped off the horse and stood in front of Wen Zhonghe, and then showed the token of Ding Wangfu.

Wen Zhonghe was startled and immediately looked towards the group of people.

I saw the leader of the man. Although his face was plain and not what he had seen before, he could tell who he was by looking at his aura.

As for who was following him, he didn't know, and he didn't bother to ask more questions at the moment.

He immediately walked over quickly and bowed in front of King Ding's horse.

But he didn't address him. Since he came in disguise, he naturally didn't want others to know his identity.

So he adopted his previous pseudonym, He Fang, and spoke.

"Mr. He came all the way, is it because of the flood?"

"Well, how is Master Wen handling it?"

"There are so many things, please give me some help from Mr. He, and we will explain them in detail."

Then he ordered the servants behind him to go back to Wen's house to prepare food and a private room. Since they were here, they would naturally not live anywhere else.

Living in Wenfu is a matter of course.

After entering the government office, Wen Zhonghe ordered people to serve tea, and then said to the trusted master beside him.

"Have someone guard the yard and don't disturb him during your leisure time. I have something to say to Mr. He alone."

"explain!"

Master He has heard of this Mr. He before. My family always praised him highly. They thought he was some elegant old man. I didn’t expect him to be so young. He looked like he was in his early thirties. To be so valued by the governor of Shuzhou, it seems that he must be very capable.

Nowadays, what they lack most in Shuzhou is powerful people, so when Mr. He comes, he is like a heavenly general and a magic weapon.

So he nodded solemnly and went outside to arrange it.

Unbeknownst to them, the secret guards of Prince Ding's Mansion had already been lying in wait all around, closely monitoring all people and things that might threaten the prince's safety.

In the main room, Wen Zhonghe immediately knelt down to say hello when he saw no one else.

"I have met the prince."

"Master Wen, please get up."

Both of them started talking about the flood without any politeness.

"Since the beginning of spring, it has been raining continuously in Shuzhou. There are already many rivers in the territory, so Xiaguan guessed the possibility of the Huihe River swelling and asked craftsmen to open canals and dredge them in advance. For this reason, he also specially connected the territory with the Xishui River , the water-blocking gate connected to the Luohe River was lowered, thinking to let the water flow along the channel dug next to it. Everything was fine at first, but who knew that someone deliberately blew up the water-blocking gate half a month ago, and the flood surged like a beast. When it came out, tens of thousands of acres of farmland and people's homes outside Shuzhou City were destroyed in an instant. Many people were swept away by the flood, and their whereabouts are still unknown."

Listening to his reply, Xiao Tingyi became more and more heartbroken.

It had been more than half a month since the flood occurred, but even the casualties could not be counted, so they immediately got angry.

"What does Yang Xu do for a living? The king asked him to guard the Southwest Army to protect the safety of the country. Is this how he protects it?"

"My lord, please don't punish General Yang. All the roads and bridges between the Southwest Army and Shuzhou were washed away. General Yang ordered people to repair it that night, and he brought more than 2,000 soldiers who were familiar with water to cross the river. Outside the city They helped build the tents, otherwise the people would not have anywhere to go."

After hearing this, the anger in King Ding's heart calmed down a little.

"Now that the road and bridge are about to be repaired, it is estimated that the Southwest Army will come to help tomorrow or the day after."

Wen Zhonghe was grateful in his heart. If Yang Xu and the Southwest Army were not there, Shuzhou would really be in chaos.

Although the situation is more difficult now, the refugees have not fled away. When the Southwest Army crosses the river, they will be able to help them recover.

He wasn't afraid of this, but something else made him worried.

King Ding noticed his worries and asked questions quickly.

"What's wrong?"

"The official is worried that Shuzhou is inherently fragile. Earthquakes have occurred frequently in the past few hundred years. After these floods, it will be a problem to go up the mountain to consolidate the soil. If earthquakes and mudslides occur, Shuzhou will be the real one." Falling into catastrophe.”

After he said this, even Xiao Tingyi fell silent.

He had thought about this on the way here. What would they do if an earthquake really happened?

In the face of natural disasters, human power seems so insignificant.

The refugees outside didn't know how to deal with it, but Wen Zhonghe's words turned out to be true.

The government office, which was fine at first, suddenly started to tremble.

The porcelain bottles placed on the table crashed and smashed to the ground. Even people with strong kung fu skills such as Ding Wang and Xu Lin were almost knocked to the ground by the shaking.

"There's an earthquake! There's an earthquake!"

Wen Zhonghe's eyes were filled with fear. The thing he feared most happened when King Ding just arrived in Shuzhou.

If he injured even half of his hair here, I'm afraid the entire Southwest Army would fight against him.

So he completely ignored his own safety and rushed to protect King Ding. However, as soon as he got up, he was knocked down by a wooden chair next to him. He felt heartbreaking pain in his arm, and he was afraid it might be broken. .

Xiao Tingyi secretly shouted, "No, Ayao is still on the way to Wen's house!"

Then he quickly ran outside, speaking to Xu Lin behind him as he ran.

"Protect Mr. Wen and take everyone to a safe place first."

"Your Majesty!"

Xu Lin was anxious. He was naturally concerned about King Ding's safety, but he had to carry out King Ding's orders. In the end, he just gritted his teeth, picked up the injured Wen Zhonghe, and ran out of the house.

The earthquake shook for unknown lengths of time, and the entire Shuzhou fell into chaos.

Because there have been earthquakes in the past, the buildings in Shuzhou are not very high, and most of the wooden piles used have solid foundations.

Unexpectedly, this disaster happened so violently that the wooden piles supporting the house actually dug up from the ground, and the house naturally collapsed in pieces.

As for the wealthy families in the city who were hiding at home, they all ran out in panic. If you look closely, some of them even brought gold and silver with them. They really didn't forget their wealth when they were running for their lives.

Feng Jinyao, Chi Zimo, Qiao Shanwei and others who were originally in the carriage planned to go to Wen's house to rest and wait for King Ding to join them.

They have no rank, so they cannot rush into the magistrate's office.

Unexpectedly, just halfway through, the mountain began to shake.

Unfortunately, they happened to pass by a private house. The building of this private house was not as solid as the official house. With such a shake, everything fell from all directions.

The horse was frightened, so it threw the driver off, and the three masters and servants Feng Jinyao and the three people on the carriage ran forward randomly.

"cousin!"

"Miss Third!"

Qiao Shanwei and Chi Zimo immediately ran over to catch the carriage or fish the three of them out.