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Chu Huanyan was waiting at the door of the Hou Mansion. When she saw Xiao Jin coming in the snow, she frowned and stepped forward.

"Why are you out?" Xiao Jin got out of the carriage, looked at Chu Huanyan waiting outside, and tightened her hand.

"The road to the Hou Mansion has been cleared for the time being, and I haven't gone far, so it doesn't matter." Chu Huanyan said.

After saying that, he looked at the road Xiao Jinzhi took when he came. Although the roads in the imperial city were cleaned, the situation was similar to that in the Marquis' Mansion. The carriage drove through the snow.

The two entered the Hou Mansion, and Xiao Jinzhi talked as he walked, giving a general overview of the current situation in Liangshui Lane.

There are more than a hundred households living in Liangshui Alley, and about forty houses have collapsed. Because the road in Liangshui Alley is too narrow, the heavy snow has almost buried the entire alley, and rescue has been hampered. The number of casualties has not yet been determined.

"How could it be so serious that more than sixty people were crushed in one go?" Chu Huanyan frowned.

Although the houses in Liangshui Lane are old, too many of them have collapsed.

"Because of Xiao Rongxuan."

"Xiao Rongxuan? What did he do?"

"After the people in Liangshui Lane blocked the road, Xiao Rongxuan still did not immediately send people to repair Liangshui Lane, but later he went there in the name of checking, and the final result was that the housing problems in Liangshui Lane were not that bad. Seriously, don’t worry…”

Since the people of Liangshui Lane learned that the imperial court would help repair their houses, they were all looking forward to it. When they heard Xiao Rongxuan's words, they were anxious, for fear that the imperial court would ignore Liangshui Lane.

So two days before the weather changed, some families demolished all the parts that they had repaired and supported their houses in order to make the situation look more serious and allow the court to seize the time to repair it.

Unexpectedly, hail and heavy snow came one after another before reaching Liangshui Alley, making it impossible to stay outdoors. They wanted to repair it themselves, but they had no chance.

In this way, the house, which was already in disrepair, had its usual repairs removed, making it even more vulnerable.

After hearing what Xiao Jinzhi said, Chu Huanyan was speechless for a while, and then asked after a while.

"What about other places? Did anything happen?"

"The houses in some places are relatively stable, while in other places that may have been dangerous, because they have been repaired to some extent, there have been no problems for the time being. Currently, only Liangshui Lane has collapsed."

"That's good." Chu Huanyan breathed a sigh of relief, "Then what does the court plan to do now?"

The heavy snow has not stopped. In this case, it is really difficult to carry out rescue, but we cannot let it go.

"I have already entered the palace before coming here. Please order more officers and soldiers to clear the snow and look for the dead and injured. At the same time, try to move the people in Liangshui Lane to the nearest government office." Xiao Jinzhi said.

"Has the emperor agreed?"

Xiao Jinzhi nodded, "I agree, I will be responsible for this matter next."

Chu Huanyan thought for a while, "What about Xiao Rongxuan?"

Now that the heavy snow has not stopped, taking charge of this matter at this time is not an easy task. I think Xiao Rongxuan will not fight for it.

But no matter how you say it, this time it can be regarded as his failure to repair it. The situation in Liangshui Lane is obviously the worst, but he has repeatedly delayed it. According to common sense, Xiao Rongxuan must be punished.

"I was scolded in the morning, and then sent home to think about it."

"That's it?" Chu Huanyan raised her eyebrows, thinking about it? Not even grounded? This punishment is too light.

"Yes, that's all." Xiao Jinzhi looked slightly mocking.

Perhaps in Emperor Xiao's heart, the lives and deaths of the people in Liangshui Lane were not that important. He just agreed to his proposal and sent extra manpower to rescue them in order to silence everyone.

After explaining the situation clearly to Chu Huanyan, Xiao Jinzhi did not stay at the Hou Mansion for long, but left quickly to start the rescue.

Just by saying these words, the road that had been cleared was covered with snow again.

Chu Huanyan watched Xiao Jinzhi leave, looking at the thick snow with worry in her heart.

The scariest thing is not the snow, but the rain after the heavy snow.

The temperature is extremely low now. If it rains again, the snow will be completely frozen, making it even harder to clean up.

I just hope that Xiao Jinzhi and the others can seize the time and rescue the people before the situation becomes worse.

On the other side, Xiao Jinzhi led the officers and soldiers in the imperial city and the government officials from Dali Temple, and spent most of the day to finally clear the road.

Soon, the officers and soldiers were divided into two waves. One wave was responsible for picking up other surviving people in Liangshui Lane and sending them to the government office and elsewhere for resettlement.

The other wave is to seize the time to clean up the collapsed houses and look for the survivors.

Unfortunately, due to the collapse of the house and the cold weather, there were very few survivors. In the end, only a dozen people were found alive, and they were taken away for diagnosis and treatment by doctors.

Among those collapsed houses, one of them was the Zhou family, and Zhou's mother also died in the heavy snow.

Just three days after Xiao Jinzhi moved the people away, the remaining houses in Liangshui Lane failed to survive the heavy snow and collapsed again, turning the entire Liangshui Lane into almost ruins.

Although the morning meeting was suspended due to the heavy snow for days, some officials became dissatisfied with Xiao Rongxuan after learning about it.

After all, there was obviously a lot of time between the time the money was raised and the sudden change in weather. If Liangshui Lane was repaired first, this tragedy might have been avoided.

Moreover, after the incident in Liangshui Lane, Xiao Rongxuan hid at home, but His Highness the Crown Prince, who usually seemed idle and idle, took the risk to lead people to rescue. For a while, the balance in the hearts of the courtiers began to tilt.

In late November, the heavy snowfall that lasted for more than ten days finally stopped.

In addition to Liangshui Alley, which completely collapsed, there are several other residential buildings that have also experienced problems, but fortunately they have not completely collapsed.

In the past ten days or so, the officers and soldiers in the imperial city as well as some people have voluntarily cleared the snow, and some shops have tried their best to open their doors for business to provide the people with daily necessities.

The moment they saw the sun, everyone breathed a huge sigh of relief.

On the third day after the snow stopped, Chu Huanyan finally left the Hou Mansion.

The streets of the Imperial City, which used to be bustling with people, were obviously much deserted now.

There are no longer various vendors on both sides of the road. Instead, there is thick snow that has been shoveled to both sides, leaving only a narrow path in the middle for people and carriages to walk.

Although the original shops opened one after another, most of them had only a few patrons, but those selling rice, flour, grains and oils were crowded with people.

During this heavy snowfall, in addition to worrying about the collapse of their houses, many people also had insufficient food reserves and were unable to go out to buy food. They were starving. Now that the snow has finally stopped, they all want to stock up on more.

However, the inventory in the stores was also seriously insufficient. I don’t know which store started the limited supply. Soon, other stores followed suit.

After passing several shops and discovering that the situation was the same, Chu Huanyan went around the back door and entered the rice shop in charge of Shopkeeper Wang...