Startled Meng

"My lord, the rain is getting heavier and heavier, shall we wait for the rain to stop before leaving?" Juniper held a steamed bun and looked sadly at the increasing rain outside the inn window.

It's been more than half a month in the south, and it's not going well. If it rains continuously, you can continue on your way. If you're unlucky, you'll have to postpone your trip if you encounter heavy rain.

Today, their luck can no longer be said to be bad, it is simply bad luck.

There was a sudden heavy rain, and the carriage was stuck in the mud. The three of them braved the rain to rescue the carriage. When the carriage came out, the people were soaked, and their clothes and boots were covered in mud. Fortunately, they saw an inn not far away.

When Xiao Er came in with hot steamed buns and hot noodle soup, the three of them had already changed into clean clothes.

"My lord, the rain is getting heavier and heavier, shall we wait for the rain to stop before leaving?" Juniper looked sadly at the increasing rain outside the inn window.

While talking, Xiao Er secretly looked at the one with the most outstanding temperament among the three: "The guest is coming from the north? July and August are the rainy season, and sometimes it lasts for two or three days without stopping, but this year is really abnormal, I don't know Whoever leaks the sky, the rain will never stop."

Xiao Er guessed that the guest in the green shirt was a scholar, he looked calm and peaceful, and spoke without arrogance or rashness.

"There are frequent rainstorms, so why are there so many customers in the store?"

Xiao Er glanced downstairs behind him and lowered his voice: "The south of this place is Jiangling. Jiangling is next to Linghu Lake. It has been raining for a while, floods have flooded the farmland, and the city is hard to drain. They all went north to seek refuge!"

Seeing the white-faced scholar staring at the noisy guests downstairs, Xiaoer said again: "The three of you seem to be much cleaner than them, please pay more attention when walking outside, I'm afraid it will be unsafe if you continue walking."

"Thank you for your advice." Juniper gave the money, sent Xiaoer out, closed the door after entering, and said worriedly, "My lord, what does he mean?"

Yan Cijing didn't want to scare him, but said that it was rainy and the road was difficult to walk, and the carriage was easy to roll over and cause accidents.

Jun Jun nodded hesitantly, and Du Yan tugged at Yan Cijing's sleeve, gesticulating: Xiaoer said that Jiangling has been flooded, my lord, what should we do?

Yan Cijing has been silent because of this. He went to Jiangling, and there was no one to meet him on the way, and he didn't know what the current situation in the city was, but there was no magistrate in the city, and there was also a judge, so the situation should not be too ugly.

"Let's hit the road when the rain subsides."

Du Yan was puzzled, and frowning, gestured: If the road is not good, it will be dangerous.

Juniper reassured: "If you stay any longer, you may not even be able to enter the city gate, so let's get on the road earlier."

Fortunately, the weather was beautiful, and the rain soon died down. When they saw the city gate in the distance, the rain had stopped.

Juniper waited and watched, and seemed to see a figure: "My lord! We are almost there!"

"Hmm." Yan Cijing didn't feel relaxed at all, but felt more and more strange.

It is impossible for Jiangling not to know about the reassignment of the magistrate, and the carriage is conspicuous, but no one meets him. Does this mean that Jiangling City is already overwhelmed?

But if it really came to the end of the mountain, why didn't someone send a notification to the court?

The carriage gradually slowed down, Juniper looked suspicious, turned his head and asked, "My lord, did you hear anything?"

"What's wrong?" Yan Cijing opened the curtain of the car.

The road is fairly open and flat, enough for two carriages to run side by side. The steep mountain wall on the right side cannot hide people, and the sparse woods on the left side cannot hide people. Besides, it is so close to Jiangling and the sky is bright and sunny. Could it be that there are robbers?

"Stop! Everyone stop!"

"If you don't stop, centaurs will fall to the ground! Do you hear me!"

Just as Jun Jun was about to yell, Yan Cijing covered his mouth, his eyes signaled that the other party had a knife in his hand, soothed Jun Jun, then pushed Du Yan back into the car, and got out of the car by himself.

Yan Cijing sized up the five people blocking the way, and said: "In the car is a sick brother from my family, who traveled south to imitate famous doctors, and there is no money left, and there is still some money to buy steamed buns, take it if you want. "

"Throw the purse over here!"

Yan Cijing was thrown far away, and the gangsters cursed and went to pick it up.

Yan Cijing clenched his hands and hid them in his sleeves, his back was covered in cold sweat.

Those five thieves were pale and fat, and the knives in their hands were big but unfavorable. They chose the main road and robbed them during the daytime. They were probably so blatant because they were desperate.

The clothes and clothes are fairly clean, the mouth is thick and the belly is big, probably the predecessor is a merchant.

I don't know why the merchants were forced to come here. It is definitely not the first time to rob here. It is impossible that no one reported to the government office. Why is there no movement in Jiangling?

"That's all? Who do you look down on?" The bandit leader pierced his purse with a machete, and showed a gangster look at a string of copper coins, "Get off the carriage! I don't believe there are no good things in the carriage!"

Juniper trembled, clutching the whip tightly in his hand, and whispered: "My lord..."

Yan Cijing's eyes could not hide the fear, there was nothing of value in the carriage, the worst thing was to give the carriage out, and he could walk to Jiangling, the worst thing was that the documents with the big seal in the carriage would be found out.

Once found to be a court official...

Yan Cijing pulled the horsewhip in the palm of Juniper with difficulty, and stared closely at the two bandits approaching.

"As I said, there is only one sick brother in the car..."

"This year's floods are severe, and the family is not living well. They used to make a living by buying and selling tea, but now all the tea in the warehouse has been soaked and cannot be sold. It's not over yet..."

Xu Shi was in a similar situation, and the gangster with the knife was in a daze for a moment.

The timing was at this moment, Yan Cijing jumped into the carriage with a flash in his eyes, and at the same time, Juniper's whip was thrown down violently.

"drive--"

"Damn - stop them!"

The carriage rushed out, unstoppable, the gangster wanted to kill him, he didn't dare to stop him forcefully, he only dared to slash at the rut with a long knife——

Yan Cijing's heart almost jumped out, and he held on to the door of the carriage tightly, not daring to breathe.

Juniper didn't dare to look back at all, whipped the horsewhip in his hand non-stop, and asked tremblingly, "My lord...are they not catching up?"

Yan Cijing probed to look behind——

Behind him, the last bandit fell in a pool of blood.

Yan Cijing was dumbfounded.

I saw two people standing there, holding bloody daggers in their hands, and the other five gangsters all fell to the ground.

Juniper didn't hear the sound, turned around and saw his lord holding on to the car door, as if he was frozen, his younger brother stuck his head out of the window, also in a daze, Juniper asked urgently, "Have they chased you?"

Yan Cijing turned back, shook his head, and said, "They are all dead."

"It's fine if you die, and don't weigh yourself, whether you are worthy of blocking the way of the magistrate."

"The corpses have been disposed of, but... there are more than five robbers, there are others."

Yu Fangzhi glanced at Xiao Wu: "The magistrate is not me, and the robbers are not from Jiangling, so why do I care so much?"

Ruku stayed in Yecheng to pay attention to the movement in the court, Xiao Wu and the other two knew that they would go back to Jiangling after talking, Xiao Wu thought that he would only go for two or three days, but he didn't expect to stay for half a month once he went, and now it looks like it will be longer Stay for a long time.

Yu Fangzhi waved his hand: "Okay, I'm going back, you can go too, it's not your job to meet the magistrate."

Xiao Wu left, and Yu Fangzhi was walking alone on the empty street. His boots were full of water, half of his trousers were wet and stuck to his legs, and his hands were full of mud. How had he ever been in such a mess?

"Young master Yu? Are you going to the store to pick up the goods again?" The girl in Chaomu building on the left shouted upstairs.

"Yo, Mr. Yu is wet! Come up and take a hot bath?" The young man in the Chenxi building on the right climbed on the small window and shouted.

Yu Fangzhi laughed when he saw it, and the water entered the Chenxi Building, and he walked on the sidewalk: "The water here is only up to the heels, and the water has already flooded the threshold elsewhere, and the shops are all flooded. It's a bad year."

The young lady upstairs laughed so loudly, she poured tea and wine, waiting for Yu Fangzhi to come up.

The girl facing Chaomulou was indignant: "Last time you said that Mr. Yu likes to see other people wearing red, I still didn't believe it, but this time I believe it!"

Did Yu Fang know that there was a commotion upstairs because of whether it was popular or not? He was about to lift his feet upstairs when he heard shouts resounding from the end of the street, and his thoughts of comfort disappeared instantly.

"Master—it's not good—Master!"

Yu Fangzhi looked coldly at Xiao Qing who ran in: "What's wrong with your young master?"

Xiaoqing looked at Yu who was covered in mud and knew: "Master, you are not well anywhere, bah, I'm here to tell you that Linghu Lake has burst its embankment again!"

Yu Fang knew helplessness: "Why did the embankment burst again?"

Xiao Qing replied, pointing fingers randomly: "Master has rushed to Linghu, young master..."

Yu Fangzhi raised his forehead: "No one is in charge of the government office, why is he going to join in the fun?" Cursing something messy and messing around, he forgot to go upstairs to take a bath, and hurried out.

In the distance, Linghu Lake is surging, and the rising waves are like the mouth of an abyss, trying to swallow Jiangling City in one gulp.

The author says:

Yan Cijing really took over a huge mess!