Opposite the entrance hall

The beginning of April has just started, but the rain has not seen a tendency to slow down. The sky is terribly cloudy, and the occasional thunder and lightning seem to cut through the sky, tearing the sky apart, and the darkness seems to be pressing towards people. Come down, with a sense of oppression, whenever you look up, you feel that the day is about to step.

The sound of rain resounded in every corner of Xiangzhou. The lakes and rivers in the suburbs were mixed with mud, sand and rolling stones, like floods and beasts. The turbulent waves roared across the riverbed wantonly. Scorn and ridicule from all.

The broken walls and ruins after the flood can be seen everywhere, a group of people huddled in the huts trembling with fear, the tears and tears of the broken families can be heard everywhere, and the ruthless devastation of the force of nature can be felt everywhere.

Bean-sized raindrops crackled on the eaves, fell down the ravines of the tiles, and formed a curtain made of water at the corner of the eaves, separating the inside from the outside. The whole Xiangzhou was washed by the heavy rain, and there was a bright atmosphere It feels like the rainwater is constantly flowing down the street, forming an obvious small river with a rush, and there is already water in the low-lying places, and most of the houses in that area are already soaked in water, and the roof is almost popping out. , it is already uninhabitable.

The location of the state city was relatively high, and the disaster was the lightest. As a result, the surviving villagers flocked into Xiangzhou. Suddenly, the streets and alleys were full of people, and the temporary canopy built by the government was almost full of people. People, the common people walked on the road with their sleeves and trouser legs rolled up, with worries and panic on their faces.

Later in the day, the wind blew up again, and the rain, which had been gradually decreasing, suddenly became heavier. It was cold and windy, and the coolness was overwhelming.

It stands to reason that the spring has already warmed up, but at this moment it is cold to the bone marrow. The soldiers guarding the city gate in Xiangzhou were pale from the cold. They looked up and looked around. Seeing that no one noticed them, they quickly hid in the tower and sat on the ground. Passed the water bag containing the spirits to each other and took a sip, then rubbed their hands vigorously, the spirits entered their throats, and their stiff bodies finally recovered a little heat.

One of them twitched his ears slightly, looked sideways at the rainy night, frowned, got up slowly, went to the eaves, stretched his neck and looked around, as if he saw something.

The companion at the side glanced at him and said in a deep voice, "Third brother, what are you looking at?"

The soldier named Lao San pointed to the dark and contemptuous outside of the city, and turned around and said, "Someone seems to be coming over there."

The person who spoke glanced hurriedly in the direction he was pointing at, but he didn't see anyone, then he shrugged his shoulders with a look of indifference, "It's so cloudy and dark, and it's still raining outside, where is it?" People who came here, don’t think that the movements of those miscellaneous animals in the forest jumping up and down on the branches are human figures.”

Before the words were finished, the heavy hooves and the hiss of the horse panting, mixed with the noisy sound of rain, came from the night, and the man looked into the darkness again with a shocked expression, "Gah, there really is someone fucking."

He grabbed the coir raincoat at the side and wrapped it directly around his body, and hurried out, holding onto the wall with his hands, and by the dim candlelight, he leaned close to the city wall and squinted, hoping to see things clearly.

The night was as thick as ink, and against the rain and fog, it even covered the sight with a layer of veil, making everything seen blurry.

After staring at it for a while, I only heard the sound of the horse's hooves getting closer and closer, the force of stepping on the ground was heavy but not noisy, and the rhythm seemed to be only one person.

A moment later, a figure of a man wearing a bamboo hat and a coir raincoat emerged from a distance and gradually became clear. He rode in the night and braved the rain. The horse under him was panting and roaring extremely tiredly. Water splashed in the puddle, and the sound gradually approached. When it reached the gate of the city, the man shouted, "Woo!"

Then he tightened the rope, the horse's neck was suddenly restrained, the center of gravity was pushed back, the front hooves hung in the air and drew a few small arcs, and then landed firmly on the ground, walking back and forth in a panic a few steps.

The soldier on the tower frowned, leaned out and opened his voice to ask, "Who is coming down here?"

Immediately, the man responded quickly, with a nervous and anxious tone, "I'm from Lin'an, and I have important news to inform Governor Dou, please let me know and open the city gate quickly."

"We follow the rules. After this time, the city is closed. If you have something to do, you can come back when the city gate opens in the Ming Dynasty."

"This is an urgent report from Beijing. This matter is of great importance. If you delay the important matter, who can afford it!"

Several people upstairs looked at each other, and they all saw hesitation, and were a little worried that what this person said was true, and if it really delayed the big event, they really couldn't bear it.

At this time, the soldier named Lao San asked: "It's not difficult to report, but how do we know that you are telling the truth? Do you have tokens to prove your identity?"

"Yes, yes," the man said hastily, got off his horse and took out a sign from his pocket, moved a little closer, raised his head and shouted: "Here is the token, please trouble me, brothers."

The distance was a bit far, and the night was too dark to see it clearly, so another person threw the hemp rope down and fished the sign up. Run towards the governor's mansion.

Dou Yuanliang has been troubled by the flood these days and has a headache, and he hasn't slept well all night. It is rare to feel sleepy today. He just lay down with his concubine for a while, when he heard heavy knocking on the door.

"In the middle of the night, who is knocking on the door?" The concubine's delicate voice sounded.

He was a little annoyed by the noisy and hurried voice, opened his eyes and roared towards the door: "Middle of the night disturbing dreams, there are no rules or rules!"

The man outside the door shrank his neck and replied in a low voice: "My lord, Lin'an is here."

Hearing this, Dou Yuanliang's sleepy expression suddenly became clear. He pushed away the posted concubine and picked up the pair of outer robes placed on the bed and put them on his body. He took his shoes and walked a few steps to the door and opened the door. The water vapor rushed towards him, and the sound of the pattering rain outside suddenly became very clear. When the night wind blew, he tightened his robe, and said to the housekeeper with a serious face, "Who is here?"

"I don't know, the soldiers on duty guarding the city tonight haven't let him enter the city yet, but they handed over something, saying that you will know it at a glance." After speaking, he handed over the sign in his hand.

Dou Yuanliang took it and looked at it, his expression changed immediately, and he immediately ordered, "Bring people in, be quiet, so that no one can see them, and then send someone to inform Wang Pansi to meet me in the front hall quickly."

"Yes."

By the time the messenger was brought into the governor's mansion, the downpour just now had turned into a drizzle. He followed the butler to the main hall and saluted, then went straight to the topic and handed over the small box in the parcel to the main hall. He went up and was led back down again.

Holding the wooden box in his hand, Dou Yuanliang opened it slowly with a cold face, and took out a letter inside, which contained not much content, but contained a lot of news. He read it word by word, line by line, and then exhaled a foul breath, Fold the letter back according to the crease.

"My lord, what did you say in the letter?" Wang Pansi looked at it for a while, but he didn't see what happened, so he asked aloud.

Hearing this, Dou Yuanliang put the letter on the table, "The emperor sent someone to Xiangzhou."

Wang Pansi frowned, and asked in a low voice, "But because of the flood?"

"Are you talking nonsense?" Dou Yuanliang glared at him, "Could it be that you and I have worked so hard to see us two?"

"Who did the emperor send?" Wang Bansi asked again after laughing twice.

Dou Yuanliang took a sip of the hot tea on the table, then sighed, "It's Ji Buyan from Hubu."

"Ji Si from the household department?" Wang Pansi was a little surprised, "I heard that he is the prince's man, does the emperor mean that the prince is in charge of this matter?"

"Not really, the letter said that Dali Temple Shaoqing Qi Ziheng was with him."

"Surname Qi? But..."

Wang Pansi hadn't finished his sentence, he was hesitant to speak, but Dou Yuanliang understood what he meant and nodded, "It's the Qi family in Lin'an, and this Qi Ziheng is the youngest son of Prime Minister Qi."

"I've heard it a little bit," Wang Pansi said, "but this makes people even more unpredictable. It is reasonable for the Ministry of Households to come, but no matter how it is, it is not Dali Temple's turn to manage the flood. , why did you send him here?"

"How can you and I know the emperor's thoughts, there must be his intentions in this arrangement, do your part well, it's not good to presume the holy will."

"My lord taught me that," Wang Pansi bent over and said flatteringly, "I don't know if there is anything else in the letter?"

Dou Yuanliang didn't speak this time, just took the thin letter on the table and slowly approached the candlestick, the orange candle flame jumped up and down, making a sizzling sound, as soon as the letter touched the edge, tongues of flame swept over , The place it passed has turned into ashes and fell to the ground.

The bright and dark firelight hit his face, making it difficult for people to see the expression on his face.

The tongue of fire burned extremely fast, and soon spread across the letter paper, and it would come to an end in a short while. Dou Yuanliang let go of his fingers, and the incomplete paper in his hand was blown by the wind, and slowly fell to the ground in a small whirl. It was completely swallowed by the flames, leaving only a little black ashes and dots of red flames.

Holding the handle, he got up slowly and walked to the eaves of the corridor. The rain outside had lightened a little, but the surroundings were still as dark as ink, and the candlelight under the eaves only illuminated a small area.

Dou Yuanliang stroked his beard with one hand, and put the other hand behind his back. He looked solemnly at the misty misty rain outside, and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry about what's going on in front of you. Who knows if your life will be true or not. On this day in Xiangzhou, It's different after all."

Wang Pansi moved his eyes from the extinguished ashes to the figure in front of the door, tilted his head slightly, and saw the water droplets dripping from the eaves.

Behind this matter, I am afraid it is not simple!

At the same time, the chief envoy of Longzhong also received a letter from Lin'an.

The man sitting in the upper seat in the hall was in his thirties, with a tall figure, handsome appearance, deep facial features, powerful eyes, and a majestic manner in his gestures. .

As soon as he closed the letter in his hand, someone greeted him immediately and asked anxiously: "My lord, what did the letter from the postman say?"

Di Hao took a look at the crowd, and with his thin lips pursed into a line, he opened his mouth slowly, and said in a low voice, "Xiangzhou belongs to Longzhong, and the flood was the negligence of our chief envoy, and the emperor is already displeased. Therefore, Beijing sent two officials to inspect the situation, and hereby ordered the chief envoy to cooperate. If the flood can be calmed, it will be counted as making up for it. If it can’t be calmed..."

He paused for a while when he said this, took a breath and continued word by word: "It will be counted as dereliction of duty, punished according to the punishment, and none of the chief envoys in Longzhong will be able to escape!"

As soon as the words fell, the faces of the people around turned pale, and one of them looked scared and muttered to himself: "Why are we to blame for this, it's obviously..."

"The matter has come to this point, it is useless to blame anyone, and how to solve it is the top priority," Di Hao interrupted him, "The person sent by Beijing this time is Ji Si, the servant of the household department. What kind of person is he? I heard that Zhangzhou belongs to Longzhong, he is from Zhangzhou, some of you may be more familiar than me, so I don't need to say more, if you want to keep your own head, just keep an eye on him, don't slack off in the slightest .”

Zhai Hao said in a cold voice: "This time, there are many difficulties in the last battle. No matter what he thinks, the monsters will come and fight one by one. Xiangzhou is my territory. He has no right to touch this matter."

These words contained strong murderous intent and anger, and the night wind blew by, which shocked everyone's coolness. They raised their eyes to look at the man in the front seat, and they could see the panic in each other's eyes.

Calm floods and save Xiangzhou.

But how to make peace, how to save, everyone has been having trouble sleeping and eating for the past few days and they have not thought of a way, not to mention that now there is another corrupt Ji Buyan.

How to deal with this Ji Buyan made them very troubled at this time.

Ji Buyan, who had been talked about all night, sneezed several times in response to the occasion, rubbed his nose and frowned, wondering who was talking about him in the middle of the night, and he couldn't think about it.

He is so annoying, if others talk about him, it's probably not a good thing, so she simply doesn't want to, An Xin turns her head to stare at Qi Ran who is sleeping next to her and smiles a bit lewdly.

The sleeping Qi Ziheng was not as cold and distant as he was during the day, his eyes were picturesque, with a touch of tenderness, his sleeping appearance was very good, his posture was upright, he did not move or make noise, he was very well-behaved.

Using the word cute to describe Qi Ziheng and Ji Si felt a little funny, but at this time it felt very appropriate.

He lost sleepiness, so he stared carefully at Qi Ran's face that suits his own wishes everywhere. The more he looked at it, the more excited his heart was beating. He even saw a small red mole on his earlobe, approaching the cochlea. He was a little curious about the position, his hands moved faster than his head, and he touched it before he could react, and even rubbed it hard enough, so he gently scraped it with his fingertips.

He even sighed in his heart: It's really a mole, why didn't I see it before.

Then he heard a melodious and low-pitched male voice: "What are you doing?"

To be honest, Ji Si was really startled by the sudden sound in the dark night, he raised his head suddenly and met Qi Ran's eyes.

There was a drizzle outside the house, dripping down from the eaves and making a tick-tock sound, the two people in the room were very close, Ji Si's right hand was still on Qi Ran's earlobe, half of his body was leaning against Qi Ran's earlobe, when he raised his eyes, Looking down, even the hot air exhaled is intertwined, the temperature suddenly rises, and it becomes inexplicably ambiguous.

Ji Si blinked and thought:

According to the script, it's time for me to kiss.

The author has something to say:

small theater:

Reader cutie: [Excited face] Kiss, kiss me, kiss hard, don't get up if you don't kiss your mouth!

Handsome author: [Indifferent face]

Reader cutie: Qi Ji Nuannuan give me gkd, kiss and hug and go to bed one-stop, arrange it!

Handsome author: [Indifferent face]

Reader cutie: [more and more excited] I'm the bed, I'm here by myself!

Handsome author: [Silently open the report] The administrator, there are people ghs here, yes, they are them!

Reader cutie: ? ? ?

ps: It's not easy, the two of them can finally lie on the same bed, what a big improvement this is!

I'm going to be a bridesmaid for my relatives tomorrow, blah blah blah, but don't worry, I'll definitely update!Duck! !

§Part One: The Beginning of the Storm§