Chapter 93 is here! Gone!
The trembling sound pierced through the rain and reached the ears of everyone present.
Everyone's expression changed.
Zhao Hong felt his blood boiling for a moment, and he couldn't help but tremble.
All I could feel were those three words playing endlessly in my ears.
The dam has burst!
The dam has really burst!
His path to success has begun!
Minister Song, who was standing to the side, grabbed his arm, his voice trembling with excitement.
"Is he referring to a breach in the dam?"
Zhao Hong nodded emphatically.
Vice Minister Song wiped the rain off his face roughly, and instinctively grinned as if he wanted to burst into laughter.
He was halfway through a grin when he suddenly realized it was inappropriate, twitched, and quickly withdrew his mouth.
As Hui'er was right, his hard work in acting and getting soaked in the rain will make his career incredibly smooth from now on!
Minister Song desperately suppressed his inner elation, feigning an anxious expression.
Stomping his feet, he shouted, "I told you the dike was going to break, but you wouldn't listen! Stop standing there, hurry up and take your families and run for your lives!"
Zhao Hong immediately stood up and raised his arms to call out.
"Life is the most important thing right now. Everyone, follow me quickly. We're going up the hill. Hurry, let's go!"
He shouted until he was hoarse.
The people present were also panicked. After all, the breaching of the dike was no small matter; it was a matter of life and death, and a matter of livelihood.
The scene was chaotic for a while.
Only the panicked shouts in the distance grew closer and closer.
"The dam has burst! The dam has really burst!"
Li Nanke looked at Shen Cong, her little face all wrinkled.
"The dike has still breached! Has the country not repaired the dike?"
Shen Cong, his cloak billowing, peered down through the half-open window at the scene below.
His brows were furrowed tightly.
"Second Wind".
Erfeng came in and said, "Miss Ke'er, after we received the news, we immediately arranged for someone to inform the Ministry of Works."
The Ministry of Works notified all counties near Bianjing to reinforce their dikes. Meanwhile, in the capital region, our subordinates are keeping a close watch on things.
The dike is very well constructed; it is absolutely impossible for it to breach.
Li Nanke was bewildered. If the dam in the Red County couldn't possibly be breached, then where were the yamen runners shouting from?
She looked up at Chen Cong, her eyes darting around, her little head already racing.
How strange!
Shen Cong clearly knew about the breach in the dikes of the capital. Even if he didn't tell His Majesty directly, with his intelligence, he could have fabricated other reasons to persuade His Majesty to issue an edict ordering all counties to reinforce the dikes.
Why go through the Ministry of Works?
Does he not want His Majesty to know that he was involved, or is there some other reason?
What are you thinking about?
Li Nanke cried out in surprise as his scalp was suddenly pulled painfully.
She looked up and saw Shen Cong looking down at her, clutching a red hair ribbon that had been torn from her head.
You're hurting me.
She glared at him angrily, snatched the red hair ribbon from his hand, and stuffed it into her purse.
Looking down at her puffed-up cheeks, Shen Cong felt inexplicably a little better.
The question was repeated again.
What were you thinking about just now?
Li Nanke secretly made a face, refusing to tell him the truth.
"I was just wondering where the dam broke."
As she spoke, she tiptoed downstairs to look.
Shen Cong's gaze lingered on her face for a moment before looking down.
The area below was in complete chaos, with people running in all directions.
Zhao Hong and Vice Minister Song led the way, one guiding from the front and the other from the back, shouting with all their might.
The yamen runners, shouting that the dam had burst, rushed over in the rain, panting heavily.
The county magistrate grabbed him and roared, "Where...where did the dam break? Tell me quickly!"
The constables were bent over, panting heavily, and were always wearing raincoats; they were also soaked through by the rain.
"My lord, it's Changyuan! The dike at Lijia Ferry in Changyuan has breached!"
Changyuan!
It's not their Red Land!
The magistrate's legs went weak, and he almost collapsed to the ground.
Zhao Hong roared in their ears, "Everyone, run for your lives!"
The magistrate snapped out of his daze, grabbed the gong from the bailiff's hand, and struck it several times.
Ding ding ding!
The piercing sound of the gong pierced through the rain, drawing the attention of everyone around.
The magistrate raised his hand, waving the drumsticks, and shouted at the top of his lungs, "It's not our entire country that's breached its banks, it's Changyuan County!"
Changyuan County is downstream from here, we're fine here!
The panicked people stopped and looked at the officials when they heard that the breach in the dike was in Changyuan County.
The constable then realized what was happening and shouted, "I just saw from the lookout tower that the dike at Lijia Ferry in Changyuan County has breached."
"Don't be afraid, everyone. It's been raining a lot lately, and the county magistrate has already secretly ordered the dikes to be reinforced. Our county will be fine."
The downstream breach will not affect the upstream area. When the people heard that the dam had been reinforced, they immediately felt relieved.
Only Zhao Hong and Vice Minister Song were struck dumb.
Click.
Just then, a thunderclap sounded from the sky, accompanied by a flash of white light, illuminating the faces of the father-in-law and son-in-law as if they were ghosts.
Zhao Hong's face was completely white, and his ears were ringing.
Changyuan?
How could it be that the Changyuan dike has breached?
Didn't Song Hui say it was the Red Land?
My head was buzzing, and before I could figure out what was going on, I was given a hard tug.
He staggered, nearly falling to the ground, and looked up to meet the magistrate's ashen face.
"Lord Zhao, Lord Song, I don't know what your intentions are. In the middle of the night, you are spreading rumors, disturbing the people's peace, creating unrest, and interfering with our county's disaster relief and prevention efforts."
Zhao Hong stared blankly at the county magistrate, feeling a chill run through his body and his throat become extremely dry and hoarse.
His lips moved slightly, "Let me explain..."
The magistrate shook him off and snorted coldly.
"I will definitely report this matter to His Majesty truthfully. You two should think carefully about how to explain this to His Majesty."
Having said that, he walked straight forward and bumped Zhao Hong's shoulder directly into him.
While banging on gongs and drums, they shouted: "Everyone, hurry home! The rain is getting heavier, be careful to keep your homes dry."
If any house is flooded, immediately take shelter in the fire lookout tower. Once the rain stops, go to the county government office to register the flood.
"They're gone, they're gone."
The people greeted each other and helped each other wade through the water in twos and threes.
Their voices could be heard through the rain.
"What bad luck! I was dragged out in the middle of the night and left to soak in the rain for half the night."
"Go back quickly, you didn't even know your home was flooded."
"I don't know where these two idiots came from, actually cursing our land to breach its dikes! They're insane!"
Two idiots! Crazy people!
When these words reached Zhao Hong's ears, he was so angry he almost jumped up.
He was bumped aside by passersby wading through the water, and fell awkwardly into the puddles.
It has been raining for a day and a night, and the water level has reached up to the calves.
Caught off guard, the splash landed on his face and choked him, causing him to cough repeatedly. He felt both angry and exhausted.
The father-in-law and son-in-law acted like clowns, shouting and yelling for ages, but in the end...
Staring at the empty space devoid of any human presence, Zhao Hong's vision went black, and he nearly fainted.
There was only one thought in my mind.
His path to success is over!
"W-what happened? Are you sure it's the Changyuan dike that breached?"
Minister Song stumbled and ran over from the other side, his eyes bloodshot, looking quite frightening.
Zhao Hong's head was buzzing, and he couldn't answer the question at all. He could only nod blankly.
thump.
Minister Song knelt in despair in the rain, completely dumbfounded.
She murmured, "What about the Red Land? Wasn't it supposed to be breached? What... what should we do now?"
What will happen to his career?
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