Upon hearing this, Shen Ling's face relaxed slightly. People from the capital had arrived, and His Majesty was taking it seriously. The matter was not yet at its most serious stage, and there was no need to rush it.
Having considered the situation, Shen Ling extended an invitation to Imperial Censor Zheng, "Then, Lord Zheng, let's return to the government office first and discuss the next steps."
Imperial Censor Zheng nodded.
...
The government office of Ningpei County.
Imperial Censor Zheng and Shen Ling discussed matters related to flood prevention and control in Ningpei County.
But the results were not very good.
The people of Ningpei County need to be evacuated, but where will so many people go? And some of them might not obey orders, which is what's troubling.
The two of them discussed it, but their heads were spinning.
But in the end, they decided to evacuate nearby and let the Ningpei people hide in the nearby mountains.
With a solution in mind, Shen Ling began planning, instructing government officials to notify every village in Ningpei County to follow the officials and seek refuge in the mountains within the county to prevent flooding.
But the plan did not go smoothly.
People in the county town, who were mostly following the government officials, were generally quite willing to risk their lives. Those who were willing to follow the government officials came to the mountains with the group.
But it's different for people in those remote villages.
Many elderly people in the village had never left the village in their entire lives and had never encountered any floods. When they heard the village headman say that a flood was coming, they were told to quickly move to the nearby mountains to avoid it.
None of them believed it.
They were older than the village head. "Ha, a flood? This old man has lived to this age. Ningpei has never experienced a flood. Impossible, impossible. Besides, it hasn't rained today. Where did this flood come from?"
The old man speaking was quite old, dressed in a tattered rag, carrying a bucket of water to irrigate the crops in the field.
"Besides, what will happen to all this grain in the fields if I leave? Are we just going to starve next year?"
Grandpa Wang's face showed a look of disbelief, and he said angrily.
Upon hearing this, the village head gave a wry smile.
"Oh dear Uncle Wang, this evacuation was ordered by the county officials. They said that we young people should harvest as much grain as we can from the fields, and the rest can be left alone. Now we need to hurry up and get to the mountain."
"Ha, I'm not going. If the authorities have the guts, let them arrest me. I'm already so old, I've had enough of living."
...
This phenomenon is not limited to this one village; it has occurred in other villages as well.
The news spread like wildfire, infuriating Imperial Censor Zheng, who was in charge of the matter in the county. However, he couldn't ignore it, as he had instructed His Majesty to handle the matter perfectly.
However, some people refused to move, and Imperial Censor Zheng and Shen Ling could not forcibly send these stubborn old men up the mountain.
After all, these people have legs of their own. Even if I forcibly push them up the mountain, they will run back on their own.
For a time, the evacuation of the Ningpei people was once again at a standstill. Moreover, as some people remained stubborn, others who stood in the middle, disbelieving but also afraid, began to waver, worried that their food and belongings might be secretly returned.
Shen Ling and Imperial Censor Zheng were very troubled by this.
I lay in bed, feeling anxious and nervous, thinking about how to handle this tomorrow.
Night falls.
In the Hall of Supreme Harmony, Qingyin softly called out to System 996, "System."
The system nodded solemnly.
The moment his fingers touched the keys, Ning Peixian suddenly felt a surge of drowsiness.
She quickly tidied herself up and collapsed onto the bed.
A terrifying yet realistic dream connected to their minds.
Flood, corpses, children, wives... relatives, wanting to escape but unable to, finally sinking into the stench of blood in the flood.
The next morning at dawn, the people of Ningpei County scrambled to their feet in terror, crying out, "Ah! No, no..."
...
The incident that occurred in Ningpei County is currently unknown to Zheng, the imperial censor in charge of the evacuation in the county.
The next day, he looked at those who had rushed into the group and were no longer cooperative as before, and he was puzzled and stunned.
"Why are so many people willing to leave again?"
"Because His Majesty is a god descended to earth and loves us, he gave us an early warning."
Shen Ling, who had rushed over, said with a look of awe.
Censor Zheng looked bewildered and glanced at Magistrate Shen, who had just arrived.
Only then did I realize that I had unknowingly voiced my doubts.
Imperial Censor Zheng: "?"
...
Meanwhile, Qingyin was unaware that the dream woven by the system secretly included a hidden agenda, creating a divine background for her that included advance warnings of her ascension to the heavens and earth.
The people of Ningpei County once believed that His Majesty in the capital was a god descended from heaven, and were utterly loyal to Qingyin.
The people of Ningpei County moved to the nearby mountains.
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