"I've heard before that Jia, the assistant of the Fifth Prince, got a lot of silver notes from him and deposited them all in the bank, as well as several house deeds and land deeds."
"I didn't take it seriously at the time. After all, when doing things for others, you always have to have a plan."
Until she learned that Ying Fuyan was the assistant.
Ying Fuyan's current power is funded by Wei Zhao. Someone else pays for his daily food, clothing, housing and transportation. What does he
need so much money and houses for?
He can't spend it all.
Yao Ru's eyes were stained with water: "Is it left for me?"
Although it was a questioning tone, she had already expected it, and Ying Fuyan didn't need to admit it.
"You arranged everything, let me accept your kindness, and ensure that I will have no worries about food and clothing in the future."
"But Brother Yan, there is no you in the plan you gave me."
There was a faint smell of medicine in the house.
"I'm not the girl who had no ideas at the beginning."
After she got married, she could stand on her own and was the mistress of the Second Prince's Mansion.
"I have my own judgment."
"I don't really want to obey you." She
was able to secure this position because of the teachings of Princess Yan before her death, as well as the means and prestige she accumulated day by day.
She told the man in front of her.
"As long as you live, I will accompany you for one day. After you die, I promise to live a good life as usual."
"The lotus with two stems only spends one summer together, and the intertwined branches can only stand side by side for a few autumns. It can be seen that this world is not worth counting the spring and autumn."
As long as the person is right, what else matters?
"Isn't it good for me to think about you?"
The view is just the appearance, and it is impossible to match the Ying Fuyan in front of him with the memory. But no matter which Ying Fuyan is, he always puts her first in everything.
Yao Ru's eyes are like the misty rain in March.
It is clearly painful.
It hurts that he has been through half a lifetime of hardships and still has to support his spine.
The myriad emotions that have not been expressed in words have become a gentle darkness in the eyes.
"I'm familiar with the holy books, I've read the women's precepts, I know propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame. Maybe this will be despised by everyone. But from the beginning to the end, I have never had anyone else in my heart."
She said, "I know what I want.
" Ying Fuyan's throat tightened: "What do you want?"
"You."
Yao Ru: "I don't want to have any regrets."
She was greedy enough.
"I'm delivering it to your door, do you want it?"
The bowl was not held firmly, and it fell heavily from Ying Fuyan's hand to the ground, breaking into two pieces. Milk splashed everywhere, soaking the hems of both of their clothes, but no one cared. Ying Fuyan's
eyes were heavy.
"A Ru."
"Hmm?"
"My body is broken, but I'm healthy elsewhere, and I also have desires for you.
" Ying Fuyan restrained himself: "Do you know what you are doing?"
Yao Ru did not reply.
She just took his hand and let her put it around her waist.
This was her answer.
Ying Fuyan said a few words hoarsely.
"Ask again."
Yao Ru obeyed: "Do you want me?"
The taut string suddenly broke, Ying Fuyan suddenly closed his five fingers, trapped her waist, the force was not strong, but it seemed that he could crush a person.
A drop of hot liquid hit Yao Ru's neck. The burn made her tremble.
A loud bang drowned out the sob that escaped from the man's throat.
The rare bright spring days in Shangjing were struck by thunder.
She finally waited for Ying Fuyan's reply.
"Yes."
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Floods have begun in various places.
The sky is dark and the rain is pouring.
Water seeps in through the cracks in the door. It drips like an old woman crying at night.
As soon as the third watch gong is struck, many people are awakened by the cold under their beds.
They step barefoot on the ground and step into a pool of fishy water. The whole family is in panic.
There is a commotion outside, and the neighbors are talking loudly.
"It's a horrible weather, raining all day and night. I don't know who has done something so evil that the heavens can't bear it, causing the river to surge and overflow the embankment. We are implicated and in trouble!" "
Yes. I thought it was convenient to fetch water and wash clothes by the river bank, but now it's bad enough. Don't let the wooden furniture in the house be soaked."
"Worried about your wooden table and wooden alley? Be careful, you stupid woman. You might as well worry about the crops in the fields. The whole family depends on them to avoid starvation. How can we live if they are destroyed?" "
Oh, I don't know what happened to the cellar where rice and grain are stored at home. You have the time to talk, why don't you go and take a look."
This is not serious.
In places with serious floods, muddy currents are rolling, and the streets and alleys have become rivers. The accumulated
water is waist-deep.
Beds float up, pots and stoves float, the stove god's shrine is immersed in muddy water, incense burners fall over and ashes are scattered, and there are all kinds of things floating on the water.
Some people were holding the tablets of their ancestors, clinging to the roof beams, refusing to let go.
Some people near the river were panicking and wanted to run to a higher place, but they fell down. The copper coins and silver hanging on their bodies were all their belongings, and they fell everywhere because of the fall.
"Money, my money!"
The woman got up, bent down and rubbed it everywhere, her long hair fell into the water like swaying water grass, but was washed away by a huge wave.
Children cried, and old women called for help.
There were families who made a living by fishing, and they went forward by boat.
"Go, go to the government office. The county magistrate will not ignore us."
"County magistrate? That beast?"
Someone sneered.
"A few days ago, the court sent an urgent edict. The county magistrate who cared about the people or was afraid of losing his official hat had already gathered people and went to the mountains."
In poor places, the roads are not easy to walk, and it is impossible for the whole family to migrate on foot.
The only way to solve the problem is to go up the mountain.
But to go to the mountains, the county magistrate and the constables must be fully prepared to go with the people.
The people in the county town must be taken along, and the villages under their jurisdiction should not be left behind.
As long as they are willing to go, will they abandon the elderly, the weak, the sick, the disabled, women and children? The county magistrate has to convince everyone to take their food and luggage with them, which is not an easy task. But there will always be a day when the mountain is empty? The county government granary must be opened, and men who are capable of strong work must be sent up the mountain one by one.
And all this was done just because a Taoist priest said there would be a flood.
Many people did not believe it at first, and even said that the court would really make people suffer.
But now...
"Our county magistrate is too troublesome and speaks frankly and alarmist. He is also reluctant to open the granary. How can it be public? It has long become his private warehouse. He is holding the beautiful concubine who was plundered from who knows where, and I am afraid he is still sleeping with her! How can he care about our life or death!"
Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and the earth wall of the east neighbor collapsed into the water, stirring up muddy waves of more than ten feet.
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A few days later.
For some reason, Emperor Ying Qian was particularly uneasy.
Not long after he let the shadow help him sit down at the desk, he heard hurried footsteps outside.
"Your Majesty!"
Emperor Ying Qian's eyelids twitched.
The leader of the Imperial Guards strode in: "Urgent news from Jizhou."
Emperor Ying Qian stood up abruptly, feeling more and more uneasy.
But a moment later, another Imperial Guard came with an urgent report sent by a postman eight hundred miles away, holding it high in the air, and knelt outside the hall, shouting.
"Your Majesty, the governor of Zhuozhou reported urgently that it has been raining for half a month, and the canal is flooded--"
The third Imperial Guard fell into the hall and fell under the Panlong Pillar: "The dikes of the four cities in Yuzhou Prefecture have collapsed."
The teacup on the dragon table suddenly exploded, and Biluochun mixed with broken porcelain spread on the map of mountains and rivers unfolded on the table.
It was just like the raging muddy current, submerging the boundaries of the prefectures outlined by the red pen.
(End of this chapter)
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