RNP Chapter 632 Parrot: It's over, it's all over.
Chapter 632 Parrot: It's over, it's all over.
Chapter 632 Parrot: It's over, it's all over.
Henan, Kaifeng Prefecture
Since Jia Heng delivered the memorial, he has been stationed on the embankment on the south bank of the Yellow River, presiding over the military and civilian guarding the embankment in case of accidents.
After this period of time, all the people in Kaifeng Fucheng knew that Yongning Bo, the governor of the Henan military administration, was stationed on the embankment at this moment, and tens of thousands of soldiers from the Beijing battalion were standing by the river, guarding them.
In fact, after this incident, the people's hearts, which had been shaken by the Central Plains rebellion, were also quickly returning to the court.
The summer rain is still falling outside the thatched shed, and the pitch-black night covers the entire embankment and the surging river surface. Under the bushes on the south embankment, in a thatched shed made of beams, wood, and thatch, a lamp is like a bean, orange-yellow Light came through the cracks in the curtains.
Xu Kai, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, was dressed in an official uniform, with a black gauze hat on his head, placed on a bed made of cattail grass planks behind him, leaning over a desk made of poplar wood planks, writing with a pen.
I saw a book with a blue cover, a row of delicate and elegant handwriting appeared.
He is writing the notes of "Night Words through the Bamboo Window". This is the habit that Xu Hanlin has developed while studying for more than ten years. Most of the essays he wrote over the years are kept in the wooden box at home.
By the lights, one of the yellowed pages can be vaguely read, "In the summer of the 15th year of Chongping, the chaos in the Central Plains was initially determined, and Yu was selected by the bureaucracy to assume a new post in Henan. , drove to Luoyang, and met Yongning Bo at the beginning of Governor Xingyuan..."
And on the new page, it is impressively recorded in what later generations called enthusiastic words, "The governor Xingyuan has been stationed on the Jiehe embankment for more than half a month. Yongningbo and the soldiers and civilians lived and boarded on the embankment all night. He is not as old as a weak crown, but he is well-versed in the world and understands government affairs. He is honestly the leader of the elite elite of the Han Dynasty in recent years. His bearing is magnificent, graceful and solemn..."
The word "Grace" seemed to be crossed out because the original owner felt something was wrong after he calmed down, and replaced it with the word "Grace". The most cited place in Chen Hanguo History.
At this moment, half a mile away from this thatched hut, in a hut made of wood, under the light of the horse lanterns, the banners flutter in the wind, and sometimes the banners with water make a heavy "crawling" sound.
In the thatched shed, the lantern elongated a figure of Xiao Shuxuan, reflected on the unkempt and loose thatch, the boy in python opened the album in his hand, his eyes under his sword eyebrows were full of thoughts, clearly he was watching the Yellow River Basin flow through the map .
Footsteps came from outside the thatched shed, Guan He Tongzhi came in with a lantern, looked at the young man, and asked, "My lord, it's so late, why haven't you slept yet?"
"Hong Xun is by my side, so I can't sleep. Besides, the general and school are still awake, so I can't sleep alone." Jia Heng said, closing the album, lifting the teapot on the wooden table, looking at the gatekeeper, and sighing: " Sizhou was flooded, and the lives and injuries of the people were overwhelming. I am now worried about Kaifeng Mansion. After all, the embankment was repaired too hastily. Even if we can get across the river this time, it needs to be repaired."
No matter who the flood is, if it breaks the embankment for you, you can only stare blankly.
The gatekeeper looked at the young boy with a handsome face, and said with relief: "My lord, don't worry too much. Although the rain is heavy, it seems to be gradually passing away. If you persist for another two days, you should be fine."
Jia Heng handed over a bowl of tea and said, "I hope so."
Then, he sat down on the bed and said: "Just now, I was looking through the atlas. In order to ensure the water transportation, more water was diverted to the canal. Now the two river transportations are mixed together. If the water does not recede, I am afraid that there will be many obstacles to the water transportation."
Since the reign of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty, when Liu Daxia went south to rule the river, Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty said to Liu Daxia clearly, "The ancients ruled the river only to eliminate the harm of the people. Today's rule of the river is only to hinder the way of luck."
The gatekeeper's eyes lit up, and he said pleasantly, "My lord wants to control the river."
If the honorable man in front of you manages the river, the river will be transported safely.
Jia Heng shook his head and explained: "I won't stay in Henan for long. After the flood control, I will lead the troops back to Beijing. The matter of the eastern captives is particularly important to Sheji. As a military minister, I should know the priorities."
He is a character who came to fight the fire, and he must not be welded here, otherwise he will be taken advantage of by others if he stays away from the center for too long, which is exactly the same as a long-distance relationship.
The gatekeeper's eyes darkened, and he said: "The abuses of the river affairs have penetrated deep into the viscera, and the river officials have accumulated habits, and corruption has become a common practice. If my lord leaves, I am afraid that the old ways will recur."
Jia Heng smiled and said: "This official is in Shenjing, which is not far from Kaifeng. Besides, I always use brocade clothes to monitor and pay attention. If there is any corruption, I will immediately report it to the sage. The matter of officials supervising the construction of the embankment of the river should not be a serious problem."
Hearing this, the gatekeeper was stunned and nodded.
He almost forgot that this person is still the famous governor in Jinyi, and also, during the joint flood fighting during this period, people always subconsciously ignore his age and Jinyi's ministry.
Just this time, only the sound of the gong "dangdang" was heard, and then there was a shout in the rainy night, "The embankment is seeping!"
Jia Heng quickly put down the album in his hand, with a solemn expression, and said in a deep voice: "Go, go out and have a look."
It's another new flood situation. Now Jia Heng is afraid of the flood at night. It's raining and it's dark. Once the embankment breaks, all living beings are equal before the flood.
Jia Heng and the gatekeeper, under the retinue of Jinyi guard Liu Jixian, strode up the embankment. At this moment, a reed was erected not far from the entire embankment, and there was a high basin of charcoal fire inside, and burning coal was placed inside, and the raging charcoal fire ignited , sending out balls of light, illuminating the river embankment, and teams of soldiers holding pine oil torches, patrolling the river embankment.
At this moment, after hearing the sound of the gong, many generals of the Beijing camp came out of the straw huts, but a large number of soldiers and civilian husbands gathered.
"My lord, the embankment has seeped in the southward section of the river." Song Xuan, the former magistrate of Xiangfu County and the right to know the affairs of the Kaifeng government, wearing a bamboo hat and coir raincoat, led several officials of the Kaifeng government, hurried over, with a young face Full of anxiety.
At this moment, the uncle of the country is already half-soaked, and his shoes are covered with mud.
If it is not dealt with in time, it will soon burst and flood the embankment.
"Lead the way ahead." Jia Heng didn't talk nonsense, let Song Xuan lead the way, came to the place where the incident happened, stood on the embankment, looked down at the embankment, and saw a few small holes rushing out of the embankment. There is a tendency to expand into a moon gate. Fortunately, the water speed is not fast at the moment, but when the flood peak comes, it is bound to cause major problems.
"Why don't you go down and block it?" Jia Heng asked.
Jiao Jingxing, the county magistrate of Weishi County next to Song Xuan, is now in charge of the Kaifeng prefecture, and said anxiously: "There are too many undercurrents under the water to make it impossible to stand, and a few brothers from the Beijing camp jumped down and were washed away. "
If this goes on, once the river breaks, I'm afraid it will be submerged.
At this moment, Xu Kai, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, was also carrying a lantern, wearing a coir raincoat, and a bamboo hat. Following a few small schools in the capital camp, he caught a glimpse of the river embankment in the distance, and was startled.
Jia Heng turned his head to look at the surrounding generals, including Pang Shili, Shao Chao, Xiao Lin and other generals, as well as Xie Jing, a member of the Fenwu Camp, and Xie Zaiyi and other generals such as Tongzhi, the governor of the Guoyong Camp.
Jia Fang and Jia Ling from the Jia clan were also on the embankment, looking at the boy in python with admiration.
As for the other generals and schools, they deployed defenses along the river embankment all the way to Guide Mansion.
Jia Heng took off the bamboo hat on his head and threw it on the ground, ignoring the rain on his body, with a serious expression on his face, he said loudly: "Brothers, Kaifeng Prefecture is behind us, if the levee breaks here, hundreds of thousands of people in Kaifeng Prefecture will Fathers and villagers will be buried in the water, and those of us cannot escape the flood!"
After a moment of silence, as he spoke, he stretched out his hand and quickly took off the coir raincoat on his body, saying: "Listen to the orders, all generals, follow me! Go down and block the breach!"
As he said that, he came to the embankment, jumped lightly, and jumped into the icy river first.
Seeing the young man striding away, only a half-body figure appeared in the water, the five or six guards in brocade clothes on the left and right were stunned for a moment, and most of them called out in shock: "Captain."
"Whatever you do in a daze, go down." Liu Jixian also threw down the bamboo hat, and led a group of guards to jump into the water one after another, heading towards the boy.
The gatekeeper said anxiously: "My lord."
Jia Heng shouted loudly: "Don't talk nonsense, pass over all the earth and stone, and before the flood comes, quickly build piles to repair the embankment."
The clear and clear voice spread far away in the rainy night, and the river workers who were at a loss were all shocked and stared at the young man standing in the river.
And this scene also shocked the gatekeeper Fang, Song Xuan and others, and then they looked at each other and shouted loudly: "Quick, take the rope, move the wood, and get on the big scorpion!"
Then he called Ding Fu and soldiers, moved earth and rocks and watched the river embankment to deliver them.
Following Jia Heng's jump in, the generals of the Beijing camp also led the soldiers to jump into the water in groups, and began to move earth and rocks hand in hand, while the river workers who had been lingering before also began to jump into the water, knocking on wooden stakes, blocking Use the rope to set up the crossbar, roll the cattail grass into a big bundle, and start to seal the gap.
This is a kind of strip stone rolled and bundled with soft grass materials such as firewood, bamboo and wood, and is often used to build dykes and rescue breaches.
Xu Kai looked at the scene where the army and the civilians went into the water together, his eyes were blurred for a moment, he looked up at the sky, the sky was gray at the moment, I don't know how much rain was still brewing, the cold rain slapped on his face, he didn't know if it was rain or tears, Take off the bamboo hat, untie the coir raincoat and put it aside.
Quickly came to the busy army soldiers, hugged a piece of stone, and strenuously walked towards the river embankment.
"Master, master." Chang Sui next to him was anxious and called repeatedly, but he couldn't.
At this moment, all the soldiers and civilians on the embankment were mobilized, carrying earth, stone and wood materials and heading towards the embankment.
After fighting all night until the dawn, the breach on the embankment was finally blocked.
And Jia Heng also led a group of soldiers to the river embankment, looked at the half-bubbled Beijing camp general with black lips, stretched out his hand to wipe the rain on his face, and met the tired eyes, He said loudly: "Master Song, let someone cook ginger soup and rice porridge to warm everyone's bodies, don't provoke the wind and cold."
The problem with the river water is that it loses temperature. If you stay in the water for a long time, your body temperature will gradually lose, you will be exhausted, and then you will be washed away by the water.
Song Xuan quickly responded: "My lord, it's already cooking, so bring it here."
As he said that, he and Jiao Jingxing led a group of county officials, took bowls one by one, and followed the generals to deliver them.
"Captain." At this moment, Liu Jixian handed over a bowl and said.
Jia Heng nodded, picked up the bowl, and sipped.
Just when Jia Heng was rushing to repair the embankment on the north-south embankment of Kaifeng Fucheng——
At this moment, the city of Kaifeng, the mansion of Princess Jinyang
At midnight, the three halls of the inner house are brightly lit. Crane-shaped palace lanterns inscribed with peony flowers are lit in all directions, reflecting a plump and graceful figure on the screen.
The beauties with emerald buns like clouds and floating emerald greens stand in front of the window, holding hands, looking at the non-stop rain outside. The rain hits the banana trees, and sometimes the wind blows, and the rain falls on the large banana leaves. Under the reflection, it glows with crystal luster.
The beauty suddenly parted her red lips and asked, "How many days?"
Yuan Chun whispered: "Your Highness, it has been seven days."
The princess Jinyang's beautiful jade face was covered with frost, she sighed softly, her red lips were pursed, and she said softly: "All the supplies prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs have been delivered."
Lianxue then said: "Your Highness, all will be transported to the Kaifeng government office, and the government will send them to the soldiers and civilians along the river."
While the eldest princess of Jinyang was speaking, Yingying turned around. On the beauty's soft and beautiful face like a peony stamen, there was a look of worry, and she said in a low voice: "It's raining non-stop, so don't let anything happen. Bian'er heard that something big happened, a whole city was flooded, and there were countless casualties."
The news of Sizhou being flooded had been spread throughout Kaifeng City within a couple of days, and some gentry even started to drag their families to pack up their belongings and fled Kaifeng City towards Luoyang.
Jia Heng didn't have much objection to this matter, but just told the government in Kaifeng Fucheng that the Governor Xingyuan was stationed on the Jiehe embankment, vowing to live and die with the embankment.
Some ordinary people whose homes are in Kaifeng Fucheng have nowhere to go, so they cannot leave Kaifeng Fucheng.
At this moment, Princess Xianning was sitting in a trance not far away, and said, "Auntie, how about I go to the river embankment to find Mr...."
"No, he gave special instructions before he left." Before Princess Xianning finished speaking, Princess Jinyang's willow eyebrows stood erect, and her phoenix eyes glanced at Princess Xianning.
Princess Xianning Yurong paused slightly, her cherry lips moved, she wanted to explain a few words, but she met those stern eyes.
Princess Jinyang said quietly: "An Sheng is waiting at home. Nothing will happen to him. Running around now is distracting."
At this moment, although several people did not say anything, none of them said that they would leave Kaifeng Mansion and return to Luoyang.
Princess Jinyang was silent for a moment, then turned her head to look at Yuanchun, and said, "Yuanchun, tomorrow you will take Xiangyun, Tanchun and Chanyue together in a carriage, and go back to Luoyang first, it's a bit dangerous here."
She and Xianning are here, and Chanyue and the two little girls from the Jia family cannot be put at risk.
When Yuan Chun heard the words, his plump, white and greasy face suddenly changed color, his heart tightened, and he said in a trembling voice: "Why did your Highness say that?"
Immediately, he shook his head and said, "Your Highness, I will stay here and wait for Brother Heng, and I will not go anywhere. Third Sister and Sister Yun are still young, let them and the princess go back to Luoyang first."
Princess Jinyang's eyes were fixed, and she was speechless for a while.
A gleam of doubt flashed across Princess Xianning's clear eyes under her willow-leaf slender eyebrows, and she faintly felt that something was unusual.
She and her aunt stayed here, firstly because her husband was here and wanted to stay with him, secondly, they were Princess Chen Han after all, what did Yuan Chun want to stay here this time?
Princess Jinyang met those soft and shining eyes, she was silent for a while, and sighed quietly: "Alright, let Chanyue, Tanchun, Xiangyun and the others go back tomorrow."
She also saw some of Yuan Chun's obsessive love for him that day, and she almost let him play around on the bed, let him pose in any position...
There is also the time of love... the flood burst.
"Mother, I'm not going anywhere, I'm just with you."
At this moment, from behind the bamboo curtain, came the gentle and soft voice of the little princess. The girl in the green skirt was full of seriousness with her clear brows and eyes, and she walked up to Princess Jinyang and pulled Princess Jinyang arm.
"It's so late, why haven't you fallen asleep yet?" Princess Jinyang frowned Xiuli, her phoenix eyes looked at Princess Qinghe, her tone was slightly sullen.
Then, suddenly, my heart felt strange, and my eyes turned to Tanchun and Xiangyun behind Li Chanyue, and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"
Tanchun Yingli frowned, with firm eyes in her bright eyes, and said: "His Royal Highness, Brother Heng is still on the embankment, how can I go back alone? I am here waiting for Brother Heng to come back."
Xiangyun also came to Yuanchun's side, and said softly: "Big sister, I'm tired of playing in Luoyang, I haven't been to many places here, wait for Brother Heng to come back, and let's go to Daxiangguo Temple to play." .”
Princess Xianning frowned slightly, and for some reason, she felt that the strangeness in her heart was getting stronger and stronger.
The eldest princess of Jinyang sighed softly: "It may not be when the flood will burst, and what you do here will not be of much help."
Even though he said so, he didn't persuade him for a while.
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Huai'an Mansion, Qingjiangpu
The high-rise house, which is only two arrows away from the Hedao Yamen, is shrouded in darkness, and only the corner of the southeast corner of the courtyard is still lit. At this moment, the wind and rain are blowing outside, and the bamboo shadows are swaying. The accumulated rainwater trickled down in streams, falling on the blue bricks with pits, and the flower wall hanging from the vines was soaked for most of the day, and a few roses in the corner had already fallen into the grass.
In the study room, the mahogany bookshelf stands on the wall where various scrolls and pictures are hung. On the chair behind the desk, Gao Bin, the governor of Nanhe, is wearing a crimson official robe and a black black gauze hat. The candlelight on the table was in a daze.
In the brazier not far away, a raging flame was burning, and scraps of paper, like black butterflies, fluttered and circled from time to time with the sound of the wind coming through the door, like paper money burned for the dead.
"Master." At this time, a series of light footsteps came from outside the house, and a beautiful woman in a blue dress and a phoenix-winged golden hairpin entered the study, covered her mouth with her hand, yawned and said: " Master, it's so late, it's time to rest, I've been hiding in the study since the afternoon."
Hearing this, Gao Bin raised his head suddenly, almost startling Zheng, his drowsiness disappeared, and he turned to look at the brazier beside him.
Suddenly there was a crackling sound, thunder and lightning flashed outside, Zheng Shitan's mouth was slightly opened and his palms were almost clenched by the bright and dim light of the lightning.
It can be seen that Gao Bin is wearing a second-grade scarlet gown, a black black gauze hat, and his hair is loose in front. He has a slightly fat face with sunken cheeks and bloodshot eyes. A hoarse and weak voice sounded: "Madam, wait a few days You take Fu'er back to Jinling's natal family to hide."
Hearing this, Mrs. Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, her beautiful face was as pale as paper, and said in a trembling voice: "Master, there are imperial guards outside, no one is allowed to come in and out, so where else can I hide myself?"
Gao Bin sighed softly and said, "Tomorrow there will be none."
Sizhou was flooded, more than ten thousand people were killed and injured, and the people in Hongxian County were all submerged. No matter what, he couldn't survive this catastrophe. Now he just wants to keep his family small without getting involved. There is no end here.
Zheng's heart skipped a beat, her face paled, she hurriedly moved forward, tightly grasped Gao Bin's arm, and said sadly, "Master, don't scare me."
Gao Bin sighed: "Leave tomorrow, take Fu'er, brother will take good care of you."
When Mrs. Zheng heard this, the bad premonition in her heart became stronger and she said anxiously: "My lord, my brother is in Jinling. I'll go and beg my brother. It's a big deal, we are not proper officials."
As he spoke, he hugged Gao Bin's shoulder and began to cry.
"It's over, it's over." Gao Bin said with a wry smile on his chubby face, his eyes glazed over, and he sighed.
At this moment, a bamboo cage hanging outside the window of the study seemed to be awakened by the cool wind blowing. A budgie with a sharp beak and spitting feathers fluttered its wings up and down, making a parrot cry: "It's over, everything is done!" It's over."
It seemed that he had been hungry all day, and his voice was almost shrill.
Not long after, Mrs. Zheng came to her senses suddenly, looked at Gao Bin who had not moved at all, and called anxiously, "Master, master."
In the midst of thunder and lightning, Gao Bin was bleeding from all seven orifices, his head in a black black gauze cap tilted to the side, black and red blood gurgled down from his mouth, stained the white lining along his neck, and finally soaked the second grade On the case of the golden pheasant group in the crimson official robe.
And the porcelain bottle clenched tightly in his hand fell to the ground with a "click", making a crisp sound.
"master!"
"Come here."
Following Zheng's shrill call, the entire Gao Mansion was thrown into chaos in an instant.
Originally in the southwestern corner of Huai'an Fucheng, Peng Ye, the censor of the left deputy capital who was resting in a post house, heard the long attendant knock on the door in a hurry, with a gloomy expression, picked up the black gauze hat on the table, put it on his head, and led several attendants down the second floor. Asking the long follower holding the umbrella, he said in a deep voice, "Where is Master Yu?"
The voice didn't float very far in the rain and fog before it was scattered in all directions.
"Master Yu went to the high mansion, and the imperial physician also went, and I heard that he is no longer useful," said the chief follower.
Peng Ye's face was as gloomy as iron, and he snorted coldly.
This Gao Bin is really stupid. If someone leaked the news a little bit, he would commit suicide in fear of crime, thinking that if he died, he would be able to save Hewu and Jiangnan's officialdom?
It's fine if you don't commit suicide, but if you commit suicide, that man in Jinyi Mansion will bite like a mad dog.
With the support of the long attendants who were holding lanterns, they got into the carriage, and as the carriage swayed and turned, the lantern hanging in front of the carriage tore off the thick black rain curtain, and headed towards the high house. Immediately, the rain became heavier and the night returned. shrouded down.
Tall House, Inner House Flower Hall
Yu Shi Yude, the right officer of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, had a gloomy face, pacing back and forth, almost battered.
"My lord, Mr. Peng is here." At this moment, Cui Qing, the magistrate of Huai'an Prefecture, said under the eaves of the corridor, and handed the umbrella to the staff at the side. This middle-aged official who had just turned forty years old entered the hall In the middle, the look is inexplicable.
Not long after, Peng Ye, the deputy capital censor of the left, entered the flower hall like a piece of ice, staring at Yu De with cold eyes.
"I have seen Mr. Peng." Yu De bit the bullet and said to Peng Ye.
Peng Ye sneered, and said, "My lord, I have told you again and again, beware of criminals committing suicide in fear of crime, but it turned out to be fine now. In just a few days, they took poison and committed suicide. Why didn't your people watch?"
Yu De said with a bitter face: "The lower official just left for a while, who knows that something like this happened."
Peng Ye took a deep look at Yu De, and said, "Your Excellency, I'd better leave these words for the Holy One, what about the corpse?"
"It's in the study." Cui Qing, the prefect of Huai'an, answered.
Peng Ye remained expressionless, and said indifferently, "Go to the study."
At this moment, in the study, Peng Ye looked at the brazier in the study, kicked it lightly, and with a "clang", the copper basin made a crisp sound.
The budgerigar jumped up and down, not knowing if it was afraid of the cold, and curled up into the bamboo cage.
"What is this burning?" Peng Ye turned his head to look at Yu De, who was beside him, with aggressive eyes.
Yu De's face was a little dazed, and he said: "The lower officials don't know either."
"Suicide in fear of crime, concealing accomplices, the burning inside may be evidence that the criminal officer Gao Bin wants to conceal!" Peng Ye's eyes flashed coldly, and he directly asserted.
As soon as this remark came out, Yu De's complexion changed suddenly, and he said in a low voice: "Master Peng, you can't talk nonsense like this."
At this time, Mrs. Zheng, who was crying, suddenly raised her shaggy haired head when she heard the words. On her pear-blossomed and rainy face, she fixed her eyes on Peng Ye and cried, "You people are you!" My husband who forced you to death, I will fight with you."
As he spoke, he stretched out his hand with nails, and rushed towards Peng Ye's elegant face.
Peng Ye's complexion changed slightly, and he quickly hid aside, dodging away.
At this moment, Mrs. Zheng grabbed her sleeve and said angrily: "Pull her away, pull her away!"
It was only at this moment that the long followers came to their senses, and stepped forward to leave Zheng's immediately.
"Master, you are wronged, you are wronged." Zheng cried out.
Peng Ye straightened his sleeves, looked at the official robe sleeves that had been torn off at a corner, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and said angrily: "It's an insult to the gentleman! It's an insult to the gentleman!"
Then he looked at Gao Bin who had died on the grand master's chair, and said to Cui Qing, the magistrate of Huai'an, in a cold voice: "Let me do a test to see if he committed suicide. I will write a memorial to the court later!"
As he said that, looking at the weeping Mrs. Peng, Mr. Peng, who was good at writing memorials, no longer wanted to stay any longer, and left the study.
(End of this chapter)