Taohuaxi

Chapter 75
The water levels in the canal have been weirdly high this year.

The officials of Yangzhou Prefecture paid great attention to it and reported it to the imperial court.

The governors of various states along the Destiny River served as local "river envoys" and reported the rise and fall of the water level at any time.

The government set up a flood reporting station.

Flood reports are also called "water reports" and are as important as "military reports" during wartime.

Yangzhou government sent many officers to repair the gate.However, the huge force of the water broke the gate.The officers were extremely anxious.

A small official working on water control suddenly thought that at the end of last year, when the embankment was being built, a craftsman mentioned the method of "open ditches and underground ditches". Now that he thought about it, it was a good idea.

The clerk looked through the book and found out that the craftsman came from "Huajiawa" thirty miles away. He seemed to be a teacher. He looked a little ugly, but his conversation was good.

The clerk took a few people to Huajiawa.

When the mountain people saw the officers and soldiers, they were horrified. When they heard that they were looking for their husband, they alertly asked, "What's the matter?"

After the clerk explained the reason, the mountain people pointed to a dilapidated thatched house in the west of the village and said, "Sir, there he is teaching to the children."

The clerk came to the door of the thatched house.

It was hot, but the gentleman was still wrapped up tightly, like a leper, afraid of the wind.

The clothes on his body, although shabby, were spotless.Holding the scroll in his hand, he said to the children: "A scholar cannot be without great perseverance. The responsibilities are heavy and the road ahead is long. Isn't it important to be benevolent when one considers one's responsibilities? Isn't it too far to just die?"

The children read after him.

The teacher said: "The meaning of this sentence is that a scholar must be ambitious, strong and perseverant, because he has a heavy responsibility and a long road. Isn't it important to realize 'benevolence' as one's own responsibility? Strive for life , stop just before death, isn’t the journey still far away?”

A barefoot child asked, "Sir, what is benevolence?"

The gentleman smiled and said, "A benevolent person loves others."

The child tilted his head and said seriously: "Sir, who is the person whom the benevolent loves?"

The husband paused and said loudly: "Everyone in the world."

"Including people you don't know?"

"Yes. All the common people are among them. If one day you pass the scientific examination and become an official, you must be a good official who loves the people."

He picked up a piece of earth and wrote on the ground: To deceive others is like deceiving the sky, don't deceive yourself. If you betray the people, you will betray the country. How can you bear to betray them?

The clerk standing outside the door suddenly felt a sense of awe in his heart.

Even he himself couldn't tell where this awe came from.

The man in front of me is just an insignificant country teacher.

Why does it feel like his figure blurs into a silhouette on an old book?His hoarse voice was like the long-lost clear cry in the temple.The clerk looked at the soap robe on his body and was at a loss what to do.

To betray the people is to betray the country. How can we bear to betray them?

But today's government offices are greedy for ink, and the common people are being preyed upon. How can we not bear it at all?
After a long time, the class ended. The clerk cleared his throat and explained his purpose to the gentleman.

The gentleman thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Controlling water is a big deal."

Then, he packed up a few clothes and books and went with the clerk.

The little official didn't know that the man in front of him was once a second-ranked Jinshi. He won the favor of Zhang Taiyue, the famous former chief assistant, with his contemporary policy article "Admonishment for Water Treatment".Regarding state affairs, whether it is people's livelihood, official administration, taxation, or water conservancy, they all have their own unique insights.He almost became the successor of Wanli's New Deal.

However, with the death of Zhang Taiyue, the Wanli New Deal quickly turned into dust.But there is only a legend left behind: "It's ridiculous for a cricket to shake a big tree, it's ridiculous to be overconfident".

The arrival of the gentleman helped the clerk a lot.

Gradually, the junior officials treated him with great respect.

The so-called "open ditch and underdrain" combines the above ground and underground to form a water system and connect them to form a reservoir, which regulates the flow of rainwater and relieves drainage pressure.

However, in mid-May, several heavy rainstorms occurred one after another, which was unprecedented in previous years.

It will stop until the end of May.

On the last day of May, the sun shone brightly in Yangzhou.

Next, it will be sunny for several days.

People felt relieved, thinking that the flood prevention crisis was over.

Only the gentleman from Huajiawa patrolled the river embankment over and over again, sometimes looking at the water level, sometimes looking at the trees along the river embankment, and sometimes looking up at the sky, with many thoughts on his mind.

The fifth day of June.

The clerk asked him to go and have a drink to celebrate the victory, but he didn't go and stayed on the river embankment.

When it was getting dark, a figure suddenly jumped out from behind the willow tree.

"gentlemen--"

The person coming is Hua Lian, she called out urgently.

The husband raised his head, looked around, and said, "Didn't I tell you not to come to me? If she sees it, it will be bad."

Hua Lian sat next to him, was silent for a while, and said, "Sir, tomorrow is my boss's wedding."

"Ah."

The gentleman responded softly.

His eyes froze for a moment.

There is a string in my heart that is broken.The remaining tone is left, dangling.

He laughed self-deprecatingly.

I have obviously envisioned this scene countless times in my mind, but today, this scene is finally coming.

The waves of the sculls are flat, and the green mountains are locked on the shore.You go home and I go home, telling you how to live.I won't think about it. Don't think about me.I can give your past and my heart to others. "I can give your past and my heart to others."

As the gentleman read these words, the eaves of a winter roof seemed to appear in front of his eyes, and the water turned into ice and fell from the eaves, falling into his heart.Cool.In the past, her lips were so cool under the red gauze tent.

Hua Lian said: "My boss tried on a wedding dress today. It was bright red with phoenix and clouds embroidered on it..."

"Does it look good?"

"It looks good." Hua Lian said.

Her cat-like eyes stared at Mr.

"My boss once wore a wedding dress, sir, I saw it."

As sharp as she was, she noticed something was wrong when she saw the bamboo hairpin on her boss's head.When she was in the countryside, she once saw her husband polishing a hairpin and carving words carefully.If you don't do it well once, do it again.Over and over again, never tire of it.

During the bride-kidnapping incident on May [-]st, the vague suspicion in her mind was confirmed.

She followed her husband and ran for several miles.The husband was annoyed and asked her to come back.She had never seen such a weirdo.If you are worried about your boss, why don't you let her know?Since we have never been far apart, why do we not want to stay together?
My husband must have suffered a lot to become what he is today.Burned all over, anonymous.With all his talents and learning, he can only earn a living like a common man in the countryside.Go up the mountains, go down to the fields, and be craftsmen.On the other hand, he was happiest when he was teaching his children to read without collecting a penny.

Sir, you probably want your boss to live a better life.

Her husband once said something that she seemed to understand.

If you pass the Changmen, everything is wrong, and if you come here, you will return differently.

Hua Lian couldn't help but speak countless times and wanted to tell his boss, but when he thought of his husband's instructions, he was in a dilemma.

She was someone who couldn't hide things in her heart, hiding such a big thing.It was very hard to hide it.

When Qin Xianggong delivered the new wedding dress, she stood behind her employer, opened her mouth, and felt some words swirling in her throat, but eventually they drifted away with the wind.

That's too late.

Hua Lian felt that this feeling was like when she was in the mountains, watching a rabbit disappear before her eyes, and she couldn't catch it.She didn't know how to express it, she just felt uncomfortable.

"I didn't see her when she was wearing her wedding dress before. This time, I probably...can't see it either," said the husband.

Overcoming Changmen is nothing. What's the same thing but different return. After the Wutong half-dead and clearing the frost, the head of the white mandarin duck was missing and flew.

The grass is on the original, showing off the beginning of Xi. The old habitation and the new ridge are in harmony. If you lie on your empty bed and listen to the rain at the south window, whoever picks up the lamp to make up for the night.

The gentleman looked at the water in the canal and said no more.

Frost hits the sycamore tree, half alive and half dead.Now, isn't he just a half-lived and half-dead person?

What qualifications do you have to feel sad?

How can I bear to bear it?

How can I bear to bear it?

All he can do now is do his best.

After Hua Lian left, the husband went to find the clerk.

He told the clerk a result that he had observed for a long time and carefully arrived at: Starting tomorrow, the heavy rain in Yangzhou City will return with a vengeance.The inner city of Yangzhou is quite low-lying. Once the water in the canal overflows, it will flow back and flood the city.By then, the consequences will be disastrous.Tonight, the outlet must be blown open.

He waited for the clerk to report his words to the magistrate.

When the clerk heard what he said, he looked troubled and said: "It has been sunny for many days. All the officials in the government said that the crisis has been resolved. You see, there is no sign of rain at the moment. If I suddenly report like this, I'm afraid it will happen." To be blamed.”

The teacher said: "This matter is not trivial. In "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals", clouds are divided into mountain clouds, water clouds, dry clouds and rain clouds. I watched for several days..."

The clerk waved his hand, interrupted him, and said: "Sir, please stop talking. I know you are quite capable, but the sky is unpredictable and cannot be known by a mountain man like you. The imperial court sent people from Si Tianjian to Yangzhou. , aren’t you more knowledgeable and knowledgeable than you? If Si Tianjian’s people say it’s okay, then it’s okay. I respect you, sir, for helping me, but you should not make things difficult for me.”

Sir, I will continue to insist.

The clerk said anxiously: "Tell the truth, sir, it is absolutely impossible for the flood outlet to explode!"

"Why?" the gentleman asked.

"The flood outlet is facing the Zheng family's private land. Once the flood outlet explodes, a large area of ​​the Zheng family's private land will be flooded! Moreover, the Zheng family's temple will also be included!"

After the crown prince was established, Concubine Zheng was left out in the cold for only half a month, and she quickly regained her favor.Because the imperial physician diagnosed her with a positive pulse, she was overjoyed and named her "Emperor's Noble Concubine".Although she was pregnant and could not sleep with her, Long Live still went to Chengqian Palace to accompany her every night.Everyone knows the importance of love.

Concubine Zheng's royal family is even better than before.

Under such circumstances, who dares to destroy the Zheng family's private land?

If Concubine Zheng is angered, will Wusha want it?Do you want the head on your neck?
The gentleman was indignant, his breath was suffocating in his heart, and his face turned red.

He no longer bothered the petty officials, but went to the government office and sounded the drum of injustice.

After tonight, it will be too late, too late.

However, when he stated the reason in court, the official was shocked, said "Nonsense", and ordered the yamen to take him out...

The gentleman was so anxious that he walked to the river embankment.

He stood on the river embankment until midnight.

Good words can't wake up people who enjoy themselves.

He was even more lonely than when he was in court.

Sparse stars.

tomorrow.

Tomorrow is her wedding day.

Tomorrow is a day when Yangzhou City is very likely to be flooded.

He suddenly made a decision, turned around, and ran towards Huajiawa.

(End of this chapter)