Wife Kim An

Chapter 67

After handing over everything, Song Xiao asked Song Enran to bring an experienced farmer to verify the grain when buying grain in other places, so as not to be fooled by others.

The rain was pattering, as if it hadn't stopped since Song Xiao came to Yizhou.But it was the rainy season at this time, and Yizhou was a rainy area, so Song Xiao felt relieved.

At this time, she was riding in the carriage and had already left the city gate of Yizhou.Not far from the gate, many refugees were sitting or standing, but because of official control, they dared not approach the gate.They were emaciated and hungry, and they flashed by Song Xiao's carriage, watching eagerly.

Song Xiao narrowed her eyes slightly, always feeling that the number of refugees seems to have increased several times compared to when she first came.

Flying Pigeon passed the letter before, and he had already reported to the old lady that he would arrive in Sucheng in three days.Although it was light rain, Song Xiao was in a good mood and couldn't help thinking about the previous plan, his eyes turned to Shen Junyi who was leaning against the wall of the carriage and sleeping lightly.

He seems to be very tired recently. He always looks tired in the morning and often sleeps lightly with his eyes closed.On the contrary, she slept until dawn.

Su Ye once said that when he called her early in the morning, he couldn't wake her up no matter what.Sure enough, it's because I've been too tired recently.

Song Xiao moved Shen Junyi quietly, and received countless flying eyes from Su Ye's disdain.She moved her shoulder to Shen Junyi's shoulder, and gently pushed his head with her head, letting him lean on her shoulder.

"Huh?" Shen Junyi was gently pushed awake with a dazed expression on his face. If Song Xiao observed carefully, he would find a stern look in the corner of his eyes.

"Tired, go to sleep." Song Xiao ignored Shen Junyi's stiff figure, stroked his hair lightly, and then leaned her head against his.

"Kangdang—" the carriage shook for a while, and Song Xiao's head hit the ceiling of the carriage hard, causing her tears to flow from the pain.Shen Junyi, who was very tired, woke up suddenly, and suddenly found himself lying in Song Xiao's arms.

Shen Junyi was at a loss, pretending that nothing happened and retreated from Song Xiao's embrace.

"Bai Zhi, please drive me well!" Song Xiao stood up angrily, wanting to see what happened.

At this moment, the carriage slammed to the brakes, Song Xiao's foot slipped, and he fell out of the carriage, and fell to the side of Bai Zhi with his face on the ground.

"Xiaoxiao, are you okay!" Shen Junyi came to his senses, and hurriedly opened the curtain of the carriage and rushed out.But as soon as he went out, he was shocked in place.

In front of their eyes, a large piece of viscous mud poured down, coming fiercely.The carriage that was originally driving in front of them was rushed down the mountain in an instant, buried in the mud flow, and there were no bones left.

"Landslide...mud, mudslide?" Witnessing the natural disaster with his own eyes, witnessing the helplessness of human beings in the face of the disaster, Song Xiao's body trembled slightly.If Bai Zhi had stopped one step later, they would have been the ones who died just now.

However, at this time, the mudslide did not stop, but rolled more and more violently, and it was about to hit them not far away. Song Xiao yelled: "Bai Zhi, why are you still in a daze, back up quickly, run away!"

"The horse's hooves are stuck in the mud and it can't move anymore!" Bai Zhi's face turned blue, and her hand holding the rein became more and more forceful.

"Jun Yi, take me away, Bai Zhi, take good care of Susu. Abandon the carriage, or it will be too late!"

In the blink of an eye, the road ahead was blocked, and their carriage was smashed to pieces by the mudslide.

Song Xiao was half-embraced by Shen Junyi on the branch, as if he had lost all his strength, and he needed his support even to stand firmly.

Song Xiao lived in a big city since he was a child. Although he kept hearing news about how many people were killed by mudslides, he never truly felt the harm it caused.

Song Xiao's entire face was gray, and his clean clothes were extremely dirty.She stared blankly at the pouring mudslide, and suddenly her face turned pale.

"Oops! Below is the Luoshui River, and the mudslide will silt up the river! Junyi, take me back to Yizhou quickly! I want to tell everyone, let everyone escape quickly." She held on to Shen Junyi's hand tightly. His sleeves were extremely flustered and his face was pale.But she didn't notice that Shen Junyi's face became even paler, his clear eyes darkened in an instant, his whole body shook, and he let go of the hand that was half holding her.

Debris flows are generally accompanied by heavy rains and floods.In the past few days, it has been raining continuously in Yizhou, which was not enough to keep the torrent rolling.

Then, there is only one possibility, the hidden dangers a few months ago have not been eliminated.The hillsides around Yizhou may roll down at any time, and the flood may roar at any time.But this time, because of the forbearance of the previous time, it will be a more powerful and vast breach of the embankment.

Thinking in the worst direction, Yizhou is about to be flooded!

As Song Xiao thought about it, suddenly his feet were empty and he fell from the tree.

Shen Junyi suddenly reacted, flew down quickly, took her hand and stood firmly on the safe ground.

"Song Xiao, are you okay..." Shen Junyi bit his lip and said, "Just now, I'm sorry."

Song Xiaobai smiled nonchalantly: "I forgot about your body. How can you take me back with lightness kung fu?"

"It's not...it's me..." Shen Junyi wanted to explain, but Song Xiao broke free from his hand and ran in the opposite direction.

"I'll stop a carriage, and we'll return to Yizhou!"

Song Xiao stopped a carriage and told him that the road ahead was blocked and he had to go back to the city.Their carriage was destroyed, can you take them back.The other party readily agreed, and Song Xiao returned to Yizhou when the evening approached. She immediately ran to the Yamen and played drums in front of the gate.

An officer rubbed his eyes and opened the door, seeing the disheveled Song Xiao, with contempt in his eyes: "Who is in front of the door, playing drums at random in front of the yamen!"

"Minister Song Xiao, the eldest lady of the Song family in Sucheng." Seeing the contempt in the other party's eyes, Song Xiao couldn't help but blow up the house.

"What's the matter?"

"The folk girl returned to the city from Yizhou today. Who would have thought that a landslide would block the road leading to Sucheng..."

"Oh, this." The other party waved his hand, "Miss Song, please stay in Yizhou for a few more days. If you can't wait, you can go to Sucheng instead of Nianchuan."

Seeing that the officer wanted to close the door, Song Xiao hurriedly said: "No, that's not what the girl wants to report. The mudslide is coming fiercely, and the girl is afraid that it will block the river and cause floods. Now clear the mudslide that rolled down the river, It's not too late. The daughter of the people implores your lord to help and will..."

The official yawned, waved his hands, and said, "It's been hundreds of years since mud and rocks have rolled into the river. This kind of thing is very common. Report this to the officials, disturb our rest, and make alarmist remarks. Let's go! Magistrate Your Excellency has just built a dam, even if the flood comes, it will not be able to submerge Yizhou!"

"What if..."

"If Miss Song is timid, just leave Nianchuan and go back to Sucheng." The officer gave Song Xiao a contemptuous look, and closed the yamen door with a "smack," interrupting Song Xiao's unfinished words.

Song Xiao was out of breath.

"These ignorant ancients! Don't they know that if this accumulation continues, no matter how wide the river is, it will be blocked. Once blocked, as long as there is a heavy rain, the river will rise and cannot be dredged downwards. It will inevitably rise. The river recoils The ferocity of the attack will surely break the dam and flood the entire Yizhou. If they don’t go, I will go!”

"Xiaoxiao, are we really going back from Nianchuan?" Su Ye asked worriedly.

"Su Ye, what's wrong with you? You also think I'm alarmist?" Song Xiao said angrily.

"No... nothing."

Song Xiao went back and told the Song family in Yizhou about the coming of the flood.

"I'm going to Nianchuan now, and then back to Sucheng. Are you going to follow me, or stay here?"

Everyone looks at me and I look at you. It seems that they don't quite believe that the flood will hit again in a short time.

"Miss, I know you are right to worry. However, we have lived in Yizhou for many years, and the last time the Luoshui River flooded was five years ago. It used to only flood once in a few years. Two months ago, the flood just I have been here before, but now I will not come again." Song Enran's mother explained.

At this time, Song Enran entered the room with a pale face, and when he saw Song Xiao, he asked in surprise, "Sister Xiao, why are you back?"

"The mountain road to Sucheng was blocked, so I had no choice but to come back." Song Xiao smiled bitterly, "Sister Enran, you went to other places to buy rice, why did you come back so soon?" Although Song Enran was older than her I left in a few days, but I shouldn't be back so soon.

"To Rancheng, the road to Lingzhou is blocked by boulders. Since the road to Sucheng is also blocked, now, if you want to go out to buy rice, you have to go through Nianchuan." Song Enran sighed.

Song Xiao thought to himself.Except for the Nianchuan road, so to speak, Yizhou, which was originally well connected in all directions, has become a dead city.If Yizhou is flooded, the road to Nianchuan must be congested.

No, you must go now!
There was a commotion outside, Song Xiao looked up.

"Let go of me, let me go. I want to see Miss Song." A disheartened young man rushed in, followed by two middle-aged women who rushed to restrain him.

Song Enran remembered something, and said: "Just now on the way back when I came back, this young man suddenly stopped in front of my car desperately. I avoided him and left, but he threw a stone and hit the wheel of the carriage, causing me to nearly overturn. I was about to torture him why he hurt me."

"It's you, Xiao Liu?" Song Xiao exclaimed.

The restrained boy was none other than Yang Xiaoliu. Seeing Song Xiao twisting his body and breaking free from the restraint, he hurriedly said, "Miss Song, I finally found you. Grandpa asked me to tell you something."

"what's up?"

"Recently, my grandfather's legs have been sore. Today, the pain is even more painful. My grandfather said that it will be like this every time it rains heavily. Also, everyone said that things like mudslides have always slipped into Luoshui recently. In the river. In the past, when there was a flood, this always happened. Xiaoliu remembered that Miss Song said that she was going to Yizhou, so she came to Yizhou to find you. When she saw the Song family’s carriage, she thought it was you It was because of this that I acted in a hurry." He pulled Song Xiao's sleeve and said anxiously, "Whether Ms. Song believes it or not, get out of here quickly. Xiao Liu has always had a bad premonition recently... I always feel that a storm is coming !"

"I believe you." Song Xiao patted him on the back and said, "If the road to Sucheng hadn't been blocked by mudslides, I would have left Yizhou now."

"Xiao Liu, let everyone escape to Nianchuan together."

Yang Xiaoliu shook his head: "Our village is located on a high ground, so we don't need to flee to Nianchuan. When the storm comes, just hide in the cave."

"As long as there is a heavy rain, Yizhou will be flooded sooner or later. Now there is only one road in Nianchuan. There are tens of thousands of people in Yizhou. When the time comes, it will be crowded with people. Can you really escape successfully? It rains heavily and the road encounters mudslides. The landslide, everything is over. At that time, if you are lucky enough to escape to Nianchuan, will the gates of Nianchuan be opened wide in the face of so many victims?" Song Xiao looked at the stunned Song family and asked: "I Ask for the last time, are you going to follow me now?!"

Song Xiao worked hard all night, and the Song family in Yizhou was finally persuaded.After all, it is a city that nurtures itself, and it is not as simple as imagined to abandon it easily.

"How much rice do you have left in the grain store? Take it with you on the road this time." If the flood hits, the price of grain will surely hit a new high.She suddenly regretted that the price was so low before.

"It's half a warehouse, probably enough to fill five carriages."

Song Xiao sighed: "In just a few days, so much rice from the two warehouses has been sold. The price of grain has really risen in the face of the disaster!"

The members of the Song family were busy packing their things all night.At night, the drizzle gradually became heavier.The air was sultry, and there were faint flashes of lightning.

In the morning, Song Xiao looked at the empty carriage and was dumbfounded: "Only two bags of rice?"

The journey to Nianchuan would take at least two days, and the Song family in Yizhou had at least a hundred people, and Song Xiao brought 50 guards. Two bags of rice...can they be divided? !Even if you can barely divide it and make it to Nianchuan, will you drink the northwest wind if you have no food? !
"Didn't you say there is half a warehouse?" Song Xiao was angry.

"Back to Miss, there are too many people starting out, and there are not enough carriages. It would be a waste of money to hire carriages to load food. What's more, the road is far away and the mountain road is difficult to walk. We must also take into account the mud and rocks that fall at any time, and we must protect The grain truck behind me is really difficult. So I boldly exchanged the rice for money, and when I arrived at Nianchuan, I could exchange the money for grain. Just in the early hours of this morning, someone bought the rice at double the price." The person who spoke was the second shopkeeper of Mipu, surnamed Chen.

Song Xiao's face became more and more gloomy, but he was somewhat complacent.

"Twice?" Song Xiao's voice raised slightly, which was a sign of her anger.

"Yes, I made a full 1 taels of silver." Shopkeeper Chen said proudly.

Song Xiao snorted coldly: "Take back the rice sold this morning, I would rather spend the money to take back the rice!"

Shopkeeper Chen hurriedly said: "Miss, with so much money, you can go to Nianchuan to buy as much rice as you want! If you take the rice back, we will have to pay someone else 2 taels of silver. The rice shop... ...not that much money...”

"Foolish! Foolish!" Song Xiao was so angry that he wanted to kill someone, "She just paid double the price and you sold all the rice. Now, we are running for our lives! What is the use of your money, I never thought of Nian Chuan , Starved to death on the road?!"

She knew that the members of the Song family were dissatisfied with her as a young lady, but now that their lives were at stake, they made such a hasty decision and they didn't even support her!Where did they put her, the eldest lady!
Don't they know?When there is a natural disaster, what is the use of having more money? !
"Miss, the rain is getting heavier and heavier, and the water is getting deeper and deeper. If you don't leave, the carriage will not be able to move!"

"Forget it, let's go."

Song Xiao sat back on the carriage discouragedly, looking at the increasingly heavy rain outside the window with a gloomy expression.

In just one night, the accumulated water on the ground has already overflowed the ankles.

The carriage had been driving for a day and a half, and the water on the ground had covered his knees.The speed of the carriage was getting slower and slower, and rocks rolled down the mountain road from time to time.

Song Xiao got a piece of news: the water level of the Luoshui River has risen rapidly, constantly beating against the embankment.

Song Xiao, don't worry.It's just raining.It's okay, the dam rebuilt by Zhixian County won't be washed away so soon.

It's okay, Yizhou won't be flooded so soon.When you arrive at Nianchuan, you can buy rice quickly before everyone notices the new disaster.

It's okay...they will reach Nianchuan safely...

Song Xiao turned his head and looked at Shen Junyi and Su Ye, but saw that the two were sitting upright, looking preoccupied.

Seeing this made her even more uneasy.

It seems that when you reach Nianchuan, something worse will happen...

(End of this chapter)