The first county magistrate in history

Chapter 287 Late Night Horror

Everyone knelt down and saluted.

The empress said, "Stand up."

After that, he just looked at the South City in silence.

At this moment, the water inside the city was already more than a man high. Because of the city walls, the rainwater was flowing in all directions, and the garbage was also floating on the waves, drifting with the current. Among the garbage was human and animal feces!

There was a bad smell in the air.

Many of the houses that were not demolished have collapsed.

"Your Majesty, help!"

"His Majesty……"

Suddenly, shouts were heard from the scattered buildings in the south city.

Everyone looked over.

The distance was too far and I couldn't see the man's face clearly.

But you can see a person standing on the roof of the Nancheng government office, waving.

He seems to be wearing official robes.

"Why are there still people?" Xia Mo Ning was shocked: "Didn't they all move to North City?"

"Look! A boat!" Zhou Wentong suddenly pointed to the distance and exclaimed.

Everyone looked over and saw that there really were boats, not just one, but more than a dozen small boats.

There are special agents on board.

"It's Lu Dong, and Hua Qianrou!" Xia Mo Ning was surprised.

Why are Lu Dong and Hua Qianrou here?

It turned out that Hua Qianrou was also worried about Nancheng. After all, the five urban districts were under the responsibility of adults.

So I worked overtime last night to build a wooden boat, and went into the South City for inspection early in the morning, and salvaged garbage by the way. I couldn't just do nothing.

It’s impossible without a boat. Once a horse goes in, only its head is left, and it still holds its head high.

At this moment, Hua Qianrou and others were also shocked when they heard the cry for help. Wasn’t Nancheng a deserted city?

Row over quickly.

Soon, Hua Qianrouzheng sent this person to the city wall and did not forget to pay his respects to the empress.

After the empress let the two men stand up, she looked at the rescued person in surprise and asked, "Liu Fuyin, what are you doing?"

At this moment, Liu Shuisheng, the prefect of Nancheng, had his official robe soaked through and was shivering with cold, his face pale.

He trembled and said, "Your Majesty, I had originally planned to leave, but last night I suddenly remembered that I had left my salary at the government office, so I went to get it that night. I didn't expect that it would be easy to get in, but I couldn't get out. The water was too high!"

Chi!

Zhou Wentong couldn't help but laugh out loud.

He quickly bowed to the empress: "Your Majesty, please forgive your sins!"

He seems to be misbehaving in front of the driver.

"It's okay!" Xia Mochu couldn't help but wanted to laugh.

"Lord Liu's name of Shuisheng is not worthy of his reputation!" Zhu Fengchi said, suppressing his laughter.

In one sentence, everyone couldn't help laughing.

Liu Shuisheng was born in a flood, hence the name Shuisheng. However, he could not swim.

Moreover, Liu Shuisheng is notoriously afraid of his wife.

Apparently, he didn't bring his salary back last night, and his wife scolded him. He went to get it at night, but ended up being trapped on the roof of the government office.

Liu Shuisheng is a bit pedantic and doesn't have much talent, but he is an honest official. With his talent, he is qualified to be a prefect.

He is considered the Empress's man.

Xia Mochu said, "Go back quickly, don't get sick!"

Although Liu Shuisheng was the prefect of Nancheng, Guo Pingxi was in charge of the renovation of Nancheng. Moreover, there were no people in the city, so Liu Shuisheng became a decoration. If something went wrong, Liu Shuisheng would not be held responsible.

Of course, who wouldn’t protect someone?

Liu Shuisheng quickly took his leave and left by boat.

Empress Xia Mochu looked at the water in Nancheng with a worried look on her face.

On the one hand, there is the flood that will inevitably cause heavy losses to the imperial capital, and on the other hand, there is the supreme and lofty Altar of Heaven.

In fact, she knew whether the Altar of Heaven was effective or not.

However, the Altar of Heaven is the spiritual sustenance in the hearts of the people of Daqian.

Even if it doesn't work, you can't do anything.

If she agreed to release the floodwaters from the South City and destroy the Temple of Heaven, the people's spiritual sustenance might be destroyed. If anything else happened, they would definitely blame her for destroying the Temple of Heaven.

So, she didn't dare to give this order.

If she could choose, she would definitely choose to protect the five cities.

We cannot allow the flood to destroy the five cities, after all, human lives are at stake.

"Your Majesty..." Xia Mo Ning was very anxious, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she was interrupted by Xia Mo Chu.

Xia Mochu knew what her sister was going to ask.

He said, "Eunuch An has already gone to ask the abbot of Lingyin Temple to perform a ritual to ward off the disaster."

Zhou Wentong and Zhu Fengchi were overjoyed. The abbot of Lingyin Temple was renowned for his profound magical powers. They needed to act quickly, or else East City and West City would be lost.

Xia Mo Ning opened her mouth but ultimately said nothing.

Under the guidance of her master, she no longer believed in any rituals or offerings to heaven.

Master is right, it is better to trust yourself than to trust anyone else, and only by self-improvement can you never stop!

The empress inspected the area but couldn't find anything, so she left.

Zhou Wentong and Zhu Fengchi also left.

Xia Mo Ning had no choice but to go back.

When Hua Qianrou heard that the empress had asked a monk to perform a ritual, she simply gave up collecting garbage.

Since you are superstitious and don't believe in science, just wait and see.

Hua Qianrou was actually not in a hurry because the adults had made all the plans before she left.

The flood in South City was within the adults' expectations and arrangements have been made.

Now, just wait.

At noon, a high platform was urgently built in the southern part of the imperial capital.

A fat old monk with white eyebrows led a group of monks to set up an altar on a high platform and perform a ritual.

The empress, along with all the civil and military officials in the court, watched from afar in the heavy rain on the city wall.

The empress herself felt that this action was a joke.

Because, in the past, this practice was basically only used when a major disaster occurred in a certain area.

This time, it was actually for the imperial capital, and it was a man-made flood.

But, An Dehai was right. Whether it worked or not, we had to take action. Whatever happened after the ritual was completed was God's will, and the people could not blame the empress.

As night fell, the rain continued to pour down.

The monks were still performing rituals, praying for the rain to stop.

Everyone was soaked.

But it still looks solemn and extremely pious.

Xia Mochu was tired and returned to the palace.

Xia Mo Ning was already tired, and when she saw her sister leave, she went back too.

When the civil and military officials saw that the empress had left, why were they still suffering here?

They all left.

The monks didn't say what to do, they had to be here.

So, everyone went back to their own home and looked for their own mother.

An Dehai left some eunuchs behind, and when they heard the call, they also left.

He knew better than anyone that if this thing worked, Daqian would have unified the world long ago.

Doing it will just stop people from talking.

This process will take three days and three nights.

Of course, the monk’s practice was not in vain. Even the empress had to pay him money.

It is called the merit of giving!

Xia Mo Ning returned to the Shao Shi Mansion. She was so tired that she couldn't hold on any longer and fell asleep on the bed.

Midnight.

Suddenly, there was a loud rumbling sound.

The entire imperial capital was shaking and everyone was awakened.

"What's wrong?" Xia Mo Ning was shocked. She put on her clothes and ran out.