Hunting system, and I ended up becoming the empress!

Chapter 273: Rushing to Far Sand City

Xiao Zhixing was not making a fuss out of nothing. Some officials were afraid of being blamed by their superiors, so they concealed the actual extent of the disaster and did not report it, which eventually led to even greater chaos. This kind of situation has been repeatedly banned throughout the dynasties.

Even if those in power kill people to vent their anger afterwards, it will not be able to save the losses and restore the people's hearts.

It would be better to explain it to them first and deal with the disaster first. As for your incompetence or mistakes, you can deal with them slowly after the disaster.

As long as you seek truth from facts, at least you won't lose your head.

As she gave the order, everyone in the Junziyuan became busy, each taking on a task and being responsible for communication and communicating to pass on orders.

Xiao Zhixing also ordered the Ghost Guards to closely monitor the spies of various countries, and to kill anyone who took the opportunity to cause trouble.

Another day and night passed, the rain was sometimes heavy and sometimes light, but it never stopped.

The bad thing was that the main rain area moved away from Yuansha City, and the pressure there immediately increased.

By the time of Chenshi, the rain in Datan had stopped and the water level was about to reach the upper middle of the second line of defense.

She decided to go to Yuansha City immediately, and before leaving, she told Chief Mao, "If the defense line can't hold, everyone should evacuate the high ground and stop defending. If the houses and fields are lost, they can be rebuilt, but if the people are gone, they are gone for real. Do you understand?"

Mao Zhiren nodded repeatedly under her sharp gaze, "With the prince's order, I will persuade everyone to leave."

As the new Dasheng Daily was printed out from various printing points and delivered to various places in the rain, people's hearts were at ease and the common people knew what was right and wrong, so they naturally dared not fail to cooperate with the government's actions.

They were afraid that their compensation would be cancelled if they did not obey, so their thoughts were so simple and realistic.

So Xiao Zhixing led the men on horseback and rushed to Yuansha City in the rain. The girls and two people in wheelchairs could not withstand the wind and rain, so they stayed in Datan temporarily and waited for orders.

Along the way, many roads were washed away and fields turned into floods. People left their flooded homes in groups and moved to relatively safe places.

The closer they got to Yuansha County, the heavier the rain became. They even took a detour, but they were almost there.

"Stop!" Xiao Zhixing suddenly stopped Xue Ye, his face solemn, and listened attentively.

"Quick, retreat, run to higher ground!" she shouted, and led her men on horseback to rush towards the hillside next to her.

The others were not stupid. They knew there must be danger, so they immediately followed her.

Rumbling--

An earth-shaking sound rang out from the mountain with the momentum to destroy everything.

Mu Ziqi, who had always been quiet and low-key, suddenly changed his expression, "Ni Hong!"

He knew exactly what this thing was; it was even more terrifying than a flood.

"Hurry!" Xiao Zhixing urged them, looking back and paying attention while running.

The power of a mudslide is to destroy everything with one blow.

Several guards' horses were frightened and fell down, but fortunately they reacted quickly and immediately abandoned their horses and ran away.

Suddenly, Liu Zizai screamed and was thrown out by the horse.

I watched him fall down.

Xiao Zhixing swung out a hidden weapon on his wrist, and the slender soft silk wrapped around his waist. With a tug, he was thrown onto Ying Er's horseback - he had no choice but to quickly pull out a piece of silk from the space and use it as his own hidden weapon.

Liu Zizai's frightened soul finally returned to his body, his face pale.

After running wildly, they rushed up the hillside and watched the rolling mud and rocks wash down the valley, flattening everything in its path.

Those who had never seen such a natural disaster looked as pale as Liu Zizai.

If they had run slower just now, they would have become souls in the mud.

After a long time, the mudslide gradually stopped and the height of the landfill was almost level with where they were standing.

It can be seen how huge the amount of mud and rock that came down is.

"Fortunately, everything is fine. We can only take a detour." Xiao Zhixing was helpless. This would delay them for another hour or so.

Liu Zizai had calmed his pounding heart and hurriedly bowed, "Thank you for saving me just now, Your Highness."

He thought he was going to fall down and die. In just a few breaths he had recalled his entire life.

"No need. I brought you out and will definitely take you all back."

Liu Zizai didn't say anything more and just kept the matter in mind.

The group changed a route and continued to head towards Yuansha County. It was getting dark, and they had to arrive before dark, otherwise the heavy rain and the night road would make it easier for problems to occur.

But this journey was destined to be unsafe. When passing by a dilapidated temple, I found two or three carriages parked there.

It seemed that the sound of horse hooves was heard. A servant came out to watch and then ran in to call the master to come out.

A familiar figure rushed out and blocked the way. "Sir, please wait a moment. The bridge ahead has been flooded. You can't pass through for the time being—"

Xiao Zhixing stopped the bloody night, adjusted his hat, and recognized him, "Su Anmin?"

Su Anmin looked up in surprise, wiped the rain off his face and took a closer look. He was instantly surprised and excited, "Your Majesty! It's Your Majesty, wuwu, I beg Your Majesty to save my mother, please save her..."

The next moment, this man burst into tears as if he had seen his biological father, and he knelt down and kowtowed hard.

Xiao Zhixing: …

Finally they had to enter the ruined temple, and Ying Er had gone ahead to explore the way.

"What's wrong with the old lady?" Xiao Zhixing practiced his martial arts and his clothes were instantly dried. He turned around and asked Su Anmin, who was soaking wet.

She motioned Chen Liufang to go up and check.

Su Anmin wiped away his tears and said, "We didn't expect a sudden rainstorm when we came here. We were stuck in a small town. We wanted to wait for the rain to stop before leaving, but we didn't expect that the town would be flooded. To make matters worse, my mother has an emergency. The medicine I brought is useless. I have no choice but to take my family to Yuansha City--"

After he was dismissed from office, he packed up his belongings and immediately took his family back to his hometown in Huzhou. The journey was smooth at first, but he did not expect to encounter this natural disaster in the end.

Let my old mother suffer this great sin as well.

After checking, Chen Liufang took out a pill and gave it to the old lady to take. "No problem."

Su Anmin was inexplicably convinced by Xiao Zhixing's character. He breathed a sigh of relief and thanked him profusely.

At this time, Ying Er came back to investigate, "Your Majesty, the only road bridge ahead is flooded. We need to wait until the water recedes before we can cross."

Well, after going around in circles, the only road was blocked, and they could only spend the night in a ruined temple.

However, the flying eagle carried with me can communicate with the outside world, so the news will not be interrupted.

Su Anmin's family of eight, plus ten maids and servants, greeted Xiao Zhixing and then huddled in a corner in silence.

Baimei and a few others built a fire and baked bread.

Xiao Zhixing asked Su Anmin to come over and sit by the fire. He wanted to chat with him anyway. "Where in Huzhou are you from, Lord Su?"

Su Anmin didn't dare to sit close to him, so he sat on the haystack a little further away and said, "Your Highness, I am from Yuansha City, and my hometown is just outside the city."

"You are... a member of the Imperial Guards after taking the Martial Arts Examination in the second year of Yunping?"

Su Anmin wiped his sweat quietly, "Yes, yes, I served in the Guards for eight years, and was later sent to the local area by His Majesty..."

He climbed to the position of governor with great difficulty. He had no powerful backing, was not good at scheming, was timid, and relied entirely on the emperor's favor to survive. In the end, he ended up being dismissed from office.

Xiao Zhixing seemed to be thinking, "In the 29th year of the last year of the Yin Dynasty, Haizhou and Huzhou were flooded, injuring millions of people. Do you remember that incident?"

Su Anmin didn't know why she suddenly asked this.

Thinking of her other possible identity, he suddenly felt uneasy and dared not hide it. "I remember, I was already fourteen years old at that time and could remember things. The flood that year——"

"Is there something wrong? Like the rain situation."

Su Anmin recalled, "This? At first it was just a small amount of rain, and the distribution was relatively even. Later it rained heavily, and some places began to suffer, but it did not cause large-scale flooding. I remember it very clearly. Suddenly that evening, there was a rumbling thunder somewhere, and the sky suddenly poured down like water, and it rained even harder than this time..."