The Story of Leaping from the Dragon Gate

In the afternoon, the water stopped rising, but it did not fall back, and just stopped at the black tops of the old tree stumps on the west slope.The deepest part is as tall as a person, and the shallower part is waist-deep.

Several wealthy families relying on the water have boats, and the strong laborers are divided into groups, rowing boats and continuing to search in the town.The mayor and the imperial envoy have also arrived on the west slope by boat, organized each household to count the number of people and report the loss.Noisy and noisy tossing until it was almost dark, the counting was completed.Everyone was there, but a few were slightly injured by accident.The large animals were all safe, and several litters of chicks were drowned.A few households are particularly poor, because there is no decent barn or waterproof attic, and the food is soaked in water.

The mayor assigned the elderly and pregnant women who needed care to settle in the homes of wealthy households, because the houses of wealthy households have two floors, even if the water flooded, they could basically live as usual if they moved upstairs.Others who have nowhere to live are also allocated according to their closeness, and they have relatives and neighbors to help them.As for those without food rations, the mayor took the lead, and several village chiefs responded, and first gathered some to deal with these days.Wait for the water to recede before discussing.The village chiefs got the order and went back to make arrangements.

Soon, the east and west of the hillside formed a circle.The women began to gather things for supper, and the men set about pitching tents for those who had no place to sleep.The children stopped playing around, and those who collected firewood collected firewood, those who lit the fire lit the fire, and helped the adults.The entire hillside looks hectic, but in fact it is in good order.

The imperial envoy was arranged in the best sunny highland.The mayor explained very apologetically: When night falls, I will take the adults back to rest on the second floor of their own houses by boat.But there is no way to cook at home, so the adults can only be wronged to deal with it and have a bite here.If you are in a hurry to follow the power, if you are not careful, you still hope to take care of it.After hearing this, Ouyang Minzhong appeased and praised him.

Regardless of the north and the south, cities have city rules, and villages have village customs.Every place with a bit of history has its own profound tradition.Judging from the situation of Heyang Town during the flood season, it can be seen that the folk customs are simple and orderly, the leaders are fair, and the residents perform their duties. At this time, they all consciously assume their due obligations.Dugu later traveled to many places in his early years, and he also felt that the praise made by Mr. Ouyang on behalf of the emperor was not too high.

The young master and the two guards made great efforts, and the mayor treated them as passing rangers. Although the hospitality was not as good as that of imperial envoys, they were still at the VIP level.Ouyang Minzhong will make mistakes and make mistakes, pretending to be acquaintances at first, and seeing Xiaohou Ye hate it late, and cherish each other.He was still a bit prejudiced against Dugu, but today he saw the performance of the young master and his subordinates who love the people like a son and are selfless. He deeply felt that he had misunderstood this proud young man in the past.

So the three of them were naturally invited to live on the second floor of the mayor's house, and they were able to sit near the imperial envoy and eat special meals for the powerful.

The smell of barbecue wafted out, even the most greedy children only secretly glanced this way, no one would bother the mayor to entertain the imperial envoy.

Dugu Xian turned his head to look around, and whispered to Qin Xian: "Call Song Wei over."

After a while, Qin Xian came back: "Young Master Song said it's inconvenient for him to come, so he ate over there."

Dugu stood up, warned Ouyang Min, and said, "I still have a companion, I have to find it."

Lord Ouyang naturally has everything he wants.

Song Wei sat with the landlord's family and several neighbors.A large pot of taro porridge was cooked in a large iron pot, mixed with a pot of green vegetables, and a few fish were grilled, which smelled very tempting.Song Wei was roasting a fish in his hand, and the bonfire reflected on his face, with a bright red smile.He was teaching people to speak official Chinese, and occasionally learned a few words of the local dialect from people.What I said and what I heard felt weird, and I laughed a lot.

Young Lord Dugu walked over amidst the piercing smile and piercing laughter, and patted him on the shoulder: "Song Wei."

Song Wei turned her head and saw that it was him, knowing that she couldn't escape, she gave the fish in her hand to the youngest son of the landlord's family next to her, and said hello to everyone: "My young master is looking for me, so I won't accompany you." Standing up, he patted the dirt on his butt , follow along obediently.

Walking to the VIP area, he sat obediently behind the young master again, mourning in his heart the fish that could have been imported immediately.The mayor specially assigned a few people to serve here, and there was no need for the VIPs to do it themselves.Song Wei rubbed his flat stomach, just hoped that he wouldn't be ignored by the delivery person because he was too inconspicuous.

The first plate of barbecue was presented to the imperial envoy, and the second plate was presented to the official next to the imperial envoy, but the official refused repeatedly.Ouyang Minzhong rescued him: "I wait for the imperial court to appoint officials, and it is my duty to solve the people's worries and problems. Mr. Dugu is the real honored guest, please give it to Mr. Dugu."

Although the mayor didn't know, he went in, but since the imperial envoy said so, he signaled the waiter to bring the plate over.

Dugu Mian accepted it bluntly, and handed it behind her.

Song Wei was taken aback by the sudden appearance of the plate in front of her, and was immediately lured by the smell of barbecue to salivate.Taking a look at the young master, he found that his face did not turn around at all.Looking from the side, there is no expression, but the meaning of this action is obvious, it is to eat by itself.Scanning around quietly left and right, except for the imperial envoy, everyone else's hands are still empty.I feel that it is not suitable to hold the whole plate, and there is only a pair of chopsticks on the plate, so I am embarrassed to move it.So he stretched out his right hand and pinched a piece of meat with two fingers.Not reconciled, he stretched out his left hand again, pinching a piece of meat with the same two fingers.

Dugu Mian waited for a while, but he didn't see the plate being picked up. He couldn't help turning his head, and saw this guy with both hands on his hands, one mouthful from the left, one mouthful from the right, his mouth was full of oil.He ignored him, withdrew the plate, and began to eat meat slowly, with a weird smile on his face involuntarily.

Ouyang Minzhong was surprised when he said he was looking for a companion, and when he saw a fair and beautiful young man brought back by him, who had never seen him before, he was even more confused.Seeing the interaction between the two of them now, how could they not understand.The prejudice that was overthrown before the meal bounced back little by little, thinking that a dude is still a dude after all, and there must be some problems.

On the contrary, the mayor was quite discerning. When the chicken soup was distributed in the next round, the third bowl was delivered to the young man behind Mr. Dugu.Fortunately, Song Wei always doesn't care what others think or think, and first satiates his appetite before talking.

After dinner, the mayor wanted to send the imperial envoy back to his house to rest, but Ouyang Minzhong didn't agree and asked him to send the people away first.Several small boats went back and forth until late at night before taking the residents to their respective resting places.Those who are young and strong and have nowhere to settle down directly stay on the mountain.

The landlord's family went back to sleep in the attic, and came here to say hello to Dugu and the others, and promised to take care of their luggage, and thanked Song Wei for helping a lot this day.

Dugu Xian and others and the mayor were the last to leave, Song Wei was already so sleepy that she kept nodding her head while walking.Sitting on the boat, my head fell on my knees, and I couldn't open my eyes anymore.The boat swayed lightly, and there was always an illusion of instability, and my sleep was erratic.A wall suddenly popped up beside him, it looked very solid, so Song Wei slept soundly.Dugu Mian looked down, the drooping neck was hazy white in the night, and the protruding posture made the curve extraordinarily soft.As if being relied on wholeheartedly, an inexplicable pity welled up in his chest.

When the boat approached the mayor's house, he waved his hand to signal the people on the second floor to step back, then hugged Song Wei horizontally, with his toes pointing to the bow of the boat, and flipped up with a swish, amazed and admired by others.It's not that I haven't seen Dugu hero show his kung fu during the day, but Gao Mingcheng has only seen it like this.

Song Wei was turned upside down by him, how could she still be awake.Realizing that he was being hugged in the air, he flicked in his arms in shock, and was immediately hugged even tighter.He heard people walking around, and someone above his head said: "Don't move around, go to sleep."

It seemed to him that he was in a very weird, very awkward, and very bad situation.After trying to struggle for a while, I felt that it would only make the situation weirder, more awkward, and more bad, so I immediately calmed down and let the other party hug me.

On the one hand, I thought: "What medicine did this neuropathy take wrongly?"It's easy to take the wrong medicine, but it's really bad if you don't take the wrong medicine...

The body touched the cold and hard surface, and the hands finally let go.Not daring to open his eyes, he took a sneak peek, and there should be a bamboo bed that is common in Nanling.As soon as he got down on his feet, he was picked up again without warning, and then he felt a robe wrapped around his body.The person who did it seemed to be afraid that he would be cold, so he wrapped it tightly, but it was not meticulous at all, it was all crooked, and he didn't notice that his sleeves were wrapped around his neck.

Song Wei had no choice but to open her eyes and hold down those big and clumsy hands.Dugu looked at him puzzled.Song Wei saw that Mu Ping and Qin Xian were packing up and preparing to lay the floor beside him, so he didn't say anything, coughed softly, and slowly untied the sleeves that were wrapped around his neck twice.

The little Hou Ye was a little uneasy, pretending to be serious: "There are not enough quilts, let's make it for one night."

Song Wei hummed and fell asleep on her side.It's strange to say that I was so sleepy before, but now I can't sleep.If I can't fall asleep, I can't help turning over.The bamboo board bed creaked and creaked when turned over, making it even more difficult to sleep.Song Wei flipped for the third time, and Dugu pressed him into his arms, aiming his lips at the ear holes: "Move again, I'll beat you right here!"

Song Wei didn't dare to move.I don't know how long it took, but my body was stiff like this, and I fell asleep in a daze.

On the third day, the water receded slowly.As soon as they retreated from the embankment, the residents got busy.The men went to drain the rice fields and tried their best to save the submerged seedlings.Women clean the house and replant vegetables.Even half-grown children were sent to burn the medicinal herbs for detoxification and detoxification everywhere.Song Wei doesn't know how to do anything else, she hangs out with children all day long, covering her hands, feet, head and face, digging through the woods and climbing rocks, sometimes with a smile on her face, playing like crazy.

Dugu is also very busy, busy with business.Ouyang Minzhong proposed two sets of flood control plans for Heyang Town, one is to heighten and strengthen the embankment, and the other is to excavate ponds to store water.After some consideration, the mayor decided that the cost of building embankments would be too high because there was no local stone production, so he tended to choose the second option.

When the flood subsided, a group of people surveyed around to find the most suitable excavation site.Dugu Xian intends to bring Mou Ping and Qin Xian with him, so that they can learn more about people's livelihood and practice, there are only advantages and no disadvantages.But in this way, no one looked at Song Wei, and simply ordered him to follow closely.

Listening to Ouyang Minzhong's explanation of the precautions for storing water in the pond, Dugu thought to himself: The emperor sent this person to be a patrol envoy during the flood season.Song Wei thought: This Lord Ouyang is a very good official, capable and decent.Dugu Xiaohou is called Lord Hou, so it is quite good to endure hardships and stand hard work.It can be seen from this that the current emperor is a very good emperor. Compared with the ones he has experienced, seen, and heard about, he has done a better job.Therefore, the seat of the emperor must be that person.

Finally, a location with the best comprehensive conditions was selected, and Ouyang Minzhong asked the mayor again, if the imperial court can send money and silk, only local labor is needed to build the embankment.After all, a two-pronged approach, treating both symptoms and root causes, can never cause future troubles, and seek the happiness of living and working in peace and contentment for future generations.

The mayor rubbed his hands together: "There is no one who is not happy about such a good thing. Just don't lie to me, my lord. The imperial court has never given extra money and silk for this dispatch. At most, it will be deducted from the payable tax and used as a project for local water conservancy. use."

Ouyang Minzhong said to him, but looked at Dugu Mian: "Naturally, this must be decided by the Holy Spirit. Whether to send it or not is not a matter of your own place in Heyang. You should first repair the pond. After I leave, I will have my own county." The governor of the government is urging you."

Hearing what he said, the mayor made it clear that he would speak to the emperor for the Nanling water conservancy, and felt that the imperial envoy was really a good official and the lucky star of Nanling. He was more respectful than before, and he reported the local agricultural affairs one by one. There is nothing to say, nothing to say.

Ouyang Minzhong was very interested when he heard that there was a kind of high-drum cart in the mountainous village, which could lead water from a low place to a high place.Inquiring about the principle and structure, the mayor didn't quite understand it.Song Wei thought for a while, the principle of this thing is common sense in later generations.Thinking about it again, I found that even if the principle can be explained, it cannot be realized by oneself alone. It is no different from other working people, who have already used it in practice.At this time, Ouyang Minzhong asked the mayor where he had seen this kind of bobbin cart, and found that the village was just to the south, so he decided to take a detour on the way to the next stop, Shuncheng, to have a look.