At this time, there were still many people left in Lanzhou City. In addition, a large number of people continued to enter Lanzhou City, making this city on the edge of the Yellow River glow with unprecedented vitality.
The heavy rain for many days failed to make them determined to leave here.
Vendors on the street were still hawking in the rain, and silk pawn shops were open as usual. Instead, the beggars who used to beg found a clean place to lie down with peace of mind, not thinking about the world, just seeking a moment of pleasure.
Only the imperial court and government soldiers were rarely seen.
In the market in Lanzhou City, there were some casual tourists buying something. The foreigners who came to Lanzhou for the first time found an inn to change their wet clothes without thinking. It was raining so hard.
, even if you have an umbrella, you can't completely avoid it.
The guards at the city gate tried their best to explain the orders given by Lord Fu Yin, but they could not stop these people from entering the city.
At the Chen family's house.
Chen Wang's father, Chen Shixing, leisurely took out the Four Treasures of the Study, looked at the heavy rain outside, splashed ink, and with thoughts flowing like a spring, he quickly wrote the poems that came to his mind.
"The sun rises in half the month and it rains in the other half. If you go to control the floods, you will never return."
"You are destined to be a stone in the water, but you have lost your chess without seeing the peak of the flood."
After finishing writing, he happily ran to his wife with the poem he had just finished and said proudly: "Look, this is the one thousand and twenty-second poem I have written. Good works are made by nature, and good hands accidentally come up with them. From this point of view,
I also have the potential to become a great poet."
Chen didn't want to read the bad poem he wrote at all, but Chen Shixing kept pestering him and had to read it. After taking a glance, he found that there was no surprise and it was still as bad as ever. He couldn't help but sigh and lamented: "I am
What kind of sin did he commit to join your Chen family? My son is away from home all day long, and I write some bad poems all day long, even if they don't rhyme. The meaning is not clear, and I show off every day. I really want to embarrass the Chen family's old face.
"
Chen Shixing's eyes widened: "What do you, a woman, know? This is called innovation."
Chen said: "What is innovative? In my opinion, it is better to listen to my son and leave Lanzhou early. I think the rain is getting heavier and heavier, maybe..."
"Bah, you woman, if you keep talking nonsense, believe it or not, I will divorce you? Your son is on the embankment, what are you worried about? If there is really danger, it's too late to leave with him when he returns to the city."
"I have been in Lanzhou for so many years and have seen many floods, large and small. When has Lanzhou ever been flooded?"
Seeing that persuasion was useless, Chen had no choice but to stop persuading him.
Conversations similar to those in Chen's house are still happening in Lanzhou City.
Su's cloth line.
The wife of Su Jianzhou, the owner of the cloth shop, advised: "Let's go. If there's a flood, we won't have anywhere to run, so we might as well leave first."
Su Jianzhou: "No, there are so many floods. If the floods come, I will die in the house. After all, I love this land deeply."
Mrs. Su Jianzhou: "Yes, when the flood comes, you will not only be flooded deeply, but also drowned."
Dingfeng Steamed Bun Shop.
"I have never left Lanzhou City in my life. Besides, I can only make steamed buns. If I leave Lanzhou, where will I go and what will I do? Rather than go out and starve to death, it is better to stay."
Some people sang loudly in the rain: "I will live and die with Mr. Fu Yin!"
Above the market, a visitor from other places saw that there were so many merchants in the market and curiously asked: "Boss, they say floods in the Yellow River are coming soon. Why are there so many people in Lanzhou City?"
The merchant replied: "Master Fu Yin's father hasn't left yet. Why should we leave? Since he won't leave, then I won't leave either."
Out-of-towner: "Since you won't leave, then I won't leave either."
The two looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing.
As the rain fell heavier and heavier, Chen Wang finally led his cronies back to Lanzhou City.
When he was at the embankment, when his subordinates reported to him that there were still more than half of the people in Lanzhou City, he didn't believe it until he entered Lanzhou City and found that what his subordinates said was not exaggerated enough.
There are only half a dozen ordinary people here, and with the addition of foreigners, the population in Lanzhou City is not small but large, just like the big city before.
After finding out why these people didn't leave, he couldn't even laugh or cry.
Most people thought that the master of the Chen family had not left, which meant that there was no serious danger in Lanzhou, so they stayed at home with peace of mind and did whatever they needed to do.
Not only that, they also spread the news that Mr. Chen Mansion had not left. While urging others not to leave, they also laughed at those who had left Lanzhou Mansion as fools.
Chen Wang never expected that things would turn out to be this situation.
He led his people back to the Chen Mansion angrily, and saw his father still holding the Four Treasures of the Study while reciting poems in reply. After suppressing his inner anger, he said loudly: "Son Chen Wang, I respectfully ask my father to leave Lanzhou."
Chen Shixing was nonchalant: "What are you going to do? Come and see how my newly written poem looks like. Floods are everywhere, pheasants are not as good as dogs. I have fled away from my hometown, sinking and sinking into the current. This poem should only exist in the sky. How many times can I see it in the human world?"
Ha ha……"
"Snapped."
Chen Wang slapped his palm on the table, snatched the poem from his father's hand and tore it into pieces: "I asked you to compose a poem, I asked you to compose a poem. If you don't leave, the entire Lanzhou City will be killed by you!"
"
Chen Shixing looked at his son in disbelief: "Good boy, your wings have become stiff when you grow up, right? When you become a governor, you will no longer recognize your father? I tell you, even if you tie me up today, I will still guard you."
In this Lanzhou city, my son is Fu Yin, and a father cannot be timid. If he is scared away if there is a flood, am I still Fu Yin's father?"
"Um?"
When it came to the five-flower bundle, Chen Wang suddenly had an idea.
He issued an order to his close associates at the rear: "You guys, tie him up and send him out of the city with gongs and drums. I want everyone in Lanzhou to know that my Chen Wang's father has left Lanzhou City."
Several close friends were suddenly startled.
There are lots of ties and gongs and drums?
Isn’t it embarrassing to throw it on the street?
After hearing this, Chen Shixing became even more furious: "You brat, do you treat my father as a human being?"
Unexpectedly, Chen Wang roared: "I treat you as a human being. If you don't leave, everyone in the city will not leave. If the dam of the Yellow River breaks, everyone will die. There are 90,000 households in Lanzhou. Do you want them all to die here?"
?tie!"
Several cronies immediately stopped hesitating and picked up ropes to tie up Chen Shixing. Chen Shixing himself was not good at using force. After several struggles, he was tied up tightly.
"You brat, just wait for me..."
Seeing that he still had the strength to speak, Chen Wang ordered: "Stop his mouth too."
"promise."
After everything was done, Chen Wangcai respectfully saluted his father: "Father, I also think about the people in the city. You can leave the city in peace."