The candlelight flickered, and Chang Ning took the dice that had just been thrown into his hand. Just as he was about to open his hand to look at it, a white light suddenly appeared in the sky, illuminating the entire room. Not long after, there was another "rumbling" sound. sound.
Wang Shu was even more frightened when he saw the lightning and heard the thunder, and kept shouting, "Let me go! Let me go!"
Lin Zhi knew that he couldn't ask any questions about his condition today, so he simply got up.
The next moment, a "crash" sound suddenly came from the window.
It rained heavily suddenly.
Chang Ning looked at the heavy rain hitting the inn floor unscrupulously along the window. He remembered that Lin Zhi seemed to be in poor health. After thinking for a moment, he put away the dice in his hand and went to close the window.
After interrogating for a long time but still finding nothing, Lin Zhi was not discouraged and was just about to raise his legs to find Shen Shu. However, he remembered that Shen Shu never liked him taking showers, so he held back and decided to wait until the rain stopped before going.
But I never thought that the rain would get heavier and heavier, and it would gradually become a torrential downpour. Small puddles quickly piled up on the uneven ground, and then even the small puddles could no longer be filled. They were happily walking on the street. Flowing freely.
Lin Zhi's right eyelid suddenly twitched. He walked to the window with a sullen face, opened the window, and saw that the rainwater on the ground was all flowing in one direction.
That direction is the direction where Jingninghou Mansion is located.
His heart sank, and he suddenly looked at Chang Ning, "Go quickly and call all the twenty secret guards to Jingning Hou Mansion!"
Chang Ning was stunned for a moment, then he remembered the beautiful woman wrapped around Lin Zhi's neck and called her "A Zhi". After thinking for a moment, he still answered.
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It rained much earlier in Jingninghou Mansion than in Lin Zhi's place. Lin Zhi was not here tonight, and Shen Shu was lying alone in bed unable to sleep. After a while, it suddenly started to rain heavily.
She was so disturbed by the sound of rain that she simply sat up, lit a lamp and read a book, but she never thought that the sound of rain was getting louder and louder, and it continued to rain for a while, and even her house began to seep water.
She suddenly remembered that when she went to the shantang a few days ago, her mother had said that the terrain of the shantang was too low, and her heart suddenly trembled. Then she immediately grabbed an umbrella and rushed to Jing Ninghou's house in person.
It rained so heavily that even holding an umbrella was useless. When she went to Jing Ning's waiting room, she was soaked all over, but she saw that Jing Ning had already stood up and was talking to the guards, "You guys go to Jiangshan Hall quickly. The children will be taken to the Hou Mansion first."
The guards took the order, and Jing Ninghou looked at his daughter who was soaked all over. His voice was majestic and showed a bit of concern, "If you don't stay in the room to hide from the rain, what are you doing here? "
Shen Shu closed her umbrella, glanced at the heavy rain that was still falling, and said to Jing Ninghou and Mrs. Jing Ninghou, "Father, mother, looking at the momentum of this heavy rain, it is estimated that it will continue to rain for a long time. After the heavy rain, there will be a shortage of food. We have so many people in our family, so we have to save food first."
After listening to his daughter's words, Jing Ninghou pondered for a moment and then called for a guard, "Go and call a few people to put all the food in the house high and try your best to preserve the food."
The guard immediately responded, and Shen Shu said again, "Dad, if the rain continues, Jingninghou Mansion may not be able to be saved. We have to find a way to go to a higher place."
Although Jing Ninghou said "Hmm", he knew very well in his heart that it was raining so hard and there were so many women and children in the house, there was no way to go to a higher place.
What's more, where is the height near here?
Although he was anxious, he still didn't want his daughter to collapse, so he didn't reveal it. He only tried to give Shen Shu a reassuring look to reassure her, then he opened an umbrella and went out to solve things in the house himself.
Mrs. Jing Ninghou, who was on the side, saw the sad look on Shen Shu's face. She stepped forward and took Shen Shu's hand, which was already cold from the rain. Thinking of her daughter's wedding the day after tomorrow, she wanted to say something, but in the end she couldn't. He couldn't even say it out loud.
Not long after, the children were brought back by the guards. It was the first time for them to encounter such heavy rain. Every one of them looked scared, and a few of the younger ones were already crying in the arms of the guards. .
Among them, the little girl named An An cried the most. The guard patiently coaxed her at first, but then impatiently controlled her directly. He put one arm around the other child and tried to grab her with the other arm. He put her on his shoulders and walked forward.
Unexpectedly, this touched the little girl's nerves, and she suddenly broke free from the guard's hand and was about to run into the heavy rain.
The guard immediately wanted to give chase, but An An fell into a small puddle and cried loudly.
The guard thought for a moment and felt that the little girl was still too difficult to coax, so he decided to send the other child into the room first and then go back to find her.
But after Shen Shu saw An An fall, her heart suddenly suffocated, she grabbed an umbrella and hurried out into the rain.
When Mrs. Jing Ninghou saw her daughter rushing into the rain, she hurriedly called her, "Aluo! Don't go!"
Shen Shu didn't listen, she just held an umbrella for the crying little girl and raised her hand to pat her back to comfort her.
After being coaxed by Shen Shu for a while, An An stopped crying. She just stood up and staggered to walk out. Shen Shu hurriedly took her hand and called her, "An An!"
An An walked forward a few more steps, then turned around as if she had suddenly come to her senses. At this time, the guard just came back. After calling Shen Shu "Miss", he picked An An up again and took her back to the room. middle.
Shen Shu also returned to the room. At this time, there were more than a dozen frightened children in the room. She could only slowly squat down and comfort them softly, "Don't be afraid, it will be fine when the rain stops."
Unexpectedly, the child on the side suddenly asked, "When will the rain stop?"
Shen Shu was silent for a moment, and finally raised a bright smile to comfort him, "As long as you obey me, the rain will stop soon, so you all obey me, okay?"
Several children nodded one after another, but An An remained in a daze. Shen Shu guessed that she must have been stimulated by the heavy rain, so she knelt down and hugged her, and patted her back.
An An remained silent, but after Shen Shu stood up, she suddenly quietly grabbed the corner of her clothes.
The rain became heavier and heavier, and soon even the house was filled with water. The water had reached Shen Shu's ankles. Shen Shu had no choice but to carry a few smaller children onto the table.
The earlier comfort was no longer useful, and many children were frightened and cried. But because they didn't want to worry Shen Shu, they only dared to cry quietly. Shen Shu listened to the small crying mixed with the sound of rain, and suddenly felt in her heart. It feels like a prick of needles.
These children have suffered a lot in the past, and now they have managed to live a good life, but they have to suffer this natural and man-made disaster again.
Mrs. Jing Ninghou on the side was taking the children as high as possible while waiting anxiously for the rain to stop and for Jing Ninghou to return.
It's just that the rain has been falling for a long time and shows no sign of stopping. Jing Ninghou also disappeared and didn't return for a long time.
Inside the house, the atmosphere of despair grew stronger and stronger.