The blood beads rolled down the long knife and fell into the water, mixing with the turbid floodwater that rushed in from Guangli Water Gate, turning into a sticky blood color.

Kou Zhun, Wang Zeng, Li Di and others stepped onto the city wall through the muddy water.

The soldiers on the city wall were running down the city in a panic. When they saw Kou Zhun and others arriving, they stopped and returned to their posts on the top of the city.

Chen Lin sent several eunuchs to lie down in the muddy water, preparing for Zhao Zhen to cross on the human bridge built by the eunuchs.

But Kou Zhun shouted to stop him.

Zhao Zhen could only walk through the muddy water up to his ankles and walked to the stairs under the city wall.

Kou Ji followed closely behind.

Other officials, eunuchs, and palace maids followed their footsteps and climbed onto the city wall together.

On the city wall.

Several generals guarding the city had already been informed, and after Kou Zhun and others climbed onto the city wall, they took the initiative to greet them.

"I have seen the official family and the grand master..."

Several generals guarding the city clasped their fists and saluted.

Kou Zhun took Zhao Zhen's right to speak without hesitation, frowning and asked: "How is the disaster?"

Wang Cheng, the guard of Guangli Water Gate, bowed and said: "Back to the Grand Master, the flood has submerged the moat outside the city and has reached one foot on the city wall."

Wang Cheng is only the seventh son of the late Wang Shenqi of Langya County. He is as old as Kou Zhun and is a veteran.

He has experienced the Yellow River bursting its banks several times, so he has a clear judgment on the magnitude of the disaster caused by the Yellow River bursting its banks.

The floodwaters have covered one foot of the city wall, which means that the floods outside the city cannot threaten the city for the time being.

If there is a city wall blocking it, the flood will flow to other places along the city wall.

Kou Zhun nodded slowly and said in a deep voice: "Have all the water gates been sealed?"

Wang Cheng just nodded and said: "When the flood from the Yellow River rushed under the city wall, the lower official asked the defenders of several water gates to seal the water gates."

Kou Zhun let out a long breath and said: "That's good..."

The reason why Kou Zhun chased Wang Cheng to ask questions was to confirm whether Bianjing City was in danger of being flooded.

If Bianjing City was in danger of being submerged, he would definitely have people take Zhao Zhen and others out of Bianjing City first.

Kou Zhun turned around and said to Li Di and others: "Let's go and have a look together."

Everyone nodded and followed Kou Zhun to the crenellations of the city wall and looked out of the city.

outside the city.

Everywhere you look, there is a torrential flood.

The flood hit the big trees and rolled them in the water.

People and animals occasionally show their heads in the flood, but before they can call for help, the churning flood will instantly submerge them.

Some people sat on wooden basins and lay on the door panels, rising and falling as the flood rolled.

Every second, someone is drowned in the flood.

Desperate cries resounded throughout the city of Bianjing.

Those who listened felt their scalp numb.

A woman was soaking in the water, hugging the barrel tightly in her arms, and was washed under the city wall by the flood.

She struggled to beat the city wall that had been soaked by the flood, begging for help from the city wall.

Without anyone's instructions, the soldiers on top of the city threw off the rope and went down. The woman hurriedly tied the barrel to the rope.

When the barrel was tied to the rope, she collapsed helplessly into the flood and was swallowed up by the flood.

She struggled in the flood for a long time and was already exhausted.

She didn't have the strength to climb up to the top of the city by clinging to the few rope ends hanging down in front of her.

The soldiers quickly pulled the barrel up.

In the wooden barrel, there lay a pink, fleshy, small figure.

He was sound asleep.

He had no idea what he was going through.

He also didn't know that his parents had disappeared from the world forever with this flood.

However.

Not many people were lucky enough to be rushed to the top of the city like the woman who was dying.

More people became floating corpses in the flood.

From a distance, I could only see the undulating linen clothes floating on the water.

When a pile of floating corpses mixed with dry firewood in the flood gathered under the city head.

Li Di was annoyed, "How could the Yellow River embankment, which was rebuilt only last year, burst?"

Kou Zhun, Wang Zeng and others looked gloomy and did not speak.

The other officials also looked gloomy and did not speak.

"Check it!"

After Kou Zhun was silent for a long time, he uttered two words coldly.

Wang Zeng said in a cold tone: "What happens after you find out?"

"kill!"

Zhao Zhen said tremblingly.

The dead are not scary. Zhao Zhen saw dead people when he was very young.

It was an unruly old eunuch in the palace who tried to feed him some unknown food. After being caught by Chen Lin, Zhao Heng chopped him up alive in front of all the eunuchs in the palace and Gong E.

So Zhao Zhen was not afraid of death a long time ago.

But when a bunch of dead people appeared in front of him, he became a little scared.

When the floating corpses of humans and animals were looming under the dead wood, it was like hell.

Anyone who sees this scene will feel numb.

Zhao Zhen is no longer the ignorant and innocent young man he used to be. During the period of studying government affairs with Kou Zhun, he has learned a lot about government affairs.

He could probably tell it from the conversation the three of them had just had.

When the Yellow River burst its banks, it was very likely that there were human factors involved.

If this flood is a natural disaster.

Then the ruling and opposition parties will have no choice but to admit it.

But if there are human factors involved, then these people should be killed.

Kou Zhun and the other three heard the word "kill" shouted by Zhao Zhen and had no objection.

They acquiesced to Zhao Zhen's statement.

Wang Zeng glanced at Kou Zhun and Li Di for a moment, and said coldly: "I am also the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. I will leave this matter to me with full authority to investigate."

Without waiting for Kou Zhun, Li Di and the other two spoke.

Wang Zeng descended from the city wall with a gloomy face.

After Wang Zeng left, Li Di said: "I'm going to assist the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Third Division to provide relief after the disaster."

After saying this, Li Di also left.

Kou Zhun put his hands on his back, looked at the torrential flood outside the city, and ordered: "Call Liu Mei, Cao Lili, Cao Wei, Gao Chugong, and Zhu Neng to come over."

Chen Lin agreed and went down to summon Liu Mei and the others.

Chen Lin went down and informed, and then a eunuch rode on horseback to find these five people.

Kou Zhun turned around and ordered Wang Chengji: "Send the order to the soldiers of the four gates to do their best to rescue the victims who have drifted to the bottom of the city."

Wang Cheng just bowed his hand, agreed, and went down to deliver the order.

Kou Zhun, Zhao Zhen, and Kou Ji frowned and stared at the torrential flood outside the city.

After a long time.

Zhu Neng arrived at the top of the city first. After saluting, he asked, "Master, what are your orders when you summon your subordinates?"

Kou Zhun said in a deep voice: "You are responsible for leading the troops of the Dragon God Guard to guard the imperial city and prevent anyone from taking the opportunity to cause chaos."

"Here..."

Zhu Neng agreed and left.

After Zhu Neng left, Zhao Zhen asked with a straight face and a heavy voice: "Grand Master, shouldn't we send troops to provide disaster relief at this time? Why should we stick to the imperial city? I'm not in the palace."
To be continued...