Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 168 Refuge
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

From the streets of Guo Beicheng early in the morning, bursts of rapid gongs sounded, and with the sound of gongs, there was a loud voice echoing: "Everyone, run away, the flood is coming, the flood is coming. "

The sound sounded not only from one place, but also from all directions in the city.

These people are men from the city's security bureau, they ride fast horses and beat gongs to run around the city.

At this moment, Li Xiuyuan came to the city wall with a few guards, and he looked at everything in the city with serious eyes.

"Mr. Li, the effect of sending someone to notify you is not very effective. The people don't really believe in the flood. Few people actually escaped. After all, since Guo Beicheng was built, there has never been a record of being submerged by a flood. Some people believe that the flood is coming back, but there is no sign of the flood now, and it is impossible for them to act within half an hour."

The Eight Great Kings next to him prostrated themselves, stretched out their heads to take a look, and said.

Li Xiuyuan closed his eyes and said slowly: "Yes, you are right, so I sent someone to inform the magistrate. If the people from the government are willing to come forward, the people will definitely believe the flood."

The people in ancient times were like this. They were very wary of outsiders, but they would blindly trust the government.

As long as the government comes forward, many things will be easy to handle.

At this time, a guard came on horseback and came under the city wall and shouted: "Eldest young master, I have not found the magistrate. The servants of the yamen said that the magistrate had already left Guo Beicheng yesterday."

"What, the magistrate has left?" Li Xiuyuan's face froze slightly.

The Eight Great Kings said: "The prefect of this place should have also received the news of the flood, and left here in advance to seek refuge."

"How could the magistrate know about the flood in advance?" Li Xiuyuan asked.

The Eight Great Kings said: "Since ancient times, the protection of ghosts and gods has been indispensable for officials. Officials who can sit in the position of magistrates always have many ghosts and gods to help them before a disaster strikes. At that moment, he had already left Guo Beicheng."

"If that's the case, why didn't the prefect publish a notice to inform the people about the flood?" Li Xiuyuan said.

The Eight Great Kings sighed and said, "It's not that we don't post the list, but that we can't post the list."

"Why." Li Xiuyuan frowned.

"Once the list is published, if the flood really comes at that time, the prefect will be blamed for the flood, and the court will have a reason to ask questions. On the contrary, if the prefect pretends not to know, the flood will not be involved. From the magistrate's body, this is the way to be an official to be wise and protect one's life." The Eight Great Kings said.

Li Xiuyuan couldn't help being stunned.

"This, this is a matter of life and death, how dare the magistrate do this?"

"Who is an official who really cares about the life and death of the people, isn't it all for his own black hat, not to mention that the current court is corrupt and the national fortune is weak. It is not surprising that such a situation occurs, Mr. Li, you Even if you have the heart to save the world, there is nothing you can do right now, the flood is coming soon, look, how many people are fleeing now?" said the Eight Great Kings.

Li Xiuyuan suddenly fell silent.

"Eldest young master, what should we do now? Time is running out. If the common people can't be summoned, the brothers in the city can't be buried here. I suggest that the brothers withdraw." The man under the city wall shouted .

Li Xiuyuan looked around the city, but there was still not much commotion. Although some people believed it, they didn't know the urgency of the matter, and they were still packing things in a leisurely manner.

"Retreat, let all the escorts retreat and go to see Chuanshan." He gritted his teeth and waved his hand.

The escorts are also common people, so I really have no reason to let them suffer the same disaster.

"Yes, young master."

The man responded, and immediately rode away on a fast horse, and then shouted all the way: "The young master has spoken, let us evacuate Guo Beicheng immediately, and go to see Chuanshan."

Suddenly, Li Xiuyuan saw the overflowing moat under the city wall, he had a flash of inspiration, and suddenly said: "Eight Great Kings, I have a merit for saving the people, will you earn it?"

"Mr. Li's words are serious. Now the flood is coming. I can't stop the flood even if my morality rises for another 1000 years. If I have the ability, I will not earn this merit." The Eighth King said with a wry smile. .

"I didn't ask you to stop the flood, but I asked you to enter the moat below the city to raise water, and let the water in the moat pour into the city." Li Xiuyuan stared at him and said, "It shouldn't be difficult."

"The flood is coming soon, Mr. Li, why do you want me to create a flood?" the Eighth King asked in confusion.

Li Xiuyuan said: "It is precisely because the flood is coming that I asked you to raise a flood. The water in the moat is not enough to submerge the city, but it can remind the people in the city that the flood has come and scare them. to take refuge."

"good idea."

The Eighth King's eyes lit up, and he immediately understood.

"I still have quite a few turtle sons and grandchildren hiding in the moat. Mr. Li, wait a minute and watch me."

After finishing speaking, the Eight Great Kings fell down from the city wall with a plop, and fell into the moat below the city.

Although the Eight Great Kings were damaged, they were not unable to use any spells. As he was carried into the moat, the water in the moat soon began to turbulent.

Soon, the water in the moat rioted, unreasonably gathered towards the city gate, and then poured into Guobei City along the city gate.

The water flooded in, and the people in the city reacted immediately.

"Oh my God, the flood is really coming, and the water is rising so fast." Some people on the street suddenly exclaimed.

"Quick, run, what those people said earlier is not wrong, it's really going to be a flood."

"No, the city will be flooded."

Now that the Eight Great Kings sent flood water first and poured it into the city, the people in the city just realized the seriousness of the matter, and immediately began to flee without caring about the delay.

"There's still time."

Li Xiuyuan looked at the sky and said in his heart.

The common people still have time to escape before the flood comes, provided there is no further delay.

No later, no time to get out of town.

"Master, are you still leaving?"

Everyone in the Escort Bureau gathered together at this moment, wanting to leave the city.

Li Xiuyuan took a look and said: "The people on the east side of the city already believe that the flood is coming. I want a few people who are not afraid of death to stay and take them out of the city to a higher place. Who of you is willing to go and lead that side?" people?"

Everyone in the bodyguard bureau was stunned for a moment, with hesitant expressions on their faces.

"I won't force you." Li Xiuyuan said.

"I'm going to the east of the city."

An unremarkable man among the crowd gritted his teeth, responded, clasped his fists, turned his horse's head and galloped away.

"Okay, it's a guy. I, Li Xiuyuan, saw the right guy." Li Xiuyuan nodded.

"Eldest young master, I'll go with him." Another man took a deep breath and followed without hesitation.

Li Xiuyuan warned again: "Don't stop all the way after you go out of the city. The good horses you are sitting on are enough for you to escape to a safe place. Although there are some dangers, it is not enough to lose your life."

He also would not assign death-defying missions to his subordinates.

"Young Master, let me go too." Several other men said.

"No, it's useless if there are too many people. You go to the west and north of the city, and the others leave along the south of the city. You still have family members to escort, so there's no need to stay here and take risks." Li Xiuyuan ordered.

A few more men left the team and rushed away, and the remaining members of the Escort just left the city gate and quickly headed towards Wang Chuanshan.

At this time, Li Xiuyuan looked up again, but saw that some people had already started running out of Guo Beicheng to seek refuge.

And the number is still increasing.

"It is up to God to make things happen, and it is up to people to plan things. I have done what I should do. How long the people in this city can live depends on God's will."

Li Xiuyuan closed his eyes, let out a long sigh, and walked along the city wall to the north of the city.

If the flood hits, the north of the city will be the first to suffer.

However, in the north of the city, there are a large number of people gathered in front of a Taoist temple.

A Taoist with a bald head and wearing Taoist robes was standing on a high platform at this time and shouted loudly: "The Dragon King is angry and rains heavily. Only by worshiping the God of All Souls can we pray for peace. Everyone, as long as you are sincere, all spirits will be safe." God will definitely protect you and resolve your disasters."

Behind this bald Taoist is Qingfeng Temple.Countless people in front of the temple burned incense and worshiped, and the incense of Qingfeng Temple was far more prosperous than before.

But the so-called god of all spirits in Qingfeng Temple is the statue he built for his own ghost to collect incense.

"This bald Taoist is still determined. He has already been condemned by the heavens. The idol collapsed and his ghost was frustrated. He didn't expect to confuse the crowd at this time, gather pilgrims, and want to go back to the divine way." Seeing this, Li Xiuyuan was furious.

It's fine for this Taoist to take the opportunity to confuse the people, but it's still at this time.

Now that the flood is coming, these people are looking for death if they stay here.

Immediately, Li Xiuyuan rushed down the city wall and shouted: "You bald Taoist still dare to deceive the people here with your lies. Now that the flood is about to hit, why do you gather the people here?"

When the bald Taoist saw Li Xiuyuan, his face was filled with fear, but then he relied on the breeze to see that there were so many believers and pilgrims in front of him.But he said again: "This person is disrespectful to the god of all spirits, and it will arouse the anger of the god of all spirits. Drive this person away quickly, otherwise there will be great disasters."

"The Taoist priest has spoken, why are you still standing here, why don't you leave quickly, it will be bad if you offend the God of All Spirits."

"Yeah, this scholar, how can you scold the Taoist priest for bewitching the crowd, the Taoist priest is a master with magic power."

"Scholar, it's none of your business for us to worship the gods. Don't mess around here and leave quickly."

The nearby pilgrims were immediately incited and drove Li Xiuyuan away with every word.

If it wasn't for Li Xiuyuan's attire as a scholar, perhaps his attitude would have been even worse.

"You don't understand the truth, it doesn't matter, I won't blame you, but I will not forgive those who deceive the public with lies."

Li Xiuyuan glanced at the nearby people, and suddenly, he took out a big bow from behind the coir raincoat.

This is his golden goose bow.

The big bow was opened, Li Xiuyuan took the arrow, and aimed it at the bald Taoist on the high platform with killing intent.

The bald Taoist turned pale with fright when he saw this situation, he thought it was just a scholar, nothing to be afraid of, but unexpectedly he was carrying a weapon on his body.

"Hey~!"

He couldn't help but be surprised, Li Xiuyuan shot an arrow, and with the howling of the arrow, it accurately shot through the head of the bald Taoist, nailing his whole body to the wall pillar of Qingfeng Temple.

"Uh~!"

The bald Taoist opened his eyes wide, his face full of fear, as if he didn't think that the scholar would dare to kill him, but now he has no time to regret it.

Being shot through the head, no matter how advanced the Taoism is, people will die, let alone this Taoism damages the bald Taoist.

Li Xiuyuan shouted: "The God of All Spirits can't even protect him. How can he protect you? The flood is coming. If you continue to burn incense and pray here, you are waiting for death. If you don't run away quickly."

Seeing this scene at this moment, all the people were frightened.

Li Xiuyuan didn't bother to talk to them, put away the golden goose bow, and strode away.

He did everything he could do right now, but as to whether they could be saved or not, Li Xiuyuan couldn't care so much now.

"I remembered that this scholar seems to be the one who talked to the Dragon King of Wujiang on the treasure temple a few days ago. The Dragon King of Wujiang said that he is a saint in the world and has a noble status. What he said should not be false."

"Speaking of which, on the way I came here, I heard people say that the flood is coming, and Guo Beicheng will be submerged soon. Could it be true?"

"Whether it's true or not, we'd better avoid it quickly. After so many days of heavy rain, maybe the flood is really coming."

After Li Xiuyuan left, these people talked a lot, talking and talking, the crowd quickly dispersed.

"Boom"

Just as the people were fleeing, suddenly the rumble of thousands of troops and horses came from far away in the north.

(End of this chapter)