Chapter 413: The Great Omen

At the Tongfu Inn in Yangqu County, a group of imperial guards sat on the first floor, looking at the heavy rain outside and feeling worried.

This rainstorm has been going on for three days and three nights.

Not only has it not decreased at all, it also gives people a feeling that it will rain forever.

One imperial guard couldn't help but turn his head to look in the direction of the counter, "Shopkeeper Qian, does your Yangqu County always have such a heavy rainstorm?"

Suddenly asked, Shopkeeper Qian, who was dressed in a stone-blue robe, reached out and fiddled with the abacus, raised his head and looked in the direction of everyone, then shook his head and said, "No, I'm 49 years old this year, and this is the first time I've seen such a heavy rainstorm."

The imperial guard who asked the question frowned, "It seems that we are unlucky. This is our first time in Yangqu County, and we are trapped by this rainstorm."

Shopkeeper Qian didn't say anything, but hearing the sound of the rain, he suddenly didn't feel like using the abacus anymore, and turned his head to look outside the gate.

It’s not that there haven’t been such heavy rains in the past, but they stopped after a few hours at most, and never lasted for three days and three nights.

Although this group of people were trapped in the inn, they could earn more money. But it’s not a good thing if the rain continues to fall like this.

When their inn was built, they chose this high-lying place, so it was not flooded by the rain. But other places may not be so lucky.

Especially those poor families, who don’t have much money to repair their houses on weekdays. It must be raining heavily outside, and the house is leaking.

It’s cold in the cold winter, and the rain keeps falling. I don’t know how many old people and orphans can’t stand it and freeze to death.

And the crops in the fields are probably drowned.

The most important thing is that the price of food will rise.

The more Qian the shopkeeper thought about it, the more he couldn’t sit still. No, he had to ask people to buy some more food quickly, otherwise his inn would also be affected.

The more you fear something, the more it will come.

Shopkeeper Qian was worried that the inn didn't have enough food, and the chef Li came running over in a hurry, "Shopkeeper Qian, the food in the cellar is only enough for today. If you don't buy some food, you will have no food tomorrow."

Shopkeeper Qian was about to tell Master Li not to worry, and he would send someone to buy food immediately. Unexpectedly, before he opened his mouth, Manager Dou, who was in charge of purchasing, frowned and strode into the inn.

"Shopkeeper Qian, all the grain stores in the county are closed. Send someone to send a letter to the boss to see if we can get some grain."

The wrinkles on Shopkeeper Qian's forehead could kill a fly, and he said in disbelief, "What did you say? All the grain stores in the county are closed? Is this true or a rumor?"

It's not Shopkeeper Qian's fault, this has never happened before.

Manager Dou looked very bad. He had just rushed back from outside in the rain, and the hem of his robe was wet. He was cold and hungry, but he couldn't care about these things at the moment.

"Shopkeeper Qian, this is true. This morning I saw that there was not much grain left in the cellar, so I thought of going to the grain store to buy some. But I went to all the seven or eight grain stores in the county, and none of them were open.

I finally found the owners of two grain stores, and I learned that they didn't have much grain in their stores. After three days of heavy rain, they were worried that they couldn't buy grain and that they had no grain to eat. So they didn't sell the remaining grain and kept it for themselves."

"I wanted to ask them to sell some grain to us, but the owners were unwilling. Shopkeeper Qian, quickly send someone to send a letter to the owner."

Shopkeeper Qian's face became more and more ugly, "As far as I know, the owner doesn't have much grain in his hands. And he is in Huai Prefecture, the journey is long and it is raining heavily, even if there is grain, there is no way to send it to us."

Now not only Shopkeeper Qian and Manager Dou were worried, but even the imperial guards couldn't sit still. Without food, they would starve.

Everyone got up and went to find Commander Pang.

After hearing what everyone said, Commander Pang also had a headache. They have many people and no food, which is difficult to deal with.

Even a good cook cannot cook without rice, and this is not something that can be done with money.

Commander Pang hesitated for a moment and could only tell the emperor about the matter.

"No food? All the grain stores in the county are closed?" The emperor's face was not much better than that of the shopkeeper Qian. He was trapped here for three days by the heavy rain and was in a bad mood.

After frowning and thinking for a while, the emperor ordered Commander Pang, "Pass the order down, pack up your things, and set off immediately."

Since there is no food here, it is better to continue on the road and buy some dry food somewhere else.

It is still raining so hard at the moment, how can they travel? Commander Pang wanted to persuade the emperor, but he swallowed the words when they were on his lips.

The emperor was in a hurry to travel. If he persuaded him, the emperor would definitely be unhappy and might not listen. But the emperor had just recovered from his illness and was traveling in the rain. It would be bad if something happened.

Sun Yuanzheng and Ningguogong did not agree.

"Your Majesty, such heavy rain is unstoppable even in a carriage."

"Your Majesty has just recovered from the fever, so he cannot bear the cold again, otherwise his condition will relapse."

After being trapped for three days, the emperor did not want to stay any longer.

"You don't need to persuade me anymore, I have made up my mind. Although the rain is heavy, it will not continue to fall, and it will stop eventually."

"Commander Pang, pass the order down, and set off in half an hour. Also, send a letter to Yan Wu, asking him to open the warehouse and release grain to help the people of Yangqu County survive this heavy rain.

The grain store in Yangqu County has no grain, and the emperor can take his people away. But as an emperor, he can't just ignore the people of Yangqu County.

However, just as the emperor finished speaking, Ning Chuyi happened to walk in from outside, "The Yangqu County Government Office is deserted, and Yan Wu and his family are missing."

Ning Chuyi was also worried because of the heavy rain that lasted for such a long time. This morning, he took people to check around Yangqu County, and later found that all the grain stores were closed, and the people were panicked because they couldn't buy grain.

So he planned to find the county magistrate Yan Wu and ask him to open the warehouse to release grain. Who knew that when he arrived at the county government office, he found that Yan Wu and the county magistrate were missing.

Other officials in the county government office were still there, but no one knew where Yan Wu and the county magistrate had gone.

Ning Chuyi found the granary again, but found that the grain bags in the granary were full of sand, without a single grain of grain.

The emperor's face turned pale, "Send a message to Wu Jie, the prefect of Bingzhou, to transfer some grain to Yangqu County. Let Wu Jie handle the matter of Yan Wu."

"Your Majesty, it's too late."

Hearing the familiar voice, everyone turned their heads subconsciously and saw Ling Chu crossing the threshold with a pale face.

The emperor frowned and looked at Ling Chu in confusion, "Why did Princess Jiashan say that?"

"Your Majesty, I just made a fortune, and it's very bad. According to the hexagram, the heavy rain in Yangqu County will cause the Honghu Lake upstream to burst its embankment. We have to leave Yangqu immediately, otherwise we will be drowned."

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