As mentioned earlier, Meng Xinghe opened multiple gaps in the north to divert water and release floods to solve the flood problem in Luoning. Although this method will bring a second harm to Luoning County to a large extent, in order to be able to prevent floods when the next heavy rain comes. To completely solve the problem, we can only take a desperate risk. However, when Lord Yu made a bet with Meng Xinghe, and even up to Meng Xinghe’s last not-so-glorious jump, what he lost was not Lord Yu’s vow, but the girl of the Yu family. Those words of hope.
If you lose, you must be convinced. Meng Xinghe in the water does not flutter like a landlubber. He dives into the water very nimbly. When he emerges, he has already jumped on the boat briskly. The girl of the Yu family was attracted by this inexplicable diving man and opened her eyes wide. She looked at him with Qiushui eyes in disbelief, as if looking at a strange animal, while Mr. Yu next to him chuckled: "Interesting, Lao Lu has an unreasonable son-in-law like you. In this regard, I lose." I'm not willing to give him a piece of it,"
Meng Xinghe did not dare to answer. He was afraid that Master Yu would betroth his little granddaughter, who was not yet ten years old, to him accidentally. He took off his wet shirt but kept his pants on, mainly because it was not suitable for children. Young Master Chai, who wore more clothes, gave one of his clothes to Meng Xinghe, and then followed Master Yu's boat out of Luoning.
"What's your name?" The seven or eight-year-old girl from the Yu family didn't recognize her life at all. She ran around with Mr. Yu all year round in Dongdu. Naturally, she was not as weak as those young ladies who were raised in a boudoir. This temper made Meng Xinghe discover She is very similar to Mrs. Lu Ning at home.
"Meng Xinghe," Master Meng answered honestly.
Yu Yatou pursed her lips in disdain and said: "The name is not that good."
Meng Xinghe was puzzled: "Then what is your name?"
Yu Yatou rolled her eyes and said: "Yu Yao,"
Meng Xinghe pretended to be surprised by the fish demon. It was very good and powerful. It was indeed a demon. Meng Xinghe, who already had countless demons gathered at home, was not afraid of what kind of trouble this little fish demon would cause. He joked: "Your grandfather is going to The name doesn’t work either, I didn’t see how much ink there was in the belly,”
Yu Yao ignored it, rolled his eyes and said, "It's rare to see it, but it's weird."
Meng Xinghe did not refute, but really agreed with what he said. As long as she is a woman, if a man quarrels with her, he has already lost half the battle before he says anything.
There was no talk all the way. After withdrawing from Luoning County, Master Yu ordered to set up camp ten miles away from the city. After the flood was released to the north, all the soldiers and civilians immediately went to Luoning County to fill the gap.
The order was promulgated and everything was carried out step by step. Three days later, Meng Xinghe's proposal really came to fruition. The water level in the north dropped significantly. In addition to three days' time, Mr. Yu had already ordered the stones and sand to fill the gap to be gathered together. , when he gave the order, long militia teams came from south to north. In less than half a day, all the gaps in the north of Luoning County were blocked. At this point, the Luoning flood was finally resolved.
Just like this, another half day passed, and after the areas with deep water in Luoning County slowly dried up, the flooded Luoning County completely returned to its original appearance, but it looked like the ruins found on the seabed. It was so dilapidated that it was difficult to see, but Mr. Yu did not lose heart. He ordered all the soldiers and civilians to clean the silt deposited on the streets of Luoning County and the drifting objects scattered everywhere, and repair the county government offices that had been flooded before. He was not busy either. Return to Dongdu to deal with matters, because the current magistrate of Luoning County died in the flood. Although the report has been reported to the court, the dispatched officials have not arrived. Now Lord Yu has to take charge personally and direct the post-disaster reconstruction work in Luoning County.
However, a strange thing gradually spread after the Luoning water receded.
The reason is that the soldiers responsible for cleaning up the silt in Luoning County, in front of the Luoning County Yamen, salvaged a huge turtle from a puddle that was washed away by the flood for the first time. At first everyone thought it was a gray stone. , who knew that after the stone was salvaged and landed on the shore, it would actually stick out a big head and crawl around.
No one has ever seen such a big turtle. I am afraid it is thousands of years old. Everyone is superstitious and thinks it is the Dragon King in the river. They dare not move rashly and immediately report it to Lord Yu. Meng Xinghe happens to be there too and follows to see what is strange. Wait. Master Yu asked people to clean the mud from the giant turtle with clean water. On the back of the huge turtle, there was a row of ancient characters from the pre-Qin period engraved. When he saw the row of characters, Master Yu said nothing and immediately asked the soldiers to remove the turtle. The giant turtle's head was chopped off, and then he turned around and walked back to the county government office with a blue face.
Meng Xinghe, who had little research on ancient characters, could not read the meaning on the back of the turtle, but he also knew that the reason why Master Yu, who had superb skills in ancient characters, was so decisive in killing must be because the things written on the back of the turtle were shameful. He did not ask Yu to get to the bottom of it. Your Excellency asked for advice, but the next day, Meng Xinghe heard a folk song spread among the people, about a dragon landing on the beach, his head being beheaded, carrying a picture of the river, the sky changed its ruler, three generations of emperors, the ancestral temple was destroyed, the yin and yang changed, and the rooster crows.
This folk song was all over the streets. In just a few days, it not only spread throughout Luoning County, but even several nearby counties knew that a thousand-year-old turtle died tragically in front of the Luoning County Yamen after the flood in Luoning. Coupled with the exaggeration of some storytellers, this matter is really getting more and more mysterious.
There is no way to go on like this. After all, the rumors are as fierce as tigers. Meng Xinghe, who happens to know the history after the Tang Dynasty, does not want this matter to spread to the ears of Li Shimin in the capital. He himself went to Master Yu to discuss it. The meaning is straightforward, just want to know what happened to Yu on that day. Why did you kill the giant turtle after reading those words?
Sitting in the room, only the two of them were talking at length. Master Yu paused for a long time and then asked in a low voice: "Master Meng, have you ever heard of Hetu Luoshu?"
Meng Xinghe shook his head: "I haven't heard of it." He was thinking at this time, it would be great if Du Encyclopedia was here, and he could ask for advice.
Lord Yu had some doubts about whether Meng Xinghe's number one scholar was bought, and why he didn't know anything. He had to look carefully and said: "During the period of Dayu, there were floods in the Luoning area, and dragons and horses appeared in the river. Some people said that they were long. A giant dragon-like turtle with strange graphics and words on its back. Someone dedicated it to Dayu, and the floods were cured. At that time, the world was divided into what is now Kyushu according to the graphics on the turtle's back. Now Luoning appears again. Does the River Map and Luoshu mean that the world will be in chaos and Kyushu will change its masters again?"
Meng Xinghe actually wanted to say that the Tang Dynasty would be destroyed sooner or later, but he didn't want to make a shocking statement and asked: "So that's it, then I don't know what was written on the back of the turtle. How could Master Yu be so angry at that time?"
Having confessed everything, Mr. Yu couldn’t hide anything, so he said: “In one sentence,”
"What are you talking about?" Meng Xinghe decided to ask further.
"Emperor Chuan III, Wu Dai Li Jian,"
Master Yu answered cautiously, but Meng Xinghe was frightened when he heard it.