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Chapter 388: Flooded Beijing (Part 2)

Walking on the street with an oil-paper umbrella, it is difficult to see pedestrians within your eyes. In such a bad weather, almost no one would be willing to come out to get wet in the rain. After walking for a short period of time, Chen Ming's shoes, trousers and even the lower half of his jacket were already soaked.

Chen Ming knew that the garrison of Shensha Tuqi was not allowed to be stationed in the capital. If it were not for the previous siege of foreign enemies, even outside the city, the military camp stationed ten miles outside the capital was the base camp of Shensha Tuqi.

After leaving the city gate, Chen Ming had already thought through everything. Before coming to the barracks, looking at the mighty and continuous barracks, two soldiers in straw raincoats stood outside the military headquarters, standing straight and letting the rain hit them.

"Jun Ye, Cao Min wants to ask to see Huo Qing, but I wonder if Jun Ye can communicate it?"

One of the soldiers turned his head and looked at Chen Ming with an impatient expression. This ordinary person who was dressed in ordinary clothes became even more impatient at this time. He turned around and did not intend to pay attention to it.

"Jun Ye, Cao Min wants to ask to see Huo Qing, but I wonder if Jun Ye can communicate it?" Chen Ming repeated.

The soldier turned his head impatiently and said, "The name of Lord Sijie is something you can call the people at will? Go!"

"Sijie?" Chen Ming repeated, and he finally realized that Huo Qing was already a military general under the sixth rank at this time, with a military rank of Huaihua Sijie. "So I dare to ask you two to spread the Huo Sijie, and I will say that his senior brother is asking for a meeting."

At this time, the soldier standing on the other side lit up his eyes and said, "Senior Brother? Where is the senior brother?"

Chen Ming naturally understood that Qingshan Academy had already been the rebellious party in people's words, and it was not beneficial to Huo Qing when it mentioned it again. So Chen Ming had to take out a purse from his waist and hand it to one of the soldiers, although he was very unskilled in doing this.

After taking the purse, the soldier thought hard and felt quite satisfied. Then he said, "Will you avoid so much trouble if you do this early? Really! You are waiting here, I'll go and pass it on."

Chen Ming took a deep breath. He had been in Qingshan Academy for too long. He seemed to be unfamiliar with the human world. Du Shaoyin had already reminded him before coming, but he was still ashamed to do such a thing. Master, although you did educate your disciples to not separate the connection with the world, but my disciples were really too unfamiliar with the human world for so many years in the academy.

Chen Ming quickly adjusted his thoughts to the main work. He had already written a draft along the way. How should he speak after meeting Huo Qing later and how to explain what Jiang Weizhen discovered in the shortest time.

While thinking, he saw the soldier coming out. He had been following a man with a burly figure and walking like a wind. As he got closer, Chen Ming saw clearly that the person in the lead was Huo Qing, with a blushing face and a full of energy.

Huo Qing also saw Chen Ming and immediately smiled and ran forward to pull him up.

He said excitedly with Chen Ming's hands: "Senior Brother Chen! I haven't seen you for too long. Why are you here? Oh, by the way, it's so rainy outside, let's stop standing here and talking, come in with me!"

The two soldiers obviously did not expect that the person who came would be so respectful to Huo Qing. At this moment, they couldn't help but lower their heads. Chen Ming had no time to argue with them, so he followed Huo Qing to the military tent.

This is Huo Qing's private military tent. Although the furnishings are simple, it can be seen that they are all Huo Qing's personal belongings. Huo Qing called Chen Ming to sit down and immediately brewed him a cup of hot tea. As the fragrance of the tea soup was filled with, the two of them had opened their box.

"Senior Brother Chen, I have lost your news for too long. I really didn't expect you to come to me on your own initiative. By the way, where are you now, senior brother?"

Looking at Huo Qing's excited appearance, Chen Ming's thoughts returned to when he was in Qingshan Academy. He remembered Huo Qing's temperament. He knew that Huo Qing had always wanted to make a name for himself, and Huo Qing's nature was not bad. However, Chen Ming also heard about Huo Qing's military rank. Then he looked at Huo Qing's military rank at this moment. Chen Ming decided to be less polite and finish the business first.

"We have a place to stay, Huo Qing, I'm here today because I have something to ask for your help."

"Where is the words of Senior Brother Chen? Anyone I can help me, please speak!"

"Huo Qing, you see, the heavy rain outside has been falling for many days. The Huangshui River has risen to a very high water level. Once the river water flows backward, Huazhou and Beijing will be in danger of being flooded."

Huo Qing's originally eager face suddenly changed, not because he was stunned when he heard the news, but because he felt that what Chen Ming said was like a fantasy.

"Senior Brother Chen, the Huangshui originates from the mountains and flows through these cities along the terrain. Obviously, the terrain of the capital is the highest, so how can there be a danger of river water flowing back?"

"If the Tang people built a high embankment and surrounded the rising river water in one place, then the rain would dig the embankment, and the higher terrain would no longer be Huazhou and Beijing."

"How can this happen? Could it be that Tangren has been secretly filling the embankment? No, I didn't notice it when I went there a few days ago."

"Huo Qing, I saw everything you did that night. At first I also agreed with your approach, but later when someone mentioned it, I felt that you might have been used by Tangren."

"Senior Brother Chen, what do you mean?"

It was because of the sank of ships at night that Huo Qing was promoted to the Huaihua Si rank under the sixth rank. This was his greatest military merit in this period, and this was the capital he was proud of. But at this moment, Chen Ming thought that his behavior was wrong, which Huo Qing couldn't accept. Fortunately, he still patiently listened to Chen Ming's explanation.

Chen Ming explained Jiang Weizhen's speculation to Huo Qing in detail. Generally speaking, the people of Tang should have predicted that Daliang would encounter heavy rain for days after entering early spring, and they had long since sneaked into that curved river.

After finding an opportunity to renovate, the river channel after reconstruction became a dam, and the same work was done in another place downstream. In this way, a high lake was formed artificially. With the continuous rain, the water volume in the lake would continue to increase, and the sinking ships of Huo Qing and others just provided Bingzhou City with a certain interception position, which could protect Bingzhou when the dam was dug.

Huo Qing also came from Qingshan Academy. Although he was best at close combat, he had also learned about geomancy content. Chen Ming's explanation was obviously unacceptable.

"Senior Brother Chen, I have always admired you, but I don't agree with your judgment on this matter." Chen Ming did not say Jiang Weizhen, and Huo Qing thought it was Chen Ming's own judgment. "Have you been to the downstream location, sure that there is such a high lake?"

Chen Ming shook his head.

"So my senior brother has seen Tangren build a dam in the lake?"

Chen Ming still shook his head.

"So how did senior brother come to this conclusion?"

It is understandable that Huo Qing didn't believe it. In fact, Chen Ming himself didn't believe it at the beginning. He and Jiang Weizhen just looked at the hazy night outside Huazhou City. Everything afterwards was Jiang Weizhen's own guess. Now, it is really unreasonable to rely on one person's guess to provide help through others.

"Huo Qing, it would be the best if this happened, but I still want to remind you. The God Killing Cavalry stationed outside the city may also encounter the possibility of river water flowing back. I hope you can tell your coach about this matter."

"Senior brother, the military camp has always been about truth and accuracy. I can't tell the coach about your guesses. Please understand this."

Chen Ming had long expected Huo Qing's rejection, and he had never been willing to say more useless words. After saying this, there was no need to continue to struggle. Chen Ming stood up and said, "Since that's the case, I will say goodbye."

Seeing Chen Ming leaving, Huo Qing hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed it and said, "Senior Brother, I really can't help with this matter. Please don't be surprised by my senior brother."

"It's okay, I've been wasting you too much time, so I'd better say goodbye first."

Huo Qing no longer tried to keep him, so he accompanied Chen Ming to the outside of the camp. Huo Qing wanted to say something more, but Chen Ming turned around and left without stopping. Huo Qing looked at Chen Ming's back and waited for a while before returning to the military camp. He did not return to his tent, so he went straight to meet Dan Tai Wengu.

"Commander!"

"Oh, Huo Qing is here, come in."

Since Huo Qing gave the God Killing Tuqi a good face, Dan Tai Wengu's attitude towards him has obviously been much slower. Huo Qing walked into the camp and saw that Dan Tai's third person, Dan Tai's villain, was also on the scene.

"If you have any questions, just say it. Third brother is my military advisor!"

"Report to the commander, I will find something that may be extremely dangerous."
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