Chapter 360 Downpour
No matter what happened on the other side of the city wall, Zhao Kangjie ignored it from beginning to end. The most important thing right now was to evacuate the people in the village and then dig the river channel. That way, as little crops as possible would be destroyed.
After working hard for half a year to plant crops, the crops were washed away by a flood just as the autumn harvest was approaching. What a tragedy!
After those hundred people left, Zhao Kangjie felt uneasy.
It's not impossible to directly expropriate the land by force, but now that those bastards in the city are causing trouble, Zhao Kangjie is a little hesitant. He'd better be gentle if possible to avoid causing public outrage.
Fortunately, Zhao Kangjie was relieved that no matter how chaotic the situation was on the other side of the city wall, the refugees here did not all rush in and explode.
After Zhao Kangjie finished his work, he went out to take a look. Seeing that the refugees were all awake with their eyes wide open, he sighed.
"The adults in the city closed the city gates and wouldn't let you in, so I took you in. You've also heard about them reselling other people's donated materials. As for the rumors that are spreading now, I tell you the truth, they are just rumors, but if you want to believe them, I won't stop you.
Anyway, if you are willing to stay with me, just stay here and I will protect you.
If you don't want to stay here and think my place is dirty, you can leave and I won't stop you.
But don't let me catch someone who is disloyal, our camp is afraid of such things."
After saying this, Zhao Kangjie left with his deputy.
During the day, he said that they would enter the city at night. He studied the map many times, and finally they decided to swim in through a hidden river beside the city wall.
The deputy jumped into the river first, "General, I feel like there's something wrong with this river."
When he said this, Zhao Kangjie also jumped down from the side.
It's not that something is wrong, it's that something is very wrong.
Now that floods have broken out and rains have continued, this section of the river should be desolate and messy with extremely high water levels.
But it was completely different from what they imagined.
This section of the river is very clean, without even a large rock in it.
"It looks like someone has cleaned it up?" The deputy looked puzzled. "Who has the time to clean it up at this time? Besides, the city gates are closed, who came out to clean it up?"
Zhao Kangjie took a deep breath and dived under the river.
It was still raining, and there was no light at all, so he couldn't see anything clearly under the river. But he reached out and touched it, and he could feel that the river had been widened recently.
This width is enough for ships to pass through.
With a guess in mind, he swam further into the river.
This river is an underground river. Since it is called an underground river, the entrance into the city must be relatively hidden. According to past practice, such entrances are generally relatively low.
From the outside, the entrance to the city wall is indeed very low, but when people dive into the water and feel to the bottom, they will find that the bottom of the river has been re-dug.
The position directly opposite the bottom of the cave, the deepened height plus the distance to the cave, is enough for a boat to pass through.
It was not Zhao Kangjie's fault for being suspicious. When he was in Kyoto, he saw that Duke Xue's mansion was connected to the river in all directions. He had made many guesses about the reason, but the river in Kyoto was wide and flat, so he did not expect it to be so accurate. At this time, the height and width of the river were just right for the boat.
After thinking this through, Zhao Kangjie came out of the water and said, "Let's go over the wall instead of taking the river."
Taking the river route is for safety. Now that the other party has made some moves on this side of the river, it is definitely no longer safe. If we swim to the other side, who knows what the situation will be. We might be caught as soon as we show our heads.
The two men went ashore, wrung out the water from their wet clothes and put them on.
He didn't walk far and just climbed over the city wall beside the river.
At this point in time, even if there were someone guarding this place, one would be sleepy.
Zhao Kangjie jumped down and rolled on the ground. He scanned the surroundings with his sharp eyes. He was sure that no one was guarding here, but he was also sure that work had been done here during the day.
After entering the city, the two men followed the direction of the map in their minds and went straight to the granary of the government office.
This is where the donated grain and meat are stored.
Zhao Kangjie and his assistant picked up as much as they could carry and took away a lot of meat.
As soon as the two of them climbed over the wall and left, they immediately realized something was wrong when they returned to the military camp.
Zhao Kangjie's heart trembled, and he grabbed the soldier guarding the gate next to him, "The general is here?"
The soldier took a moment to realize that the general he was talking about was the queen. He nodded with excitement in his eyes, "Just arrived."
Before he could finish his words, Zhao Kangjie had already left like a gust of wind, and his deputy followed him, also running very fast.
In the tent.
Su Qingqing had already changed her clothes and was talking to a military doctor when she heard a noise at the door. "General!"
Su Qingqing glanced at the door and said, "Come in."
Zhao Kangjie lifted the curtain and came in. Seeing that Su Qingqing looked fine, he felt relieved. "Why did you come so early?"
Su Qingqing was pregnant and was not suitable for traveling day and night.
Jixiang rolled his eyes and stood beside Su Qingqing, "If we don't come again, you will be bullied to death!"
Zhao Kangjie was stunned, knowing that Su Qingqing had understood the situation.
"We received news from Kaihong Temple on the way. After learning about the situation here, Her Majesty asked us to speed up our journey."
Jixiang glanced at the half-slung pork on Zhao Kangjie's shoulder and chuckled, "Did you just steal a pig?"
Zhao Kangjie smiled awkwardly, "There are no trees here, and it rains all day long. It's hard to catch any wild animals. Floods may break out at any time, and the soldiers can't live without meat. They how can they do it without physical strength?"
Su Qingqing hummed, "Go ahead and stew it. Stew everything you brought back today, and come with me into the city tomorrow."
Zhao Kangjie knew that Su Qingqing and the others didn't know the current situation in the city, so he quickly told them about the rumor. Su Qingqing said, "I heard it. Aren't they still cursing over there on the city wall? It doesn't matter. It won't cause any trouble. I'll stop them from cursing tomorrow."
After Su Qingqing said this, Zhao Kangjie felt relieved.
He had unconditional trust in the general.
He had been running in such a hurry just now that he had no time to put the meat away. Now that he had taken a breath, he hurriedly handed the meat to the soldiers outside and asked them to stew it all.
After sending the meat out, Zhao Kangjie turned around and told Su Qingqing about the river he had just discovered.
After hearing this, Su Qingqing didn't say much, but just said: "Send two people over to keep an eye on it secretly. It doesn't matter at the moment. We should enter the city first. If we don't enter the city, we won't be able to fully understand the symptoms in the city."
Su Qingqing's arrival made the entire Su family army excited.
However, before the pork was cooked, the drizzle that had been falling all day suddenly turned into a downpour.
