It rained heavily for several days.
As soon as Jun Huailang returned to the mansion that day, he went to his father's place to ask.
His father didn't know about the expediting period, so he promised him to ask the person next to him in the next two days. Jun Huailang agreed and was about to leave.
Just then, his father stopped him.
"Huailang," he said. "The farmland on the outskirts of the south has been a bit waterlogged these days. The prefect asked me to come and see it together in two days. Would you like to go with me?"
Jun Huailang was silent for a moment, then heard his father continue: "King Guangling is also going. The two of you have always been on good terms. He is a rare talent in governing the world. You can learn more from him when you travel together."
Jun Huailang pursed his lips.
"Forget it, father." After a while, he smiled lightly and said. "It was exhausting and exhausting all the way."
Duke Yongning was puzzled: "Huh? Are you going to the academy these days?"
Jun Huailang nodded.
Duke Yongning has never been very vocal about his decisions, so he sighed when he heard the words, and said, "It's better to read more books. Although you can learn real things in the yamen, you need to do a good job of knowledge before you can do it. other things."
Jun Huailang nodded in response, and bowed to say goodbye.
Duke Yongning was silent for a while, and then added: "Huailang, read the Doctrine of the Mean more."
Jun Huailang looked up at him.
I heard Duke Yongning say: "I know you have a strategy for your father, but it's always better to be moderate in everything. Whether you're studying or doing things, don't show yourself in the eyes of others, just be just right."
He never spoke much, and after a pause, he added: "It's enough for a person to always be one of the best. No matter how much, he'll be easily destroyed."
Jun Huailang could understand what he meant.
The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it.
His family background is already the best. If the other side is outstanding, it will be feared.
Because the top of his head is pressing the heavenly family and the imperial power, he is not allowed to climb to a higher place.
Jun Huailang nodded and replied, "Son obeys father's orders, please rest assured."
—
For the next few days, Jun Huailang went to the academy every day as he said.
Several days passed, until his father left for the southern suburbs.
Although the southern suburbs are not close, you can go back and forth within a day. Jun Huailang didn't go out to deliver it. After using the morning meal, he put up his umbrella again and left the yard.
The rain has not stopped for the past few days, and it has been extremely fierce. Their courtyard is already a bit waterlogged, and even the stone pavement that has been built several floors higher is full of water.
Walking all the way out, Jun Huailang just paid attention to his steps.
At this moment, Fu Yi, who was taking him out, whispered, "Young master..."
When Jun Huailang heard this, he raised his head and saw Xue Yan, the master and servant, standing at the gate of the courtyard not far away.
Xue Yan stood there quietly, holding an umbrella, watching him silently.
Jun Huailang's breathing stopped for a moment, and the feeling of being breathless from being kissed that day surged up from his chest for a while.
Jun Huailang's footsteps stopped.
He stopped, and Xue Yan didn't leave, as if waiting for him to pass by, still standing there.
Jun Huailang took a deep breath.
No matter how you hide, you can't hide, it's impossible not to see him for the rest of your life.
He lowered his eyes and stepped forward slowly.
Xue Yan blocked in front of him.
He didn't speak, just looked at him quietly, as if to force him to speak first.
"...Your Highness." Jun Huailang reluctantly controlled his voice, so that his voice sounded steady and cold, with no emotion or trembling.
Xue Yan hummed.
"Where?" he asked. "Still going to the academy?"
Jun Huailang nodded.
Xue Yan was silent for a moment.
"I'm not here today," he said. "There's no need to hide that far."
Jun Huailang retorted subconsciously: "I'm not..."
What is not, obviously is.
Halfway through his rebuttal, he couldn't go on any longer, only halfway embarrassingly, and his voice stopped abruptly.
Xue Yan was silent.
After a while, he said, "I'm not coming to you, you just stay at home. It's raining so hard, what are you running around?"
His voice was a little hoarse, even though the rustling of the rain around him obscured his voice a lot, it made Jun Huailang's ears tremble and heat up.
... He really hadn't seen each other for quite some time.
Under the umbrella, Jun Huailang hardly dared to look up at him. He suppressed the throbbing, and said lightly, "It's not running around, just having nothing to do, just reading."
As he said that, he wanted to go around Xue Yan.
Xue Yan said again: "... Otherwise, after I come back today, I will move out."
Jun Huailang's footsteps stopped.
He was a little disgusted with himself.
Hearing Xue Yan's words, the first reaction in his heart was actually reluctance.
His hand holding the umbrella tightened, and the meridians on the back of the porcelain white hand gradually began to rise.
"...No need." He lowered his head, and the oil-paper umbrella blocked his expression. "No matter where the lord is, I have to read this book."
After he finished speaking, he walked around Xue Yan with an umbrella and walked straight over.
The bluestone road is not wide. When he passed by, Xue Yan let the umbrella aside to prevent the cold rain from splashing on Jun Huailang's shoulders.
However, the cold rain fell on him immediately without any obstruction.
Jun Huailang's hand holding the umbrella trembled again.
He fled and walked away quickly.
But the sandalwood he smelled the moment he passed by Xue Yan's side was like a tangled thread, attached to his heart, tightly wrapping his soul.
It seemed that no matter where he escaped, it was useless.
—
There was a thunderstorm outside the window.
It rained extremely hard today.
Jun Huailang was sitting in the academy, but he was not very at ease and looked out the window frequently.
He knew that on weekdays, officials would not prepare too many things in order to travel lightly when they go out to patrol the countryside.
With such a heavy rain, their tour group will definitely not go well today. In addition, the official roads outside the city are not smooth, and the country roads are even more difficult to walk.
Jun Huailang couldn't help but worry.
He was worried that his father was serious about his work and that he would not go home even if it rained heavily; he was also worried that something would happen to them on the way and that he would be trapped outside the city on a rainy day.
He also thinks about Xue Yan uncontrollably, and can't help but think about what he is doing at this time and whether he will run into any trouble.
Thinking of this, Jun Huailang involuntarily touched his lips again.
The small wound had already grown, and when I touched it, I could only feel a tiny scab.
It didn't hurt much.
The injury was caused by the canine teeth when Xue Yan was on a rampage. With only a slight pain, he sucked the blood beads away.
After the kiss was over, Xue Yan gasped and separated from him, and pecked and kissed the small wound.
"Jun Huailang, if you want to play stupid, forget about it tomorrow." He whispered. "But stop provoking me, I'm not a good person."
Jun Huailang pursed his lips.
At that time, his mind was blank, but now that he thinks about it, he always doesn't believe Xue Yan's words.
He said that he was not a good person, but he would give his life to save him. He endured it for a long time, and he never revealed his feelings for him to let him know.
And even that night... Although the kiss was fierce, it was shallow, with restraint on the edge of madness.
Would Xue Yan in the previous life really do such a thing...
At this moment, his arm was bumped, which woke him up instantly.
He turned his head and saw Shen Liufeng sitting next to him, looking at him on his stomach.
"Huailang, what are you thinking?" he whispered. "Are you also thinking about your uncle and the others?"
Jun Huailang was stunned for a while, then nodded.
The rain outside the window was so loud that it slapped on the bamboo leaves, and Shen Liufeng approached without hesitation, and then whispered, "I'm also worried. You said such a heavy rain..."
He paused, scratching his head embarrassedly.
"When the accident happened in Yangzhou that day, the rain was so heavy," he said. "I'm always a little uneasy."
Jun Huailang's eyes froze.
What he said, of course, was that they were trapped in a landslide in the mountains of Yangzhou that day.
He didn't speak for a moment, and Shen Liufeng, who had no idea, stared at him nervously.
"Maybe I'm thinking too much, but I'm always a little uneasy in my heart..."
After a while, Jun Huailang smiled at him.
"Don't think about it," he said. "Read with peace of mind first, and after class is over, I'll take you to the South City Gate to welcome you."
Shen Liufeng nodded again and again.
Just then, there was a faint sound of thunder outside the window.
In the pouring rain, the thunder was far away and could not be heard clearly. However, after only hearing a few thunders, there were faint voices.
Jun Huailang frowned and looked out the window.
The voice was getting closer.
Just then, a nursing home rushed into the classroom.
It was the dean of the academy who was in class. When he saw the man coming in, he put down the book and asked, "What's the matter?"
The nursing home hurriedly said: "Dean, it's not good! The dam in the north of the city suddenly collapsed, and the river flooded in and flooded the city!"
The dean froze in place, and the students in the classroom were in an uproar.
Jun Huailang's pupils shrank suddenly, the hand holding the pen also tightened suddenly, and he almost stood up from his seat.
Dam collapsed
In the previous life, the dam collapsed, and it was clearly July. Coupled with the situation he inspected on weekdays, although there was a lot of rain during this time, it would never wash the dam away.
Now and the previous life, even the time of the collapse is different... This is clearly not destiny, but man-made.
The dam would collapse only if someone moved his hands and feet. It was precisely because of the arrival of himself and Xue Yan this year that the official situation in Jinling Mansion was completely different from that of the previous life, so that person would act in advance and contributed to the collapse of the dam.
... and specially picked a time when neither Xue Yan nor the senior officials in Jinling were in the city.
It was already June, but Jun Huailang's back felt chills.
At this moment, the nursing home said again: "President, there are many refugees whose houses are flooded outside, and they want to take refuge in the academy. Look..."
The road at the entrance of Linjiang Academy is narrow because it is located on a hill beside the river, and the terrain is high and uneven. Because of this, the northern part of Jinling City was submerged a lot, and Linjiang Academy was a rare safe area.
When Jun Huailang heard that, he felt a little weird.
The Yangtze River has a wide surface and abundant water flow. Coupled with this year's heavy rain, this time it burst, and the situation is bound to be serious. However, when ordinary people face this kind of disaster, they usually mess up their hands and feet, rush to protect their families and rescue their belongings. Even if they flee, it is difficult to find the right direction. How can they go to the most reasonable place in the first time of the flood
Jun Huailang suddenly thought that the dossier of the previous life said that when the flood came, there were many conflicts in the city.
The worst is in the academy. Refugees seized the houses, quarreled with the scholars, and quarreled afterward, injuring and killing many scholars.
At that time, he was still wondering why he would kill people just to hide from the rain.
... the original problem is actually here.
The pages of the book in Jun Huailang's hand were suddenly broken by him.
When the dean on the podium in front heard the words, he quickly said, "Quickly open the door and let the people come in and hide!"
The nursing home let out a sigh and was about to run out.
"Slow!" Jun Huailang stood up.
Everyone in the classroom suddenly looked at him.
At this time, everyone looked flustered, but he was the only one standing tall and straight in the same place, dressed in a green shirt, with a zhilan jade tree.
His face was clearly expressionless, cold and aloof, but inexplicably made everyone feel a little more at ease when they saw him.
"There is something strange, don't open the door yet," he said. "I gonna go see."