Jun Huailang pushed him several times but didn't push him away.
He couldn't help but sighed softly, then raised his hand and patted Xue Yan's shoulder.
The two were so close, he could feel the person hugging him so tightly that he could hear the drum-like heartbeat.
His arms were shaking, his breathing was shaking, and he was soaking wet. Obviously such a big man, hugging himself tightly, but it was like he was wronged.
As if the vicious man just now wasn't him.
Even though Jun Huailang made up his mind and wanted to stop thinking about him, he couldn't help but soften his heart.
"… Okay," he said. "fine."
Xue Yan didn't say anything, but he didn't let go.
Only he knew how dangerous the situation was when he arrived.
He left the city with Duke Yongning and his party early in the morning, and Duan Shishi also accompanied him, leaving only a small team of Jinyiwei in the city.
Not long after leaving the city, the car got stuck on the road outside the city, and the guards in the line were busy pushing the car again. After finally getting back on the road, Jin Yiwei rushed over and said that the dam in the north of the city had collapsed, flooding the small half of the northern part of Jinling.
Xue Yan knew as soon as he thought about it, there must be something strange about this matter.
The dam just happened to collapse when they were not in the city. Although Xue Yan had no idea about the engineering and water conservancy, he also knew that Shen Zhifu would not be so unreliable. Among them, someone must have moved his hands and feet behind his back.
But Xue Yan couldn't take care of that much, and only Jun Huailang was left in his mind.
Jun Huailang was in the academy, which happened to be in the extreme north of Jinling City. After the dam collapses, there will be floods and there will be refugees, none of them are in the city, only Jun Huailang is there.
Without waiting for Shen Zhifu and Duke Yongning to make a decision, he got off the carriage and led the Jinyi guards to gallop all the way back to Jinling City.
The road was extremely difficult to walk, but he did not slow down at all. Jin Yiwei, who had excellent riding skills, had one or two tripped his horse's legs and fell on the road.
He went all the way back to the academy.
From a distance, he saw a large group of people gathered at the entrance of the academy, all of whom were vigorous men, and at first glance they took advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble.
Xue Yan could only care about handing over the situation at the door to Duan Shishi, and before he could get to the academy, he stepped on the back of a horse, flew over the crowd at the door, and jumped up the wall.
I saw someone holding a sword and stabbing Jun Huailang.
That cold light flashed Xue Yan's eyes with pain, making his mind go blank, all rationality and thinking were useless.
He just wanted to kill, he wanted to stab that person alive.
Thinking of this, Xue Yan lightly twitched his nose and hugged Jun Huailang tighter.
Jun Huailang lightly patted his back.
Xue Yan just came back to his senses and whispered, "You go home."
Jun Huailang was puzzled.
He heard him continue: "Go home and stay, and don't go anywhere. I'll send everyone to your yard, and no one can move you."
Jun Huailang naturally wouldn't listen to him.
When Xue Yan regained his senses, he raised his hand and pushed him, separating the two.
Jinbao, who was hiding in the distance, saw that the two of them had finally finished hugging for a long time, so he held an umbrella with wink, and ran to hand it to his master.
As for why not hold two? Umbrellas, naturally, there are as many as you want, but two good people, why do they have to open umbrellas separately
Jinbao handed over the umbrella and said, "Master, the carriage is at the door."
Xue Yan nodded, and Jinbao quickly retreated back.
"I'll take you home first." Xue Yan opened the umbrella and put it on Jun Huailang's head and said.
Jun Huailang said, "I still have things to do."
He had seen the leader of the thief today. Since this person was in charge of road construction that day, and today he gathered a crowd to harm people, he must have something to do with the collapse of the dam.
Even if he didn't do it, if he could arrive at the first time, he must know the inside story.
Moreover, this dam will collapse if it collapses, and it is not even the same time as in the previous life. The weather can't be changed, but people can change. If the dam collapses, someone must do it.
He wants to find evidence and traces.
Xue Yan asked, "What else is there?"
Jun Huailang said truthfully: "There is something strange about the collapse of the dam. I'm going to try the person headed by the first trial."
Xue Yan said without hesitation, "I'll come to the trial."
Jun Huailang's voice was not loud, but he was extremely firm: "No, there are some things, I must ask him personally."
Having said that, he paused and asked, "Is the north of the city flooded?"
Xue Yan asked, "Why do you ask this?"
Jun Huailang said, "Before the interrogation, I have to go to the river bank."
Xue Yan frowned suddenly.
"The dam has collapsed, do you still want to go?"
Jun Huailang said: "It won't all collapse. The dams are built high and won't be submerged by water, not to mention that this collapse is probably man-made, and the rest of the place is solid. Going at this time is to collect evidence. If the dam is washed for a few more days, there will be erosion and the evidence will be damaged.”
He needs to confirm the evidence as soon as possible in order to obtain the confession of the thief. After all, the stone evidence won't last long under the scour of the river, but the confession does.
But I heard Xue Yan say: "Since you think it's man-made, you don't need to investigate. It doesn't matter if there is evidence or not, the trial will do."
Jun Huailang's brows furrowed: "How can this be done? To submit the record of the case to Your Majesty, it must be written down with evidence. Merely guessing is not enough."
Xue Yan said, "You're in the rain."
Jun Huailang was puzzled.
Then Xue Yan continued to say, "You will have a fever. And the dam is not safe, so you are not allowed to go there."
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Jun Huailang still managed to go to the river embankment in the north of the city.
But in exchange, he had to go back to the mansion and put on a clean robe, and then Xue Yan followed and went together.
Jun Huailang didn't want to, but Xue Yan was deadlocked with him.
Jun Huailang has never been able to resist Xue Yan's rudeness, so he finally had to compromise and ride with him, starting from the Xicheng Gate, which was never submerged, and going up the river bank where it was never submerged, all the way to the east.
Along the way, there were already many displaced people around, carrying the rescued luggage, the young and the old, and hiding under the eaves by the roadside.
In the heavy rain around, mourning cries could be heard.
Contrary to the direction in which the refugees fled, a group of officers and soldiers had already headed north, and it was presumably sent by Shen Zhifu to rescue people. The dam collapsed suddenly, and many people had no time to escape. Now it seems that the casualties are not small.
Jun Huailang's hand on his knee gradually tightened.
They want to fight against the officials, form parties for selfishness, and fight in court, but they want to use such unscrupulous means to harm many innocent people and families for the power in their hands.
At this moment, Xue Yan spoke.
"Jinbao." He said.
Jinbao outside the car quickly responded: "Master, you ordered."
"How much idle money is left on hand, take it yourself, find Shen Zexun to find an open space in the south of the city, and build a tent to accommodate the refugees." He said.
Jun Huailang was taken aback.
Shen Zexun is the name of the Shen Zhifu.
He looked at Xue Yan, and saw that Xue Yan was also looking at him.
Then, his hand on his knee was forcibly pulled up by Xue Yan, breaking apart the clenched fingers one by one.
"What are you worried about, just say it directly." Xue Yan said lightly. "There's nothing I can't fix."
Only then did Jun Huailang notice that the palm of his hand had already been crushed by his nails.
He was speechless.
The two of them rode the car all the way to the dam from outside the west city. The embankment was built so wide that horses and carts could walk on it. They went all the way east and saw the collapsed place in the distance.
There was a big gap, and the turbulent river rushed out from there, like a beast that broke free from its cage, and rushed into Jinling City.
The embankment is high, and from a distance, you can see a small city that has been submerged into a pool of water. The houses and pavilions were slightly exposed on the water, and some weak houses were washed away, and various objects floated on the water in a mess.
In the previous life, Jun Huailang had only seen a few descriptions of the flood disaster in the archives.
[Jinling River dam collapsed, damaged half of the city, and displaced tens of thousands of people.]
Jun Huailang's lips pursed involuntarily.
The carriage slowly stopped not far from the gap, Xue Yan got off the car first, and picked up Jun Huailang with an umbrella.
When they got close, Jun Huailang leaned down and saw the river water rushing through the ruins of the dam.
Xue Yan pulled him back: "Be careful, don't stand too close."
Jun Huailang had to step back a little.
He looked down carefully, and really saw that the break of the dam was a little strange.
It is said that when the dams collapse, they are all swept away by the river water. Even if the damage is on the inside, the river water will invade from the outside, and the broken part will be from the outside to the inside.
However, the cracks in this dam are clearly from the inside out, and there are obvious signs of damage and excavation.
Jun Huailang glanced outside.
The inside of the collapsed place is actually the official road built a few days ago. At this moment, there are still some wood tarpaulins floating on the river, which were not transported away from the road construction site.
… His guess was right.
He found a treasure and asked for a pen and paper, so he carefully recorded the damage on the side of the dam, and also drew the pattern of the damage.
As soon as he got to work, he left everything else behind him. Xue Yan stood quietly beside him, holding an umbrella for him, blocking all the big fish that were pouring out for him.
It wasn't until Jun Huailang finished drawing the material that he rubbed his sore neck and stood up.
Only then did he notice that Xue Yan by his side had been standing still. The oil-paper umbrella was thrown over his head, but half of Xue Yan's shoulders were soaked wet.
"you… "
Without waiting for Jun Huailang to speak, Xue Yanxian naturally took the blueprint in his hand.
"It's done?" he asked. "Get in the car when you're done."
After saying that, he led Jun Huailang to the car.
Jun Huailang followed him into the car, and as soon as he opened the curtains, he felt the warmth and the aroma of tea coming from the car.
He had been in the rain for a long time today, and he had already lost consciousness, and it was only now that he realized that he was freezing cold all over.
Jinbao, who was wearing a curtain next to him, added fuel to the jealousy: "His Royal Highness did not know, just now, the lord ordered the servants to make warm tea, because he was afraid that His Royal Highness would be cold!"
Xue Yan glanced at Jinbao, Jinbao put down the curtain of the car knowingly, and retreated successfully.
Jun Huailang looked at Xue Yan, saw him sit down as if nothing had happened, and started pouring tea for him.
The small tea stove smoked warm air, which warmed Jun Huailang's frozen bones little by little.
It also made his heart shake uncontrollably, shaking badly.
Jun Huailang spoke involuntarily, as if blaming himself, and said softly, "...I can't be with you."
Xue Yan looked up at him.
The next moment, the warm teacup was placed by his hand.
"I forced you to be with me?" Xue Yan slowly leaned back, raised one side of his lips, and said.
"I didn't let you be with me, I let you drink tea."