Raindrops began to fall!
In an instant, unbroken curtains of rain appeared beneath the dark clouds.
The downpour poured like a torrent, scattering across the drought-stricken land.
Inside and outside Fengyang Commandery, the long lines of refugees seemed to freeze for a moment before lifting their heads to the heavens!
Amid the curtain of rain, the long official road transformed in an instant into a sea of cheers.
"It's raining?"
Inside and outside the commandery governor's residence, the many skilled men who had been rubbing their fists and gearing up were startled by the surging celestial phenomenon. One after another, they abruptly looked toward the sky.
The next moment, they hurried out through the doors as well!
Though they had been inclined to exploit the drought and profit from the chaos, seeing the disaster relieved still left them all with expressions of shock and joy.
Without realizing it, they lowered the weapons in their hands. As though infected by the mood throughout the city, they allowed the rain to wash over them.
At the same time, Yu Tongguang and Mr. Qingyu emerged side by side from the main hall.
Their expressions changed at the sight before them.
Yu Tongguang held out a palm, catching the rain dripping from the green roof tiles beneath the eaves, but his face was incomparably grim.
"Qingyu, didn't you say that after observing the heavens at night, there would be no clouds or rain in Fengyang Commandery anytime soon? How do you explain this?"
With a dark expression, Yu Tongguang glared angrily at Mr. Qingyu.
What enraged him was not that the commandery governor's residence had lost its calculations because of the rain. Rather, Mr. Qingyu's divination had failed, and that could bring fatal consequences to his entire series of plans.
"That's impossible!"
Mr. Qingyu's