The sky was overcast and raining heavily, and it had been raining for three days and three nights, and there was still no clear weather. Almost the entire territory of Lujiang County has become a flood, fields, villages, and roads have been flooded, some of the residents have already fled, some have been swept away by the flood, only a few survivors hiding on the roofs, bell towers, high posts, can be spared, but only survived, because what awaits them is hunger, cold, and despair.

Jiang Yongqi stood in front of the window, looking at the water outside, almost all of which had flooded to the roof, the canopy, and some furniture, basins and other things floating on the water surface two days ago, but at this time, they had already been washed clean by the water, only some residual grass and weeds floated with the turbulent water.

And at this moment, Jiang Yongqi's stomach made a "gurgling" sound, reminding him that he hadn't eaten for a day. Jiang Yongqi turned around and looked at the more than a dozen men and women in the attic, lying or lying, all with numb expressions and dull eyes, like walking corpses. Jiang Yongqi also sighed, he had done his best to take these people through nearly 10 days, but manpower could not compete with the will of heaven after all.

Jiang Yongqi is 26 years old this year, originally a family member of Huguang Jiangxia, three generations of the family are playing darts for a living, the family is not bad, but when it comes to Jiang Yongqi's father's generation, the luck is not good, even the loss of a few darts, as a result, all the family wealth is lost, poverty, parents are dying of depression, Jiang Yongqi originally engaged a family business, and was also repented of marriage by the woman's family. Fortunately, it is a dart walker, Jiang Yongqi was introduced 2 years ago, and was hired by a wealthy Toda Chu Ze family in Luzhou Mansion, this person is a huge rich man in Luzhou Mansion, and donated a meritorious name, the family has nearly 10,000 acres of land, and there are real estate buyers and sellers in Luzhou Mansion, Anqing Mansion, Fengyang Mansion and other places. Tian Chu has more than 5,000 acres of land in Lujiang County, more than 300 tenants, and has a grange residence here, and the annual field tax collected here is more than 5,000 taels of silver. Therefore, Jiang Yongqi was arranged to be the head of the nursing home in the village courtyard here to protect the property of the Zhuang house.

Because Jiang Yongqi is a bodyguard, there is a bit of real kung fu, and although he is not very old, but since he was 14 years old, he began to dart with his father, two lakes, two rivers and two Guangzhou, almost all of them have been there, he has seen the world, he is righteous and generous, not bullying, when the head of the nursing home has 24 taels of silver per month, and there are a lot of rewards on the day of the New Year's Festival, and because he is single, this income is very considerable, so he is also willing to spend money on treats, so he soon has a good impression among the people in the village, and at the same time, because he led the family to defeat the bandits who disturbed the disturbing bandits and kept the village, he was also quite appreciated by Tian Chuze。

This time the Luzhou Mansion was flooded, Tian Chu took his family early and hid in the mansion in Hefei City, leaving only a few stewards here to take care of Zhuangzi in the Grange, and Jiang Yongqi is the head of the nursing home, so naturally he has to stay, of course, there are many big houses in the Grange, so there are also some family members, maids, and ladies staying here, adding up to more than 100 people.

After the village was flooded, Jiang Yongqi stepped forward and saved many people from the flood, because there were several buildings in the village, so Jiang Yongqi chose one of the large attics as a place for everyone, so that they could also shelter from the wind and rain, and Jiang Yongqi led people to set up two simple rafts, found some food in the flood, and rescued a few tenant farmers who were struggling in the flood. In this way, everyone temporarily existed in the attic, and publicly elected Jiang Yongqi as the leader of everyone.

However, the water became more and more ferocious, and the food that could be found became less and less, and there were fierce conflicts, and some people advocated stopping food for women and the elderly who could not survive, and saving the few foods that could be sustained for a longer time. But Jiang Yongqi rejected this suggestion and insisted that the food should be distributed equally among everyone, except that young and middle-aged men could share a little more, and women and the elderly could share a little less, because young and middle-aged men were still needed to find food.

As a result, there was a fierce quarrel between the two sides, and even moved their hands, but Jiang Yongqi was a Lian Jiazi in the end, although he was an enemy, he could still defeat his opponent, and at the same time, some people supported Jiang Yongqi, and Bi Jing still had some people who could maintain their humanity in the predicament, so in the end Jiang Yongqi won this battle. But the losing side was not reconciled, so he took most of the surplus food with him during the night, killed two of the night watchmen, and rowed away.

Now there are only 18 people left in the attic, including 5 women, 3 elderly people over 50 years old, and only 10 young men.

Jiang Yongqi is a person who has practiced martial arts in the end, his body is strong, although he has not eaten for a day, he still has the strength to stand up and walk around and watch, while the others are now either sitting or lying down, and they do not speak, and are in a state of complete numbness.

After watching it for a while in front of the window, but there was nothing outside but heavy water, Jiang Yongqi sighed and went back to his bedding and sat down. At this time, next to his shop, a young and weak woman's voice said, "Brother Jiang, are we running out of ways to live." ”

Jiang Yongqi said: "Don't talk nonsense, someone will come to save us." In fact, even Jiang Yongqi himself didn't believe that someone would come to save him.

The woman turned over and struggled to sit up, Jiang Yongqi hurriedly pressed her shoulder and said, "Wanyun, just lie down and don't move." ”

Wanyun is 18 years old this year, she is a girl in Tian Chuze's Grange, she is a little talented, and she is quite smart and sharp. When Jiang Yongqi was first hired to come to the Grange, he had a good impression of this very smart little girl, but soon after, he heard that the proprietor Tian Chu had always wanted to take Wanyun into the house, but because the eldest lady did not let go, she kept an eye on it, so she didn't have a chance to start, but it was only a matter of time or time, how could Bi Jing, a little girl, escape from the master's palm. Jiang Yongqi also died of this heart, and he usually didn't talk to Wanyun much.

However, this flood made the two have a wonderful relationship, it was Jiang Yongqi who rescued Wanyun in the water, and he has taken great care of her these days, Wanyun is also very grateful to him, because it is an extraordinary period, so the avoidance of suspicion between men and women is not so important, because after someone kills people and escapes, the rest of the people all live in one house, just one set of bedding per person, Jiang Yongqi arranged Wanyun's bedding by his side, and Wanyun did not refuse. During this time, although the two have not had substantial contact, their relationship has been rising.

During this period of time, in fact, Wanyun has not been able to eat enough every day, and now she has been hungry for a day and a night, and at this time, her whole body is weak, lying on the mattress and not moving, of course, the situation of other people is actually similar, only a few young and middle-aged people such as Jiang Yongqi have a better physique and eat more, so they still have some ability to move at this time.

Looking at Wanyun's haggard face, Jiang Yongqi couldn't help but feel sad, but he couldn't think of anything to comfort her, because at this time, it was useless to say anything. I couldn't help but be very bored, so I stood up again, walked to the window and looked out.

At this moment, Jiang Yongqi saw through the dense rain and fog vaguely seeing several vague shadows, which seemed to look like a ship. Jiang Yongqi was stunned, stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes vigorously, trying to see clearly, but helplessly the rain at this time was still not small, and his vision was not clear, so he couldn't see clearly at all.

However, it didn't take long, and the shadow gradually became clearer, and sure enough, there were several ships, different sizes, Jiang Yongqi saw it, and couldn't help shouting, "There are ships, there are ships coming." ”

When the people in the room heard this, they couldn't help but be refreshed, and those who were able to move also got up one after another, and came to the window to look out, while the other people who were weak also tried to get up when they heard this, and their eyes finally flashed with vitality again.

Jiang Yongqi and a few others who still had the strength shouted at the window: "This way, this way, save people, save people." Someone else grabbed a sheet and shook it desperately at the window.

The ship apparently saw the movement here, and saw one of the big ships turn around and sail towards the attic, and when everyone saw it, they couldn't help cheering, and finally they were alive in this desperate place.

Seeing that the boat was getting closer and closer to the attic, stopped more than 20 zhang away from the attic, and put down two small boats from the boat, someone rowed towards the attic, Jiang Yongqi saw it and hurriedly called two people downstairs to pick up the boat, and other people who could move helped up the people who were already hungry and unable to move, packed up their things, and prepared to get on the boat together, in fact, everyone had nothing at this time, just some clothes to carry with them, of course, some people rolled up the covers on the ground and carried them away.

Jiang Yongqi went over to help Wanyun and said, "Wanyun, we are saved, saved." ”

Wanyun was also pleasantly surprised, and said, "Brother Jiang, are we really saved?"

Jiang Yongqi said: "Yes, a boat is coming, so we are saved, come, I will carry you on my back." As he spoke, he couldn't help but say that Wanyun reached out and took her hand and put Wanyun on his back, although Jiang Yongqi didn't eat anything for a day and a night, but after all, he was a martial arts practitioner, and his physique was much stronger than that of ordinary people, and Wanyun's body was also very light, so Jiang Yongqi could still carry her, and then walked down the stairs.

At this time, the water had reached half of the stairs, and the two dinghys had stopped in the stairs, and two men in robes came from the boats, tied the cables of the dinghy to the handrails of the stairs, and then said to everyone: "Don't be in a hurry, don't squeeze, get on the boat one by one, and promise to pick you all up, and if one trip doesn't work, you will be transported twice, so don't grab it, but throw away the superfluous things, and you can only let people get on the boat, understand no." ”

Then he patted a young man and said, "Get on the boat." ”

So one by one, the people boarded the boat, and some people on the boat reached out to answer, and sometimes they would help them, and some people were asked to throw away their bedding and clothes. But no one dared to disobey their orders, so they were all thrown away.

After a short time, all 18 people divided into two groups and all boarded the dinghy, so the two dinghys untied their cables and rowed outward.