Chapter 81

Cao Herui also didn't know what to do, don't look at the three of them have been here for so many years, but they have never encountered such a gale, and what they encountered today seems to be different from before, he was thinking about where to go, heard the question of the person in charge, pondered for a while and said:

"Find a higher mountain, this place is not good, it is estimated that it will be submerged in less than half an hour, and the food must be prepared, otherwise you will not wait to be drowned,."

Saying this, Cao Herui still didn't have any sense of stability in his heart, and he also knew that the higher he stood up, the easier it would be to be struck by lightning in such weather conditions, but he really had no other way, he didn't go to a high place, just waiting here and drowning.

There is another option he doesn't want, that is, after sticking out the wooden raft, he does not go to a high place, only stays in the water, and it is best to go downstream, but this practice is very worrying, one is that the wind is strong and the waves will also become bigger, and then the wooden raft will be overturned, and the other is that it is difficult to control the speed.

If you want to control the speed, you have to walk close to the shore, that is to say, into the Qinjiang River, the problem is that the water in that place must be very turbulent, and it may be finished if you go in.

Not only him, Fan Cambodia Xi thought the same, he was afraid, afraid that these wooden rafts would hit other things and scatter after they were in the water, after all, when they came out, the boatmen just brought some ropes casually, and now the ropes are gone, and there is no time to rivet, so they can only use some branches as ropes.

You don't have to think twice about the wooden raft tied up with a tree branch to know what to expect if you hit something else.

Now he can only hope that these branches are strong enough, and at the same time hope that the wind will pass soon, and the rain will stop soon, and when he saw that the person in charge had finished asking, he also added: "We wooden rafts will not be able to support people if we soak in the water for a long time, and it will be easy to find a higher mountain, and we don't have to worry about thunder."

We don't stand on the top of the mountain, and we can't see where there is a mountain now, do you have an impression when you come? Do you know which mountain is the highest around this place? Also, see if there is enough time, if enough, continue to build more wooden rafts, and when the time comes, put the two wooden rafts together, so that you can expose more water. ”

This idea is good, many people will put more layers of wood at such a time, since a layer of wood is easy to enter the water, a few more layers will be stable, but at this time the time is no longer waiting for anyone, and a gust of wind blows, with waves, directly let the water come to the feet of everyone.

Waiting for the wave to pass, the water also receded, but this situation made everyone know that it could not last long, this hill was too short, and the most worrying thing was that this col was where the water from other places gathered.

The biggest wind had already left here and went up the river, but the wind behind it was not small, and some of the trees that blew were uprooted, which made the worries in the hearts of Fan Cambodia and the three of them a little heavier.

"Quick, quick, whatever you can tie, don't worry about other things first, put the things we took off from the boat on the wooden raft, and then we have to find something to make a paddle, otherwise it will rush down the river along the water, that place is not so easy now, maybe it hit the shore, and the wooden raft is easy to break."

Fan Cambodia Xi *** started to say anxiously there, other people also know about this situation, fortunately, although these boatmen don't know the strength of the typhoon, it is still very easy to make some wooden rows, one by one with branches, and soon, nine two-story wooden rows will be ready.

There are still some pieces of wood that have no time to tie up, so they can only choose to give up, although Fan Cambodia and the three of them know the strong wind here, but they don't know the production and movement of the wooden raft, and when they see that there is still wood, they immediately ordered people to tie those pieces of wood to the wooden raft at will, waiting for the time to replace, or hold a piece of wood to survive.

Fifty-eight people, nine double-decker wooden rows, Fan Cambodia Xi three people can have fewer people on this wooden row, only four people, one person is responsible for rowing, the three of them are enjoying, the other eight, two put seven people, six put six people, all the people are ready.

Fan Cambodia Xi and the three of them also asked people to get some more things that could be eaten directly on the wooden raft on their side, and the wood was also tied to the top of the wooden raft, when Fan Cambodia asked people to tie it, the person in charge objected twice, he didn't want to do this, just about to explain more, the waves over there came one after another, and in desperation, he could only tie it first and then leave here immediately.

After a few more waves, the water level finally lifted these wooden rafts and floated down the river, and this place could not easily change direction, otherwise it would be beaten by the waves.

After Zeng rushed out of a distance, the wooden platoon of the person in charge finally came to the side of the wooden platoon of Fan Cambodia and the three people, and the person in charge said to Fan Cambodia and the three people: "Three adults, do you throw away the tethered wood?" Otherwise, with these tails, it is difficult for the raft to change direction, especially if these tethered logs hang on something, it will make it impossible for the boat to leave. ”

Where did Fan Cambodia know about this kind of thing, he had never made a wooden row by himself, let alone understood the mystery, when he heard the words of the person in charge, he just wanted to agree, but he felt that if he did so, he would weaken his momentum as an official, so he had to pretend to be very knowledgeable and said:

"Don't worry, this kind of thing is very common in our local area, you look at the water is so big, what can you hang onto? And even if it is hung up, what can I do, it's a big deal to break the branch of the wood that is hanging, so be it, I am willing to throw you away the wood tied behind your own wooden raft, we must not throw it, you just got here, and you don't know so many things. ”

The person in charge was said for a while, and it was not good to continue to say anything, so he didn't speak anymore after agreeing, thinking about whether he would hit the reef after going downstream, and now he still can't change the direction, he can only adjust it slightly, otherwise he will use the very shoddy oars to continuously exert himself in one direction, and the strength will be directly offset by the waves.

Thinking so, the person in charge arranged for someone to loosen the wood tied to the back, pull it to the front, and when the water is fast, let go of the wood first, if there is really any reef or undercurrent in front, these logs will let them prepare in advance.

Seeing that the wooden platoons in charge had done this, Fan Cambodia and the three of them thought about it and decided to wait a little longer, if they did it now, wouldn't it be better to follow along, wait a while to see the water flow, and then say that this wood is to do this thing, and everyone at the beach knows it, so that there will be an excuse and it will show their ability better.

With this thought, the wooden raft of the three people was washed away by a wave, and even if the only rower on the wooden raft tried his best to stabilize the wooden raft, it would not have much effect.

This can scare the three people, especially Jiang Wanshi, who is the least courageous, when the wooden row is shaking, he hurriedly said: "Quick, quickly get the wood behind it to the front, this shaking is already powerful, it's time." ”

The current in this position was very unstable, and the wooden raft swayed back and forth, without the slightest regularity, all by virtue of the rower's use of the oars to offset the power brought by a fluctuation, at this time, hearing Jiang Wanshi's command, this person said helplessly:

"Three adults, this matter can only be done by the three of you, I have been mastering the wooden raft here, otherwise the wooden raft will be easy to overturn."

"What? You're going to make us get wood on this wobbly wooden raft until we get to the back? We're not people who stay on the water all day, and we can't stand at all when we shake up, so you can get it, and we'll help you watch the oars. ”

Jiang Wanshi can't row, but he just saw this person rowing there, and he didn't think it was difficult, for example, the wave came from the left, so he used the pulp to row back vigorously on the right, so that with that strength, he pressed the wooden row side one by one, and he could also hold it to the left, so that the wave hit the oar, and the oar was retracted and pushed, and the body was forced, which could also offset this power.

This looks very easy, so Jiang Wanshi came to this person when he was talking, stretched out his hand and took the oar, this person has no other way, he is really disgusted with the wood tied to the back, because when the wave comes, every time the wood rises and falls, he has to use more strength to unload the power.

Hand the oar to Jiang Wanshi, he immediately ran to the back, he was not going to get these pieces of wood to the front at all, as long as he opened the tied place, he used the oars to prop up twice, and the wood would naturally rush to the front.

He thought clearly, but he overestimated Jiang Wanshi's ability, Jiang Wanshi took the oar in his hand, saw a wave coming, and directly learned from others, using the oar to block the wave, he looked at it simply, but in that process, he had to be very familiar with the power of the oar.

Where did Jiang Wanshi know, as soon as the oars passed, the wooden row was not stable, he was directly beaten down by the power of the wave, and as soon as the wave rushed, his body leaned to the other side, and now it was okay, and the entire wooden row was directly turned over by the two forces.

"Help, I don't know water, help me." Jiang Wanshi didn't have time to regret it at this time, she shouted vigorously there, shouted twice, and the figure was gone.

Cao Herui and Fan Cambodia Xi are one day stronger than Jiang Wanshi, the two of them can swim in the calm water, at this time they fell into the water, were hit by the waves, drank two sips of water and immediately sobered up, and tried to swim towards the turned over wooden raft, as long as they touched the wooden raft.

Jiang Wanshi's figure sank in the water for a while, and floated up for a while, which is not the reason why he will move back and forth in the water, but the waves are like this, the person who just went over to get the wood saw someone falling, and saw that he was far away, so he could only grit his teeth and swim over.

This person's ability is really good, he used to be a person who worked on the side of the Yellow River, the water is very good, and he can also touch the carp with his bare hands in the Yellow River, that is, he dares to swim over, and the other people on the wooden row saw that the wooden row overturned, and also jumped down a few people to save the other two people.

Jiang Wanshi didn't know how many sip of water he had drunk, he felt that his eyes were getting darker and darker, and when he didn't know anything, he suddenly felt his body tighten, and then he could feel the light outside.

Although he could feel it, he was still very uncomfortable, he couldn't breathe, he exhaled a breath, and when he wanted to suck back, he found that his throat was blocked by something, his hands and feet kept moving, and his face became redder and redder, and just when he was about to faint again, he was finally thrown on top of the wooden raft.

As soon as his body bumped and hissed, he felt so happy, he finally inhaled a little bit of air, and the rower also came to the wooden row, picked up Jiang Wanshi again, and asked him to squat, not to mention, this squat is really useful.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you so much, it's okay if the wood doesn't understand." Jiang Wanshi walked back and forth in front of the ghost gate, and kept thanking the person who saved him, and at the same time didn't dare to touch the oar anymore, now he knew that it was amazing.

This man didn't say much, just now when he swam back, he took a person without saying anything, and was hit by the wood he had just untied on his leg, and the whole leg still has no sensation, and thanks to his good water ability, he turned around with the force when he was hit, otherwise this leg would not have been bothered.

Picking up the oars thrown from the other rafts, the group continued to paddle forward, without any destination, hoping only to reach a place where the current was not so turbulent, and then change direction to another place.

The people on their side began to become more careful, especially Jiang Wanshi, who has not fully recovered yet, and feels that his head hurts very much, which is choking, his ears are also buzzing, and his eyes are sour and astringent.

Because they met someone with good water nature, Jiang Huanshi and the three of them took a big advantage, otherwise they would have died just now by relying on their own skills.

They were stable for the time being, but this was not the case elsewhere, the typhoon went up the Qinjiang River, began to expand the range, and the speed was very fast, all the trees they encountered were blown down, and some were even uprooted, flew into the air and made some turns and were thrown out.

The people here, if they have a cellar, they will hide in the cellar, although there is still water pouring down, but if they can avoid the strong wind before the water surface, then they can dodge, and those who do not have a cellar will see if they can run away, as long as they are not directly facing it, then they can run farther away.

And those who saw the wind blowing directly could only resign themselves to fate, and if there was a thick tree, they would come and tie themselves up with ropes, which was all their previous experience, as for the house, do not stay in it, otherwise few people will survive.

In this form, the wind swept through at a very fast speed, and at the same time, there were basically no finished houses everywhere it passed, even if it was only blown to the edge.

In an hour, it only took an hour for the typhoon to reach the capital of Qinzhou, and some local people who were also able to watch the sky had already avoided it, and told their neighbors that those who believed would hide with them, and those who did not believe would continue to stay at home.

There are even more stupid people who clearly believe that there will be a strong wind, but they are still there unhurriedly packing up their things at home, ready to take away all the things that can be taken away, so that the time is delayed, and when the typhoon comes, people like them are either blown away by the strong wind, or they are crushed by some wind and rain and houses.

The casualties increased for a while, and some of the people who were carried away by the wind were nothing, the ground had been wet by the rain, very soft, as long as it was not hit by something, and it was not a person in the air who encountered other things, it was really no danger to fall from a height of a few meters.

In the palace, Ning Tingshi didn't know that a typhoon was coming, although some people in the family judged that there would be a strong wind blowing here, but he didn't know the specific time, after all, this side was a little farther away from the sea, and it was not easy to see the sky, and there were many obstacles when judging.

It's better to be on the side of Luzhou, the same people can judge how the wind should come when they see that the sky has changed, but here in Qinzhou they know that the sky has changed, but it is useless at all, because even if this wind does not come here, it only blows in Luzhou and Lianzhou, and the sky changes like this.

By the time Ning Tingshi knew that a strong wind was coming, it would be too late, he was not like Zhang Zhong's side, there was a little bit of movement, and when his judgment was not too accurate, he dared to take the people of the entire state to the mountain, he couldn't do it here, even if he let people do this, there were many people who would not listen to him.

"It's over, it's over, I don't know what about it elsewhere? Where did this wind come from? Ning Shushi felt the wind wreaking havoc with some dirt and trees, and said to himself while standing in the house of the mansion.

He is relatively stable here, after all, this is where their family is located, and the yamen naturally has to repair it well, and he may be able to hold it in the face of such a strong wind, even if he can't hold it, he is not afraid, there is a cellar at home.

What he is really worried about is the loss this time, he has just recovered a little, and the result is again, this seems to be more powerful than the last time, the business on the family's side is not easy to do, no one else does any business? The people felt that this place could not stay, and they all ran away, so who else did they sell it to?

Looking at the sky outside, Ning Tingshi was also full of sorrow, at this time, the housekeeper came in, he ran very quickly, the clothes on his body were soaked, and as soon as he came in, he shouted to Ning Tingshi: "Master, run, go to the cellar to hide, the wind is coming, coming from that side, it looks like it's about to arrive." ”

Ning Tingshi was startled, he didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and immediately followed the housekeeper to run outside, the rest of the family thought that they had almost hidden, and the two of them arrived in the courtyard, there was a cellar here, and when the lid was lifted, Ning Tingshi jumped down first, and the steward then jumped down, but before he could close the lid, a gust of wind swept over, and with a breath, the lid was directly taken away, and then a lot of things fell messily from the sky.

The steward's head was hit, but fortunately it was a mat, and he didn't stun him, but he made a small hole in his head, and now he didn't want to put any more covers, and his body flashed away from the place at the mouth of the cellar.

"Master, this wind is too strong, it's over, the emperor may get something to apologize for himself, let's not think about it here."

The housekeeper touched the place where he had been scraped just now, and felt that there was something sticky on his hand, and knew that it was broken, but he couldn't see anything in the black hole in the cellar, so he could only hold on and wait for the wind to pass.

Ning Tingshi was also worried about this matter, he just thought about whether his position could be kept this time, and suffered a disaster, although he knew that it had nothing to do with him, but the court had to find someone to come out, as a parent official, something happened to this side of the land, then some people would say that they had not managed it well, so that the heavens were angry.

The more he thought about Ning Tingshi, the more worried he became, and he felt that his stomach was starting to feel uncomfortable, he opened his mouth and vomited out a mouthful of sour water, and asked the steward, "Do you know where this wind is blowing from?" Is there anything going on in Luzhou? Did they suffer the same calamity? ”

asked a few questions in a row, in fact, it showed Ning Tingshi's mood, he now hopes that others will be like him, everyone has suffered disasters, then his responsibility will be much smaller, especially Lu Zhou, he is looking forward to this wind coming after Lu Zhou has come around, and then he will have an excuse.

That is the Luzhou assassin Zhang Zhong Wude, since he came here, the sky is furious, and he has suffered disasters here twice in a row, so it is not wrong to say this, after all, what happened after you Zhang Zhong came, if you don't come, there may be nothing this year, and last year and the year before were just a little heavier.

Ning Tingshi, who was bent on returning the responsibility to Zhang Zhong, rushed to the doctor in a hurry, and asked the housekeeper to come to the hospital, but where did the housekeeper know this, he had just run back from outside.

Fortunately, it was dark here, seeing his expression, the housekeeper showed a dissatisfied look at this time, he knew that if he said that he didn't know either, the master would definitely not be happy, so he hesitated and said:

"Master, the little one is not too clear, but the little one thinks about it, this wind must have turned around from Luzhou before coming, master, it's not our place that has been affected."