Zhaosu Town is surrounded by torrential rain and torrents, but after two hundred miles, it is cloudy and unusually hot.

Hu Xianxian arrived at Yingxian Pavilion in the border city, and flew into the back garden impatiently: "Hurry up and find a way, the flood is coming." ”

The first "fairy ......" to come out of the house was Mataha, and he asked with concern, "Where have you been these days?" Why don't you say goodbye? What's going on with the flood? ”

"I can't tell you." After Hu Xianxian landed, he bypassed him and shouted upstairs: "Leng Qiulang, you have been around Lingshan for so long, you should already have a flood control method, right?" Come out and take counsel. ”

Leng Qiulang and Manasha walked out hand in hand, and when they saw Hu Xianxian, their faces became a little heavier.

In the small hall, Hu Xianxian told them about the situation in Zhaosu Town. Leng Qiulang stared at the teacup in his hand for a long time, and said slowly: "That old gentleman has a point. ”

Hearing this, Hu Xianxian was going to contact Zhuo Que Village and ask him to inform the government to arrange for the people to evacuate both sides of the river.

Leng Qiulang told her not to worry, "Don't be so anxious, today is April 15th, and even if there is a flood here, it is expected to happen on the night of April 16th." We first tried to find a way to stop the floods, because it was too difficult to evacuate the people. ”

Metaha already understood the cause and effect, and didn't ask Hu Xianxian why he didn't say goodbye or anything like that, and then he said, "Yes, Xianxian, don't worry. There are only about 20,000 people around Zhaosu Town, and it is difficult to arrange it, and there are nearly a million people in the border city and the villages along the Yi River. ”

After thinking about it, Hu Xianxian also thought that what Mataha said was right. With so many people, even if there is a place to withdraw, how many people are willing to believe and be willing to withdraw?

What to do? The four of them looked at each other, even if they could predict the disaster, could they still not avoid it?

Hu Xianxian gritted his teeth and asked Leng Qiulang solemnly: "Is there a way to quickly widen the river and drain the river?" ”

Leng Qiulang rested his right hand on the table, his five fingers clicked on the table like playing a piano, and he was silent for a while before replying: "Yes, you let me think about what to do." ”

When he had finished speaking, he got up and went back to the house, and Manasha wanted to follow him to see what he was going to do, and Matahar told her sister to wait, so as not to disturb him in thinking.

Hu Xianxian also sketched a rough topographic map of the surrounding area of Lingshan with pen and paper, thinking carefully about ways to avoid flooding.

Two hours later, Leng Qiulang came out of the room, and they reached a consensus after some discussion.

First, the flood water around Zhaosu Town was channeled into the Qinghe River and the Jinhe River, and the river channel was widened, and then the flood water flowed down the old river to the city of Shaxue.

Then go to Lingshan, dig a drainage ditch after the snow melts, and let the snow water flow into the Yi River along the ditch. In this way, the snow water will not suddenly rush down from the mountain, and it will not cause flooding.

The first step is to widen the Qinghe River and Jinhe River, which is a matter of several years for ordinary people to organize hundreds of people, but Leng Qiulang said that it only takes a few days, and Hu Xianxian will assist him.

After the discussion, Leng Hu and the others were about to leave for Zhaosu Town. Mai Nasha reluctantly glanced at Leng Qiulang, and pulled Hu Xianxian: "Sister Hu, I will only delay you for a while and give you a few words." ”

Hu Xianxian followed her to another room, and Mai Nasha pleaded with tears: "Sister Hu, please take care of Brother Leng, I think he has something to hide from me." I had a gut feeling that he would be in danger, and that something must not be as simple as he said. ”

Hu Xianxian frowned, thinking that Manasha was right, Leng Qiulang must have something to hide from them.

The people affected by the disaster need help, but if Leng Qiulang is sacrificed because of this, Hu Xianxian still feels inappropriate.

Hu Xianxian hurried out the door and asked Leng Qiulang: "How sure are you about widening the river?" If you need to fight for your life, don't go, we'll find another way. ”

"The widening of the river is not enough for me to fight for my life, but something unexpected may happen when the flood drains to the city of sands."

Leng Qiulang didn't want to tell the truth, but Hu Xianxian said that if he didn't make it clear, she wouldn't help him widen the river. Natural disasters can be saved, and if they can't be saved, they can't be said to be at fault. Leng Qiulang grew up here, and he has a deep affection for his hometown and neighbors, and he must stop the flood.

Leng Qiulang promised Hu Xianxian to explain some things to her on the way to Zhaosu Town.

As they set out, the clouds thickened and the sun was no longer visible in the sky. In the dim yellow sky, there was not a trace of wind blowing, and the whole border city was like a big retort of steamed rice.

The people in the "big retort" kept wiping the sweat from their bodies, and they were really cooking. They begged God to rain and cool down, unaware of the impending flood.

Leng Qiulang, who was flying in the air, did not say what would happen if he led the flood to the city of Shaxue, but asked Hu Xianxian if he knew why Zang Xuanjiao broke the ancestral relics back then.

Hu Xianxian knew something, it was Leng Qiulang who needed pills to treat his injuries, Zang Xuanjiao borrowed the Ding alchemy pill from Chao Xuantong, Chao Xuantong refused to borrow it, and Zang Xuanjiao broke it in anger.

Leng Qiulang asked her again if she knew why Chao Xuantong refused to borrow Ding, and Hu Xianxian shook his head. With her understanding of Chao Xuantong, her master is a cold on the outside and hot on the inside, even if he has a dislike for Zang Xuanjiao, he will not deliberately embarrass him in matters that are vital to his life.

Leng Qiulang looked at the increasingly dense sky with a complicated expression, and explained carefully: "I was injured back then, it can be said that I was to blame, Senior Brother Chao didn't approve of some of my practices back then, so he naturally didn't want to ask me more. And Senior Brother Chao is reluctant to lend Ding to my eldest brother alchemy to save me, the most fundamental reason is that he is afraid that I will do more wrong things after my body recovers. ”

"Senior Brother Chao didn't want to watch me die back then, he wanted to use other pills to save my life, but those pills could only save my life, not restore me to my original state. My eldest brother and Senior Brother Chao were already at odds, how could they listen to Senior Brother Chao's advice, and they were angry. ”

"Fortunately, it was only the ear that was damaged, and I finally recovered completely. However, Brother Chao's concerns were good, and after I recovered, I did something that I thought was right at the time, but now it seems to be wrong. ”

Speaking of this, Leng Qiulang looked in the direction of the Sand City with a faint gaze, and his voice was a little lower: "You should be able to guess what I did, right?" ”

"The old river of the Sand City was cut off because of you?" Hu Xianxian said the guess in his heart.

Leng Qiulang acquiesced, and said: "Zha Cuo and I are half-brothers, and we have been fighting openly and secretly back then. Zhatso is more gifted and motivated than me, but his mother is a mortal maidservant, and my mother is the king of the sand lizards. ”

As he spoke, his eyes darkened: "A lot of what Zacuo suffered in his early years was that my mother and I deliberately manipulated him, and of course they would take revenge on me when he became stronger. I was so killed by Zacuo that I almost lost my life, so after I recovered, I set a trap with my mother to kill him. ”

"Zhatso grew up on the banks of the old river in the city of Sha Xue, and letting the river stop could change his fortunes. After my mother and I cast a spell to change the river, we realized that this would not only affect the luck of Zhatso himself, but also the luck of all living beings on both sides of the river. ”