Chapter Forty-Seven: Thunder Overhead, Dam Collapse
As far as the eye could see, under the black oppressive sky, the distant horizon was connected to the dim chaos, and from the southeast there was a tornado, and unknown debris rolled up, frantically lifting a layer of wind and sand on the ground, spinning around a distance of several feet in the air, as if to swallow these debris, crush, madly roaring. There was another gust of wind, and the teeth and claws were opened, and the next layer of ground was thrown into the air and fell down.
Hissing off a piece of bark, scraping and hitting the debris, falling to the ground, rubbing the ground and making a deep scratch, Wen Qi touched his skin and trembled.
The clothes on his body whirled, the wind and sand rubbed against his cheeks, like a knife, the rubbing pain, the wind roared at the base of his ears, and the madness was like a sharp object piercing the eardrum, and it seemed to hit the heart and lungs.
There was a rumbling and clattering thunder overhead, and the rain was like a basin pouring down, and I only felt the waves of water hitting my body, and my ears were filled with the sound of rushing water, and the sound of water slapping on the branches of the trees nearby.
The rain flowed down his cheeks, the tip of his nose, his hair, and his clothes, and he felt like he was about to suffocate, so he reached out and touched the rain down, opened his mouth, and took two breaths.
Someone pressed his face to the man's chest, and the tall figure blocked out some of the rain that was pouring on his cheeks.
Wen Qi exhaled, his lips were numb, even if he touched something, he didn't feel it, his limbs were cold and stiff, his face rubbed in front of the man's chest, he slowly regained some sense, and poked out a small head.
Wen Qi stabilized his mind, raised his little face, the carbon ash on his face was deeply and shallowly washed into ravines, and asked Rui Wang in a low voice with such a funny face: "Although you saved me, I want to say that I want to stand on the ground more." Will it be clicked for a while? He pointed to the thunder on the top of his head, made a knife shape with his hand, and made a knife slashing motion on his head, from the top of his head to his chin.
Rui Wang looked at this funny face and said, "What's the difference between your current face and that of Click?" ”
Wen Qi rubbed his face on the front placket of King Rui: "I want to go down!" ”
King Rui said: "After a while, you will know why you don't go down." ”
Wen Qi looked at King Rui suspiciously. Rui Wang is still the same expressionless face.
Wen Qi snorted, twisted his head to the left, this twist was unbearable, his legs were weak again, Rui Wang felt his hand loosen, and lifted Wen Qi up again, following Wen Qi's gaze to the south.
The two of them stood on the tree, looking farther away, through the layers of rain lines, dimly saw the horizon, a few feet high water rolled up the yellow sand and set off water waves, like a water dragon opened its mouth, in the blink of an eye spread over the village, turbid and fierce, sweeping away everything near at a visible speed.
Wen Qi rubbed his eyes, he couldn't see it really, he rubbed it again, and another water rolled over, and the cows, sheep, and pigs washed by the rain ran away, and some of the people who came over could still run while falling their feet, and some couldn't even run, crawling forward on the ground, and turning their heads to look at the water head while running, and the moment they turned their heads, the water shot directly to the bottom of the water at the waist of the person.
Groups of people, scattered and panicked, stumbled to the north, a wave of water hit, and the panic was lifted to the bottom of the water, and in the blink of an eye, those lives were gone, like air. The heart seemed to be hollowed out, and the whole person was numb.
Hearing the sound of "bang" again, my body was startled, and I saw that the courtyard wall not far away was washed down by the rain, and then you could only hear "Bang! "Wow!" "Wow!" Several courtyard walls collapsed, and Wen Qi shouted "Ah! The impact was too great, and my heart was about to be crushed.
Another "Boom! "The courtyard wall at my feet became a muddy mess. Right in front of me, I saw a wall collapse like this, and at this moment, I even said, "Ah! "I can't shout anymore.
The wind blew the thin young man's figure, the rain seemed to be poured on his body one by one, and flowed down, thunder clicked on his head, Wen Qi unconsciously wrapped his hand around Rui Wang, hugged Rui Wang tightly, his nails were embedded in the muscles of Rui Wang's back, Rui Wang snorted, and pressed Wen Qi's head to his chest.
Wen Qi's lips trembled, her shoulders trembled, she grinned, suppressed her crying, her eyes were bloodshot, and she buried her head deep in the man's chest.
Wen Qi listened to the thunder on his head, he was really afraid of falling on his head, his heart was going up and down, and he suddenly felt his body tighten, his waist was lifted, a few jumps, only to hear a "click" behind him, Wen Qi turned his head and looked, the jujube tree he had just stepped on had been split in half, his heart stopped beating, his head only felt a buzzing sound, his body slid down, and his legs and feet were weak.
I felt someone pick me up by the waist and jump onto the Tsubaki tree behind the thatched hut.
At this time, Wen Qi was stupid, she wanted to faint at this time, she didn't know anything, and she didn't have to suffer from this, Mom! Let God suck me away!
Wen Qi shouted in her heart. Hearing only the sound of "boom", the three grass houses where a few people lived under his feet became a mound of earth, completely stupid, crying without tears, only with his mouth open, unable to make a sound.
I felt a big palm slowly close my eyes, buried myself in a cold embrace, and covered my ears, and whispered in my ear: "Recite the mantra of pure heart a hundred times, and nothing will pass, don't worry, you have me by your side!" ”
These ordinary words were so heartwarming at the moment, and two tears were silently dropped, dripping on his chest, and there was a little warmth.
At this time, Wen Qi's world was finally quiet, and he didn't look up anymore, it was good to be alive, it turned out that this person had advantages in addition to killing, and at this time there was a feeling of being in a different world.
Two hours later, the wind stopped and the rain stopped, and Wen Qi looked down, and the soles of his feet were full of water, about the height of a person's waist.
Feeling a chill in his ears, the big cold hand moved away, and the two big hands caressed his head.
Wen Qi removed the big hand on his head, lifted his wet little head, there was no deep and shallow carbon black, and there was no black material mixed by himself, revealing a fair little face, thick eyes, two strands of hair against the side of the face, and a few raindrops playfully on the tip of the nose.
Rui Wang looked at such a face, as if pinching his nose, Rui Wang looked itchy in his heart, he really couldn't stand this temptation, twisted his head to the side, and said lightly: "Are you okay?" ”
Wen Qi raised his ignorant eyes and said a stupid word: "What? ”。 reacted, looked at King Rui, and asked the doubts in his heart: "What you said to me when you saved me, you will know in a while, is this the case?" ”
King Rui said: "I only know that in the weather just now, these adobe houses are estimated to be unable to hold up." People can be dangerous down there. At the moment, it seems to be much worse than I expected, it seems that the dam of the great river has collapsed. After speaking, he frowned.
The two of them were on the tree, looking at the relative distance, King Rui raised his chin and looked at the people outside the village, who were still struggling in the waist-high muddy water, King Rui said: "You said, the weight of life!" ”
At this time, Wen Qi heard this, he burst into tears, covered his face with both hands, buried his grinning mouth and tears behind his little hands, shook his upper shoulders, rubbed his face with his sleeves, sat on a big branch, his feet were not soft, his hands wrapped around the trunk, and he showed a crying smile to King Rui, he said: "You go!" I'm here for you! ”
King Rui turned around and was about to jump down, hesitated again, took out a jade ring buckle from his arms, tore off a small strip of cloth from his body, strung it through the jade ring buckle, tied it to Wen Qi's wrist, and glanced at the people struggling in the distance, and said to Wen Qi: "This is what my mother asked for in front of the Buddha, I have worn it by my side since I was a child, let it protect your safety!" ”。 After saying that, he jumped off the tree, stepped on the unidentified bulge on the water and ran into the crowd.
Strips of cloth strung with jade rings fluttered in the air. The owner wearing the jade ring hugged the tree stubbornly, and the rain flowed down the trunk. The courtyard was full of mud, and the potholes on the ground were either mud or yellow muddy water, and there were a few salted fish floating. I don't know where the garlic, peppers, and salted radishes fell from the horns, scattered scattered on the raised mud.
Wen Qi, who had been sitting on the branch for a quarter of an hour, stabilized his mind, hugged the big tree, chanted something silently in his mouth, slowly turned his head, and looked at the position of King Rui.
Seeing that the king had removed his shirt and his pants were torn a few inches from his knees, he took the child riding around the neck of a middle-aged woman, and dragged the woman towards a high slope with one hand. The child was not honest when he rode on the neck of King Rui, his body leaned downward, his hands were dragging his mother's hair, and he was still shouting something. Looking at the dirt slope along these people, there were deep and shallow footprints, the deep ones were more than a palm, and the shallow ones were half a palm deep. There were many people sitting on the ground, all rolled out of the mud, and their clothes were clinging to their bodies. Some of the soles of their feet sank directly into the dirt, and they did not pull it out, and just lay on the ground like that, still panting in their mouths; Some lie on the ground and put their children on their stomachs; Some sat on mounds of dirt and dragged their shoes into the ground with their hands; Some of the stronger men returned to rescue the women and children. Wu Sun and Wu Wei were also busy shuttling back and forth, sometimes whispering something in front of King Rui's ear, King Rui just waved his hand, and they were all busy again.
Wen Qi retracted his gaze, gritted his teeth, grabbed the trunk with both hands, clamped the trunk between his legs, put his head on the trunk, stabilized, then slid down a little, and then stabilized, and so on a few back and forth, and finally landed.
The water had already sunk at this time, but it was still at the position of Wen Qi's waist, Wen Qi took a deep foot, lifted it up and walked towards the crowd even deeper. Only then did I know that it was not something that gritted my teeth, or was determined, or could solve anything with my mouth open, and only then did I know the weight of the land under my feet and the weight of the people living on this land, and only by experiencing it myself can I be hard. With a heavy heart, Wen Qi dragged his steps out of the mud, clenched his fists, and there was more determination in his eyes.
King Rui frowned when he saw Wen Qi coming, and scolded: "Go back!" Don't make a mess. ”