After escorting all the suspects, I braved the rain and returned to Dafang Town.

The town of Dafang was already in chaos, with a long queue of families and family transfers, and the dragon's head had crossed the bridge built by the Kwantung Army, the only passage connecting the lonely city to the outside world. People were crowded, yelling and swearing, and there were messy clothes, toys and even banknotes scattered on the floor, and no one picked them up.

The police worked hard to maintain order, and a small substation of more than 50 people and the manpower of a small police station drove the huge flock of sheep like a shepherd dog in a sea of tens of thousands of people. Liu Daguang repeatedly applied, and the Liberation Bureau dispatched a front-line flood fighting squad to Dafang Town to assist in the evacuation of the crowd, which was the only mobile force they could dispatch. I know the squad leader Wei Hongbo, he is a local, specifically a child of agricultural college, his father is a teacher Wei who specializes in agricultural machinery, and we have played since childhood.

Wei Hongbo was enthusiastic when he saw me, and even if the situation was urgent, he couldn't help but say a few words of greeting.

"Hey, Wang Xiu, guess who I saw?" Wei Hongbo mysteriously sold Guanzi.

"Who, Dragon King?"

"Almost" Wei Hongbo said, "We are the first mentally ill in Dafang Town, Bao Ziqiang"

"What? When? ”

"Seven days ago," Wei Hongbo said, "here's how it happened"

About a week ago, Wei's unit was transferred back to its headquarters by the infantry division to concentrate on flood control work, digging diversion canals and building sandbags in the area of the big bend where the Yitong River enters the provincial capital. I'm no stranger to this turnaround, and the mass grave and later gymnasium, often mentioned in the story of Baozi, were built here, adjacent to the outer wall of the university. The bend here is large, and it is prone to dam failure accidents, so heavy troops are assembled for defense. The fighters shaved their heads uniformly, jumped into the water bare-chested and dug trenches, and dug for a day.

Yesterday, the division commander came down to supervise and inspect, and saw a bald soldier who was particularly brave in his work, and he was still working when others were on leave, carrying sandbags, building dams, and driving piles. The division commander was very satisfied with this kid, so he asked the regiment commander which company he was, and the regiment commander had never seen this person, so he arranged for the chief of staff to investigate, but he couldn't find out after checking. So I called him over and asked. Wei Hongbo is a guard company directly under the regiment, and he usually follows the regiment commander, and as soon as this mud monkey enters the tent, he is so frightened that Wei Hongbo almost didn't shout, isn't this a mentally ill Bao Ziqiang? But out of childhood affection, he didn't break it immediately.

"Wait, you said he went to the provincial capital to fight the flood a week ago?" I asked in surprise that it was yesterday when I found out that Bao Ziqiang had disappeared, and Bao Ziqiang should have been in prison a week ago.

"Yes, a week ago"

"Then you haven't found any more people after so many days of eating, lodging and marching?"

"It's all messed up, every class has people in front of the branch to follow, as well as street cadres, college students, teachers, the dam is full of people, where can I take care of the inventory." Wei Hongbo said, "It's strange, he didn't know where to go when he was eating, sleeping, and roll-calling, and he came out as soon as he worked." This kid doesn't eat a mouthful of military rations, and he doesn't take a steamed bun in front of the branch, as if he was beaten with iron. ”

"And then?"

He didn't speak, and the division commander didn't speak no matter how he asked. The teacher said, don't be afraid, little ghost, we are going to ask for credit for you. He still didn't speak, and the division commander was in a hurry, so he picked up the belt and slapped it on his buttocks. The kid turned around and ran away without saying a word, and guess what? ”

"What's wrong?"

"He jumped headlong into the boiling river"

"Jumped into the river?"

"Jumped, a fierce man plunged in, and the person was gone."

"Dead?"

"What's even more strange is that not long after, there was a sudden big whirlpool in the water in the direction he drifted to, and a column of waterspout jumped from the whirlpool, and the waterspout brought up a strong wind, blowing so that people couldn't open their eyes, and when everyone reacted, a big water drilled into the clouds and disappeared."

"I'll it," I heard.

"Everyone talked about it in private, saying that the third prince of the Dragon King came to help repair the embankment. This legend spread more and more widely, and spread to the division headquarters, which issued a special order for this purpose, not to mention anything about feudal superstition, and to concentrate on digging embankments and dams, fighting floods and rescuing people, otherwise they would be punished. ”

"It's your division commander who forced people to jump into the river and be afraid to take responsibility," I said. When earthquakes, floods and droughts come, there will always be some strange and extraordinary things happening, not to mention the once-in-a-century flood. I reassured Lao Wei and said, "The extraordinary period is very weird, not to mention the waterspout, Dafang Town Hospital also found a fifty-pound Dawang Ba in the courtyard this morning." ”

"I mean Bao Maniac, this kid is weird, more terrifying than the big king." Wei Hongbo shook his half-bald head, "Anyway, I've been a soldier for so many years, and I've never seen anything like this." ”

A soldier ran over in a panic: "Squad leader! Something went wrong."

"Panic and say"

"There seem to be people in the newly built residential buildings on the river beach!"

"It's impossible, let's empty it from house to house" I don't believe that there are still people in that residential area, that is, the house that Baozi told me not to buy, and now it is really zoned as the first flood discharge area, and before the flood discharge order is issued, the whole community has been surrounded by water overflowing from the embankment" It was all emptied a week ago. ”

"Someone, someone! It's a woman! The warrior said, "We have all seen it!" ”

We ran to the river, and saw that the empty building 100 meters away had been flooded for two floors, and a graceful woman in white on the roof was staring blankly at the water. The soldiers slowly approached the building in assault boats, but the current was too strong for the assault boats to cross.

From time to time, the woman waved her hand at the warriors, and from her demeanor, she did not look anxious.

"White Saihua!" I recognized her. She has been busy with emergency rescue in the past few days, and she was working overtime in the hospital the day before yesterday, why did she suddenly appear in such a dangerous area.

"Sister Hua?" Wei Hongbo was also surprised, "There are no arms and legs, why did she retreat so slowly?" ”

The soldiers were still trying to rescue, and when Huahua saw the soldiers who did not give up or abandon them, she found a few newspapers and wrote a few big words in ink, "Don't save me"

Everyone was stunned, "What does she mean, she doesn't want to live?" ”

"She's forcing the buns to come out," I said slowly.

"She's stupid, this soldier is full of refugees, and Baozi jumped into the river again, how did she come out to save her?"

"She wants to prove that Baozi cares about her," I said hatefully, "Biao girl".

"This woman came up to stir up, it's really embarrassing, you said that she looks like a flower, she has to bite a psychopath" Wei Hongbo said, "How good it would be if you married me"

"Buns may not be mentally ill," I said with certainty, and the word "maybe" seems redundant.

The long bridge in the distance was full of people, and at this time there seemed to be a congestion, and a small car broke down on the bridge deck. According to the instructions of the superiors, the vehicles are not allowed to go on the bridge, and all stay in Dafang Town. The people on the bridge only cared about running for their lives, unwilling to stop and help push the cart, and the cart did not push away, and the people could not pass, and the dilemma made the angry people move, and for a time they were crowded and insulted. People who didn't know the situation were still flocking to the bridge, seeing that the bridge was overcrowded.

"Don't care about the flowers," I said, "Bozi, you quickly take someone up to the bridge, and if the car can't be pushed away, push it into the river." ”

"Understood," Wei Hongbo replied.