Xiao Yan said that her whole body looked better, not a lie, but the truth.

The impurities of Shen Qingyi's whole body have been removed, just like a beautiful jade after pondering, the skin is more moisturized, revealing a pearl-like luster, and the bones are more compact, the muscles are tight and flexible, and the tempering with Danhuo is equivalent to the reshaping of the muscles and bones, coupled with the tempering given by the will of the Heavenly Dao, some flaws in the body have been adjusted in the remodeling, just like a bottle of jade and carved by a skilled craftsman, the body proportions are harmonious to perfection, which makes people feel pleasing to the eye at a glance, and they can't help but be fascinated after a few more glances; And its wind bones are becoming more and more prominent, just like the cold plum of Qianqiu after the frost and snow of Qianqiu, more colorful, clearer, and scorching.

Xiao Yan felt that Shen Qingyi was so beautiful that it was eye-catching.

She blinked several times.

The corners of Shen Qingyi's mouth curled, and he decided to forgive her for her previous "unscrupulous words".

The two went into the quiet room to pack their clothes and returned to the Yuan Heting, Xiao Yan handed the rattan to Bai Su, and the two went to the tea room to talk.

"Qingyi, let me see your body." Xiao Yan was still a little worried.

Shen Qingyi smiled and stretched out his wrist.

Xiao Yan's true qi entered from her wrist, followed by a wisp of divine consciousness, but this time she abided by the taboo and did not enter her dantian, but just wandered around her. Xiao Yan's expression was first stunned, and then a smile bloomed.

"Qingyi, you have become a vein body!"

A smile overflowed her eyes, "You can practice martial arts!" ”

Because of the quenching body of the will of the Heavenly Dao and the strong power of lightning, she actually penetrated all the meridians in her body, and in one fell swoop, she became a rare vein body in the martial arts.

Xiao Yan was even happier than he had been promoted to a Grandmaster.

Shen Qingyi was also happy, this was the intentional guidance of her divine sense, controlling the power of the lightning rampage, and penetrating all the meridians that she was congenitally impassable and acquired and blocked, although she endured more pain for this, but the result was worth it, becoming a complete meridian body - this is a physique that can only be achieved by a martial artist advancing to the innate realm, and she has achieved it through guò once the ultimate refining body.

Dan Dao is the way to seek immortality, not the way to seek strength, Shen Qingyi is not thirsty for power, but she is not only a star life, but also Xiao Yan and Xiao Yan must embark on the road of apocalypse, the future is unpredictable, of course it is best to have the power to protect yourself - Shen Qingyi has never pinned her life on others, even if it is a lover, there are times when she does not protect her, not to mention that she does not want to be a burden to Xiao Yan. Therefore, no matter how painful she is, she will find a way to enable herself to cultivate martial arts.

"It's a pity it's late." Xiao Yan said regretfully.

Martial arts practice should start from a young age, it is not only the polishing of the root bones, but also the foundation of the foundation, the internal force must also be accumulated over time to grow, although Qingyi now has an excellent physique of martial arts, but at the age of twenty-five or six to start, twenty years later than others, even though she has a high level of understanding, but the foundation of the consolidation, condensation and accumulation of internal force still takes time.

Shen Qingyi didn't feel regretful, and said with a smile: "I'm not pursuing to become the strongest martial artist, now that I can practice martial arts, it's already a matter of heaven, what's the pity?" ”

"Yes." Xiao Yan thought for a while and said.

It's good that Qingyi has the power to protect herself, Dan Dao is her main way, and she can't put the cart before the horse just because she can practice martial arts.

Only by sticking to our hearts can we go far.

***

An autumn rain and a cold, Hexi is also raining in autumn, Xiaoxiao will be cloudy and rainy a day later, but the autumn rain in Shanshan and Yanzhi in the west has been raining for five consecutive days, and it is a torrential rain.

This is a rare autumn rainstorm in the west, the torrential rain caused floods, the Baihe River flowing down from the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and then to the south with the Peacock River flooded, along the Shanshan Prefecture, Yanzhi Prefecture 27 villages, three towns, two county seats, four cattle, sheep and horse pastures were submerged in the flood.

The western part of Hexi Road has always been to prevent the snowmelt flood in late spring and early summer, because of the dry rain in autumn and winter, there has been no autumn flood for hundreds of years, this time the flood caused by the sudden heavy rain has stunned the government and the people, the flood is fierce, roaring with mud and sand, and it has flooded the villages, counties and pastures, and in just five days, thousands of people have died or disappeared in the flood.

Fortunately, Hexi Province has experience in preventing snow melt and flooding over the years, and the Flood Control Department is a provincial-level official office, according to the Tang Dynasty's "Flood Control Law", it has the right to temporarily mobilize the troops and property in the province before and after the flood season. Form a flood fighting and rescue team. The Thorn History Mansions in Shanshan Prefecture and Yanzhi Prefecture also operated non-stop, requisitioning local people and material resources to organize emergency dam repairs and disaster relief.

The hardest hit was Shanshan Prefecture, where 17 villages were swept away by the floods, as well as two towns adjacent to the river, which were also hit by floods, but fortunately were blocked by dikes. These dikes are built according to the standards of the snowmelt flood, but the snowmelt flood of which year is not as fierce as this year's "autumn flood", the flood roars, roars, rushes past, again and again, many dikes burst, because Shanshanzhou City is in the Baihe branch road, not in the main river, there is no breach, otherwise it was washed into the flood two days earlier. But the torrential rain lasted for five days, the water level of the branch road is getting higher and higher, there are mudslides, the dam outside the city has appeared in two collapses, there are many dangers, the flood control team urgently increased by 2,000 people, the embankment is full of people, wearing military uniforms of short brown linen jackets of all kinds of people, shouting and trumpeting non-stop, the army and the martial arts hall warriors and martial arts students are in the most serious place, braving the heavy rain, the heavy bamboo cage stone is accurately put into the gap, and then the ordinary team members use sandbags to build the sand wall, People's sweat is mixed with rain...... Braving the storm to repair the embankment in this cold weather that cooled down to only seven or eight degrees Celsius was really a test, and some people fell down with sandbags on their shoulders, and were immediately carried down by the logistics team and poured ginger water and sugar and salt water.

On the high ground at the southern end of the dam, there is a river station guarding the felt shed, and at this time there is a red paint umbrella supported by a log in front of the shed. When the soldiers and civilians on the embankment were tired, they couldn't help but look at the red umbrella, and when they saw the big silk standing □□ outside the umbrella, they seemed to have a backbone in their hearts, and they burst out with infinite courage and strength.

The red silk is embroidered with the word "Xiao" of Douda, like a red flame, fluttering in the torrential rain.

The soldiers and civilians on the embankment knew that the prince was there.

The son of the Xiao family in Hexi, the son of the Xiao family in Lanling.

People have become accustomed to it, no matter whether it is war or disaster and danger, there will always be such a side standing behind the people of Hexi, □□, never falling, firm, never retreating.

This banner is the spiritual pillar of Hexi people.

Support them through any hardships.

For two hundred years, it has never let them down.

Because of the Lanling Xiao family, they will never fall down and never retreat.

Eight glass wind lanterns are fixed under the red oil umbrella, illuminating the darkness under the rainstorm. Xiao Cong is wearing the robe of the prince of the Falcon Rank Ruicao, wearing the golden crown of the prince on his head, the huge southern pearl embedded in the crown is shiny, standing under the umbrella to give people a bright feeling, as if the pearl that will never dim in the rainstorm, giving people warmth and confidence. He wore a mallard duck down oil coat over his robe, and a pair of deerskin high oil boots on his feet, and was listening to the officials while looking at the roaring flood in the distance, his eyes were gentle and calm.

At this time, he temporarily held the post of deputy commander of the flood control department, sat in Shanshan Prefecture, which was the hardest hit by the disaster, and coordinated and directed the flood control matters nearby.

After the river officials reported on the situation of the levee, Thorn Shi talked about the damage and relief in the state.

The western part of Hexi Province is vast and sparsely populated, and Shanshan Prefecture has only about 3,000 households and more than 14,000 people in the city, and now the flood is raging, and refugees from villages, towns, and pastures from various counties have flocked to the prefecture town, and the population has surged to 780,000 in a few days. The streets and alleys in the city, Buddhist temples and Taoist temples, and the roots of the city walls, are full of simple shacks, piled with luggage, and crowded with refugees dressed in wolves.

The first thing the Assassin's Mansion did was to stabilize grain prices, according to the punishment law of the "Flood Control Law", all grain merchants who dared to raise prices were imprisoned, rice and grain were confiscated for disaster relief, and family property was confiscated ten times the amount - this harsh law has been implemented for many years from the establishment of Gaozong's law to the present, and countless profiteers have been beheaded, and the official newspaper has disclosed that it is notorious and affects three generations of children and grandchildren. However, there are 60,000 or 70,000 more people at once, and food, housing, and epidemic prevention are all major problems.

“…… Originally, this year was also a good year, spring wheat, corn, and soybeans were waiting for the autumn harvest, and most of them were washed away by this flood, as well as cotton, and the cotton fields under the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains were almost destroyed. "Thorn Shi's heart and liver are hurting, Shanshan Prefecture's Tianshan cotton is a famous tribute cotton, how many taxes are brought to the state every year, this year it is all soaked in yellow soup," fortunately, there is still food accumulation, plus the disaster relief food allocated by the Daoli, this month can still be helped. Plans have been made to set up tents, houses and garbage points in various districts, and to move refugees into sub-districts. All pharmacies in the city have also been requisitioned and redeployed, and they are responsible for the division according to the adjacent zone, and medical points have been set up, and there are quarantine teams to patrol and do a good job in treating diseases and preventing epidemics. ……”

The history of the thorns is reported one by one, although it is faced with sudden floods, it is still orderly, and it is clear one by one. If Xiao Cong was only the deputy commander of the Flood Control Division, of course, the assassin would not have to go into detail about these civil affairs, but he was still the son of Hexi. Whether it is the heir of the hereditary governor of Hexi, or the son of the hereditary Duke of Liang, in the hearts of Hexi people, he is the young master of Hexi, and of course all things in Hexi have to worry about. Although the governor of Hexi is only in charge of military affairs, the Xiao family has long taken root in Hexi, and all walks of life in Shinong industry and commerce are controlled, and the officials of Hexi Province may not be Xiao faction, but if you want to do things well, you can't help but rely on the Xiao family, not to mention that such a matter as disaster control involves all aspects, and having the Xiao family can certainly save a lot of effort in history. The Xiao family regarded Hexi as their homeland, no matter how jealous the imperial court was, but it had some advantages for the magistrates in Hexi: the Xiao family would not demolish the filth, demolish the shed, and destroy the "own garden", and would definitely do their best to provide disaster relief.

"You're very thoughtful." Xiao Cong said softly and calmly.

The governors of Hexi are all hard-working, the Xiao family is pragmatic, and those who are vain or only lip service have long been made by the Xiao family's open investigation and secret visits. Xiao Cong felt that this Chen Tingshi handled the disaster affairs in a proper manner, and acted in accordance with the provisions of the "Flood Control Law" and the "Waste Administration", and there were no outstanding highlights -- but if he could handle these things in a proper manner, the disaster control would be implemented.

He has nothing to add in terms of disaster management and civil affairs, the empire has accumulated two hundred years of experience in disaster relief, and as long as the officials do it seriously, it will not go wrong; Xiao Cong is most concerned about the search and rescue of refugees, which is the weakest link in disaster relief.

At present, the first thing is to protect the embankment, followed by disaster relief, to maintain order in the disaster area, and then to rebuild after the disaster, so as not to cause displaced people. Disaster search is often the most neglected unless there is considerable manpower to do so in a timely manner.

Xiao Cong galloped all the way with his entourage and guards, and when he entered Shanshan Prefecture, he saw a miserable situation, the village houses were submerged in the flood, and the refugees who fled to the state capital dragged their children and daughters, and the grief and numbness of the loss of their loved ones were numb, but they still had to struggle forward in order to survive. When they saw the Xiao Clan's red-bottomed gladiolus flag, those refugees bowed down from afar, their sad faces were filled with joy, and their grief and numb eyes also had brilliance, which was hope and the light of trust, hoping that the Xiao Clan could save them from the Sea of Suffering, and trusted that the Xiao Clan would save them from the Sea of Suffering.

At that moment, Xiao Cong deeply felt:

The Xiao family is the Xiao family of Hexi.

The people of Hexi trust the Xiao family, and the Xiao family should repay the people with kindness.

The most basic benevolence is to protect their lives.

Xiao Cong's manpower can't fully search for disaster victims, but he always has to do his best. Dedication is benevolence.

When he was on the road, he wrote to his father, hoping to transfer another 5,000 Hexi troops to form a search and rescue team.

Liang Guogong received the letter from Feiying and weighed it for a long time and agreed to transfer 3,000 people.

Xiao Cong had already drawn personnel from the berm army to form a search and rescue fleet and a raft team, and after these 3,000 sergeants arrived in the disaster area, they also joined them, searching for and rescuing people who had fallen into the water and were trapped in the flooded river.

But the action of sending troops to search and rescue civilians has caused some criticism in the army, especially after a sergeant was unfortunately swept away by Hong Feng because he saved a mother and daughter in the river, and the generals of the search and rescue army felt that it was not worth it - how could they compare to the lives of their carefully trained soldiers - just some lowly villagers?