Chapter 178 Crossing the River with a Reed

Chapter 178 A Reed Crossing

Jingnan Township.

east.

As the flattest township in the entire Jingyu County, its eastern part is a plain depression. At a glance, you can see waves rolling in, like a vast ocean. There are no traces of farmland and houses, and everything has been covered by water. submerged.

The turbid water is carrying silt, and the flow rate is still very fast. Occasionally, some broken walls and ruins can be seen, and other than that, there is a boundless river.

Follow this vast flood all the way east.

At the end of the field of vision, a small black shadow emerging from the water can be vaguely seen. It is a mountain. This mountain is not very high, or in fact, it is simply a low hill. It is not even a mountain. At this time, the foot of the mountain It has long been submerged by floods, and only the middle and upper parts remain.

And on the exposed rock walls in the upper part, a large number of people were crowded together. There were about a thousand people, mostly old people and young children, standing wherever they could barely stay. They are tightly packed together.

Some of the people looked pale, some looked frightened, and most of them had a look of defeat in their eyes.

And just then.

Suddenly a scream came.

Some people turned around and saw a fat old man in a brocade robe on a rock in the middle. He turned around and bumped into a seven or eight-year-old girl who was curled up on the edge of the rock. The little girl was hit by this. The collision caused him to lose his balance, and he screamed and was about to fall. His two small hands scrambled, and he happened to catch the edge of the brocade robe master’s clothes, and managed to stabilize his body without falling.

But at this moment, a hint of anger flashed across the irritated face of the master in brocade robes, and he yanked the corner of his clothes and pulled them back. The little girl who had not yet regained her balance lost her balance again. , only let out a scream, and suddenly fell from the edge of the rock, plopping into the rolling muddy water. The water flow was extremely fast, and he disappeared all of a sudden.

“Hong’er!!”

When an old man huddled in the corner of the rock saw this, his eyes were splitting for a moment. He lay on the edge of the rock and looked down desperately, but he couldn’t see the shadow of the little girl anywhere.

Then he looked at Bao Yinlin with his whole body trembling and said: “You, how can you kill someone!”

Bao Yinlin sneered and said: “Master Bao’s brocade robe can be touched by her cheap hands? I will kill the person. If the old man says one more word, I will let you get out too. You will suffer the same fate as you on the road to hell.” Let’s get some company from Wen’s granddaughter!”

“You…you…”

Old man Zhao was so angry that he was trembling all over and walked along the edge of the rock to argue with Bao Yinlin.

However, as soon as Bao Yinlin saw Old Man Zhang stepping onto the rock he was on, a fierce light flashed in his eyes. He grabbed Old Man Zhang and threw him. The skinny Old Man Zhang couldn’t withstand such a pull, and he immediately fell off the rock. Go down.

This scene finally aroused the anger of the crowd. Some people crowded on the rock wall nearby glared at Bao Yinlin, and some couldn’t help but reprimanded loudly.

But Bao Yinlin sneered at this time, and several servants around him picked up sticks.

“If you dare to yell again, I will let you all go down too!”

“I’ve given you a way out, but you’re still not grateful and you dare to talk too much.”

One of the servants snorted and spoke.

Several servants were all tall and strong, and they were obviously people who had practiced martial arts. At this time, they were holding sticks and fighting there, and they suddenly became fierce and fearful, making every figure on the nearby rock wall look fearful.

But at this time.

Suddenly, someone looked into the distance with a hint of shock and said, “What is that?!”

Following this sound, many figures immediately looked around.

I saw.

On the turbulent water surface, far from the downstream, a figure was just going upstream along the river. There was nothing under his feet, and there was no boat. If he looked carefully, he saw that the figure floating on the turbulent river was carrying it. The entire figure seemed to be just a slender reed!

A reed crosses the river! The figure came walking on the reeds and did not go straight to the top of the mountain. Instead, he turned around and suddenly submerged into the water. When he emerged again, there was a figure in his hand. He was young and disheveled. It was the girl Hong’er who was pulled off the rock wall by Bao Yinlin before!

After carrying one more person in his hand, the reeds on the soles of his feet seemed to be unable to bear the weight and were about to sink. However, Chen Mu, with a calm expression, used his toes a little harder, jumped up with the girl in his arms, and spanned several feet at once, and then again The sole of his foot was a little bit higher, and he just happened to step on a piece of rotten wood that had surfaced, and he jumped again.

After several vertical jumps in succession.

As Chen Mu approached the hillside, he suddenly threw the girl in his hand up and disappeared into the water again. When he reappeared, he picked up an old man with his right hand, then caught the girl with his left hand, and stepped on the water with one foot, making the whole body A huge wave splashed on the water, and then the whole person jumped up high. After a few flashes of his figure, he finally landed on the hillside! This scene stunned everyone on the hillside.

“God…immortal…”

Some children couldn’t help but speak out.

The adults next to him swallowed. They knew that Chen Mu was not a god, but a master who had practiced martial arts to the point of being a god. He was probably a towering figure not only in Jingnan Township, but also in the entire Jingyu County.

“Cough, cough.”

Chen Mu was holding a person in his left and right hands in the same posture. At this time, old man Zhao and his granddaughter Hong’er were coughing violently, coughing up all the mud and water that had been choked in their throats, and soon their faces became much better.

When there was silence in the field and everyone was looking at Chen Mu, they saw Chen Mu slowly put down Old Man Zhao and his granddaughter Hong’er, then turned his gaze to Bao Yinlin and said indifferently: “Did you push me down? Why? ?”

Although he was too far away just now and didn’t know what was happening here, his vision was far beyond ordinary people’s and he could still see that the old man and the girl falling into the water were related to Bao Yinlin, who was wearing a luxurious brocade robe.

“Uh, this…”

Bao Yinlin looked at Chen Mu’s eyes and suddenly felt fearful. His voice was trembling a little, but he couldn’t make up a reason for the moment.

At this moment, a seven or eight-year-old child next to him couldn’t help but said: “He pushed us all down, and he even said he would throw us down too!”

These words immediately frightened the woman next to the child to death, and she quickly reached out to cover the child’s mouth.

Bao Yinlin immediately looked at the woman and child with a malicious look, a coldness flashed in his eyes, but then Chen Mu’s voice came over again: “Is what he said true?”

Chen Mu didn’t know when he had arrived on the rock where Bao Yinlin was standing, and said coldly.

A trace of cold sweat broke out on Bao Yinlin’s forehead, and he said in a trembling voice: “Sir… Sir, it was the kid who tried to drag me down first…”

Seeing Chen Mu’s eyes getting colder and colder, his voice suddenly became lower and lower, and he said tremblingly: “I, sir, I… my brother-in-law’s surname is Xie, and he is a distant relative of the Xie family in the county…”

Bang.

Chen Mu was too lazy to listen to any more nonsense. With a wave of his sleeve, Bao Yinlin let out a strange scream. His fat body was like a piece of paper, flying directly out of the rock and falling into the flood below. After a few flutters, it disappeared.

The old man Zhao and his granddaughter Hong’er who were rescued at this time finally recovered a little. Old man Zhao looked at his granddaughter Hong’er, whose face was gradually recovering even though she was covered in mud and water. There was an excited look on her face and she couldn’t help but ask Chen Mu. Kowtow and worship.

“My lord, my benefactor, this old man kowtows to you.”

Chen Mu glanced at Old Man Zhao, then glanced at the many figures on the hillside, with a look of contemplation in his eyes, and then said in a deep voice: “I am the Supervisory Division Chief, responsible for the flood disaster in the Qingping River Basin, you There is no need to be polite or panic, just follow my orders and we will be sent to a safe place.”

The world’s response to disasters was much better than he expected. In fact, the response to the last drought was better than he expected, and this flood was similar. When he arrived in Jingnan Township, officials from all walks of life came to report , most people in the areas hit hardest by the floods have evacuated safely.

Most of the victims who were not able to leave this group and were trapped here were old, young, sick and disabled.

Of course there are idiots like Bao Yinlin.

Chen Mu took a look at the rock that Bao Yinlin occupied before. There were several large boxes piled on it. At a glance, he knew that there were gold, silver and other household items inside. He was reluctant to throw them away and wanted to take them all away. As a result, he walked halfway Cheng found that the muddy ground became increasingly difficult to walk on, and was finally trapped here. He was not only greedy and stupid, but also cruel and arrogant.

Actually.

Officials in townships and counties have basically completely given up on the trapped victims like Old Man Zhao.

The main reason is that during floods, the earth’s veins tremble, and the water flow is turbulent and wavy. It is difficult for large ships to travel smoothly, let alone small ships. If they are not careful, they will capsize directly, not to mention that there are monsters lingering in the water.

It can only be said that Old Man Zhao and his group are lucky to have stayed here until now without being eaten by monsters in the water.

Like this,

Basically, they wouldn’t last more than a day or two before they were all killed by monsters.

It is too difficult to save people. Let alone ordinary people, even warriors in the Flesh Training Realm or even the Tendon Changing Realm cannot say that they can calmly swim in the water in the face of such a flood. Even forging bones, they have to be careful!

After receiving reports from various places, Chen Mu did not criticize the practices of officials in various townships and counties.

From their point of view, there is indeed no need for further search and rescue. Those who have not escaped from the flood area are basically treated as distressed. If they spend all their efforts to rescue, they probably won’t be able to save many people, and it is more likely that more people will be trapped.

Therefore, Chen Mu also did not force the officials of various townships and counties to carry out search and rescue operations. Instead, he went deep into the flooded area alone and explored along the surging torrent to see if there were any survivors.

Unexpectedly.

Not only that, there are quite a few.

There must be almost a thousand people on this small hillside.

But I am afraid that in the entire flooded land, those who failed to escape in time will be the only survivors.

“Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!”

Upon hearing Chen Mu’s words, almost all the people on the hillside became excited. If the place hadn’t been so small and crowded, they would have already knelt down.

They were unable to escape in time and were trapped on this small hillside. Many of them were actually in despair and had no hope that anyone would come to rescue them. How could official officials take risks these days? In such a situation They came to rescue people during terrible floods. Usually, even if they died on the streets and roadsides, the gentlemen in the townships and counties would not even take a second look.

Who would have thought that there would be an official like Chen Mu!

Although many people don’t even know what kind of official the Supervisory Division Dusi is, the scene where Chen Mu crossed the river with a reed and rescued people in the turbulent river is deeply imprinted in their hearts. With such magical means, maybe he can really Get them out! “There are a lot of people…”

Chen Mu glanced across the hillside, still deep in thought.

After all, he is just a human being, not a god. Maybe those legendary figures in the marrow-cleansing and blood-changing realm can single-handedly take thousands of people away from here and bring them to safety, but he can’t do it.

It is impossible to even take away hundreds of people at once, and it is not safe at all. Monsters may appear in the water at any time. These villagers have no resistance in front of monsters, and they will become blood prey of monsters in an instant.

but.

Chen Mu quickly thought of a countermeasure.

He put his hand into his sleeve, took out a command arrow from it, and pulled the fuse. In an instant, a beam of light rose into the sky, then exploded in the sky, and a sharp whistle burst out.

Seeing this scene, Old Man Zhao hugged his granddaughter and trembled, and many villagers showed hope.

However, after Chen Mu released the whistle order, he did not look more. Instead, he turned his attention to Old Man Zhao and his granddaughter Hong’er. He smashed the wooden box next to him into several pieces, and rubbed it twice to let the wood Burn up.

“Come over and bake.”

Chen Mu piled the wood next to him and said calmly to Old Man Zhao.

At this time, it was still drizzling in the sky. Although it was spring rain, it was still chilly. Most people were wearing raincoats. However, old man Zhao and his granddaughter fell into the water before, and both of them were soaked.

Old man Zhao looked at Chen Mu, trembling and a little afraid, but seeing his granddaughter Hong’er shivering from the cold, he still carefully pulled Hong’er over, came to the fire, and kowtowed to Chen Mu.

“Okay, no need to be polite.”

Chen Mu stopped Old Man Zhao, reached out and touched Hong’er’s head, wiped away a strand of sand from her messy hair, and asked at the same time: “How did you end up here?”

Old man Zhao first kowtowed to Chen Mu again, and then said tremblingly: “People from the village said that there was going to be a flood, so all the young people in the village ran away. My son and his two grandsons also ran away. I Walking slowly with Hong’er, the road is not good…”

Listening to Old Man Zhao’s intermittent words.

Chen Muchu understood that Old Man Zhao and Hong’er were not the only remaining grandfather and granddaughter. There were also sons, daughters-in-law, and grandsons among them. However, the son, daughter-in-law had given priority to running away with their grandchildren, and they were left behind without caring about Old Man Zhao and their granddaughter. down.

There is nothing to say about this. On the one hand, this world favors boys over girls. On the other hand, ordinary people simply cannot take care of all the young and old. If they want to take all the young and old to escape, in the end, the whole family may not have time to escape. .

Looking at this hillside, it is obvious that there are several like this.

“You’re all pretty much the same.”

Chen Mu looked at some people nearby.

Many villagers have never seen such a “kind” official like Chen Mu. At this time, they were still trembling and did not dare to answer casually. They bowed their heads respectfully and reluctantly saluted in a small place before speaking in a low voice. respond.

And just as one of them was describing the situation, suddenly the water surface not far away made a splash, splashing up a piece of turbid muddy water, and then an almost two-meter-large monster that looked like a herring jumped out of the water and swallowed the nearest one. Toddlers.

The young child was so frightened that he remained motionless on the spot.

“court death!”

Chen Mu snorted coldly, and a coldness flashed in his eyes. A stone suddenly appeared on his fingertips, and was suddenly popped out by his finger. It struck a lightning arc in the air, and was suddenly more than ten feet away. Hit the fish demon’s head! The fish demon’s head was almost like paper. It was smashed and penetrated by stones. Its huge body also flew out sideways, fell back into the water below again, and disappeared.

(End of chapter)