Before her, a dark yellow wave of water was about to surge towards her.

The magistrate panicked and, disregarding the danger, ran towards Liang Shuyan. A huge wave crashed over him, knocking him unconscious.

The clerk was shocked: "Oh dear, sir, you... you're risking your life for Da Shan Niang!"

With the deafening roar of the flash flood in her ears, Liang Shuyan could barely stand. Seeing that the magistrate was about to be swept away by the flood, she immediately requested the system: "Quickly, system, please transfer the magistrate to the system's cabin!"

"Host, what about you?"

"Of course, I want to come too!"

At the crucial moment, Liang Shuyan felt a bit resentful of this brainless, broken system. With a whoosh, the county magistrate was taken into the system, and Liang Shuyan followed closely behind.

The clerk cried out loudly, "No! My lord! My lord!"

Realizing the situation was dire, Li Zheng quickly pulled his advisor towards the direction of Stone Mountain.

The county magistrate has been swept away by the flood and is still in Daling Village. What should we do if the imperial court blames us?

Yu Jiande felt a heavy weight in his heart. He looked at Wang Daikui to the side and gritted his teeth in anger: "Look at this, what are we going to do now? The county magistrate's life is hanging in the balance. Just to save you, the county magistrate and Dashan's mother were both swept away by the flood!"

The clerk looked at Wang Daikui and roared, "If you want to die, then go ahead and die! Why are you dragging the adults into this? How am I supposed to explain this to my aunt?"

Liang Shuyan arrived at the system's thatched hut and settled the county magistrate on a wooden bed. Because her tea business was not profitable and the system was not generating any revenue, she could only advance to the thatched hut level at present.

Apart from a spring and some medicinal herbs by the window, there was nothing else in the house.

She wanted to help the magistrate recover his health as soon as possible, and then rush to the cave in Stone Mountain to meet up with everyone. What if everyone blamed Wang Dai Kui and he couldn't think straight?

Thinking of this, Liang Shuyan went to the spiritual spring behind the house, fetched a bucket of spiritual spring water, grabbed a water cup, and kept pouring it down the magistrate's throat. Sure enough, after drinking about half a bucket of water, he collapsed to the side and started vomiting.

At this moment, Liang Shuyan suddenly realized, "Wait a minute, what if the magistrate opens his eyes and sees something different? Wouldn't he become suspicious again?"

So Liang Shuyan prepared some sleeping potion, lit it, and soon the magistrate fainted. Only then did Liang Shuyan drag the magistrate out of the space, and she struggled to get him out.

The magistrate was, after all, a grown man, and dragging him around felt like dragging a dead man. No, she had to wake the magistrate up; that would make things easier for herself.

Liang Shuyan shook him twice, but the magistrate still showed no signs of waking up. She pinched the magistrate's arm hard, and the magistrate screamed before opening his eyes.

"Where am I? Wasn't I just in a thatched hut, and a woman was giving me water, pouring it down my throat, and I'm so full!"

Liang Shuyan was relieved: "Luckily, he was knocked unconscious, otherwise, it would have been difficult to explain if he had discovered the system."

"Hurry up and leave. You might have been dreaming just now. I'm worried that the clerk and the judge will blame Wang Dai Kui for this. What if Wang Dai Kui can't think straight and takes his own life? Wouldn't all this trouble have been for nothing?"

The magistrate then slapped his forehead and said, "That's right, with my cousin's impulsive personality, he might actually fight Wang Daikui to the death. Let's go and see what's going on."

Liang Shuyan helped the county magistrate up, saying, "Your Excellency, you really are something else. I was the only one stranded by the flash flood. Why did you come here? Tell me, what would happen to the people of Daling Village if something happened to you?"

As the two talked, they soon arrived at the cave.

Xuehua glared angrily at Lizheng: "Lizheng, I'm very happy and grateful that you came to save my father, but neither my father nor I wanted this to happen. You fairies are blaming my father like this, what am I supposed to do?"

The clerk rolled his eyes and clenched his fists tightly: "Hmph, the magistrate was swept away by the flood. Tell me, isn't it all because of your dead father? If he wanted to die, he should have died himself. Why drag others down with him?"

Wang Daikui glanced around at the people staring at him with disgust in their eyes. Dashan also complained, "Tell me, the flash flood had already broken out, couldn't you have left by yourself? Why did you have to cause the magistrate and my mother to be swept away by the water?"

Niu Niu pounced on him and pushed Wang Dai Kui to the ground: "Why don't you just die? If it weren't for you, my mother wouldn't have been swept away by the flood!"

The cave was filled with noise, but Old Lady Jin stamped her feet and said, "Alright, your mother will be fine. Wait a while, maybe your mother will come back with the magistrate."

Just then, Liang Shuyan came in. Sure enough, Wang Daikui could no longer bear everyone's criticism and was about to bang his head against the wall.

"Alright, all of you, stop blaming Old Wang. The magistrate and I are both fine. We're back safely, aren't we?"

When the clerk saw the magistrate, he burst into tears: "My lord, you scared me to death! Tell me, what if something happened to you? How am I supposed to explain this to my aunt?"

"Alright, alright, I'm fine now. Why are you, a grown man, acting like a girl, crying all the time?"

On the other side, Liang Shuyan was surrounded by a group of children, and Dashan cried like a cow: "Mom, you scared Dashan to death! If something had happened, how would our whole family have survived?"

Erniu, Sanwang, and Niuniu all had red eyes, and Ruyan was sobbing: "Auntie, thank goodness you're alright, otherwise, what would we have done?"

"Alright, I'm fine now, aren't I?"

The cave was a bit damp. Li Zheng took the lead and brought all the villagers over. Everyone gathered in the cave and started cooking and preparing food.

When Xuehua saw Liang Shuyan, she went up to her and hugged her, saying, "Auntie, thank you. If you hadn't come back with the magistrate just now, I wouldn't know how to comfort my father. I could tell that my father was contemplating suicide!"

The clerk and the advisor exchanged a smile, glanced at Wang Daikui, and said awkwardly, "Oh dear, we almost caused trouble again?"

"That's right, the mountains saved the magistrate, and they also saved the people here!"

Li Zheng then approached Wang Daikui, blushing, and said, "I'm sorry, I was just too excited and that's why I complained a bit. Please don't take it to heart!"

"No, it's all my fault. I was so stubborn and wouldn't listen to advice at the crucial moment, which led to this. I don't blame anyone else, I only blame myself!"

Outside, a man dressed in a black robe, with a burlap sack on his head, ran over excitedly: "Lizheng, the irrigation canal we built in our village has successfully discharged the floodwaters! At least our village suffered no damage!"