When Magistrate Lü saw the two men in the inner hall of the county government office, he was greatly surprised.

At this moment, the two men had disheveled hair, were covered in mud and water, and their clothes were torn, making them look even worse off than beggars.

"I am the magistrate of Xunyang County. Who are you people, and what has happened?" Magistrate Lü asked.

"Your Excellency, I am a yamen runner from Xunzhou Prefecture. Yesterday, I was ordered to accompany Marquis Zhengyang and the Princess to Xunyang County to inspect the water situation."

Due to the urgency of the situation, instead of disturbing the county magistrate at the county office, they went directly to the reservoir to check the water conditions.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the reservoir encountered a dangerous situation, and the dam was about to collapse. Marquis Zhengyang and the princess led several hundred people from nearby villages to escape to the mountains for refuge.

Just as they arrived at the top of the mountain, the reservoir dam collapsed, instantly submerging the village. The danger was not over yet; they had to go to higher ground to escape.

On our way up the mountain, a little girl slipped off the path and fell onto a large rock at the edge of a cliff.

The princess and the Marquis of Zhengyang rushed to the rescue, but unexpectedly the large rock suddenly loosened and fell off the cliff, and the three of them fell down with it.

We immediately went down the cliff to look for the three people, searching the entire area below, but found no trace of them.

Searchers followed the floodwaters in the ravine all the way to its exit, but found nothing. The three men had simply vanished.

After the search proved fruitless, the two of us went to the county government office to report the news and request that they send people to participate in the rescue.

Because the roads were flooded and impassable on our way back, and we couldn't see the road clearly at night, we suffered a lot before finally making it back.

It was already past midnight when we returned. Unable to enter the city, we huddled at the city gate all night until the gates opened in the morning. We then went to the county government office and pleaded with the magistrate to immediately send people to the disaster area to rescue people.