"Your Majesty, hurry up and leave! If you don't leave now, the flood will come!" Lin En saw An Honghan standing there in a daze and was puzzled. He called out to him anxiously.
An Honghan's eyes were deep as he gazed at the figure under the arc of light. He turned back and said, "You go up the mountain first, I will follow shortly."
"Your Majesty..." Going back is tantamount to suicide! Lynn hurriedly tried to stop him.
"You all go up the mountain, I know what I'm doing." Without giving anyone a chance to object, An Honghan had already walked away.
Seeing this situation, Lynn also wanted to give chase.
But Liu Fuqing didn't give him a chance. He grabbed his sleeve and dragged him up the mountain.
"Prime Minister Liu, don't pull me back! I'm worried about His Majesty going back alone. I want to go with him."
Liu Fuqing: "Since His Majesty forbids us from going, then we cannot go. His Majesty is highly skilled in martial arts and will certainly not be in any danger. However, if you go, Chief Steward, you will only add to His Majesty's burden."
"Is His Majesty really alright?" Tan Hai was still worried.
Liu Fuqing shook his head and said, "When we were below the dam, didn't you see how fast His Majesty caught that girl?"
Is that speed something an ordinary person could achieve? Those who know His Majesty know that he never fights a battle he is not confident of winning.
Therefore, they believed him.
Liu Fuqing pulled the group to continue their journey, urging the others to hurry up the mountain.
The mountain path was no easier than the flat road, and their speed slowed down by half as they went uphill. Since the young lady and His Majesty had bought them time, they could not let them down.
Xi Xizhi strained her spirits to maintain the barrier.
Suddenly, another person appeared beside me.
The four words, "I will stay with you," gave Xi Xizhi a jolt.
An indescribable feeling of gratitude filled Xi Xizhi's heart. With An Honghan by her side, Xi Xizhi felt at ease.
Time seemed to stand still; the two of them remained motionless. If it weren't for the surging waters outside the barrier, the scene would have been absolutely beautiful.
Time passed slowly, and after most of the people had climbed up the mountain.
An Honghan said, "We've had enough time. We can stop now."
Xi Xizhi's hands and feet had long been numb, and she was only held together by a strong will. When she heard An Honghan say those words, her body went limp and she fell backward.
The moment the barrier disappeared, a massive flood swept over them, soaking them completely.
As the floodwaters rushed forward, An Honghan swam at full speed to Xi Xizhi's side, holding her tightly around the waist to prevent them from being swept away by the current.
The water posed no obstacle to An Honghan; it was as if he were in his element whenever he was in it.
He dragged Xi Xizhi along as they climbed the mountain.
At this moment, one-third of the mountain has been submerged by the flood.
The flood was many times more powerful than they had imagined.
Wherever the flood passed, almost all the trees were knocked down, and several large trees were even broken. Many leaves and branches floated in the floodwaters.
The floodwaters were cold, so cold that Xi Xizhi couldn't help but shiver.
An Honghan noticed the person in his arms move and tightened his grip on her.
The people on the mountain were already in a state of panic, and as they looked at the endless flood, they all felt a deep sense of sorrow.
The flood destroyed everything; their homes were gone.
Lynn's eyes were red as he stared down the mountain. "Lord Liu, His Majesty..."
"Don't worry, His Majesty is blessed with great fortune, it's not that easy for him to get into trouble." Situ Feiyu glared at him, seemingly blaming Lin En for speaking recklessly.
Everyone knows that His Majesty's safety is related to the rise and fall of Fengze Kingdom. If An Honghan really gets into trouble, the world will surely be in chaos.
Tan Hai patted Lin En on the shoulder, "Don't worry, the only thing we can do now is wait."
There were many miscellaneous things in the water, such as branches and stones, all washed away by the flood. If you weren't careful, you could get cut by those things.
To protect Xi Xizhi and save her from this calamity, An Honghan used his own body as a human shield to block those things for her.
It's not easy to move your limbs in the water, and by the time An Honghan carried Xi Xizhi to the surface, it had already taken quite a while.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty!" Lynn shouted excitedly as soon as he saw the two people emerging from the water.
An Honghan ignored him, half-embracing Xi Xizhi and checking her for scratches. In the end, he only found a small cut on the back of her hand. Fortunately, the bleeding was not heavy and it was not serious.
Compared to the unharmed Xi Xizhi, An Honghan was in a much worse state.
He had many small cuts all over his body, the longest of which was on his arm, a full five inches long, all from the rocks and branches in the flood.
Seeing Xi Xizhi's worried eyes, An Honghan patted her head and comforted her, "It's just a minor injury. Applying some medicine will make it fine."
An Honghan helped Xi Xizhi walk up the mountain step by step.
The water flow is getting stronger and stronger, and the water level is slowly rising.
They all climbed up the mountain, hoping it was high enough not to be submerged by the flood.
Soon, they arrived at the hillside where the refugees lived.
When the refugees saw the floodwaters surrounding the entire mountain and then saw large numbers of soldiers rushing up the mountain, they knew that the dam must have collapsed.
The soldiers all looked at Xi Xizhi with more or less doubt, glancing at her every now and then.
They hadn't forgotten that it was this seemingly frail girl who had used a strange method to create a protective barrier, allowing them to escape their predicament.
An Honghan felt a chill run down his spine when he saw the person in his arms, so he carried her back to their carriage, took out a few of his own clothes, and threw them to Xi Xizhi so she could put them on.
“It’s too big.” Holding a dark blue brocade robe in her hand, Xi Xizhi looked up and said.
An Honghan took off his wet clothes and was changing into another set. As he dressed, he said, "Would you still find clothes that fit at a time like this? Let me pick one out for you. Hurry up and change, or you'll catch a cold."
Thinking that she still had important things to do, Xi Xizhi could only purse her lips and slowly put on her clothes.
But how could she compare to An Honghan in height? Looking at the hem of her clothes trailing on the ground, Xi Xizhi was afraid that she might trip and fall while walking.
Several times she stepped on the hem of her clothes that were dragging on the ground, and it was only thanks to An Honghan that she was supported, otherwise Xi Xizhi would have definitely fallen.
An Honghan squatted down, grabbed the excessively long section of Xi Xizhi's dress, and ripped it with a snap.
"Now you won't step on it." An Honghan threw the scraps of cloth out of his hand and pulled Xi Xizhi outside.
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