Chapter 10 Floods Burst the Dam
Noda's team ran wildly in the rain, and soon the officers caught up the fugitives who took the opportunity to escape one by one. Because of a wrong decision, they lost 10% of their people. You must know that the exile has just begun, and there is still nearly two months of journey waiting for them. No one knows what is waiting for them ahead, so Yang Dajun has no energy to deal with them.
But due to the obstruction of the rain, the speed was ultimately slowed down, and the aftereffects of this heavy rain slowly became apparent.
"Captain, there's a landslide ahead, blocking a large section of our path. It'll take three days to clear it. If we take a detour, we'll need to go back."
The patrol officer shouted loudly, and everyone heard it. It was a double whammy. The heavy rain came too suddenly, catching Yang Dajun off guard. If he had known earlier, he would have stopped at the post station to rest even if he had to travel all night. At least it would have been safe.
Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in this world!
It is absolutely impossible to turn back. Leaving so many corpses there, not to mention how many wild beasts will be attracted, even if we go back to find another way, it may not be safe or smooth, and we may even waste more time!
"Rest here and prepare to eat!"
They were originally planning to rest at the post station and also go to the town for supplies, so there was only a little food left for both the officials and the exiles.
Yang Dajun rode his horse to see how blocked the road was.
After running at high speed for several hours, the convicts were exhausted and all collapsed on the ground.
Even though he was soaking wet and in a mess, no one cared.
There was a landslide next to the mountain wall, and many big trees were lying on it, piled up almost ten meters high. There was a cliff outside the road, and rocks kept falling down to the gloomy bottom of the cliff from time to time.
This was the first time Yang Dajun had seen such a landslide. He had traveled to Lingnan dozens of times over the years, but none of them was as dangerous as this one. It seemed as if all the bad luck was concentrated in this area, and it would not only kill people but also cause death!
Three days?
How could we clear a road in three days?
People can climb, but what about carriages and horses?
At this time, Yang Dajun was really annoyed. He didn't know how much time would be wasted by this delay.
The temperature is always too low after a heavy rain, especially now in the evening when the sun has set and the wind can make people shiver.
Everyone huddled together, holding their black steamed buns and shivering, waiting for arrangements.
Lin Yue wrung the water out of her sleeves, shook the wet hair from her forehead, and felt exhausted all over.
"Sister, have some steamed buns!"
The sister-in-law avoided the crowd's sight and stuffed a shriveled, cold and hard steamed bun into her mouth. When she smelled it carefully, it had a sour taste.
Lin Yue didn't show any disgust and finished the palm-sized yellowish steamed bun in a few bites. The pain in her stomach started to get a little better.
Just as everyone was preparing to set up camp, they were arguing heatedly over a piece of firewood.
"Boom, boom, boom."
"what happened?"
Everyone looked around in horror, fearing that they would meet their end in the next second.
Thunder? No.
A mountain collapse? The sound was clearly right next to my ears.
The sound grew louder and louder, deafening, as if the end of the world was coming.
The unknown is the scariest thing!
"It's water! It's a flood!"
An officer standing at the edge of the cliff screamed, attracting everyone's attention.
There is a deep ravine between the two mountains, and the road is built halfway up the mountain, from their perspective.
The mountain torrent roared like a wild horse running out of its reins, rushing down from the valley with unstoppable force.
It’s over!
This was the voice of everyone. Even Lin Yue couldn't help but smile bitterly. He died in the water in his previous life. Would he die in the water this time too?
Everyone panicked at this moment.
"Ah! Run!"
"Sir, what should I do?"
"Wow, wow, I don't want to die!"
"How could there be a flood? It just rained for a day, didn't it?"
Some people were terrified, but more people were running towards the mountains, running for their lives, not even caring about their carriages or bags.
(However, they did not realize that the flood was in the mountain stream and would not drown them even if it reached them.)
In the face of natural disasters, no matter how powerful humans are, they are insignificant, and there is no distinction between high and low.
You chase each other, even pushing down the people in front of you, just to buy a little time.
The Lin family also ran up with the main force, but it was easy to get into trouble when moving forward with the help of others.
In the chaos, Qian Qianqian got separated from everyone while holding Yu Ge'er.
The weak woman had no opinion of her own and usually had her family and husband to rely on. Now she was separated by the crowd and was holding her child. Faced with the crowd's overflowing desire to survive, she was really unable to resist.
"Dad, Mom, aunt, where are you?"
"Help, please stop pushing. Slow down, slow down."
"Wuwuwu, mother, I'm scared, wuwuwu, I want my aunt, wuwuwu."
Yu Ge'er looked at the ferocious crowd and seemed to be scared to tears. His sharp cry allowed Lin Yue, who was at the edge, to instantly grasp their location.
Lin Yue knew it the moment her sister-in-law was pushed out of the team, but the noise and chaos of everyone running upwards interfered with her search for people.
"Found it, mother, sister-in-law and nephew are there."
Min was holding her daughter-in-law tightly, but she didn't know when her hands were free, so she was very anxious.
Min Xin followed the direction of her daughter's finger and saw her anxious and helpless daughter-in-law and her grandson crying heartbreakingly. At this moment, she felt her heart broken.
"Hurry, find a way to save your sister-in-law!"
"I'll think of a way. We'll be there soon."
Lin Yue told her family and took her mother, Min, to go towards Qian Qianqian who was caught in the crowd.
Lin Yue manipulated the vines to quietly create a path, allowing the two of them to reach Qian Qianqian smoothly.
That's all the time we have.
Yang Dajun and other officers were all quite skilled in martial arts, and after a few jumps, they all climbed up the tree.
The distance between the trees was very small. In just a few breaths, they were ahead of everyone else, and the flood was also in front of them.
You can clearly see big trees, rocks, wild animals, and even people inside!
The flood rumbled past in front of everyone, and everyone felt both grateful for having survived the disaster and sad for the loss of their compatriots!
Yang Dajun stood on the treetop with a frown on his face. He could foresee that there would be refugees, plagues, and people dying of starvation behind him. The road ahead would be very difficult to travel, and he would definitely not be able to arrive within the specified time.
Lin Yue controlled the vines in the forest while no one was paying attention, and soon found a clean, extra-large cave.
"Master Yang, I just saw a cave. I wonder if we can move there to rest."
The series of unexpected events really confused Yang Dajun's mind, and he didn't even think about where to stay tonight. Lin Yue's discovery was just like a pillow when he was sleepy.
"Okay, have a good rest tonight!"
"Erhu, call everyone up the mountain. We'll rest there tonight."
When everyone settled in the cave, it was already dark. The Lin family contributed some medicine for colds, and everyone boiled it together and drank it.
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