Even the livestock didn't want to move, let alone the people. At this point, everyone just wanted to find a place to take shelter from the rain, but the place they were in was unsafe and too low-lying. If they wanted to find a place to take shelter from the rain, they had to find a place with higher ground.
At this moment, Wu Chong rode over on horseback, shouting and giving orders, "Don't stop! Be careful not to get separated! This rainstorm is coming on strong, and the floodwaters might rise in an hour. It's very dangerous. If you want to survive, stick with the group. Don't panic, just stay close to the group and keep moving forward."
"My lord, you should go to the carriage to take shelter. Leave this to me." Zhong Beiqiang rode over on horseback. He was a military officer with a loud voice, and everyone could hear him when he shouted.
The rain was so loud that I had to shout to be heard, otherwise my words would be drowned out by the rain and no one would be able to hear what I was saying.
Inside the carriage, Zhu Lin took out the rainproof robe and had Xingxing put it on, and he also put one on himself.
"You two stay in the carriage and protect the princess. No matter what happens outside, don't worry about it. Remember, your mission is to protect the princess," the boy repeatedly emphasized, clearly still concerned.
"Young Master, rest assured, we will protect the princess with our lives," Qingyan said solemnly.
"Leave this to us. Young Master Zhu, do whatever you wish," Qingluo assured him.
Zhu Lin looked at his two senior sisters, Zhu Changge and Zhu Qingruo, who immediately declared, "We will not leave Xingxing even for a moment, junior brother, don't worry."
"Brother Phosphorus, please be careful and don't get into any trouble," Xingxing said worriedly as the boy was about to get out of the carriage.
"Yes, don't worry about me." As soon as the boy finished speaking, he jumped off the carriage and leaped onto the horse's back, sharing a horse with Zhu Yueran.
"Why did Junior Brother come out?" Zhu Yueran asked in her usual voice, without deliberately shouting.
They were martial artists with good hearing, and since they were standing close together, Zhu Lin heard him clearly.
“I’m worried. I have to keep an eye on things. The team can’t fall into disarray. The princess is determined to help the people. We can’t let our efforts be in vain. We only have three days left to reach Qingyang Prefecture. We can’t give up now. We must hold on.” The boy’s voice was very low. Zhu Yueran could only tell what he was saying by reading his lips.
"Ah, help! Help!"
Suddenly, a woman's shrill cry came from the back of the group. Only a few people from Xianwu Island with higher martial arts skills heard the cry for help; the others did not hear it.
Zhu Lin kicked the horse in the belly. The horse neighed in pain and turned to run to the back of the group. It turned out that there was a landslide. There were low slopes in this area, and the rain was so heavy that rocks had fallen from the mountain in just half an hour.
One of the boulders was as big as a washbasin. It struck a man in his early fifties, whose upper body was smashed to pieces and he had already died.
When Zhu Lin and Zhu Yueran arrived, they saw a young woman with a large pregnant belly kneeling in front of the man, holding the back of his head with both hands, crying out in a hoarse voice.
"Master, master, wake up! Don't leave me and the children behind, master..."
Next to the pregnant woman was a middle-aged woman dressed in plain clothes, half of her face covered by her hair. She was holding the pregnant woman and crying together. She even tried to move the large stone to pull the man out, but it was all in vain.
Zhu Yueran jumped off her horse and used her internal energy to move the large rock. The rock was still covered with a lot of blood and flesh. Upon seeing this, the pregnant woman rolled her eyes and fainted.
"Yue'e, Yue'e, what's wrong with you?" The rain washed away the woman's long hair that covered half of her face, and Zhu Lin discovered that half of the woman's face was covered with terrible scars, while the other half of her face was normal.
"Help her onto the horse." Zhu Lin's voice reached the ears of the woman whose face was half disfigured.
The woman paused briefly in her sobbing, then tried to lift the pregnant woman up, but she didn't have the strength and failed several times.
In the end, Zhu Yueran came over and helped the pregnant woman onto the horse. Zhu Lin then led his men to the front. The woman's belly was very big, and she looked like she was about to give birth. If she continued to get wet in the rain, the baby in her womb might not be healthy. They had to put her in the carriage.
Zhu Yueran grabbed the disfigured woman and urged her to come with him and catch up with the group, but the woman refused to leave and screamed loudly with a sob in her voice.
"We can't just leave like this. Take him with us, take him with us." She pointed to the lifeless man on the ground.
Zhu Yueran had a cold expression. He wore a straw hat, which hid his face in shadow, but his aura was so strong that even in the heavy rain, one could feel the coldness emanating from him.
But the woman didn't care about any of that. All she wanted was to collect the man's body from the ground. She cried in a hoarse voice, "Take him with you. He was a good man. He shouldn't be left to die in the wilderness like this. He was hit by a rock while trying to save us. He lost his life trying to come back and save us. Waaah!"
Zhu Yueran felt that her patience had reached its limit. What time was it? She didn't even have enough time to escape, let alone have the energy to carry a dead person on the road.
But in the end, he didn't know why, but he still brought the dead man along. Zhu Yueran took off her raincoat and wrapped it around the man's body, then carried it forward with one hand.
The disfigured woman stopped crying and jogged after him.
Zhu Lin put the pregnant woman into Zhang Xiantao's carriage and instructed her, "This woman will probably give birth soon. Have your two maids deliver the baby."
Xiao Huan and Xiao Yuan were completely bewildered. They were willing to cook, do laundry, or even fight, but could anyone deliver a baby?
They've never delivered a baby before; aren't they making things difficult for them?
But Zhu Lin shoved the woman in and rode away on horseback. The people inside the carriage stared at the soaking wet pregnant woman, wanting to cry but having no tears. They wanted to change the pregnant woman into clean clothes. There were also three teenagers in the carriage: Zhao Mingyue, Da Zhuang, and Da Ze.
But we can't not change it. Not to mention that the adult can't handle it, the baby in the woman's womb can't handle it either. It would be a terrible mistake to give birth to a stillborn child.
“You three turn around and close your eyes. We’re going to change this lady’s clothes. You three are not allowed to peek, understand?” Zhang Xiantao warned fiercely.
The three nodded obediently, moved to the outside, and faced the carriage door together.
Feeling uneasy, Zhang Xiantao took three handkerchiefs and blindfolded the three boys. She then kept an eye on the three boys to prevent them from secretly pulling off the handkerchiefs and looking back, while the two maids were responsible for changing the women's clothes.
"It would be best to feed her a bowl of ginger soup, otherwise this won't do." Xiao Huan touched the woman's cold hand, looking worried.
"Cover her with a quilt and put her on a mattress to keep her warm as much as possible," Xiaoyuan said.
Zhang Xiantao reached out and touched the woman's forehead. She didn't have a fever, but she was still worried. "It would be best to invite Young Master Zhu over to check her pulse. Letting her just lie there unconscious like this... I'm really afraid something might happen. I hope nothing bad happens to the baby in her womb."
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