Chapter 401 Uneasiness
Su Ying rushed forward without hesitation, secured the steel cable, pulled Zhu Lin up, and then pushed him to a safe place.
"I'll do it!"
The moment Su Ying pushed Zhu Lin out, a mountain torrent rushed down.
Fortunately, most of the mountain torrents were blocked by the dam, but the flood water still hit Su Ying, causing her to stagger and fall off the dam.
"ah!"
The people standing on both sides screamed in fear.
"The Queen!"
Su Ying's head was a little dazed by the flood, but fortunately she had fixed the steel rope long ago, and she quickly came to her senses after a brief daze.
The gushing flood water continued to rush over the dam. Normally, in a situation like this, the dam would release the flood water, but now Su Ying was hanging underneath. If the flood water was released, Su Ying would be swallowed up by the flood immediately.
"Empress, go save the Queen, go save the Queen!" Zhu Lin screamed and wanted to rush over, but was held back by the workers. If he went over at this time, he would only die!
Su Ying tightly grasped the steel rope in her hand, steadied her body, and slowly approached the crack in the beam, where floodwaters had already overflowed and were constantly washing away.
Su Ying grabbed the glue suction cup behind her and withstood the huge impact of the flood. She gritted her teeth and pressed the suction cup towards the crack.
But the flood was getting bigger and bigger, and she could hardly get through, so she could only find a way to approach from the side.
Su Ying clenched the rope in her hand and moved to the other side, intending to cover the suction cup from the side.
Zhu Lin's heart was in his throat. "Tighten the ropes. Don't let anything happen to the Queen!"
Su Ying squeezed the suction cup over little by little from the side. The flood hit her face so hard that she could hardly open her eyes. She gritted her teeth and pushed hard with all her strength.
With a "suck" sound, the suction cup is sucked!
Before Su Ying could feel happy, the suction cup might not be able to withstand the huge impact and suddenly a crack appeared.
Su Ying's face darkened, and she grabbed another suction cup and sucked it from below to reduce the impact on the first suction cup.
At this time, the flood had spread to the dam, and the raging flood instantly submerged the place where Su Ying fixed the rope.
"Queen, Queen!" The people standing on the shore almost screamed.
Su Ying's figure was also washed away by the flood and was on the verge of collapse.
"Hurry, hurry up and pull the rope to pull the queen up, hurry up!" Zhu Lin frantically pulled the steel rope hanging around Su Ying's waist, trying to pull Su Ying back, but in the face of nature, even Su Ying gradually became exhausted.
As the flood got worse, everyone's nerves became tense.
"Hold the queen! Hold the queen!"
Suddenly, with a loud bang, a huge column of water rushed over and instantly broke all the ropes on Su Ying's body.
Her body was also swept into the flood in the blink of an eye.
"No, no! Queen, Queen!" Zhu Lin almost screamed.
This scene frightened all the people present, and they screamed like crazy.
"Empress, Empress!"
But no matter how they shouted, they could no longer see Su Ying.
Zhu Lin knelt on the ground with his mouth stiffly open, holding his head in pain, "Queen...Queen..."
"Go, go downstream, maybe we can find her downstream." The clerk's lips trembled, not only because he was afraid that they would be held accountable if something happened to Su Ying, but also because after getting along with Su Ying these days, they really felt that Su Ying was a good queen worthy of everyone's admiration.
"Sir, the flood water is about to be released. If we don't, the dam will be in danger." The clerk rushed to Zhu Lin, grabbed Zhu Lin who was somewhat out of control, and shouted.
Zhu Lin's eyes were red, and there was only one voice in his mind, which was to find Su Ying, find Su Ying!
"My lord, my lord, please wake up. We must release the flood water now!"
Zhu Lin opened his eyes, almost popping out of his sockets, "If, if the floodwaters are released now, is it still possible to find the empress?"
The clerk held Zhu Lin's hand tightly. He did not dare to tell Zhu Lin that even if the flood was not released, it would be impossible to find the queen again!
"Sir, if the dam collapses, the people of the entire Jingzhou will be in danger, sir!"
Zhu Lin clenched his teeth and clenched his fists tightly. "Drain, drain the flood, drain the flood!"
Upon receiving the order, the minor official immediately opened the gates to release the floodwaters.
The raging flood water gushed out, and not to mention a person, even if a small rock mountain fell down, there would be no chance of finding it again.
Zhu Lin knelt down on his knees, staring at the raging flood and burst into tears.
After the flood was released, the water level in the downstream river rose instantly, and the people who were still playing downstream had no idea that danger was approaching.
"Hurry up, the flood is coming, everyone get to the mountains."
"A flash flood is coming. Run, run to the mountains!"
Workers rode their horses and shouted at the lingering crowd.
When everyone heard that a flash flood was coming, they turned around and ran away in fear.
Not long after they turned around and ran up the mountain, they heard a splashing sound in the mountain stream and a stream of yellow water slowly rushed down. Not long after, the stream gradually grew larger and condensed into a river, instantly flooding the place where they were just now.
If someone had not reminded them in time, they would have been submerged in the flood by now. Everyone's face showed a look of fear and relief.
"It hasn't rained in the past few days, why is there still so much water in the mountains?"
Some people looked at the raging flood with a puzzled look on their faces.
“You don’t know this, right? It rained for so many days recently, and the water might have accumulated somewhere we don’t know. When it reaches the limit of accumulation, the flood will burst out like bamboo shoots after the rain. If someone hadn’t reminded us in time today…” The man shook his head before he finished his words.
"Yes, if you are washed in by such a flood, there is no chance of survival."
At this moment, Xiao Jin, who was thousands of miles away, was sitting in the imperial study, staring at the memorial in his hand in a daze. For some reason, his heart suddenly started beating faster and faster, so fast that he almost suffocated.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
Xiao Jin suddenly came back to his senses, and the letter in his hand fell to the ground with a "click".
Seeing this, Zhang Shuming told the eunuch to make a bowl of calming tea for Xiao Jin.
"Your Majesty has been overworked recently. Shouldn't you rest early at night?"
Xiao Jin reached out his hand to his chest, feeling his heart beating, and had a feeling that something was going to happen.
"Is there any news from Jingzhou?"
"Your Majesty, I just received news yesterday. Lord Zhu said that the Queen is doing well and the dam project is progressing smoothly."
Xiao Jin frowned, "That was the news we received yesterday. What about today? Is there any news today?" The uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense. Xiao Jin urgently wanted to know the news about Su Ying. He wanted to make sure that she was fine immediately!
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