Chapter 203: Traveling
Many people from nearby come to visit Yunhuang Temple.
Everyone looked at each other and burst into laughter.
Yuchi Shuo looked at the rain, then at the carriage, and then at Gu Feixue.
"Don't give up when you encounter difficulties. You are already halfway there. How can you not take a look?" In the past two years, Gu Feixue has been busy and has hardly had time to travel.
Now we are almost at our destination, so we cannot give up halfway.
"Shall I carry you?" Yuchi Shuo pointed to his shoulder.
"Are your legs feeling better now? Carry me?" Gu Feixue glanced at him. Yuchi Shuo was already half-kneeling in front of her. "Come on."
The two soon arrived at Yunhuang Temple.
But Gu Feixue found that the monks in this temple had started to do business. They had countless things like prayer beads, red sand, and Buddha heads. This temple was full of evil tendencies. The old monk said that as long as you come to worship often, the poor will have good fortune, the rich will be healthy, those with unfulfilled ambitions will meet a mentor, and those who are about to die will live longer.
When the power of Buddha was exaggerated, Gu Feixue became unhappy.
It’s a pity that the people believe these lies that sound ridiculous.
The two were planning to go down the mountain, but the sky in the mountains seemed to get dark early. Before the evening hour, dark clouds were already covering the city, threatening to destroy it.
The two could only stay overnight in a temple.
The rain got heavier the next day.
Gu Feixue looked at the heavy rain and prayed to God to give her father a hint, telling him not to come to Jiangzhou.
At this moment, she was looking down from a high vantage point. She could see the turbulent river in the distance and the Jiangzhou City standing majestically on the riverbank. The turbid water and the clear water merged into one, looking like a battle between demons.
"That's the Lancang River. Why is there so much rain this year? Look, why is the Lancang River so turbulent?" A native nearby exclaimed in amazement.
Another sneered, "What's the big deal?"
A man nearby chimed in, "Don't worry about it. Jiangzhou has been majestically perched on the left bank for seven hundred years. It's stood majestically here, weathering wind and rain for seven hundred years. How could we be afraid of the moat bursting?"
Everyone burst into laughter.
"Yeah, absolutely impossible."
"My father did have one when he was a child. That was the year our moat's embankment was raised a lot. But don't worry, everyone. We in Jiangzhou are not afraid of floods."
There are many different opinions.
Gu Feixue looked down and found that Jiangzhou was low-lying, and the moat was like a wall rising from the ground, dividing the river beach and the town into two.
If the moat really breaks, Jiangzhou will probably be lost.
"I've already said that it's just groundless worry, so let's not dwell on it." Yuchi Shuo smiled.
It is said that there is another way to go down the mountain. The two were tired of playing there. As for the stone that could produce dragons, it was not as magical as the legend said. It was just a dye.
Everyone went to the back mountain and was delayed for two hours on the road. When they got down the mountain, everyone was soaked. Gu Feixue hadn't been in the rain for a long time, so she didn't feel embarrassed, but felt refreshed.
The same was true for Yuchi Shuo.
The two went to the inn to wash up. After everything was ready, Gu Feixue started to have tea.
As soon as I brewed the tea, I saw a lot of people carrying the elderly and children on the long street. They were talking to each other and laughing, with smiles on their faces.
Gu Feixue felt strange. She asked the waiter who came in to deliver water, "What do those people do? Why are they carrying bamboo baskets?"
"Replying to the girl, you are obviously from another place. Every year in these months there is a peach blossom season in our area."
"What is... Peach Blossom Flood?"
Gu Feixue asked ignorantly.
Yuchi Shuo wasn't from here either, but he listened to what the second brother was saying. He pursed his lips and smiled, "I'm very familiar with the story. There's a deep abyss above our Lancang River. Every winter, the entire river is frozen over. In late spring of the following year, in March, when the peach blossoms bloom and the ice and snow melt, our Lancang River becomes like a galloping horse."
After hearing this, Gu Feixue understood.
"I see."
"This flood season lasts a long time. After the heavy rain, the fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs in the water can't stay there, so everyone goes to get free aquariums during this period."
Hearing this, Gu Feixue nodded.
The second brother made tea while encouraging them, "You should go and see it too, it's quite interesting."
Now it is a national movement, and the long streets are filled with people heading towards the river.
After drinking tea, Yuchi Shuo looked at her and asked, "Shall we go too?"
"We have an understanding, let's go."
The two of them came to the riverside holding umbrellas. Gu Feixue looked and found that there were many people on the riverbank, and everyone was happy.
She and he stood in the distance, looking at the rolling moat behind the people.
"You said the moat won't burst?" Gu Feixue looked at the river in the distance.
Yuchi Shuo has lived in the imperial capital for many years and does not dare to make any rash judgments.
The two of them did not participate. After chatting for a while, they returned to the previous inn.
People flocked to the riverside. Over the next three days, the moat began to rise rapidly and soon exceeded the previous safety line.
But the people of Jiangzhou were still happy and cheerful, and no one realized that danger was coming.
Someone finally sensed the danger, and he rushed to the yamen. He was going to report the danger to the moat to the county magistrate, but the man was kicked out. The magistrate said he was creating panic and telling lies.
After that, no one dared to report the situation carelessly.
By the time everyone realized the danger, the moat was already about a hundred meters away from the embankment. The people who had previously flocked to take advantage of the situation were now staying indoors, and the people in the city were in panic.
Gu Feixue went to the vicinity of the dam to see, but saw a large group of witches holding a mass.
This group of people were dressed in strange clothes. One of them should be the high priestess. She was standing on a round platform, dancing with her hands and feet. Her black clothes turned into flowing clouds in the sky, and her colorful feathers turned into rainbow-like light bands. The bells on her wrists jingled, bringing a dreamlike audio-visual experience.
Around this woman, there were many girls holding magical instruments. They all knelt on the ground, hands spread out, as if asking for something. The woman on the high platform danced and chanted an ancient and strange ballad. The tune was mysterious and strange, as if it brought people back to a barbaric era.
Suddenly, a tall girl on the left stood up as if struck by lightning. She also began to repeat strange words, and then she twisted her waist and hips and pounded the drum in front of her with great force, her movements very exaggerated.
She seemed to be performing for the gods, and also seemed to be using this weird performance art to intimidate the great master who controlled everything in the dark.
The woman finished her dance, and the woman behind her also stood up shakily...
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