Showers mixed with strong winds swept through Shandan County and hundreds of surrounding villages. This rain was the first heavy rain since the beginning of summer.

Strangely, this kind of violent rainstorm has never been seen before, and there is no similar record in the county records of the past century.

Several consecutive heavy rains caused the weak water levels outside the county to skyrocket. The river overflowed the embankments on both sides and spread to the surrounding farmland, submerging the growing crops.

The county government had to put on a prepared attitude. The county magistrate not only sent people to the surrounding villages to check the situation, but he also ignored his own safety and repeatedly came to the Ruoshui River to check the water level.

The situation is not optimistic.

The crops on both sides of the Taiwan Strait were severely damaged, which may affect the autumn harvest.

Although Hong Yu was wearing a raincoat and a hat, the rain was too strong, and the raincoat and hat could no longer block the rain. The raindrops dripped from the brim of the hat, flowed along the hair and against the skin, and flowed under the collar. The water vapor penetrated the raincoat and soaked into the body. The coolness of his clothes touched his skin, causing goosebumps.

"Sir! You'd better go back! We can just watch here!! Don't take the risk to check it yourself!!" Le Fei stood next to Hong Yu, his clothes were also wet by the rain, as if he had just come out of the water. Water Man, he tried his best to persuade his master to go back quickly, but his master did not move. He stood motionless, squinting his eyes and staring into the distance.

Le Fei was helpless and signaled Qu Ning behind him to come over and persuade him together.

Qu Ning, however, did not look at Le Fei. Instead, he stared into the distance like his master.

Hey...why do everyone like to get wet in the rain so much? !

Le Fei looked in the direction where the two of them were looking, and discerned through the thick rain curtain. What the adults and Qu Ning were looking at was... a bridge, right?

Before Le Fei could take a closer look, his master hurriedly ran towards the bridge. Qu Ning also looked pale and helped Hong Yu run over.

Hong Yu waved his hands and shouted at people on the road: "Don't cross the bridge!! Don't cross the bridge!! Don't cross the bridge——!!"

Even though Hong Yu shouted at the top of his lungs, his voice was still swallowed up by the sound of rain and water that sounded like an explosion.

After a while, there was an overwhelming sound in the distance, swallowing up people's screams of panic and fear.

The solid stone bridge suddenly fell into the raging river in full view of everyone, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

By the time Hong Yu arrived at the bridge, not to mention the bridge piers and the bridge body, the two bridgeheads connecting the river bank had been pulled in by the river water. In an instant, there were very few remaining walls, and they were all swallowed up and carried away by the rushing river water.

Everyone on the bridge... is gone...

Le Fei was so frightened that his lips kept trembling, and he couldn't say any words for a while.

The people on the roadside suddenly became confused and fell into deep fear. The government officials pulled away the people who were lying on the ground and drove the crowd away from the collapsed stone bridge.

People who had not yet had time to get on the bridge kept wailing and crying, praying for the unfortunate people, and feeling grateful that they were still alive.

Hong Yu wiped the rain off his face with his hand: "Le Fei, you immediately take my seal and ask the county lieutenant to go to the barracks and lead the troops to search for traces of those who fell into the water! Qu Ning, you go back to the county office and bring enough manpower to guard and maintain the situation. Order in the city!”

"Sir...!" Qu Ning was worried that his master would stay alone at the scene.

Hong Yu waved his hand and said firmly: "Don't talk nonsense! Go quickly!" After saying that, he immediately rushed to the roadside, took off his hat to reveal his identity, and took over the command, instructing the government officials to manage the chaotic scene.

These government officials were originally transferred to the bridge by Hong Yu to maintain order.

Several consecutive heavy rains caused the river water level to rise sharply. Hong Yu was worried about the condition of the stone bridge and immediately sent someone to check. As expected, Hong Yu didn't think too much.

The stone bridge on Weak Water has been built for a long time. It is a flat bridge with stone piers and stone beams. It is twenty feet long and about six feet high. Two stone slabs merge to form the bridge deck. It is about three feet wide and includes two bridgeheads at both ends. The entire bridge has a total of seventeen spans, and there are sixteen stone piers under the bridge. The water-dividing points of the bridge piers are all upstream. They are carved with dragons, elephants, unicorns and other sculptures with different shapes and postures.

Now all of this has been completely submerged by the rolling river. Hong Yu watched helplessly as the river lifted up the heavy stone slabs, sucking all the people and convoys into the rushing water.

After Hong Yu revealed his identity, all the government officials at the scene ran over and knelt on the ground. Shiqiao was suddenly swept away, and they were stunned. They had never thought that such a thing would happen.

"S-Sir..."

Hong Yu was very anxious: "Get up and tell me what is going on!"

"Your Excellency previously asked us to guard the bridge and maintain order on the bridge! We did not neglect our duties and guarded the bridge conscientiously!"

Another officer explained: "Yes, sir! You ordered us to guard the bridge and beware of loose stone slabs. We sent people to check the slabs every day, and we also followed your instructions to limit the number of people and convoys crossing the bridge at the same time!"

A police officer cried and said: "Just now we seemed to hear a roar, but we didn't know where it came from. However, we also ordered fewer pedestrians to cross the river. Brother Aniu even climbed onto the bridge to check, but unexpectedly the river water suddenly rose, and a violent wave was set off. The slate was washed away! Brother A Niu was also washed away!!"

Hong Yu's throat kept twitching, and he didn't know what to say. He found that the river water suddenly rose in the blink of an eye. He immediately rushed down and tried to stop the people on the bridge, but how could human legs run through the rushing river water? It was instantly overturned. The stone bridge submerged the dragon head statue that was still exposed above the water, leaving only rolling waves that stirred up countless undercurrents at the bottom of the river.

At this time, the accident outside the city has not yet spread back to the city. Due to the heavy rain for days and today's rain is particularly heavy, the whole city is strictly guarded. Many academies have to order students to stay at home and are not allowed to go out. Therefore, both Saburo, Shiro and Yuro are not allowed to go out today. at home.

Ji Qingyue was stopped in the city by heavy rain after delivering the groceries. In order to avoid accidents on the way back, he was forced to live with Aunt Li in the county until the rain stopped before going back.

The rain today can no longer be described as pouring or pouring. To Ji Qingyue, it was like the Dragon King urinating on top of his head, threatening to flood everything in the city.

It was useless to hold an umbrella when going out, nor to put on a thick raincoat, so everyone did not go out of the hospital, but gathered in the main room to do their own work.

It's raining heavily outside, and it's raining inside the painting too. You can't see it outside the painting, but in the painting Ji Qing was in a very embarrassed state. Not only did he have to drive the livestock into the house to take shelter from the rain, but he also had to put away the food and put it on high ground.

The stream has overflowed, washing many fish fry downstream. The wheat fields and rice fields on the shore have suffered. The wheat is blooming and pollinating, and the rice is about to be harvested. At this important moment, it was destroyed by a heavy rain. The harvest will definitely be affected.

What made Ji Qingyue feel a little fortunate was that the last batch of cotton had been harvested, and all the branches, leaves and flowers were handed over to the Li family, who asked them to help pick and remove seeds, stretch the cotton, and spin and weave cloth.

Today, everyone ate very simply, soaking pancakes in hot water.

"Brother Ji! Are you okay?" Li Silang shouted worriedly to the painting, only to hear Ji Qingyue's muffled voice reply: "I'm okay! It's just that this house is in trouble! The goat jumped on my kang. Shit!!”

Ji Qingyue was desperate at this time. The chickens, ducks and geese were chirping loudly, mixed with the bleating sounds of the sheep, which gave him a headache!

Looking at the "black pearls" filling the Kang, Ji Qingyue decided to build a second house!

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