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"Why is there a vortex here?" The lieutenant next to Xu Guang shouted, and then shouted at the sailors on the ship, "Quick! Turn the rudder and avoid it!"

"It's too late... General, I've been... caught in..." The soldier at the helm almost hung his whole body on the rudder wheel, but he still couldn't stop the rudder wheel from spinning, and was finally thrown away by the rudder wheel, almost fell into the water.

"Quick! Hold the helm! Turn the sail!"

A swift-handed sailor put a rope on the rudder wheel, and the rope was dragged by the rudder wheel several times, and finally entangled to death. Another seven or eight people rushed forward to grab the rope, and pulled it against the rotation direction of the rudder wheel with all their strength. Hearing the sound of "pa", the rudder wheel actually shattered amidst the turbulence, and all the soldiers fell backwards one after another, and the ship sank into the depths of the vortex at a faster speed.

At this moment, a figure swept out from the cabin.

"The sail turned to Kanliu." Mu Jiu stood at the bow of the boat, looking down at the water surface, the hem of his robe was rattling by the strong wind, but he still couldn't shake the calmness and indifference in his eyes.

It is his this Taishan that collapses before it does not change color, like a needle that stabilizes the sea, and firmly holds the sailing ship on the verge of collapse. Fan's soldiers looked at each other——

What is cutting six?

Ling Xun translated: "Half a circle to the left!"

Everyone got the order and was about to turn the sail, but suddenly felt something was wrong.

Half a circle to the left, isn't the boat going to rush into the middle of the vortex? !

Xu Guang looked at Mu Jiu, his gaze sank, and he shouted, "Just follow the orders of Boss Feng and Mr. Mu!"

The soldiers no longer dared to have any doubts, and all worked hard to twist the sails. With the sound of creaking, the hull gradually tilted head-heavy and tail-heavy.

"Fifth Xun." Seeing the bow of the ship plunge into the center of the vortex, Mu Jiu ordered again.

Ling Xun: "Continue to the left!"

The deck soldiers shouted: "General! The bow of the ship has been flooded! It can't turn anymore!"

Xu Guang couldn't help tightening his grip on the railing of the boat: "Mr. Mu, this boat is about to sink!"

Mu Jiu didn't even look at Xu Guang, but said calmly: "If you don't listen to me, you will have no way out."

Xu Guang was choked for a moment, panting heavily and stopped talking, just staring at the swirl of water.

"General! The ship is sinking!" Several lieutenants also shouted at this time.

"Shut up!" Xu Guang scolded, but he felt more and more unreasonable in his heart. He secretly thought that he would be confused if he cared about it, and he actually believed these two unknown formation masters who suddenly appeared. If you do sinister things in the name of someone, don't you want to drag the brothers of the whole ship to be buried with you?

"Be careful to hold your breath." Mu Jiu said this, and before everyone could react, the whole boat was suddenly sucked into the water.

Ling Xun reacted fairly quickly, holding his breath when Mu Jiu spoke, but when the boat was completely submerged in the water, he still felt someone approaching suddenly, hugging him from behind, and covering his mouth and nose with his hands.

In just an instant, the boat rushed out of the water like a fish jumping over the dragon's gate, setting off huge waves.

Severe coughing sounded one after another, and when the boat was stabilized on the water again, there were many people lying here and there on the deck who were too late to hold their breath and choked on the water. Fortunately, no one had the phenomenon of holding their breath, and they just suffered a little.

As the number one general in Jingzhou, Xu Guang naturally wouldn't be troubled by such a small situation. He was still holding on to the railing to stand firmly, except that his clothes were completely soaked by the water, so he couldn't see any difference from before he was just like water. respectively.

"General! Look, we have crossed the water vortex!" said someone from the deputy general, with uncontrollable excitement in his tone.

Only then did Xu Guang turn around, but he didn't look at the huge whirlpool that was drifting away and almost killed all of them, but fixedly looked at the two people standing on the board. I noticed that they were not wetted by the water at all, and their expressions were not panicked at all, as if they didn't pass through the line of life and death just now, but just swimming in the lake with poles, just like playing.

The hand on the saber couldn't help sliding down a little bit, holding the handle of the knife, as if holding the fear that grew from the bottom of my heart and constantly invaded the whole body.

Heterogeneous.

This was the only word Xu Guang could think of at this time.

The word formation master has always been just a legend, but now that I have seen it with my own eyes, I can understand how terrifying it is.The power they control is beyond the reach of ordinary people, just like ants facing a mountain. If possible, these people can kill tens of thousands of people with just one thought. This huge gap between heaven and earth is terrifying.But now he has only glimpsed the tip of the iceberg, the budding bud...

Xu Guang was terrified in his heart, and suddenly felt two cold gazes sweeping over him. He raised his head and met Mu Jiu's passing gaze. He was so frightened that he quickly let go of the hand holding the knife, and a layer of pain had grown on his back. cold sweat.

What happened just now?That kind of dark thoughts actually came out?Even though the two of them had just saved the lives of a boatload of them, how could he have the urge to kill them?Xu Guang shook his head, shook off the distracting thoughts in his heart just now, stepped forward and cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your help."

"I'm just acting according to my lord's order." Mu Jiu avoided Xu Guang's gift.

Ling Xun just entered the water and was embraced by Mu Jiu for a moment. He was immersed in the aftertaste until his arm was lightly touched by Mu Jiu before he came back to his senses and said to Xu Guang: "Zijin and I are good friends, no need to thank you. The general ordered the ships to move forward as soon as possible."

Xu Guang looked at Ling Xun, then at Mu Jiu, recalling the scene just now, he couldn't help guessing in his heart, but he stopped talking nonsense, thanked him a few more words, and ordered the boat to move forward quickly.

Ling Xun touched his lips with his hand, recalling the feeling of being covered by Mu Jiu's palm just now, he couldn't help but feel his heart beat a little faster, but when he went back to look at Mu Jiu, he only saw an indifferent face.

"Thank you Huaifeng for saving me." Ling Xun said with a smile.

"As long as my lord is safe." Mu Jiu nodded slightly.

On the next journey, the water was not calm, but with Mu Jiu around, they passed through without any danger, and soon they arrived at Poyangkou. According to what Ling Xun saw from the search team, Yuan Xi was near Poyangkou In a small county along the river, if it is normal, if you change to a horse-drawn carriage after landing, it will only take more than an hour to get there.But now all the land is submerged by water, only the slightly higher soil slopes and hills are still exposed above the water.

Xu Guang's five-sail boat was too deep to go deep into the hinterland, so they had to change to a small boat.

The originally wanton wind on the river suddenly stopped as soon as it entered the inner harbor.At this time, the flood gradually receded, the current was no longer rushing, and there was only a row of small boats in the sky, quietly drawing ripples on the turbid water, as if showing a bit of the leisurely world.

However, this leisurely attitude was quickly broken by the first corpse that appeared.

It was a child, who seemed to be only four or five years old, with a small body clinging to an old tree stump, floating up and down along the current.A strip of cloth was tied around the child's waist, and it was firmly tied to the tree stump. Obviously, when the flood first came, the child's parents left this last hope for the child, but they failed to let him go. escaped this catastrophe.

Xu Guang supported a wooden gauntlet, and turned the child's slightly swollen body over, and saw that his mouth and nose were filled with mud, sand and grass leaves.

"It wasn't long before he died, less than two hours." Xu Guang sighed, silently let go of the child, and allowed his small body to flow downstream.

All the officers and men on board had red eyes and became more and more silent.

Ling Xun's heart, which was a little excited because of the skin contact with Mu Jiu, completely sank at this moment.He suddenly woke up and realized what kind of world he was in.

Reminiscing about the various encounters with Mu Jiu, when he had thoughts in his heart and cared about the affairs of Fengyue, the land of Jiuzhou was suffering from the misery of life, and I don't know how many people died in the water overnight.

Seeing that his expression was different, Mu Jiu silently put his hand on his shoulder.

Ling Xun was slightly startled, and reluctantly turned his head to smile at Mu Jiu: "I heard that the three prefectures were flooded, and now there are eighteen counties. It was just a number, but now I know that it is all human lives."

Mu Jiudao: "These lives are what the lord should pay attention to."

Ling Xun didn't say a word, knowing the deep meaning of Mu Jiu's words, he couldn't help feeling that his previous actions were too capricious and superficial.

"It's my fault."

This time it's not to please anyone, it's really a skin-to-skin feeling.

The farther the boat is from the port, the closer it is to the city and the village, and the more corpses floating in the water are seen. The most tragic scene is that a pregnant woman was carried by the rapids and hit her. On a broken branch.The woman instinctively used her hands to protect her lower abdomen, but the branch was so sharp that it directly passed through her palms covering her abdomen, pierced her abdomen, and came out through her back, piercing her alive, and letting her go Dried the whole body of blood, turned into a pale mummy.

"It is absolutely impossible for ordinary people to destroy the dams along the coast of eighteen counties overnight!" A lieutenant said bitterly.

This sentence meant something, but the people on the same boat as Ling Xun and Mu Jiu were not so obvious. The soldiers on other boats turned their attention to the two of them one after another, and some people even vaguely squeezed out the "Magician" three times from their mouths through gritted teeth. The word, was pushed by the companion warning, and then reluctantly shut up.

Ling Xun naturally felt the eyes of the soldiers, but he just said: "People have good and evil, and the formation master is also a human being."

"That's right, Boss Feng is our savior. Jinxiulou has always been kind and generous, so how can it be compared with those monsters who do evil?" said the pockmarked soldier who had a good impression of Ling Xun earlier.

Soon more people echoed: "Yes, fortunately, there are still formation masters like Boss Feng and Mr. Mu in this world."

Xu Guang also stared at the soldier who took the lead in talking nonsense about the formation master, and said: "Boss Feng, Mr. Mu, you two, don't be as knowledgeable as vulgar people, those brats are also scared to death."

Before Ling Xun could speak, Mu Jiu said first, "The way of formation has declined for hundreds of years. People know very little about formation and formation masters. It is human nature to be afraid. It will be fine in the future."

It was rare for Xu Guang to hear such a long sentence from Mu Jiu, but he couldn't understand the last half of his sentence.

Will it be fine in the future?

What does it mean?

Does it mean that you get used to it when you are scared?

Naturally, Mu Jiu couldn't explain, and everyone fell silent.

Tick-tock, a drop of rain fell, and soon began to patter, and then turned into a torrential rain.

"Not good! When it rains, the water level that just fell will rise again! The second son is in danger!"

Ling Xun also trembled in his heart, and was about to use the person-finding array again to determine Yuan Xi's more precise position, but suddenly heard someone shouting in the distance.

"Boat! Here comes the ship—"

On the small soil bag surrounded by water on all sides, there is a circle of temporary dams built, and there are more than a hundred people inside, including men and women, old and young, all like lambs in a sheepfold, in small groups. Get together, shivering in the cold wind with moisture.

Yuan Xi's embroidered outer robe had long since disappeared. At this time, he was wearing a short undershirt, leaning against a big tree root with his arms folded and taking a nap. The sudden heavy rain did not wake him up. Instead, he heard someone Shouting, he opened his eyes suddenly, his first reaction was that the water level had risen again, but then he heard the excited voice of the guard.

"Second Young Master! Boat! A boat is coming to save us!"

Yuan Xi suddenly jumped up from the ground, but his eyes turned black due to his physical exhaustion, and he almost fell back again, but his personal guard quickly helped him up, so that he didn't lose the majesty of the assassin in front of the villagers.

Yuan Xi stumbled and ran to the side of the soil bag, and crossed the rickety dike. When he saw a row of small boats coming along the water, he still couldn't believe it. Who can find a small piece of soil?I thought it was a place of death, so why would I wait for life?

It wasn't until he squinted his eyes through the heavy rain and saw the figure standing on the small boat in front of him that his eyes suddenly became hot.

"No song..."

His lips moved, and he muttered silently, unable to describe the agitation in his heart at this moment, the cold rain fell on his cheeks, hiding the rare tears.

"Yuan Er Er, you owe me another life." Ling Xun said with a smile across a stream of water that was more eerie than the Wangchuan River.

When he saw Yuan Xi, he was really taken aback. He didn't expect that the second son Yuan, who was so handsome, would fall into this field. Thinking of the corpses he saw along the way, he was afraid. With the heavy rain and the water level gradually approaching the edge of the hill, if he came one step later, would he only see a floating corpse when he saw Yuan Zijin again?He didn't dare to imagine, so he could only pretend to be relaxed and joking.

But Yuan Xi seemed to have lost the ability to speak, and could only look at him fixedly, the burning meaning in his eyes was actually a little frightening.

Seeing Yuan Xi in real life, Xu Guang finally felt relieved and hurriedly ordered people to meet him and welcome Yuan Xi to the boat.

"Zijin, you..." Ling Xun went up to meet him, and was about to say something, but was hugged by Yuan Zijin without saying a word.

Mu Jiu watched from the side, the shadows of the two were reflected in his deep pupils, but he averted his gaze lightly.

"Second son, these civilians..." Xu Guang coughed awkwardly.

Almost dying, Ling Xun patted Yuan Xi on the back, "Don't get excited."

Only then did Yuan Xi let go of Ling Xun, calmed down a little, and said to Xu Guang, "These people have to be taken away."

"But our ship can't accommodate these people." Xu Guang was embarrassed. "If it's delivered in batches, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on."

Yuan Xi frowned, turned to look at the mountain bag, all the people knelt down and kowtowed, hoping that the second son would not abandon him.

Ling Xun turned to look at Mu Jiu, "Is there any way?"