Chapter 309: White Cloud Pattern, Treasure Flying Fish!

On the turbid water, fine water lines rippled.

A yellow-scaled long snake swam to the side of the boat, sticking out its snake neck, trying to drill into the boat's belly.

But the boat side was too high, and the yellow-scaled snake failed to climb several times, falling back into the water.

A water flow rolled up the long snake, threw it lightly, and the yellow-scaled snake disappeared.

Splash.

A faint sound of falling into the water rang out in the rain.

Liang Qu stood at the bow, retracted the water flow into the vortex aperture, and flicked a yellow medicine pill the size of a fingernail with his thumb.

Round Head surfaced violently, swallowed the Qi-replenishing pill in one bite, then dived into the water, throwing out half a gray long tail.

Qi-replenishing pill, a common consumption supplement for Galloping Horse martial artists, with balanced and comprehensive effects.

No strength, no Qi and blood, tired, sleepy, can all be eaten, no medicinal conflict with most pills, neutral and peaceful, eating more doesn't cause bloating, widely acclaimed.

Spirit monsters can eat it too.

One day and one night of continuous full-speed sailing made the beasts exhausted, and they also needed to take medicine to replenish their physical strength.

Rest for a while.

Fatty Catfish, Cannot Move, and Fist swam out in the southeast and west directions respectively to help investigate the disaster-stricken water area.

Liang Qu circled a small circle on the map with a charcoal pen, took the pleasure boat, and continued north with the help of the finless porpoises.

He opened the waterproof compartment, took out a stack of bean bran cakes to feed the Chishan, and ate oil bean cakes himself to pad his stomach simply.

Lu Xinqing knelt on the boat, swallowing saliva; he hadn't eaten all night, thirsty and dry, and smelling the soybean fragrance, the stomach acid in his stomach churned violently.

Liang Qu turned a blind eye.

Martial artists don't fight with people, their Qi and blood are full, and starving for a few meals won't matter; feeling hungry is entirely due to the habit of three meals a day.

Not long after, Liang Qu arrived at another large town marked on the map, Mutang Town.

Unlike Ganhuang Township near the Qiu Gong Dike, the town is much larger than the township, often having buildings two or three stories high.

The pleasure boat shuttled through it, often seeing small houses protruding from the water; Awei flew in and out, not finding anyone inside.

"Transferred away?"

Liang Qu guessed; he hurried and hurried, finally entering Huazhu County, but for Huazhu County itself, the flood had erupted for more than two days, and there must be a reaction in Huazhu County.

If the magistrate took no action after the dam collapsed, that would not only be dismissal, but also the loss of his head.

It was too late to repair the dike, but at least a fleet could be organized to transfer the common people.

Unfortunately, river floods are the most difficult to deal with among many floods.

High peaks and large volumes, long duration, wide range of disaster impact, far exceeding other floods.

Especially levee-breaking river floods, not only wide range, but also stronger destructive power; after washing over, the earth houses and thatched houses of ordinary people cannot hold up at all.

On the contrary, mountain floods and snowmelt are easy to solve; production and confluence are fast, although the suddenness is strong and the water volume is concentrated, the disaster impact range is small.

"Moo!"

The finless porpoises heard the sound and moved forward a few meters, pulling the pleasure boat over the small building.

Behind a broken brick wall, a large water buffalo floated on the water; strangely, a soaked big red rooster stood on the buffalo's head, and a spotted earth dog was huddled on its back, shivering uncontrollably.

Seeing people, the big red rooster clucked wildly, kept kicking the buffalo's head, and flapped its wings trying to fly onto the pleasure boat, but its feathers were soaked by the rain, and it couldn't jump up at all, flapping halfway and falling into the water.

A big wave surged in the turbid water, rolling up the rooster, the buffalo, and the earth dog, and landed on the second floor of a mansion.

The spotted earth dog pricked up its ears, opened one eye, saw the land around, hurriedly jumped to the ground, shook its fur, ran around, and even found half a bag of corn in a corner, barking excitedly.

"Moo, moo."

The old water buffalo lay limp on the ground, soaking in the water for two days, exhausted.

Liang Qu helped with a small favor, simply swept around, sailed out of Mutang Town, and was one step closer to Huazhu County seat.

He passed through townships, not only to investigate whether there were survivors and the disaster situation, but also as a positioning method.

The flood has submerged the terrain, making it impossible to distinguish the roads; relying entirely on a Luo Pan is highly likely to lead to errors, so one can only grope forward town by town to verify the direction.

Next is the third township, Huangshan Town.

Liang Qu thought there should be people here.

Because according to the markings on the map, Huangshan Town has high terrain, with a small mountain of a hundred zhang, stretching for more than a mile, and the foot of the mountain is mostly hills.

Arriving at Huangshan Town, as expected, the disaster was not serious, and the flood only submerged to the waist of people.

The houses were basically intact, but there was still no one inside.

Liang Qu looked at the low mountain behind the town, having some guesses in his heart.

In the middle of the night, scattered firelight was distributed on Huangshan, distributed in a tower shape.

The villagers should be worried that the flood water level would continue to rise, so they all gathered on the mountain.

The water at the foot of the mountain was shallow, unable to sail.

The finless porpoises dragged the pleasure boat close to a deep pit, and Chishan jumped out of the pleasure boat with its head lowered.

Chishan went ashore, shook its horse neck, stretched its physique, and kicked its four hooves.

Kneeling in the pleasure boat for a day and a night, it was very uncomfortable, even feeling that it was not as good as the Fatty Catfish and other beasts; being tired was better than curling up its body.

Liang Qu found a torch in the compartment, lit it, mounted the horse, said "follow" to Lu Xinqing, and rode up the mountain.

Lu Xinqing saw the mysterious iron giant bow hanging beside Chishan and didn't dare to disobey.

"What kind of water bandit, only able to shout at the common people, it's still better to be an official, that's truly majestic."

Lu Xinqing sighed, endured the hunger, moved his two legs, and chased after Chishan.

Under the night curtain, Chishan ran like the wind, the torch flickered, pulling out a blurred light band, exceptionally eye-catching.

The night watchman on the mountain noticed the light band, hurriedly ran back to the camp, and woke up the sleeping instructor Chai Shiqiao.

"Instructor Chai! Instructor Chai! Someone is coming!"

Chai Shiqiao settled the disaster victims, distributed rice and grain, busy until his feet didn't touch the ground; it was hard to sleep, and he had just entered a dream when he was woken up, feeling very angry.

"What are you shouting about? Didn't the magistrate just take the fleet away? Don't call me for every cat and dog that comes! Can't you settle them yourself?"

The night watchman was choked and shrank his neck: "Instructor Chai misunderstood, the person coming is riding a big date-red horse; the old man has lived for decades and has never seen such a handsome big horse; he seems to be wearing an official uniform, more majestic than our magistrate! Doesn't look like a disaster victim!"

Official uniform?

Chai Shiqiao's thoughts were chaotic; he didn't want to see him at first, but thinking about it, he was worried about offending someone, so he had to endure the sleepiness: "Go over and take a look."

The night watchman held the torch high to light the way.

By the time Chai Shiqiao got up and walked out of the camp with the night watchman, Liang Qu had just arrived at the foot of the mountain.

The two looked at each other from top to bottom.

Chai Shiqiao's head was hazy; at first glance, the firelight was dazzling, so he squinted and looked carefully.

The visitor's official uniform was blurred in the darkness, but the red horse was bathed in firelight, revealing half of its front body, showing ten out of ten handsomeness.

What a handsome horse!

Seems to have seen it somewhere?

Chai Shiqiao exclaimed, and then fell into deep thought.

Suddenly, a picture book called "Identification of Horses" broke into his memory...

Hiss!

Dragon Blood Horse!

Chai Shiqiao woke up violently, broke into a cold sweat, and had no sleepiness at all; he strode and ran toward the foot of the mountain.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

"Instructor Chai, be careful, the mountain road is slippery!"

The mountain road was difficult to walk; under the washing of the rain, the stones shone with cold light.

Chai Shiqiao's spirit woke up but his body didn't; he took two steps, and with the night watchman's exclamation, he slipped and fell, his butt hit the ground, and he rolled a few times along the stone steps before standing up again, covered in yellow mud like flour.

Liang Qu raised his eyebrows, slightly surprised.

Chai Shiqiao didn't care to wipe off the mud, stood firm, continued to run, and rushed to the foot of the mountain in one breath, saluting Liang Qu.

After finally getting close, Chai Shiqiao raised his eyebrows and glanced at the visitor's official uniform.

White cloud pattern, treasure flying fish!

Seventh-rank Water Minister!

Chai Shiqiao immediately understood that this was not some disaster victim, but a great person from the River Bo Office!

So fast!

Chai Shiqiao had calculated the time; he originally thought the River Bo Office would arrive tomorrow, but he didn't expect it to be so swift and decisive!

Liang Qu stepped on the stirrup and dismounted, looking directly at the white and fat middle-aged man who was a little over 1.6 meters tall.

"You are the instructor?"

Light and shadow flickered under the torch.

Chai Shiqiao wiped off the mud, revealing the bird on his chest, and bowed again.

"The lord is wise, the subordinate is the instructor of Huazhu County, Chai Shiqiao!"

"Since you are the instructor... do you know if Magistrate Yu is in Huazhu County seat?"

Chai Shiqiao shook his head.

"The lord, you probably won't find Magistrate Yu if you go to the county seat.

With the flood at the head, Magistrate Yu organized a fleet to search for and transfer disaster victims everywhere; sixty percent of the disaster victims on Huangshan were brought over by the magistrate's fleet, and a batch was just sent over at dusk, and then went out again." ===== CHAPTER 310 =====