C31

Just like a few days ago, she had braided her head of black hair into a ponytail and hung it in front of her. Her face was covered in makeup, but her skin was exceptionally clear.

Her eyes were as clear as spring, clearly reflecting the appearance of a person. Under her delicate and exquisite nose, a pair of cherry lips was like the most tender petals of spring, tinged with a faint pink color.

She was only wearing an ordinary green dress, but her demeanor was graceful and elegant. In the midst of the mud and mud, she was like a small green lotus.

When Gu Jinzhu saw that it was a young man in his twenties, she hurriedly took a step back and lowered her eyes to thank him in a soft voice.

The man was dressed extravagantly. He was dressed in a blue and white silk robe with a gold crown on his head, and his face was handsome. He held a plastered fan in his hand, and his peach blossom eyes were slanted upwards with a trace of unspeakable frivolity and malice.

The man kept sizing her up. His eyes were frivolous and impudent. Gu Jinzhu was enraged. Just as she was about to turn around and leave, one of his followers walked up to her and stopped her.

Gu Jinzhu was startled. Yun Xiang and Bi Meng were also startled. They quickly walked over and stood in front of Gu Jinzhu.

The man waved his fan as his lips curled up into a smile, revealing a touch of gentleness. He smiled and said, "Don't misunderstand miss, I don't have any ill intentions.

He glanced to the side, and at once one of his attendants came up and whispered the old man's story.

The man squinted his eyes and scolded lightly, "What do I think it is? Go and tell Sima Qing to accept this grandpa and grandpa duo. There's no need to work, just work and food is enough."

The attendant replied and walked towards the registration area. Soon, a group of consuls came over, their faces full of flattery. They were going to kneel down and greet the man from far away.

The man waved his hand and said to them, "There's no need to be so polite when travelling."

The Consul hastily said, "Yes," and personally took the Old Ancestor and his grandson to arrange matters for them.

The old man was overjoyed. He knelt down and kowtowed to the man, calling him "noble" before thanking Gu Jinzhu.

Gu Jinzhu knew that Sima Qing was the local magistrate and that this man's words could move the government. His status was not simple and she did not want to cause trouble. After hesitating for a moment, she also went to thank the man.

The man waved his hand and was about to say something when a person beside him came over and whispered a few words into his ear. The man's expression changed and he said to Gu Jinzhu, "I'm in a hurry. Miss, please do what you need to do."

With that, he left with his followers.

Gu Jinzhu breathed a sigh of relief, but she was afraid that there would be more trouble, so she hurried back with the scented green asparagus.

However, she didn't know that when she turned around, the man turned around and looked at her slim back. He seemed to be moved and called a servant. "Follow her and see which girl she is from."

For the next few days, Gu continued to stay indoors until the Zhe River erupted again.

The continuous rain from the past few days had made the situation worse. The waters of the lake had risen again and again, and the dike had yet to be built. It seemed that the dike would be broken again soon.

The weather outside was overcast and the rain kept falling. From time to time, shouts of panic could be heard as people fled.

Aster hurried in from outside. His face was pale as he said in haste: "Miss, there is news from outside that the dam is dangerous. I'm afraid it won't stop. Once the dam is broken the city will be flooded again."

"What?" Yun Xiang stood up, one of her hands shaking as she turned around to pack her bag. "Miss, let's hurry up and leave. If we don't leave now, it'll be too late."

Gu Jinzhu's heart thumped wildly. She didn't dare imagine that the situation had deteriorated to such an extent in just two days! However, it had already been flooded once before the big picture, so it wasn't impossible for it to be flooded again.

The two girls quickly packed their things. Gu Yiqing left the guards to come in and persuade them to leave.

Gu Yiqing still hadn't come back. She couldn't help but ask, "Where's Master San?"

The two servants hesitated for a moment, then an elder said, "Lord Third is still at the dam, he wants us to send Miss away first."

"On the dam?" Gu Jinzhu sucked in a breath of cold air. She could imagine what was happening on the dam right now. Could it be that Gu Yiqing was going to lose her life? What was she doing running over there at this time?!

The two girls didn't wait for her to make a decision before quickly pulling her out. Yun Xiang advised, "Miss, let's go first. If we stay here, we can only give San Ye more trouble …"

The two servants went to lead the horses in the yard. Gu Jinzhu felt her heart beating very fast, and her hands and feet were trembling. When the servants drove the carriage out, the three of them got in, but before they could get out of the yard, more than ten masked men jumped from the wall and surrounded them.

The expression of the two servants who were driving the carriage changed. One of them rushed forward with a saber and clashed with the man in black. The other lashed out with his whip at the horse's butt.

The carriage jolted, causing the few people inside to stagger to the side. Gu Jinzhu knocked her head against the wall of the carriage, only to see a golden light flash before she pounced over in a hurry and anxiously asked, "Miss, are you alright?"

Gu Jinzhu shook her head. Before she could say anything, she heard the sounds of swords clashing outside. The two servants fearlessly stopped the black-clothed people as the horse carriage galloped on.

No one drove the car away. The car was like a headless fly. It only took a few steps for it to land heavily on a big rock.

The carriage shook from the impact, and Gu Jinzhu pulled the sweet potato and rolled it out of the carriage.

The black-clothed man was entangled and a few people ran over. Gu Jinzhu immediately made a decision, "Run back to the dam!"

No one knew better than her that only Gu Yiqing could save them now.

The three of them ran back as fast as they could. Luckily, there were too many refugees on the way, so they all ran out of the city. Only the three of them went upstream and mixed into the crowd, making it difficult for the black-clothed man to make a move.

The two servants were fighting with their lives on the line. The two servants were fighting with their lives on the line. The two servants were fighting with their lives on the line.

Gu Jinzhu and the other two tried to hide, but after a while, they were washed away by the refugees.

Gu Jinzhu could no longer care about anything else as she ran towards the dam with all her might. She had long forgotten about the matter of breaking the dike.

After a while she ran until she couldn't breathe. She lost a shoe in the chaos, and her hair was loose. Sweat dripped down her forehead and covered her eyes. She had never been so bedraggled in her life.

From far away, she could see countless workers carrying sandbags on their bare backs, hurrying back and forth. It was raining heavily and they were blocking her sight, but she could see that on the highest point of the shore, there was a man dressed in blue, leading people to build the dike.

Although she couldn't see that person's face clearly, she knew instinctively that it was Gu Qingqing. She ran towards that direction with all her might.

The raging river churned. The water surged up to a height of over ten feet. Borrowing the momentum of the wind, the water swirled over with a whistling sound.

Many of the surrounding refugees panicked and shouted. Gu Yiqing led her people, but they were like a rock, firmly stabilizing the scene.

The soldier on guard showed no mercy as he threw down the sandbag and secretly fled. He waved the saber in his hand, and a head flew into the sky.