After everyone on the three ships got over their initial fear.
Seeing that the raging flood didn't seem to be a big deal, everyone relaxed a little.
Lu Heng even shouted from not far ahead: "Xu He, can your boat still bear it?"
Xu He looked at the side of the ship, which was still half an arm's length away from the water.
Nothing will happen at this height on weekdays, it's very safe.
But at this time, it was raining, the lake was flooding, and water was pouring into the cabin.
It would be a lie to say it was not dangerous, but everyone also knew that they needed to work together at this time. The people on their ship, including Xu He, had no time to talk to Lu Heng. Everyone took out all the containers they could use and put them in the cabin. Ladle out the water and pour it out.
The advantage of having more people is that the water coming in is obviously not as fast as everyone can scoop it out. Although the boat is bumping up and down, it is still safe.
Because it is downstream, the boat speed is very fast along the way.
The waterway that originally took less than half an hour, in less than two quarters of an hour, Xu He saw the Shuiyun Tower of Shengshou Temple in the distance.
Xue Yongzhi at the bow of the ship said: "Xiaohe, hold on, we see Shuiyun Tower!"
Xu He smiled and said: "Stop talking and look at the boat. It's about to turn!"
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Qin Lake is composed of several connected small lakes. Among them, the place where Xu He and the others are located is called Magpie Lake in the local area.
The pier of Shengshou Temple is located at an inlet.
The flood changed its flow direction because of this bay. In this case, it was obviously impossible to row the boat to the shore by human power.
The reason why Xu He asked Xue Yongzhi to pay attention to the turns was that he needed to pay attention when crossing the flood road.
Second, if it was as he guessed, there were people from the Xue family on Shuiyun Tower who saw the boat, and they would definitely choose to throw the cable around the bend to pull them ashore.
Before he finished speaking, a shouting voice suddenly came from the bay of the lake, and there was excitement in the voice.
After hearing this sound, everyone on the boat stood up excitedly and waved and shouted toward the bay.
When the boat got closer, Xu He saw about twenty people standing at the bay of the lake. These people were divided into three groups just as Xu He had imagined, and they all held cables they got from nowhere.
Seeing this, Xu He quickly reminded: "Let's all work hard together and row towards the bay of the lake."
The first boat was the closest. After hearing Xu He's words, even Lu Heng started paddling on the board.
Xu He saw from behind that the soldiers of the Xue family were clearly visible at the bay of the lake, and the first ship was about to arrive at the bay.
Due to the diversion of the flood water and the narrow bay of the lake, the water flow under the boat has become increasingly turbulent.
Close.
At this moment, I saw a soldier throwing the cable to the lake, and it was still on the first boat.
When everyone saw this, they all cheered.
At this moment, but at the same time, Xue Yongzhi pulled the cable not far in front of him and grabbed it with all his strength. Seeing this, everyone hurriedly came to help.
The boat, which had been facing south, instantly slowed down due to the force exerted by both ends of the cable. The boat turned sideways and headed towards the shore.
Then a second ship approached.
Wu Decao shouted: "Throw the cable!"
The Xue family's soldiers then threw out the second cable.
The cable flew towards the second ship, but the people on Xu He's ship all screamed in surprise from behind.
It turned out that the cable was thrown too late and was about to fall into the lake.
At this time, a slight difference can make a huge difference. If you miss it, you will never have another chance.
Just before the crowd's exclamations had finished, Wu Decao suddenly leaned down on the stern of the ship and almost grabbed the cable.
When Xu He and the others saw this, they all danced excitedly.
Wu Decao had no time to cheer at all, so he lay on the stern and pulled up the cable with all his strength.
Seeing that the second ship also caught the cable without any danger.
Xu He said to the Xu family servants on his boat: "Everyone should follow his example. They have sharp eyes and quick hands. If they catch it, they will all pull the rope immediately!"
Before they finished speaking, their ship also approached the bay.
Just when everyone was looking at the shore intently, preparing to catch the thrown cable.
Suddenly there was an exclamation from the front, and then Xu He heard Gu Hengbo say: "Oh no, Lu Heng fell into the water!"
When Xu He heard this, he was horrified and quickly turned around to look.
Sure enough, they found that Lu Heng was already rising in the flood not far from the boat.
At this time, Xue Yongzhi was holding the cable in her hand and could not free her hands at all. She could only see her eyes were about to burst as she roared: "Help!"
Seeing this, Xu He untied the bamboo ropes tied to the side of the boat without saying a word, then grabbed the bamboo and jumped into the water.
As soon as he entered the water, Xu He heard the frightened and inexplicable roars of everyone.
"Xiaohe..."
"Brother!"
"Brother!"
"Bright voice!
But soon, due to the rapid flood, these sounds disappeared.
After a while, Xu He emerged from the water again because of the buoyancy of the moso bamboo.
At this moment, he had no time to pay attention to the shouts of the people behind him. He stared directly at Lu Heng who was struggling in the waves in front of him.
At this time, no matter how good the water quality was, Lu Heng would not be able to hold on for long without something to hold on to.
Xu He had no choice but to fumble with the bamboo pole little by little, bringing himself to the front section of the bamboo.
"Lu..."
"Lu Heng..."
"catch……"
"bamboo……"
The lake water made Xu He's voice intermittent.
But fortunately, the two of them had already drifted across the bay and the water was open again.
Lu Heng was still struggling. Although the movement was getting smaller and smaller, the speed was much slower than before.
At this time, there is another turning point.
She was slower in front, but Xu He quickly caught up with her while holding Mao Zhu.
When passing by Lu Heng, Xu He grabbed her collar and pulled her over regardless of whether she was choking on water or not.
Then Xu He used his strength to hug her onto the bamboo.
At this time, Lu Heng had already closed his eyes tightly and didn't know what to do.
But Xu He didn't have time to think too much. Waves of raging floods pushed them towards the distance.
Behind me, I could still faintly hear people calling for help.
Soon, even the cries for help disappeared.
In this way, Xu He climbed on the moso bamboo, put his arm on Lu Heng's armpit, and supported the moso bamboo with his other hand, drifting farther and farther in the rushing water.
I don't know how long they drifted. Xu He tried several times to find opportunities to climb on the treetops but failed.
Gradually, he had to hold a large living person and a bamboo, and his physical strength gradually began to weaken.
Fortunately, Lu Heng vomited some water in his arms, and it seemed that he was fine for the time being.
Seeing that he was drifting further and further away, and the surrounding environment was also unfamiliar, Xu He didn't know how long he could hold on.
At this moment, he suddenly discovered that a triangular highland appeared in the distance, and there were several shadowy people standing on the highland.
After getting closer and closer, Xu He saw clearly that the high place turned out to be the roof of a tiled house.
Seeing this scene, he suddenly seemed to have strength in his body, and he pushed hard in the water, trying to take the bamboo to the roof.
But how could the power of the flood be changed by just one person? Although the bamboos floated towards the roof, they were still some distance away from the roof.
Xu He knew that if he continued to float like this, he and Lu Heng would drown sooner or later, so regardless of whether it was useful or not, he kicked hard under the water, hoping to get closer to the roof.
At this moment, a surprising voice suddenly came from the roof: "Save people quickly, save them quickly..."
