After the three of them had eaten and drank enough, they first found an inn nearby and stayed.
I have been traveling for three days and haven't had a good rest. I need to be full of energy before I can go looking for someone.
After entering the inn, Chu Yue looked at Heimu.
"Kuroki, go find a boat and set off directly after we have rested. In such deep water, I'm afraid the horse won't be able to ride anymore."
Kuroki clasped his fists.
"yes."
Ningdong followed Chu Yue into the room with worry on her face.
"Princess, why don't we go find my uncle quickly? From what the tavern owner said just now, it seems that my uncle has disappeared."
Chu Yue was not worried.
She looked at the sky outside the window, "It's already midnight, not to mention that it will be dark soon. There is water and rain everywhere outside. In the dark, we have nowhere to look and it's not safe. A smart man like my husband, Come to think of it, we haven't had a good rest for three days. We will be full of energy tonight and set out to search again early tomorrow morning."
Seeing what Ningdong wanted to say, Chu Yue said again, "You and Heimu don't go out at night and have a good rest first. Even if we want to save people, we have to do it under the premise of ensuring our own safety, otherwise we will lose our lives." , how else to save?”
Ningdong bit his lip and Fu Shen said, "Yes."
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After a good night's rest at the inn, the refreshed three people set out on the boat early the next morning.
The heavy rain was still falling, and several people were fully armed, wearing bamboo hats and raincoats.
Since Chu Yue remembered some things from her previous life, she began to have some fear of water, so even though she was sitting on the boat, her hands were still tightly holding the two empty gourds tied to her waist.
This is a tool she specially collected to use as a life-saving tool.
The two empty gourds were quite large, more than enough for her to float in the water.
Not only her, Ningdong and Heimu, who were already good at water, also tied two gourds each, just in case.
As the ship moved away from the city, the water became deeper and deeper.
Looking around, it looks like a vast ocean, with only a few figures visible on the occasional hilltop.
"Princess Princess, where are we going now?" Ningdong asked.
"It's strange, my husband has been here for almost ten days, why haven't the floods been cleared yet? It shouldn't be at this speed."
Chu Yue looked at the water and felt a little panic in her heart for no reason. She had rushed from the capital to Jiangnan because of the sudden panic in her heart.
This feeling was so familiar to her that it made her feel a little uneasy.
"Heimu, go to the top of the mountain and ask."
Chu Yue pointed to the hills not far from the rain curtain and said.
There is no news about Lu Xinghe in the city, maybe we can get lucky here?
Heimu said yes, then used a long pole to support the boat and rowed towards the hill that Chu Yue had just pointed to.
The people who were huddled on the hill with their arms folded saw the boats approaching in the distance, and they stood up and shouted, "Guys, did Mr. Lu ask you to pick us up?"
Ningdong stood up and shouted towards the opposite side, "Have you seen Mr. Lu? Where has he gone?"
"After Mr. Lu picked us up from the water, he told us to wait here and he went in that direction." The man pointed to the deeper part of the water and said.
Chu Yue looked at that person.
"How long has he been gone?"
The man under the bamboo hat may have been exposed to the heavy rain for a long time, and his eyes were dull.
"About three or four days, I can't remember clearly."
After hearing this, Chu Yue raised her hand and threw an oil paper bag to several people.
"Save some food. Mr. Lu will send someone to pick you up later."
The man's eyes lit up.
"Are you really Mr. Lu's people?"
Chu Yue looked at them with certainty in her bright eyes.
"Yes, we are Mr. Lu's people."
After saying that, the boat rowed in the direction the man pointed just now.
At first, the man thought that Master Lu would leave them here and leave them alone. Unexpectedly, Master Lu kept his word and did not give up on them.
Even if they are of low status.
The man waved his hand towards several people, "Be careful and pay attention to the reef ahead."
Although the sound was muffled by the rain, Chu Yue still heard it. She turned back and looked towards the hill, and saw the man opening the oil paper bag and distributing the food inside to his companions who had been hungry for several days. At this time, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his lips.
After a moment, she looked back.
"Kuroki, go faster."
"yes."
Kuroki sped up.
After that, they encountered several waves of refugees who were taking refuge on the hills. Chu Yue threw some food to them one by one and asked about Lu Xinghe's whereabouts.
Half a day passed, and she frowned more and more.
If he read correctly, following the directions of these refugees, they had been wandering not far away, indicating that Lu Xinghe had rescued them in this area before.
Chu Yue discovered it, and Heimu naturally discovered it too.
He stopped holding the pole and turned to look at Chu Yue behind him, who was frowning.
"Master, continuing to search like this is not the way to go."
Chu Yue was calmer than he imagined.
"It's not just Mr. Wu who came to Jiangnan this time, but also Wu Yong. Wu Yong has been on the battlefield for so many years and has led so many soldiers. It is impossible for them all to disappear without leaving any trace. The scope of our current activities is about a distance from the city. Just thirty or forty miles."
She pointed forward.
"Let's continue walking in this direction and see if we can meet Wu Yong's people."
"good."
Heimu responded, and as soon as the bamboo pole was propped up, the boat continued to move forward.
While Chu Yue looked at the scenery outside the rain curtain to see if she could find any familiar figures, she carefully took out a thumb-sized bamboo tube from her arms and opened it to look at it.
Seeing that the little bug inside didn't move, he quickly stuffed the bamboo tube and put it back to avoid getting wet by the rain.
"Princess, what were you looking at just now?"
"Before, out of curiosity, I begged a pair of Gu worms from the master. I gave one of them to my husband along with the medicine. The other one is with me. As long as the distance between me and him is not more than one mile, the Gu worms There will be a feeling."
She didn't dare to plant poison on her body because she had a psychological barrier, but she thought it was good for sensing distance and tracking.
I didn’t know why before, but I threw one of the Gu worms to Lu Xinghe.
Fortunately, a Gu insect was released for him. Now I have at least a little more confidence when looking for him. I just hope that he won't be lost by the Gu insect.
Heimu kept pushing the boat forward, and Ningdong occasionally took his place in the boat to let him rest.
Until the end of the day, Heimu stopped punting the boat and turned to look at Chu Yue.
"Master, if we go any further, I'm afraid I won't be able to get back to the inn before midnight today."
Chu Yue looked at the rolling mountains in the distance behind the rain curtain, "How far is it from us?"
"About twenty or thirty miles away." Kuroki replied quietly.
"Let's go over there and look for him. If we can't find him again, we'll go back to the inn and ask the government officials to look for him tomorrow. I don't believe we can't find him."
Chu Yue stubbornly clenched her fists, feeling panicked and confused, but she still forced herself to calm down.
Kuroki didn't speak, nodded, and continued to move forward with the boat.
