Jiaohe said nothing, just looked at Buzhigude and continued to listen.

"The sun was so strong that my skin peeled off and my whole body was burning and itchy, but I kept walking because if I didn't keep walking, I would die in the desert." Buzgud said with a chuckle.

Every time I climbed over a sand dune, I told myself, we are almost there, we will be there soon. Finally, I walked to the depths of the desert and fainted at the gathering place at the market place."

Listening to his relaxed words, Jiaohe unconsciously leaned on his arm and asked, "What happened next?"

"Later, when I woke up, I found that the market was full of merchants and warriors. I was naked, my skin was as white as if it had grown again, and my body was covered with fiery red feathers.

It's like a nest built by birds. Those beautiful feathers were blown by the wind and flew into the sky and disappeared." Buzhigu said with joy, "The businessmen looked at me in surprise, and everyone was talking about Tara.

Teng appeared. They also spread my deeds, and later it turned into such a bizarre legend. But the great Tara Teng left me evidence."

He took out the fiery red feather necklace from his chest and showed it to Jiaohe.

Jiaohe thought about it and said, "Is this what Taraten left for you?"

"Yes." Buzhigude said with reverence, "It must be true. It was Taraten who protected me to the end of the desert and allowed me to be reborn. So I will never lie or lie to anyone."

Jiaohe's eyes narrowed slightly and he asked tentatively: "Including the people of Cana?"

"Yes, including the people of Cana." Burgeud nodded honestly, "I will abide by my oaths, all the oaths I have made from birth to now."

Jiaohe picked up the water bag in his arms and said, "Only living people can keep their oaths. If we don't have water and food, we will become dead." He shook the empty water bag and said, "Dead people don't need to keep their oaths.

"

"Yes." Burgeud nodded again, "But we won't die."

Jiaohe looked at the feathers in his arms with disdain and said, "Because Taraten will bless you?"

Burgeud nodded confidently and said: "The great Taraten will protect his people, as long as we believe in him sincerely."

Jiaohe replied coldly: "You are crazy."

"I'm not crazy." Buzgud raised his arm and pointed forward and said, "We are here."

The finger was dimly illuminated by the stars in the sky, and the darkness in front seemed to be dispersed. Jiaohe followed the direction he pointed and saw distorted fluorescence.

It was like a flame or a bonfire. At the other end of the sand dune, a rainbow skirt of seven colors was floating and swaying. Songs and dances stretched the shadows to the horizon, where there was laughter and laughter.

There are tribes.

This is the woods.

The fragrance of tea lingers on the tip of the nose, dewdrops hang on the cold leaves, dripping from the tips, and bright sunlight penetrates through the gaps between the dense branches and leaves, illuminating the sleeping eyes.

Chen Qiusheng was lying in a big Chinese character in the tea field, the clothes on his back were stained with slippery soil. He squinted his eyes and slowly adapted to the dazzling sunlight, then looked around, and the green shade filled his entire field of vision.

He saw the bright sky.

I felt Yu Zi’s clenched hand.

He glanced sideways and saw Gu Yaozhi lying unconscious on his side. His body was covered with fallen leaves and mud spots, and his delicate face was pale and bloodless. He lowered his eyes, and the five fingers of his hand were clasped tightly with the other's hand, and the palm prints were connected tightly.

Chen Qiusheng forced himself to sit up from the tea field. The scenery to his left and right was vast and beautiful. The terraces below him were like an ingenious ladder to the sky. The mountains that stretched down were undulating and winding. The streams in the mountain streams were gurgling, and the geese were flying back and forth in the distance.

Tossing and turning, he looked quietly for a while, then looked at Gu Yaozhi.

Gu Yaozhi didn't wake up, he was asleep.

Chen Qiusheng sat quietly, looking at the long and majestic dam on the left.

The Qiongqi Dam built by Jiang Zimo when he was the shepherd of Yanzhou was tall and solid, like a giant curved shield that separated the mountains and the river, protecting the people of Yanzhou from floods.

This is a great project, and now it is an arduous task to hand it over to him.

He stared at the dam and pondered, never

Looking carefully through the soft sand road, we can see the texture of the dam and the bamboo strips woven into the supports of the high bridge in the distance.

At least this time it was blocked, he relieved himself in his heart.

"Um……"

Gu Yaozhi had a clear nasal voice. He stood up holding his forehead and immediately looked around. When he saw Chen Qiusheng sitting beside him unharmed, he chuckled.

"The water rushed us down the dam, but the sand channel you ordered to build saved us." Gu Yaozhi twisted up the wet sand in the soil below, and then showed it to Chen Qiusheng, "You thought clearly and saved me.

One life."

"You and I are lucky, and it is God's blessing that we can survive such a catastrophe." Chen Qiusheng did not want to take credit for himself, "Let's go down the mountain quickly. Although the sand channel protects the dam, look at that."

Chen Qiusheng pointed to the turbid yellow-brown muddy water at the foot of the mountain.

"The flood came in, and many houses collapsed." Gu Yaozhi looked at the fields flooded by mud and water, "Those are rice fields. With this flooding, Yanzhou may not have enough food to sustain the people throughout the summer."

"Now that something has happened, it's too late to regret it." Chen Qiusheng's expression remained unchanged. "The top priority is to report to the Holy One immediately, mentioning the extent of the disaster in a concise and comprehensive manner. In addition, the Holy One still needs to issue an order to allocate food for disaster relief."

"This is natural." Gu Yaozhi struggled to stand up, but then he realized that his hand was still holding Chen Qiusheng's, "Let's go."

He gently pulled away his hand and turned his face away so that Chen Qiusheng could not see his face clearly.

Chen Qiusheng nodded, then took another look at Gu Yaozhi's hand and found that the fingertips were a little pink.

The mountain road was narrow enough for only one person to walk. Chen Qiusheng walked in front, and Gu Yaozhi followed behind. The two walked slowly along the road down the mountain.

"You haven't told me in detail about the evacuation of the people." Chen Qiusheng looked at the collapsed houses soaked in mud, "Have the people already gone to the city to avoid the disaster?"

"Most of them are. Fortunately, the flood has never overflowed the tea mountain." Gu Yaozhi looked at the scenery absently, looking at Chen Qiusheng's back from time to time. "Maybe the people washed away by the flood, except for you and me, will no longer be there."

others."

"The houses have been destroyed, and tents still need to be set up in the city for the people to cultivate and live." Chen Qiusheng stared at the muddy ground under his feet as he walked, "You still need to deal with this matter."

"I know." Gu Yaozhi's tone was relaxed. He was used to walking on mountain roads and his posture was very relaxed. "Then you still need to deal with the dam repair matter."

"I will revise it according to the dam construction plan left by Jiangzhou Mu when I get back." Chen Qiusheng held his chest with one arm and put his hand on his chin to think, "The dam is not high enough, it needs to be higher.

Wider..."

"In this case, it requires people's financial resources. Yanzhou doesn't have that much money for you to show off your skills." Gu Yaozhi rushed in front of him, walking briskly and leisurely, "You have to think carefully about where you want to go from here."

Where can I get this money?"

"The treasury has been empty over the years. Even if this matter is reported, Your Majesty will definitely not allow it." Chen Qiusheng raised his head slightly and looked at Gu Yaozhi's wet back, "It really puts me in a difficult position."

Gu Yaozhi's back was very wet, and his clothes stuck to his back, exposing his thin shoulder blades. That arc made Chen Qiusheng's gaze stunned, but in an instant he lowered his eyes slightly and stopped looking at it.

"If you use it for the people, why not take it from the people?" Gu Yaozhi kicked the grass at his feet and smiled in the swaying grass. "Although Yanzhou is barren, merchants often come here to buy cheap tea.

It’s an idea to sell tea outside.”

Gu Yaozhi's relaxed posture made Chen Qiusheng raise his eyes. He was no longer dodging, but watching Gu Yaozhi's walking posture and expression. And the relaxed laughter seemed to make his serious face change slightly, as if he was infected.

, the corner of his mouth also slightly outlined a faint smile.

Chen Qiusheng nodded and said, "This really wakes me up."

Gu Yaozhi suddenly stamped his feet, turned around and stretched out his sleeves, splashing mud scattered everywhere, but that friendly and relaxing smile stole Chen Qiusheng's sight.

Gu Yaozhi bowed generously and said, "Brother, that's so polite."

Chen Qiusheng laughed completely, as if at this moment he was no longer Ting Weizheng, nor was he a hostage held in Yanzhou. Instead, he was an ordinary student who was walking and chatting with friends in Chashan.

The two chatted and laughed all the way down to the foot of the mountain. The muddy water below reached their knees, so they could only hold their lower robes and soak their feet while walking slowly.

Gu Yaozhi walked as if walking on flat ground, but Chen Qiusheng walked with great difficulty. He followed step by step, his body swaying, and Gu Yaozhi had to stop and wait for him.

"You rarely walk on mountain roads, but looking at you at this moment." Gu Yaozhi looked at him with a toothy smile, "You look really embarrassed." z.br

"Don't make fun of me." Chen Qiusheng struggled to walk up, his hands holding the robe were shaking a little, "The water under this water is full of sand and mud, which is very wet on your feet."

"Be careful, please go slowly." Gu Yaozhi followed his footsteps and walked very slowly, "When I was young, I often planted rice seedlings with my father at home. At first, I would fall down and always get splashed with mud. My mother always buried me and ate it.

No more suffering."

Chen Qiusheng stopped and wiped his sweat. He gasped and said, "I have never gone to the fields."

"Because you are from the famous Chen family." Gu Yaozhi walked side by side with him, "You don't understand the life of a poor family member, so don't be ashamed of it."

Chen Qiusheng took a deep breath and said, "You should be ashamed of not knowing, and humble if you know."

Gu Yaozhi laughed twice and said, "This is what my husband said. I'm sorry you still remember it."

Chen Qiusheng raised his legs high, his body tilted as if he was about to fall, and said in his mouth: "You should keep what the teacher said in your heart, I will not forget-"

"Watch out!"

Chen Qiusheng was about to fall if he lost his balance. Gu Yaozhi, with his quick eyesight and quick hands, reached out to hold his hand!

The two people's hands were clasped tightly, and Gu Yaozhi pulled Chen Qiusheng back with a strong tug.

Chen Qiusheng leaned forward dangerously, holding Gu Yaozhi's hand tightly with one hand and pulling his shoulder with the other.

When Chen Qiusheng was about to say thank you, when he raised his head, he suddenly found that the two of them were almost touching each other. His forehead brushed against the tip of Gu Yaozhi's nose, and their eyes instantly touched each other.

Gu Yaozhi's pale complexion was now a little crimson, with pink smudges in the corners of his eyes. He looked at Chen Qiusheng in silence, and Chen Qiusheng did the same.

"Thank you."

This thank you was a little late, but the embarrassment that spread caused both of them to tilt their heads slightly at the same time, away from each other's direct gaze.
Chapter completed!