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Chapter 149: The White Water Poison Disaster (Part )

Precarious.

A slender figure, wearing a dark blue official robe, strode out with the police.

boom!
The door closed, Ji Ran and Li Yan looked at each other, and after a while they stood up straight.

"Tai Sui Ye!"

Li Yan lowered her voice at this moment and said, "There's something!"

Ji Ran looked over and saw that a nanmu tea tray had appeared on the table in front of them. On top of the tea tray was a teapot filled with hot water.

Ji Ran glanced around and found that the environment here had not changed much from before. Only the dusty tables and chairs were now brand new.

All the objects that had disappeared appeared in this dead county.

Ji Ran glanced around and looked at the table with the lit oil lamp.

He immediately walked over.

The light illuminated a memorial, the words on it were written neatly, with smooth and sharp strokes.

Recently, someone from the inner court arrived, carrying the prince's orders. They wanted to lift the ban on poppy cultivation, so that the mainland could produce opium to counteract the influx of foreign invaders.

Little do they know that the tobacco produced in the interior cannot match the amount brought in by foreigners. Furthermore, they fear that as tobacco cultivation expands, the number of tobacco users will increase. This means that while the harm from foreigners remains unresolved, the harm in the interior will only increase.

I fear that in a few decades, the Central Plains will have few soldiers left to defend against the enemy, and no silver to pay for military expenses. Thinking of this, how can I not shudder! I shed tears of blood...

The memorial was not yet finished, the ink was not dry yet, and every word was sincere.

call--

Outside the window, the wind howled! The lights suddenly jumped, and sparks flew up! These tiny fireworks formed lines of small words in the air.

[Triggering the side quest: White Water Poison Disaster]

It was a simple reminder, without any quest information or reward hints. But compared to the complete lack of reminders in the Southern Han world, it was already quite good.

At least let yourself know that this is a side story.

Ji Ran turned around and saw that all the disappeared things in the room reappeared, so he went to the bookshelf first.

This time he searched for a while and soon found the county annals.

A book with a simple blue cover and thick pages like a brick, with the four big words "Baishui County Chronicles" written on it.

Ji Ran put it away, waved to Li Yan and said, "Let's go!"

Li Yan followed immediately.

Bang!

Pushing open the door, a dank, steamy atmosphere surged in. Heavy rain swept across the surroundings, completely obscuring the view.

The entire county government office was empty at this moment.

"Tai Sui Ye, shall we run from the back?"

Faced with this bizarre scene, Li Yan would be lying if he said he wasn't afraid. But he was naturally courageous, and with a figure like Tai Sui by his side, he wasn't panicking.

"What are you running for?"

Ji Ran turned his head, looked at the table with flickering lights, and said, "Let's go see what happened tonight."

"it is good!"

Li Yan agreed straightforwardly. Even though he was timid, he did not hesitate to follow Ji Ran's words.

The two walked in the county government office, and there were more lanterns on the road, swaying in the wind and rain.

The noise outside was already extremely noisy, with many people's shouts and footsteps blending into one.

The two walked out of the door and stood on the street. They could see police officers in black clothes standing in the heavy rain, shouting and calling on young and strong men to run out of the county town!
There was hardly any good flesh on the officer's body. His skin was pale from being blistered, and covered with bloody wounds, revealing his pale bones.

On the street not far away, a woman holding her child watched her husband enter the procession. Her hair fluttered upwards, and only two dark eye sockets remained of her eyes.

The child in her arms had a rotten face, stuck to her chest, and was constantly squirming. The people here seemed to be frozen in time at the moment they drowned.

This county town is full of water ghosts.

An extremely strong chill invaded their bodies, and the heavy rain, with a strong stench, instantly soaked Ji Ran and Li Yan's bodies!
Ji Ran keenly realized that the environment he was in was probably a strange timeline formed by the resentment of tens of thousands of evil spirits throughout the county. This was a world centered on "spirits", and the power of ghosts was also extraordinary.

"What are you two doing standing there?"

"Come here! To the riverbank!"

In an instant, the once noisy and chaotic street quieted down, and all the water ghosts turned their heads. Those ghosts in the group who had been heading forward didn't move their bodies, but their heads rotated 180 degrees and looked at the two people.

Li Yan ran two steps faster and stood in front. She felt a chill running up her head, making her feel numb.

Too much!
There are too many evil spirits here! The entire county, tens of thousands of people have all turned into water ghosts! The densely packed water ghosts, with rotten heads and flesh, all looking at him, the feeling of being frozen in place.

Ji Ran didn't hesitate and immediately pushed Li Yan up.

Once I entered the crowd, everything around me immediately returned to normal.

Amidst the howling of the rainstorm, a group of people quickly ran towards the riverbank!
In the surrounding buildings, countless old, weak, women and children stood in front of the houses, staring at the team of young and strong men who were rushing to repair the river embankment outside the city.

Dim torches guided the group, each sealed with wax and held at a slight angle to avoid direct collision with the torrential rain.

Although the flames flickered and were dim, they ignited a long dragon in the thick and gloomy water vapor.

slam-la-

As they walked out of the county town, the sound of water became louder and louder, and Ji Ran could already feel the water under his feet increasing.

"here!"

"Come here quickly!"

The group arrived outside the county town. They could see in the light of the fire that in front of them, on the slope where they were riding their horses, there was a stream of water about two inches thick, rushing down continuously.

"Hurry up!"

"If the White River bursts its banks, not only you, but also your wives, children, and mother! We will all have to face the River Dragon King in these muddy waters!"

"Are you happy with this?"

"unwilling!"

The shouts from the crowd were sporadic, but everyone followed the instructions. Because, as the team leader said, this wasn't just a simple job for the court, it was really about saving their lives!

Save the lives and property of your family!

Feudal society was brutal. If your family suffered a disaster, you couldn't just move to another place to survive. Especially at the end of a dynasty, there wasn't even an inch of land left! If you suffered a disaster and lost your home, you became a refugee! Your life was worth less than grass!

"You, this way!"

"Go and sweep, hurry up!"

Li Yan was looked at by the squad leader and pulled aside.

There were piles of miscellaneous materials and fodder. A short boy, an elderly man, and a disabled man were lying in the muddy water, stuffing long objects into the water.

The hands of these water ghosts were reduced to mere bones, constantly worn away by the countless debris.

A shovel is a long strip of structure made of branches, reeds, straw and other materials, filled with stones or sand. It can block mouths, protect banks and reinforce embankments.

When Ji Ran came up, the squad leader patted Ji Ran's arm with his swollen, rotten hand and said, "Good man! Real man!"

"Go! Go over there and carry some wood to pile up the embankment!"

Ji Ran was pushed and walked over.

There, there were thick tree trunks with sharpened corners. These thick logs could be plunged into the river and driven into the ground, which would better help with subsequent flood control and filling with various sand, gravel and long dredges!

"Come on, one, two, three!"

Two burly officers carried a wooden stake directly to Ji Ran's shoulders! At the same time, they tied it with two pieces of cowhide to prevent it from slipping, and let Ji Ran hold on to the cowhide.
The moment Ji Ran was on the wooden stake, his expression suddenly changed!
weight!
Why is this wooden stake so heavy!
(End of this chapter)