THE SECOND FLOOD 1

It was still raining heavily and the wind was still blowing hard. Zhu Su was sitting face to face with Hu Nayin, discussing Gu Shu. Many candles were lit to illuminate the room since the sky was pitch-dark, and the servants also turned on the warmer hotter than usual to eliminate the cold.

"The victims of Gu Shu will experience intense pain in their stomaches and hearts, and if it worsens, blood will emerge from their mouths and ani. If not immediately treated, their five zang-fu organs will be injured and they will die." Hu Nayin explained.

"And you said that the media to penetrate the jinx of Gu Shu is the food or the clothes?"

"Yes. Without media, we can't jinx the victims. Media is like a bridge to help the Gu transmigrate from the man using it into the victim's body."

"But as you saw in the incident just now, the spider was still caged in the jar, right?"

"That... I have no idea... and I've never heard that Gu Shu can tumult the weather and bring up flood..."

"Or maybe a new kind of Gu Shu has appeared?" Zhu Su crossed his arms over his chest. "Did her collaboration with Huan Shikang make it possible?"

"But, nobody falls sick?..."

"In the meantime, we haven't received the report yet... No one dares to do evacuation in such chaotic weather."

Zhu Su stared at the shattered sky. He knew, outside there the people were screaming for help, struggling and trying to save themselves from the waves of the flood, and those who were unlucky would be drifting, and even died...

The visualization really disturbed him, made his mind full of sorrow. He really wanted to help all of them, but he could not do that.

Oh Heaven, why do you bring down such a terrible disaster? If I am a bad leader and you are displeasure with me, then just sacrifices me alone. But please, don't sacrifice innocent people anymore...

***

Yun kept muttering in dissatisfaction with the result of her Gu Shu.

"It shouldn't be like this... The poisonous spider was supposed to penetrate the bodies of Zhou Wang and his family, and made them die of poisoning... why was it the flood which came? It aso attacked our followers..."

"Gu Shu can also bring up a disaster, can't it? Who knows, my interference makes a breakthrough?" Huan Shikang did not like Yun's confused muttering, it made him disturbed.

"It shouldn't be like that... And Gu Shu will never change its form either way."

Having been silent for a while, Rumilie decided to chime in, "It's okay, Master Yun. It is still ended with a good result. We can say that Heaven gets angry and brings down the flood to punish the dilapidated government, that Heaven is still on our side."

Yun was an idealistic woman. If she wanted Method A to work, then it must be Method A which worked and not another method. She was just like the genius scientists who usually possess tenacious nature. Actually, Rumilie did not like to engage her into his movement, but Huan Shikang as well his cronies liked her. Indeed, she was a genius. Speaking about capability, nobody could even rival her. Rumilie only complained about her tenacity which he assumed could hinder their victory. She keep insisting that the Gu Shu must be as it should be whatever happens, why the hell? Even The I-Ching states that everything is always changing. After all, our goals has been achieved. The method itself is no longer important. Well, but what can I do, she is the most genius expert especially in Gu Shu. We are fighting against the imperial family, so we should not mess around by just picking people carelessly...

"I agree with Rumilie!" Huan Shikang said. "The important thing is we can still bring down the government. Even if Zhu Su can live a long life without getting sick, even though he keeps healthy, but if he loses his power, we can still make him dead!" He chuckled.

"So, the conclusion is, this is not the result of Gu Shu?" De Ta asked for certain.

"Ah, Gu Shu or not is no longer important, the important thing is the result. The result! More and more Kaifeng people trust us, the reputation of the government falls down, and in the end, they will be overthrown!"

***

Soon after the rain stopped, Zhu Su immediately ordered the soldiers to carry out the evacuation although the flood had not yet subsided. This time, he monitored the disaster areas in person. Hu Nayin, Wu Qi, Chen Xinyi, and Liu Ku accompanied him. Right now Zhu Su allowed Hu Nayin to follow him since she could give help in everything related to Gu Shu.

"However, you must be careful. Remember, you are with child," Zhu Su reminded her.

Zhu Su had been reminding her so many times that he looked like an overprotective man. Responding to him, Hu Nayin curved a big smile.

The sky was still cloudy and the wind was still blowing hard when they arrived. They stood on a big dry rock, watching the soldiers busy searching for the dead bodies by burrowing into the flood. It was not easy to find the bodies since they had to scavenge for them in the water.

Hu Nayin automatically covered her face in horror as she watched the soldiers lined up lots of corpses in front of her. So many bodies, and the number still continued to grow

"Here is another one!" A soldier found a dead body, it was barely visible due to being tucked between the rocks.

"I've found it here too!" Another soldier found a body between the dead grasses.

Wu Qi counted the number of victims they've managed to find.

"Thirty-two in total, Your Highness," He reported.

"Is that right? Or there is still a possibility that some corpses are hidden somewhere?"

"Yes, Your Highness. They have searched until a very far area because they are worried that some corpses would be swept away, but no corpses is found."

"It's strange..." Liu Ku muttered. "Where are Huan Shikang and his cronies?" He kept glaring at the empty podium.

A flash of bad premonition ran through Zhu Su's mind. At the same time, Wu Qi drew his sword. "Evil Energy! Someone is after us!"