All sects work

Chapter 186 Miracle
This sentence made the atmosphere in the tent even more depressing.

Xiao Hongfan said: "Speak."

The scout hurriedly said, "Dozens of miles along the Lanjiang River have been flooded. The rain is still heavy over there, and the disaster is still spreading."

Mystical arts were prevalent, so naturally there were such talents in the army. They had predicted this flood half a month in advance, but unfortunately they could not predict the exact location of the disaster. Xiao Hongfan could only send a message to all the prefectures along the river to make preparations early.

Everyone stood up and walked to the sand table. When they saw the disaster-stricken area pointed out by the scout, the first thought that came to their mind was - the time to attack the Restoration Army has come!
The flooded area happened to block Xu State's way, making it difficult for Xu State to launch an attack on them for at least a month.

"Will the Great Chen Kingdom take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack?"

"The emperor of the Great Chen Kingdom and our emperor are two extremes. Look at the current situation. If it were someone else, they would have taken advantage of the situation. But he is hesitant and is either allying with the north or the south. As soon as Lu Chang Kingdom retreated, they immediately retreated. I bet he won't send troops this time." Xiao Hongfan said, and couldn't help but sighed, "Then again, whether the Great Chen Kingdom sends troops or not, it will be difficult for us to avoid this war."

They had no choice but to fight as they received one letter after another urging them to fight.

"Report this to the court first, and then send 10,000 soldiers to assist in disaster relief." Xiao Hongfan felt a headache. Although he didn't have to worry about a surprise attack from the Xu State for the time being, disaster relief required food, and military rations definitely couldn't be distributed. "Let the surrounding prefectures that were not affected by the disaster properly resettle the victims and open the warehouses to release food as soon as possible."

"General, no!" the deputy general said anxiously, "You can't interfere in this matter!"

Now everyone in Qu Du suspects Xiao Hongfan of being unfaithful. If she were to cross the line and interfere in disaster relief at this time, the consequences would be unpredictable.

"This is related to the war situation." Xiao Hongfan did not want to cross the line again and again. "The Restoration Army has won the support of the people in the former territory of Xiaochen State. This is also the foundation of their foothold. They cannot be silent about this flood. Whether we take the initiative to attack or they go west under the banner of disaster relief, it is extremely disadvantageous to us. If the rear is not effective in disaster relief, even if we win this battle, we have lost."

If the Restoration Army marches westward to provide disaster relief, and the Northwest Army blocks them, and the relief work in the rear becomes a mess, the victims will be in dire straits, and the people will lose their hearts, then the Restoration Army will only get more and more defeated.

It's not that Xiao Hongfan is worrying too much. There are few capable ministers in the State of Qu. The terrible drought in the northwest is a lesson for us!
"But if you interfere in the affairs of the provincial government, no matter how well you do, I'm afraid nothing good will come of it," the deputy general said worriedly.

Disaster relief was imminent, and there was no time to wait and see how the state officials would do. Xiao Hongfan hesitated for a moment and said, "Let's do it first."

If she did it, the worst that would happen would be that she would be held accountable alone; if she didn't do it, the consequences might be immeasurable.

There is no need to fight a war that is not planned for the long term.

She also didn't want to waste human lives just for her own benefit.

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Although the outside world is in turmoil, Tao County and Linxi County are like a paradise on earth.

A tributary of the Lancang River also flows through Tao County. The breach was less than ten miles away, but it seemed as if there was a barrier in the middle that blocked the flood outside.

Some brave people in Tao County even went to the river mouth to have a look.

"It's amazing! You should all go and see it. The water seemed to be contained by a layer of transparent substance. Standing underneath it was like standing on the bottom of a lake! I also saw houses and corpses washed up in it..."

Many people heard this and ran to watch.

Everyone stood under the water, shocked.

"It must be because of the goddess Xi Nu's appearance to mend the sky!"

"If it weren't for the protection of the goddess Xi, we would have been drowned!"

"Yes! It's all thanks to the county magistrate's ancestral treasure." With the miracle, the people were more motivated to build the Xi Nu Temple. When the temple was only half built, countless people came to burn incense and pray for blessings. The wealthy families in the city donated money and effort to speed up the construction.

Click, click, click...

Before County Magistrate Cao entered the study, he heard the crisp sound of people cracking melon seeds. As expected, as soon as he entered, he saw the county magistrate sitting cross-legged on the couch, cracking melon seeds quickly with a bitter and resentful look on his face.

Shi Xuanying frowned and glanced at him: "Why are you here?"

The question was clearly "Why are you here?", but County Magistrate Cao somehow heard it as "Why are you so free?"

"My wife heard that you like to eat melon seeds these days, so she asked someone to fry more than a dozen kinds and insisted that I bring them to you." County Magistrate Cao immediately explained, "It just so happens that I have to go back to the government office to do something, so I brought them to you."

Melon seeds?

Shi Xuanying glanced at the spiritual sunflower seeds in her hand and said, "Thank you."

County Magistrate Cao placed the food box on the table, opened the lid, and a rich burnt aroma wafted out.

The food box has two layers, with six small compartments in each layer. The melon seeds in each compartment are different, some are round, some are long, some are black, some are white, and some have patterns. The flavors seem to be different as well.

Shi Xuanying picked one up and put it in her mouth. It was salty and delicious, and tasted richer than the spiritual sunflower seeds she had eaten. Unfortunately, it was just an ordinary food: "There's no need to spend all this effort. Your time is precious, so how can you use it to roast melon seeds for me?"

Work, work, everyone, get to work! Shi Xuanying wanted them to stay awake for twelve hours, so how could they still have time to fry melon seeds!

However, the other party was very kind, so she didn't say anything. Instead, she took out a spiritual sunflower seed from her pocket and said, "This is my return gift to Madam Ling."

A box of melon seeds for one?
The doubts in County Magistrate Cao's mind were answered the moment he took the spiritual sunflower seeds.

Lingkui seeds are gray and look no better than ordinary melon seeds at first glance, but once you pick them up you can feel their jade-like texture. A refreshing spiritual energy washes over your body, and you immediately feel refreshed.

County Magistrate Cao was a smart man. He bowed and left immediately.

County Magistrate Cao thought that the master was not usually greedy, but he had recently been eating these magical melon seeds crazily. There must be a reason for this! He also thought of the flood that was blocked at the river mouth, and suddenly a crazy guess popped up in his mind: Could the miracle be done by the master? Because of the huge consumption, he needed to replenish energy?
"How can human power perform such a miracle? I am so busy that I am confused." County Magistrate Cao laughed at himself and put the idea behind him.

Shi Xuanying ate a few ordinary melon seeds of different flavors and directly used her spiritual sense to summon Lu Xi.

"Please sit down." Shi Xuanying pushed the food box towards him, "Try it."

Lu Xi sat down and pinched a melon seed and put it into his mouth.

"How's the training going?" Shi Xuanying asked instead of answering.

Lu Xi said proudly: "We just trained a small army of crossbowmen, and it was easy to defeat them! It is too difficult to improve their skills in a short time, but now they are all experts who can hit the target every time!"

"Really?" Shi Xuanying pushed the melon seeds toward his hand again, "Eat more."

Lu Xi's hand holding the melon seeds froze, and he asked suspiciously, "You didn't call me here to eat melon seeds, did you?"

"It's nothing serious." Shi Xuanying said lightly, "There's been a flood recently. I want you to lead a team to rescue the people affected by the disaster. You don't need to do anything. Just escort them to Tao County."

"Huh?" Lu Xi was so angry that he didn't even use the honorific. "At the beginning, we agreed to just train archers. You didn't say we had to rescue people from the water, did you?"