retaliate

Chapter 814

Shunchang County has now become a white ocean.

Li Village is more than ten miles outside the city. There are more than 300 households in the village, and most of the houses have collapsed.

Dai Xian's family huddled outside the collapsed house, shivering.

The 11-year-old eldest son hugged his two-year-old younger sister, and his wife, Mrs. Chen, helped the old mother back from the ruins of the kitchen with half a bag of grain in her hand.

"Chop firewood and burn!"

The villager shouted outside, "Split your own wood."

But most of the villagers are earth houses, only the beams of the houses are made of wood.

Moreover, the beams of the house are buried below, so it is difficult to get them out.

Dai Xian just pushed and pulled a few times, but couldn't stand it any longer.He gritted his teeth and persisted. When his hands were red and swollen, Mrs. Chen came. The husband and wife managed to clean up a section, but how to chop it?

Finally I got some firewood, and after lighting it, the whole family gathered around. The old mother got a clay pot to cook the batter, but the wife got frostbite on her hand because of the previous labor.

More than worth the loss!
But looking at the blood on the faces of the mother and the two children, Dai Xian felt that it was worth it.

However, these woods will not burn for long.

On the second day, when the last spark went out, Dai Xian was in despair.

He went to the village for help.

But who can be better than others?

"Five old people froze to death last night."

Village Zheng Liang Shu's face was livid, and his hands were red and swollen.

"Muramasa, if this goes on like this, most of us will freeze to death tonight!"

A villager whimpered.

"Yes!"

"The snow is so thick on the ground, without firewood, how can we still eat wheat flour raw?"

"If there is nothing in the belly, it will freeze to death faster."

"Shut up!"

Liang Shu stopped the crowd, but in an instant he himself shivered from the cold, "This matter...who will go to the county for help?"

An old man said: "Cunzheng, the county can't do anything!"

"That's right! There was a natural disaster in our place that year, and everyone in the county hid, so whoever cares!"

"Muramasa, we can only save ourselves!"

A villager ran over, "Cunzheng, Wang Laowu's wife... has gone."

Liang Shu stomped his feet, "Hey! This shitty world! Why don't you give us poor people a way to survive!"

Dai Xian said: "Cunzheng, if we continue to endure, there may not be many people left in the village tomorrow."

It is useless to have a house, and without firewood, it is also a death in such a cold environment.

Liang Shu stomped his feet, "Mother, where can I find firewood at this time of year?"

Under normal circumstances, villagers will squat in their homes for the winter in winter.Wodong here is not a commendatory term for comfort, but a derogatory term.

Wo, just said the truth inside.

The whole family huddled at home, covering themselves with quilts and trying not to move as much as possible.In this way, the consumption is small and the hunger is slow.

This is Wodong.

An old man said: "Look, old man, go home quickly. Take a look at the situation at home. Prepare everything that needs to be prepared."

Someone asked, "What are you going to do?"

The old man said: "Prepare something for yourself to hold the corpse. Otherwise, the government will come to collect the corpse without even a broken mat. It would be shameful to just throw people into the pit like this."

The atmosphere immediately dropped to freezing point.

Dai first thought of his mother, and then thought of the child.

The old lady is old, if she and her wife go, the two children will not be able to carry it.

In this way, the door was wiped out.

He couldn't help but choked up.

When he cried, he infected many people.

The young people cried, the old people cried, and finally the village leader Liang Shu also had tears in his eyes, "I am incompetent and can't help everyone. Look outside, it's all white, where can we go? We can live a little longer in the village.

Hurry up and talk to your family if you have anything to say.

Let’s talk about it next time, it’s under the ground.

This dead one is not at the same time, and he can't even catch up with him.

go back!all go back! "

Everyone got up.

Someone said: "Cunzheng, I seem to have heard that there is a big drum god."

"What do you mean?" Liang Shu's eyes lit up.

In this desperate time, he is willing to try anything that can bring a glimmer of hope.

"It is said that the drum god can protect us."

"Oh!"

The villagers came back again, all huddled together, stomping their feet and shrinking their necks.

"Tell me."

The villager put his hands in his sleeves and sniffed, "It is said that this year's natural disaster is caused by someone going against the grain, as long as we can..."

"Who?" Liang Shu asked.

"Say it's... the Deputy Envoy."

"Dog thief!"

Liang Shu rushed over and punched, and the villagers lay on the ground crying, "They said it."

Liang Shu panted, looked at the villagers with different expressions, and said, "Without a deputy envoy, how could we have a good life? Without a deputy envoy, how would we dare to open up wasteland? If we don't open up wasteland, we can live on like this?

To be a human being, one must speak conscience! "

A villager shouted: "Cunzheng, the deputy envoy is good, but now we are all going to die!"

"That's right! What's the point of trusting the Great Drum God? Maybe he can save us."

"Yes!"

"What does the Great Drum God look like? How to pray?"

Liang Shu scolded: "That's a prostitute!"

"The obscene sacrifice is the righteous sacrifice, and those who can save the suffering should sacrifice well!"

"That's it!"

Dai Xian was hesitating. He was very grateful to the deputy envoy. Without the deputy envoy, his family's harvest this year would not be so much.

But what if the Great Drum God can really bless a family?
Then should I listen to the Great Drum God, or the Deputy Envoy?
He felt that he should believe it for a while, and felt that he shouldn't believe it for a while.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, Liang Shu pointed to the outside and shouted: "If you believe this kind of evil, the government will come and arrest you!"

But his last reliance was laughed at.

"Government, where is the government?"

"That's right! We're all about to die, those elders are still sleeping at home warming their beds, surrounded by beautiful servants warming their bodies, getting up with fine wine, what do we have?"

Dai Xian was startled suddenly, rubbing his eyes, "Hey! Muramasa, Muramasa!"

"Calling the soul!"

Liang Shu was getting annoyed.

"Look, then... is that a human?"

Liang Shu's eyes were dazzled by the snow for a long time, a little dizzy.He kneads and looks again.

"Hey! Hey! Hey!"

Everyone heard his joy and went to the entrance of the village.

There are so many people!
Huddled at the entrance of the village, looking at the black shadow in the distance, coming towards this side.

"There are horses!"

"There is a big cart!"

"There are quite a few sergeants."

"Cunzheng!" Dai Xian seemed to be going crazy with joy, jumping up and down, pointing at those people and shouting: "The government is here, the government is here!"

He didn't know when, but tears streamed down his face.

Look at everyone, everyone is like this, cheering, jumping for joy, and wiping tears from time to time.

There are more than ten carts and hundreds of sergeants.

Most of them turned out to be cavalry.

Did all the cavalry from Shunchang County come here?
While everyone was happy, it was inevitable that they would be confused.

Song Bo, the county captain of Shunchang County, is in front.

When the villager saw him, he said happily, "It's Song Shaofu who came."

Song Bo turned sideways and said very respectfully: "Deputy envoy, this is Li Village."

The young man came up.

Plainclothes, pulled down the smear on his face, and said, "It's not too late!"

"Deputy...deputy envoy?"

The village is looking at the fierce big men behind the young man, agitated, knelt down and said: "I have seen the deputy envoy."

The deputy envoy actually came to our village?
The villagers couldn't believe it, Liang Shu scolded: "Isn't it polite?"

Yang Xuan shook his head, "No need."

At this time, he didn't have that kind of thought.

"What a deputy envoy!"

An old man knelt down and wailed loudly, "The deputy envoy is here, the deputy envoy is here, we are saved!"

Yang Xuan went to help him up, "I'm late."

The old man cried uncontrollably, "It's not too late, it's not too late!"

Dai Xian looked at Yang Xuan, knelt down, and shouted nervously: "Deputy envoy, we are going to freeze to death."

"I know, that's why I'm here."

Yang Xuan turned around, "The cart is full of firewood, hurry up and move back home, every household... where is the village?"

"The villain is here." Liang Shu got up and limped over.

"You can stabilize the village, which shows that you have a high prestige. Send the firewood to each household."

"Yes!"

Dai Xian got his own firewood, carried it and ran away.

"Quick, light a fire!"

Seeing him coming back with a bundle of firewood, Mrs. Chen came to help and asked, "Where did you get it?"

"Is the master here?"

Dai Xian turned around and knelt down, "Quick, kneel down."

Yang Xuan came in, "Get up."

Dai got up first and supported his old lady, "Mother, this is the deputy envoy."

"What?"

"Deputy Envoy, Deputy Envoy Yang from Tao County."

The whole family suddenly panicked.

"Du Ansheng, I'll come and take a look."

Yang Xuan looked at the situation of Dai's family, there was food, but there were two biggest problems.

"Firewood and a house. Without firewood, the family will freeze and starve to death. Without a house, firewood is wasted." Dai Xian said respectfully.

"Don't worry, these will be resolved."

Yang Xuan touched the child's forehead, but fortunately, he didn't have a fever.

After he left Dai's house, he went to visit a few more, and he knew the situation of the people under the snow disaster.

He called Song Bolai.

"I brought a lot of sergeants with me on this trip, and there will be more in the future.

I took a look, and what the people need most now is firewood, followed by rebuilding their homes.

Where is there firewood in the area, you wait to find a guide and take the soldiers to chop firewood.Then rebuild your home. "

Teams of sergeants followed the local guides to the mountains.

Large vehicles came from all directions.

"This is……"

Dai's family got a few more bundles of firewood. Looking at the sergeants with red and swollen hands from the cold, he warmly invited them to come to the house to warm up.

"No."

The sergeants are very disciplined, even eating outside.

"The hog at home is freezing to death, let's eat together!"

On behalf of the villagers, Liang Shu invited the soldiers into the village for dinner.

"No."

The general who led the team said: "The deputy envoy has an order. Usually, the people support us and we protect the people. Today the people are in trouble, and we should take action."

On the second day, a detachment of soldiers entered the village.

"Clear the ruins and get the valuables out."

Dai Xian's family watched the soldiers clean up the ruins of their own house, and piled up furniture and other things on the side from time to time.

The old mother asked worriedly, "How much do you want to pay?"

Dai Xian shook his head, "I don't know."

Mrs. Chen went over and asked with an apologetic smile: "Dare to ask, how much does it cost?"

A sergeant turned his head, "No money."

"what!"

Liang Shu came to inspect and said upon seeing this: "The deputy envoy said, we are all one family, don't talk about two families!"

The old mother shivered, "Daughter-in-law, go and boil the water, Dalang will get some wheat flour, and I will make a mess."

A clay pot of batter was ready, and the old mother scooped up a few bowls and sent them tremblingly.

"Can't eat it!" The sergeant refused.

This is the rule.

Dai Xian's old mother stared, "They all say that they belong to one family but not two, why are they separated now?"

The sergeant was dumbfounded, "This..."

Yang Xuan stood outside the village, and news kept coming.

"Deputy envoy, the local governments are in place, and the garrisons are in place."

"it is good!"

Yang Xuan turned around, looked at the rising smoke in the village, and said, "Second."

"Hey!"

Wang Laoer was busy, he had chilblains on his ears, and was ridiculed by the old thief for practicing, so he came over and rubbed his ears.

"Go to Tao County, tell the lady, take the lead."

"Yes."

"Deputy...deputy envoy."

Behind him, there was the timid voice of a little girl.

Turning around, Yang Xuan saw a four or five-year-old girl, holding a rough porcelain bowl with steaming pancakes in both hands.

The girl looked up at him, "Deputy envoy, here you are."

Yang Xuan raised his head, and saw a woman standing there in front of him.Seeing him look over, the woman is blessed.

Yang Xuan leaned over and smiled, "Why give it to me?"

The girl holds up a rough porcelain bowl.

There was more joy in a pair of pure eyes.

"Thank you."

……

The county seat of Peach County.

When Wang Laoer arrived, he happened to meet the porridge in the city.

Seeing him shrinking his head from the cold, the porridge cook said, "Second brother, drink a bowl to warm up your body."

"No face to drink!"

Wang Laoer rode his horse to Yang's house.

Zhou Ning got the news, "It's already ready."

Immediately, the door of the Yang family opened.

Carts drove out one after another, loaded with money and food.

Lin Qian and Sun Xian were strolling around the street, seeing the friendly atmosphere, Lin Qian said, "Tao County still looks a bit better."

Sun Xian said: "It has always been like this, the world is hungry and cold, Chang'an can't, otherwise the emperor will not be able to sit still.

The same is true in northern Xinjiang, Tao County will not be in chaos in northern Xinjiang, otherwise Jiedushi's mansion will be burned by the people. "

"Yang Gou said he was going to inspect and never return, don't... be beaten to death by the people!"

"He has good players by his side, who can beat him to death? He just took over Beijiang, if countless people die from freezing and starving, I bet that next spring, he will be devastated."

"Hey! Whose big car is that? Is this going to be moved or something?"

A large vehicle slowly passed by.

Ahead is the Jiedushifu.

The money and food on the carriage are eye-catching.

The leading cart stopped in front of the gate of Jiedushi's mansion, and the officials came out.

As soon as he rode forward, it was Zhang Xu.

He was big in stature and big in voice.

"The lady said that the auspicious snow heralds a good year, but it often causes disasters.

We waited at home to enjoy fullness and warmth, one for the people, and the other for the protection of the soldiers.

Natural disasters are merciless and people are merciful.On this occasion, I waited for the woman in the deep house to do little, so I sorted out the money and food at home and donated it to the Jiedu envoy's mansion.Hope to handle it properly and help the victims. "

A large truck began to unload.

Those pedestrians stopped and watched quietly.

Lin Qian gritted her teeth and said, "Pretentious."

Sun Xian shook his head, "What do you want to do, set an example? But whose money is picked up for nothing, why give it to him? Dreaming!"

Among the crowd, someone came out slowly.

He took out the money bag and put it on the steps, then turned and left.

The officials who came out to hand over were stunned for a moment, and a junior official asked: "Are you..."

The man didn't turn his head and said: "Natural disasters have no mercy, but people have love."

A woman came over, pulled out the silver hairpin from her head, put it next to the purse, pressed her hair with one hand, turned and left.

A person walks up, or a few pennies, or jewelry...

When a child put his half-eaten pancake on the steps, an official couldn't bear it and put his money bag beside it.

Liu Qing thought of Yang Xuan's words: I want to take this opportunity to make an example for the world!
He untied his purse and walked over slowly.

Put it on the steps.

Looking up, he saw more and more people, and more and more carts approaching the Jiedushi Mansion.

"Some people say that Zitai is trying to win the hearts of the people. They are wrong. What Zitai wants is not just the hearts of the people, but... the unity of all!"

"The snow has stopped! The sun is out!"

Someone is cheering.

Liu Qing looked up.

Snow, I do not know when quietly stopped.The sun pierced through the haze, shining brightly in the city.

Countless people looked up at the sun.

Some people looked pale and couldn't believe it.

But, more people.

eyes.

All hope!

(End of this chapter)