My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?.

Chapter 862 Let me save one more! This is the most delicious chicken!
three days later.

The Zhou Qingchen, who once had his hair combed meticulously, his clothes neat and tidy without any odor, and was proficient in singing praises and speaking flattering words, has disappeared.

Instead, he was replaced by Zhou Qingchen, who was unkempt, dirty and smelly, and was silent and hardworking.

Even the fine leather armor he was wearing, enough to buy a horse, was gone.

After all, the purpose of wearing leather armor is to guard against enemies.

But there are no enemies in Dongxiaoli now!

With his hands covered with blisters, Zhou Qingchen held the hoe and raised a handful of yellow earth, making the grave a little higher. He took two steps back and nodded with satisfaction, and then his eyes unconsciously turned to the small figure kneeling not far away and silently shedding tears.

In front of the small figure, there were two graves standing side by side.

On one of them was inscribed "My father is a silkworm husband", and on the other was inscribed "My mother is a silkworm shepherd". Those vigorous handwritings that used to only appear in the Qin Palace formed a sharp contrast with the desolate and barren Dongxiaoli!
Zhou Qingchen stared at it for a few breaths, then left silently carrying the hoe. After a while, he came back and threw a cooked egg into Cai'er's hand, saying in a hoarse voice, "Eat the egg."

Cai'er slowly raised her head, looked at Zhou Qingchen with eyes that had dried of tears, raised the egg with both hands again, and said in a hoarse voice: "Thank you uncle for helping me save my father and mother."

"My grandmother said that my uncles were all good people and heroes who shed so much blood and sweat for us."

"Uncle, eat more eggs, and you won't feel tired!"

Zhou Qingchen's grip on the hoe tightened unconsciously.

Even though Zhou Qingchen took extra care of Cai'er and put the rescue of Cai'er's people first, he still only rescued Cai'er's grandmother and aunt. Moreover, Cai'er's aunt's right leg was broken by the roof beam and had been amputated and sutured by Su Jiao. Even if she could survive this, she would never be able to go out to farm again.

How will such a group of old, weak and sick people live in the future?

How could he be worthy of the title of hero!

Zhou Qingchen waved his hand rudely and said with a look of disdain: "I am the Minister of Qin!"

"You wild kid, do you know what a minister is? A chicken like this is not even worthy of being brought before me."

"Just eat if I tell you to. Stop talking nonsense!"

After saying this, Zhou Qingchen didn't give Cai'er any chance to be humble anymore, and strode towards the camp.

Cai'er slowly put away the cooked egg in her hand and bowed gratefully: "Thank you, Uncle Shilang!"

Zhou Qingchen paused, then accelerated again, and finally rushed directly into the medical tent and asked in a solemn voice: "Minister Su!"

Su Jiao did not reply, but glared at Zhou Qingchen.

Only then did Zhou Qingchen discover that in front of Su Jiao lay a disaster victim with a broken left arm.

Zhou Qingchen said no more, but bowed and stepped aside.

Su Jiao then tied the proximal end of the victim's left arm with a bowstring again, then picked up the axe and chopped it down fiercely at the injured person's jagged broken arm!
"what!!!"

The victims were twisting and struggling wildly on the hospital beds, but Su Jiao just watched coldly.

When the victims' struggles slowed down a bit, Su Jiao spoke up, "Suppress the injured!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qingchen hurried forward to help Su Jiao hold down the injured man's torso, and let Su Jiao sew up the victim's blood vessels and flesh with needle and thread.

After a long while, Su Jiao finally let out a breath, put down his needle and thread, and asked while washing his hands: "Minister Zhou, is there anything important?"

Zhou Qingchen stuffed the words he was about to say back into his stomach and said, "We have already dug through all the ruins that can be dug. We have even dug through the cave dwellings at the foot of the mountain and found traces of human presence."

"But apart from the men sent by Zheng Lizheng to explore the way, there are still 65 people missing."

"Minister Su, what should we do next?"

Su Jiao, who had a splitting headache due to excessive fatigue, slowly washed his hands, then walked out of the medical tent and took a deep breath of the slightly cool fresh air. Finally, his mind regained some clarity, and he shouted loudly: "Minister Feng!"

Feng Jie, who was busy not far away, came hurriedly and bowed: "Minister Su!"

Su Jiao asked in a deep voice: "How many days will our baggage supply last?"

Feng Jie listed all the treasures, saying, "The people of Guizhou have donated their own food, and with the food we brought in, it is enough for everyone to chew for half a month. However, the ginger is only enough for another day, and the healing herbs are only enough for another two days."

Su Jiao nodded slightly after hearing this, and then cast his eyes towards Dongxiaoli, which had become increasingly dilapidated due to the search and rescue work. After a moment of silence, he said, "We will search and rescue for another half a day."

"When the sun sets, everyone must go to their tents and rest well. No mistakes are made."

"Tomorrow we will cook at 5:00 a.m. and set out at 6:00 a.m.."

"Take all the surviving Qin people and return to Zheng County!"

Those missing people may have been swallowed by the cracks in the ground and died in the belly of the earth dragon long ago.

Or maybe he is buried under some pile of earth, waiting for their rescue.

But the shortage of medicinal materials and the lack of reinforcements made Su Jiao unable to wait any longer!

Feng Jie breathed a sigh of relief and immediately bowed and said, "Yes!"

Zhou Qingchen moved his lips a few times, but in the end he didn't say anything more. He just bowed and said, "Yes!"

Ying Chengjiao had already announced that the earthquake-stricken area was under martial law, so Su Jiao's words were like military orders.

No one dared to disobey Su Jiao's orders.

But when Su Jiao's order came out, everyone, regardless of their identity, dug and searched more desperately, praying silently in their hearts.

The Four Heavenly Emperors are above! The Earth Dragon is above! The Lord of Chang'an is above! Please let me save one more person! Even one more person will do!
Not until the sun had completely set did everyone return to their tents reluctantly and helplessly.

Su Jiao hopes everyone can have a good sleep.

But the suppressed cries still kept most people in the camp awake all night.

At 5:45 the next day, seeing the obvious dark circles under the eyes and tired looks of Zhou Qingchen and the others, Su Jiao got angry for the first time: "Did you guys not sleep all night?!"

"You all know that we are going to return along that rugged mountain road today, and we have to help a group of widows, widows, children and seriously injured people!"

"You are so tired. If you encounter danger on the way, how can you resist?"

Feng Jie forced a smile and asked, "Minister Su also stayed up all night last night, right?"

Su Jiao was speechless. Zhou Qingchen whispered, "Since you are so tired and can't return, why don't you search for another day?"

Su Jiao sighed softly: "If we search for one more day, will Er Sanzi be able to sleep peacefully tonight?"

Everyone was speechless!

Su Jiao walked towards a stretcher carrying the wounded and said sadly, "The lives of the wounded are also lives!"

Su Jiao also wanted to continue the search and rescue, but there was no medicine!

Su Jiao cannot sacrifice the lives of these wounded soldiers for the sake of survivors who may or may not exist!

Lifting one end of the stretcher, Su Jiao said in a deep voice: "Pass on my order!"

"set off!"

"Return to Zheng County!"

Feng Jie stepped forward first, and he and Su Jiao lifted the same stretcher one after the other, and walked towards the mountain road opened by Su Jiao.

Zheng Chen knelt down facing the ruins of Dongxiaoli and kowtowed loudly. Then he stood up suddenly and shouted with a bloodshot forehead: "Elders of Dongxiaoli!"

"Except for the food and pots, leave all other items here. We will come back and pick them up later."

"If you still have strength, go help our benefactors carry food and supplies, and help the wounded!"

"The benefactors have already sacrificed so much for the elders. Don't let them work even harder for us!"

"go!"

After he finished speaking, Zheng Chen resisted the urge to look back, caught up with Su Jiao, and snatched the stretcher from Su Jiao.

All the people of Dongxiaoli Guizhou are reluctant to leave their homeland. Those whose families are still missing know clearly that once they leave this place, their missing family members will surely die!
But no one threw a tantrum or made a fuss.

Just as Zheng Chen said.

Su Jiao and others have paid too much for them, and Su Jiao's decision is also for their safety.

If he still causes trouble to Su Jiao and others in this situation, is he still a human being?

After bowing and prostrating themselves in the direction of the ruins, the people of Dongxiaoli either looked back every few steps or turned around resolutely and ran to Su Jiao's troops, helping them carry the supplies, hoping that they could have some relief.

Even Cai'er carried her younger brother on her back with a basket full of food hanging on her chest. Although she needed to use her hands and feet to climb the steep slope from time to time, she did not pass the burden on to others.

Zhou Qingchen stopped walking when he saw this, and waited quietly until Cai'er passed by him. He then pinched the back of Cai'er's neck with his left hand and held him in his arms. With a flick of his right wrist, he took off the backpack on Cai'er's chest and put it on his back, and then held Cai'er in his arms again with his right hand.

Cai Er, who was sad, anxious and exhausted, didn't come to her senses until she felt Zhou Qingchen's embrace. She hurriedly said, "Uncle, put your head down!"

"The head of the village said that the uncles have shed a lot of blood and sweat for us. We can't trouble the uncles anymore. We have to do what we can do ourselves!"

Zhou Qingchen said in a bad tone: "So much nonsense!"

"You don't slow down the team's progress and stay here well, so you won't bother me!"

Cai Er felt a little guilty about what Zhou Qingchen said, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, uncle. I have to take my family's food, otherwise my brother and I will starve to death."

Zhou Qingchen didn't know what to say, so he just said "hmm" in a dull voice.

Cai'er had no idea what the right thing to do was, so she could only control her movements as best as possible and curl up in Zhou Qingchen's arms.

The dull atmosphere lasted for a while, and Zhou Qingchen finally took the initiative to ask: "Kid, what's your name?"

Cai'er then realized that she had not told Zhou Qingchen her name for all these days, and Zhou Qingchen had not asked her name either, but just called her "baby".

Cai Er quickly said, "My name is Cai Er, and my brother hasn't been given a name yet."

Zhou Qingchen nodded gently: "Cai'er, what a good name."

"Hurry up!"

Letting Cai'er hold on to his expensive leather armor, Zhou Qingchen supported himself with his right hand and finally climbed a steep slope carrying the two children and a basket of corn.

Seeing Zhou Qingchen panting tiredly, Cai'er quickly took out the cooked egg from her arms: "Uncle..."

Realizing that Cai'er was hesitant to speak, Zhou Qingchen's eyes fell on the egg in Cai'er's hand.

Zhou Qingchen, who had an excellent memory, knew very well that this egg was the egg he gave to Cai'er yesterday. As for Cai'er's hesitation to speak, it was not difficult for Zhou Qingchen to guess.

Zhou Qingchen said calmly: "Peel it off."

Cai Er was startled for a moment, then nodded vigorously, quickly peeled the eggshell with both hands, carefully put the egg into Zhou Qingchen's mouth, and asked with sparkling eyes: "Uncle, is it delicious?"

Frankly speaking, it’s not tasty!
Eating a cooked egg dry will cause choking, let alone the fact that the egg is not fresh.

But Zhou Qingchen smiled and nodded: "This is the most delicious chicken I have ever eaten in my life!"

Seeing Cai'er's smile, Zhou Qingchen's voice softened a little and he took the initiative to start a conversation: "Does Cai'er know Chang'an Jun?"

Cai Er nodded vigorously and said, "I know. Grandpa said that Chang An Jun is the best nobleman in the world!"

Recalling Ying Chengjiao's back as he rushed into the disaster area without hesitation, Zhou Qingchen smiled and said, "I can't say this in front of others, but it's not wrong."

"Last year, Lord Chang'an communicated with the Earth Dragon and learned that the Earth Dragon would rise in Guanzhong this year, so he ordered officials from all over Guanzhong to prepare for the response."

"Until six days ago, the earth dragon turned over here, and Chang'an Jun hurried here."

Cai Er was completely focused on Zhou Qingchen's words, and asked expectantly, "Is Chang An Jun here to talk to the Earth Dragon?"

Zhou Qingchen shook his head: "I don't know."

"I only know that a kind-hearted person like Lord Chang'an will not allow the people of our Great Qin to be devoured by the earth dragon."

"Don't worry, Cai'er, with Chang'an Jun here, your parents will not suffer after they go to hell!"

More and more people gathered around Zhou Qingchen, drawing precious comfort from his sporadic words.

On the rugged mountain road, the people of Dongxiaoli and the soldiers who came to rescue were no longer distinguishable from each other. They took turns carrying the baggage and the wounded, and helped each other to cross the steep slopes and cracks in the ground.

Guided by the red flag, we will walk out of the abyss of yesterday!
(End of this chapter)