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

Chapter 865: The secret actions of the victims in Zheng County! The rush should be mutual!

Ying Chengjiao subconsciously wanted to seek help from the external brain.

But not to mention that the external brains are not around, even if Ying Chengjiao asked for help, what could he do?

His external brains are all buggy!
Ying Zheng, Lady Han and Zhang Rang all believed more than the other that Ying Chengjiao really had the ability to communicate with ghosts and gods. How could they give Ying Chengjiao the correct answer when their cognition was wrong?
Ying Chengjiao could only stand quietly under the night sky, thinking alone under the starry sky.

The bonfires went out one by one, and the bright moon gradually fell.

Zheng County, where no birds or animals dared to approach, soon became completely silent.

But the silence didn't last long.

Four quarters of an hour before dawn (4:00).

Zheng Chen quietly lifted the curtain, stuck his head out and looked around furtively.

After confirming that there were no night watchmen nearby, Zheng Chen quickly waved behind him, and nine old men from Dongxiaoli also carefully came out of the tent.

Following Zheng Chen and others, the curtains of the tents belonging to the Dongxiaoli disaster victims were drawn open one by one, and the victims carrying heavy backpacks tiptoed out of the tents and followed Zheng Chen cautiously towards the edge of the camp.

After walking out of the camp, Zheng Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time felt a little complacent.

I haven't lost a bit of the skills I had as a scout in the army!

"who!"

Suddenly, a low shout in the night startled the victims of Dongxiaoli.

Zheng Chen hurriedly looked in the direction of the voice and vaguely saw a familiar face in the thick night.

"Sun Lizheng?" Zheng Chen asked in a low voice uncertainly.

Zheng Chen took two quick steps forward and finally saw the person's appearance clearly.

It was Zhengsunqiao in Nanmalili, Liuzhi Township!

Zheng Chen was relieved, and walked to Sun Qiao's side and whispered, "Is Sun Lizheng following the orders of his superiors to assist in the night patrol?"

"Can you please give me some leniency for the sake of our past relationship?"

Sun Qiao looked past Zheng Chen and looked at the backpack on Zheng Chen's back, and he understood what Zheng Chen was thinking.

With a soft smile, Sun Qiao leaned close to Zheng Chen's ear and whispered, "Sun is waiting for you all here."

"This is not a place to talk, nor is it a place to do things."

"Are all the people coming to Dongxiaoli here?"

Zheng Chen also had a vague guess in his mind, so he nodded quickly: "They are all here!"

Sun Qiao nodded gently: "Call the elders of Dongxiaoli and follow me!"

With that, Sun Qiao took the lead and dived into the night.

After Zheng Chen nervously observed the surrounding environment, he waved behind him and led a group of Dongxiaoli victims to follow closely behind Sun Qiao.

After walking about two miles and climbing a collapsed hillside, and then turning a few corners, a wave of heat and flames rushed straight towards Zheng Chen's face!
I saw that dozens of crude caves had been dug out under the broken walls hidden in the valley.

Hundreds of strong men were busy reinforcing the cave with rotten wood and broken boards, but they dared not make too big movements for fear of being discovered.

Hundreds of strong men were carrying shoulder poles filled with well water and moving back and forth vigorously.

Thousands of women squatted around fires, pouring carefully washed corn into clay pots to cook.

In the past, the dried meat, which people were reluctant to eat even during the La Festival, was now cut into slices by the women and put into the jar without hesitation.

The light but nose-catching aroma of meat made many people swallow their saliva subconsciously, but no one looked at the dried meat for even a second!
Zheng Chen cried out in a low voice: "There are so many people!"

"Zheng thought that only the elders of my Dongxiaoli were willing to do so."

"For this reason, Zheng has also specifically ordered all elders not to tell anyone about what happened tonight."

"I never thought that there are so many people who think the same as I do!"

Looking at the bustling scene in front of him, Sun Qiao's eyes were full of emotion: "In previous years, even if there was a disaster, the elders would not share their own food with others, let alone get together to cook without sharing."

"Even if they are biological parents and children, once they have separated into separate households, they will use two earthenware pots to cook rice, fearing that one family will eat an extra grain of millet and the other family will drink less soup."

"But today, all the elders took out their stored food, even dried meat and chicken."

"Even folks from different villages will pour their grain into the same earthenware jar. Even the elders in the imperial court will pour the water they have worked so hard to carry back into the earthenware jars of the elders in the kiln!"

"I have lived for over sixty years, and this is the first time I have seen such a scene!"

Everyone in Zheng County knew that a war broke out between Junchaoli and Wayaoli over water, resulting in the deaths of dozens of able-bodied men and injuries to hundreds of people.

Since then, although the two villages are close neighbors, they have no feelings of brotherhood and have not intermarried for decades, and their relationship is as hostile as fire and water.

But today, the villagers of Erli put aside the old hatred that has accumulated for nearly a hundred years and worked together to cook the same pot of rice!
This is incredible!

After a moment of silence, Zheng Chen smiled and said, "None of you superiors have ever considered which village, town or household we are from. If we continue to be fussy about it, or even get upset about it, wouldn't that just disappoint your superiors?"

Hou Chao, the chief of Houfang Township, strode towards Zheng Chen and said with a loud laugh, "What Lizheng Zheng said is very true!"

"We all came here voluntarily to express our gratitude to our superiors. We must put aside all the past grudges, otherwise, wouldn't that only cause trouble to our superiors?!"

After bowing, Hou Chao looked at Sun Qiao and said, "Thank you, Li Zheng Sun, to go back to the camp to prevent the elders from disturbing the night patrol soldiers."

Sun Qiao bowed, turned around and left.

Hou Chao looked at Zheng Chen again and asked, "How many people did Li Zheng bring with him this time? How much food?"

Zheng Chen raised his neck slightly and said, "There are 206 able-bodied men from my Dongxiaoli who came here, bringing with them 60 dan of millet, 20 pieces of dried meat, and 20 baskets of wild vegetables!"

This is already half of Dongxiaoli’s food reserves!
Zheng Chen believed that even if there were many disaster victims coming to see him off, none would be more generous than the people in Dongxiaoli!
Hou Chao was surprised and said, "You brought so many!"

Zheng Chen said seriously: "I heard that the kids are going to Tong County, Xia Gua County and other places to continue rescuing people today." "We can't let the kids go over the mountains and across the ridges on an empty stomach!"

"I was originally thinking that I couldn't bring some food for the kids to eat on the road, and I felt quite ashamed."

"Fortunately, there are still you all!"

"With your help, we will be able to feed the kids and bring some food with us!"

Hou Chao also smiled and said, "I originally had the same concerns as Zheng Lizheng."

"But now it seems that the food is not too little, but too much."

"Now the elders from Houfang Township, Liuzhi Township, Chishui Township, Wayaoli, Junchaoli and other three townships and seven villages have brought food here. If we use all of it, it will definitely be too much."

"Zheng Lizheng only needs to take out half of the food, and the rest should be kept for Dong Xiaoli to chew!"

Zheng Chen's eyes widened: "Youzhi, are you doubting my heart of living a simple life in Dongxiaoli?"

Hou Chao pointed at the cave helplessly and said, "There really isn't enough space for cooking."

"And according to my estimation, the elders in the remaining four miles of the village may also have difficulty sleeping soundly, they just came a little late."

"We can't let the kids carry baskets of food everywhere, can we?"

"Then the rice will go bad!"

Hou Chao persuaded him for a long time before Zheng Chen finally nodded: "Then I'll follow the rules."

"Fathers! Cook!"

The victims of Dongxiaoli hurriedly piled their backpacks together and shouted excitedly, "Yes!"

The cooking team in the cave became even bigger.

Correspondingly, the smoke floating above the cave became thicker.

The corners of Ying Chengjiao's mouth twitched slightly, and he held his forehead with his hand and said, "We are all veterans of Guanzhong, how can we still be so careless!"

Indeed, the cave that Hou Chao was looking for had mountain walls on three sides blocking the firelight, which made it a very suitable place for cooking.

But the moon is bright and beautiful tonight!
Under the bright moonlight, the thick smoke created by thousands of people cooking at the same time was impossible to ignore!
Wang Bo, who was in charge of night patrol today, had already found out that Ying Chengjiao had reported that the victims had secretly left the camp, making it difficult for Ying Chengjiao to pretend not to know.

But no matter how difficult it is, you have to pretend you don’t know!

Ying Chengjiao whispered, "Tell the night patrol soldiers to spread out five miles and hide behind grass and trees so as not to disturb the victims."

"Don't tell anyone else about this, it must be kept secret!"

Wang Bo said in a puzzled voice: "Of course, the disaster victims don't have much food in stock, and they need to rely on that food to survive until the autumn harvest. Moreover, the harvest in Zheng County this year may not be enough for them to survive until the autumn harvest next year."

"I think it is better to advise the disaster victims to save money!"

Ying Chengjiao smiled and shook his head: "You guys pity the disaster victims, but shouldn't the disaster victims pity you too?"

"Emotions, help and support should all be mutual."

"Just give them a chance to express their feelings."

Wang Bo still couldn't understand Ying Chengjiao's behavior, but he still bowed and said, "Yes!"

Unable to stop the victims, Wang Bo personally led a hundred guards to sneak into the vicinity of the cave, silently defending them from danger and quietly watching them busying around.

At 6:00 am, the camp slowly woke up.

Feng Jie, Zhou Qingchen, Zhuang Chou and other core rescue forces stood up silently, packed their bags, and slowly gathered towards the south side of the camp.

"Your Majesty!" Meng Yi stepped out first, clasped his hands and said solemnly, "One thousand nine hundred and eighty-five of my guards, one hundred of my assistants, and three thousand six hundred and fifty-one of Zheng County's heroes are all here!"

Zhuang Qiu stepped out of the line, bowed, and said solemnly, "All 1,477 students from the second and third term of the military academy have arrived."

"The fourth batch of students from the military academy have already gone to the disaster areas. They are waiting for orders from the academy at any time!"

Ying Chengjiao returned the greeting with a bow, and then said in a deep voice: "The baggage, food, and tools have all been transported to the vicinity of the disaster areas."

"Officials in various disaster-stricken areas have also begun organizing disaster victims to save themselves."

"The conditions in each disaster area are different, so I can't say much, but I believe you can just act accordingly!"

"Pass this order to me!"

"Let's go!"

More than 7,000 people all bowed and whispered, "Yes!"

After taking a final look at the resettlement camp with a smile in their eyes, Feng Jie, Zhuang Chou, Zhou Qingchen and the others tightened their bags and set off for the next disaster area.

But they had just taken a few steps when a group of figures came running towards them from the west.

Feng Jie and Meng Yi were horrified and shouted in unison: "All troops, listen to my orders..."

But before they could finish, Zheng Chen's panting voice reached everyone's ears: "Children! Wait!"

Feng Jie quickly stopped Meng Yi and said, "It's a disaster victim!"

Meng Yi was greatly surprised: "Aren't the victims all resting in the camp?"

"How come they got up earlier than us and all went to the west side?"

"What on earth do they want to do?"

Before Meng Yi had time to think properly, thousands of victims carrying shoulder poles or backpacks had already run to the rescue team.

Zheng Chen panted heavily, and with his rough right hand he scooped out a large spoonful of corn rice from the rice bucket and put it into a wooden bowl. He handed it to Feng Jie, who was in shock, and gently reminded him, "Kid, eat first!"

(End of this chapter)