Horse on the World

Chapter 35 Beast Charcoal
When the two of them walked out of the house, they couldn't help shrinking their bodies. Li Qing was better. After all, he had undergone physical training for a long time, and his cold resistance was much stronger than that of Lu Yiming and a scholar. Lu Yiming, who was already somewhat thin, shivered suddenly.

The snow is also getting bigger and bigger, the wind is sandwiched with snowflakes, flying all over the sky, ten steps away there is no one, the two of them are surrounded by Yang Yidao, Tang Hu and other personal guards, walking against the wind, almost unable to open their eyes, the wind blows their bodies His clothes are like sails, flying backwards.

"General, it's too snowy today, let's go back first, and it won't be too late to come out when the wind and snow calm down!" Yang Yidao said loudly to Li Qing.

Li Qing shook his head, "It's okay, the more windy and snowy it is, the more we have to take a look. If there is a problem, we can fix it right away. If something happens later, then what's the point of me going again?"

Seeing that Yang Yidao couldn't stop him, he had no choice but to stand in front of Li Qing with Tang Hu, trying his best to block the oncoming wind and snow with his body. Seeing the appearance of the two of them, Li Qing laughed and scolded: "What are you doing? When I can't help the wind and snow Your little girl? Get out of the way!" Stretching out his hand to push the two of them away, he strode forward.

Lu Yiming, who was behind him, saw Li Qing's unhesitating appearance, but he thought in his heart that the general's invitation to buy people's hearts was very good. Thinking about how the supreme officer appeared in front of those common people in such a snowy day, those How will the common people feel?I'm afraid that officials who usually don't show much favor to the people will win praise, let alone the general who is the life-saving benefactor of tens of thousands of people in Chong County?Li Qing is indeed very different from the children of ordinary aristocratic families. If it is the children of other aristocratic families, in such a windy and snowy day, maybe it is not a brocade quilt, but a small stove, warming wine, embracing beauties, and singing poems!It is likely to have a lot to do with the general's background. The general left home when he was young, and he must have tasted all the hardships in the world, so he cares so much about the suffering of the people.

Lu Yiming's heart skipped a beat suddenly, and he couldn't help but think of some great figures in history. As soon as this thought came up, he was startled, and automatically suppressed it. He just looked at Li Qing's broad back, and his eyes became more eager.

Although the wind and snow were extremely severe, there were still many people in the old camp, most of whom were old villagers who were organizing people to clear the floating snow with long fences, but the snow that fell a few days ago was already frozen It is very strong. Although it is struggling to remove the snow, it only scrapes off the freshly fallen snow.

"Old man, is there any danger? Will there be any problems with the house?" Li Qing walked up to an old man with white beard and hair who was yelling to direct some people to pick up snow, leaned into his ear, and asked loudly.

"It's okay, it's okay, the house built by the general's subordinates is very solid, as long as the snow doesn't keep falling, there will be no problem!" The old man also said loudly, those people who were sweeping the snow suddenly saw Li Qing, and couldn't help but be surprised She was stunned, and her hands stopped involuntarily.

Seeing this, the old man was furious and couldn't help shouting: "What, what are you doing? Do you feel tired after working for a while? It's really thanks to the general who feeds you twice a day..." Amidst the swearing, he suddenly felt that everyone's eyes were different , couldn't help tilting his head, only to see Li Qing standing beside him with a smile, he couldn't help being shocked.

"Sir General, why are you here under such heavy snow?" He immediately knelt down, "I've seen you!" Seeing the old man kneeling down, these villagers finally realized that they still held the things in their hands and knelt down one after another Come down, "Meet the general!"

"Get up quickly, get up quickly!" Li Qing pulled the old man up and shouted to the crowd, "Get up and work quickly, everyone, if there is too much snow, it will be troublesome!"

"Old man, is it okay to live in this house?" Li Qing asked with a smile.

The old man was a little excited. To them, Li Qing was a high-ranking figure, a high-ranking official, and their life-saving benefactor. These days, quite a few people have made Li Qing's longevity tablets in their homes and offered them in their houses. stand up.Being so close to Li Qing today made him almost seem to be in a dream.

"Thank you General, this house is very good, very good!" The old man said incoherently, "This winter is colder than usual. If the general hadn't come, we would have died of starvation or freezing to death."

Li Qing smiled and approached those rough wooden buildings, looked at them, and couldn't help frowning, obviously to catch up with the work, although these wooden houses were built fairly solidly, there were still many gaps between some of the wood, and the wind Snowflakes were poured in from these gaps, one can imagine the temperature in the room.Stepping into the room, although it is better than the outside, it is still shiveringly cold. Although there is a fire in the house, it is obviously a drop in the bucket, and it does not help.

Seeing Li Qing's frown, Lu Yiming explained: "We were in a hurry to build the house. At that time, we thought it was just a temporary building, so we didn't pay too much attention to it, and didn't consider that this winter would be so cold. This is our responsibility. Mistake, we will organize people to repair it later, and we will definitely not let anyone freeze to death due to frostbite."

"Yeah!" Li Qing nodded, "You should pay attention to turn around. If you don't have enough manpower, you can ask Shang Haibo to transfer people from the barracks. The snow is so heavy that the soldiers can't train, so you can find something for them to do. "

The old man who heard it really was grateful. How many years have he not seen such a good official?I don't know what to say, but I just kept bowing, "Thank you, General, I thank you, General on behalf of everyone!"

Li Qing said with a smile: "Old man, there is no need to do this. As officials, we naturally want to let the people live and work in peace and contentment. Otherwise, what would we do?"

The old man wiped his tears, nodded and thought, even though it is so, but in all these years, how has there ever been an official who has done this? Although there is Mr. Xu in Chong County, Mr. Xu was not the county magistrate at that time!

While weeping, there was a sudden commotion outside, Yang Yidao's complexion changed, and he strode over, his figure like a door panel blocked the door, but he saw a group of people rushing over in a panic in the wind and snow, shouting as they ran .

"What happened?" Yang Yidao's heart tightened, his hands were already on the waist knife.

"My lord, my lord, the one who shouted is from our village, I know him!" Seeing that Yang Yidao had pulled out half of his waist knife, the old man couldn't help being a little startled, and rushed up.

"Yu Laosan, what are you howling like a wolf? What happened? Your house caught fire or collapsed. You are so panicked. General Li is here and shocked Mr. Li. Can you afford it?"

Hearing the old man's words, Yu Laosan couldn't help being startled. When he raised his eyes, he saw that General Li Qing was standing behind the door-like guard. His knees softened and he was already kneeling on the ground, shouting: "Old man, it's not good, something happened to Wu Si's family."

"What happened?" The old man asked when he saw that Li Qing had no intention of blaming him.

"Old man, you know, Wu Siniang works in the kitchen of our village, but she didn't go there when it was time to cook today. Someone went to her, but they couldn't say no to her. Instead, they smelled animal charcoal outside her house. the taste of."

"What?" The old man's face changed drastically, "Beast charcoal, Wu Siniang, how could she burn animal charcoal, it is poisonous." The old man jumped up and said.

"Wu Siniang is a woman's family and can't cut so much firewood. She thought it was extremely cold, so she went to pick up some animal charcoal to burn."

"Beast charcoal? What is it?" Li Qing turned his head and asked Lu Yiming. "It's a black stone that can be burned, but the smoke it emits is poisonous. No one dares to use it for warmth." Lu Yiming said.

Li Qing's heart skipped a beat, "The black stone, animal charcoal? It can't be coal, right?" He immediately left, "Quick. Quick, lead the way, let's go and have a look."

Under the leadership of Yu Laosan, a group of people hurried to Wu Siniang's house. The door of a small wooden house was tightly closed, and a large group of people were already surrounded outside, but they were all far away.Seeing that Lord General is coming, they all hurrah to get out of the way.

Li Qing strode to the hut and saw that the gaps on the wall of the hut were tightly blocked. When he went to the door and smelled it, a familiar smell rushed over his face. He couldn't help but feel ecstatic in his heart. smell.

"Break the door open!" Li Qing said.

"My lord, animal charcoal is poisonous!" Yang Yidao's expression became tense.

"Break away, I don't know if it's poisonous or not?" Li Qing said sharply, "Break away, it's important to save people!"

Seeing Li Qing's stern voice, Yang Yidao didn't dare to hesitate, bent his body slightly, slammed his body together, and with a click, he knocked open the door. When the door opened, a strong smell came over his face, Yang Yidao covered his mouth and nose, He retreated back, but the next scene made him lose his mind, and Li Qing strode in unexpectedly.

"My lord, don't go in!" He stretched out his hand to pull it, but it was empty, and Li Qing strode into the house.

"My lord!" The people watching outside all exclaimed in surprise, and they all stared into the room with wide-eyed eyes.

The room is not big, and there is a strong smell of charcoal that has not been completely burned. In the simple stove built with a few stones, some half-white and half-black stones are sandwiched in a pile of white powder, and at the base of the wall , there is still a large pile of black stones that have not been burned, and they are really coals. There is a burst of ecstasy in my heart, but my heart tightens immediately. On the bed in the room, where is a half-grown child lying, and at the foot of the bed, where is a middle-aged woman lying down, When he walked up to him, his face turned blue, and he was indeed Zheng Zhuang who had been poisoned by carbon monoxide.

He didn't care about other things at the moment, he picked up the child first, rushed outside the house, and put the child on the ground amidst the exclamation of everyone, then rushed back into the house, and carried the woman out as well.

"Go to Dr. Huan quickly! He's not dead yet!" Li Qing sternly looked at Yang Yidao and the others who were stupefied.

(End of this chapter)