Chapter 221 Two people froze to death in a night of wind and snow
Did you sleep?
This greeting is like a magic sound that penetrates the brain.
Xu Su is really going crazy.
Outside the door, Chu Lingyuan knocked a few times, but there was no response from inside, so he thought Xu Su had fallen asleep.
I stood outside the door and hesitated for a moment. As soon as I turned around, the door behind me opened from the inside.
Xu Su had a serious look on his face: "Miss Chu."
Chu Lingyuan turned around and subconsciously looked at her complexion, secretly wondering in his heart, it was really magical!
Every day, it can be observed that Mr. Xu, Captain Xu, recovers at a speed that is different from ordinary people.
Here we go again! here we go again!
With this kind of continuous exploration and research, Xu Su sighed deeply in his heart, raised his hand and snapped his fingers in front of Chu Lingyuan: "Miss Chu? She has returned to her soul."
Chu Lingyuan's bright eyes were lively. He looked at Xu Su.
"Sir Xu, after Lingyuan arrives in Dengzhou, can you stay with me for a little longer? I have some medical knowledge and am good at medicinal food. I can soothe your liver and regulate your qi, nourish your kidneys and strengthen your spleen."
Xu Su looked embarrassed and said in a deep voice: "My liver and kidneys are fine."
There was a faint muffled laughter behind the left and right door panels.
Xu Su thought to himself, a bunch of dog people...
He looked at Chu Lingyuan, who was still in green clothes in front of him, why couldn't this little girl be fooled?
Late at night, the inn was very quiet, and the guests were sleeping one after another. Xu Su couldn't keep her in the room to discuss matters, so he just dealt with the matter casually. Anyway, he took the time to return to the hotel early. After the state, he threw the hot potato directly to Mr. Zhai.
After Chu Lingyuan returned to the room "satisfied", the door to the room next to Xu Su opened, and a pair of men came over.
“My lord, Mr. Han’s flying pigeon delivered a message.”
Xu Su looked serious and said, "Come in and talk."
Before rushing back to Dengzhou Mansion, Xu Su finally received news from another good brother, Han Qiguang.
On a thin piece of paper, there were only a few words:
[There are dogs on the war road in the north divided by ten by two and three]
After Xu Su read the message, he mentioned Light it on a candle, and after it's burned, lightly dust it with your fingers to flick off the ashes.
Xu Su thought for a while and said: "Reply to the letter, I know it, keep it safe."
The deputy general nodded, "I will go back to Master Han in a moment."
Xu Su asked: "What's the news at home?"
The deputy general shook his head.
“I know, go to sleep.”
Lying back on the bed, Xu Su leaned on his side and rested his arms, wondering to himself whether Han Qiguang and Xie Yuheng had met or not.
Blowing out the candlelight, Xu Su counted the time, guessing that the Xie family should have left seclusion by now, right?
The moonlight is dark.
Outside the countryside, insects are chirping and rustling, and under the silent mountain forest, the grass is wet and cold.
The exiled team followed the route of the army until they could no longer move forward, and then they camped on the spot to rest.
It snowed all day and night, and late at night, the wind was biting.
The temperature dropped sharply after the snow.
This night, even the officials had a hard time.
The journey of exile, such as the days of walking through forests and rivers, was still difficult to endure. The officers wanted to sleep with piles of firewood for the night, complaining to each other while keeping warm. It was a bloody misfortune for eight lifetimes. Going on a business trip in the middle of winter.
When the body is cold, one's temper tends to be irritable, and nothing is pleasing to the eye. Turning around, I saw a group of prisoners in ragged clothes, shivering from the cold, and I seemed to feel a little comfortable. However, many officers, seeing that the weather was getting colder, held their arms in their sleeves and couldn't help but show kindness to the prisoners who were suffering in the cold night.
The hot water was boiled a little more, praying that fewer people would die in such a cold night.
“Dad, I’m so cold.”
Pang Jiming lowered his head. The son in his arms had cold cheeks, as did the daughter nestled in his wife’s arms beside him. The biting cold wind Scratch them mercilessly on these weak prisoners.
He stretched out his hands to bring his family members together. His silent eyes fell on the ground without focus, not knowing what to do to make his family feel better.
Not far away, Tieniu was half asleep and half awake. When he was awake, he looked at Pang Jiming, his new "friend" he had made on the way to exile, and then at another group of people in the distance, his eyes filled with emotion. I don’t understand.
The thoughts of these people who have been adults are really hard to guess.
A cold night.
In the early morning, after the first ray of sunshine jumped over the horizon, the sleeping exile team also woke up shivering from the hazy cold fog.
Before the team set off, the officers still counted the number of prisoners as usual for record keeping.
Everyone cleared up slowly and stiffly, yawning and spitting out white mist.
It’s so cold...
“One, two, three...”
The officers responsible for different responsibilities carry out their daily work in an orderly manner, and those who have traveled long distances Every day is repeated over and over again, passing by extremely slowly.
A day like this can be completed after more than one month. The expectations of the soldiers and government officials are very different.
"Boss! Two of them are in trouble."
After a young government officer counted the prisoners in his area as usual, he found two people who were stunned so early in the morning. Lying on the ground, frozen.
Before leaving the customs, after a not too big snowstorm, the team had already started to experience attrition.
After Xiong Jiushan learned the news, he came over to check.
There was a bit of noise and chatter at the back of the team. Soon, the news spread from the back to the front.
When the Xie family members heard the news, they were surprised and stood up and looked back.
Two people died, and the atmosphere among the prisoners was very low. I don’t know if it was because two people had frozen to death. When the team moved forward again, there were constant coughs.
Human life, under the cruel beating of nature, seems extremely small.
Behavior in a group is always easy to be suggested and contagious. At first, one or two people coughed, but gradually, it seemed that everyone felt weak and uncomfortable.
Under the low air pressure, Xie Yuchuan discovered that even among the Xie family, there were several people who couldn't help but cough along with them on the road.
Many people in the team have never experienced sleeping in the snow.
Xie Yuchuan looked at everyone with deep eyes. No matter they were officials or prisoners, they were not in good condition.
The bodies of the two prisoners who froze to death were thrown on the carriage behind the team by the guards, and they rushed with the team to the next county seat to report to the government.
An old official who has been on a mission is used to it, "It is troublesome and troublesome to carry two corpses. Anyway, they are frozen to death. How about cutting off the arms and taking them back to the mission? You are kind-hearted, but you still worry about it." Leave a whole body for them."
The inexperienced young government officer came forward and asked: "Can you cut off the arm?"
"It's not a big mistake. On the way to exile, I didn't say that I had to get there alive. When I pass through the county, it's fine if I have a piece of flesh and blood that can explain the situation!"
"Then our Lord Xiong, You are really kind-hearted."
The old government officer squinted his eyes and said calmly: "My lord is kind-hearted, but such a job cannot be done by a kind-hearted person."
(End of this chapter. )