Chapter 862 It would be nice to let me save one more person! This is the most delicious chicken!
Three days later.
The Zhou Qingchen who once had his hair combed meticulously, his clothes neat and smell-free, and who was proficient in singing praises and flattering words, disappeared.
Replaced by Zhou Qingchen, who is unkempt, smelly, taciturn and dull.
Even the fine leather armor he was wearing, which could buy a horse, was gone.
After all, wearing leather armor is to guard against enemies.
But there are no enemies in Dongxiaoli now!
With several blisters in his hands, he raised a handful of loess and raised the tomb a little higher. Zhou Qingchen took two steps back and nodded with satisfaction, then unconsciously turned his eyes to the person kneeling not far away. The little figure weeping silently.
In front of that little figure, there were two grave mounds standing side by side.
One of them reads ‘My father, the silkworm husband’, and the other reads ‘My mother’s scissors’. The vigorous fonts that used to only appear in the palace of the Qin Dynasty formed a sharp contrast with the desolate and barren Dongxiaoli!
After Zhou Qingchen looked at it for a few breaths, he silently left with his hand on his shoulder. After a while, he came back, threw a cooked egg into Cai'er's hand, and said in a hoarse voice: "Eat the chicken."
< br>Cai'er slowly raised her head and looked at Zhou Qingchen with eyes drained of tears. She raised the chicken again with both hands and choked with a hoarse voice: "Thank you, uncle, for saving Aweng and my mother."
"Grandma said that my uncles are all good people and righteous people. They have shed countless blood and sweat for them."
"Uncle, if you eat more chicken, you will not be tired!"
< br>Zhou Qingchen’s hand holding the shovel tightened unconsciously.
Even though Zhou Qingchen deliberately paid more attention to Cai'er and put the rescue work of Cai'er tribe first, he still only rescued Cai'er's grandmother and cousin, and Cai'er's aunt's right leg was crushed by the beam. , has been amputated and sutured by Su Jiao. Even if he can survive this test, he will no longer be able to work in the fields.
How will such a combination of old, weak, sick and disabled live in the future?
How can he deserve to bear the name of a righteous man!
Zhou Qingchen waved his hands roughly and said with a look of disgust: "I am the Minister of the Qin Dynasty!"
"You barbarian, do you know what a minister is? Such a chicken I don’t have the qualifications to send it to the official on weekdays.”
"You can eat whatever you want, what nonsense!"
After saying that, Zhou Qingchen strode towards the camp without giving Cai'er a chance to be humble again.
Cai'er slowly put away the cooked eggs in her hands and bowed gratefully: "Thank you, uncle!"
Zhou Qingchen's footsteps paused, then accelerated again, and finally even rushed in directly He walked into the medical tent and asked in a solemn voice: "Shilang Su!"
Su Jiao did not reply, but flicked a knife at Zhou Qingchen.
Only then did Zhou Qingchen realize that a victim with a broken left arm was lying in front of Su Jiao.
Zhou Qingchen said no more, but bowed his hands and retreated to the side.
Su Jiao then tied the proximal end of the victim's left arm with a bowstring again, then picked up the ax, pointed it at the injured man's jagged broken arm, and slashed it down!
“Ah!!!”
The victim was lying on the hospital bed twisting and struggling wildly, but Su Jiao just watched coldly.
When the victim's struggle slowed down a little, Su Jiao said: "Suppress the injured!"
Hearing this, Zhou Qingchen hurried forward to help Su Jiao suppress the injured person's torso, and Su Jiao helped with needle and thread. The victim had his blood vessels and flesh stitched shut.
After a long while, Su Jiao finally let out a breath, put down his needle and thread, washed his hands and asked, "Shilang Zhou, is there something important?"
Zhou Qingchen stuffed back what he originally wanted to say. In his heart, he turned around and said: "We have excavated all the ruins that can be excavated. Even the cave dwellings under the mountain have also found traces of human beings."
"But except for those who were sent by Zheng Lizheng There are still sixty-five people missing outside the strong men exploring the road.”
"Shilang Su, what should I do next?"
Su Jiao, who had a splitting headache due to exhaustion, slowly washed his hands, then walked out of the medical tent and took a deep breath of fresh air, and finally Let his head regain some clarity and shout loudly: "Shilang Feng!"
Feng Jie, who was busy not far away, came in a hurry and bowed his hands: "Shilang Su!"
< br>Su Jiao asked in a deep voice: "How many days will my army's baggage be enough for us?"
Feng Jie said, "The leaders of Guizhou have all donated their own food, plus the food we have shipped." , enough for everyone to chew for half a month, but the ginger is only enough for one more day, and the healing herbs are only enough for two more days.”
Su Jiao nodded slightly when he heard the words, and then turned his eyes to Dongxiaoli, which had become increasingly dilapidated due to the search and rescue work. After a moment of silence, he said: "Finally, we will search and rescue for half a day."
"Wait until sunset, everyone You must make a good rest without any mistakes."
"Make food at early sunrise tomorrow (5:00) and set off at four quarters of sunrise (6:00)."
"Bring it with you. All surviving Qin people, return to Zheng County!”
Those missing people may have been swallowed by the cracks in the ground and have long since perished in the belly of the earth dragon.
It may also be buried under an unknown pile of loess, waiting for their rescue.
But the shortage of medicinal materials and the cutoff of reinforcements made Su Jiao no longer able to wait any longer!
Feng Jie breathed a sigh of relief and immediately said, "Wei!"
After Zhou Qingchen's lips wriggled a few times, he finally said nothing more and just said, "Wei!"
Ying Chengyu had already announced that the earthquake area was under military control, and Su Jiao's words were like military orders.
No one dared to disobey Su Jiao's orders.
When Su Jiao's order came out, everyone, regardless of their identity, dug harder and searched harder, praying secretly in their hearts.
The Heavenly Emperor of the Four Directions is above! Earth Dragon is on top! Lord Chang'an is here! Let me save another one! It would be nice to save one more!
It wasn’t until the sun completely set that everyone finally returned to the camp full of reluctance and helplessness.
Su Jiao hopes everyone can have a good sleep.
But the forcibly suppressed cries still kept most people in the camp awake all night.
At three quarters of sunrise the next day (5:45), seeing the obvious dark circles and tired looks on Zhou Qingchen and others, Su Jiao rarely got angry: "Have you been up all night?!"< br>
“You know, we have to go back along the rugged mountain road today, and we also have to help a group of orphans, widows, children and seriously injured children!”
“You, wait. If you are so tired, how can you fight if you are in danger on the way?"
Feng Jie asked with a smile: "Shilang Su was awake all night, right?"
Su Jiao was speechless. Zhou Qingchen said in a low voice: "Since we are so tired and it is inconvenient to return, how about one more day of search and rescue?"
Su Jiao sighed softly: "How about one more day of search and rescue? Can the second and third sons sleep peacefully tonight?”
Everyone was speechless!
Su Jiao walked towards a stretcher carrying the wounded and said sadly: "The life of the wounded is also life!"
Su Jiao also wanted to continue the search and rescue, but there was no medicine!
Su Jiao cannot risk the lives of these wounded 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 this official order!"
"Let's go!"
"Return to Zheng County!"
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Feng Jie stepped forward first, lifting the same stretcher with Su Jiao one after another, and walked towards the mountain road opened by Su Jiao.
Zheng Miao knelt on the ground facing the ruins of Dongxiaoli, kowtowed loudly, and then stood up suddenly, holding his blood-red forehead and shouted in a hissing voice: "Elders of Dongxiaoli!"
"Except for the grain and earthen pots, all other items are placed here. I will pick them up when I return someday."
"If you are still strong, go help your benefactors carry grain and grass." , carry the wounded!”
“The benefactors have already done so much for us, don’t let the benefactors work any harder for us!”
"Let's go!"
After saying that, Zheng Yan resisted the urge to turn around, followed Su Jiao first, and grabbed the stretcher from Su Jiao.
Everyone in the capital of Dongxiaoli and Guizhou is reluctant to leave their homeland. Those who still have missing family members know clearly that once they leave this place, their missing family members will undoubtedly die!
But no one behaved or acted recklessly.
It’s just like what Zheng Ming said.
Su Jiao and others have already paid too much for them, and Su Jiao's decision was also for their safety.
If you still cause trouble to Su Jiao and others under such circumstances, are you still human?
After kowtowing in the direction of the ruins, a Mingdong Xiaoli Guizhou leader either turned around three times in one step or turned decisively, but he all ran towards Su Jiao's subordinates and helped Su Jiao and others carry the load. Collect supplies, just hope that Su Jiao and others can relax a little.
Even Cai'er carried her brother behind her back, with a basket full of food hanging on her chest. Although she needed to use her hands and feet to climb up the steep slope from time to time, she did not pass on the burden to other people.
Zhou Qingchen stopped when he saw this, and waited quietly until Cai'er passed by him. He pinched the back of Cai'er's brother's neck with his left hand and held him in his arms. He removed Cai'er with a flick of his right wrist. He put the backpack on his chest on his back, and then held Cai'er in his arms with his right hand.
Cai'er, who was sad, anxious and exhausted, didn't wake up until she felt Zhou Qingchen's embrace, and hurriedly said: "Uncle, please come down!"
"Li Zheng said, all the uncles are crying for us. A lot of blood and sweat, we can no longer trouble the uncles, we have to do what we can do by ourselves!"
Zhou Qingchen said in a bad tone: "What nonsense!"
"You don't slow down the team's progress. You just stay at my place, so you don't trouble me!"
Cai'er felt a little guilty at Zhou Qingchen's words, and said in a small voice: "I'm sorry. Uncle, you have to bring the food from your family, otherwise you and your brother will starve to death.”
Zhou Qingchen didn't know what to say, so he just said a dull 'hmm'.
Cai'er didn't know what the right thing to do was, so she could only control her movements as much as possible and huddle in Zhou Qingchen's arms.
The dull atmosphere lasted for a long time, and Zhou Qingchen finally took the initiative to ask: "My child, what is your name?"
Caier then realized that she had been wrong for so many days. Zhou Qingchen said her name, but Zhou Qingchen didn't ask her name either, he just called her baby name.
Cai'er hurriedly said: "My name is Cai'er, my brother hasn't given a name yet."
Zhou Qingchen nodded lightly: "Cai'er, what a good name."
"Hurry up!"
Asking Cai'er to hold on to his expensive leather armor, Zhou Qingchen put his right hand on the ground and finally carried two The child and a basket of corn climbed up a steep slope.
Seeing Zhou Qingchen panting tiredly, Cai'er quickly took out the cooked egg from her arms: "Uncle..."
Aware that Cai'er hesitated to speak, Zhou Qingchen's eyes The egg fell into Cai'er's hand.
Zhou Qingchen, who has an excellent memory, knew very well that this egg was the one he gave to Cai'er yesterday. As for Cai'er's hesitation, it was not difficult to guess in Zhou Qingchen's eyes.
Zhou Qingchen said quietly: "Peel it open."
Cai'er was startled for a moment, then nodded vigorously, quickly peeled off the egg shell with both hands, and carefully put the egg into Zhou Qingchen's mouth , his eyes were shining and he asked: "Uncle, is it delicious?"
To be honest, it's really not delicious!
Eating a hard-boiled egg would make you choke, let alone a fresh egg.
But Zhou Qingchen smiled and nodded: "This is the most delicious chicken I have ever eaten in my life!"
Seeing Cai'er smile, Zhou Qingchen's voice became gentler, and he took the initiative to find a topic. : "Does Cai'er know Lord Chang'an?"
Cai'er nodded vigorously and said: "Well, I know, Aweng said, Lord Chang'an is the best nobleman in the world!"
Recall Seeing the back of Ying Chengyu rushing into the disaster area without hesitation, Zhou Qingchen smiled: "You can't say this in front of others, but it's not wrong."
"Last year, Chang'an Lord had a conversation with After communicating with Long, he learned that Dilong would turn around in Guanzhong this year, so he ordered officials from all over Guanzhong to be prepared to deal with it. "
"Until six days ago, Earth Dragon turned over here, and Lord Chang'an rushed here."
Cai'er was attracted by Zhou Qingchen's words, and asked expectantly: "Is Lord Chang'an coming? Are you talking to Dilong?"
Zhou Qingchen shook his head: "I don't know."
"I only know that a benevolent person like Lord Chang'an will not let me go. The people were devoured by the earth dragon.”
“Don’t worry, Cai’er, with Lord Chang’an here, your parents will not suffer any consequences after going to Huangquan!”
More and more Guizhou leaders gathered around Zhou Qingchen, drawing precious comfort from Zhou Qingchen's sporadic words.
On the rugged mountain road, the Qian Shou in Dongxiaoli and the soldiers who came to the rescue no longer distinguished each other. They took turns carrying the baggage and the injured, helping each other cross the steep slopes and across the cracks in the ground.
Use the red flag as a guide to get out of yesterday's abyss!
(End of this chapter)