33. Bridge collapse

Jiang Bohua was always curious when he saw strangers, leaned into Sanqi's arms, and looked at Jiang Heng with wide eyes. Jiang Heng had never seen such a small child, stretched out his finger to tease him, and said with a smile: "This is Jiang Xiaogongzi?" โ€

Jiang Bohua said in a milky voice: "It's not Gongzi, it's Brother Bai'er." โ€

Even the flying arrows smiled slightly, and Qingzhan liked it even more. He was actually a half-grown child, and he took out the little rabbit he had just bought on the road from his pocket and came to tease Jiang Bohua, but Jiang Bohua grabbed it with one hand and giggled.

Taohua gently scratched his little nose: "Obviously there is one at home, why do you want someone else's?" โ€

Qingzhan hurriedly smiled: "The little boy can take it if he likes it, but it's just a noodle person." โ€

Jiang Heng also smiled: "Children are so interesting. I don't have it at home, and every time my mother sees it at someone else's house, she can't wait to take it home. If she sees Bai Ge'er, she will definitely like it very much. โ€

Jiang Yanhua's eyebrows moved, and she swallowed back what she wanted to say, only to quietly look at Taohua's face. Taohua just smiled and said: "Children also have a lot of trouble on weekdays, if they are sick and crying, they will also teach people to be sent to other people's homes immediately." Jiang Gongzi doesn't have to worry, this time next year, you will have a little nephew to tease. โ€

Jiang Bohua's ears were very sharp when he heard the words "send to someone else's house", and immediately protested: "Brother Bai is very well-behaved, don't send it to someone else's house!" โ€

Jiang Heng felt more and more interesting, and stretched out his hand and said, "Brother Bai is so smart, let me hug it, okay?" โ€

Jiang Bohua thought about it, opened his little arm and let Jiang Heng hug him. His flesh was piercing, and Jiang Heng sighed as soon as he started it: "It's really strong." โ€

Jiang Bohua put his arms around his neck and giggled. Jiang Heng pasted it on his fat face and said with a smile: "Although there is no custom of walking the moon in the capital, the streets are full of lanterns in the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is not inferior to Shangyuan." At this time next year, I'll take my little nephew out to see the lights. โ€

Taohua couldn't help but laugh: "I'm afraid it won't work at this time next year." โ€

Jiang Heng was surprised: "Why?" โ€

Taohua turned her face away, so as not to be seen with a smile that could not be hidden on her face - walking on the moon is not happy to wear a hat: "At this time next year, the young lady's child is not yet 100 years old, how can she go out at night." Brother Bai is almost two years old, so I dare to take him out. โ€

Jiang Heng touched his nose and sneered, "Really? You know so much. "He never had a child in his house, so he knew how long it took for a woman to give birth and how old a baby had to be before she could go out.

Jiang Yanhua easily found an opportunity to speak, and smiled softly: "Jiang Gongzi is a man, and there are no children at home, how can he know these things." Bai Ge'er is my sister who grew up, so she naturally understands. When Jiang Gongzi has a little nephew and sees him grow up day by day, he will know. โ€

Jiang Heng hugged Jiang Bohua, imagining that the Wen family would also give birth to such a white and chubby little thing in the future, and couldn't help but smile happily: "I hope it's a nephew." โ€

Jiang Yanhua said softly: "The young lady will definitely win the man in one fell swoop." โ€

Taohua glanced at Jiang Heng: "Is it a niece that you don't like?" โ€

Jiang Heng said without hesitation: "Of course a niece is fine, but it would be better if it was a nephew." "His brother Jiang Wu has been married for many years and has no children, if the Wen family wins a man in one fell swoop, of course it is the best.

Momoka turned her face away and stopped talking. This world is like this, if you don't have a son, even if you give birth to more daughters, you are called a queenless.

Jiang Heng didn't notice Taohua's coldness. Jiang Bohua was heavy, although he was not the kind of scholar who was powerless, he felt sore after hugging him for a while. Seeing that three or seven heads were not high, there were gradually more pedestrians in front of him, so he simply handed Jiang Bohua to the flying arrow: "Good life hug, don't drop him." โ€

Flying arrows are practicers, and it is easy to hold a small meat ball of twenty pounds. And he is tall, Jiang Bohua can see farther in his arms, and he is happy to dance, and he doesn't care that he is a stranger.

There was already the first bridge ahead, and the bridge was full of women, all dressed in makeup. Civilian women hold hands in three, three, five, and five, talking and laughing while walking; There are also rich women with servants and maids who travel with friends. There were also women with their children and daughters, so that they could also pass on the bridge, so that they would be healthy and have a safe year.

When it is so lively, the hawkers will not miss it. On both sides of the street, there are all kinds of stalls, all of which are used by women and children. Jiang Bohua saw the sugar man at a glance, and immediately tilted his little body to that side: "Sugar candy!" โ€

"Only two." Momoka stretched out two fingers, "What if there's a better one ahead?" โ€

Jiang Bohua was a little stunned, and thought for a while with his fingers in his mouth, the sugar man stall had already walked over, and he was attracted by the lantern in front of him again, and temporarily threw the sugar man to the back of his mind.

Jiang Heng couldn't help laughing: "It's really a deception." โ€

Jiang Yanhua laughed softly: "Children, it's all like this. After a while, he will fall asleep when he is tired, and forget about the sugar man when he gets up tomorrow. โ€

Jiang Heng walked beside her, smelled the fragrance of osmanthus flowers, and subconsciously glanced sideways. Jiang Yanhua noticed his gaze, and tilted his head shyly and timidly. She wore the pair of teardrop-shaped jade pendants today, and when her head was tilted like this, the pendants shook playfully, reflecting the lights on both sides of the street on her snow-white skin, like two raindrops about to fall.

Jiang Heng glanced at it, and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard a dull loud noise in front of him, and then as if a scoop of cold water was poured into a boiling oil pot, the crying and shouting exploded in an instant, and it was not easy to distinguish a sentence from the chaos: "The Moon Bridge has collapsed!" โ€

"The bridge collapsed?" Jiang Yanhua's face turned white with fright. Mochizuki Bridge is very old, and it is said that walking on the moon on the bridge is particularly effective, so it is a must-visit place for women who go out every year. Because I have walked too much, the classes on the bridge have been polished smooth as a mirror. If they had walked faster just now, they would probably be on the Mochizuki Bridge by now.

The street was full of women, and when they heard that the bridge had collapsed, they panicked, crying and crying, and those who had not yet reached the bridge turned around and ran, so they spread the word of ten, ten, and hundred, and in an instant, several streets centered on the Mochizuki Bridge were in chaos.

The flying arrow was holding Jiang Bohua with his left hand, and he had already grabbed Jiang Heng with his right hand: "Son, go quickly!" "Don't look at all women, such a flow of people pushes and tramples, and men can't stand it.

"Protect the two girls!" Jiang Heng shouted, and found that there were not only two girls in their group, but also three maids.

"You can't run along, find a place to hide, there aren't a lot of people!" Taohua pulled the bellflower with one hand and Jiang Yanhua with the other, looking around. In the end, this is not a market, and the streets are mostly filled with women and children, so even if it is chaotic, it is not so terrible.

"This way!" Flying arrows were tall, and the first thing they saw was two stone lions in front of a family.

Before the crowd rushed over, several people had already run to the side of the stone lion, leaning tightly to avoid being swept away. Jiang Bohua was so frightened that he cried, and at this time he refused to talk to strangers, and opened his hand to hug Taohua. Taohua hugged him tightly and whispered, "Brother Bai'er is not afraid, it's okay, it's okay." โ€

After all, a bridge collapse is no better than a fire or the like, as long as you leave the river, you will be fine. Everyone panicked, and the scene finally calmed down. However, because all the people who came out today were women and children, and none of them were people who could run in stride, and some of them even fell down as long as they pushed, so the people who fell and stepped on the streets were almost all over the street, but fortunately, most of them were not seriously injured.

"Sister, let's go back quickly......" Jiang Yanhua sprained his foot in a hurry just now, but fortunately he was picked up by Jiang Heng so that he didn't fall, and at this moment, leaning on the stone lion, he was already frightened and his face was blue and his lips were white.

"The bridge collapsed, and those who fell into the river don't know if anyone can save them!" Momoka looked straight ahead. Now that there is no crowd to obstruct the view, I can clearly see that the river is empty, and only a few people remain there, shouting for help while trying to salvage the people in the river. These people are probably servants and the like, and their masters are in the water, and even if they can, they don't dare to escape.

Jiang Heng also saw it, and immediately pulled out his legs and ran: "Go and save people!" โ€

Taohua kissed Jiang Bohua on the face, put him in Jiang Yanhua's arms, and said softly: "Sister went to the river to save people, you obediently waited here with the second sister and Daylily." When my sister comes back, we'll go buy candy man. After that, he also ran with Jiang Hengfei as soon as he mentioned his skirt.

The Mochizuki Bridge had been broken into several pieces, except for a part of the stumps on each side that were still standing on the shore, and all the stones in the middle fell into the water and hit people. At this moment, the river was flushing red, and the uninjured were trying to climb ashore, but the wounded were left to wash away.

Fortunately, there is a lot of water in Wuxi, even the woman is quite watery, and the river is not deep, and the flow speed is slow, so it is relatively easy to rescue people.

Arrows and Qingzhan are both proficient in water, and without thinking, the two jump into the river and scoop those who have been injured by the stones to the surface. Peppermint bellflower and others also swim and wade to pull those who have already fluttered to the shore.

Jiang Heng also knows some water, but he knows that Qingzhan and the others will never let him go into the water at this time, if he also enters the river, Qingzhan is afraid that he will be distracted to follow him, so he only follows Mint and others to the shore to pull people.

Kikyo was originally a fisherman's girl, and she was as flexible as a small fish in the water, fluttering a few times, raising her arms to a four or five-year-old child, and screaming in panic: "Girl, this child is out of gas!" โ€

"Bring it over!" Taohua was squatting on the ground, resetting a young woman with a dislocated shoulder, the young woman drank several sips of water, and was choked and dizzy, but as soon as she saw the child, she shouted: "Dog! It was her child, and when she fell into the water, she tried to lift her child, but the falling stone hit her shoulder, and the child was swept away by the current.

Taohua took the child over. The child's body is still warm, but his breathing has stopped. Taohua quickly checked the child's mouth, nose, chest and abdomen, and then knelt down on one leg, leaned the child over her lap, put her legs against his abdomen, and pressed the child's back rhythmically.

The young woman tried to pounce on her, but she restrained herself, and her throat kept sobbing, but she did not dare to cry. After a while, the child coughed violently a few times, spit water out of his mouth, and his little body twitched a few times, making a faint cry.

"My!" The young woman's whole body softened, she sat on the ground with her buttocks, and struggled to crawl towards Taohua, "Thank you, girl, thank you!" โ€

When the people by the river saw Taohua saving a child, someone immediately shouted: "This girl, save my sister-in-law!" โ€

Taohua turned her head to look, only to see a woman who had just been dragged ashore, her left leg had been twisted and deformed, obviously her leg was broken, and her face was blue and her lips were white in pain.

Momoka tore off a long strip of cloth from her skirt and ordered without turning her head: "Go find two straight branches or sticks." โ€

It was Jiang Heng who was beside her, and she was already a little stunned when she saw her saving a child just now, and when she heard this, she subconsciously responded, turned her head and ran. After running a few steps, he realized that he had been ordered by a girl.

But at this time, he didn't care about anything else, Jiang Heng picked up two broken flat poles on the ground, and he didn't know which vendor fell them, so he ran back. As soon as he went, Taohua had already joined the woman's broken bones, tied the flat pole to the sides of the injured leg with strips of cloth, and ordered: "Be careful to carry it to the infirmary, and do not move to the wound." โ€

Jiang Heng looked at the woman's broken leg in surprise. Although he didn't know how to heal, the shape of the broken leg had changed from the twist he had just made to normal, which he could see with his eyes. It didn't take much time for him to pick up a flat pole, and Taohua had already finished the bones for the woman!

Jiang Heng has seen people with bones. When he was in the capital, he traveled with some children of the family, and one of them fell to the ground and broke his arm. At that time, when he was sent to the hospital, an old man straightened his bones, and the time it took was about the same as Taohua. Even though the effect of Taohua Zhenggu is not as good as that of the old man, the proficiency of this technique is obviously not far behind.

At this time, the county government had already received the news, and Su County Ling personally brought the officials and a few Lang Zhong to come, and treated those who were trampled on along the way, and the streets were suddenly full of people.

The stone bridge collapsed, and more than 30 people fell into the water, including a woman who was hit on the head by a stone and died on the spot; Another child was swept downstream by the current and drowned. As for the chaos on the streets, two people were also seriously injured by trampling, and countless others were injured.

In the end, there are many people and there is great strength, and the servants and Lang Zhong together, the wounded on the river bank are quickly dealt with. The seriously injured ones were taken to a nearby medical center, and the minor ones were bandaged and then they could go home on their own.

Su Xian Ling wiped the sweat on his face, and suddenly saw Jiang Heng, and suddenly his face became even more ugly: "Jiang Gongzi? But the county lord is traveling tonight? "If the Lord of Nanhua County is also injured in this accident, this matter will be really troublesome.

Jiang Heng hurriedly said: "My mother didn't travel, but I just took a few family members for a walk." I wasn't far away when the bridge collapsed, so I came over to help save people. โ€

Su Heng's heart fell back into his heart. A few years ago, he had thought about renovating several old stone bridges, and the Mochizuki Bridge was among them. But several local officials insisted that the old bridges had spirits and would be feng shui if renovated, and some merchant squires and even the residents near the bridges held this view, so he had to give up.

Who knew that something would happen tonight, but fortunately last year was the evaluation period, and the next evaluation will be two years later, and there is still a chance to redeem it, if it is the turn of this year, an inferior class will not be able to run away. If he hurts the county lord of Nanhua again, I am afraid that this matter will go straight to heaven, and he will probably take off the hat of this county order immediately.

"Thank you Gongzi Jiang for being anxious and righteous, otherwise when we come over, I am afraid that we will hurt more lives." Su Heng had already seen the flying arrows, and knew that with such a guard present, he must have contributed a lot.

Although Jiang Heng didn't go into the water, he also made half of his body **, mud and water, and he was exhausted. Hearing Su Heng say this, he shook his head and said, "We are just fishing for people, but Miss Jiang saved several people." โ€

As he spoke, he looked over to Momoka. Taohua fixed a child with broken ribs to a door panel, let the two officials carry it away, and saw that there were no more seriously injured people around, then straightened up and beat his back with his backhand.

She is now much more than Jiang Heng Wolf Bรจi. An eight-panel skirt had been torn into strips of cloth and used to bandage or tie up, revealing the stone blue pants inside. In addition to mud and blood stains on the rose-colored shirt, the face is also smeared horizontally and vertically, like a cat. The neatly combed hair bun was scattered in half, and a few locks of hair were muddy and pasted on his face, Jiang Heng looked over and saw that in the dim light, only a small piece of skin from the root of the ear to the neck was white, and a garnet earring hung down from the earlobe, reflecting the light to paint a light red layer on the skin.

Jiang Heng was slightly distracted, and a poem actually floated in his mind at an inopportune time: Suddenly looking back, that person was there, and the lights were dim. Although the lights are dim, it is such a girl who looks like a wolf bรจi is standing.

"Oh, Miss Jiang?" Only then did Su Heng recognize Tao Hualai, "Miss Jiang is also here?" โ€

"Not really. She just saved a drowning child and took the bones for someone. Jiang Heng's gaze fell on Taohua, and said to Su Heng casually, "I see that her medical skills are quite good." โ€

"Really?" Su Heng watched the officials put the deceased on the door panel and carry it away, thinking about how to end this matter, and said casually, "The clumsy Jing's happy pulse was diagnosed by Miss Jiang, and she must have a family history and attainments." โ€

At this time, the news of the collapse of the Moon Bridge had spread, and some people in the family had come out to leave the moon and had not yet returned, so they all opened the door and came out to look for it, Su Heng saw that it was going to be chaotic again, and he didn't care about talking to Jiang Heng anymore, so he hurriedly commanded the officials to go to the street to beat the gong and shout, so that the lightly injured could go home quickly, and if there were family members who were missing and had not returned, they would go to the hospital or the yamen to find someone.

At this time, Feijian and Qingzhan also walked back, Qingzhan hugged her shoulders and said tremblingly: "Childe, let's go back quickly." "I didn't feel anything about saving people in the water just now, but now I climbed ashore and was blown by the autumn wind, and I suddenly felt as if it was cold to my bones.

The mint over there is similar to the bellflower. Although they did not swim in the river like the green cups and arrows, they also went down to the water, and their clothes were also completely wet. Fortunately, the clothes are thick in the autumn, otherwise I am afraid that I will not be able to see people when I go ashore.

Tao Hua led the two to Jiang Heng's side, and said tiredly: "Thank you Gongzi for your help this time, otherwise I'm afraid that a few more people will die." "In this dark night, there are women and children, and if there were no arrows and green lamps, there would have been many more people washed away by the water.

Jiang Heng hurriedly said: "How can Miss Jiang say this, how can she not be saved when she sees death." Besides, not all of you are saving people. โ€

Before he could finish his sentence, Kikyo let out a big sneeze. Taohua wiped her face casually and said, "Let's go back." Jiang Gongzi, you are all wet, go to my house to drink a bowl of ginger soup first, and change into dry clothes, otherwise you will suffer from the cold. โ€

"Yes, yes, Second Miss Jiang and the little boy are still over there." Qingzhan snorted, wishing that there would be a bowl of ginger soup to pour down now.

A few people raised their feet and walked a few steps, and Jiang Xi's shout came from the front: "Sister Tao, Jiang Gongzi!" โ€

"Daddy-" Momoka also shouted, "We're here." โ€

I saw a light moving in front of me, Jiang Xi took two subordinates, carried the lantern in his own hands, and trotted all the way over, and when he saw Taohua, he was immediately startled: "Sister Tao, you are-"

Taohua hurriedly said: "Dad, we're all fine, but we're helping to save people." โ€

Jiang Xi grabbed his daughter, looked up and down, and confirmed that the dirty blood on her daughter's body belonged to someone else, and then took a long breath: "Someone on the street shouted that the bridge collapsed, and you didn't come back, but your father was scared to death." I saw Yan Hua and Bai Ge'er on the street just now, and I realized that you weren't on the bridge, thank God. Hurry up, hurry home, this clothes are wet, and I am careful to catch a cold. โ€

Not only Jiang Xi, but Cao also ran out, hugging Jiang Yanhua and Jiang Bohua, and cried one by one on the street. Seeing that Jiang Xi took Taohua and the others back, he wiped his tears and said: "What's wrong with Sister Tao'er, don't say it's to save people, why are you-"

Jiang Xi interrupted her and said, "Jiang Gongzi and the two Sheng Cong are wet, don't talk on the street, go home and cook ginger soup to keep them away." โ€

Bai Guo and Daylily helped Jiang Yanhua one by one, and Poria helped Cao's family, and then turned back to Jiang's house. Fortunately, the Mochizuki Bridge was not far from Jiang's house, and it was a moment away. Jiang Xi was busy asking the kitchen to boil a thick ginger soup, and preparing hot water for Jiang Heng and the others to bathe, and he had to find a bone-setting wine and ask Daylilies to rub Jiang Yanhua's sprained ankle.

Momoka was dirty and went back to her yard with mint and bellflower. Cao Shi took the opportunity to hug Jiang Bohua and cried to Jiang Xi: "Look, master, Brother Bai'er was so scared, I said that I shouldn't take him out." No matter how sensible Sister Tao is, she is only a half-grown child, where can she take care of another one. Master, let's let Brother Bai come back to my yard, at least for a few days, I have to accompany him. โ€

Jiang Bohua was indeed a little frightened, but later Cao came over, hugged Jiang Yanhua and cried, and the little fat man who had finally calmed down was scared and cried again, and he is still burping. Jiang Xi looked at his son and was hesitating, Jiang Bohua cried: "I want my sister!" Brother Bai wants a sister! โ€

Cao Shi really cried now: "Brother Bai'er, is it okay for my mother to sleep with you in her arms?" Your sister is tired, would it be okay to let her rest by herself for a few days? "Is her son not kissing her at all now? When you encounter such a thing, you have to find your sister.

Jiang Xi frowned and hugged his son over: "Since Brother Bai wants to find Taohua by himself, let's let him live in Taohua." โ€