When Fan Dengfeng rushed to the foot of Dayan Mountain with 500 soldiers, he was first shocked by the half-spanned ridge.

Then, I was attracted by the noisy crowd in front of me.

I saw that a group of officials were holding weapons in their hands and confronting ordinary people who were in a state of emotional collapse.

Fan Dengfeng suddenly raised his hand, and then waved forward, and the soldiers behind him rushed forward with good training, and together with the officials, they controlled the crowd of troublemakers.

However, in exchange, it was indeed the crying and cursing of the heavens and the earth.

"Why? You don't go to save people, we go ourselves!"

"Of course you can be indifferent without your family!"

"Even if it is planed, I will also dig out my father's bones, I can't just let my father be violent in the wilderness!"

"Let us go!"

"Let us go!"

......

Fan Dengfeng was unmoved, and saw countless carriages parked in the distance, setting up tents of different sizes, and thought: Do these family members really have to wait for the corpses to be dug out before they want to go back?

He turned his head unconcernedly, still looking at the once towering Dayan Mountain.

Okita Prefecture is located in the southernmost part of the Han Dynasty, where the terrain is flat, although there are also mountains and valleys, but it is not comparable with the mountains in the north, too small.

Only Dayan Mountain in Heluo County is the tallest mountain in the entire Okita Prefecture. I remember that the last time he led his troops up the mountain, although he only climbed the flat land where the witch temple was located halfway up the mountain, but in the morning mist, he actually felt a rare trace of heroic openness that can only be found in the north.

And now, Van Dengfeng finally turned over and dismounted, looking at the ridge that seemed to have been slapped down by a giant palm and the craggy rocks where the temple was located at all, and he had repositioned the mission of this trip.

Half of the mountain collapsed in an earthquake of this magnitude, or where the temple was located, and the survivors should not exist.

The next thing to do is to comfort the families of the victims.

"General Fan is here!"

"What happened the day before yesterday, but what's unusual?"

It was Chen Songnian, the magistrate of Heluo County, who was about forty years old, with a thin face, thin eyebrows and fine eyes, a small goatee, and Fan Dengfeng's thick beard to show off his official authority, which was not a gear at all.

He bowed to Fan Dengfeng, and only after receiving an answer did he get up to reply.

"Yes, General Fan, just the day before yesterday at noon, the earthquake happened very suddenly, without any warning in advance.

It happened that some people who had come down the mountain escaped and returned to the county seat to report to the official. It is said that at that time, Dayan Mountain shook violently, and countless rocks rolled down, and those who came down the mountain ran fast and were not hit.

After getting the news, Xia Guan sent someone over, but General Fan, please see, this Dayan Mountain has collapsed so badly that you can't even see the temple. Xia Guan believes that the possibility of survival in it is not too great. ”

"Hehe......" Fan Dengfeng suddenly remembered the scene when he first came here two years ago, and couldn't help but say sarcastically:

"Don't all of you people here believe in witch gods? Why, the mighty and omnipotent witch gods didn't expect an earthquake?"

"This ......" Chen Songnian was a little stunned, of course he knew why Fan Dengfeng spoke like this.

However, he has been in Heluo County for almost eight years, and although he has not made any major achievements in political performance, he has not made any major mistakes.

And among them, he thinks that the best thing he has done is to have a good relationship with the Witch Temple.

You must know that in such a place of strong religious beliefs, the implementation of the decree is far less effective than the gods in the temple.

Therefore, let's not talk about the boring question of whether he believes in witch gods or not, he only knows that after establishing a good relationship with the divine envoy, he really hasn't encountered any major trouble in collecting taxes and maintaining law and order.

And this is also the reason why General Fan suddenly visited the temple two years ago, and he had to disregard his humility and persuade him.

Now, General Fan is sarcastic, they are all people who are mixed with officialdom, Chen Songnian naturally went in and out of his left ear, and then laughed twice and changed the topic.

"The day before yesterday was the birthday of the witch god, and almost every household in the county town had people go to the temple to burn incense and pray for blessings.

I don't want to suffer a natural disaster, so it's okay to change to usual, but now, the number of casualties is very huge!

In order to appease the families, we also had people try to clear the road into the mountain.

However, even if we recruited some able-bodied people to participate in the work of clearing the barricades, the progress was really not fast, and two days passed, and gradually some people could not sit still, and some people may have overheard the mountain saying that there were huge boulders blocking the way into the temple, and the lower officials had not yet figured out what to do, and those people mistakenly thought that the lower officials did not plan to care, and rushed over to make trouble.

Fortunately, General Fan arrived in time, otherwise, with this little manpower, he really couldn't defeat so many people to break through.

In fact, if there are more people, it is faster to do things, but the lower officials are also afraid that the personnel are complicated and difficult to control, if something happens halfway, not to mention the black gauze hat on the head, the head of the lower official will not be protected!"

Speaking of this, Chen Songnian bowed down to Fan Dengfeng again, expressing full respect and demand.

"How many people have entered?" Van Dengfeng strode forward.

Chen Songnian hurriedly followed, "There are two hundred people. The way up the hill had been almost cleared, but the temple was halfway up the hill at a corner, just blocked by a boulder, and there was no way to get it away. So, you can't get in at all.

Just now, someone from the mountain reported the situation, saying that they planned to use explosives to blow up the boulder.

However, the lower officials feared that this would lead to other dangers, and did not agree. ”

"Hmm. Fan Dengfeng thought about it, and left two hundred people to cooperate with Chen Songnian to maintain order, while he took three hundred people up the mountain.

"Master Chen, set this place well, don't let them cause another incident. ”

"Isn't General Fan afraid of aftershocks?" Chen Songnian spoke in front of Fan Dengfeng, naturally cautious. However, the witch temple is the belief of the locals, and it is naturally best for him to be able to lead troops to the temple.

Fan Dengfeng is actually afraid of aftershocks, he doesn't want to give his life here, listen to Chen Songnian's meaning, if this official mansion doesn't go in and take a trip, it will be difficult to explain.

In case these troublemakers go to the imperial capital to sue the royal capital, saying that he is inactive, then ...... It's not easy to do.

Now is a sensitive period, and he had better do his part honestly.

So, Fan Dengfeng didn't stay long, stepped on the horse again, and with a wave of the whip, he marched towards the mountain with three hundred soldiers.

Someone cleared the rubble that had tumbled down from the mountain in advance, and Van Dengfeng, riding a red and black horse, was soon halfway up the mountain.

"Phew!" he tugged at the reins and stopped in front of the boulder.

"Knock with Zhou Zhengchang of Luo County to meet General Fan!" came a middle-aged man wearing a dark official robe, covered with dust, and was Zhou Zhengchang of the county official history.

And those who were still cleaning up the barricades or doing nothing in a daze on the side hurriedly bowed to Fan Dengfeng when they heard the sound.

"Don't be polite, get up. Fan Dengfeng sat on his horse and looked at the boulder carefully.

The boulder was nearly a zhang high and irregularly shaped, just as Chen Songnian said, just blocking the only way to enter the temple.

Van Dengfeng remembers the last time he visited, the road was lined with towering trees and gentle slopes, but now, the boulders were blocking the road, one side of which became an almost straight cliff, and the other side seemed to have been slashed by a knife.

The road was originally for small carriages to travel, but it was blocked at this time, and he saw that many places were still potholed by rocks, and it was very difficult to walk.

"Can anyone climb up and see it?" Fan Dengfeng took the horsewhip and tapped it in the palm of his hand, and then asked the person who came.

"General Yufan, the villain climbed up and saw that there were many gravels of different sizes behind it, and the temple was originally at the end of this road, which could be seen at a glance, but now it is gone, as if it has all fallen. ”

"The situation is not optimistic!" Fan Dengfeng thought about it and felt that there was really no need to go in, but how to appease the people under the mountain?

"Come on...... Man!"

Suddenly, in the midst of the noisy human voices, Fan Dengfeng seemed to hear a faint cry for help.

"Quiet!"

Fan Dengfeng gave an order, and the surroundings suddenly fell silent.

So, this time, everyone heard a faint voice coming from behind the boulder.

"Help!"

Fan Dengfeng walked quickly to the boulder and listened carefully.

But the voice was gone.

"Did you notice someone calling for help before?" he turned to ask Zhou Zhengchang.

"General Yufan, the villain has never heard it, and neither have the others. ”

"Hmm!" Fan Dengfeng nodded, and was about to walk back, but the voice came again.

"It seems to be coming from a cliff. Van Dengfeng approached the boulder and put his ear to the cliff to listen.

"General Fan, you heard it right, it did come from this cliff. Zhou Zhengchang was a little excited, and the people next to him also began to whisper.

Obviously, after two days of busy day and night, we finally heard the voice of a living person, and everyone's originally heavy mood was also relieved.

"General Fan, how is it good?" Zhou Zhengchang actually wanted to use gunpowder to blow up the boulder for a long time, but Lord Chen under the mountain did not agree, and he and this group of people could only be used here.

Now, General Fan is here, and he should ......

Fan Dengfeng is not as cautious as Chen Songnian, his idea is very simple, since there are living people, they should be rescued as soon as possible.

Of course, it is true that gunpowder may cause the rock to fall again, but as long as you master the skill and strength, it is not impossible.

"If you explode it with gunpowder, you may injure someone. Van Dengfeng pondered for a moment and said, "Find someone to try to talk to the people in the cliff, keep them away from here, and we'll blow this place up with gunpowder." ”

"Obey!" Zhou Zhengchang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly found a few loud ones to do as General Fan said.

Then he had the gunpowder he had prepared in advance fetched and began to place it around the place where the sound had come from.

Fan Dengfeng looked at it and felt that it was inappropriate, so he ordered his soldiers to go over and help.

Soldiers marching and fighting are naturally more experienced in the placement of gunpowder.

Soon, everything was ready, everyone retreated to a safe distance, someone took a fire breaker to light the fuse, and then ran away as fast as possible.

"Bang!"

"Bang bang!"

Several explosions rang out, filling the air with dust and smoke.

After a moment, when everything was quiet, Fan Dengfeng took the lead and walked over to check.

Well, that's good, it's just that a small number of rocks have fallen, messing up the road that was originally cleared.

Zhou Zhengchang and everyone were also busy walking over.

"General Fan, look, there really is a hole!"

Fan Dengfeng looked at Zhou Zhengchang's voice, and sure enough, a gap was blown out of the boulder, and next to it, a black hole appeared on the cliff, a half-human-high cave.

Men of the daring have already rushed in.

Soon, the voices came out.

"Someone! two, already unconscious. ”

"Bring it out!" Fan Dengfeng ordered calmly.

Presumably stunned by gunpowder.

In a moment, several big men carefully carried out the two men.

"Alive!" someone said loudly, his voice full of excitement and surprise.

Fan Dengfeng walked over and looked condescendingly.

His face was covered with blood and dust, and he looked at his figure, estimated to be seventeen or eighteen years old, and he was wearing thin underwear, and there was a young man whose clothes were particularly tattered, and he was already a little unclothed.

Fan Dengfeng frowned and ordered someone to carry them away and heal them quickly.

"Prepare the torches and go inside. ”