Chapter 1: Death is a Hero

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He took a heavy breath, sat on a relatively flat mountain rock, pounded his sore thighs, looked at the lush mountains, listened to the sound of gurgling water beside him and the crisp birdsong in the mountain forest, and couldn't help but take a deep breath of fresh air.

People who are accustomed to the reinforced concrete and bustling life in the city are so relaxed and happy in such a quiet nature!

This is Qingcheng Mountain, which is known as "Qingcheng is secluded in the world".

Cold and cold are almost the year of standing. Generally speaking, by this time, most men have achieved fame, successful careers, and unlimited scenery, but Leng Binghan has just experienced a failed marriage.

In fact, he and his lover have known and fallen in love for a long time before they came together, it should be said that they are very happy and should be able to grow old. However, life is not a fairy tale, and the trivial life of firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea after marriage has already smoothed out the passion and romance between each other. Gradually, there were more and more frictions and contradictions between the two, and disputes and quarrels became more and more frequent. So, they were very sad and calmly chose to divorce.

After the divorce, the lover went abroad to pursue his own happiness. It's not that I can't let go of Leng Binghan, but I always inadvertently think of the bits and pieces of the two people together. He didn't regret the divorce, although it was very uncomfortable, but he knew very well that this was the best choice, there was no fault or harm between the two people, but there was a big difference in consciousness, and it was a kind of torment and torture for each other to be reluctant to be together.

In order to get out of the painful memory as soon as possible and relieve this kind of worry, he has never liked to go out, and Leng Binghan, who was once nicknamed "otaku", chose to go out for a walk for the first time. He looked up a lot of routes on the Internet, once considered the ends of the world in Hainan, and also wanted to go over to see the landscape of Guilin, but after thinking about it, he finally chose Qingcheng Mountain, which is the closest to Chengdu, after all, there is only a 5-day holiday, and he rarely travels.

Since ancient times, people have used the word "secluded" to summarize the characteristics of Qingcheng Mountain. Qingcheng Mountain is empty and green, and the peaks, valleys, and palaces are all reflected in the lush and verdant forests. The Taoist pavilion is made of natural materials, without fake carving, and integrates with the mountains, forests, rocks and springs, reflecting the Taoist style of advocating simplicity and nature. There are also three natural wonders of sunrise, sea of clouds and holy lamps that can be called the characteristics of Qingcheng Mountain. Among them, the holy lamp is particularly peculiar. Shangqing Palace is the best place to see the holy lanterns. Every summer day when the weather is sunny after the rain, after nightfall, you can see the bright spots in the mountain in the holy lantern pavilion near the Shangqing Palace, flickering and drifting, less than three or five lamps, suddenly born and disappearing, more than hundreds of thousands, the valley is as bright as a star for a while. Legend has it that the lanterns lit by the gods of Mount Qingcheng, the "capital of the gods", when they made a pilgrimage to Zhang Tianshi, were called holy lanterns, but in fact, it was just a natural scene of phosphorus oxidation and burning in the mountain.

The name of Leng Bing Han sounds very cold, but people are not cold, and they are kind and enthusiastic in dealing with people, but because of their character, they really don't like to be lively and bustling. There are more people in the mountain scenery in front of Qingcheng, naturally it is not Leng Binghan likes, the current scenic spots, too many people's things are mixed in, hotels, cableways, commodity sales points, etc., in fact, it has long destroyed the feeling of "sending love to the landscape" of natural attractions. What he prefers is the mountain behind Qingcheng, where the development is not enough. Therefore, he took his backpack, brought clothes, food and tents and other outdoor supplies, and ran around in the mountains behind Qingcheng for 4 days, walking in non-developed places, eating bread, drinking sweet mountain spring water, and living in tents. After all, Leng Binghan walks in undeveloped places, and the population is naturally sparse.

In the past four days, his thousands of hiking shoes have been hung everywhere, and the outdoor clothes he specially purchased are also stained with mud stains. The road is difficult to walk, but what you harvest is the endless scenery and the mind washed by this scenery. When you stand on the top and take in the scenery below, when you sit by the trees at dusk and watch the birds flutter, when you bathe in the starlight and wash away the dust of the day in the stream...... How can you not allow your mind to be purified? How can you not let your heart embrace the world?

What a paradise on earth! Leng Binghan didn't even want to go back, to go back to that chaotic world to live a chaotic life. But this can only be thought about, after all, he is not a god, he still needs to survive, his parents and relatives, and a new life in the future.

Hurry up and hurry, and finally on the 5th day, I rushed back to Tai'an Temple. This is the first scenic spot of Qingcheng Back Mountain, and it is also the entrance and exit of Qingcheng Back Mountain, from here you can return to Chengdu by car for two hours. Therefore, there must be a lot of people here, some go out of the mountain, and some are ready to enter the mountain, and there are also many hotels and restaurants built here to facilitate the use of tourists. Although Leng Binghan's current image is miserable, most of them are used to seeing Leng Binghan's "travel friends" when they come out of the tourist destination, so they attract more attention and don't feel too strange.

I haven't eaten hot food for 5 days, I don't feel it in the mountains, and now I am back in the city and I feel hungry, and I don't care about the image, so I hurriedly found a restaurant, put the travel backpack beside me, and ordered a few special dishes to eat.

"This brother's food looks so ugly!" Just as Leng Binghan was feasting, a childish and somewhat sweet voice sounded on the side. Leng Binghan had food bulging in his mouth, and when he turned his head, it turned out to be a young couple at the next table and their daughter, who was about 6 or 7 years old, must have also come to Qingcheng Houshan Tourist Resort, eating, and the dishes were quite exquisite. The couple seem to be white-collar workers, about thirty years old, with white skin, well-dressed, elegant manners, and look very temperamental and cultivated. The little girl was very delicate, with a ponytail, big eyes, like black jewels, holding chopsticks, looking at herself blinking, and the mother next to her was educating the child: "Ling'er, don't be so rude!" Seeing Leng Binghan turn his head to look over, he sent an apologetic smile.

Leng Binghan also replied with a kind smile, such a cute child, such an innocent child, who would really mind and be angry?

Once upon a time, I and my lover also dreamed of having a lovely child, my lover likes boys, but I like girls, I have such a lovely child, devote my life to raising her, love her, until she grows up, thinking that there is a lovely daughter called her father, let herself carry her to play, comb her hair, tie her braids, tell her stories, sing lullabies to lullaby, what a happy thing it is! My lover joked more than once that he would resolutely not give birth to a daughter, otherwise he would definitely fall out of favor. At this time, I will always gently hang her nose and laugh at her for being jealous. And then? Feelings lit up the red light, and this thought and topic were naturally deeply annihilated under the heavy dust.

Alas, I was a little distracted again, I shook my head coldly, I couldn't think about it anymore, I didn't think about it anymore, I hurriedly finished eating, rushed back to Chengdu, packed up, and went to work tomorrow, and started a new life.

At this moment, Leng Binghan suddenly felt a shaking.

Hey? Could it be that he shook his head so badly that he was delusional?

Leng Binghan looked at the other people in the restaurant with some doubts, and at this time, there was silence in the originally noisy restaurant, and the others also looked around with some doubts.

At this time, there was another violent shaking, and the cold feeling was very clear, and he even saw that the TV hanging in the air in the restaurant was also shaking violently, and the dishes and chopsticks on the table were shaking left and right.

"Smack!" It was as if something had fallen to the ground and shattered, and the sound was especially loud at this time.

"Earthquake, run!" Leng Binghan suddenly woke up, earthquake, it must be an earthquake, although I can't figure out how an earthquake can happen in the plain of Chengdu, but there is no doubt that it must be an earthquake. Before he had time to think about it, he shouted at the top of his voice, grabbed the travel backpack beside him, and stumbled out of the door in the shaking of the earth.

It seems that the cold roar woke everyone up, and everyone who was originally like a clay sculpture immediately exploded the pot, screaming, calling for friends, like headless flies skewering and crying, and the whole restaurant was in chaos.

"Boom, boom!" The ceiling above the head seemed to be unable to withstand the pressure, and it broke and fell with a burst of dust particles, although it was very thin and did not cause any harm, but it caused a greater shadow on people's tense and frightened psychology. People crawled out and ran out, hitting their heads, stumbling on their feet, falling down, and grabbing the wrong luggage...... I can't take care of everything, there is only one thought, that is, run out quickly, run out may be fine, if you can't run out, you may die, at such a time, what is more important than life?

Leng Binghan fell heavily on the ground, but he was very happy, and finally ran out, because the reaction was the most timely, he was the first to run to the door, and when he was about to rush out, there was a violent shaking, he suddenly did not control his balance, and hit the door frame heavily, this collision should not be light, a burst of heat immediately left along the top of his head, it should be bleeding, he didn't have time to feel the pain, he was knocked out by the person behind him, and rolled down the steps. Immediately after that, a group of people rushed out crying, he hurriedly curled up, covered his head with both hands, and countless feet swept past Leng Bing Han, and some also stepped on him, but fortunately he did not step on the vital point in time.

Holding on to the pain of his waist and legs, he slowly stood up, temporarily out of danger, and breathed a long sigh of relief from the cold, and finally let go of half of his hanging heart, at this time, he realized that his heartbeat was "banging", as if he was about to jump out of his chest, and he couldn't calm it down after taking a few deep breaths in a row. It's not surprising that people in the peaceful and prosperous world now have an ordinary life, when have they experienced such a dangerous situation? Nervousness, fear, and worry fill the whole nerves, where can you still calm down?

I checked my body, but fortunately, there were no fractures on my body, hands, and legs, and some pain was at most some collision injuries and abrasions, which were not serious. The head is slightly more serious, but it is also closed, although the blood dripping from the head on the face and the blood on the clothes look a little scary, but it is only a skin injury, fortunately, fortunately, Leng Binghan is not a Christian, otherwise he would have to thank the Virgin Mary now.

It feels like 10,000 years have passed, but in fact, it has been less than a minute since the first shaking.

After checking himself, Leng Binghan took care to look around at the current situation, not looking at it or worrying, it was really shocking and terrifying. The violent shaking began again after a pause of less than thirty seconds, and it seemed to be getting more and more intense, and many houses of poor quality had collapsed all around, some of which were collapsing, and from time to time there was a roaring sound, and the dust raised flew high and dispersed in all directions. From time to time, some large and small stones rolled down on the mountain, making loud noises along the way, some were blocked by trees, some rolled down the gaps in the trees, some smashed the trees, and fell together with the trees, each time they fell high dust, and every loud noise smashed heavily in people's hearts, making people's tense heartstrings tremble, provoking bursts of crying and screaming. Cracks were torn open on the originally flat ground, some broke up and down, some left and right, and the road surface was also blocked by rolling down earth and rock. Fortunately, the current place is a vast platform on the mountainside of Qingcheng Mountain, although there are occasional rolling soil and rocks, but it is basically a relatively safe place.

The eyes are full of people, some are happy to come to travel, some are local residents, some are businessmen who come here to do business, but now they are unkempt, and some are hugging each other for the rest of their lives and crying bitterly; Some are nervously calling or crying out for their relatives and friends; Some of them had not yet recovered from the horror just now, and their faces were pale, and they sat on the ground in a daze, not knowing what to do; Some were cursing loudly; Some are shouting and searching for something in the collapsed ruins......

Leng Binghan has wondered more than once what the end of the world will look like, is the sky falling apart? Then everything now is as if it is the end of the world! He thought he was a calm and witty person, but in just a few minutes, everything at the moment, really overwhelmed him.

Before he could bandage the wound on his head, a pair of hands grabbed his cold arm tightly, and the grip was so tight that it hurt. A woman about 30 years old with tears on her face asked eagerly, "Have you seen our family Ling'er?" See? ”

Leng Binghan looked at it, it turned out to be the mother of the cute little girl who had just eaten, at this time she still had the elegant bearing just now, her head was full of dust, and her body was also stained and imprinted, and her face was dusty and tearful, and her tearful eyes were pitiful and full of pleading to look at herself, full of expectation.

Leng Binghan shook his head a little indifferently, in that situation just now, he had only one thought in his mind, that is, to run, run out, escape, where would he have the energy to pay attention to others?

Seeing the cold shaking of her head, her eyes darkened, and the crystal tears couldn't stop flowing again. I didn't wipe it, and hurried to someone else to ask the same question. As if she had received the same answer again, she became more and more sad, but she seemed unwilling to give up at all, and staggered to ask others, like a madman.

The cute expression of the little girl floated in front of her, and she was a little unbearable, so she rushed forward and asked, "What's wrong?" What the hell is going on? ”

The woman began to cry, and from her intermittent crying, everyone finally understood that in the confusion just now, the couple and their lovely daughter were separated and were not found anywhere. Today is their daughter Lingling's 7th birthday, and the couple specially asked for leave to take their daughter to the mountains behind Qingcheng to play, but who knew that they had encountered such an unlucky thing.

Just as everyone was sighing, Lingling's father ran over, and just heard the two people who ran out say that when they came out, they seemed to see a little girl sitting in it crying, which should be the Lingling they were looking for.

I don't know if I got the news of Lingling, the stone in my heart was put down or I heard that Lingling was still in danger, Lingling's mother fainted when she heard it, and everyone hurriedly gathered around to help. Lingling's father supported his wife, and looked at the cracked, crumbling but not collapsed restaurant again, not knowing what to think.

"What are you doing? Why don't you save your daughter? Leng Binghan shouted on the side, thinking of the little girl who was still alone in danger, and couldn't help but feel nervous and heartache. He also had the idea of rushing in and bringing the cute little girl out, but when he saw the building that he couldn't tell and would collapse in the next second, he felt a chill in his heart and retreated. After all, he is just an ordinary person, he has never made a mistake in his ordinary life, and he has not done any major incidents, even if someone catches a thief on the road, he doesn't dare to care, let alone now?

Safety first, just take care of yourself, don't be reckless to be a hero. He silently admonished himself. This is also his style of doing things all along.

"Ah, yes, okay!" Lingling's father seemed to understand, put down his wife, and hurriedly ran to the restaurant, just up the stairs, there was a violent shaking, the restaurant shook for a while, and the bricks and tiles on the roof kept falling, just in front of Lingling's father, so frightened that he took two steps back and sat on the ground tremblingly, as if he couldn't stand up again, just shouted to the inside: "Lingling, Lingling, are you in there?" Lingling, do you hear me? Voices trembled.

At this time, the cracks in the wall continued to expand with the shaking, the bricks and tiles of the roof kept falling, the glass of the window had already fallen to the ground and smashed, and the whole house was shaking from side to side, and the situation became more and more critical.

Seeing this scene, the cute appearance of the little girl named Lingling kept appearing in Leng Binghan's mind, he couldn't bear to be such a young child, and he hadn't lived a few happy days and passed away like this, what if it was his own daughter? Can you be so at ease and stand by?

"Take care of him, gamble, and if a person dies, he should be kind and a good person." The cold ghost didn't know where the courage came from, cursed secretly, threw down the travel backpack, and rushed into the dangerous restaurant amid everyone's exclamations.

The restaurant was in shambles, with tables and chairs lying all over the place, some of them falling to the side, some of them smashed by falling bricks, and the place was full of broken cutlery, chopsticks and bricks that could trip over if you were not careful. Leng Binghan shouted Lingling's name loudly, protecting the top of his head with one hand to prevent bricks and cement fragments from falling from time to time, and moving the dining table and chairs in front of him with the other hand, moving forward carefully and as fast as possible, and avoiding falling and falling things from time to time.

finally relied on his memory to get to the place where Lingling was eating at that time, and finally found Lingling under a table with a frightened face and a hoarse cry. Presumably because she hid under the table, it seemed that Lingling was not hurt except that she was frightened, and Leng Binghan finally let go of her hanging heart. What he is most afraid of is that he finally mustered up the courage to be a hero, and the person he wanted to save was killed before he was rescued, not only sorry for such a cute little girl, but also sorry for his own efforts. At the same time, there is infinite pity in my heart: it is really a sin to encounter such a danger at such a young age, and I hope this encounter will not cast a shadow on her sunny life in the future.

Hurriedly hugged Lingling tightly in his arms, and said coldly and gently: "Don't be afraid, uncle will take you out, Mom and Dad are still waiting for you outside!" ”

Maybe it was because she felt Leng Binghan's fatherly care and affection, or maybe it was subconsciously finding a more secure place, Lingling hugged Leng Binghan tightly, and her head kept drilling into it, as if the more she went inside, the safer it became.

Gently caressed Lingling's head as a comfort, the others didn't have time to think about it, carefully observed the surroundings, and chose a seemingly safest route as quickly as possible, holding Lingling and rushing to the door.

Just ran a few steps, suddenly felt a dark in front of me, a tightness in my heart, hurriedly jumped back, boom, a huge cement slab fell in front of me, broken cement blocks flew everywhere, some hit the cold face and body, too late to taste the pain, the heart puffed and jumped non-stop. It's so dangerous, I almost got smashed.

Take a deep breath, don't have time to think about it, Leng Binghan is ready to run, the current position is up to 10 meters away from the gate, as long as you run past these 10 meters, you can escape from Ascension.

At this moment, the three-story building was like a building block that had been knocked down, falling apart in the exclamation and disbelief of everyone, and collapsed in an instant.

"Lingling!" Lingling's mother, who had just woken up, saw this scene and let out a cry of tears and lungs, and her fragile nerves could no longer withstand such a heavy blow, and she fainted again.

Because Lingling's father was at the foot of the steps, the closest to the collapsed house, he was the most frightened, and his body was also bruised by the debris that was flying everywhere due to the collapse. But at this time, he didn't seem to be aware of these at all, and rushed forward like crazy, flipping desperately in the ruins, not caring at all that his usually well-maintained hands were rubbed by the edges and corners of steel bars and cement blocks, and shouted frantically: "Lingling, Dad is here to save you, don't be afraid!" "Benefactor, I'm sorry for you, you must not have anything to do......"

"Quick, save people!" The people around seemed to have regained consciousness, and at the same time seemed to be inspired and moved by the cold courage just now, and seemed to be unable to bear the martyrdom of the lovely little girl and this unsung hero who had the courage to sacrifice herself to save others.

And Leng Binghan at the moment when the house collapsed, there was only one thought, it's over, this time it's whitewashed. But subconsciously, he leaned against a wall to protect Lingling, a cute little girl, in his arms, saying nothing that could hurt her, and even he couldn't understand how he, who had always been cowardly, could have such courage and courage.

The huge cement block smashed heavily on his back, and the blood all over his body seemed to burst out from this heavy blow, and then spurted out of his mouth along his throat in an instant, and finally he realized: his grandmother's, ordinary and ordinary is true, he really can't be a hero, and he will die if he becomes a hero!

Despite the unity of the people, the necessary equipment was lacking, and in the face of huge cement blocks and uneven steel bars, the rescue work has not made much progress, and everyone's enthusiasm and expectations have gradually faded. They were not dug up until two days later, when rescuers entered the disaster area. Leng Binghan still maintained that position, curled up, tightly protecting the little girl under him, with a heavy cement block on his back, and he used his body to support the little girl's living space.

After diagnosis, Leng Binghan was no longer breathing, but Lingling miraculously survived, except for her body weakness and excessive fright, only some skin trauma and soft tissue contusions on her body.

"It's so impressive!" The rescue expert sighed when he saw it, "Judging from the place where they were buried, if Leng Binghan had chosen to protect himself instead of the little girl, his chances of survival would be very high, that is to say, he exchanged his life for the little girl's life!" ”

His name and identity had already been learned from the tourist backpack that Leng Bing had left behind, and all those in the know were touched by his actions. When his body was lifted out of the ruins, all the people silently looked at the hero in their minds, raised their hands and gently passed the stretcher carrying the hero's body, fearing that they had desecrated and neglected the hero's heroic spirit, and as if they had to see off the hero in person to get peace of mind. Until he got into the car, and watched the car gradually move away with tears in his eyes.

After learning about the whole incident, the reporters who accompanied him were greatly moved, and at that time they needed these positive and encouraging reports, so in a short period of time, almost all the media and websites in the country reported the glorious deeds of Leng Binghan who sacrificed himself to save others and was unfortunately killed. The remains of tens of millions of solemn heroes were named "Heroes, We Send You Away!" The photo also appeared in all the reports, touching all people.

The CPC Central Committee, the Red Cross Society, and the National Office for Spiritual Civilization have also issued a call to learn from Comrade Leng Binghan.

He is just one of the many heroes who appeared in this earthquake, maybe he doesn't want to be a hero, but at this time, his deeds continue to impact and wash people's hearts, touching the softest part of people's hearts.

Everywhere the hearse passed, all the people spontaneously stood on either side of Ruth to bid farewell to their heroes; At the memorial service, thousands of people were empty, and countless people burst into tears, unwilling to leave for a long time. Three months later, a book recording Leng Binghan's ordinary life was published, selling more than 100,000 copies that month, and half a year later, the book was adapted into a TV series, Leng Binghan, a person with an ordinary life, finally became extraordinary after he left the world.

However, all of this is cold and cold and cannot be known.

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