Chapter 225: The Night of Fire (5)

Although it was said that he was going to the city gate to see the situation of the displaced people outside the city, in fact, there was no comparison of the previous situation, and there was no one who really understood the situation here for a while, and Ning Yi could not draw any conclusions just by looking at the number of people. This time, I went out mainly because I had been in Taiping Lane for several days, and at this time I planned to come out to see the situation in the city with my own eyes.

As an outsider in a certain sense, the chaotic scenes inside and outside the city at this time, in most cases, Ning Yi can be regarded as a simple disaster movie. In these years, as long as the order of the city still exists, no matter how tired and hard it is, it is actually impossible to suffer people with a certain family background.

But on the other hand, in the face of many bleak scenes in the rain, even Ning Yi inevitably felt compassion, just like the scene when Jiangning was locked down due to floods last year. This time there was more famine, but this time the situation was even more obvious, with people injured in the earthquake, people who lost their homes, beggars, and displaced people.

In such a situation, when they are injured, a large number of people look down on the doctor, let alone grasp the medicinal herbs. Sheds were erected between the ruins on both sides of the road that had not been cleared, and the people who lived in them were all desolate, and some braved the rain to pick up the ruins of their homes. Those who have been seriously injured or who have broken their hands and feet are homeless, and they are hiding under the low eaves of yù leaning with mats, not knowing whether they will live or die. It's been the fifth day since the earthquake, and it might have been howling a few days earlier, and by this time, most people have been tossed and silenced.

There are also children who have lost their parents, or beggars who have followed their fathers or mothers, who are injured or uninjured, some are shivering in the rain, some are curled up in a place where they can shelter from the rain, and some can cry, but they are already crying dumb. Hungry children secretly go to pick up the ruins, and if they can get something to eat, no matter what it is, they will stuff it into their mouths as soon as possible, but this is not the era of abundant food in later generations, and no one has much to eat at home. More often than not, they are seen and chased out.

Boys and girls are the same in such a situation, no one is cute, not cute at all, life and reality can't make that kind of romantic or girly joke here. Children who fall in the rain are just like wild dogs. There are also people from slightly wealthy families who have dealt with their own situation and can have some compassion. But at present, with the support of this kind of productive forces, no amount of kindness is enough, and the government or large households such as the Qian family will also give some porridge and rice to protect some people from dying, but it cannot hide the despair that a small number of people have lost their future.

After all, it is such a year, like Hangzhou and Jiangning, if only a few dozen people freeze to death outside the city in the winter, it will be a real peaceful and prosperous era. Ning Yi can basically understand, but his heart is still a little heavy after seeing this. This is just the situation that can be seen between the streets in the city, but although Su Tan'er, Xiaochan and others are also compassionate, they are also commonplace, and their mood is not as literary as Ning Yi.

I lifted the window a little and looked at it for a while, and saw that Ning Yi was serious and not very interested, Xiaochan said softly: "Xiaochan was also sold when her family was about to starve to death...... She just wanted to comfort Ning Yi, but there was no self-pity, Ning Yi smiled, Su Tan'er took her to her side, let her lean her forehead on her shoulder, and then stroked her hair.

The plot outside the city cannot be seen in detail, in fact, the increase in the number of displaced people in the past few days has at least surrounded a few gates of Hangzhou. And the soldiers of the Wude battalion have already held the city gates. The door is not closed, but if you want to enter and exit, it is quite troublesome, Ning Yi has the certificate given by the rich family, but there is no need to go out, their carriage and costumes, as long as they get out of the city gate, I am afraid they will have to be surrounded.

Ning Yi got out of the car near the city gate, went there alone to look at it for a while, and then a vigilant soldier came to ask, Ning Yi took the name of the Qian family and stabbed it out, and the soldier walked away. At this time, the environment outside the city gate was harsh and muddy, and some soldiers set up sheds outside the city to maintain order, mainly to keep the main road unblocked.

The part that collapsed on one side of the wall was not too far from this side, and a large number of workers were toiling. At this time, the city was busy saving itself and cleaning up the mess of their respective homes, and there were not many workers who could be hired, and more than half of the people should have been selected from among the displaced people outside the city.

Just by looking at it like this, Ning Yi understood in his heart. "Not only Hangzhou, but also Suzhou, there are too many people affected, if you want to go by land, I am afraid that you will be robbed if you don't go far." For the time being, I can only stay here and wait for the situation to improve......"

Returning to the carriage, Ning Yi sighed, and was about to let the carriage go back to Taiping Lane, but he heard the voices of people outside the city in the rain gradually sounding, and he didn't know what was going on. Ning Yi listened for a while, and someone was faintly shouting: "We want to see the prefect, we want to see the prefect, we want to see the prefect, ......" Xu is the homeless people outside started a chaos.

This kind of thing happened, the Wude camp stationed near the city wall was not panicked, Ning Yi leaned out of the curtain to look, only to see a general in the rain and fog méngméng went up the city wall to look at it for a while. At the same time, a group of soldiers went to see the construction site of the city wall, a group of people still stationed at the city gates, and another group rushed out of the city to pacify or suppress it. A few old men passed by near the city gate, and Ning Yi heard them say, "Alas, it's going to be noisy again." ”

"They're not having a good time......"

It seems that this is not the first time that this kind of small sāo movement has happened. After a while, the chaotic sound outside the city stopped, and Ning Yi didn't hear any screams, and it was probably not a bloody suppression of arresting and killing. After watching it so boredly for a while, Ning Yi waved his hand and ordered to go back.

In the afternoon, near evening, the rain had gradually stopped. The haze in the rain has gradually faded, the air is fresh, a rainbow has appeared on the horizon, and the trees planted in Taiping Alley have become greener, which seems to indicate that the disaster has finally had an initial respite, and the next step is the real aftermath and reconstruction.

Now that he understands that he must live here for the time being, Ning Yi has also begun to plan for his family to live here for more than a month. For example, the city gates are closed, and during this time, the supply of all kinds of vegetables may be cut off, and many people's cellars may have been destroyed, so these things have to be considered. Of course, the Su family only swallowed one-third of the Wu family's industrial money, and at this time it was the time when they were extremely wealthy, and if there was a barrier between them and the Lou family, Su Tan'er could directly throw away the business here, no matter what kind of high-priced rice and high-priced dishes, they could afford to eat, and the problem was not a big one.

Originally, the hostility of the Lou family was also one of the bigger problems, but the sudden earthquake should interrupt the other party's attention, and when the matter is over, even if the other party really has any bad intentions, Ning Yi and these people can naturally take refuge in the Qian family, and his gunpowder is also one of the preparations made to take into account the problems of the Lou family.

Although he has experienced many things and has enough emergency ability to turn the tables, Ning Yi is still keen on yang schemes, such as the operation of a large amount of intelligence information, such as higher-level strength, just like Yang Willy in "The Legend of the Galactic Heroes": If it weren't for the lack of troops, who would like to use tricks. If the other party is really unwilling to do something, he will do nothing more than go to Beijing and do it through Lao Qin, and it is a situation of flat pushing, no need to think about it.

So in the afternoon, I arranged the trivial things at home with Su Tan'er, and in the evening, the smoke of cooking in Hangzhou was everywhere - at this time, most of the wood and firewood branches were wet - fell in the sunset and rainbow, like a prosperous tribe. A dog running and barking after a rainbow on the road also looks lively and lively.

"Actually, dogs are sè blind...... It can't see the rainbow, it can only feel ......."

For the first time in a few days, the sun appeared, and the family gathered inside and outside the yard to wait for dinner, Ning Yi and Xiaochan and others laughed and talked about the dog, and several children also leaned over and asked various questions curiously. Su Tan'er sat in the ruins next to her without any image at this time, holding her cheeks with her hands and looking at this scene with a smile, at this time, she also slightly let go of the heartstrings that had been tense for a few days, and restrained the aura of a strong woman, looking like a simple girl looking at her beloved husband.

A peaceful night followed, even more peaceful than the first few rainy nights. The seven nursing homes led by Geng Nursing Home took turns to keep watch for the night, and the city that had been tired for several days seemed to have finally gotten a long-lost sleep, and the fighting that could be felt in the city a few days ago regardless of the darkness during the day had also subsided, but in the middle of the night, a nearby street was filled with thieves, and there was a faint shout.

The next day, the sun rose high.

Everything is going as usual, out of the sun of the day, everyone seems to have a vigorous work, but at noon, the hot sun has initially dried up the water vapor, as if a few sections of the rainy season back to the middle of summer. In the afternoon, suddenly a team of sergeants came towards Taiping Lane, and saw a team led by a young general from a distance, at this time Ning Yi happened to be chatting with Xiaochan on the street outside, and by the way, looking at the work around, the young general seemed to ask one or two people at the corner of the street, and then looked over here, looking at Ning Yi from a distance, his head was raised, and he was holding the handle of the knife to come over. , it should have been Lou Shuheng who called over to find trouble...... With just a glance, Ning Yi would probably be able to determine this. There was a sigh in his heart, in his original expectation, in the first two days of the earthquake, the legal system could not be taken into account, if it was him, he would simply gather a group of people, disguise his identity and directly come to kill dozens of people in his own family, making it look like robbing things, even if he didn't die, he could be crippled, and there was no way to investigate it afterwards. But it seems that the damage to the Lou family is also a bit big, and they couldn't react for a while, and if they want to come again at this time, the people of the entire Taiping Lane have temporarily united for the chaos in the city, so they have to use other methods.

The young general led more than 20 people to come, on the other side of the street, there were also a few war horses galloping over, a total of five knights, stopped in front of this team, the leader was a deputy general, the young general had a lower position, and hurriedly saluted, the two sides said a few words, the young general glanced at Ning Yi hatefully, led the team away, and the five knights came over this way. The deputy general at the head got off his horse and arched his hand towards Ning Yi, but it was the soldier who fought with Ning Yi in Xiaoyingzhou a few days ago, and it seemed that he was called Yuan Dingqi.

After saying hello slightly, the other party was not hypocritical, and said directly: "The young master of the Lou family has already threatened to trouble Ning Gongzi among his friends, but Gongzi doesn't need to worry about this matter." Qian Gong's guests will never be troubled in Hangzhou, as soon as Commander Du heard about today's matter, he asked Yuan to bring this token to Ning Gongzi, if there are people in the army who come to make trouble on another day, Ning Gongzi just take out the token and show it to others. ”

Yuan Dingqi said, handing over a token engraved with the word "Du" to Ning Yi. Naturally, this is not a token for the official mobilization of the army, but only a certificate of the sī people who are now in command of the Wude army. It is said that the commander of Du knows some poetry and is a Confucian general, and he has a master-apprentice relationship with Qian Xiwen, and even this word is given by Qian Xiwen. At this time, the military general was not taken seriously, it was not easy for the general to climb to the status of a literati, and he was quite proud of the identity of the Qian family's protégé, although he didn't know Ning Yi this time, he immediately sent someone over to help.

Yuan Dingqi fought with Ning Yi on Xiaoyingzhou last time, and he was also a little curious about the fact that this scholar knew martial arts. His boss is a martial artist who learns literature, called vassal elegance, many people do it, and there are not many literati practicing martial arts here. Naturally, he asked a few more words, and then said with a smile that he wanted to ask for advice when he had a chance, and then took people away, and he didn't drag it out much.

With this token, the possibility of the military system wanting to make trouble for itself is not high.

On this day, this little episode happened, time gradually passed, night fell, gradually deepened, about the early hours of the morning, some things happened unexpectedly.

When the sāo sounded, Ning Yi also woke up from the chuáng, Tan'er was by his side and gently hugged him and refused to let go, he parted his wife's hand, and after a while, he put on his clothes and went out, the city in the north was already burned red, it looked like the fire in the city on the night of the earthquake. Smoke obscured the night sky.

Geng Huyuan and the others were also in the courtyard at this time, and Ning Yi looked over a few times: "What's wrong?" ”

"I don't know how it burned......"

"The sound of this firefighting is so confusing......"

All kinds of noisy sounds vaguely spread from the night sky, and after a while, Su Tan'er, who was dressed up, also came out, and Chan'er came out of the next room rubbing her eyes: "It's raining just now, why is it burning so much?" ”

"Hope is just a fire......

Ning Yi frowned and said.

But it wasn't just a fire.

When the day was almost dawn, the chaotic voice had become louder and louder, and then someone suddenly came with news: "The fight has started, the fight has started, those people in the north of the city have fought with the people of the Wude camp, I heard that there are dead people......"

Yesterday's day, Ning Yi didn't hear too much news from the city, after all, the heavy rain had just stopped, and everyone had a feeling that everything was waiting to be rebuilt. However, it was also yesterday that the army began to collect corpses again to be disposed of, after all, the weather was too hot, and after that, there was some small friction with the people who had already pierced the mourning hall in the north of the city.

Then in the evening, a fire broke out, and several large and small mourning halls in several streets were on fire at the same time, and dozens of bodies that had been put into coffins were burned, and the fire spread so that it could not be stopped in a moment, and dozens of them were burned to death in this way. The uncontrollable fire stunned everyone, and then, when someone came out and said that they had seen the soldiers of the Wude Battalion set fire, the people in the streets instantly clashed with the soldiers who came over. , The people here don't know the situation on the other side of the road for the time being, but it sounds like the situation has become more and more intense with the dawn. Then the sound of gongs and trumpets began to sound urgently, and chaos began to appear in the cities to the west. When Ning Yi and the others set up a simple defensive street entrance at the mouth of Taiping Lane, the deputy fang was hurrying back, panting, and then saw more than a dozen Jianghu people with swords rushing from the intersection on one side, as if they wanted to kill directly into Taiping Lane.

This thing came suddenly, it looked like some people who originally wanted to muddy the water and found an opportunity at this time, the force organized by Taiping Lane here was mainly based on the Liu Clan's martial arts hall, but it did not come into contact with the more than ten people, Ning Yi and the others couldn't tell more at this time, they just grabbed the stone and smashed it back. The two of them were smashed to the point that their heads were bleeding, and the other party ran away in a noisy manner.

"What the hell is going on?"

Ning Yi turned his head and asked, and the deputy fang was shocked: "Something's wrong, there's an accident, there's a fight in the north of the city, and people are dead......

"I've known for a long time that I'm dead, how could this be."

"It's a big guy dead, the situation can't be cleaned up, there is a ...... There was a lieutenant who went to appease him and was accidentally killed. The deputy general, who seems to be called Yuan and Yuan Dingqi, was careless in the crowd, and I heard that his head was cut off...... It's going to be messy now...... Let's quickly guard the intersection and don't let people in......"

"One cut...... Chopped? ”

Ning Yi was stunned for a long time, thinking back to Yuan Dingqi, although his martial arts could not be judged, but the other party's skills should be higher than his own, and it is said that he is also very powerful, such a person will be cut off by someone because of some civilians in the chaos?

Ning Yi felt a bad feeling in his heart, and he couldn't help but smile, such a person...... It made his neck feel slightly cold.

Then, in the midst of the chaos, that feeling began to come true, and the news came that the displaced people on the west side of the city took the opportunity to make a rebellion, which was a real rebellion, but it was unsuccessful, and in the morning, it was blocked outside the city gate by the prepared Wude camp. But a message has been sent clearly.

On the seventh day after the earthquake, Fang La's manpower had already preliminarily completed the gathering, and he was brazenly killed!

I've always thought that long live the 3 parties, it's almost the same to have a fixed 3,000 words a day, which is more durable, but I always accidentally code to 5,000, and when I look, it's two o'clock in the morning. What I wanted to say about tomorrow's birthday has also become today's birthday......

Well, it's my birthday today, it's really a complicated feeling, to take that old-fashioned saying, I didn't do anything bad, and suddenly I was a year older......

So, let's see how ^_^ about giving it for the sake of the birthday

: The text is full of 5,000 words. RO!。