Chapter 306: Rescue (2)

"Naturally, I don't dare." Chu Zhen said with a smile, the identity of the person is there, even if he dares to give an order, I am afraid that no one will dare to obey it, and Fan Zhongyan's order refers to the officials of Zhu Cao, and only those who slack off will be punished, which will definitely not include himself.

"If you don't dare, get out of the way, don't get in the way, delay the old man to appease the people." Fan Zhongyan said.

The tone was resolute, but Chu Zhen did not listen to the order, and continued to block in front of Fan Zhongyan, he was afraid, in this situation of the waterfall and rain pouring down, a careless, there may be some unpredictable accidents, if Fan Zhongyan is in the rescue, there is something wrong, then the trouble will be big, the first to bear the brunt must be Chu Zhen who proposed this matter, whether it is the court's reproach or Shilin's accusation, it is not something he can bear.

Moreover, out of personal feelings, Chu Zhen couldn't bear to be over sixty years old, and Fan Zhongyan, who was unwell, was running around in the rain and working hard, but Chu Zhen also knew that if there was no reason to impress Fan Zhongyan, he would definitely not want to stay.

"Taishou, please listen to the next official." Maybe he was in a hurry, and his brain was also enlightened, Chu Qian's thoughts just started, and he immediately had an idea, and hurriedly said: "It's still a trivial matter to lead the people into the city, the question is, how to place them?" There is no other place in the city that can accommodate so many people. ”

This is very reasonable, let the people of the disaster after entering the city, if there is no place to resettle, is it not possible to let them shelter from the rain under the eaves, in fact, at the beginning, Chu Zhen did have this plan, but now that I think about it, it is indeed a little inappropriate, even if the victims are willing, I am afraid that the residents in the city are not very willing.

Besides, the waterfall rain doesn't know when it will stop, even if it finds a place to settle the people, how to solve their physiological problems is not easy, thinking of the tedious and trivial things, Fan Zhongyan suddenly frowned and thought about it seriously.

"Taishou, this matter can be solved without the power of the lower officials, and it is necessary to ask Taishou to stay in the city and preside over the overall situation." Chu Zhen took the opportunity to say: "The matter is also divided into priorities, and the lower officials feel that this matter is important and urgent, otherwise, even if all the people enter the city safely, there is no place for them, what is the difference between that and being outside." ”

"Xia Guan thinks so, Taishou should stay." Gu Kezhi on the side also persuaded, and slightly glanced at Chu Zhen approvingly, just now he also dissuaded Fan Zhongyan, but unfortunately it didn't succeed, now it seems that he is still terrifying, and his brain is clever.

"Well, it's true, the old man was negligent." Fan Zhongyan nodded and said to Chu Zhen: "Then you will be responsible for leading the people into the city according to what the old man said just now, and the old man will also find some people to discuss how to settle the people." ”

Intercepting a few officials and staying to listen to Fan Zhongyan's instructions, Chu Zhen quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly walked away, before he went far, he vaguely heard Fan Zhongyan's voice summoning the rich gentry in the city, needless to say, the mansion manor of the rich gentry has a vast space, and it is easy to settle a few people, as for whether they agree, Chu Zhen, who is walking forward in the rain, believes that after friendly consultations, not everyone can bear to refuse, or have the courage to go against Fan Gong's reasonable proposal

There was no time to think about it anymore, Chu Zhen walked along the fast street, at this time the rain seemed to be more intense, one after another lightning thundered and flashed, and the raindrops fell from the sky, as hard as sand under the snow, and fell on the body and face, and the people walking through the rain had nowhere to hide, so they could only endure it alive.

In this kind of weather, the spacious streets are sparsely populated, and only a few people with umbrellas walk under the eaves in the middle of the day, and most of the shops that should be bustling and bustling have chosen to close temporarily.

It is precisely for this reason that when a group of people appeared on the street, it immediately aroused the speculation of a small number of people, and some even pointed at them on the attic window, confused, however, the people who were unwell were in no mood to pay attention to the reaction of the people, and they all accelerated their pace, wanting to finish the matter as soon as possible, so that they could go home and change into dry clothes.

After a while, everyone came to the city gate cheaply, and the guards seemed to have been notified, and they had no intention of interrogating at all, so they were directly allowed to pass, and as soon as they got out of the city gate, some people immediately found that compared with the inside of the city, the outside of the city were simply two different worlds.

The city is paved with stone slabs, has a good drainage system, although there is a little water, but in any case it is not as good as the scene of a Zeguo outside the city, as far as the eye can see, the size of the puddles are all connected, if it is not for the occasional sight of the mud and stones that emerge from the water, everyone still thinks that they have come to the shore of the West Lake.

Although I knew that the road ahead was the most familiar in the past, the rain was like an arrow, dripping into the depressions everywhere, splashing in all directions, and the muddy muddy water was tumbling, which seemed to be like an unfathomable trap, which made people daunting and did not dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool.

After a slight delay, the backward Chu Zhen rushed forward, frowned and asked, "Why did you stop." ”

After word of mouth, the state officials who came to catch the fast government also knew that Chu Zhen was the person in charge of this operation, and even if they did not govern each other, the status of the people was far above their own, and they vaguely heard some rumors, so no one dared to indulge in front of him, and after looking at each other, a catcher came out and said: "Lord Chu, I don't know where to go first, and I ask the lord to send someone to lead the way." ”

Although the displaced people from outside the city were gathered in more than a dozen resettlement sites, the resettlement sites were very scattered, and there was no specific plan to become a line, and the officials naturally did not dare to decide the order of the resettlement.

The resettlement of displaced people is his job, and he is also familiar with the various resettlement sites, and after thinking about it, Chu Zhen immediately made a decision, waved his hand and said, "Come with me." As he spoke, he walked forward, ignoring the muddy water pouring into his shoes, the boss was gone, how dare the younger brother disobey, hesitated, and resolutely stepped on the muddy water to follow.

The water is clear and muddy, this is the basic common sense, walking in the clear water, although it is a little uncomfortable, but it can be tolerated, but walking in the muddy water, sticky, the moisturizing is indeed very uncomfortable, besides, if it is not careful, it will, "horn" of a moment, the bottom slips, immediately four feet to the sky and look up at the sky, the rain takes the opportunity to pour in from the mouth and nose, which is still lighter, there are more unlucky, leaning down when falling

"Phew, Bah, Bah." can only spit out a mouth full of mud in a burst of laughter, which also provides some laughter on the way and relieves everyone's various emotions.

The rain was rapid, affecting his vision, but Chu Zhen still relied on his memory, as well as the unchanged trees and rocks on the side of the road, and soon came to the settlement site with the largest number of people near the city gate, however, the scene in front of him made him very suspicious that he had come to the wrong place, and his mood sank.

Looking at it from afar, more than 100 grass sheds that intersect horizontally and vertically have disappeared, and in the spacious flat land, they are replaced by chaotic bamboo, wood and straw, a handful of them in the east, a piece in the west, and some even only one or two lonely bamboo poles are erected in place, and they can't see their original appearance at all, and what makes Chu Zhen even more frightened is that there is no figure in the settlement of nearly 1,000 people.

His eyes swept over, and there were empty grass huts, and Chu Zhen couldn't help but shout in horror: "What about people, go and find out people." ”

Without waiting for Chu Qian's urging, the officials scattered one after another, and went to search around, some aimlessly turning, some turned over the straw, bamboo and wood to inspect, and some simply shouted

A few minutes passed, and there was still no official coming to report, just when Chu Zhen felt as cold as rain, suddenly, a surprised voice came from the hill not far away: "The official is here, and I know that the official will not leave us alone." ”

The cold heart ignited the fire of hope, Chu Zhi immediately looked sideways, and saw a few people rushing down from the hills, without any rain gear on their bodies, and the splashed muddy water rushed to their clothes, although they were drenched in rain, but their faces were full of smiles.

"It's Chuzhi County."

Seeing Chu Zhi coming up, several people were even more happy, if it was other officials who came, they might not have the bottom in their hearts, but when they saw Chu Qian, who was usually kind and close to the people, several people suddenly felt at ease in their hearts.

Stopping a few people who wanted to salute, Chu Zhen asked, "Where are the others?" He was anxious and didn't pay attention, and his tone was similar to that of interrogation.

"On top of the forest." But a few people didn't care, as if they had seen their relatives, and said with a smile: "Last night, the rain and wind were strong, and the sheds were blown apart, and everyone had no choice but to run to the top of the mountain to hide." ”

At this moment, a saw-shaped electric light slashed, splitting the vast sky in half, as if to tear it apart, and before everyone could react, without warning, a thunderclap exploded, vigorous, deafening, and really frightened and terrifying.

A few seconds later, when he came to his senses, Chu Zhi's face changed suddenly, and he shouted: "Nonsense, how can you go to the forest to take shelter from the rain, what if the thunder strikes, hurry up the mountain and call people back to the city." As he spoke, Chu Zhi had already walked towards the hill at a rapid pace, and he had already walked quite far, so the last few words were blown away by the wind and were inaudible.

"We haven't done anything bad, how can we be struck by lightning."

A few people muttered to themselves, but to the city a few words but heard very clearly, looked at each other, full of excitement, as early as the rainstorm, they also thought about entering the city, but called a few people to explore the way, all disappointed and returned, and they died, and now they are full of twists and turns, how can they not be happy.

If it is just young and strong, it doesn't matter if you take shelter from the rain in the mountains and forests, but the problem is that there are still hundreds of old and young women and children, they can't be in the rain for a long time, otherwise they have to get sick, you must know that this is an era when a cold may take a fresh life, and it is hard enough for the homeless people to leave their homes, and Chu Zhen is not so insensitive as to watch hundreds or thousands of people disappear in front of him, this is no longer a matter of avoiding trouble, but rising to the height of human nature.

There is a way that is easy to go uphill and difficult to go downhill, but it is not an absolute truth, the rainstorm has become a natural barrier on the small hill that is not steep, and the anxious Chu quality did not look carefully at the foothold, and he walked up, and suddenly a careless, the footsteps were slippery, and he immediately became a kneeling posture.

This time, no one dared to laugh out loud, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Chu Qian, and he hadn't figured out how to open his mouth to expose the matter, so as to save face for him, he didn't want Chu Zhen to care, he rubbed his knees, fortunately, there were no stones where he knelt down, just soft dirt, and naturally there was no pain.

"Let them be careful, keep up." Waving aside the support of others, Chu Zhen continued to move forward, but this time he paid a lot of attention, and when he walked quickly, he also sought to be stable.

It seems that it is not easy to climb up the hill, not far from the depression there is a sparse small mountain forest, close to look again, only to see between the trees, let people take local materials to build a lot of sheds, old and young women and children lie in it, and the young and strong people are against the grass curtain and the like, three or five groups are crowded under the trees.

The downpour rain is indeed a little weaker than the outside under the obstruction of the branches and leaves of the trees, but the terrain here is concave, and it is naturally easy to accumulate rainwater, not to be young and strong, even if there are old and young women and children blocked by sheds, the place where they are sitting is already soaked, and when they see some situations, Chu Qian's heart can't help but sour for a while.

"Your Excellency, you see we're coming." Seeing Chu Zhen and his party, several gray-haired old men walked out of the shed, their wrinkled faces smiling brightly, and the crystal rain slid down the silver-white hair and seeped into their clothes.

"What are you doing, don't you hurry up to give the elders the rain." Chu Zhi shouted, and several officials hurriedly stepped forward with umbrellas, and some of the smart ones also took off their robes and draped them on, no matter what psychology the officials did this, but of course this behavior was praised by Chu Qian.

After pushing for a while, several old men naturally couldn't bear the actions of the officials, so they had no choice but to put on their robes, thanked them quite panickedly, and asked suspiciously: "I don't know what the lord is this time." ”

"This official is late, and I have made you suffer." Chu Zhen bowed and saluted, and said softly: "This time, I came here to take you into the city to settle down, on the order of the Taishou. ”

"That's true." Not only were a few old men surprised, but the people next to them all cheered, but they were afraid that they were just dreaming.

"The official document is here, and I will never dare to deceive." Chu Zhi said solemnly, took out the passage document wrapped in an oil coat from his arms and handed it over, and several old men were obviously also literate and hyphenated people, after taking the documents, they hurriedly opened it and looked at it carefully, after confirming, although there were no old tears, but they were also so excited that their bodies trembled, and they bowed in the direction of the city: "The sky has eyes, Fan Gong is gracious, and I can't repay the people with death." ”

Then, the people responded, and the sound of the blue and the thunder of the sky echoed in the valley for a long time.

After a while, Chu Zhi hurriedly said: "Everyone, you can't stay here for a long time, and you have to bother a few elders to help organize the people here to move to the city." ”

Chu Zhen knew that in ancient times, the common people had the habit of forming associations to help each other, even when they left their hometowns, and several old men were obviously respected principals, and what they said was more effective than that of officials.

"That's nature." Several old men nodded with a smile, and without seeing any gestures from them, a dozen or so young men ran over, muttered a few words together, and then scattered around and drank.