The current Chang'an Commander's name is Li Yun, and he was selected from among the Hanlin talents who were waiting for the edict of Jinmamen last year. Moreover, it was appointed by the son of the present day himself, which shows the determination of the imperial court to use young talents.

Since taking office for a year and a half, the official voice is okay. Although it is far from enough compared to several predecessors, relatively speaking, he is already a good official who is more down-to-earth.

Young and ambitious, steady progress, originally honed like this for a few years, it can be regarded as having experience in dealing with people's livelihood. But who knows, suddenly encountered a natural disaster, and when this huge test came to him, Li Yun found that the sage books he had read hard did not teach how to deal with the current situation.

Earlier, after receiving the emperor's decree, Li Yun did not dare to slack off, and ignored the loss of the government at first, and hurriedly gathered all the official officials who could be found at hand, and under his personal leadership, began to go to the streets to investigate and appease the people.

What you see in your eyes is naturally shocking. In particular, the cries of those who have destroyed their homes and tragically lost their loved ones are even more tragic. In such a situation, Chang'an Ling's persuasion did not play a big role. Instead, some sadness and resentment began to spread everywhere, gathering in the streets of the people, with occasional fights and scrambles, and perhaps in the next moment, a spark would appear and ignite the flames of the riot.

The strength of the government is only a few hundred people, too weak, Li Yun, who has never dealt with such a difficult problem, has to go to the emperor for help for fear of causing a sudden change. Fortunately, Lord Ji Huang stepped forward and took the initiative to take this responsibility.

The current scene is that the lord Du Wei Ji Huang led a group of officials, together with all the people of the Chang'an Mansion, to maintain the situation on the streets, help treat the wounded, and rescue some property buried in the ruins.

Lord Jidian's prestige among the people of Chang'an is still very effective. The previous chaotic situation was temporarily stabilized, and under the leadership and help of the people in the government, everyone began to suppress their grief, and worked together to carry the bodies of the deceased to a unified place for resettlement, and then rescued and moved out some things that could still be used, after all, the living people still have to survive after the disaster.

Li Yun was also relieved for the time being. He is not afraid of doing things that are hard and tired, but he is afraid that there is no way to control the situation. Looking at the back of the slumped body in front of him directing people to be busy, the young Chang'an Ling couldn't care about anything else at this time, rolled up his sleeves and lifted his official uniform, and sweated profusely to lead people to lift things.

Not long after Ji Di asked Ying to go to relieve the disaster, looking at the news gathered in front of him, Emperor Liu Che finally couldn't stay in the palace anymore. Seeing that there was no major problem in the palace, despite the dissuasion of several ministers, he personally led some young courtiers and a large number of guards out of Weiyang Palace to check the disaster on the spot.

The emperor did not put on any ceremonial guards, let alone wear the crown of the Son of Heaven, and changed into ordinary cloth robes, which was no different from ordinary people. He has often gone out privately for a short time, and he has long been accustomed to it.

However, this time was naturally different from the past, and his mood was extremely heavy. Because the immortal master Mr. Xiahou, who he trusted very much recently, who was following behind him, had already tactfully reminded him just now that a catastrophe from the sky was likely to indicate that there would be unpredictable disasters in the country as well!

If such words were said in normal times, the emperor would naturally be furious and reprimanded. But looking at the devastation in front of him, he just sighed deeply helplessly. In my heart, I was already secretly typing the draft of the "guilty edict".

It's conventional. Whether the emperor believes it in his heart or not, whether he is convinced or not, he must pay for such a heavenly punishment. Since the time of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, the dynasties have come over like this.

Since the emperor claims to be the Son of Heaven, he acts on behalf of Heaven. So whenever God sends a natural disaster, that is to say, he is dissatisfied with what his agent has done, it is a warning. In this case, the emperor must hasten to examine and find out what he has recently done, and make sure that he will correct it, and then he can ask for forgiveness and no more sins against his people. It's such a routine.

Since everyone in the world recognizes this way, there is no reason for the emperor not to carry this pot. This time, even if he wanted Prime Minister Sun Hong to take over, there was no way to throw it to this "man who carried the pot".

Therefore, the heaviness on his face at this moment was not pretended. On the one hand, it is for the above reasons, and on the other hand, it is also very sad to see that the former prosperous Chang'an Street Market is unrecognizable.

The emperor and his party, no one had time to pay attention to them, and naturally no one would recognize him. Panicked rescuers everywhere. When I walked to the southern section of Suzaku Street, the voices in front of me were a little chaotic. In the middle of a trading company with a severely collapsed house, he saw the figures of Ji Di and Chang An Ling, and couldn't help but stop.

The white-haired old minister was already very tired at this time, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered. Before that, twilight will fall, and before that, we must do our best to rescue those who can still survive, at the very least, one more person can be saved.

Li Yun was actually very tired, his hands were covered with blood blisters, and there were several abrasions on his face, after their call and efforts, hundreds of survivors had been rescued during this time. Although everyone's eyes were on fire, no one wanted to stop.

The patrol guards stationed near the south gate had also been ordered to drive over. But they are not here to suppress the people, but to help save people. At such a moment, no matter how unbearable the relationship between them is, they have been temporarily put down. It is the instinct of life to save one's own kind.

There was a little baby's cry that was particularly frightening in the noise. It was a half-collapsed house, and the cry came from inside, presumably a boy of two or three years old.

Ji Di commanded more than a dozen people around him, and with great effort, he finally moved away from some messy things, and in the choking smoke and dust, the lonely child was in that small safe space, crying in horror. The adults around him have obviously lost the breath of life.

However, two feet apart, Ji Di stretched out his hand, wanting to lean over and hug him. But that's when something happened.

Li Yun, who was not far behind him, looked at the half of the ruins in front of him, shook it, and then fell down with a bang. He was shocked in his heart, and he knew that something was wrong, so he hurriedly turned around and shouted at the people inside, come out quickly!

There is no need for him to remind you, everyone has felt it at the same time, it is an aftershock! In the shaking of the earth, the tiles and trees flew wildly, and this place should not stay for a long time, and it must be evacuated immediately.

As everyone hurried out, no one noticed that Lord Lieutenant Du stopped his footsteps slightly, and then resolutely leaned forward, wanting to rescue the child before fleeing.

When he was young, Ji Di also practiced some kung fu, and he was strong and agile. Originally, even if the situation was critical, at such a close distance, it would be completely too late to quickly rescue people and then go out. However, he forgot that the phrase "old age does not take strength from muscles and bones" was said to him.

Ji Di has been sick for a long time! Where are the young people's fitness hands? The bump in the ground caused him to stand unsteadily under his feet, and before his hand could reach the child, he had already fallen to the ground on his back.

And at this moment, the crumbling half of the roof above their heads finally could no longer hold on, and the heavy purlin wood with tiles collapsed, enveloping the square inch of space. The crowd who had already rushed out heard the movement and hurriedly looked back, and they were all shocked. I couldn't help but exclaim in unison, Lord Lord Duwei is retired!

A group of people more than a dozen zhang away could also see it clearly, when the emperor shouted loudly and ordered the guards to hurry up and save people, at such a distance, it was bound to be too late. I couldn't help but feel a pain in my heart, I didn't expect that the loyal minister would be buried under his nose!

Impermanence is in the blink of an eye, life and death are instantaneous! Seeing the tragedy in the world happening, thousands of people can't do anything on the side!

In the rumbling sound of collapse, smoke and dust filled the air, and many guards with high martial arts seemed to see a shadow flash in their eyes, but they were not sure. In the midst of the doubt, everyone hurriedly rushed over to save people, I hope ...... Lord Ki and the child are still saved.

Emperor Liu Che was anxious, and he hurried over surrounded by all the ministers, but after all, it was a little too late. But his eyesight was very good, and when he looked through the smoke, his heart was shocked, and his steps were much smoother.

As they slowly approached, the emperor and his courtiers and all the people who rushed to the rescue finally saw clearly that there was a figure standing there, holding the child who was still crying in fright, with his arms stretched outward, tightly covering a space, and supporting the world of life for the old ministers on the ground!

"That's, that'...... It's Yuanhou! ”

I don't know who shouted out in surprise. Everyone was stunned, only to see the young marquis who was carrying the weight of the weight stood up straight, broke free of the huge purlin and many tiles and stones that he was carrying with his flesh and blood, and coughed a few times with a gray face, looking very embarrassed.

"Yuan Zhao! You...... Why bother! ”

Ji Di, who thought he was going to die, struggled to sit up, his heart was bitter, he raised his eyes to look at the familiar face, his face was covered with dust covering the vigorous atmosphere of the past, but he saw Yuan Zhao smiling at him, he didn't speak, the heavy blow to his back finally made him unbearable, a mouthful of blood spurted out, splashed dust, and even Ji Di's pale bun was stained with blood red!

"Lao Ji, who made you reckless at such an age, fortunately I came in time!"

Yuan Zhao wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve and helped Ji Di up. As soon as he turned the corner, he found the aftershock, but fortunately he reacted quickly, and flew with all his strength, first copying the child, and then stubbornly using his body to block the collapsed things for Ji Di.

"You baby...... Alas! The days of decay are numbered, and your future is the hope of the world, how can you be so reckless of your own life! ”

Ji Di's heart was infinitely embarrassed. Yuan Zhao shook his head, looked at the emperors who came over with solemn expressions, and just said softly.

"All living beings in the world are equal. Your life, this child's life, and my life are all equally important! ”