Chapter 36: Beast Charcoal
When the two of them walked out of the house, they couldn't help but shrink, Li Qing was better, after all, after a long time of physical training, his ability to resist cold was much stronger than that of Lu Yiming and a scholar.
The snow is also getting heavier and heavier, the wind is carrying snowflakes, flying all over the sky, ten steps away is no longer a figure, the two of them are surrounded by Yang Yidao, Tang Hu and other guards against the wind, almost can't open their eyes, the wind blows so that the clothes on their bodies are like sails, raised backwards.
"General, the wind and snow are too strong today, let's go back first, and when the wind and snow are smaller, it's not too late to come out!" Yang Yidao said loudly to Li Qingdao.
Li Qing shook his head, "It's okay, the more wind and snow there are, the more we have to take a look, if there is a problem there, we can deal with it immediately, if something happens, then what's the point of me going again?" ”
Yang Yidao saw that he couldn't stop it, so he had to stand in front of Li Qing with Tang Hu, trying his best to block the wind and snow with his body, seeing the appearance of the two, Li Qing scolded with a smile: "What are you doing?" When am I a little lady who can't help but be stormy? Get out of the way! He stretched out his hand to push them apart and strode forward.
Lu Yiming, who was behind him, saw Li Qing looking unhesitating, but he thought in his heart, the general's invitation to buy people's hearts was very good, think about how those people would feel when the supreme commander appeared in front of those people on such a snowy day? I'm afraid that officials who usually don't have any favors to the people will also win praise, not to mention that the general is the living benefactor of tens of thousands of people in Chongxian? Li Qing is really very different from the ordinary children of the family, if it is the children of other families, such a snowy day, I am afraid that it is either a brocade quilt lying high, or a small stove, warm wine, embracing beauties, and chanting poetry! It is likely to have a lot to do with the general's background, the general left home at a young age, presumably because he tasted all the hardships of the world, so he cared so much about the people's suffering.
Lu Yiming's heart jumped suddenly, and he couldn't help but think of some great figures in history, this thought was just together, he was startled, and automatically snuffed it out, just looking at Li Qing's broad back, there was more eagerness in his eyes.
Although the wind and snow are extremely strong, there are still many people in the old camp, most of them are some old villagers and villagers, who are organizing people to clean up the floating snow with a long fence, but the snow that fell a few days ago has been frozen very firmly, although they are struggling to remove the snow, but they are only picking up the floating snow that has just fallen.
"Old man, is there any danger, will there be problems with the house?" Li Qing walked up to an old man with a white beard and hair who was shouting and directing some people to pick up snow, leaned into his ear, and asked loudly.
"It's okay, it's okay, the house built by the general's subordinates is very sturdy, as long as the snow doesn't keep falling, there will be no problem!" The old man also said loudly, and those who were clearing the snow saw Li Qing suddenly, and they couldn't help but be stunned, and their hands involuntarily stopped.
When the old man saw this, he couldn't help but shout: "What are you doing, what are you doing, do you feel tired after doing it for a while?" It's really a shame that the general can feed you two dry meals a day. In the scolding of splitting his head and covering his face, he suddenly felt that everyone's eyes were different, and he couldn't help tilting his head, only to see Li Qingzheng standing beside him with a smile, and couldn't help but be shocked.
"General, why are you here with such a heavy snow?" Immediately knelt down, "I've seen my lord!" Seeing the old man kneeling, these villagers reacted, returned the things in their hands, and knelt down one after another, "I've seen the general!" ”
"Hurry up, hurry up!" Li Qingyi pulled the old man up, and shouted to everyone, "Everyone get up and work quickly, if there is too much snow, it will be troublesome!" ”
"Old man, is this house okay?" Li Qing asked with a smile.
The old man was a little excited, Li Qing was a high-ranking figure for them, a great official, and a great benefactor of their life. Being so close to Li Qing today made him almost suspect that he was in a dream.
"Thank you, General, this house is very good, very good!" The old man said incoherently, "This winter is colder than usual, if the general hadn't come, we would have frozen to death if we didn't starve to death." ”
Li Qing smiled and approached those simple buildings made of rough wood, looked at it, and couldn't help frowning, obviously in order to rush the work, although these wooden houses are built quite strongly, but there are still many gaps between some of the woods, the wind carries snowflakes, and pours in from these cracks, you can imagine the temperature in the room. Striding into the room, although it was a little better than the outside, it was still shivering cold, and although there was a fire burning in the house, it was obviously a drop in the bucket and to no avail.
Seeing Li Qing's frowning brows, Lu Yiming explained: "When we built the house, we were in too much of a hurry, and I thought that it was just a temporary building, so I didn't pay too much attention to it, and we didn't think that it would be so cold this winter, this was our mistake. ”
"Hmm!" Li Qing nodded, "You pay attention to turning around, if there are not enough people, you can ask Shang Haibo to transfer people from the barracks, the snow is so heavy, and the soldiers can't train, you can find something for them to do." ”
The old man who listened to it sincerely was grateful, how many years have I not seen such a good official? I didn't know what to say, but I just bowed vigorously, "Thank you, General, I'll thank you on behalf of everyone, General!" ”
Li Qing said with a smile: "Old man, don't be like this, we are the officials, so we naturally want the people to live and work in peace and contentment, otherwise what do you want us to do?" ”
The old man wiped his tears and thought while nodding, having said that, but for so many years, how could there have been an official who did this, although there was Lord Xu in Chongxian, but at that time Lord Xu was not a county order!
was sighing, there was a sudden commotion outside, Yang Yidao's face changed, and he strode over, and his door-like figure was blocked at the door, but he saw a group of people running over in a panic in the wind and snow, shouting and shouting as they ran.
"What's wrong?" Yang Yidao's heart tightened, and his hand was already pressed on the waist knife.
"My lord, this lord, the one who shouted is from our village, I know it!" When the old man saw that Yang Yidao had pulled out half of the waist knife, he couldn't help but be a little frightened, and hurriedly rushed up.
"Yu Laosan, what are you howling wolf, what is wrong, is your house on fire or collapsed, so panicked, General Li is here, shocked Master Li's driving, can you afford to be guilty?"
Yu Laosan couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard the old man's words, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that the guard with the door panel was standing behind the general Li Qing, whose knees were weak, and he was already kneeling on the ground, and shouted: "Old man, it's not good, something happened to Wu Siniang's family." ”
"What's wrong?" The old man saw that Li Qing didn't mean to blame, so he asked.
"Villager elder, you know, Wu Siniang is working in our village house, but when it was time to cook today, she didn't go, so someone went to look for her, but she couldn't call her, but smelled the smell of animal charcoal outside her house."
"What?" The old man's face changed greatly, "Beast charcoal, Wu Siniang, how could she burn beast charcoal, it is poisonous." The old man jumped to his feet.
"Wu Siniang is a woman's house, and she can't chop so much firewood, so she thinks it's very cold, so she went to pick up some animal charcoal to burn."
"Beast charcoal? What is it? Li Qing turned his head and asked for directions. It is a black stone that can be burned, but the smoke emitted is poisonous, and no one dares to use this to keep warm. Lu Yiming said.
Li Qing's heart jumped, "Black stone, beast charcoal? It can't be coal, right? "Pull your feet and go," quickly. Quick, lead the way, let's go see. ”
Under the leadership of Yu Laosan, the group hurried to the front of Wu Siniang's house, the door of a small wooden house was closed tightly, and a large group of people were surrounded outside, but they were all far away. Seeing that the general was coming, they all hulaladily made way of a way.
Li Qing strode to the front of the hut, and saw that the gap in the wall of the hut was tightly blocked, and when he came to the door to smell it, a familiar smell came to his face, and he couldn't help but feel a burst of ecstasy in his heart, and it was really the smell of charcoal.
"Knock the door open!" Li Qing commanded.
"My lord, the charcoal is poisonous!" Yang Yidao's face was nervous.
"Crash away, I don't know if it's poisonous or not?" Li Qing said sharply, "Bump away, it's important to save people!" ”
Yang Yidao saw that Li Qing's voice was violent, he didn't dare to hesitate, his body bent slightly, he hit it with a fit, and with a click, he had already slammed the door open, and as soon as the door opened, a strong smell came to his face, Yang covered his mouth and nose with a knife, and retreated back, but the next scene made him feel distracted, and Li Qing actually strode in.
"Don't go in, sir!" Stretching out his hand to pull, but pulling an empty one, Li Qing had already strode into the house.
"Your Excellency!" The people watching outside all cried out in amazement, and they all looked inside with wide eyes.
The room is not big, and there is a strong smell of charcoal that is not completely burned, in the simple stove built up of a few stones, there are some half-white and half-black stones sandwiched in a pile of white powder, and at the root of the wall, there is a large pile of black stones that have not been burned, sure enough, it is coal, and there is a burst of ecstasy in my heart, but immediately my heart is tight, on the bed in the house, where is a half-old child lying, at the foot of the bed, where is a middle-aged woman falling, I walked up to see it, her face was blue, and it was indeed a sign of carbon monoxide poisoning.
At that moment, he didn't care about anything else, so he first picked up the child, rushed out of the house, and in the exclamation of everyone, put the child on the ground, and then rushed back to the house, and carried the woman out.
"Go find Dr. Huan! Man is not dead yet! Looking at Yang Yidao and the others, who were stunned, Li Qing said sharply.