Chapter 178: New Discoveries (Favorites, Recommendations, Subscribes)
"That's also something that can't be helped, Third Brother Fang is a widower who lives alone, and there are children to raise, there is no mother-in-law at home to take care of, and there is no firewood for heating in winter, life is really difficult enough!"
"That's right, it must be that the child can't stand the cold, so Fang Laosan will pick up some bitter coke that others don't want to use to make a fire to keep warm."
"Bitter coke? What's that? ”
Coke Su Jun knew, but what was bitter coke, he had never heard of it, so he couldn't help but turn his head and ask Zou Hong.
"It's a kind of black stone, which can also be burned for heating, but it will emit a toxic smoke, and anyone who smells it will be seriously ill or killed, so no one in the vicinity dares to come to warm even if it is cold."
Zou Hong explained.
Su Jun couldn't help frowning, and a thought flashed in his heart,
"Black stone, bitter char? It can't be coal, right? ”
At that moment, he ran out of the door with his feet, and shouted as he ran:
"Quick, hurry up and lead the way, let's go and see, if you go late, Third Brother Fang may be in danger of life."
Under the leadership of Qian Datou, a group of five people hurried to the door of the third brother'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, and no one dared to approach, for fear of harming themselves.
Everyone saw that Su Zhongqing, the general of Zhenbei, rushed over with people, and everyone almost at the same time Hulala made way of a road that was enough for three people to go in parallel.
Su Jun wanted to confirm the idea in his heart, strode to the front of the hut, saw that the gap in the wall of the hut was tightly blocked by strips of cloth, put his nose in front of the door and smelled 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.
"Jinu, you knock the door open for me!" Su Jun commanded.
"Okay, look at me"
Ji Nu doesn't care whether it is poisonous or not, as long as it is ordered by Su Ye, it must be resolutely implemented, he does not hesitate, his body straightens, he flies up with a kick, and with a click, the sturdy wooden door cracks.
When the door opened, a strong and pungent smell came to his face, and Ji Nu covered his mouth and nose at once, and retreated back, but the next scene made him feel distracted, and Su Jun actually strode in.
"Adults, go away, this bitter coke smells poisonous!"
The slave closest to Su Jun didn't care to cover his nose, covered Su Jun's face with a pair of big hands, and said with a nervous expression.
"My lord, beware, you must not enter!"
The people watching outside all exclaimed at the same time, and they watched as the county chief ignored their warnings and strode towards the house.
Seeing his slave's actions, Su Jun was a little moved, although he knew the principle of soot poisoning, but others didn't know that at the moment of life and death, his slave actually covered his mouth and nose first, and his loyalty can be seen.
"It's okay, you let go and go, how about the toxicity of bitter coke, I know better than you, it'll be fine"
Su Jun's mouth was covered by a pair of big hands, and he said vaguely.
After listening to Su Jun's words, his slave reluctantly let go of his hands and followed Su Jun into the inside of the wooden house.
The room was small, and there was a strong smell of charcoal not being completely burned, and in a simple stove made of a few stones, there were some half-white and half-black stones sandwiched in a pile of white powder.
In the corner of the wall not far away, there was a large pile of unburned black stones, sure enough, it was coal, Su Jun was happy in his heart, but immediately his heart tightened, on the bed in the room, where a seven or eight-year-old child was lying, at the foot of the bed, a middle-aged man was lying on the ground, and when he walked to the front to see, the two of them were both blue faces, and sure enough, they were all symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning.
Su Jun didn't care so much at the moment, so he picked up the child first, and said to Gao Meng and his slave behind him:
"You two are responsible for getting that middle-aged man out for me"
In the exclamation of everyone, Su Jun and the three of them moved Fang Laosan and his young son outside the house and put them on the ground.
"Go find Langzhong, their father and son are fine, they are not dead yet!"
Looking at the stunned group of villagers and people, Su Jun said sharply.
Fang Laosan's father and son also deserved this catastrophe, originally the house was built very roughly, there were many gaps, if the charcoal was burned like this, he was not worried about the danger of coal poisoning, but Fang Laosan's love son was heartfelt, worried that his son was suffering from the cold, so he carefully blocked those gaps one by one with cloth strips.
This is also the small hut where their father and son live, and Fang Laosan has the energy to block them one by one, but fortunately, the seal of this house is not too good, which allows the two of them to leave a life, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.
What surprised Su Jun was that the middle-aged man of the third party was not good-looking, and he had the courage to burn this bitter charcoal that everyone in Bei'an County was afraid of, and he didn't know what he thought in his heart.
Fortunately, the entire homeless village is not big, and then in a Lang Zhong rushed over, according to the acupuncture points, and pinched the people, under the operation of a fierce tiger, this pair of father and son was finally treated in time, Fang Laosan and his son Fang Mo turned around at the door of the Lord of Yama and gradually woke up.
After Fang Laosan woke up, he saw that his son was fine, and hurriedly pulled his young son to kneel in front of Su Jun, and said with a grateful face:
"I thank General Zhenbei for saving the dog's life for the ancestors of the Fang family, your great kindness, the villain has nothing to repay, you can only wake up every day before going to bed and pray for the adult"
Su Jun waved his hand and said with a smile:
"As the parent official of Bei'an County, it is within the scope of this general to save you and suffering, you don't have to care too much, you will take care of your son in the future, but don't do some stupid things"
Seeing that the Fang family's father and son were out of danger, the other people all let out a long breath, Fang Laosan was really grateful to Su Jun, knelt on the ground and nodded yes again and again.
Su Jun also had thousands of doubts in his heart, and couldn't help but ask in a deep voice:
"Let me ask you, why do you dare to burn bitter coke at home?"
"Back to the adult's words, I and the dog have burned bitter coke in the wild, that time I asked about the smell, but I didn't feel uncomfortable, this morning the child was really cold and uncomfortable, I had the courage to burn bitter coke at home, I never thought that such a big thing would happen"
Fang Laosan still knelt on the ground and replied truthfully.
"It's cold, get up quickly, where did you get this bitter coke?"
Fang Laosan's legs were already a little frozen, and with the support of others, he stood up tremblingly, and said seriously:
"There is a depression in the southwest wind of Yaocheng, where there is often some bitter coke for no reason, and the bitter coke burned in my house is picked up from the depression."
"It's actually picked up, and it's not far from here, doesn't it mean that there is an open-pit coal mine in Bei'an County?"
Su Jun's heart was full of joy, and when he saw that Fang Laosan's father and son were safe and sound, he returned to his Zhenbei General's Mansion with a look of shame in the awe-inspiring eyes of the villagers.