Accompanied by Apple, Song Xingchen understood the situation in the village almost well, and made a decision in his heart.

After all, Song Xingchen's identity is different, it is impossible for her to live in a tent, although it is not enough to make people freeze to death with a stove for heating, it is still very cold compared to a house with a hot kang.

At the warm invitation of the village chief, Song Xingchen and Tang Tang lived in the village chief's house.

Marigold, who led people to open the way in front, rushed back to the village before dark, and went directly to the village chief's house to meet Song Xingchen and tell her about the next village.

"If we go all the way to Fucheng, I'm afraid that many victims will no longer be able to support it, so we have to change our plan." Song Xingchen held his hands and covered his son, sat on the kang, and stared at the account book on the table.

What was recorded in the ledger was the disaster relief materials seconded from Yancheng, and the number made Song Xingchen a little surprised, enough for them to use it for a period of time to support the delivery of the relief materials later.

"Marigold, divide the royal guards into small groups of two, and let them take some of the villagers in their own village to the direction of the other villages, and work with the villages in front to clear the roads to ensure that the relief materials can be delivered to more villages as soon as possible. In each village, we will try to requisition a part of the local strong labor to help you open the way, and the wages will be paid in cash. Song Xingchen said with a frown.

"Although there are a lot of relief materials available, they are far from enough, you must reassure the villagers in each village and let them wait for the relief materials from the imperial court with peace of mind. We have brought too few doctors, and when you are separated, you will decide which team the doctor should follow according to the situation, and if you do not get the doctor's team, you will hire a local benevolent doctor in the neighboring town to go together, and you don't have to care about the money, but you are not allowed to force persecution. ”

"When we go to each village, we only need to leave enough relief materials for half a month, and then make up for them when the rescue team arrives. In addition, you try to collect as many medicinal herbs as possible, and distribute some decoctions to each village to prevent wind and cold, so that the villagers can take them every day. If there is a village where the corpse is parked and refuses to be buried, it is important to let them understand the horror of the plague and bury the corpse as soon as possible. ”

"On the way to the rescue, you can decide to buy food and various disaster relief materials, and if you don't have enough money, you can go to any Song Ji to withdraw it first, or you can let them do their best to assist you."

"We're all gone, what about the county lord's safety?" Marigold frowned and said, "The subordinates and others are ordered to protect the county lord, and the safety of the county lord is the first priority. ”

"I'm just a county lord, even if I am temporarily appointed as a messenger, as long as I don't touch those officials and the interests of those big families, no one will harm me." Song Xingchen smiled lightly: "It's you, pay attention to safety along the way, Dry City is not a peaceful place, I hope that when I return to Beijing, you twenty-one people can continue to escort me safe and sound." Song Xingchen raised his head and said very seriously.

Marigold wanted to say something, but as a royal guard, the first lesson in training was absolute obedience, and this perception had long been carved into his bones.

"Let the villagers help you escort the matter, you go to the village chief to discuss, the salary will not be bad to everyone." Song Xingchen said, leaned against the wall and straightened up, and continued with a sigh of relief: "Escort material personnel, you can choose to hire some strong laborers, or dart masters of the dart bureau, but let the local officials send one or two people to accompany them as much as possible, so as not to use force to solve the problem after some collision, and wasting time is equivalent to strangling the lives of those innocent people." ”

"Yes, my subordinates know." Marigold got up.

"Let Apple go with you, she will go with you to distribute those supplies later, I will hand over the silver to Apple, and the two of you will discuss the rest of the matter on your own, what I just said is just to show you the direction, and the specific things will be arranged according to the actual situation." Song Xingchen yawned as he spoke.

"My subordinates understand." Marigold got up to say goodbye, and went to arrange the follow-up without any rest.

As the captain of the royal guard, the four words of the capable and the more difficult are the most suitable for Marigold, which is a mission that he cannot shirk.

Song Xingchen, who was resting on the kang, her left eye jumped suddenly, giving her an ominous premonition.

"It must have been a bad rest recently, and my eyelids will jump." Stroking his eyelids, Song Xingchen muttered to himself in a low voice.

In the mountainous area on the edge of the dry city, Song Yang is directing his people to rescue, this small mountain village is not registered in the yamen, there are not many people who know this village, if it were not for Song Yang and others who took the wrong path in the wind and snow, they would not have come here at all.

Li Yong's cousin Zhang Qiang, who has only recently been transferred from a temporary servant, has always been by Song Yang's side, and is also a trustworthy person in Song Yang.

"My lord, you can't go any further! The mountains are not easy to walk, there are many caves, many large stones buried in the snow, and some traps set by hunters, which are full of dangers. We don't know the way in the first place, and if we go inside, we might fall into it. Zhang Qiang persuaded.

"My lord, please save our family, half of the strong laborers in the village are in the mountains, if they can't come back alive, what is the strength of our people who are still alive!" The old woman who was held by her daughter-in-law cried and begged: "The adults have also seen it, the rest of the village are children and women, without these men, we can't live at all, adults can't see death without help!" ”

Song Yang frowned, he wanted to save people, but he had to ensure the safety of his own people, otherwise people had not been rescued yet, and his own people were all in it, this was a decision that Song Yang would never make.

And it is unknown whether the person trapped in the mountain is still alive, and Song Yang is also making an assessment in his heart.

"My lord, I know the way into the mountain." A girl of sixteen or seventeen years of age stepped forward, dressed in the same linen clothes as a boy, and her face was flushed with cold, and if she had not spoken, no one would have noticed that she was a woman.

"Beiniu, don't talk nonsense, where do you know the way into the mountains, hunting is a man's business." A blind woman shouted.

"Mother, those many people are trapped in the mountains, I can't see death without help, if there is no help from the villagers, our mother and mother would have starved to death after my ruthless and unrighteous father left." Beiniu's expression was indifferent, but she didn't see hatred, maybe she hated it too much, "Besides, Brother Lin Zi is still in the mountains, if he has anything, I will guard him for the rest of his life." ”

When the blind woman heard this, she immediately burst into tears, and dragged Beiniu's arm and did not let go, but she could not say anything to refute.

Song Yang glanced at Beiniu and motioned for Zhang Yang to bring someone over.

Many people in the village are persuading the blind woman, and some are anxious for their family members to say vicious things, but it is clear that these people hope that Beiniu can lead the way, otherwise their family will only die.

As for whether Beiniu and the officials of the imperial court will be in danger, the villagers don't care about it at all, or in their hearts, their own family is the most important.

"Mother, do you want me to be an ungrateful person like my father? Have you forgotten how you taught me all these years? Beiniu looked at the woman and said in a gentle tone as much as she could.

The blind woman was stunned for a while, let go of Bei Niu in despair, clenched her hands into fists in the air, sniffed and said: "Bei Niu, if you have three long and two short, your mother will go with you, and you will not be your mother's daughter in the next life, and your mother will not be able to give you a good life if you are useless." ”

"I will come back alive, if there is really a next life, Beiniu will still be my mother's daughter, and then I will repay my mother's kindness." Bei Niu knelt on the ground and knocked her head twice.

The blind woman couldn't see the resolute back of the northern girl, and covered her mouth and didn't dare to cry.

"The people see the adults." Beiniu didn't know how to salute, so she knelt on the ground and wanted to kowtow.

"Get up and speak." Song Yang gave a hand, pointed to the mountain and asked, "Since you know the way up the mountain, you should also know what dangers are in the mountain this season, right?" Are you sure you really want to lead the way? ”

Although Song Yang is not a hunter, he also knows that the danger in the mountains is not something that ordinary people can deal with.

Especially as a guide, you have to always be at the forefront, and the risks you encounter are also the greatest.

"I know, I'll go home and get some bows and arrows and medicine for wounds, and I'll show you the way." Beiniu Road.

"No, they have bows and arrows on them, and the medicine for wounds is good." Song Yang pointed to the official and said.

Beiniu frowned, as if she was not very satisfied with the bow and arrow of the officer, but she didn't say much, just took what was handed over by an officer.

"Let's go." Song Yang made a gesture of please.

"Adults are going into the mountains together?" Beiniu was a little surprised.

"Well, this official can't watch his subordinates go on adventures, but he is waiting here." Song Yang smiled warmly, his face was extremely red due to fever, and he looked more like the big brother next door.

"With such a heavy snowfall, the adult is a civil official, and he can only drag his feet when he enters the mountains, so it's better to stay." Beiniu didn't know how to twist and turn, but said truthfully: "And there will be wild beasts to attack the village in winter, the snow disaster a few days ago injured a lot of strong laborers who stayed in the village, I'm afraid that I can't protect the people in the village, and the adults will take some people to stay and protect them?" ”

Song Yang didn't know that there was such a thing, and after thinking for a while, he nodded in response.

"Zhang Qiang, you divide the people into two teams, let the strong people follow into the mountain, and bring them the rest of our cooked meat and wine, as well as weapons and wound medicine. Command, the body can not support the immediate send down the mountain, before the food and other materials are not enough, must come back. The rest of the people and the official went to the vicinity of the village to have a look, and discussed with the hunters of the village, and set up some barriers against wild beasts. Song Yang commanded.

Zhang Qiang nodded, and went to arrange manpower.

These people are all people who have been with Song Yang for a long time, and they have all ended Song Yang's character, even if they know that it is dangerous to enter the mountain, no one has complained, they believe that if it is not for their physique, Song Yang will definitely take the lead.

And even if they don't come back alive, their families will be accommodated.

"Let's all go home and wait, and after dinner, everyone will go to the village chief's house to gather." Song Yang said a word to the villagers, and asked the grandson of the village chief to show him the way, and walked towards the village first.

Seeing that Song Yang sent people to search the mountain, the villagers were also relieved, so they returned to the village in twos and threes.

The relief materials have already been placed in the village, although they will not all be left for the villagers here, but these things are enough for the villagers to survive this winter, just wait for the people in the mountains to be rescued, Song Yang and the others will start again and go to the next village to rescue.