Chapter Seventy-Nine: In His Place
The army that should have arrived one step earlier, but it was not as fast as the medicinal herbs. The mystery of this makes people feel chilled when they think about it.
Su Yuqi took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, handed it to the person who sent the medicinal materials, and said, "Distribute the medicinal materials to the address above, and then, you can go to the Jiangzhou Mansion to rest." ”
What is written on the paper are the few stores that Su Yuqi visited during the day. The local officials in Jiangzhou fled, the trees fell and scattered, and the people at Su Yuqi's hands were also stretched thin and insufficient, so asking the local residents to help was also a last resort.
Sending away the people who sent the medicinal herbs, Su Yuqi only felt unprecedentedly tired, looked around, only one old tree on this hillside was still stationed safely, not destroyed by the wind and rain, took a breath, swept to the tree, sat down against a thick branch, closed his eyes and rested.
This time I closed my eyes, and it didn't take long to fall asleep. When I slept until dawn, I could only hear the sound of rustling around me, and I woke up suddenly, and when I looked closely, I saw a torch on the hillside, and there were many people, and the noise seemed to be searching the mountain. Su Yuqi sat up straight and waited for the group of people to go up the mountain.
After a while, the group of people went up to the top of the slope, it turned out to be a group of people, and they were still shouting "Lord Qi", Su Yuqi flew down from the tree, landed in front of everyone, and hugged his fists: "Everyone, I am Su Yuqi, what are you looking for me?" ”
"You are the prince of Qi? The grass people knocked to see the prince. The leader knelt down, and the hula behind him knelt down, "Knock on the prince." ”
Su Yuqi wondered in his heart, but his face was calm and calm, "The ground is muddy, please get up first, you have something to say." ”
The middle-aged man in the lead stood up, and the rest also stood up, and the man said: "Back to the prince's words, the grass people are the leaders of the nearby village, and I heard that the prince needs manpower, so he specially rushed to help the prince." What does the prince need the grass people to do, despite the orders, the grass people should do their best. ”
Su Yuqi wondered in his heart, he had only been here for a day and two nights, and he had not seen a few ordinary people, so Su Jia and the others would naturally not organize such a large number of people to come, if it was spontaneous...... Su Yuqi was still a little unconvinced. He asked, "Who asked you to come?" ”
"It was a prince surnamed Dish who sent someone to find us, originally, we have decided to move the village out of here today, Lady Dish said, Lord Qi, you will help us rebuild our home, let us come to you, follow your orders."
It turned out to be Zhou Ye, Su Yuqi breathed a sigh of relief, feeling warm in his heart, but at the same time a little confused.
There is still no clue about the disaster relief, and even if no one gets in the way, it will be difficult to do, not to mention, there are still people who cover the sky, and even the army can stop it. As for the future of Jiangzhou City and the people of Jiangzhou, Su Yuqi didn't have time to think about it.
Su Yuqi subconsciously bit his lip and said, "Everyone can come, this king is very happy." Now everyone will go to the city first to help fry the herbs to prevent the disease, and as for the next arrangement, we will wait until the flood waters have receded. ”
"That's right...... Lord Wang, we are all fishermen, and the water is still good, and we hope to go into the water with the prince to save people! ”
I don't know what kind of rhetoric Yan Ye used, but he coaxed these people who were ready to move out so enthusiastically to save people, Su Yuqi couldn't help but feel interesting. nodded and said: "It is enough to go into the water to save people with soldiers, epidemic prevention and post-disaster reconstruction are equally important, and manpower is urgently needed, so don't underestimate it." ”
"Okay then."
"By the way, you also have to drink herbs, and you should also pay attention to the fact that as soon as there is an epidemic, report it immediately, and you are not allowed to hide it."
"Got it, lord."
"Last night, the king had ordered the medicinal herbs to be sent to the city, so go to the various temporary decoction points. Thank you. ”
A group of people hulala retreated, Su Yuqi rubbed his sore shoulders, and saw that the sky was already bright, Su Jia and the others should arrive in a while, and they had to go into the water to search and rescue, Su Yuqi cheered up.
Not long after, Su Jia and Xiang Yong had already arrived, and a group of people got on the boat in batches, still going to search and save people, Su Yuqi also got on a small boat, and together with Su Jia, the rapids went straight down.
The weather is completely clear, and although the water potential is not as small as the previous two days, because the weather is clear, the boat is better to control.
Su Jia brought some food, and Su Yuqi ate breakfast on the boat. Su Jia was worried, looked at Su Yuqi distressedly, and said, "Wang, you don't sleep like this, how can your body keep an eye on it?" Let's get off the boat and find a place to sleep first. ”
There is no one around, there is only one boat in this place, and there is no need to guard against the ears of the partition wall, Su Yuqi said: "Su Jia, the army should have arrived a long time ago, but it has been two days, and there is no news now, and those people's hands have reached here." It's nothing if I die, or if the Su family perishes, but these innocent people will be buried with me, which is the most unbearable thing for me. I'm just afraid that they will have a back-up move, and where can they sleep? ”
Su Jia sighed and said, "Yes, the embankment was blown up, and the army was blocked halfway, this time it was clearly for the king." If the disaster relief is not effective, the return to the dynasty will be demoted, if not a capital crime, but I am afraid that this is the best outcome. I'm only afraid that they will lay a lot of hidden obstacles in Jiangzhou City, and they will not stop until the king is trapped here. The slave said something that should not be said, and the king should not have taken the risk at all and took the initiative to come here for disaster relief. ”
"If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger. If I don't come here, the innocent people of this city will die forever under this water. ”
"The king is brave and loyal, but unfortunately, not everyone may know about it." Su Jia let out a long sigh, Su Yuqi understood what he meant, it didn't matter if the people next to him didn't know, but the person who was loyal had no eyes and didn't know loyalty, but it was the most chilling.
Su Yuqi looked around, the torrent was turbulent, the muddy water soup was vast, and his heart couldn't help but be sad, and said: "It doesn't matter if others know or not, I just need to have a clear conscience." Su Jia, look at these innocent lives, as an auxiliary minister of the current dynasty, I don't do it for them, who can do it for them? In his position, he should do his own thing, and I don't do things for others to see. There is nothing to be sorry for. ”
"Wang ...... Alas......" Su Jia only sighed.
Su Yuqi stopped talking. But there was gloom in his eyes.
The villages and towns along the river have been submerged, and the search went down, and there were not a few living people, and the search was until noon, Su Yuqi went ashore, and ordered half of the people to start salvaging the floating corpses, and after the floating corpses were salvaged, in order to prevent the outbreak of epidemics, they were concentrated on the mass graves in the northwest outside the city, and they were burned and buried.
The people who transported the bodies were all villagers recruited along the way, and the Su family army was still doing the dangerous work of searching and salvaging and quarrying and repairing the embankment.
The first batch of corpses were salvaged and transported to the mass graves in the northwest, according to Su Yuqi's order, human corpses and animal corpses should be disposed of separately, but these villagers were not as well-trained as Su Jiajun, and they were bent on saving trouble and trying to be fast, and the corpses were not completely separated, so they lit a fire and burned them all together.
When Su Yuqi heard about this, he came quickly on horseback, but he was already half a step late, and a large number of people gathered on the mass grave, all of whom opposed the burning of the corpse and wanted to claim the corpse back for mourning.
Su Yuqi was blocked out of the crowd, and he couldn't squeeze in. In the center of the crowd, thick smoke billowed but there was no flame, and looking at the people carrying buckets and other things in their hands, it seemed that the fire had been extinguished by these people.
Su Yuqi had no choice but to perform light skills and cross over the heads of a group of people, but in front of the crowd was a mountain of corpses, and there was no place to stay, so Su Yuqi had no choice but to settle on the pile of corpses.
The smell of burnt and corpses filled the air, and these corpses were probably already carrying the epidemic virus, Su Yuqi endured the tumbling of the river and the sea in his abdomen, so he didn't spit it out, and said in a deep voice: "The smell here is so bad, let's go to a clean place over there and talk." ”
Su Yuqi stood on top of the half-burnt corpse, looking very weird, and Su Yuqi's voice was infused with internal force, covering all the noisy sounds around him, and the people around him were a little afraid.
After a while, someone in the crowd asked aloud, "Who are you?" On what basis do you command us? ”
"I'm Su Yuqi."
The crowd was gossiping: "Su Yuqi? Who is Su Yuqi? ”
Su Yuqi frowned slightly, these people are not ordinarily angry, it is difficult to appease them, the audience was full of noisy voices, Su Yuqi had no choice but to raise his voice: "Everyone has never heard of Su Yuqi's name, but King Aqi has always heard of it, right?" ”
The official to the great Sima of the dynasty, the first person under the emperor, Su Yuqi These three words are not everyone dares to call, everyone respectfully calls the king of Aqi, and over time, the name of the king of Aqi is louder than his real name.
"King Aqi? Are you King Aqi? ”
"King Aqi, give us justice!"
"We refuse to burn the bodies of our families!"
"King Aqi, why do you uphold justice!"
Su Yuqi has been in the officialdom for a long time, and he has long cultivated a pair of fiery eyes, and these people gathered in the mass grave today looked at the anger and shouted to the sky, but these angers were a little superficial, and I don't know why.
In addition, this place is located in the lower reaches of the Lanjiang River, and there are few residents in normal times, especially after the flood, the people have already become an empty town, but so many people have come from nowhere.
Su Yuqi thought a lot in his mind for a while, but he didn't delay the command scene: "If you have any ideas, just tell me, but this place is not a place to talk, and everyone smells bad here, right?" Everyone talked on the way over there. ”
Su Yuqi stood on top of the pile of corpses, without even blinking his eyelids, his face was cold and majestic, which made people shudder, and no one in the group dared to make a sound anymore, and they all spontaneously retreated.
Su Yuqi jumped down from the pile of corpses and walked behind everyone, and Xiang Yong, who was in charge of burning the corpses, surrounded Su Yuqi and asked for advice in embarrassment: "Lord Wang, look, what should I do?" ”
"Later, don't do it yet." Su Yuqi gave an order in a low voice.