The two waterways of the Ming Dynasty are accessible, the water has a waterway, and the road has a land route. Cars, horses, and pedestrians take the land route, and boats take the waterway themselves, that is, to go to a destination, and the routes of the two waterways are also different.

At the beginning, Xia Yuan and his entourage went down the Cao Yun, entered Linqing, Shandong, got off the ship, and then entered Puzhou.

Li Dongyang and others took the land route, which was from Hebei to Henan, and would not pass through Shandong.

There are mountains in Handan, and there is more than one place, and all of them are mountains extending from the Taihang Mountains.

When I arrived in Handan, it was only more than 200 miles away from Puzhou at this time, and the two places were so close to each other that the original landslide naturally affected Handan, and even the boulders on the mountain were shaken down a lot.

Thanks to the fact that the surrounding areas of several mountains are not gathering places for the people, at most there are only some farmlands, otherwise I don't know how many people will die.

At this time, the dilemma in front of them was that the official road was damaged, and now it has not been repaired, so it is impossible to drive, but the horse can ride.

After a few days of turbulence, Li Dongyang's expression was defeated, and the two forces were trembling, and even his legs and stomachs were twitching, and he couldn't speak.

Now faced with such a predicament, when he heard these people say that they proposed to ride horses, he was even more eager to die immediately.

"Ge Lao, I'll help you get on the horse."

Li Dongyang was in a hurry when he arrived, and shouted categorically: "The old man would rather die than get on the horse!" ”

A roar full of anger came out from the mouth of an old man who was over half a hundred years old, especially the look of red eyes and hoarseness, which suppressed everyone present.

Several people looked at each other, and after a long time, Wang Huacai said: "Gong Li is very old, I am afraid that he will not be able to ride a horse, and it will be even more difficult to control the horses under this place." ”

"Don't say it's an old man, even a young man like me can't ride a horse, a few adults, who can you wait for to ride a horse?"

Everyone present shook their heads, we are all noble scholars, riding horses? That's what Takeo Takeshi does.

"Then why don't you find a few sedan chairs, and I'll wait for the sedan chair."

"That's right, even if I can't wait for the sedan car, I have to prepare one for the elder."

“.”

Hearing this, Li Dongyang was a little moved, his eyes were moist, these days, he felt that these dogs didn't treat themselves as people, they just walked quickly, walked quickly.

Even if I slept at the post stations along the way, I had just laid down, and I felt that I hadn't slept for long, when someone came in and urged me to go on the road.

Who would have thought that these dog officials still have a conscience, know how to care for the elderly, and know how to find a sedan chair for themselves.

Li Tingxiang looked at the south with sour and red eyes, and as far as his eyes could see, there were continuous mountains, but he knew that behind these mountains, there was a large plain, and walking along the plain for a hundred or ten miles, that was his hometown.

The closer he got to his hometown, the more eager he became, thinking that the sedan chair was too slow, but he felt that if he was slow, he would slow down At this time, in addition to eagerness, he was more hesitant and timid.

Don't even dare to set foot in that homeland, are the villagers' relatives, their mothers, and their little sisters alive?

Or rather, how many are still alive.

On the road these days, Li Tingxiang is most afraid of stopping, and when he stops, there is no sound of ruts and no bumps in the carriage.

Especially when I was sleeping at the station, the surroundings became quiet, and when I closed my eyes, I saw the faces of my relatives, and then tears flowed down unconsciously.

There are guards to carry a few sedan chairs, this is Yongnian County, a small county seat, with the majesty of the pavilion old Qincha, a few sedan chairs can still be found, but they are all very small.

The boxy sedan chair can just sit in it, and the largest one is only ten feet in radius, which is the car of the county order.

Now temporarily requisitioned by Li Gelao, Li Dongyang sat up and leaned over, trying not to let his buttocks be next to the seat, and supporting the weight of his whole body with his side thighs, the posture was very weird, but no one cared about these.

As soon as the sedan curtain was drawn, no one could see it, and then some of the guards acted as sedan chair drivers, carrying several officials, and the rest of the guards rode with them.

Li Dongyang sat in the sedan chair and breathed a long sigh of relief, although this small sedan chair is too small and simple, but it is more comfortable than riding in a carriage and I don't know how much.

Unfortunately, it was only comfortable for more than a day, and when I entered the mountains, some of those mountain roads were cracked by the ground, and some were blocked by boulders rolling down the mountain.

They couldn't ride in a sedan chair, not even a horse, so they had to leave a few guards to take care of the horses and the sedan chair, and the group of people began to walk.

This is the most difficult time, Li Dongyang's family was born in the army, but it was an ancestor, and he had never suffered like this since he was a child.

When I walked around, my buttocks and ears and temples grinded, and the fire burned in pain, so I had to take a big stride, but in this way, my feet also grinded painfully.

Fortunately, more than 20 days have passed since the original landslide, and there have been no aftershocks along the way.

When you go to bed at night, you will suffer even more, so just find a flat place to build a shack and sleep.

After walking in the mountains for two days, it rained heavily in the middle of the night, and the broken hut could not stop the rain at all, and the small pebbles that kept rolling down the slope mixed with mud flowed down together.

Everyone's clothes were soaked, and their faces were full of muddy water, which looked like a high-crowned doctor, who was clearly a mud monkey, worse than those mud legs that were shaving in the field.

Li Dongyang, an old man in his fifties, is old, and after two days of difficult trekking in the mountains, he is already exhausted, and his emotions are already on the verge of collapse.

Poured by this heavy rain, he finally broke down completely, and cried loudly with his back to the sky, and the rain mixed with tears slid from his face to the placket of his clothes.

The rest of them are crying, maybe they are crying for themselves, maybe they are crying for their loved ones whose fate is uncertain, or both.

A rain did not stop until dawn, and many embarrassed guards formed a circle, surrounding several even more embarrassed officials, and several officials surrounded Li Dongyang.

Li Dongyang fell ill, lying on a mattress soaked in muddy water, his eyes were closed, his face was visibly weak, but his miserable white lips kept moving.

Wang Hua knelt in the muddy water, grabbed Li Dongyang's hand and probed his pulse, the pulse was also very weak, he leaned his ear over, choked up, and said, "Gong Li, what do you have to command?" ”

"Pu, Puzhou."

The two words that came out of Li Dongyang's mouth intermittently were very empty and the voice was very small. But the officials present seemed to hear it clearly, and after hearing it clearly, everyone instantly burst into tears.

This old Li Ge always said no along the way, no, no, take a break, the old man has to breathe a sigh of relief.

But now, all he thinks about is Puzhou, all the people of Puzhou, and all His Royal Highness the Prince in Puzhou.

The people present pursed their lips tightly, not letting the crying come out, but silently shed tears.

Everyone has realized that Li Gong is afraid that he will not be able to walk, and the reason why he is talking about Puzhou is to let them go over, let them go to relieve the people there instead of Li Gong, and rescue His Royal Highness the Prince.

Thinking of this, the crowd couldn't help crying more and more grief.

Wang Hua wiped his face with his muddy sleeves, stood up and said, "Leave dozens of people here to guard Li Gong, and then go to a few guards to ask for a doctor and a doctor." After the doctor came, carry Li Gong to Handan for treatment, hurry up! ”

As he spoke, he looked around at the officials around him, took a deep breath and said, "As for us, we will continue to move forward and go to Puzhou, don't let Li Gong down!" ”

A group of people loudly agreed, and some of the guards ran in the direction when they started to come and go, but when Li Dongyang heard this, he suddenly opened his eyes, and then a weak voice came out of his miserable white lips, "No, no."

Hearing this, Wang Hua hurriedly knelt down again, "Pavilion Elder, where is it not possible?" But is the arrangement of the lower officials inappropriate? ”

"Old man, old man is going to Puzhou, help, help" Li Dongyang weakly stretched out his hand, wanting Wang Hua to help him up, but after the wrist was caught, Wang Hua didn't mean to help him up, but said with great emotion:

"Ge Lao, the lower officials know that you can't let go of the people of Puzhou, and you know that you are concerned about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in Puzhou, but how can you go like this, so you still stay here to rest."

Hearing this, Li Dongyang struggled to get up, and immediately gritted his teeth and said with a breath: "Old man, the old man must go, the old man is the minister of the Qin mission for this disaster relief, with the emperor's order, the old man must go to die, and the old man must also die in Puzhou!" ”

Seeing him like this, everyone present cried even more sadly, and at the same time respected this Li Ge Lao even more, especially the sentence that he would die in Puzhou, which made them feel deafening.

Everyone wiped their tears with their sleeves, but the sleeves were all muddy water, and this wipe wiped their faces black and dirty. But no one proposed to let Li Dongyang stay here, wait for the doctor, wait for treatment.

Respecting Li Gong's wishes, they made a rudimentary stretcher out of wood and bedding, and several people carried Li Gong and continued to Puzhou.

It rained heavily, and the mountain road was full of mud and even more difficult to walk, but no one complained, everyone gritted their teeth, and everyone walked carefully.

Especially the people who carried Li Dongyang walked very slowly, carefully carrying Li Ge Lao, and they must not let this Li Gong, who was respected by them, fall.

Carried by several people, the corners of Li Dongyang's mouth showed an extremely relieved smile, and suddenly, he seemed to see the word 'Wenzheng' flashing in the dense forest above his head.

Wenzheng.

If you want to die, you will die in Puzhou, and if you die in Puzhou, you will die in disaster relief and state affairs.

Dying there, from the king to the courtiers, they will be grateful for their merits when the time comes, and they will definitely give themselves a beautiful word at that time, even if it is not impossible for Wenzheng.

Death in the middle of the road is nothing.

If you can get the nickname of Wenzheng, and you can have the posthumous name of Li Wenzhenggong, what does it matter if you die, the old man wants to die quickly!

PS: The so-called three and four, I think it makes sense, three more in the future, and these chapters are not dragging the plot, but burying the thread, everyone wait.

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