Returning to Longxiang, Li Yuanjia's sacrifice shocked the entire Huilong Township.

Especially when the soldiers of the entire regiment returned to Huilong Township the next day with the villagers of Shanhuai Village, the people in the entire township were shocked, Hongfeng did not cause much harm downstream, but the political commissar of the regiment who returned to Huilong Township knew that the ten soldiers they sent earlier sacrificed three people, and only then did they send the news to several villages downstream and Huilong Township overnight.

The remaining seven men, though not killed, almost all fell ill, and the two soldiers died when they returned to the downstream village due to severe hypothermia, and they relied on their will to support them and rushed back.

The political commissar calculated, from the time the temporary embankment sent this ten-person team to Shanhuai Village burst, the flood water rushed straight down, and it was no more than two hours in between.

In other words, they were only two hours ahead of the flood, and during the day they walked to the mountain road in Shanhuai Village for nearly half a day.

Extreme exertion, dark nights, mountain roads, and severe hypothermia in the mountains led to this tragedy.

The commissar learned that the soldiers, having informed the first village downstream, had moved directly along the valley in order to speed up their journey, as it would take longer to climb the mountain road again.

And because of the brief interruption of the upstream flow, there is little water in the river valley, but it can show them the way.

And the risk of doing so is that if they don't survive the flood, what awaits them is total destruction.

Even so, two soldiers died of hypothermia, and the remaining one fell into a nearby canyon on the way back.

No one had time to find the body.

The soldiers, who were almost covered in mud, and when they returned, they carried the stretcher. All the people of Huilong Township along the way were silent.

When these soldiers left, they knew what they were leaving, to save the people of a village, and now, the people have been saved, but they have sacrificed four soldiers, including their regimental commander.

The young lieutenant who looked young, but was strict with his soldiers and kind to the people.

Almost all the people of Huilong Township can recall the voice and smile of the young regiment leader, and many children have even accepted the sugar cubes he gave them.

And today, it was the young man, who was now lying quietly on the stretcher, unable to get up again.

The head of Huilong Township had already packed up some houses and resettled the villagers of Shanhuai Village.

And when the three thousand Royal Forest Army arrived here, all the people who returned to Longxiang were shocked to find that the original regiment commander was actually a Tang prince!

The heroic story of Li Yuanjia saving the under-one-year-old baby of Zhang Goudan's family has been spread throughout the township, but they never expected that this was actually a prince!

This is a prince!

In the past, let alone the prince, some small squires may not look down on them pariahs, but now, a prince sacrificed himself to save a common people's child!

Such a huge impact makes the entire people of Huilong Township have a sense of unreality, but these are the facts.

In the same way, this fact also silenced all the people, and the bits and pieces they encountered in the past appeared in their hearts again.

Along with it, there was also His Majesty's holy decree, in addition to posthumously enshrined the sacrificial prince Li Yuanjia as the king of the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the order, according to the reform regulations of His Royal Highness the King of Qin, the affected people will be funded by the imperial court, temporarily resettle all the villagers of the affected Shanhuai Village, and plan to elect a new village seat for them, as well as allocate land.

And expressed sincere condolences to the people affected by the disaster, hoping that they can rebuild their homes with peace of mind, and have confidence in the Tang Dynasty court and the Tang army. The township governor who returned to Longxiang was asked to take care of the villagers, properly handle the villagers' preparations for the disaster, and the township would pay for all the expenses of food and other materials, and the imperial court would make up for it to the township later.

From beginning to end, there is no punishment, no scolding, only condolences and concern.

The moment they heard the holy decree, all the villagers in Shanhuai Village wept bitterly, and they couldn't tell what they were feeling. When you know that Li Yuanjia is a prince, you say that they are not worried in their hearts, that is false.

Even if Li Yuanjia is willing to save people, it is His Majesty's brother after all.

After all, the changes in the Tang Dynasty have not been long in coming, and even many of these people have come from the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties, and it is difficult for them not to worry about His Majesty's blame.

And now, instead of any blame, the court still has to prepare new villages for them to help them rebuild their homes.

This...... Are there such saints in the world?

What shocked them even more was that when the decree was announced, a royal forester gave a small but equally shocking piece of silver to Zhang Goudan's hand.

"Zhang Goudan, this is the compensation given to you by the wife of King Han Li Yuanjia, the money is not much, but the princess hopes that you can accept it, the princess said, she didn't expect Ling Zun to be so strong, which eventually led to such a tragedy. The prince took it as his responsibility to protect the people of the Tang Dynasty before his death, and the tragedy of Ling Zun, if the prince knew about it and she didn't deal with it, the prince might not be able to rest in peace. ”

"So the money is not much, but the princess hopes to buy a coffin for Ling Zun so that he can be buried. The princess has filial piety and can't come to condole, and I hope you can forgive. The Imperial Forest Army conveyed Fang Jiao's words to Zhang Goudan.

These words made all the adults in Zhang Goudan's family cry bitterly, and even Zhang Goudan, a man, burst into tears, he should have refused, but thinking of what the Royal Forest Army said, if Wang Yequan knew and couldn't rest in peace, he couldn't refuse.

A prince who can sacrifice himself in order to save their children, if the other party is alive, he will definitely feel guilty because of his father's death, so although this money is not much, Zhang Goudan feels that in his hands, it is as heavy as a thousand catties.

Many people in Shanhuai Village who watched this scene were not easy to cry, they originally blamed Zhang Goudan and his family, but at this moment they couldn't blame it, even the prince's family didn't blame it, what right did they have?

The cremation ceremony of Li Yuanjia and the three soldiers was held the next day, and on this day, all the people of the entire Huilong Township came. Not only did they come, but all the people who had white cloth in their homes were carrying filial piety, and those who did not have white cloth were also wrapped in linen.

Shanhuai Village is even more filial piety in the whole village, even the old village chief.

The commissar wanted to persuade, but with so many people, he had to give up.

When the flames engulfed the bodies of the four men, and when the flames were finally extinguished, their remaining ashes and unburned bones were buried in coffins, and the Imperial Forest Army was ready to set off for Chang'an.