Prodigal Son of the Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 393 Saving people is the way

  In this world, there is something called righteousness! Just like what Wen Xianggong said-there is righteousness in the world, and the manifold is mixed. The lower part is Heyue, and the upper part is the sun star.

  This qi cannot be seen or touched, and most people don’t have it. After all, people have to eat and drink, and what they eat is whole grains. Everyone has to make a living, and the back has been bent by the hardships of life.

  However, Fang Jifan has this spirit.

  He is a moral man.

Traveling westward for three days without resting day and night, the good physique that the Xishan students have cultivated in their daily life finally showed at this time. They have endured hardships, even if they just gnaw on the hardest dry food, their lips and mouth are chapped, and they run day and night for seven or eight years For ten miles, no one has any complaints.

   It's not that I don't have complaints, but I'm used to it.

  At the beginning, they were also the ones who carried big bags.

   Besides, they are in good health now, so it doesn't matter if they suffer a little.

   But Fang Jifan couldn't take it anymore. The bumps along the way made his bones seem to be falling apart.

  Seeing that his teacher's face was pale, Tang Yin took advantage of his rest to build a sedan chair all night without sleep... No, under the simple conditions, this one is more like a stretcher!

   So early the next morning, Tang Yin was dizzy, sat on the horse, and almost fell off.

  Fang Jifan refused this kind of special treatment in his heart, but he couldn't stand the pleadings of the five disciples. This made Fang Jifan very emotional. The most regrettable thing in this world is to have these five filial disciples.

  Life is like this, what more can you ask for.

  He sat on the soft shelf, and Shen Ao and the others carried him.

   Continue all the way west!

   In a blink of an eye, we arrived at Shanxi and Lingqiu County!

  Lingqiu County is at the junction of Shanxi and North Zhili, 400 miles away from the capital. There are a lot of rocks and mountains in the territory.

  In fact, the landslide is not terrible. What is really terrible is that after the landslide, among the countless mountains, due to the change of the earth's crust, the mountains are unstable and the river diverges.

  Think about it, those originally stable mountains suddenly changed, countless boulders fell from the sky, and the river diverted and broke its embankment and rushed into the populated area. This is a terrible thing.

  In the county town, there is already a swamp country, and people have to move to the suburbs, but the high mountain collapses at any time, and with a loud noise, countless people are buried in the rocks.

The road has been completely destroyed, which means that even if it is the imperial court relief, under the current geographical environment, no one can transport food in, not to mention that after the catastrophe, there are unburied corpses everywhere. Will also be disseminated at any time.

Not long after entering Lingqiu County, everyone found that the official road had been destroyed. On the official road, a boulder may fall at any time.

  The team experienced an aftershock, only suddenly, the ground trembled, trees and huge clods of mud fell from the two streams, and a big rock almost hit Shen Ao at the front of the team.

  Shen Ao was so frightened that his face was as pale as paper, and he almost... peed.

  The horse under the seat was digging the ground restlessly, probably... also scared to pee.

  Fear began to spread. Shen Ao was afraid of death. He hadn't married a wife yet, and he hadn't passed on the family line yet, and the other students were also panic-stricken.

With a cold face, Wang Shouren said with a stern expression: "Get off the horse and clear the road. We have horses and food, and they are all young and strong. That's all. Think about how many people are starving and helpless after all these countless mudstones. Nothing to rely on, what is the Tao, saving people right now is the Tao.”

   As he said, he got off the horse first, stepped on the mud, and didn't care about anything else, and began to dig out the rocks in front of him with a shovel.

  Shen Ao and other students looked at the body that was already busy, and rushed up one after another in shock.

Fang Jifan was also taken aback, the aftermath of the landslide made him turn over immediately, his expression changed. At this time, he couldn't help but feel a little bit of regret. The most terrifying thing is when it is really displayed in front of your eyes! Suddenly, I also understand why there is such a saying that there is a so-called righteousness, and there is such a sentence that a gentleman does not stand a dangerous wall!

  But... there is only one person, his face is expressionless, and his eyes are bright.

  Even if the ground trembled before the landslide, there was no sign of fear.

  Ouyang Zhi raised his head and looked at the mountain that seemed to have completely collapsed. After a long time, he got off his horse and carried a hoe...clearing the road.

  Many people seemed to be infected by Wang Shouren and Ouyang Zhi, and suddenly gained courage.

The crowd rushed forward one after another. They had experience in cutting rocks and building dams. The students were very good at this. Baskets of rocks were poured directly into the mountain stream. Soon, a trail was cleared. Some reinforcements have been carried out so that people who will follow up to transport grain to the West Mountain can easily pass through here.

  But everyone still has anxiety in their hearts. This is just the beginning. What will meet them ahead? do not know!

  The team continued to move forward, and not far away was a village.

   Nearly half of the village was flooded. In the muddy water, floating corpses occasionally floated by. The floating corpses were already swollen. When Shen Ao and others saw them from a distance, they already wanted to vomit.

  But when they saw the surviving people, they inexplicably began to feel that everything became worthwhile.

Those who lost everything must have frantically searched for their relatives after a few days of disasters, but later, when the food was gone, they were trapped here, in a dilemma, and gradually became numb. A woman seemed to be still alive. While cleaning up a dilapidated wall, the villagers on the side advised: "Don't dig, it's been a few days, and you must not survive."

  More people stared numbly at these talented 'lords' wearing lun scarves and Confucian shirts.

  These ragged people once had respect for scholars, but after the disaster, the gentry of the town took his famous son and wives and fled without a trace.

   In the face of disaster, all morality is destroyed.

  At this time, Wang Shouren said: "Send a few people to patrol the vicinity with swords, and the rest of them will share some dry food. Luo Cheng, you can find out what other villages are nearby, and go ahead to check."

  Wang Shouren has studied the art of war for many years, and in the face of such an emergency, he has an innate calmness.

The students were also used to obeying the orders of their teachers, and then they put down some dry food carried by the mules and horses, and distributed some food to the villagers. They didn't dare to distribute it indiscriminately. Just keep people from starving to death.

  Wang Shouren continued to order: "You have to search, is there a cellar nearby, maybe there is food in it."

   "Wang Bichen, go to the east and see how the water is..."

  Shen Ao and the others were exhausted and out of breath after trekking all the way. The victims got food and looked at these strange scholars hesitantly. Their numb eyes began to shine.

  After distributing the steamed cakes to the villagers, Shen Ao also sat down tiredly. He was also extremely hungry, so he took out his own steamed cakes, opened his cheeks, and was about to eat the steamed cakes.

   Beside him, an old man who had already received dry food and ate it in one bite stared at him, his eyes glowing green.

He hadn't had water or rice for two days. Although he shared a mouthful of food, this mouthful of dry food made his stomach feel as if it was burning. So he pursed his dry lips, but he didn't dare to approach him, his eyes were grateful Looking at these uninvited guests, most of the time, they stare at Shen Ao's steamed cakes and salivate.

  Shen Ao took a bite and felt better. He felt the gaze and looked at the ragged old man who dared not approach in the distance.

He frowned and looked down at the steamed cakes in his hands. Even for them, the rations were not enough, and they couldn’t eat them openly. The physical exertion was too great. He tried his best to harden his heart, and took another bite. However, Shen Ao's eyes were red. Suddenly, under the extremely hungry situation, this delicious ration suddenly became difficult to swallow.

   After chewing hard, he took a sip of water, hesitated for a while, and finally tore off half of the remaining steamed cake, and handed it to the old man.

  The old man shook his head, and said with a muttering accent: "Don't dare, don't dare."

   Shen Ao continued to stuff steamed cakes into his hands, patted his bag and said, "I still have a lot."

Only then did the old man feel relieved, took the steamed cakes, devoured them voraciously, and shed tears as he ate: "My son is dead, starved to death..." He whimpered and said, "If I had met my benefactors earlier, If you have a ration, maybe you won't die."

  Shen Ao sniffed his nose, not daring to look at the old man, and suddenly felt ashamed.

When he was in Xishan, he always felt that the life in Xishan was very bitter. It was really bitter. He had to practice, study, cultivate land, carry big bags, eat mashed potatoes, and occasionally eat pork. But now, he realized that, It turns out that there is no lower limit to suffering in this world.

Every mouthful of indescribable liquid, every mouthful of meat, every plate of delicious mashed potatoes, including snacks such as dried potatoes, may be able to make a desperate person survive alive .

While eating, Shen Ao tried his best to shake off those images that shouldn't be thought of in his mind. After eating half a piece of cake, his stomach still felt uncomfortable, and he felt hungry. Ration, just one morsel..."

  The old man seemed to have dried up his tears long ago, and muttered to himself.

And in the distance, Shen Ao and others saw the woman who was still digging something in the ruined wall with broken arms. The woman had no strength, her eyes were dull, but she was digging very seriously and refused to give up. , someone handed her dry food, she was disheveled and could barely see her face, but she didn't hesitate or appreciate it, she just took it, swallowed it, and then continued to dig something in the ruins.

   "This woman is pitiful, her husband died, and the body was found the day before yesterday, and her son is still under the house, probably dead, eh..."

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