The situation was more serious than Xiao Ruo expected.

The houses on the west side of Qinzhou City were the first to be built, and most of the people living here are poor.

There is no money to renovate the roof, and usually only find some broken tiles to cover the leaks, and some even use straw to block the air leaks. Such houses are vulnerable to the pressure of continuous snowfall.

At first, only one or two rooms may have collapsed. The beams, wood, and rubble hit the ground, causing the snow in the neighboring houses to vibrate. distance.

There are ruins and ruins buried under the snow everywhere. Those lucky enough to survive knelt in front of their houses and wept bitterly. Those with relatives and friends whose life and death were unknown were digging snowdrifts unwillingly, trying to dig out their deepest concerns.

Dozens of people are busy in this place that can be called ruins, they are digging or lifting, searching for the lucky ones.

Most of these people are dressed as yamen servants, and the rest are wearing black and red belts around their waists, and the word Shun embroidered at the end is shining with a touch of gold.

Several yamen servants walked past Xiaoruo carrying a dead body covered with a white cloth. One of them suddenly looked back at her.

"Hey? Isn't this Miss Xiao? Why are you here?"

He wondered why Xiaoruo, a weak girl, came to such a place, and suddenly said, "Are you looking for your son-in-law? Well, I saw him over there just now."

Jin Hui pointed to Xiaoruo not far to the right, where there were several escorts from the Shunji Escort Agency pulling things out of the collapsed cowshed.

Xiaoruo nodded in thanks, and then distributed the medicines to the guys who brought them, and asked them to go in groups of two to see where they needed help.

After the arrangements were made, the clerks all dispersed, and she and the clerks from Tongji Pharmacy walked in the direction that Jin Hui just pointed.

The sharp-eyed Ma Laosan saw Xiaoruo first, and he quickly poked Xiaoxun who was still buried in digging snow, and said, "Hey, your guy is here to look for you!"

Xiaoxun stopped what he was doing, looked up, and sure enough it was Xiaoruo.

He stuffed the shovel in Ma Laosan's hand, and trotted a few steps to Xiaoruo.

"Ruo Ruo, didn't you go to the clinic, why did you come here?"

He didn't really want Xiaoruo to see these stiff bodies, and the expressions of unwillingness and despair on their faces.

"The Chamber of Commerce has set up a temporary rescue point on the periphery. I will take a few young and strong people to see if there is any need for help."

"Basically all the injuries that can be cured have been sent out, and the rest..."

Xiaoruo understands the meaning of this unfinished sentence. It has been nearly six hours since the snow disaster occurred, which is too long beyond the golden rescue time, and there is a high probability that those who are still buried below have no hope of surviving.

She raised her hand to caress Xiaoxun's frowning brows, to comfort the frustrated puppy.

"You have tried your best, and the rest depends on whether God will be kind."

Xiaoxun's knuckles were red from the cold from digging the snow all the time, she rubbed the puppy's paws distressedly and said, "I'll light a fire for you, you come to warm up first, don't frostbite yourself first."

Ma Laosan also came over at this time, and when Xiaoruo said that he wanted to make a fire, he said, "Don't bother, Miss Xiao, we tried it as soon as we came here. There is no dry firewood here, and the snow doesn't stop, so we can't make a fire at all." Get up and fire."

Xiaoruo didn't refute Ma Laosan, just smiled mysteriously, picked out a few wooden sticks from the sundries to build a triangular tower, and then blew on the fire, and warm flames appeared in front of them.

"Aiyo, aiyo is amazing! You are indeed a medicine refining fairy!" Ma Laosan said in surprise.

The Fairy of Refining Medicine was called by some brothers who are familiar with Xiaoxun from the Shunji Escort Bureau. They have long heard that Xiaoruo can control the fire to a perfect degree when concocting medicinal materials. They laughed and told Xiaoxun about your family Could it be that there is a fairy hiding medicine?

"Go ask them to warm up by the fire, we brought medicinal wine to warm up." Xiao Ruo said to Xiao Xun, "Take your turn, don't freeze to death all at once, we don't even have enough manpower in the back."

Xiaoxun nodded, and went to tell Jiang Ping about Xiaoruo's arrangement.

Under Jiang Ping's arrangement, the bodyguards of Shunji Escort Bureau were divided into two teams. While one team warmed up by warming up by drinking medicinal wine, the other team continued to clear the snow to see if there were still people under the snow or under the collapsed houses.

Under the arrangement of these two shifts, it is more efficient than if everyone works together.

By the time it got dark, with the joint efforts of the yamen servants and bodyguards, one-third of the disaster-stricken area had been cleared out, and a total of more than forty people were carried out covered with white cloth.

At three o'clock in the unitary hour, everyone was exhausted after a busy day, but they didn't dare to go back to rest. There was an order to join the army, and at least half of the progress had to be cleaned up tonight.

With the help of Xiaoruo, the guards set up a big pot to cook rice porridge, intending to fill their stomachs and continue working.

At this moment, I heard a prolonged announcement: "The governor has arrived—"

Three squadrons of soldiers followed by Governor Zeng appeared in front of everyone.

"I've seen you, my lord!" Everyone saluted in unison.

"Excuse me. Thank you for your hard work!" Governor Zeng raised his hand, then turned his head and said behind his back, "Lieutenant Wu, this is the worst-hit place in Qinzhou."

Only then did the people discover that there was a young man in soft armor behind Zeng Cishi, the sky was dark, and Zeng Cishi blocked the light of the torch in front of him, which made him disappear just now.

The young man called Martial Captain took a step forward, and only then was he surrounded by flames. The dancing flames made his armor reflect a thin layer of halo.

"Under the order of General Zhonglang, I, Wu Yi, will lead fifteen brothers as the vanguard to assist you in helping the common people!" His voice was sonorous and powerful, with a sense of majesty.

"Inspector Zeng, please rest assured that General Zhonglang has submitted his request, and the follow-up materials and manpower are already on the way."

Zeng Yongbo heaved a sigh of relief after hearing what Captain Wu said.

When he first received the order to meet the aid outside the city, he saw that there were only three teams, and his heart sank, thinking that the imperial court did not pay much attention to the snow disaster in Qinzhou.

It turned out that Zhonglang was leading Wu Han to Youzhou, and happened to be passing by a hundred miles away from Qinzhou. He heard that many houses were collapsed by snow in Qinzhou on New Year's Eve, so he temporarily assigned his own brother, the school captain Wu Yi, to lead fifteen vanguards first. come to aid.

"General Zhonglang is righteous, Zeng thanked everyone on behalf of the people of Qinzhou."

After Zeng Yongbo hastily thanked him, he rushed back to the government office. He still had to solve the problem of refugee resettlement, so he really didn't have time to do superficial work.

The governor left, and the captain was the leader with the highest rank present. After counting the number of people, Wu Yi confirmed that there were 30 yamen servants in total, plus the squad soldiers he brought, a total of 45 people.

"That's the only number of government officials in the state government?" Wu Yi asked.Generally, there are hundreds of servants in the state government, and there are thousands of them. At this time, there are only 30 people, which is really not right.

As the leader of the yamen servants, Jin Hui stepped forward and replied, "My lord, originally there were 70 people on duty during the New Year's Day, and 20 people were sent out to check whether other people's houses were secure and prevent further collapses. The other 20 people transported the wounded to various medical centers. and rescue points, so there are only 30 people left to clean up the scene.”

Wu Yi nodded to show that he understood, the arrangement was very reasonable, and he had nothing to say.

Jin Hui added: "There are also 20 bodyguards from the Shunji Escort Bureau. They came to help voluntarily. Thanks to them today, more wounded were dug out in time for treatment in the morning."

"Oh? There are such righteous men?" Wu Yi asked in surprise.At first, when he saw that the other people present were not dressed as government servants, he thought they were strong men paid for, but he didn't expect that it was the bodyguard bureau of Qinzhou who volunteered to help.

He held up the torch and looked at the crowd behind the yamen servants. Although these people had different clothes, they all had a black and red belt around their waists. They really belonged to the same escort agency.

Suddenly, Wu Yi's sweeping movements stopped, and he saw a few familiar faces among these people, especially the handsome face with sharp edges and corners, he would definitely not admit it wrong.

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