Chapter 127 Wei Mingting and Xu Zhengyong are missing.
"Okay, Miss Wei, don't worry, we will take turns guarding here tonight, and we will deal with it immediately if there is any situation." Hong Ping said.
"You have worked hard too." Wei Ruo said gratefully.
"We work as servants in the yamen and receive a salary from the court. It is our duty to protect the people. On the contrary, Miss Wei, this is something that has nothing to do with you, but you have taken the lead to benefit the people. We admire you very much."
"I'm sorry, I'm just doing what I can do."
Wei Ruo replied. After speaking, he turned to look at the people in the warehouse. Although this warehouse is not a good place, it can at least provide shelter from wind and rain. A few braziers can make the room much warmer and protect your life.
When Wei Ruo finished his work, it was already late at night, and Wei Jinyi and Wei Ruo saw that there was nothing to do for the time being, so they returned to the Wei Mansion.
The rain really got heavier at night, and the temperature got lower and lower.
Wei Ruo, who returned to Tingsongyuan, simply washed up and fell asleep.
Early the next morning, Wei Ruo and Wei Jin also went out again. Firstly, they were worried about the people in the Yamen warehouse. Wei Ruo was worried that some of them were getting worse, so they had to go and take a look in person to feel reassured; secondly, Wei Ruo was worried that some of them were getting worse
. If you want to know how the landslide in Xishan Village is progressing.
It rained all night and finally stopped, but the temperature was even lower. Without a thermometer, Wei Ruo estimated that the temperature was probably below five degrees.
Although it is not frozen yet, the humidity is very high, giving people a bone-chilling chill.
Wei Ruoli wore a thick cotton-padded jacket, but his hands still felt a little cold.
As soon as Wei Ruo and Wei Jin entered the magistrate's office, magistrate Qian sent someone to call them over.
Wei Ruo and Wei Jin were also taken to the court, the place usually used to hear cases, but now the magistrate Qian was here to direct the people in the yamen to carry out rescue work.
Qian Zhixian looked at the two brothers and sisters in front of him, hesitating to speak and frowning.
"Master Qian has something to do, but it doesn't hurt to say so." Wei Jin also said.
After Qian Zhixian thought for a while, he said to the two of them: "Your father... something happened."
"What happened?" Wei Ruo asked.
"Your father took people to Xishan Village to rescue people, but during the rescue process, a second landslide occurred. Now life or death is uncertain!" Qian Zhixian said with a heavy heart.
Wei Ruo looked at Qian Zhixian in surprise, with mixed emotions.
Something happened to his father?
Wei Ruo knew that Wei Mingting died young in the original work, but in the original owner's memory, his father died in battle.
It was indeed about the same time, but this time, due to changes in certain factors, the Japanese pirates had been temporarily repelled at this time.
At this time in the original work, Wei Mingting was still fighting the Japanese pirates and could not care about what was happening in the city.
So although Wei Ruo knew that Wei Mingting probably died in the battle at this time, because the war had been suspended, he thought that things had changed and didn't think much about it.
After a while, Wei Ruo came back to his senses and asked Qian Zhixian: "Besides my father, how many people went to Xishan Village?" "About a
hundred people, because we are not sure whether the Japanese pirates will commit crimes again. Doesn't your father go to Xishan Village?" Dare to mobilize a large number of garrisoned soldiers, but only mobilized a hundred people who were supposed to be resting to go to the rescue. Among them was the new soldier who had made meritorious service during the last battle with the Japanese pirates and was promoted to deputy general." Qian Zhixian said.
Because he performed well last time and was specially promoted by the Seventh Prince, Magistrate Qian was also deeply impressed by this person.
It’s Brother Xiaoyong!
Wei Ruo's heart tightened again, and then fell silent.
She knew she couldn't do nothing, she had to find a way to save people. But at this time, the less impulsive you can be!
She needs to calm down and think about the most effective way to save people.
Wei Jin also looked at Wei Ruo's solemn look and said, "I'll accompany you to save people."
"Second brother?"
"Let's go." Wei Jin did not give Wei Ruo too much explanation.
Seeing him walking out, Wei Ruo hurriedly chased after him.
"How does the second brother plan to save people?" Wei Ruo asked.
"Don't worry, I have help." Wei Jin also replied, his expression and tone gave people a sense of trust.
Although he didn't know who the helper Wei Jinyi was talking about, Wei Ruo still chose to believe him.
Wei Jinyi and Wei Ruo left the Yamen. When they went out, Wei Jinyi gave Xiaobei some instructions, and then saw Xiaobei and left quickly.
In order to make it easier to enter the mountains, Wei Ruo also chose to ride a horse.
She tied off the rope on the horse that was used to pull the carriage, took out the saddle from the back of the carriage and pressed it on, then turned over and rode on.
But Wei Ruo's riding experience is limited, and he only rode once in the school field last time.
Wei Jin also followed closely behind Wei Ruo and rode for a while. Seeing that she was getting more and more proficient in riding, and there were no problems, she rode forward.
When we reached the original only way into Xishan Village, there was no road, and the road was completely covered with mud and rocks. From this angle, it was unclear how many things had been submerged by the landslide. Maybe the entire village had been destroyed. covered.
When Wei Ruo and Wei Jinyi arrived, there were already people from the government digging and clearing the way.
Wei Ruo dismounted and looked at the situation in front of him. He once again felt that humans are really insignificant in front of nature.
The fallen earth and rocks piled up in front of us like an insurmountable wall.
Not long after Wei Ruo and Wei Jinyi arrived, Xiaobei also came, bringing with him a group of men wearing coarse cloth and short clothes, about twenty of them. They held shovels and shovels in their hands and started digging as soon as they arrived. .
Xiaobei said that these people were paid to move the workers and came to help.
Wei Jin also said: "Leave half of us here, and the remaining half follow me."
Xiaobei passed on Wei Jinyi's instructions and explained some things to the men. Then the men quickly divided into two teams. One team continued to help the government people dig, and some followed with tools.
Wei Jin also said to Wei Ruo: "Let's take a detour from the other side. If the village is not completely buried, we may be able to find other places to go around to the back of the village." There is only
one way into Xishan Village . The other way to enter Xishan Village is to climb over the mountain.
There are certain risks in climbing over the mountain. Although the rain has stopped, the soil has been soaked by the rain, and there is still a risk of another landslide.
But Wei Ruo didn't hesitate, she chose to believe Wei Jinyi.
Wei Jinyi made a very careful choice. He judged the vegetation on the mountain and chose to walk in a mountain forest planted with bamboo.
The root system of bamboo is very developed. Compared with ordinary vegetation, bamboo can grip the ground more firmly, protect the surface of the mountain, and make landslides less likely to occur.
The two of them walked around for more than an hour and finally arrived at the back of Xishan Village.
Before coming down from the mountain, Wei Ruo stood high and looked at Xishan Village...
(End of this chapter)