The daughter of a general is reborn to save the whole family of the marquis

Dongfang Shuo brought 5,000 men with him, 4,000 of whom were divided into four teams, going to rescue people from the four directions of southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest.

Five hundred people set up camp in the open space and were responsible for cooking.

The remaining 500 people stayed on standby, ready to receive orders at any time, and followed the imperial physician and a dozen doctors brought from the public to rescue people.

Although some houses in Qingyang City were still intact and habitable, no one knew whether there would be aftershocks that would collapse the remaining houses. Therefore, Dongfang Shuo followed Runxue's strategy and set up camp in a spacious open space.

The sky gradually darkened, the rain was still falling, the wind was cold and the rain was cold. Dongfang Shuo had a simple meal and then took his men with the county magistrate to check on the granary in Qingyang City.

Holding a torch and walking on the muddy road, County Magistrate Qin Rui couldn't help crying again: "Although the granary was built on high ground, after the collapse, the grain must have sunk into the mud. It has been raining continuously in the past two days, and most of the grain is doomed to fail."

The facts were indeed as Qin Rui said. The granary collapsed, and the rice was soaked by rain and beaten into the mud.

They tried their best to rescue food all night, but only a tiny amount was managed. By dawn, everyone was exhausted.

In just one night, many wounded people appeared on the open space. Some had broken limbs, some had lost ears, some were blind, some were covered in blood. It was a horrible sight.

The painful groans filled the sky above Qingyang City for a long time.

On the ruins, in addition to the soldiers who were rescuing people, there were many rescued people who were trying to dig through the ruins with their bare hands to rescue their loved ones who were still buried underground.

Many people were covered in wounds and their hands were stained with blood, but they never stopped to save their loved ones.

The earthquake was so tragic that Dongfang Shuo found that he did not have enough manpower. Many soldiers had been working for a day and a night and had to eat, drink water and rest before they could continue the rescue.

Dongfang Shuo had no choice but to send people out in turns. In the twelve hours of a day, basically everyone could only rest for three hours. Some people didn't even get that long of rest before they were called up again.

They were either awakened by the leader or by the tragic crying.

Dongfang Shuo was well aware of the dangers of the disaster area and the occasional aftershocks. He found excuses several times not to participate in the rescue and only sent his men to rescue. He himself said that he wanted to stay in the rear, otherwise Qingyang City would be in chaos.

But there was one time when he was inspecting, there were not enough rescuers at the front, and everyone subconsciously looked at him. He had no choice but to join the rescue team. He and the soldiers rescued a family of five from the rubble. Three survived and the remaining two had died. The survivors cried heartbreakingly.

Dongfang Shuo was unable to walk for a moment when he saw this scene. It was not just one family crying nearby. He even heard a child crying not far away. The child was about two years old, sitting on the muddy ground with blood all over his body. There were broken walls and ruins all around him.

Dongfang Shuo strode over and picked up the child. The child cried and made a fuss, looking for his mother.

"Where is your mother?" Dongfang Shuo asked him.

The child sobbed and said in a childish voice: "Mother is under the table, under the table, I want mother."

Dongfang Shuo looked around and saw a corner of a table protruding from the wall not far away. A young mother covered in mud was lying under the table. There was a small space in her arms, and her arms were in a hugging position.

It is not difficult to imagine that when the house collapsed, she hid under the table with her child in her arms. She protected the child with her body. After the ground cracked, the child called out "Mom" but there was no response. So he crawled out of his mother's arms and tried desperately to find his mother who would respond to him.

Dongfang Shuo thought of his mother who had died tragically, and his voice became a little hoarse as he spoke: "My mother turned into a star and went to the sky to protect us."

He sent the child back to the tent to be taken care of by a special person.

After that, he came out again and helped a father find his child who was trapped in the rubble. The father and son knelt down and thanked him profusely.

It was evening again and the sky was getting dark. The sounds of crying could be heard from far and near.

After saving people for a day, Dongfang Shuo sat on the big chair and leaned back tiredly.

After an unknown amount of time, Yu Liang came to his side and said, "Your Highness, I have found the person you asked me to find. Do you want to go see him now?"

Dongfang Shuo suddenly opened his eyes, stood up, took the black cloak he had prepared in advance, put it on, and then put on the black hood. As long as he lowered his head slightly, others could not see his face clearly.

When he took Yu Liang out, most of the soldiers were still rescuing people. The crying sounds seemed particularly desolate in the night. The entire Qingyang City seemed like a ghost town, desolate everywhere.

However, there are some places where the disaster is not so serious and the houses are still standing, but every household has been affected by the ground cracks and lives in fear.

This is the place Dongfang Shuo came to. He entered a luxurious courtyard from the back door and met the owner of the courtyard.

At this time, he was wearing a hood and covering his face so as not to let the other party know his identity. After a brief conversation, he took out five hundred thousand taels of silver notes.

"Normally, the price of grain is 100 coins per dan. Now I want you to stockpile grain in Qingyang City or the nearby prefectures. The price won't be very high if you stockpile at this time. You can give them 111 dan, or even 121 dan."

The man nodded hurriedly, promising that he would complete the task.

Dongfang Shuo said: "When Qingyang City is short of food, you have to give me a large amount of food."

The man nodded solemnly again: "Yes!"

Dongfang Shuo left this place and rode back on his horse. Halfway through, he took off his mask and black cloak, and Yu Liang quickly put them away.

Suddenly there was an earthquake.

Dongfang Shuo and Yu Liang immediately looked for an open space and waited for the aftershocks to pass. Fortunately, the aftershocks did not last long and stopped. Dongfang Shuo and Yu Liang looked a little pale.

The two continued to walk forward, and Liu Xun came over in a hurry: "Your Highness, something bad has happened. There was an aftershock just now, and two houses have collapsed. There are people inside!"

Dongfang Shuo followed Liu Xun to that place, and it turned out to be a house. It was fine before, but the aftershock caused the house to collapse.

"As far as I know, there are at least 20 people in the left room, and about 7 or 8 people in the right room! Your Highness, we are short of manpower now, so we can only save one side first. Please make the decision!"

He then said, "Why not save the right side first? The situation on the right side doesn't look as serious as the left side. Maybe everyone is still alive."

Dongfang Shuo hesitated for a moment, then said, "Save the left side first. There are more than 20 people on the left side, and there must be more survivors."

No one knew that before the aftershock occurred, a woman in red came and wanted to evacuate everyone inside. However, before she could leave, the house collapsed, crushing her and everyone underneath.