Overlord's Road to Ancient Emperors

The people who went to the pharmacy came back soon, carrying two sets of cabinets one person high, the crowd cheered, and even a little smile appeared on their numb faces.

Li Xu didn't expect that such a small thing could stir up the atmosphere, so he hurriedly said, "Treat the wounded first. If a hand or foot is broken, you can find a stick or wooden board to fix it first, so as not to worsen the injury."

When the family members of the wounded saw the father and son as if they were the savior, they circled around them, while the rest of the people still sat or stood looking up at Li Xu.

Li Xu also looked up at the sky, the weather is surprisingly good today, neither sunny nor rainy, otherwise the party would end within 2 minutes.

"There are still some people hiding in the mountains. Let's wait for a while. Since I am here, I will definitely finish the matter before leaving. If I can't finish talking today, I will continue tomorrow."

An old man squeezed out from the crowd, knelt down on his knees, climbed to the bottom of the city wall and cried, "My lord, the county magistrate is not here, can you make the decision for the grass people?"

Li Xu only has the seventh child by his side, what can he do for him?But it is impossible to refuse, "Please tell me, old man, if you have any problems, please let me know. If you can solve it with your own senses, I will definitely help you."

The old man kowtowed three times, "My lord, Caomin has a granddaughter who is dependent on each other. She is fourteen years old this year. The earthquake last night caused turmoil in the city. Half of Caomin's house collapsed. A few hooligans passed by and kidnapped me." The granddaughter has not been found so far, my lord, please help the grass people to find the granddaughter for the grass people."

Li Xu's face turned cold, he didn't think about such a thing at all, the girl's fate might not get better, but she must be looking for someone, but He Zun hasn't come back yet, without force deterrence, he can't suppress these people at all .

what to do?Li Xu glanced at Lao Qi, sighed, and whispered, "Old Qi, it's up to you, you have to support me."

Lao Qi didn't understand, so he was at a loss, "My lord, what do you mean by that?"

I just heard Li Xu say loudly: "We'll talk about this later, the old man is going to the side to wait. Now, everyone stands up and lines up under the city wall, 100 people in a row, so that the people behind won't hear this King's words."

Everyone thought that the lecture had started, and rushed to the front row to grab a seat. For such an important matter, it is definitely better to stand in the front as possible.

At this time, the benefits of being young and strong are reflected. The first people who squeeze to the front must be young people, and they must be young people with bad tempers.

Li Xu asked Lao Qi to go down and take the old man to recognize the person. If he can recognize the person, it is the best. If he can't recognize him, he can only go to other ways to find someone.

People who have never been in a queue fight to get to the front, and then a group of people are still mixed together, and they can't even see the formation.

Li Xu coughed and felt his throat a little itchy. He didn't know if it was because he shouted too loudly. The chaos continued until the arrival of the other half of the people, including many officials from the county government.

As soon as these officials heard that an adult from the Sheriff's Mansion was coming, they hurriedly organized the people to go down the mountain, fearing that they would be dismissed and investigated if they were too late.

These days, it is very difficult for people who do not have a family to rely on to become an official. Even if they have a family and there are many children in the family, it is hard to say whether it will be their turn after being dismissed this time, so everyone dare not slack off at all.

When they arrived, Li Xu finally had someone available. The first step was to maintain order in the scene so that the old man could recognize someone.

Unexpectedly, no one questioned Li Xu's identity, no one even dared to ask, Li Xu didn't know whether to be lucky or sad.

With the presence of officials, the line was quickly lined up. Lao Qi led the old people to walk over row by row. The other party looked around with eyes wide open and shook his head with tears in his eyes: "No, I remember their appearance even when they turn into ashes. , they are not here."

Several officials showed puzzled expressions, and their subordinates who had been there before told them the reason in a low voice. The officials also showed regretful expressions on their faces, thinking in their hearts that it was just a missing girl, and it must not be found. Even if you find it, you will die, so why waste time.

Li Xu was not very disappointed when he heard the result, but now is not a good time to find someone. Who knows if there will be an earthquake in the future, it is definitely not suitable to run around in the city for the time being.

After such a delay, it was getting late. Li Xu really taught them a new farming method. In fact, he didn't know the details. He didn't know as much as Zhong Shui, but he couldn't help it. He couldn't say that he was fooling them out of the city. Fortunately, he has a good eloquence, and he knows some basic knowledge. In addition to growing rice, he also talked about other agricultural knowledge.

The people below listened very carefully, fearing that they would miss a sentence or two, if they were not illiterate, they would have to record it with a pen and paper.

The sky soon darkened. Li Xu had just finished speaking, his mouth was dry and his throat was about to smoke, and there was the sound of wheels pushing behind him. He looked back and saw He Zun leading a dozen people pushing A few cars came over, and the cars were full of things in sacks, probably food.

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. I have this rice, but I have to have a pot, a stove, and bowls and chopsticks. It's really troublesome.

He Zun parked his scooter behind the city gate and came up to report to Li Xu: "There is still some old grain in the granary. It has been stored for a few years, and it smells musty. His subordinates also found the supplies brought by General Kou and the others. So whoever is in charge of the warehouse No matter what, the little official in the office did not allow his subordinates to move that batch of supplies, so he had to transport a few carts of old grain, what should we do next?"

Li Xu touched his empty stomach. They still ate some food stolen from Wei County Magistrate's house on the way, and they didn't eat lunch. Try to find a way to eat, but there is no pot or stove, how do you cook the rice?"

However, he believed in the power of the people even more, so he said loudly: "I will delay everyone for half a day today. I think everyone is hungry. The official brought some rice from the county government. Please have dinner. It's just how to solve this problem." When the rice is cooked, it depends on everyone's brainstorming."

As soon as they heard that there was a free dinner, everyone cheered. There was no need for much discussion. Everyone spontaneously went to collect firewood and build a stove. Soon I could smell the fragrance of rice floating up the tower.

Li Xu was drinking water and felt even more hungry when he smelled the aroma of rice. He looked at the busy people below with a smile on his lips. To be honest, ordinary people are really easy to be satisfied, just such a meal with only rice and no food. Let everyone enjoy the meal as if it was Chinese New Year.

But some people were not happy. Several officials of the county government gathered together and muttered: "Is this really possible? Opening the granary without the consent of the county magistrate. right?"

"He said he was under Lord Zhong, the agricultural officer. His official position must be lower than Lord Zhong's, probably barely on the same level as the county magistrate. I see, when the county magistrate comes back, he will have to go back and forth."

"Not necessarily, maybe he has a backer, young and noble, he must be from a family, his official position is not high, but his elders in the family are high-ranking officials, can't he handle a county magistrate?"

"Forget it, forget it, and it has nothing to do with us. We didn't open this granary, we didn't transport the rice, and we didn't cook the rice. If you don't eat this meal, you won't be involved if you want to."

The fragrance of rice overflowed, and many people started to panic from last night. They didn’t have time to eat at all this day. They were already hungry at this time, even a few officials were no exception. They ran to the temple on the mountain to take refuge, but there were too many people. The temple's fasting meal was not enough, they just ate some snacks casually, and it was really hard not to eat this meal.

"It doesn't matter, let's eat first. It is still unknown whether the county magistrate will return safely. You can't go hungry."

After the rice was cooked, Li Xu got the first portion of rice, wrapped in lotus leaves, steaming hot, but that was all there was, not even a pair of chopsticks.

He was thinking about whether to grab the rice with his hands, but when he saw He Zun handed him a pair of sharpened wooden sticks, he thanked him gratefully, stuffed a mouthful of rice into his mouth, and chewed slowly.

It is not unbearable to have no food. When you are hungry, such a rice can make you very satisfied.

After everyone finished eating, Li Xu couldn't think of a reason to keep them. In addition, there had been no earthquake all day, so he planned to let everyone go home.

Just as he was about to speak, the city wall under his feet swayed violently. He couldn't stand upright and fell backwards. The accident was so sudden that He Zun was a little far away. When he threw away the things in his hand and rushed over, it was only too late. Grab Li Xu's feet.

"My lord!" He Zun was about to use all his strength to pull him up, but suddenly there was another shake, and after a bang, the city walls around them cracked.

Li Xu's head was down, and his head was a little dizzy due to blood congestion. After seeing the collapse of the city wall not far away with his own eyes, this dizziness became even stronger. He shouted in a panic: "He Zun, the wall is about to collapse!"

Naturally, He Zun also saw this scene, let go of his other hand, and jumped off the tower together with Li Xu. When he landed, he quickly lifted him up, and the city wall behind him also collapsed.

The people screamed and ran around, especially when they saw the city wall collapsed and retreated a few meters. Immediately afterwards, there was a series of booming sounds in the distance. This sound was familiar to them, and it was the sound of houses collapsing. Some people couldn't help crying out. voice, secretly praying that his house will be safe and sound.

Fortunately, they quickly found that their bodies were safe. There were only a few small openings in the open flat ground, which were not enough to swallow people. There were no buildings or trees around them, so they were safe.

At this moment, they were very grateful to be called out of the city by the young official, otherwise the messy buildings in the city might have killed them.

He Zun carried Li Xu on his shoulders and leaped forward, narrowly avoiding the mound of dirt, but the experience of his narrow escape still made Li Xu's heart beat faster and he was dripping with sweat.

"My lord, are you alright?" He Zun put the man on the ground, Li Xu's legs were weak, and he barely stood up straight by relying on him.

He said, "It's all right! Where's Lao Qi? Is he on the tower?"

"No, I saw him go down the tower before." As soon as He Zun finished speaking, Lao Qi hurriedly squeezed over from the crowd, his forehead was covered with sweat, and his expression was extremely anxious, "My lord, are you alright?"

Li Xu continued to shake his head, then supported He Zun's hand and walked to the side to rest. One after another, officials came up to express their concern. Li Xu couldn't care about other people, so he asked them to appease the people, especially asking everyone to stay outside the city overnight. , wait until dawn to see the situation before entering the city.

This request is reasonable, and everyone agrees without saying anything. Fortunately, it is hot even at night in July, so there is no need to worry about sleeping at night, but few people can really fall asleep.

In the middle of the night, Li Xu leaned against He Zun and forced his eyes to close for a while, and not long after, he felt the ground shaking again, and he thought it was another aftershock, but he heard He Zun say, "My lord, there are people here, and there are quite a few of them. "

At this time, a large number of people came to Shanghang County, except for the Kou family army, Li Xu didn't think about anything else, thinking that he would see Kou Xiao soon, Li Xu suddenly felt relieved.

He let out a long breath, stood up and looked into the distance, hoping to see each other sooner.

After about an incense stick of time, by the light of the fire, Li Xu saw a neat army, they came on foot, their steps were neat, even if they marched overnight, they didn't show the slightest fatigue.

The people in Shanghang County also stood up one after another. They had met Kou's army before, and they felt much more at ease when they saw them come back.

Kou Xiao was walking in the middle of the team on horseback. His expression was serious. Seeing the people gathered in front of him, he probably knew that they had escaped from the city to take refuge. They also suffered from the earthquake in the evening. The giant trees and boulders rolled down and injured many soldiers, so Then I decided to go back to the city overnight.

At this time, he didn't know that the person he was thinking of was less than a mile away from him. He raised his right hand high, signaled the team to stop advancing, and ordered: "Set up camp and rest on the spot, don't disturb the people, and give priority to the wounded."

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small theater:

Li Xu: "It's great to see you soon."

Kou Xiao: "I miss my wife."