I became an official of the imperial court by eating melons when I was still a baby

System: [Before your grandfather became the head of the family, he loved to travel around with the Qin family caravan. Once, he followed the caravan to Yuzhou. The escort team hired by the caravan happened to be the escort team that Liu's father was in.]

[Because the Qin family has been practicing martial arts for generations, although Father Liu’s right arm was broken, his martial arts skills were not inferior to those of normal people. Therefore, your grandfather admired Father Liu very much and always pestered Father Liu to learn martial arts when the caravan stopped to rest. After a few visits, the two of them did not have the ceremony of master and apprentice, but they were in fact master and apprentice.]

When Mr. Qin listened to his elder sister's words, he couldn't help but recall the resolute figure in his memory, and a look of nostalgia appeared on his face.

He loved learning martial arts since he was a child. At that time, his father was busy with the family business and his mother was busy doing charity work, so he could only teach himself according to the martial arts books in the clan.

Therefore, learning martial arts from Father Liu was the first time in his life that he truly learned martial arts. Although they had been together for a short time, in his heart, he had already regarded Father Liu as his own master.

System: [Speaking of which, your grandparents met because of that trip to Yuzhou.]

Hearing this, Old Madam Qin couldn't help but turn her head to look at Mr. Qin. There was a complicated look in her eyes, as if she was relieved, helpless, but more of it was sadness.

That trip to Yuzhou was indeed the beginning of their fate, but for her, it was a past that she could not bear to look back on.

Qin Yue: [What happened during the trip to Yuzhou? Tell us more, little sister!]

The system ignored Qin Yue's urgency and continued to speak slowly: [Your grandmother was originally going from the capital to Yuzhou to visit relatives. Your great-grandfather, Duke Rong, was worried about your grandmother going alone, so he wanted your grandmother to go with the Qin family's caravan. So he asked your great-grandfather about the caravan's time to Yuzhou in advance, and the two families discussed and set off together.]

Qin Yue couldn't help gossiping: [Could it be that grandpa and grandma fell in love at first sight, and then decided to spend their lives together, and then they did this and that...]

Everyone:...

The system couldn't help but be speechless: [No love at first sight! No this or that! ]

Qin Yue said with regret: [Oh, that's a pity, I missed such a romantic plot...]

Everyone: Isn’t this a melodramatic plot?

System: [Your grandmother was only fourteen years old at the time, not yet of marriageable age! Naturally, she showed up as little as possible, so she spent most of her time in the carriage.]

Qin Yue asked: [What happened later? ]

System: [The convoy was travelling smoothly at first, until it was passing through the Langshan area and was hit by a sudden heavy rain. The convoy had originally planned to stay in the county town and wait for the rain to stop before setting off again, but the rain continued for several days without any sign of stopping. As a last resort, in order not to delay the journey, the convoy continued to set off in the heavy rain on the tenth day.]

Many people present had experienced the rainstorm in the 23rd year of Jin Kang. It rained for a full half month, and even the capital city in the north was not spared. A lot of farmland was damaged. What's more, the situation in Yuzhou, which was already rainy, would be even worse than in the capital city.

Fortunately, the local official of Yuzhou at that time was a good official who worked hard and loved the people. When he found out that something was not right, he immediately wrote a letter to the court, reporting the worst possible situation and requesting support from the court. He then immediately dispatched officers and soldiers to the severely affected villages to search and rescue house by house.

The court's support came quickly, bringing sufficient food. In addition, the official organized the rescue properly, and the affected people were resettled promptly and properly, thus avoiding a turmoil.

It is said that after the heavy rain stopped, the official personally went to inspect the dams in his jurisdiction. Once he found any hidden dangers in the dams, he immediately organized people to repair them.

When he was promoted and left office, the farewell scene was spectacular. The people of the whole city held umbrellas and followed him in a mighty procession for a full ten miles. If it were not for his earnest persuasion along the way and his final bow to the people, the people would still be reluctant to leave.

The system continued: [Although the convoy was very careful along the way, man proposes but God disposes. On the afternoon of the sixth day of the convoy's journey, when passing through a mountain valley, it encountered a mudslide.]

Everyone: Shock! It's a mudslide?!

Qin Yue asked nervously: [How did we encounter a mudslide? Didn't anyone discover it in advance? ]

System: [At the time, the rain was so heavy that the only sound was the pattering of the rain. Even if the two were standing close together, they would have to shout to talk, and they might not be heard.]

[Plus, the valley was originally low-lying, and people could not see through the thick rain to see what was rolling down from above.]

[So when the mudslide came, no one could give advance warning, and no one even had time to shout for help. Almost everyone was buried instantly.]

[The two teams together had a hundred people, but only ten survived.]

Hearing this, Qin Yue felt like something was stuck in her throat and she was unable to speak.

She comes from modern society and understands better that natural disasters are uncontrollable. Despite the development of modern technology, human life is still insignificant in the face of natural disasters, not to mention in this backward ancient society.

The ladies who attended the banquet were informed of the situation by their husbands, fathers, and brothers, and they all rushed over from the banquet hall next door. When they heard what their eldest sister said, they silently took out their handkerchiefs and wiped their eyes.

Qin Yue was speechless and said: [What happened next? ]

System: [Father Liu was the only person who was not buried by the mudslide at that time.]

[Father Liu had been on the battlefield and had better hearing than others. When the mudslide came, he reacted a moment earlier and retreated. Because he had the highest martial arts ability, he was placed at the end of the team, so the area affected by the mudslide was smaller, making it easier for him to escape.]

[After the mudslide completely stopped, Father Liu started digging the soil and saving people using every method he could think of.]

[At first, they used broken carriage planks, then wooden sticks, and then when all tools were broken, they just used their only hand to dig. In the end, that hand was bloody and even cut by rocks in some places, deep enough to see the bone.]

At the side door of the flower hall, a middle-aged woman was standing there. She was wearing a simple plain silk dress. She had a decent appearance, but her face showed signs of vicissitudes. No one knew how long she had been standing there.

At this moment, the woman's hands hidden in her wide sleeves were clenched tightly, her nails were deeply embedded in the flesh, her eyes were bloodshot, and tears were faintly flashing.

Standing next to him was Qin Zhao's personal servant Xiao Liuzi.

Qin Yue: [I suddenly understand why my grandfather likes Father Liu so much. If it were me, I would also be impressed by such a Father Liu! ]

Everyone nodded silently in their hearts: There are indeed few people in the world who are willing to risk their own lives to save others!

Mr. Qin and Mrs. Qin looked at each other, their eyes revealing a sadness that outsiders could not understand.

They were all rescued by Father Liu.

It was also because of Liu's father's life-saving grace that all these years, Old Madam Qin could never hate Aunt Liu and could only choose to ignore her. Fortunately, Aunt Liu abided by her duties and did not overstep the line after entering the house, and she even did not step out of Fenglan Courtyard.

The system said with some regret: [Father Liu is indeed a rare good man, but it’s a pity...]