After rebirth, I don’t want to be a Mary Sue heroine anymore!
Chapter 189 Earthquake Scene
The emperor was very satisfied with Wen Yichen's answer.
In the emperor's opinion, Wen Yichen's ideas were more comprehensive.
Over the years, the emperor has seen Wen Yichen's character and knows that it is impossible for him to take kickbacks in this disaster relief project.
The emperor said to his ministers: "My dear ministers, this disaster relief is of great importance.
Last time, the people of Dayun Dynasty spread the rumor that our rule was not as good as that of the Rong tribe.
This time, it’s a good opportunity to restore this reputation.
We must do this well!
If anyone tries to gain benefits from this, and I find out, all nine generations of his clan will be punished!
Who among you wants to provide disaster relief?"
Wen Yichen would of course go, not for anything else, just because he wanted the people to live a better life!
After Wen Yichen spoke out himself, no one else spoke out.
All the ministers knew that Wen Yichen was an upright man.
If I go with Wen Yichen, it will be pure hardship and there will be no benefits to be gained.
The ministers all had their own thoughts, wondering how they could shirk this matter if the emperor appointed them.
When the emperor met these ministers, he usually pretended to love the people very much.
When the time comes for them to contribute, they run faster than anyone else!
Just when the entire political situation was in an awkward situation, a resounding “I do!” was heard in the lobby.
Everyone turned around and looked, and it was Chen Meng who appeared in the court.
A hint of relaxation appeared on the emperor's cold face.
Some ministers looked at Chen Meng with contempt, disdain, shock and indifference on their faces.
Chen Meng immediately walked to the emperor step by step with determination, knelt down and said: "I am willing to accompany the Third Prince to provide disaster relief."
A hint of surprise flashed across the emperor's face, then was replaced by worry.
Wen Yiheng looked at Chen Meng, his eyes filled with deep hatred.
The emperor asked Chen Meng with some concern: "Chen Aiqing, how is your health?
I have heard about what happened not long ago! I have also punished this Heng'er!
He is not qualified to go to the disaster relief this time!
I heard that you have been recovering from your injuries recently.
I know you have always been thinking about the people, but you also need to take care of your own health."
After hearing this, Chen Meng patted his chest and assured: "Your Majesty, I am almost fully recovered!
My health is fine now. This little bit of fatigue is still acceptable.
Under the current circumstances, I am willing to follow you, Your Majesty, please grant my wish."
The emperor looked at all the civil and military officials in the court, and saw that only Chen Meng stood up. Naturally, he agreed after some hesitation.
Both Wen Yichen's forces and the Wang family's forces have to stay in this court.
We were all afraid that Wen Yiheng would do something weird behind our backs while we were away.
The emperor's physical condition was getting worse and worse.
If Wen Yiheng forced the emperor to abdicate while we were in Ba City, I'm afraid we would have no way to deal with it.
We have some backup plans in the court.
With Chen Meng joining us, we can do things more easily.
All we can say is that Chen Meng's injury is almost healed, but he still has some sequelae.
Fortunately, Chen Meng arrived in Bacheng.
Li Jingyan is also there. When the time comes, Li Jingyan can give Chen Meng another good look.
After the court session that day, the emperor sent people to find some skilled craftsmen for us, and some officers and soldiers were there to carry grain from the national treasury.
Although the emperor did not send any other officials this time, he did send a lot of officers and soldiers.
There were also many soldiers and officers escorting them along the way. After all, they carried hundreds of loads of food.
Chen Meng said goodbye to Lin Miaoke before leaving.
When saying goodbye, Lin Miaoke handed Chen Meng a lot of things, all of which could be used during the journey.
Lin Miaoke looked at Chen Meng's small body. She couldn't imagine that he had to go to provide disaster relief when he was still injured.
Chen Meng looked at Lin Miaoke and gently brushed away the loose hair on her forehead.
He comforted Lin Miao in an extremely gentle tone: "Miao Ke, believe me, I'm in good health. I can go.
Just eat and drink well at home, be good and wait for me to come back.
When the time comes, I will definitely ask the emperor to grant me marriage and bring you home in a sedan chair carried by eight people."
After listening to this, Lin Miaoke nodded shyly, and then kept nagging Chen Meng to take good care of himself.
When Chen Meng left, Lin Miaoke looked at the direction Chen Meng left with tears in her eyes.
Lin Miaoke was afraid that after this trip, she would never see the young man she had been thinking about again.
When Chen Meng left, he kept looking back at Lin Miaoke, wanting to engrave her best appearance in his heart.
When Wen Yichen came out of the city gate to find me, I was sitting in front of a herbal tea stall.
I have disguised myself as a man and added a lot of moles to my face so that others will not easily recognize me.
I thought that this would prevent Wen Yichen from recognizing me, but I didn’t expect that he would still recognize me at first sight.
He even walked up to me and teased me, saying: "This young master!
How long have you been in the herbal tea shop? Are you hungry? If you are hungry, eat some dry food!
We have to hurry!"
Chen Meng on the side didn't recognize me. He asked in a low voice: "Is this our other teammate?"
I immediately stood up and followed the group.
Wen Yichen whispered quietly in Chen Meng's ear: "This is Luo Qingqing!
Look at her, she looks pretty good in male disguise. Who can tell she is a woman?
Just looking at the mole on his face, who would dare to believe that this is a girl.
It's such a long journey. I don't know how many difficulties and obstacles I will experience along the way.
She disguised herself as a man, which saved us and herself a lot of trouble."
I do know that if a girl travels across mountains and rivers to another place, many people will stare at her.
If I encounter bandits on the way, I will definitely be their first target.
Reduce your own risks, if it's ugly, it's ugly.
Anyway, as long as we arrive safely, nothing else matters.
We rode fast with everyone.
Fortunately, the distance between Ba City and the capital city is not too far.
Three days later, we arrived in Bachengli.
What greeted us was devastation everywhere and the pungent smell of blood in the air.
It made us all vomit. When the county magistrate heard that we had arrived, he immediately knelt down to greet us.
We didn't care about the details and asked him how he was doing.
The county magistrate said with tears in his eyes: "Many people died in this earthquake.
And those people living on the mountain were completely buried under the mud.
There are too many crops here and there is no harvest.
What you see now is what it looks like after we rescued it."
When we arrived, it was already the third day after the earthquake.
These days, our secret guards have been here to rescue people. They can't buy much food. Today, the food provided to the people is almost gone.
Fortunately, we are here now. We immediately started looking for clean water to make porridge and share it with everyone.
At this time, people were so scared that they slept on the ground.
The once bustling streets are now replaced by rows of ruins. Many people kneel in front of the ruins and cry.
Some people became paupers because of this, and some became orphans.
Some people are even missing limbs.
When we saw Li Jingyan again, he had dark circles under his eyes.
He hadn't blinked for two days. We all advised him to take a rest, but he refused to listen and held on stubbornly.
This time we also brought some doctors to relieve his stress.
The officers and soldiers were also searching for people who might still be alive in the ruins.
This place seemed like a hell on earth, with wailing sounds everywhere.
Anyone who sees it will burst into tears.
Li Jingyan told us during the break: "I arrived here on the second day after the earthquake.
The scene back then was even more horrible than it is now. I couldn't eat at all. The air was filled with the smell of blood.
Many people were still alive when they were found, but their bodies were pierced by sharp wooden boards.
It hurt so much that I died.
There are also some people who, although they are still children, have to watch their adults die in front of them.
In such a short time, the herbs I brought will be used up.
But what about the people? There are still many injured people waiting for treatment.
This makes me afraid to rest, because I’m afraid that if I rest, those people will die.”
Judging from Li Jingyan's description and the scene, this earthquake had a huge impact on the city of Ba.
The number of deaths that occurred in just a few words in the previous life is countless.
The impact of the earthquake was covered up. People could not feel the horror of the disaster through these words.
When we arrived at the scene, we found that those numbers had become living people, living families.
Only then did I realize how terrible all this was.
In the past few days, we have worked together for the rescue.
But no matter how hard we try, we still have to watch those lives disappear before our eyes.
As for those who were engaged in construction, they went to the nearby mountains to see what materials could be used locally, and designed houses accordingly based on the local terrain.
Some people who were lucky enough to escape the disaster joined us in making porridge and distributing it to the people, so as to get through this difficult time together.
After the rescue, we were all exhausted.
We thought it was nothing serious and fell asleep peacefully.
Unexpectedly, there was another earthquake in the middle of the night.
Although everyone slept on the flat ground, there were mountains here and the rocks on the mountains slid down.
Wen Yichen got up to go to the bathroom and heard a rumbling sound in the distance, which made him feel something was wrong.
He immediately called us and all the people to get up, and we got up and ran toward the east of the city of Ba.
The terrain over there is higher and covered with mud, so the stones cannot roll over.
We just ran as fast as we could.
I saw a child on the road and she had no idea what we were all running for.
But looking at the commotion of the crowd, the little girl was still frightened.
It turned out that he had lost all his relatives in an earthquake not long ago.
He was originally a very young child, and he didn't understand why all his relatives disappeared in that earthquake.
He has been living alone these days, with no one to accompany him. Everyone is busy and has no time to take care of him.
When he saw us running, he wanted to run too, but he was too small and couldn't take a big step.
Suddenly, new stones appeared under his feet, causing him to fall.
His foot was slightly swollen, and it looked like he had sprained his ankle.
He looked around blankly, knowing that this time he might not be spared.
When I saw this child, looking so helpless, I felt a little worried.
He was still so young and had countless hopes for his future. He shouldn't just die like this.
I was running in front, and then I saw the falling rocks behind me were about to catch up with him.
I rushed over without hesitation and picked him up. I ran forward and Luo Shi chased me from behind.
The inertia of implementation was too great. I didn't run after all, and I was knocked to the ground by the falling rocks.
Fortunately, what relieved me was that the child in my arms was not hurt at all.
Wen Yichen saw that I was knocked to the ground by the falling rocks.
He also gave up running forward, and while directing everyone to run forward, he ran over to pull me.
There were more and more fallen rocks behind me, and each one was quite large.
If all these falling rocks hit me, I would definitely die.
At this point, I was also panicking and had no idea what to do next.
Just before the next implementation is about to fall on me.
Wen Yichen came over immediately and pulled me aside, which saved me from danger.
This time, many civilians were injured, as the power of the bomb was quite great.
We immediately transferred the patient to a safer place, and the doctors continued to treat him day and night.
By the time we finished these days, it was already dawn.
But our hearts are always empty and no one can sleep.
Everyone hopes that this disaster will pass soon.
In my previous life, I knew that this disaster was very harmful.
But when I actually came here, I discovered the harm he caused. His harm was far greater than I had imagined.
Because of these two disasters, the people are in panic.
They didn't dare to live at home, and their home had long been in ruins.
Chen Meng knew that only by stabilizing the people's hearts could they win a greater victory.
Chen Meng immediately called everyone together and told them to get together in the evening.
Our officers and soldiers will now be stationed here in two groups at night to prevent such situations from happening.
Everyone is working hard here and no one dares to relax.
Everyone is afraid that they might lose their life if they are not careful.
I know that this disaster has passed. There will be no more earthquakes now.
In the previous life, the first earthquake caused great damage, but no one did anything about it.
Not long after, it happened again, causing heavy losses to the city of Ba.
Now it seems that we have gotten through all of this, and now it’s time to rebuild.
However, the original location of Ba City may no longer be available, so we can only move to another location.
Clearing the ruins there will require even greater workload.
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