latelenovela Chapter 116: Gu Jiaweng County Rescue
Chapter 116: Gu Jiaweng County Rescue
After hearing what the county magistrate's wife said, some people managed to stand up. The ground above their heads was still a little distance away from everyone.
The county magistrate's wife called her followers and said, "You guys, hold on down there, I'll go up and dig."
"Madam, let the subordinates go and dig. We can still hold on and we are strong, so we can dig faster." said the follower.
The county magistrate's wife thought for a moment and said, "Thank you for your hard work."
"You are too polite, madam. It is my duty."
The followers began to dig at the top of the tunnel with daggers.
Others followed suit. If they didn't have a dagger, they would untie their hair and use their hair crowns or jewelry to dig. If they didn't have any, they would use their hands.
When the county magistrate's wife saw this, she hurriedly said, "Fellow villagers, we must unite now and do our best to dig a place to allow air to circulate. Only with air can we survive."
"Madam, we will all follow your arrangements." Everyone shouted to the county magistrate's wife.
Next, under the organization of the county magistrate's wife and her followers, people gathered into three digging teams, some of whom took turns supporting underground, while others were responsible for digging the top.
However, their bodies were already exhausted, the air was getting thinner, and every piece of soil they dug was a huge challenge.
Although progress was slow, they did not give up and moved closer to hope little by little.
When one person got tired, he would be replaced by another. They dug little by little like this. Inevitably, another group of people fell down in the middle.
Everyone in the tunnel felt as if years had passed.
When they arrived at a place where the temperature was slightly lower, the maid, under the instruction of Old Madam Duan, fed Duan Shuhuan water and patted him to wake him up.
When he lay on the ground, everyone found that there was more air below than above.
Seeing the people digging the ground, Duan Shuhuan felt for the first time that his fat body was extremely annoying. As the man in the family, with his father away, he not only couldn't help take care of his grandmother and mother, but also became a burden to the family.
At the same time, Song Renjing, who was hiding in the crowd, was also feeling frustrated like Duan Shuhuan.
When he got out of the sack and walked through the alley in disguise, he wanted to find some clothes to change into and escape from the city, but he happened to hear a family shouting and pulling to escape.
After a while, when there was no movement from the family, he went into the yard, picked up a piece of clothing that was drying in the yard, and put it on.
Curious about how the family escaped, he searched the house and found a cave. Then he followed them down into the cave.
Because the distance between them was too far, and the underground tunnels were dug by each household, there were inevitably some connections. He took a lot of detours in it, which led to being stuck in the tunnel now.
What annoyed me was that I shouldn't have been curious and looked for a cave. I should have taken advantage of the chaos and left the city directly.
Fortunately, the clothes he took must have been hung outside overnight, and were soaked with dew, so he was able to hold on by covering his mouth and nose with the wet clothes.
With everyone's persistence, a small hole was finally dug in the top of the ground.
The bright sunlight shone in, and the person who dug the hole greedily took a few deep breaths of air, then shouted happily: "Finally dug it open, I can see the sunlight."
Everyone in the tunnel cheered happily upon hearing this. They all looked towards the wine glass-sized hole, their hearts filled with hope.
Suddenly, the people digging the holes worked harder.
When everyone in the tunnel is full of hope and enthusiasm.
However, they didn't know that because of this hole in the ground, the gas at both ends of the passage rushed over at an accelerated speed.
It was also at this time.
After nearly two hours of flying, the Gu family finally brought the homeless children to the forest near Weng County.
Everyone stopped at the same place as last time, which still took half an hour to walk to Weng County.
When in the air, Gu Fu felt something was wrong, but he didn't check it carefully. When he got down to the ground, he released his mental power to look towards Weng County.
Upon seeing this, Gu Fu immediately shouted in shock and anxiety: "Grandpa! Grandpa!"
It was the first time that Grandpa Gu saw his granddaughter so anxious. He hurried over to pick her up and asked, "What's wrong, Fu? What happened? Tell Grandpa."
It was the first time that everyone in the Gu family saw Gu Fu so anxious, so they hurriedly picked up the homeless children and waved to Shasha and Daidai, asking them to hide first.
After Shasha and Daidai flew away, everyone in the Gu family gathered around them and asked questions.
Gu Fu said, "Grandpa, Weng County was also burned."
Everyone was shocked for a moment.
"Has the rebel army reached Weng County?" Gu Dahai asked in shock.
"Ah! What happened to County Magistrate Duan and Fatty Duan?" Gu Yi asked in surprise.
"Grandpa, the fire in the city is still burning, and there is no trace of people. There is also a fire in the woods over there. Grandpa, let's go and take a look." Gu Fu said to Grandpa Gu.
"Okay, let's go check out the situation first. Dahai, you go and make arrangements for these children and take them to a safe place for them to hide first." The old man instructed his eldest son.
"Okay, Dad. Don't worry. I'll settle them in a safe place and then come to find you." Gu Dahai replied.
Old Man Gu nodded, picked up his granddaughter, and walked in the direction she said.
When they got closer, they found that it was a burning tree with many fresh branches piled at the roots.
It was sizzling at this time, and due to the heavy water vapor, black smoke continued to come out.
Gu Fu smelled the scent in the air and struggled to get off Old Man Gu's arms.
He released his mental power and pulled out an unburned branch. He looked at the black liquid on it and found that it was indeed oil.
"Who is this person and why did he set fire here?" Gu Dajiang asked puzzledly.
Gu Fu looked down along the tree and found that there was a tunnel underneath: "Grandpa, Dad, Second Uncle, there is a tunnel underneath and there are people. Let's save them quickly."
After saying that, Gu Fu looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he took out the shovel from the space and gave it to his family.
He took out several large fire extinguishers and used his mental power to control them, hitting the trees and branches. Soon the fire was put out.
Gu Fu used his mental power to control and move all the branches away from the cave entrance.
"Fuer, be careful." Grandpa Gu instructed his granddaughter.
"It's okay, Grandpa. Spiritual power is not afraid of fire." Then he said, "Grandpa, there are still people in this tunnel. Let me see where to dig it out so that we can rescue them."
"Okay, take a closer look. Our family will listen to your instructions." Grandpa Gu supported.
Gu Fu released his spiritual power and focused on exploring. The underground passage was filled with smoke and people were lying in all directions. But they seemed to have stopped breathing.
Gu Fu's mood became heavier and heavier until he found the area between the county town and the woods. He then discovered the presence of living people. Moreover, there was a small hole not far away from which smoke was coming out.
"Grandpa, it's right there. There are people there. Let's start digging from there."
Everyone in the Gu family looked in the direction Gu Fu pointed, and saw a small hole not far away that was still emitting smoke.
No one in the Gu family asked any more questions and started digging nearby with shovels.