Xuan Tianming's words seemed to give Feng Yuheng a reassurance, and her emotions gradually calmed down. When she looked at the refugees again, she no longer felt how scary it was. Everything depends on human efforts. No matter how big the difficulties are, they will face them together. They agreed to help him defend this land. With him, the world will not be in chaos. With her, even the plague will not spread!
Feng Yuheng raised her head and looked at Xuan Tianming. Her eyes regained their firmness and she even smiled. She said loudly, "I'm not afraid!"
Xuan Tianming laughed loudly, and then suddenly used his inner strength to shout loudly towards the bottom of the city wall - "Generals, listen to my orders!"
This shout pierced through the rain, shattered the thunder, and even drowned out the rumbling sound of the refugees banging on the city gate.
People looked up, the soldiers stood in solemn silence, the refugees stopped ramming, those lying down sat up, and those praying put down their folded hands. For a moment, everyone focused their attention on the city wall. Although they couldn't see clearly who was standing on it, they knew that the one who could shout out with such courage in such a rainstorm must be an extraordinary person.
As people were watching him, Xuan Tianming's voice rose again. It was powerful, but it made everyone feel frightened, because he said - "Guard the city gates, and capture all those who intend to rush into the city gates!"
The soldiers had long been annoyed by these refugees, but they were afraid that using force would cause more public outrage, so they had endured it again and again. Now that Xuan Tianming had given the order, the soldiers no longer cared, and their suppressed force was instantly fully activated. In just a short while, they had escorted all the rioting refugees and surrounded them in a circle.
Feng Yuheng recognized that more than half of the soldiers outside the city were transferred from the camp outside the capital, and they were naturally much stronger than the officers and soldiers guarding the city gates.
When the refugees who hadn't rushed forward saw that the people in front of them were restrained, they wanted to step forward to rescue them. Unfortunately, those who didn't participate in the ramming of the city gate were basically the elderly, the weak, women and children, who had no fighting power at all, and some of them couldn't even stand up. They could only look up at the city wall, and at the same time they were all thinking the same question in their hearts: Will they be killed?
Xuan Tianming faced the tens of thousands of eyes below without any fear. He just stretched out his hand, pointed at the people who were surrounded, and said loudly: "You have also seen that the soldiers of Dashun can easily subdue you with just a flick of their fingers. This city gate is used to defend against foreign enemies. I thought that one day, the enemy army of any country might crash into this city gate, but I never expected that today it is the people of Dashun who are doing it themselves."
His words made the people below very unconvinced. They all started shouting. It sounded chaotic, but occasionally one or two words would get into his ears. Feng Yuheng heard the refugees saying: Why doesn't the city gate of Dashun let the Dashun people in? Our home is gone, why can't the capital take us in? Which prince are you? Will you kill us?
She tilted her head to look at Xuan Tianming. His face was covered by a golden mask, hiding all his emotions, but the purple lotus blossoming between his eyebrows was getting darker and darker. She knew that the darker the purple lotus was, the greater the emotional ups and downs in Xuan Tianming's heart. The two held hands tightly, and she could almost feel the reluctance in his heart. Those people under the city were his people!
"No one wants to kill you!" Finally, Xuan Tianming spoke again, "Listen, I am the ninth prince of Dashun, Xuan Tianming. I swear to you here today that the emperor loves his people as much as he loves his own children. I, Xuan Tianming, am willing to bear and fight this sudden natural disaster together with all my brothers and sisters in distress. I will face all the sufferings you have endured with you. Although we cannot enter the capital, I will take the Princess Ji'an and the Princess Wuyang out of the city, set up tents for you, cook porridge for you, treat your illnesses and injuries, and accompany you to get through this natural disaster. Don't worry, the destroyed homes will be rebuilt with funds and efforts from the court. After four days, when the rain stops, I will personally take you to rebuild your homes, okay?"
The sound of inner strength was like a huge bell, striking into everyone's ears and hearts. Those who had been on the brink of despair suddenly found their backbone, and the hope that had been extinguished by the heavy rain rose again.
Xuan Tianming said, "We will open the city gate in a while so that we can go out and save you. It's up to you to choose whether to trust me or rush into the city on your own." After he finished speaking, he did not stay on the city wall any longer. He walked down from the city wall holding Feng Yuheng in one hand and his sister Xuan Tiange in the other, followed by Bai Furong, Wang Chuan Huangquan, and the ghost doctor Song Kang who had been living in Prince Yu's Mansion.
A soldier opened the city gate. At that moment, everyone was trembling with fear. Even Xuan Tianming could not guarantee that the refugees outside would not rush in. Xuan Tiange was even trembling a little, staring at the door, fearing that there would be any movement.
However, the refugees were kindhearted and reasonable. They knew that even if they rushed into the city, it would be useless. Would they rob people's homes? Steal food from the people? Then they would not be refugees, but mobs. Dashun could save refugees from danger, but would never show mercy to the mobs.
People understood and stood still, no one moved, until Xuantian Mingfeng Yuheng and his group left, until all the carriages and imperial carriages carrying supplies stopped outside the city, and then the city gate slowly closed again. With a loud bang, the Ninth Prince, Ji'an County Lady, and Wuyang County Lady were all isolated outside the city.
Feng Yuheng stood beside Xuan Tianming and suddenly laughed. She also felt that Xuan Tianming was using his internal energy to say loudly, "Now, we are together!"
Unfortunately, her internal strength was not as strong as Xuan Tianming's, so only half of her words were transmitted, and people who were far away could not hear what she was saying.
Xuan Tianming simply acted as a messenger - "The Princess of Ji'an County said that now, we are all together!"
Suddenly, the crowd cheered! People didn't know why they were cheering. They didn't see any food, nor did they lie down in the rain tent. They just saw the Ninth Prince and the Princess of Ji'an standing there, and they felt inexplicably relieved. They knelt down one after another, kowtowed continuously, and kept saying that God had eyes.
A famous woman suddenly asked: "Is Princess Ji'an the miracle doctor in the capital? Can you save my child? His body is so hot and he is about to die!"
As soon as these words were spoken, countless people immediately echoed them, saying that there were too many injured patients!
Xuan Tianming hurriedly told the people: "Don't worry, let's continue to set up the rain tents and make sure everyone can live in them. Princess Ji'an has brought out enough medicines, and Princess Wuyang has brought out enough food. We will set up a temporary clinic and porridge shop at the city gate. Each person will be provided with three bowls of porridge every day, and patients and children will be given an extra portion. Everyone, please don't make a fuss. Soldiers will lead everyone to collect the porridge in an orderly manner. The Imperial Astronomical Observatory has observed the celestial phenomena, and the heavy rain will stop in four days. As long as the rain stops, all the suffering will be over!"
Xuan Tianming was the backbone of these refugees, and they listened to whatever he said. The soldiers had already started to set up the tents. The rain tents were very large, and each tent could accommodate nearly a hundred people. After a tent was set up, the soldiers organized enough people to stand inside. Every woman who entered the tent would be given a raincoat brought by Feng Yuheng, and at the same time, they were told that dry clothes were already being prepared and would be sent out of the city by tomorrow at the latest.
Xuan Tianming set up three command tents at the gate of the city. One was a kitchen tent, where Xuan Tiange and Bai Furong arranged for people to cook. Another was a clinic tent, which was mainly used to store the medicines brought by Feng Yuheng and to see patients during the day. Another was used for rest. There was no need to be so particular in the face of natural disasters. The camp tents and camp beds were set up in a large tent. Several people simply decided to sleep in their clothes at night, and no one should look down on anyone else.
Things are afraid of looking at things with your eyes. The more you look, the more tired you feel, and the more difficult it seems to be to complete. Therefore, things must be done with your hands. Eyes are lazy but hands are good. The seemingly complicated work was put up by the collective labor of 5,000 soldiers and hundreds of officers and soldiers in a short time. Feng Yuheng also provided a lot of disassembled raincoats, and the soldiers covered the outside of the rain tents with another layer to ensure that there would be no leaks.
The refugees all hid in the rain tents, and the injured or seriously ill people were carried by the soldiers to Feng Yuheng's medical tent. The soldiers saw that the raincoats worn by the girls were very practical, so they asked Feng Yuheng if there were any more. Feng Yuheng told them helplessly: "All of them are girls' sizes. Unless there are men with smaller statures, they really can't fit in."
She felt helpless. If she had known that there would be a day when she would travel through time, she would have made the things in the space richer, and she wouldn't be in a situation where she couldn't even find a raincoat for men.
Xuan Tiange set up ten big pots to cook porridge, and Wangchuan and Huangquan were sent over to help. Xuan Tianming had already personally led the soldiers into the rain to set up tents, and he also walked around each tent one by one to comfort the people in each tent.
The only helper left by Feng Yuheng's side was the ghost doctor Song Kang. The wounded were sent into the tent one by one. Feng Yuheng moved the stethoscope, infusion equipment, various western medicines, and injections from the prepared big box to a camp bed. She told Song Kang: "I didn't keep your life for nothing. Don't you want to learn medical skills from me? See, I will teach you the most basic treatment methods for these refugees, and tell you the symptoms these medicines are for. I will also teach you how to give intramuscular injections and how to give infusions. When you have learned these, carry the medicine box and go out to save people. You will save ten times as many people as you have killed. I will send people to count for you. When you save enough people, I, Feng Yuheng, will accept you as my apprentice!"
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