Chapter 283 As You Like
With the Danzong elixir and the exact location given by Ji You when he searched the mountain with his divine sense, the survival rate of the disaster-stricken people in the five states of Qingyun increased significantly.
Then came the resettlement and distribution of relief grain, and everything went on in an orderly manner.
At three meal times a day, morning and noon, you can almost always see smoke and white mist rising from the shelters built in the city.
Many young children were frightened by the snowstorm. When they first entered the city, they looked like they had lost their souls. Countless of them suffered from night sweats and high fevers, but their conditions gradually improved in the following few days.
Some of the rescued people began to sweep the snow in the city after they recovered a little, and even some young and strong men spontaneously participated in the search and rescue outside the city.
In fact, over the past thousands of years, the people of Qingyun have been tempered to be as tough as weeds.
As long as there is a little hope, they will try their best to survive.
At the same time, the second batch of relief grain was delivered to Luyang County in the wind and snow. This is the county seat located in the center of the five states, and the relief grain will be transported a short distance here for the second time.
Zhang Pingyang and Guo Ziyi, who were driving the car, jumped off the shaft and looked at the people who had just been rescued into the city. They couldn't help but look at each other.
They originally lived in Fengzhou, and were among the first group of people to know about the suspension of the supply of spirit stones. They also met the children of noble families who went to Fengzhou Prefecture to ask for punishment. On the way here, they had been worried that the matter would become more and more serious.
Cutting off the spiritual stones for the immortal cultivators and transporting food to the people was something that had never happened in the Qingyun world before.
But seeing that relief work was still going on in the city, they found that such a horrific incident did not seem to lead to anything happening.
At this moment, the two suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves, so they turned around to look.
Under the freezing white sky, several horse-drawn carriages loaded with goods were seen going out along the main road. The horses were panting and emitting a puff of white mist, then they galloped away into the endless snow and wind.
In fact, when Zhang Pingyang and his companions were driving here, they had seen this kind of carriage going in the opposite direction of theirs.
However, the wind and snow were so strong along the way that they could not see clearly who the other party was.
It was not until this moment that the flags embroidered with various family crests came into their sight.
Not far from Zhang Dongping and others, people from the nearby Xianzhuang were looking at this place from a teahouse.
"Which batch is it?"
"It's almost the fifth batch. First came the Chen family, the Zhang family, the Long family... This batch is from farther away. They are the Miao family and the Xu family from Yongzhou."
"You've come from so far away?"
"I heard there is a convoy from Lingzhou on the way."
After the words were spoken, everyone held their teacups and looked towards the grain field across the street.
Under the white sky, a white-robed swordsman was sitting on a broken wall collapsed by the wind and snow, watching a group of children whose spirits had calmed down kicking a ball woven out of bamboo strips.
After the transportation of spirit stones from Fengzhou was stopped, spirit stone merchants in Qingyun Tianxia began to allocate them across the entire region. The stockpiled spirit stones were first supplied to the big cities where immortal sects or thousand-year-old families were based, so the supply was cut off earlier here than in other places.
They originally thought that after everyone in the Qingyun world gathered in Shengjing to ask for punishment, the spirit stones would be supplied quickly.
Who knew that the carriages transporting the spirit stones as expected did not appear, but instead there appeared carriages from aristocratic families heading to the north to pick them up.
At the same time, Peng Dongyang, Mu Jing and others from the Sixianjian were also standing in the grain field not far away, watching the carriages passing by, and they felt a little relieved.
But when they relaxed, they felt even more dazed that the overwhelming pressure was really endured.
At this moment, Peng Dongyang couldn't help but think of the figure in the snowy area who leaped from the roof of the carriage in the night and slashed at the barbarian soldier king with forty-nine swords.
Ji You's gaze now shifted from the group of children playing Cuju to the teams of carriages and horses, staring at them for a long time.
In fact, even if there was no disaster relief, with such a severe snowstorm, the transportation of Fengzhou's spiritual stones would have been suspended, because he did not want the Fengzhou grooms to lose their lives for those immortal cultivators.
Now most of the noble families choose to take it themselves. Although it was not what he expected, it was also a good thing.
Because they were staying on the mountain protected by a magic circle and in the manor kept warm by charcoal fires, they would never understand how heavy the snow was.
But when they actually set out on the road and really saw the heavy snow falling and the endless snowfield, only then did they understand why the heavy snow this winter was called a disaster.
Subsequently, the disaster relief work continued and everything proceeded in an orderly manner according to the original rules.
Although the search and rescue team rescued a group of refugees from outside the city every day, it was obvious that the number was beginning to decrease.
Then the third batch of relief food arrived, and doctors recruited by the Sixianjian from several nearby cities also began to become active among the shelters.
Ji You had some free time, so he followed the people from the Sixian Bureau to the mountains to cut wood.
Afterwards, he worked with people in the disaster area to build a shelter.
He also played Cuju with the children and taught them skipping rope and hopscotch.
Many people have been paying attention to him, especially the disciples of the Immortal Manor. They were puzzled by what he did and couldn't understand how such a person could withstand the pressure of having the supply of Jiuzhou spirit stones cut off, nor did they understand why he did all this.
Can one comprehend the Way of Heaven, enhance one's cultivation, or attain enlightenment and ascend to heaven?
But in reality, people don’t have to have a purpose for everything they do.
For Ji You, he would do what he could and would not force himself to do what was beyond his ability. He did not need to consider and analyze everything carefully.
If you live your life to your heart's content, then you won't feel lost when you die.
This daily routine continued until the twelfth lunar month. On a morning when the snow was relatively light, Ji You came out of the prefectural government and got into the carriage in front of the door with Kuang Cheng.
There was also a heater lit in the car, and the surroundings were wrapped in thick blankets. As soon as I opened the door curtain, I could feel a surge of heat.
The two sat down in the carriage, and then they felt a bump, and the carriage started slowly.
The blizzard was still going on, but the relief process was clear, and the surviving refugees had been rescued for the time being, so there was nothing else they could do.
As long as everything goes according to plan, it will not be difficult for the victims to survive the winter, so there is not much point in them staying here.
Besides, Kuang Cheng was a mortal after all. It was easy for him to develop a disease if he went in and out of the disaster area every day in the severe cold.
"The food reserves in the disaster area should be enough to survive the winter, but post-disaster reconstruction is still a big problem. Daxia's treasury is empty now and it can't afford so much money."
Kuang Cheng sat in the carriage, covered with a thick blanket, still thinking about what would happen after the heavy snow.
Ji You threw a few pieces of charcoal into the car's heater and said, "We can talk about post-disaster reconstruction after the New Year. There will always be a way out when the car reaches the mountain. The important thing is that they are alive now."
"Is everything alright with the lack of spiritual stones?"
"Since the major families have decided to take it themselves, there is a high probability that nothing will happen. I think Shengjing is probably quiet now."
Kuang Cheng thought for a moment and then asked, "Brother Ji, do you plan to resume the transportation of spirit stones after returning to Beijing?"
Ji You looked at the vast white world outside the window and said, "Let's talk about it after the wind and snow stop."
"That's fine. After all, it's really too dangerous to transport in winter. Since those noble families can pick it up themselves, let them do it themselves."
“Road tax still needs to be collected.”
Kuang Cheng was slightly startled: "You still need to collect it."
Ji You looked at the snow outside the window and said, "Forget about the ones I borrowed from the courtyard. Collect more from other families. Otherwise, I would have made a wasted trip."
"That makes sense..."
"Speaking of courtyards, I never thought that Wei Rui's connections were so wide that she could not only borrow the courtyard of a noble family, but also buy elixirs from the Dan Sect."
Shengjing City is located in the south and, with proper precautions, it has not suffered any snowstorms. The snow-covered scenery is quite artistic.
Looking forward from the official road outside the city, the white snow piled up on the top of the city, echoing with the red flags defending the city.
The carriage carrying Ji You and Kuang Cheng was disturbed by the wind and snow, so its speed was slow and it did not arrive at the city gate until noon five days later.
The carriage then entered the city and moved slowly forward on Yong'an Avenue until it stopped at West City.
Kuang Cheng lifted the blanket from his body and turned to look at Ji You: "Brother Ji, I have a disaster case file in my hand. Lord Peng asked me to bring it here. I will send it to the prison."
Ji You nodded, so Scholar Kuang lifted the door curtain and got out of the car.
There were many colleagues in the prison, and when they saw him, they all stood up and greeted him. Kuang Shusheng waved as they passed by and entered the main hall of the Sixian Prison. He then went to the study of the chief prisoner and presented the case file.
He Jingyuan took the case file, flipped through it for a long time, and then slowly spoke: "The scale of this snowfall and the duration of it are simply shocking. Wen Ge checked the history of Qingyun and found that such heavy snow has only been recorded in the past 300 years. However, compared with that time, the casualties this time are much less."
Kuang Cheng nodded after hearing this: "If we hadn't responded in time, the disaster would have been out of control. Having said that, this matter is still thanks to Brother Ji."
"Master Ji also returned with you this time?"
"good."
He Jingyuan recalled the scene of the noble family rushing in and leaving quietly some time ago, and couldn't help but look up at him with complicated eyes: "What realm is he in now?"
Kuang Cheng shook his head after hearing this: "I know nothing about cultivating immortals, and Brother Ji rarely mentions it to me."
He Jingyuan was silent for a while and then held the case file in his hand: "Master Kuang has worked hard on this trip. Seeing that Xinyuan doesn't have much time left, you don't need to come to the prison these days. Go back and have a good rest."
"Thank you, sir. I will take my leave."
"Go ahead."
Kuang Cheng left the supervisor's study and walked towards the door, but he was stunned as soon as he stepped over the threshold.
In his sight, the carriage that brought them here was still parked at the gate of Sixianjian, and Ji You was also sitting in the carriage and did not leave, as if he was waiting for him specially.
(End of this chapter)
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