Two large ships lie across the shoal like collapsed palaces. (_《》)
The river, which was rushing like thousands of troops, has completely returned to calm. Some large tung oil barrels have cracked, and the river surface is filthy.
Because they were worried about landslides on the hillside above, the people on both boats also moved to the hillside.
Among these people were the teacher in blue shirt and the boy who were all wet.
The boy's face was extremely pale, and his whole body was still trembling. The teacher in green shirt, who was holding the boy's hand, turned and looked back. Then he finally saw the young man who rescued him and the boy.
From the mouths of some people around him, he also learned that this young man's name was Lin Xi, and he also heard many things about Lin Xi.
He looked at Lin Xi and others who were still searching on the river, patted the boy on the back, bowed deeply to the river, and saluted solemnly.
Then, without stopping, he took the boy's hand and left the hill directly, heading towards Yanlai Town.
…
At dusk, Anniversary Mountain entered Donggang Town and entered the town governor's mansion.
This official from the Ministry of Personnel was an old acquaintance with Jiang Wenhe and Shi Qiudao. After meeting Jiang Wenhe and Shi Qiudao, this lean civil servant who came from Lu Dongling asked the accompanying sergeant to take out a volume of documents.
He handed it to Shi Qiudao, and then asked with a wry smile: "What is the specific casualty situation in Yanlai Town now?"
"As of the report half an hour ago, twenty-three people were dead, and eighteen people were confirmed to be missing. There were quite a few boats on the river at that time. It is difficult to verify whether there were other people missing." Shi Qiudao looked at it.
He was holding the contents of the Chinese book in his hand, with a strange look on his face.
Seeing Shi Qiudao's strange expression, the bitter smile on Zhounian Shan's face became even thicker, "Where are those people in He Zijing?"
Shi Qiudao replied: "The bodies of five officials including He Zijing and Kuang Xiuxian have been found, and the others have not been discovered yet."
"What about Lin Xi? Is he still there?" Zhou Zhoushan nodded, still asking with a wry smile: "It is said that he was the first to rush to the rescue after the two ships collided? He saved many people?"
Shi Qiudao nodded and said: "At least half of the people who fell into the water were rescued by him and one of his friends. Without his leadership, the number of casualties would have been more than doubled."
"It's already an incredible feat... He dared to go to a neighboring town late at night to consolidate the dam, and nearly five thousand people lost their lives..." Zhou Enshui sighed and said these two sentences, but paused for a moment, not knowing what to say.
good.
Shi Qiudao glanced at the document in his hand again, turned to glance at Jiang Wenhe, and then frowned and asked, "Mr. Zhou, can I issue this document now?"
"What else are you going to send?" Zhou Xianshan said with a bitter smile: "I would like to issue an official document at this time saying that Lin Xi will be removed from office and investigated. I don't want to have my spine broken by this man from Lu Dongling with his fingers and drowned in saliva. The best thing is not to send an official document.
It's just that ginseng is said to be dereliction of duty... But in this situation, who would mindlessly meddle with us?
Also, if I don’t want this face and send this official document, wouldn’t it be equivalent to slapping the boss in the face?”
After a slight pause, he shook his head again and said: "It is estimated that within two days, the order to revoke this official document and the official document of commendation should be issued."
Shi Qiudao collected the documents, and a rare smile appeared on his usually stern face.
Anniversary Mountain made a decision, the bitterness on his face disappeared, and he smiled slightly, turned to look at Jiang Wenhe and said: "It is said that Mr. Jiang and Lin Xi night inspected the river embankment and caught wind and cold, and became seriously ill when they came back. I don't know.
Is it better?"
Jiang Wenhe nodded slightly awkwardly and said, "I'm fine now."
"Congratulations, Sir, on your rapid rise to the top." Zhou Jiashan praised: "Your Majesty has done this. When the next document comes, at least the alias of this generation of governor will be gone."
Jiang Wenhe originally wanted to laugh, but he pulled his lips and couldn't laugh. Thinking of the worry and illness in the past few days, he had to take off the "generation", and his expression became more and more embarrassed.
Anniversary Mountain sighed again, glanced at the sky outside, and said, "I'm here anyway, and I can't send this document... Why don't you two adults accompany me to see this Mr. Xiao Lin?"
If it weren't for the officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs who had received the news and were waiting here for higher-ups, Jiang Wenhe and Shi Qiudao would have been unable to bear the urge to go to Yanlai Town to have a look, so Jiang Wenhe would naturally not refuse the anniversary mountain.
this requirement.
The group of people set off towards Yanlai Town.
At this time, the sky was already dark, but the people who were walking on the anniversary mountain immediately saw that there were many pedestrians on the road from Donggang Town to Yanlai Town. There were many people and cars and horses illuminated by lanterns, which made the road at night particularly easy to walk.
Along the way, Anniversary Mountain heard most of the words spoken by passers-by refer to Mr. Xiao Lin.
This group of people marched to the post.
The grass and trees on this hill have been trampled to a state of disrepair. Among the bonfires, some officials from Yanlai Town and Donggang Town who were originally here noticed the arrival of this group of people and failed to see clearly what happened to Anniversary Mountain and others.
Face, just seeing the official uniform on Zhou Nian Shan, these people were suddenly startled and hurriedly came up to meet him.
"What is the specific situation now?"
Anniversary Mountain looked at the people coming towards them and did not identify himself, but just asked directly.
Because this is the boundary of Yanlai Town, all the officials and students in Donggang Town remained silent. An official from the Internal Affairs Department of Yanlai Town quickly replied in a very serious tone: "Twenty-six corpses have been found.
It is confirmed that there are still twenty-three people missing."
By the light of the fire, Anniversary Mountain saw two huge silhouettes lying on the water like monsters. He nodded, indicating that he heard clearly, and followed the two huge silhouettes on the mountain road that had been paved with hay.
He was almost gone, but his whole body couldn't help but feel a slight tremor.
He saw clearly that they were two large ships that had run aground.
In the past, such a large ship made people feel extremely majestic when it was sailing on the river. At this time, the huge wood on the bow of the ship cracked and was deeply buried in the soil and rocks. This first sight alone allowed him to imagine the two people at that time.
How thrilling it is for a big ship to hit here.
"Where's Mr. Lin?"
Anniversary Mountain couldn't help but take a deep breath, looked around, and asked.
"He is still on the river." A Yanlai Town official immediately replied. His tone was low, but he could not express his emotions.
There are many officials in Yanlai Town who are not from He Zijing's family. They have different feelings towards Lin Xi. It is just because they are not in power that they cannot help Lin Xi. However, when the river dam collapsed, Yanlai Town
Almost all the officials of He Zijing's group were buried in the flood. How could this not make the remaining officials sigh with emotion.
These officials slowly walked down the mountain with them.
Following the instructions of these officials, we walked to the anniversary mountain in front of the two stranded ships and saw a small boat floating quietly on the water. At this moment, a young man was sitting on it.
"Huh?"
But Zhounian Shan heard the surprised voices of the officials around him again. His brows jumped slightly and he asked: "What?"
"That's Lord Lin's friend... Lord Lin and him were still on the boat before. Why is Lord Lin missing now?"
"Isn't that Lin Xi?"
Anniversary Mountain looked at him in surprise. Jiang Wenhe and Jiang Xiaoyi, who were following behind him, were already familiar with each other. They couldn't help but want to ask each other. However, at this moment, they saw the small boat with the lantern hanging on it.
There was a surge of water nearby, but a figure emerged from the water, pressed on the edge of the boat, and then boarded the boat.
"Master Lin!"
As soon as Jiang Wenhe saw the familiar figure emerging from the water, he immediately shouted out in excitement.
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"Huh...huh..."
On the boat, Lin Xi was breathing heavily, and when he exhaled, his chest felt slightly collapsed.
At this time, the visibility on the river was extremely poor. He was not busy salvaging anything, but adhering to the teachings of Qingluan Palace to practice everywhere, he was already practicing on the calm river again.
He felt that practicing in a heavy rain had more benefits than usual. Today, in order to save people, he fell into the water many times, but instead he had an idea and thought of practicing underwater.
Although he still carries a lot of heavy objects for daily practice on his body at this moment, it is even more difficult to stand firm under the water. When doing the twenty-four Qingluan poses, apart from the surrounding water pressure, the pressure caused by the water flow underneath
Strength is also more unpredictable, and it is more difficult to master balance.
And every time when she couldn't hold her breath anymore and went on the boat to take a breath and rest, as a large amount of turbid air was exhaled, Lin Xi felt waves of heat quickly spread from her Dantian to her whole body. This feeling was wonderful.
It's comfortable again.
Jiang Xiaoyi himself wanted to take turns with him in the water to practice. At this moment, he suddenly heard Jiang Wenhe shouting, so he stopped and looked towards the place where Jiang Wenhe made the sound together with Lin Xi, who was panting violently.
When the two of them saw that many officials had gathered, they said nothing, and the boat broke the water and quickly reached the shore.
"This is Mr. Zhou from Li Si Zhou Shan." Jiang Wenhe introduced him immediately to Lin Xi, who was still dripping with water.
Lin Xi bowed slightly and said, "I heard someone said that the higher-ups had already announced that I would be laid off and investigated. Is Mr. Zhou here to issue an official document?"
When Anniversary Mountain heard Lin Xi's words for the first time, he felt that Lin Xi was too sharp and pointed, but he saw clearly the calm look on Lin Xi's face, and then saw that Lin Xi looked tired and was soaked in the river water.
Looking slightly pale, he could sense that Lin Xi's words were mostly meant to be joking. Before the slightest displeasure in his heart could arise, he immediately turned into admiration and pity. He immediately laughed at himself, bowed to Lin Xi in return, and said
: "Mr. Xiao Lin, you really don't care about anything. If I want to send it, I will wait for the commendation document to be sent to you in a day or two. If I come here to send you the official document about job cuts and investigation, then there are so many people on this hill.
People are not allowed to throw me into the river to feed the fish."
Lin Xi had a good impression of this anniversary mountain at first glance. He felt that the other party was not hostile at all. He smiled slightly and said: "You can send it to me secretly first, so as not to interfere with your dereliction of duty."
"Master Xiaolin, you are really not simple."
Hearing Lin Xi's words, Zhou Zhoushan couldn't help but take a deep breath. Unable to control his emotions, he sighed. "Who is this?" His eyes stopped at Jiang Xiao next to Lin Xi.
Depending on the body.
"He is my friend, Jiang Xiaoyi. He is the supervisor of the Engineering Department of Huigu Town. He happened to come to visit me on vacation. He didn't want to encounter this incident, so he stayed here to help me." Lin Xi patted Jiang.
Xiaoyi leaned on his shoulder and introduced.
"I didn't expect that I, Lu Dongling, would actually produce two young heroes." Zhou Zhoushan was slightly startled, and his face suddenly became awe-inspiring: "He rescued people when he was off duty and took the lead. He deserves to be commended."
"So...not only have I kept my rank, but I might also be rewarded?" Lin Xi smiled and asked.
Anniversary Mountain was startled again. If he had a good impression of Lin Xi, if someone else asked him directly, he would feel that the other party was seeking an official position and was too greedy.
"It should be." Zhou Enshui looked at Lin Xi strangely, but replied: "Master Xiaolin's performance is really outstanding... after all, these are thousands of lives."
"It's not just my fault. For this river dam, old man Chen Yangzhi died here." Lin Xi's face became solemn, and he looked at Zhou Xiashan and said seriously, "Without him, I may not be able to make it happen.
There are so many people left on this hill... Moreover, the fertile farmland here cannot be saved. Regarding the livelihood of these people, even if I overstep my authority, I am afraid I will be unable to do anything, and I still need your help, sir."
Anniversary Mountain turned around and saw many villagers around the bonfire with gloomy looks. He suddenly felt heavy. However, thinking of Lin Xi's official rank at this time, his character and his performance in these days, the corner of his mouth was filled with tears.
A trace of patient thought emerged again, "Master Xiaolin, your rank can't control you now, but you may not be able to control it next time."