r18novel Chapter 538 Tomb Keeper
Chapter 538 Tomb Keeper
Lin Lianjiang led the guards and a group of generals and officers as they walked on the white land. Looking at the salt and alkali everywhere and the occasionally faintly visible foundations, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
At this time, the group of them had disembarked from the boat and walked a long way, almost twenty miles away. However, when they looked up, this scene was still beyond their sight.
Walk carefully, and from time to time you will kick up a clam shell, a conch, an occasional brick, or a carved stone.
Looking again, there are sparse vegetation.
This kind of scene all proves the mess after the sea recedes.
A few months later, the sea finally receded from Buffalo County, but there were too many things left behind by the sea.
"Sacrifice wine, not far ahead is Buffalo County. Unfortunately, there are only some relatively solid foundations left in the entire county!"
The general sighed. As the person who walked at the front with the scouts, he had seen more and understood better.
"I can't imagine what happened to the people here at that time? I don't even know whether they died directly after being swept by the sea or died in despair?"
"Alas, such natural disasters are extremely terrifying. What can human beings do?"
Lin Lianjiang continued walking forward while listening to the general's words and sighs, and finally arrived at the county seat of Buffalo County.
At first glance, this place is actually no different from the flat land seen along the way. If the general hadn't reminded it, I really wouldn't have thought that this was the site of a county seat.
“Is this Buffalo County?”
Lin Lianjiang looked up and saw that the land was also a vast expanse of white. It was the salt and alkali that appeared on the land after the sea receded.
Correspondingly, there is sparse green on the earth.
Looking at the county seat again, after being reminded, Lin Lianjiang could vaguely see the ruins of the foundation left on the ground. This was a city wall that was not very tall in the past, but now it is just like this.
As we walked further inside, what we saw was no different from what we saw along the way. We just came to a place where some stone components could barely be seen, and the general explained softly.
"This is the county government office!"
Such a dilapidated scene made Lin Lianjiang stand here in silence for a long, long time.
Are you feeling the power of the world? Or is it a moment of silence for the people affected by the disaster here? ?
Others don’t know! ! !
"Keep moving forward. I really want to see where the sea water has reached."
The army continued to march, and finally came to the foot of the mountain, and then climbed up along the route explored by the scouts. When they came to a mountain top, they saw a stone monument.
The stone tablet is connected to the mountain. It is obviously carved out of huge rocks. There is a text on the tablet, which is just a simple sentence.
‘In the eighth year of Zai Pu’s reign, water has spread here! ’
Standing on this monument and looking towards Buffalo County, I feel that the sea water poured back dozens of feet deep. With such a large amount of water, there are still some ruins left in this county. This must be said to be lucky and ingenious. .
But all this could only turn into a sigh.
"Ugh......"
"Bring a few pancakes and a few fire dumplings, just a simple sacrifice to the thousands of people who died!!"
After going down the mountain, Lin Lianjiang walked more purposefully, because he climbed up the mountain and looked into the distance, and faintly discovered that there were two things that looked like houses in Buffalo County.
Out of curiosity, he led the army in a different direction and walked there.
"Sacrifice wine, there are two houses, people live inside, and there are several fields cultivated around it!"
The scout was the first to report, and the content made Lin Lianjiang curious.
"There are still people living in such a Jedi place? Let's go and see!"
After that, Lin Lianjiang took the lead and walked to the two houses. He found that instead of two houses, they were clearly two courtyards.
Although the house is said to be a mud house and the wall is a rotten stick wall, there is no doubt that this is a courtyard surrounded by two families.
Looking around the yard, we can vaguely see the remains of some fields. It is obvious that these two families are located in a disaster-stricken village.
The two families knew that the army was coming before Lin Lianjiang arrived, but there was nowhere to escape from this place, and their families didn't have much property. Instead, they faced it calmly and had no fear of the future.
Lin Lianjiang ordered the army to stay where it was, and he brought two generals to the courtyard and shouted loudly:
"Excuse me, is anyone home?"
There are people in both courtyards, two honest and friendly men. Judging from their appearance, they are already in their fifties.
The two of them looked at the army not far away outside, and then at the three respectful Lin Lianjiang people at the door of the courtyard, but they just stepped forward and opened the useless simple door.
"Dear guest, please come in!"
Lin Lianjiang entered and looked around carefully. He found that both the yard and the house were very barren and crude. It was obvious that there were no women or children in the family.
Lin Lianjiang asked curiously: "I heard that there was a disaster here. Everything I saw along the way was white. Why are there two households here?"
The old man said: "Yes, this is Buffalo County, and it has indeed been affected by disasters. However, it is not just our two families in Buffalo County, there are two other families in the far north!"
Lin Lianjiang asked again: "I think this place is already a salt-alkali land with no food production. Wouldn't it be extremely difficult for the two old men to live here?"
"Does your family just look at you like this and don't care about you?"
Although Lin Lianjiang said that he should not eat minced meat, this was not what he wanted, because at least these two old people would still have family and children.
In this regard, the old man looked calm and just explained:
"I am from this village. My family was lost in the flood, and no one cares about us anymore!"
As expected, things developed in a direction that Lin Lianjiang did not want, but he also understood that this was the most likely possibility.
Moreover, the old man's calm tone seemed as if nothing in the world could move him.
Lin Lianjiang was speechless. Even though he had already prepared in his heart, he was still deeply shocked. He hesitated for a while and asked.
"Two old men, I am from the Han army. The life there is not bad. The people have fields to cultivate and occasionally eat meat. So have you considered coming to live with us?"
Obviously, Lin Lianjiang had clearly seen that the two old people had long lost the desire to live, so he wanted to try to persuade them whether they were willing to live a new life in a new environment.
In response, the two old men refused.
"No, we have to stay here, otherwise this village will be gone!"
Seeing Lin Lianjiang's silence, the two old men smiled and comforted him.
"You are a good young master, but don't worry about us. I am only 47 years old this year, and I still have many years to live!"
Another old man also smiled: "I am 36 years old this year, which is still young. I can live a long time."
Then the eldest old man smiled and said, "Look, the two of us can still live for a few decades together. After a few decades, there is no way this village will be alive again."
"If the village is not alive by then, then at least the incense will not be cut off in the next few decades!"
The two 'old men' were talking and laughing, and they didn't seem sad, as if they had already faced all this calmly.
Just when Lin Lianjiang looked at the gray hair of the two 'old men', he knew that they were not so free and easy.
So he also understood what the two 'old men' said. Now they just wanted to be gravekeepers.
This was the 'old man''s choice, so he had to stand up, bow, say take care, leave some naan bread and leave.
In fact, there were many troops ashore, and there were also many troops following Lin Lianjiang along the way. It stands to reason that with kindness, he could give the old people more food or property, but Lin Lianjiang knew that although these two old men were poor, they would never accept it. alms.
The old man sent Lin Lianjiang and the others out of the yard, watched the three of them go away step by step, and finally shouted loudly:
"Thank you, General. The battlefield is difficult and dangerous, so please be careful!"
When Lin Lianjiang heard this, the three of them turned around, saluted respectfully, and then strode away.
The army marched out, and the soldiers passed by the two courtyards. The soldiers did not give a big salute, they only performed a marching etiquette, not for anything else, just because this kind of tomb guard deserves admiration.
The two old men stood like this at the door of the yard, watching the energetic faces in the army go away, as if they had seen something.
Along the way, Lin Lianjiang saw weeds that appeared from time to time on the salty land. They were things that he had ignored.
But now it seems that no matter how bad the place is, life is still tenacious.
Afterwards, Lin Lianjiang laughed loudly and flicked his sleeves.
"Let's go back, take these two old men away and bring them back to our army's territory!"
"Really, I'm only 40 or [-] years old, I'm still young, why are you so lifeless!!!!"