169 [Bonus chapter]Emergency

The small group didn't stay outside for long as they returned not long afterwards. They rested for the day and the next day, Old Master Nan led them out to leave the city. It has been some time and they should go to visit other cities nearby.

Nan Luo looked at the go board inside the carriage and his lips twitched. "You're going to play Go all the time?"

"Why not?" Feng Ao Kuai asked back. He put his piece on the board and asked calmly.

This time, Nan Luo was inside the carriage because he didn't want to torture his butt by riding a horse. He felt that it would be better to stay inside the carriage for the time being while Feng Ao Si was controlling the horse at the front.

"Won't you get bored?" Nan Luo asked carefully.

"No."

Nan Hua had placed the next piece, which caused Feng Ao Kuai to have to be more focused than ever. He had long known that Nan Hua was an extremely tough opponent, so he didn't dare to relax in the slightest bit.

"Ugh…" Nan Luo could see that Nan Hua was also looking at the board occasionally. Her indifferent expression didn't show anything about whether she enjoyed the game or simply played it for Feng Ao Kuai's entertainment.

He didn't know what to think either.

As Nan Hua was playing Go, she looked out of the window. There was something a distance away that shook the earth. Earthquake? Avalanche? Flood? From her experience, avalanche was the most likely.

"Hua'er?"

"General! There's a report of avalanche nearby! We're tasked to help with rescuing the survivors and lead them to a save place!" A soldier yelled.

Nan Luo was stunned. He passed a look at the other two. "We have to help too!"

"Calm down."

"But…"

"Brother Ao Si, speed up." Feng Ao Kuai no longer looked at the board in front of him but rather thinking hard. it was not a secret that a quarter of an incense stick time meant that those who were buried wouldn't be able to be saved anymore.

Just from the distance of their current location to the avalanche location had told him that it might be impossible for them to arrive in time.

"Everyone, charge!" Old Master Nan roared.

The soldiers obeyed. They were not charging to the battlefield, but rather they were hurrying to the location of the disaster. They had to make sure that they would be able to help the others.

Time ticked ever so slowly.

Nan Hua looked outside the window. Looking at the dust coming from another direction, she could guess that another group of soldiers were deployed. In this era, there was no such thing such as specialized group of people to handle disasters.

Those who rescued if there were any disasters were the soldiers who were nearby. This time, it was this group of people who were nearby along with them. Though, they would arrive earlier.

Bang!

"Search for survivors!" Old Master Nan gave his order. Looking at how messy it was, he quickly gave order for them to bring the survivor to an open area. They shouldn't stay there any longer in fear that there might be more avalanche coming.

Nan Hua looked out of the window before pushing it open.

"Hua'er!" Nan Luo was stunned but followed Nan Hua almost immediately along with Feng Ao Kuai behind him. The two of them were stunned when they saw the pile of earth in front of them.

Screams of panic, cries, and the sense of danger filled their heart. it was heavy. Even for Feng Ao Kuai, who had already seen the real battlefield, it was not easy for him to stay calm in such situation.

"How to find the survivors?" Nan Luo asked in quivered tone.

Nan Hua passed a look at Nan Luo then to the pile of earth in front of her. The answer was nothing. They couldn't do anything to find the survivors aside from digging because there was no indication where they might be.

If there were any security camera, it was indeed possible for them to calculate or estimate. But in this era, there was none.

Glancing to look at the pile of earth, Nan Hua carefully assessed the situation. If they were not buried too deeply, any movement they made would be able to shake the earth above them. But if they were too deep, it would be useless.

There was no trace.

"There's someone above!" someone yelled. "Help him out!"

They all looked up and saw someone who was half buried. It was unknown how he ended up that way, but his hips and below were buried under the rubbles. However, he was located in the middle of the earth lump. They were all worried about another avalanche and no one dared to go to the middle.

Nan Hua turned to look at Hou Liang. "Head over there to help him."

"Miss?" Hou Liang was stunned. His task was to protect the children as they came out of the carriage. But looking at Nan Hua's calm gaze, he felt his brain was churning as he didn't know what answer would be the most appropriate.

"Are you sure about it, Hua'er?" Nan Luo frowned. He looked up and felt that it was too dangerous.

"Tie a rope if you're afraid." Nan Hua knew very well that the avalanche wouldn't occur again. Just from looking at the terrain, she knew that it was a one off. At the very least, the biggest one wouldn't happen again.

Even if there were some other places that was fragile, it didn't include this place.

Hou Liang was speechless. However, he still followed Nan Hua's instruction and tied a rope to his hips. Afterwards, he took a shovel and handed the end of the rope to the brats. "Hold it tight."

"Yes, Commander Hou."

"Trust us, Commander Hou." Feng Ao Si was holding the rope tightly. He knew that if something happened to Hou Liang, they had to hold the rope as tightly as possible to prevent him from getting lost.

Hou Liang nodded then climbed up carefully. With his agility, he swiftly reached the location of the person. He felt his back sweated profusely even though he barely used any force. He was nervous.

He quickly used the shovel to dig the ground. The man who lied on the ground with half of his body underground suddenly grabbed Hou Liang's leg. "Save my master first."

"Your Master?" Hou Liang was stunned.

The man pointed to behind him. There was the edge of partially crushed carriage could be seen there. "There, please…"

Hou Liang gritted his teeth then turned to look at the children below. They couldn't hear the conversation here, but they could see the man pointing behind him and not to his legs. It should be obvious that he was telling them that there was someone else.

"What should we do?" Feng Ao Kuai asked with a frown. The person inside might have been dead and if they delayed the digging any longer, the man's leg wouldn't be able to be used anymore.

Nan Hua was also watching the scene and made her decision, "Dig behind the man, now."