At Xiang Liang's behest, the Governor of Kuaiji Commandery joined forces with several wealthy merchants to provide disaster relief to the areas around Pang Mountain that had suffered severe devastation. At the same time, he submitted a memorial to the imperial court requesting further aid. Liu Jin'an was among the wealthy merchants involved in the relief effort.
The Pang Mountain earthquake and the mudslides it triggered had claimed hundreds of lives across three villages. Several dozen people survived in Zi Family Village, while Yang Family Village and Wu Family Village had only a little over ten survivors combined.
Yang Yi, the headman of Yang Family Village and the sole surviving headman among the three villages, led the remaining villagers in burying the Mountain Lord at the original site of the Mountain Lord Temple. Then, he led them away from the area to build a new village far from Pang Mountain.
They knew that the benevolent mountain god would continue to watch over them.
And within Pang Mountain, the Mountain Lord, though dead, would continue using his soul to suppress the Leyline, eternally watching over that new village.
Just as he had always watched over that friend.
The Xiang family members had already returned to the Xiang residence.
When they returned to the riverbank, the four horses were indeed still there, grazing. After finding the horses, the four of them went home.
Now, Xiang Yu and Xiang An stood with a light sheen of sweat on their foreheads, looking at the little girl seated before them.
The little girl had yet to emerge from her grief. She sat dazedly in a wooden chair.
"Uncle, are you really going to take this little girl as your adopted daughter?" Xiang An scratched his cheek.
"What? You personally pulled her out of the ruins.