In the evening, a group of people traveled vigorously.
If the night life in the capital is not rich at all, after falling into darkness, people will rarely see people walking on the street. This is mainly because the public security has been particularly poor for so many years. Although there are soldiers patrolling at night, it has already been I'm used to not going out when the sun goes down.
Therefore, it is safe to go out this way.
If the capital is poor, except for the houses of some rich people, which are relatively strong, most of the other houses are stone houses and adobe houses and wooden houses. The foundations are not very much laid. If an earthquake strikes, the houses will basically not be kept.
This made Zelan a little worried, but she was not sure of the earthquake.
But there was always a bad feeling in my heart. I asked the little Phoenix. The little Phoenix went up and circled for a few times, and there were birds flying around. The little Phoenix came down to inform Zelan that she felt more and more panicked.
Zelan told Hu Ming and Miss Zhou about her worries, fearing that she would have to move.
Hu Ming and Miss Zhou didn't believe it, mainly because Ruoducheng had only one earthquake since it was recorded.
Girl Zhou said: "I look at the sky tonight, and there is no unusually moving clouds. I'm afraid the little master is too worried."
"Earth moving clouds are not reliable. Let's go to the river and have a look."
There is no sea here, only a big river flowing around the mountain.
Carrying the wind lantern, all the way to the river.
The water flow in the river is not urgent, and the signs of drought are clearly visible. The water level is much lower than in winter and spring, and part of the river bed is also exposed.
Zelan carried the wind lantern and went down. The river was no problem. Perhaps the main reason was that the river was not deep.
"Is there a mountain spring here?" Zelan asked Miss Zhou.
"Yes, from here to Erli Road, there is a big spring. The people nearby come to fetch water from the spring."
"Okay, let's go and see!" Zelan said.
Everyone went to the big spring again. Miss Zhou and Hu Ming walked ahead. The two spoke for a while. It is impossible to say that the ground moves, but if the ground moves, many people will die.
When she reached Daquanyan, Miss Zhou first took the lamp and looked at it. She was stunned when she saw it, "Huh? This water is so muddy, what's the matter? I've been here several times before, and the water is very clear!"
Zelan walked up quickly, and saw that the gurgling spring water was particularly turbid and foamy. She took a sip of the water, with a stench.
The plate has moved
She lay on the ground and listened to her ears. This time, there was a strange sound from the ground, with a sound of chest wheezing.
The chest of the earth was wheezing.
Zelan listened for a while, stood up, and ordered: "Evacuate the people to an open place, right away!"
"Huh?" Hu Ming and Miss Zhou were both stunned, looking at each other, they glanced at the fountain, listened to the ground, and said they wanted to evacuate the people? This is not a small project. If the capital city now includes a foreign population, there are at least several hundred thousand people.
Hundreds of thousands of people were evacuated because an eight-year-old child said he wanted to move? Who can believe this? Originally, the common people hated the master very much. If there is no ground movement, I am afraid that the little master will become even more pointed.
Seeing them stunned, Zelan said anxiously: "Hurry up, beat the gongs and drums, tell them that the ground is moving, let them go out and take shelter in an open place!"
This is the first time Miss Zhou saw her master in such anxiousness, who used to be not as mature as a child.
"Then... Hu Ming, let's go!" Miss Zhou was still inexplicably convinced by Zelan.
Seeing that Miss Zhou said the same, Hu Ming agreed. His mentality is relatively simple. If there is no ground movement, it will at most disturb the people, but if it happens, it can save lives.
Anyway, they are also very disgusted and repulsive to the court, and don't care about the same.
The crowd immediately returned home, and they gathered soldiers and horses to pat the door from house to house, asking them to quickly go to the empty place.
Waking up the people in the middle of the night, they were naturally unwilling, cursing, and even clashed with the soldiers. However, this time it was the death order from the city lord. They must go to an open place, so even if they didn’t want to, they were still dragged. Get out.
But the problem is that even if the people were forcibly dragged out, they couldn't be guarded there. After the soldiers left, they went back to sleep again.
And some of the mobs used this as an excuse to directly confront the soldiers and make trouble.
Some of the soldiers went to the village where the mob was rioting. Almost all the people in the several villages in this area were fighting against the court. These villages are quite special. There are few women. Because of the remoteness, many men here cannot marry a wife. They are poor. It's so hard that three meals can hardly be maintained. The people of Jin Guo started from these villages. Therefore, there are only a dozen children under the age of fifteen in a few villages.
The soldiers beat the gongs and drums to get the families to get up and go out, which angered the mob. The conflict arose immediately, and they fought with the soldiers on the spot.
These mobs used to go out every day to make trouble, but now the soldiers come to the door, naturally they will not let it go. They beat them hard. There are not many soldiers, there are only a few dozen people. They were attacked by the mobs and beat them badly.
No way, the soldiers can only run away.
In Ruoducheng, there were not many people who ran out, and there were only 10,000 people in total. Seventy percent of them went back immediately after the officers and soldiers left, and they cursed and said that the court changed the law and embarrassed them. If the capital has changed, it won’t happen. Earth moving.
Miss Zhou was very angry, "Believe it or not, I told the master to burn all their houses? It's really maddening."
Hu Ming shook his head, "Don't be stupid, if you set it on fire, you will be burned to death? In that case, why waste the fire? Just let the collapsed house be crushed to death."
Miss Zhou paused and asked in a low voice: "You said, does the ground really move?"
Hu Ming glanced back and saw that no one was following. He also whispered softly: "Actually, I don't believe it. It's too trivial to say that the ground is moving because of snakes and rats running around. Besides, I just asked an old man about the spring water. He said that the mountain spring water has been muddy, and it has been muddy several times, and there is no ground movement. I think the little master will have to look at it this time."
"But we can't fail to follow her order, so if the meaning is in place, those people will go back if they want. Our errands are done anyway." Miss Zhou said.
After speaking, she smiled herself, "It's just a little perfunctory, I hope the little master didn't see it."
Hu Ming nodded, only hesitated for a moment, and then shook his head: "However, if the ground moves, it will be fatal. Let's try our best. We can't take any chances if it is possible."
Seeing that he was so serious, Miss Zhou felt that he was justified and said, "Then do what you want, and we will try our best."
"Not according to my intentions, but according to the little master."
The two smiled at each other and strode forward to continue their work.
Zelan was sitting on the back of Little Phoenix, hovering in the night sky. If there is an earthquake, the magnetic field will change, and she should be able to perceive it.
This feeling suddenly became very strong during the fifth clock, and the little phoenix suddenly looked up to the sky and screamed, and the sound spread out like lightning, very penetrating.
After a while, the ground shook, the ground roared, and an earthquake occurred.
The earthquake lasted more than ten seconds, the ground moved and the mountains shook, where Zelan and Phoenix hovered, houses collapsed, the mountains ruptured, and roads were disconnected.
Zelan had never experienced an earthquake before, and didn't know the magnitude of the earthquake. She saw houses collapsed one after another, dust billowed everywhere, and weeping and wailing.