The days after New Year's Eve seem to have seen a much warmer temperature, just when many new year's seeds are about to sprout...
The sky was gray, and sometimes a flock of birds gathered in the sky, wandering back and forth, sometimes chirping, as if they were telling the people something.
When the people saw this sign and wanted to take a closer look, the sky turned dark and the sounds made by the birds seemed to become very tragic. However, the people did not know what this sign meant.
Just as the people were talking one after another, the earth suddenly trembled a few times.
In the streets and alleys, the loose items on the stalls also trembled a few times and were thrown to the ground without caring at all.
Seeing this, a scholar on the street suddenly shouted: "The earth is moving! The earth is moving!"
All of a sudden, the people in the originally orderly streets and alleys were like ants on a hot pot, scurrying around.
But God has no mercy after all, and just allowed the earthquake to cause disaster to the people.
I saw that in the entire Kaihuai Mansion, the originally luxurious and luxurious houses collapsed one after another and turned into ruins.
In the streets and alleys, people who had no time to run were either killed by the debris of their houses or their legs, hands and other parts were pinned by the collapsed beams.
There was a lot of crying and shouting on the street, some were injured and some were dead. However, unfortunately, as the prefect of Kaihuai Prefecture, he also died in this waste.
However, not far away, Tongzhou City, which had not yet received the information, was still living a happy life without knowing anything.
At this time, Chen Ziyuan and Zhu Chunxu were practicing their sword seriously in the backyard of the shop.
"The air must be calm! The hands must be straight! The posture must be correct!" Chunxu pointed.
Just when nine-year-old Chen Ziyuan was about to adjust his posture, the house in front of him suddenly began to shake.
"Uncle Xu! Me! Why is the house shaking with my eyes?" Chen Ziyuan said.
Hearing Zi Yuan's words, Sun Chunxu, who had not yet noticed it, smiled slightly: "That's because you are unable to stand firmly. As long as your feet are like stone pillars, standing on the ground, you will stand firm."
After hearing this, Chen Ziyuan did as he was told, but he still couldn't feel it. Suddenly, the ground became more violent, and Ziyuan noticed the ground shaking a few more times.
"Uncle Xu, no." Zi Yuan shook his head.
This time, Sun Chunxu stopped and turned to look at the shop. Just when Chunxu thought that all this was an illusion, a man on the street held a gong and beat it hard. From time to time he shouted loudly: "The ground is empty." It's moving! The ground is moving! Be careful! Everyone! Run outside the city!"
At this moment, Chunxu seemed to begin to believe everything and hurriedly ran to Ziyuan. Without saying a word, he picked up Ziyuan like a piece of wood and ran out of the store.
"Xi Ran! Mommy! Run!" He yelled in a panic while carrying Ziyuan Chunxu.
At this time, Li Xiran had already run outside the shop, but Nanny Zhang was still nowhere to be seen.
"Mother Zhang!" Chen Ziyuan shouted.
But there was no reply for a long time, so Chunxu had no choice but to put Zi Yuan down, then looked at the very panicked Li Xiran, and ordered: "Take Zi Yuan and run outside the city! I'll go back and see Nanny Zhang!"
"Brother Chunxu! This is too dangerous, you can't go!" Li Xiran said in fear.
Sun Chunxu smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I'll be fine. You go quickly!"
After saying that, Chunxu ran towards the store that was about to collapse, shouting loudly: "Aunt Zhang! Aunt Zhang!"
Whether it was because the earthquake sound was too strong or for some other reason, Chunxu couldn't hear Aunt Zhang's reply.
Nanny Zhang was currently on the second floor. Her legs were pressed down by a large beam and she couldn't move. She was shouting loudly: "Chunxu! Ziyuan! Xiran!"
Aunt Zhang was nowhere to be seen on the first floor. Chunxu hurriedly ran to the second floor, shouting loudly: "Nanny Zhang! Auntie!"
"I'm here!" Nanny Zhang replied, but the echo was drowned out by Chu Chunxu's shout.
"I'm here!" Nanny Zhang shouted again.
After shouting several times, Chunxu finally noticed Nanny Zhang's voice in his ears, so he stopped shouting and walked towards the sound.
What a coincidence, just when Chunxu saw Nanny Zhang's voice, the tiles and wood upstairs fell down, almost hitting Chunxu.
When Grandma Zhang saw the collapsed debris blocking her way, she hurriedly shouted: "Chunxu! Let's go! Leave me alone!"
But Chunxu was still thinking about saving him, and when he was about to use his own strength to move the crossbar blocking his way, something unexpected happened.
This crossbar has completely blocked the way.
The tiles on the roof fell off one after another.
"Chunxu! Let's go! Don't worry about me! Otherwise, you won't be able to get out! Take good care of Ziyuan and fulfill the master's instructions!" Before he could finish speaking, a piece of wood fell down and hit Grandma Zhang on the head. His life was cut short.
Seeing that the house was getting closer and closer to collapse, Chunxu had no choice but to run away and run out of the shop.
Unexpectedly, when Chunxu ran out of the shop, the house collapsed and there was a lot of dust. . .
Xi Ran followed Chun Xu's instructions and was already waiting outside the city with Zi Yuan.
Looking carefully, Xi Ran and Zi Yuan finally saw Chun Xu approaching.
When they saw Chunxu walking in, their originally happy faces suddenly became worried.
"Brother Chunxu, where is Aunt Zhang?" Xi Ran said with a worried look on his face.
Chunxu lowered his head and shook his head. It was all my fault for not being able to save Nanny Zhang.
Although Nanny Zhang is a servant, they have already regarded Nanny Zhang as a relative after getting along for a long time.
Ziyuan's tears fell one drop at a time.
And Chunxu blamed himself even more: "It's all my fault. If I had known about it, I wouldn't have come to this city."
Xi Ran consoled him: "I don't blame you, it's because God has no eyes for it."
Outside Tongzhou City, other people who had lost their loved ones burst into tears.
Soon, news of the earthquake in Mozhang Province reached the palace...
"Your Majesty, there was a major earthquake in Kaihuai Mansion and other places in Mozhang this time. The people suffered heavy casualties. I don't know how to... deal with it?" Huang Zhiyuan, the prime minister of Zuo, said.
"I have always trusted Su Aiqing when it comes to disaster relief. This time, Su Aiqing should go." The emperor smiled.
After hearing this, Su Yunqi, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, felt very happy: "I accept the decree! I will definitely live up to the trust of the court and the emperor!"
"Okay." After speaking, the emperor thought of the incident in Qi State and asked, "Has the border affairs been stable recently?"
"Reporting to your Majesty, everything at the border is as usual and nothing unusual has been found." Gui Yuanwei, Minister of War, said.
"Okay. Please report to me in a timely manner any situation regarding border issues."
"yes."
The next day, Su Yunqi drove a carriage to Mozhang Province again. This time, he did not go with the disaster relief food, but went to Mozhang to check it out before the disaster relief food was distributed.
Mo Zhang Province is located on the border of Nanyue Province and above Quang Nam Province. It was a little behind other provinces at that time, but overall it was good and the people were basically satisfied with food and clothing.
