Chapter 117 An Earthquake Occurs in Xiaomang Mountain
No matter why the other party came, he had to go and see him. County Magistrate Xia stood up and walked out slowly. The lawyer who had just talked to him followed him.
The two of them walked out one after the other, and the moment they saw Li Lezhi, a flash of surprise flashed across their eyes.
They had never seen such a handsome and sage-like person, and he was still so young.
This person should not be underestimated, County Magistrate Xia suddenly thought.
It was also the first time that the master had seen such a Taoist priest. He looked over with inquiring and surprised eyes, but then he met Xiaowu's eyes and did not dare to look at him any longer.
Because of what he was thinking, County Magistrate Xia became cautious in his attitude towards Li Lezhi, not looking down on him at all. He asked, "Master Li, did you come to Zhangzhou to tell me something important?"
Because of the other party's good attitude, Li Le only raised his eyebrows slightly. He thought that County Magistrate Xia would not take him seriously because of the Gongsun family's affairs or because he was young. He didn't expect that the county magistrate was also a wonderful person.
This inevitably made Li Le feel a little more favorable towards the Xia family. In order to convince the other party of what he said, Li Le did not dare to smile at all. His face was tense, which made him look even colder.
To people, he looks more like a hermit who is not moved by external things.
This made County Magistrate Xia even more frightened. After taking a look at Li Le, County Magistrate Xia felt that Li Le was just a Taoist priest with profound practice and that one should not judge a person by his appearance.
Therefore, County Magistrate Xia leaned over slightly, wanting to hear more clearly.
Li Le only said: "I passed by Zhangzhou this time and saw a mountain trend. It is expected that within ten days, there will be a sign of a dragon turning over."
"Huh?" County Magistrate Xia heard it suddenly. Before he could recover from his shock, he thought about it carefully and realized what Li Le had just said. He was instantly shocked.
If he had not just heard what Taoist Li said, that there was a mountain where a dragon was going to turn over, and it would take less than ten days, County Magistrate Xia would have turned even paler.
The earth dragon turns over, the earth dragon turns over...
He kept repeating these words in his mind, thinking back to that scene. If Taoist Li had not come to inform them, the weather in Zhangzhou would be in chaos in ten days, and they would also be to blame.
County Magistrate Xia calmed down and asked anxiously, "Master Li, do you know which mountain this is?"
"Xiao Mangshan," Li Le said, "This time I am going to Yuzhou under the secret order of His Majesty. This item should be able to prove my identity."
Li Le only took out a token from his arms. It was a black token engraved with the Eight Trigrams of Mountains and Rivers. It was unique to the Taoist priest. The Mountain and Rivers Eight Trigrams Token was also an identity certificate that could prove that he was secretly sent by His Majesty to Yuzhou.
But this kind of token is very rare, if Emperor Zhao did not want to make use of Li Lezhi and use Li Lezhi's ability to reverse the situation at the border.
Such a Mountain and River Bagua Order would not be taken out.
Therefore, few people knew about the existence of this token. Even Li Lezhi did not know the meaning of this token. He took it out this time to increase the credibility of his words. Since Emperor Zhao gave him this token, there must be a use for this token.
This was also Li Le's only attempt.
It just so happened that County Magistrate Xia was born in the Xia family of Jiangdu, and he knew about this legendary and very rare Mountain and River Bagua Order. It was because of this that he was surprised and hesitated to believe it.
Taoist Priest Li, such a young Taoist priest actually received the Mountain and River Bagua Order from His Majesty. This scene appeared in
It was like a dream before him.
I can't believe it.
It must be his hallucination.
County Magistrate Xia raised his hand and slapped himself. There was a crisp sound, loud and slightly painful. There was also a sense of touch where the skin and flesh met, which could not be ignored. County Magistrate Xia could not believe it, but he had to believe that the scene before his eyes was real.
This Taoist really holds the Mountain and River Bagua Order.
He swallowed, looked down at the token handed to him, and immediately rejected it with both hands: "I naturally believe in Master Li's ability. This token is valuable, Master Li, you'd better keep it. (w)?"
Looking at the token, County Magistrate Xia was afraid that Li Le might have lost it.
This Mountain and River Bagua Order has only appeared three times according to records, and every holder was a national master.
The previous owner was Tian Yanzi.
And now, the person holding the Mountain and River Bagua Order actually appeared alive in front of him. How could County Magistrate Xia dare to doubt Li Lezhi's words?
For this reason, after County Magistrate Xia came to his senses, he did not dare to delay any further and immediately shouted, "Someone come here. (w)?"
A servant came out of the door.
County Magistrate Xia said, "Go and call all the servants in the yamen over here. (w)?"
After saying this, he looked in the direction of Li Lezhi, almost kneading Li Lezhi's shoulders and back like a dog. He bent over and asked, "Master Li, all the people near Xiaomang Mountain need to be relocated. Is there a specific range, or do all the people in Jian'an City need to be relocated? [(w.)] Come to read the latest chapter of the novel (w)?"
Li Le simply converted it and said, "Two hundred acres of land."
This time there will be an earthquake in Xiaomang Mountain, and Zhangzhou will be affected. The other side of Xiaomang Mountain is where the earthquake is felt most strongly, and the area of 200 acres is not small.
After obtaining the specific scope, County Magistrate Xia immediately ordered people to relocate all the people within the 200 acres of Xiaomang Mountain.
Since the area where Xiaomang Mountain borders Zhangzhou is not short, it is very difficult to accomplish this task within ten days.
Even Jian'an City did not have enough manpower. There was no other way, and County Magistrate Xia had to use carrier pigeons to notify people at all levels, asking the village heads in various places to find ways to mobilize the people to migrate.
As for him, he informed Xiaomang Mountain of all the places involved, and built simple sheds outside Jian'an City for the people who came to take refuge to live in.
Jiangjia Village.
The people of Jiangjia Village were cooking with smoke rising from every household, and the half-grown children were playing together. Suddenly, the village chief took a gong and started beating it continuously.
The sound spread to every corner of the village. When everyone heard it, they stopped what they were doing. Even those who were cooking, when they heard the gong, they cursed at the sound, but they quickly packed up everything and walked out of the house.
Even the children who were playing together stopped and followed the adults towards the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village. That was the largest place in the village, and the village chief would beat the gong there.
When almost everyone had arrived, the village chief stopped. He stood on a high place and scanned the faces of everyone present. Seeing that everyone had come, he said, "In seven days, there will be a landslide in Xiaomang Mountain. The superiors said that there will be an earth dragon turning over. Tomorrow morning, you all need to bring food and other things. Our village will all move to the direction of Jian'an City to avoid disaster."
After the village chief finished speaking.
Some villagers complained: "Village head, we have lived here for many years. How could something happen in Xiaomang Mountain? Is it because of the superiors?
The adults made a mistake. "
The village chief looked sad.
Hearing this,
He said unhappily: "It is not up to us to decide this matter.
Not only our village,
There are also other villages nearby. I heard that all the nearby villages, big and small, will be relocated.”
“…”
After knowing that it was not only their village that was relocated, the villagers below looked at each other, still somewhat unconvinced in their hearts, but they did not dare to offend the village chief at this time.
After seeing that the village chief had nothing else to do, they gathered together to discuss the truth of the matter.
"If this is true, we should go back and prepare as soon as possible. We need to prepare a lot of things for this escape."
"You really believe this, but I don't. I won't leave tomorrow. We have lived in Xiaomang Mountain for many years, hundreds of years. If something really happened, why would it wait until now? Moreover, Xiaomang Mountain borders Da Yue. If there really was an earth dragon turning over, why is there no movement over there?"
"Yeah, this is a strange thing. Let's see if they have any news later."
Their Jiangjia Village was only separated from the opposite village by a river. Although the other side was from Dai Yue, they had been living here in peace. The place was remote and no one could control them, so they still had some interactions on weekdays.
Compared to them, the other party lives at the foot of Xiaomang Mountain. If something really happened in Xiaomang Mountain, Dayue would not be unaware of it, even they know about it.
Although they believed in the abilities of their own people, they could not look down on the witch doctor from Dayue. The fact that they could live in peace with Daliang showed that the witch doctor's abilities were comparable to those of the Taoist priests on their side.
If the Taoists can figure this out, then surely those fortune-tellers can too.
Although they wanted to see what the other party was doing, they did not forget their own side. Those who believed naturally went back to clean up slowly, while those who did not believe were afraid that the story was true, so they murmured as they cleaned up, not believing that such a thing would happen.
Only those who had nothing at home and had nothing to pack looked in the opposite direction, but did not see any movement. Seeing that everyone in the village was busy, they felt worried and panicked.
In the end, he made himself some pancakes and got some dry food to avoid starving to death on the way.
But this was an uneasy night after all. Every household slept restlessly. Some people even dreamed of the earth dragon turning over, which woke them up. When they opened their eyes, they saw that the house was fine and their family members were alive. The joy of surviving the disaster surged up, making them cry and their eyes red.
By the next day, I told other people about it, and out of the seven out of ten people who didn't believe it, only four out of ten did. No one wanted to encounter such a scene.
Whenever they heard others talk about it, whenever they thought about their families losing their lives because of it, no matter how unhappy they were in their hearts, they finally stopped showing any opposition on their faces. One by one, they all became depressed and followed the large army all the way to Jian'an City.
Instead, someone washing clothes on the other side of the river happened to see what they were doing and asked loudly, "What are you doing? Do you want me?"
The people of Jiangjia Village also replied: "There is an earth dragon turning over, and we are running for our lives."
The people on the other side of the river looked at each other in surprise, and finally laughed, "They said there was a dragon turning over. How could something like this happen?"
"Yes, the witch didn't give any warning. I think they were wasting their time and energy. They were probably fooled by their Taoist priest."
"If it's really as the other party said, should we..."
After these words were spoken, everyone fell silent. It was the first person who spoke to ease the atmosphere and said, "What are you thinking about? If we leave here, where can we go? And that thing, I don't know if it's true or not, don't pay attention to it."
After washing the clothes, they went home and told their family members what they had seen today. Those who heard it also thought that this could not have happened and did not take it to heart.
They don't believe what the Taoist priests say. If they have to believe anything, they only believe their fortune tellers.
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Seven days later, the dragon of Xiaomang Mountain turned over.
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