I don't know who shouted, but everyone present was awakened instantly. The already frightened people were like frightened birds, running around in panic.
"Damn it! Who would have thought that this smoke is poisonous! Then aren't the smoke from the incense burners around here also poisonous?!"
"The court asked us to listen to this opera. Could it be that the one who wants to harm us is not the one who sings the opera, but... but... the big shot in the head?!"
"It's over! It's over! The dragon vein has been blown up. Nanqi is really finished!"
"It's the most severe cold weather ever! Evidence of the royal family's crimes is flying all over the sky! Now even the dragon veins have collapsed! This is clearly a sign of the destruction of the country!"
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The panicked people overturned the nearby incense burner and pushed all kinds of props on the stage everywhere. They broke away from the soldiers guarding outside and fled in all directions.
The group of soldiers who were supervising them watching the show had not yet recovered from the shock, let alone caring about the panicked people.
I don't know if it was really the weather that affected me, but in an instant, dark clouds gathered and heavy snow fell from the sky to the ground.
In the middle of winter, the sky was filled with thunder, a rare occurrence. In a flash, several strong lightning bolts streaked across the gloomy sky, like sharp swords that were about to split the sky in half!
"Boom-boom-boom--"
The earth-shaking thunder was several times more shocking than the sound of the dragon vein collapsing, and frightened all the nearby soldiers so much that their faces turned pale. They didn't care about their duties at all and ran back to the nearby sentry post.
It's over! It's really over!
In the past, strange phenomena from the sky only happened once or twice. This time, it happened several times in a month. I'm afraid that Southern Qi is really close to destruction.
I should hurry back and pack up, and think about how to avoid disaster. With natural disasters and human suffering, people are panicking, who is willing to work for the government for a few coins?!
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At the same time, Li Zhenyi, who was standing by the window of the Yuelai Guest Inn, couldn't help but frown.
"Hey! They say 'thunder and snow, people eat iron', snow in the middle of winter is not a good sign."
"Of course. Xiao Xier has already told us that natural disasters have occurred frequently in the Southern Qi territory in the past six months. Since we already knew about this, we should prepare in advance and adapt to the bad weather as soon as possible. They are already tired enough from running around outside every day, so let's not cause them any more trouble."
Bai Xiuyu's face turned stern, and he pounded the ground heavily with his cane.
"Oh... Mom is right. But the wind is blowing so hard outside. I'm really worried that they might get into danger."
"If they were in danger, they would definitely find a way to send a message. We confiscated the distress signal, which means they are fine. But you, you just practiced a set of boxing and stopped to think about other things! We are the weakest in the family, and you are still worried about others coming!"
"Uh..." Li Zhenyi was choked. Thinking about it, it was indeed true.
The days ahead will only get harder and harder. She and her mother don't know martial arts, so they will inevitably become the weak link of the whole family. Instead of worrying about it, it is more important to improve her own strength as soon as possible.
As they talked, they practiced the new boxing techniques again under Yun Jin's instruction.
Not long after, there was a knock on the inn door.
As soon as they heard it, they knew that the three people who had gone out had returned. Bai Xiuyu and Li Zhenyi immediately wiped the sweat off their faces, put away their tired expressions, and walked towards the door to greet them.
"Hey, honey! We're back!"
Sheng Nanxi sat behind Gu Yuancheng, her face flushed. This time, she not only brought the candied haws for her mother, but also her grandmother's favorite jujube and mountain medicinal cake and sister Yun's favorite lotus root powder and osmanthus sugar cake.
The closer people are, the less they want to see their tired appearance. The three of them hid in a corner and tidied themselves up before entering the house. Now, their faces were all rosy, as if they had just gone out for a walk.
"Oh! My dearest daughter is finally back!"
No matter how well Sheng Nanxi hid it, she could still see the dark circles under her eyes. Li Zhenyi felt so distressed that she quickly took the things and picked her up to check her again and again. She made sure that her little baby had not lost a single hair before she stopped.
It was just past the hour of Mao. Because the official road ahead was blocked by an avalanche, the exile team had planned to stay in Jinyang City for three days. The officials did not require the exiles to get up early.
Everyone was exhausted and fell into a deep sleep. Even though there was thunder outside, many people just opened their eyes to take a look and then went back to sleep.
Taking advantage of the chaos in the city at this time, the people from the eldest branch of the Sheng family directly got on the carriage that xiao had already prepared, and prepared to follow the crowd that was rushing out of the city in panic.
In order to facilitate their escape later, Sheng Nanxi asked her third brother to prepare two medium-sized carriages for five people and a carriage for transporting goods.
My mother and her family had received the news and had already moved all the belongings from the donkey cart into the horse carriage.
Sheng Nanxi could have put the donkey cart directly into the space. But she thought that a vehicle would leave tracks when it was in motion. Yesterday, everyone saw them driving the donkey cart into the inn, but today it suddenly disappeared out of thin air, which might arouse suspicion.
He asked his third brother to erase the emblem of the Qinghe Bai family on the wheel and left the car to the exile team.
She also thought that many people in the exile team were usually very kind to her family. The weather would take a sharp turn for the worse in less than half a month, and things would only get more and more difficult. She had more food than she could eat in her lifetime, so it wouldn't hurt to help everyone appropriately.
Sheng Nancy waved her hand and put dozens of bags of brown rice, corn, sweet potatoes and other food, dozens of thick cotton clothes and some common medicines in the donkey cart left behind.
He also asked his third brother to leave a letter to Li Yanbo, the second son of the Li family, vaguely explaining where they would go next.
She has also been silently observing everyone's character along the way. Although Li Yanbo looks pedantic, he is actually very smart. I believe he can see through the secrets and lead everyone to escape to the Peach Blossom Spring in the northern border.
Now that the storm is coming, if they follow the exile team, not only will they be tied down, but it will also easily bring disaster to everyone. This is the only way to have the best of both worlds.
They now had four adults and two children, all able to fit into a carriage.
The second car was specially prepared for Dad and Fifth Brother. Sheng Nanxi asked the undercover guard to lay a thick blanket in the car in advance, and put the two people who were still sleeping into the car when no one was paying attention.
Two major anomalies occurred this morning, and the county commander had already led a large number of people to the Bixiao Mountain to check the situation. There were not many soldiers left in the city, and when they saw someone leaving the city, they simply looked at the pass and let them go.
The pass forged by the secret guards in advance might not be detected even during the martial law period, let alone now.
The family left the city smoothly and met up with a large number of secret guards lurking outside the city. Xinggui Ma � reported the situation ahead:
"Third Master, there is an avalanche ahead and the official road has not been cleared yet. If we take the official road, we can only go through Nanyang County first and then go northwest, or go through several nearby counties and go around through the mountain roads."
"You can't take the official road." Sheng Yichen's face did not show the joy of being freed from the sea of suffering, but instead was unusually cold.
"Oh! This world is not peaceful. If we don't take the official road, we will probably encounter groups of bandits, which is even more unsafe." Li Zhenyi looked out through the curtains and couldn't help frowning.
Sheng Nanxi held the bottle of milk and drank it vigorously, and her face slowly tightened.
"Mother, what Third Brother said is right. According to our secret guards, this time Prince Yongping has mobilized all the troops he can to deal with us. In addition to the more than 9,000 Yongping troops in the open, there are probably more hidden guards. In total, there are nearly 20,000 people."
"But not only did we not see the Yongping Army commander Zhou Dingbang yesterday, but the number of Yongping Army soldiers we encountered was only about 10,000."
"Tell me, where did Zhou Dingbang go with the remaining 10,000 elite soldiers?!"