Chapter 26 Another Earthquake
After the meal, the chief officer called on everyone to set off again.
On the official road, they encountered groups of refugees who had left their homes.
"Why are you heading north? Isn't the south said to be a land of fish and rice?"
Qiao Qiqi curiously asked one of the women holding the child.
The woman looked haggard and miserable. She shook her head and said, "I heard there's a flood in the south right now. I don't dare go there!"
"But the further north you go, the colder it gets. Can you handle this long journey?"
Qiao Qiqi couldn't help but ask as she saw how hard she was walking with the child in her arms.
"After passing the bitter cold land, we reach the Dry Country. I heard that there is abundant water and grass there, and it is also a land of fish and rice. It is not like our Dayong, where some are extremely rich, while others are so poor that they can't even afford to eat."
The woman sighed, "Dayong has been plagued by natural disasters and man-made disasters over the years. It would be better to leave sooner rather than later."
Only then did Qiao Qiqi remember that the name of the country she traveled into in this book was Dayong.
However, she remembered that Prince Pei was not the regent of Dayong?
Which country's regent was he? Why couldn't she remember?
Qiao Qiqi glanced at Pei Shaoling lying on the ox cart and found that her memory of the original work had faded a lot.
Can’t remember many key words?
Why is this?
Or is it because of my transmigration into the book that caused the butterfly effect, and many things are different now?
Qiao Qiqi frowned and began to think.
"Walk faster and don't mix with the refugees!"
The chief constable shouted, "Hurry up and go!"
Seeing the refugees and prisoners mixed together, the chief officer became a little anxious.
In the past few years, there have been many cases of refugees robbing exiled prisoners of their food rations in order to survive.
If we let them mix together like this, it would be easy for something to go wrong.
At his command, the officers came forward with whips and forcibly separated the prisoners and refugees.
Perhaps the swords on the officers' waists worked, and the refugees could only follow the exile team from a distance.
In this way, everyone walked on the official road for another three hours.
Seeing that it was getting dark, the chief officer quickly ordered people to find a place to stay overnight.
"Boss, there's a small river ahead. We can camp by the river."
The constable Lao Si came back to report with an expressionless face.
"Okay, let's rest by the creek!"
The chief constable sitting on the ox cart nodded and ordered his men to get off the official road and head to the river.
After arriving at the river, Qiao Qiqi was called over to cook.
There is a forest with lush grass beside the stream.
After getting permission from the chief official, she went in and picked a lot of wild vegetables and mushrooms.
She stewed a big pot of pork and mushrooms with wild mushrooms and the pork prepared by the chief official.
She also cooked a pot of wild vegetable porridge with wild vegetables and millet brought from Ruan's hometown.
As for what the second and third branches of the Pei family and the Zhao family eat, it is not within her consideration.
Adding a little salt and chicken essence to the wild vegetable porridge makes the whole porridge fresh, fragrant and delicious.
"Sister-in-law, why do you want to drink porridge at night?"
Pei Shaoming asked doubtfully.
After walking for a whole day, he and his second brother took turns carrying Pei Shuer, which was very tiring.
Of course, I hope that the food and drink at night can be better so that I can replenish my energy.
"Your eldest brother wanted to drink porridge, so I made some."
Qiao Qiqi took out some dried meat from the bag in the carriage and distributed it to everyone.
She walked to the front of the carriage and asked Pei Shaoling softly, "How is it? Can I eat by myself?"
"It's a little hot. Can you feed me after you finish eating?"
There was a hint of smile in Pei Shaoling's voice.
"Okay, I'll eat first, you wait for me."
Qiao Qiqi nodded slightly, returned to Pei's mother and the others, and began to drink the porridge slowly.
After dinner, Mr. Ruan asked Qiao Qiqi to light a bonfire at the back of the carriage, and he himself didn't know where to find a candle.
He started to give Pei Shaoling acupuncture.
"Your Highness, after this acupuncture, if you combine it with your internal energy techniques, you will be able to recover."
While no one was paying attention to them, Old Ruan whispered in Pei Shaoling's ear.
"Okay, I understand. Leave when you have the chance. Someone else needs to do what I told you to do."
Pei Shaoling narrowed his eyes slightly and said through gritted teeth.
"Your Highness, are you planning to go to this bitter cold place like this?"
Mr. Ruan asked softly.
"Didn't you say there would be another earthquake in the next couple of days? We can just take the opportunity to leave then."
Pei Shaoling said as he looked at the constables Lao Si and Lao Ba who were closest to him.
Perhaps noticing Pei Shaoling's gaze, the fourth officer turned around and nodded at the two of them.
"Your Highness, I calculated with my fingers that there might be an earthquake tonight."
Mr. Ruan looked at the stars in the night sky and said.
"Yeah?"
Pei Shaoling glanced in the direction of Qiao Qiqi and frowned slightly.
He called her softly, "Madam~"
"Huh? What's wrong?"
"What's wrong?"
Hearing Boss Pei's call, Qiao Qiqi quickly stood up and walked over, "Are you feeling unwell?"
"No, tell Mom and the others to be alert tonight because there might be an earthquake. When it does, you must stay close to the oxcart, okay?"
Pei Shaoling spoke to her in a low voice.
Huh? There's also an earthquake?
Qiao Qiqi glanced at Mr. Ruan. He had said yesterday that there would be more earthquakes, but she didn't take it seriously.
Now that he mentioned it again, it might be true.
After all, the ancients had a more thorough understanding of astronomical phenomena.
Anyway, it is better to believe it than not to believe it!
For the sake of her own life, Qiao Qiqi secretly told the news to other people in the Pei family's main branch with this thought in mind.
By the way, he quietly untied the bracelets and shackles on the hands of the two brothers of the Pei family with the iron wire, and threw the things into the space.
After being shocked, everyone nodded and continued to close their eyes and pretend to sleep.
really!
In the middle of the night, the old ox began to become restless.
When Qiao Qiqi opened her eyes, she saw the constables Lao Si and Lao Ba untying the reins of the old ox.
She quietly woke up Pei's mother and the two Pei brothers, and placed the sleeping Pei Shu'er next to Pei Shaoling in the carriage.
Soon, Qiao Qiqi felt dizzy, and the ground began to surge like a cow turning over.
The riverbanks in the stream also began to make sounds of water splashing against the shore.
"The ground is shaking, get out of here!"
The chief constable was awakened by the noise. He saw the ground beneath him begin to crack and knew it was not safe here, so he quickly shouted to everyone.
The fourth constable, who had been waiting for this sentence, immediately raised the whip of the cattle and shouted.
The old ox ran away from the river.
"Hurry, follow them!"
Qiao Qiqi pulled Pei's mother behind the ox cart.
The two Pei brothers also removed the restraints on their bodies and followed Qiao Qiqi.
The situation is too chaotic at this time.
The water level of the stream rose, and the officers were scrambling to pack up their things while also dodging stones that flew from nowhere.
No one noticed that the two brothers' restraints had been removed.
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