Chapter 83 Disaster
"Why are there so many dead bodies on the road?" Li Laosan couldn't believe his ears.
Jin Daya rubbed his arms and patted his chest in fear, saying, "How could I have faked what I saw with my own eyes? There really wasn't a single living person!"
"No way, what happened?"
"Could it be that the King of Zhao has already attacked?"
"Shall we go down the mountain?"
The last question struck everyone's heart. They looked at each other, and then all looked at Li Laosan.
Sheng Ze said, "Chenzhou is guarded by Zheng Shicheng and blocked by the cliff ravine. Qishan is also not suitable for marching. The King of Zhao should not forcefully take Chenzhou at this time."
Zheng Shicheng was a Confucian general who had both the ability to govern a provincial government and the talent to lead troops in battle. He was originally the late emperor's backup plan to check and balance the Northern Zhen General Liang Cheng.
"What about the dead people at the foot of the mountain?" Jin Daya asked without thinking.
At this time, Shen Qingqian suddenly said: "There is a saying in the book, 'A day in the mountains is a thousand years in the world'. We have been in the mountains for more than a month, and we don't know what happened down there. Maybe there was a disaster?"
The weather this year was so strange that they hadn't seen any rain in the mountains since the rainstorm for a month. If it weren't for the long Qishan Mountains and the fact that the highest peak was covered with snow all year round, with springs seeping out at any time, they would have been exhausted just looking for water.
If it's like this on the mountain, it's even harder to say at the foot of the mountain.
"That's not possible," Jiang Goudan scratched his head doubtfully, "Even if the mountain is dry for a month or two, there shouldn't be no one alive on the road, right?"
Chen Er squatted against a small tree and said impatiently, "What's the point of you guessing so much? You'll know after you take a look. Maybe he just happened to see it when no one was passing by."
During this period, the accents of Chen Er and others changed because they always listened to Jiang Goudan and his group.
Jin Daya wanted to refute, but after thinking about it, it seemed that he really saw the dead bodies all over the ground and the silence on the road, so he was so scared that he ran back immediately.
So, Jin Daya was speechless after hearing this.
Li Laosan thought for a moment, then looked at Shengze, "Chengsan, what do you think?"
Nowadays, when making important decisions, Li Laosan would unconsciously ask Shengze for his opinion.
"How about this, let Cheng Yun and Brother Shen go and take another look, wait by the roadside for half an hour to see if anyone passes by and ask about the situation. If no one passes by in half an hour, we will retreat back to the forest we were just in and make plans later." Sheng Ze gave a suggestion after a little thought.
Li Laosan nodded repeatedly after hearing this and said, "I think this will work."
Ling Yun and Shen Xiao then walked down the mountain, while the others stayed where they were and waited.
"Sixth sister, what's going on?" Shen Qingning asked while sitting on the hay, pulling out the grass to weave a straw hat.
Shen Qingqian's hands were not idle either. The straw hat in her hand had already taken shape. "It's hard to say. We'll know when big brother comes back."
If no one passes by, it can only mean that something big must have happened in Chenzhou. After all, the road they took down the mountain was an official road, and there were cars coming and going under normal circumstances.
Maybe Shen Xiao and the others were lucky, and they came back after a short while.
"How is it?" Li Laosan asked from a distance.
The one who answered was Shen Xiao, his face very solemn. "Chenzhou has been suffering from a severe drought for a month, and ten days ago there was a locust plague. After the locust plague, there was a fire in the Chenzhou camp."
These words alone were shocking enough, but what Ling Yun said next made Shen Qingqian and others at a loss for words.
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