Zhao Hao never expected that he would encounter an earthquake when he went into the mountains.
And it's in the most dangerous valley. Isn't this so damn unlucky?
But he had no time to wail at this moment. Seeing Ambassador Hou and the officials from the Guanglu Temple fleeing one after another, Gao Wu and others also protected Zhao Hao and fled out of the valley.
Zhao Hao could feel the vibrations becoming more and more intense while riding on his horse. He looked at the hillsides on both sides and saw rocks falling down. He shouted sternly:
"No one can protect anyone at this time! Split up and run for your lives!"
But the men in Caijia Lane turned a deaf ear and none of them dispersed.
But Zhao Hao was too busy being moved. Instead, he whipped them with a horse whip and said, "You are too slow for squeezing together. Do you want to kill me?!"
"Scatter and run for your lives!" At this time, Gao Wu finally spoke.
The men in Caijia Lane then urged their horses desperately and ran towards the direction where Ambassador Hou had disappeared.
But Gao Wu still held Zhao Hao's reins tightly, fearing that the young man, whose riding skills were poor, would not be able to control the frightened horse.
He was right to do so.
Because Zhao Hao was almost carsick from being shaken so much, he could only lie on the horse's back, holding on to the saddle tightly, and let Gao Wu pull the horse forward.
Unfortunately, this section of the valley was nearly ten miles long. Zhao Hao looked up several times in the wind, but could not see the exit...
He had never felt time passing so slowly in his entire life.
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On the other side, Li Chengen used all his skills to control the skis to avoid the rolling rocks and slid to the place where his sister disappeared.
Those young masters had already gathered here, and they were all terrified.
"What's going on?" Li Chengen pulled up Ningyuan Hou's son Liu Side and asked angrily, "Where is my sister?"
"The county princess was flying up, and then the earthquake came, and then she went down the hillside..." Liu Side pointed to the front and stammered.
"Why don't you go down and look for it?!" Li Chengen left Liu Side behind fiercely and was about to row in the direction he pointed, but suddenly stopped there.
Suddenly, I saw a gully about seven or eight feet wide appearing in front of me. No wonder those young men hesitated to move forward.
Li Chengen looked around and saw no place to sprint, so he simply took off his skis, took a few steps back, and prepared to run over this section.
"Absolutely not." Several young masters hurriedly held him down. The life or death of Princess Lanling was already in danger. If the young master also died here, wouldn't the princess go crazy?
Your Majesty will certainly punish them.
"Let me go, let me go!" Although Li Chengen and his sister usually disliked each other, when it came to the moment of life and death, only the blood relationship was left.
Suddenly, there was another earthquake, and countless rocks wrapped in snow fell into the ditch. Several young masters used all their strength to drag Li Chengen, who was about to go crazy, to a safe area.
At this time, Xu Yuanchun also came with a group of guards and followers. Seeing this, he calmly commanded everyone, "Let's ensure our own safety first. When the earthquake stops, we will look for Mingyue while sending someone back to report the news."
He was the backbone of the young master. After hearing this, everyone finally calmed down. Only Li Chengen, who was confused, scolded Xu Yuanchun for being cowardly and hypocritical...
Xu Yuanchun said that he felt aggrieved. This was obviously the most correct decision, right?
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The huge earthquake also reached the valley, finally triggering a terrible landslide on the mountain wall.
Amid the flying snow foam, snow collapsed in sections, carrying large and small stones, and rolled towards the valley.
Fortunately, there was not too much snow on the sunny side of the landslide, otherwise it would have swallowed up everything in the valley in a blink of an eye.
But even so, the valley was still filled with smoke and snow, making it difficult to see what was around.
From time to time, rocks as big as watermelons would fall down, putting people in danger of death at any time...
At this time, even Gao Wu couldn't control the horse. The animal's fear instinct made his yellow horse gallop desperately. Gao Wu could only clamp his legs tightly around the horse's belly, and then hold his own reins with one hand and Zhao Hao's reins with the other.
When he finally rushed out of the avalanche area, he hurriedly looked back and suddenly saw a ghost.
He saw that his young master's horse was still under his control, but the horse's back was empty and there was no trace of Zhao Hao.
"Young Master!" Gao Wu's eyes instantly turned bloodshot, and he tried desperately to turn the horse's head, but the yellow horse did not stop and continued to gallop wildly.
"Stop!" Gao Wu grabbed the reins with both hands, and the yellow horse was pulled up to stand up, finally returning to the control of its master.
Then Gao Wu turned his horse's head and rushed back to look for Zhao Hao, facing the snow and gravel all over the sky.
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Zhao Hao was not hit by falling rocks and fell off his horse as Gao Wu imagined.
In fact, he took the initiative to jump the horse.
After the landslide occurred, he became extremely alert for fear of being hit by falling rocks and stared at the side of the landslide.
Sure enough, he saw a stone the size of a head flying straight towards him.
Zhao Hao had no time to think about it, and subconsciously wanted to hide under the horse's belly to avoid the flying stones. But he forgot that with his small body and limited skills, how could he perform such a difficult move?
So he fell off his horse without any suspense.
His story had just begun. Naturally, he was not destined to die and luckily fell into a ditch on the side of the road covered with a thick layer of snow.
When he was sure that he was safe and sound, he crawled out of the snow hole in a panic, only to see that the earthquake was still continuing and the landslide was becoming more and more serious.
He forced himself to calm down, mobilized the survival knowledge stored in his brain, and quickly assessed the situation. He decided that it would be more dangerous to stay where he was, so he did not hesitate to use his hands and feet to climb up the other side of the hillside that had not yet collapsed.
But this side is not safe either, and landslides may occur at any time. Zhao Hao lay on the slope to catch his breath, looked around, and chose a round and gentle hill like a steamed bun in front of him on the left. There are no higher hills around there, and the probability of rockfall is the lowest. He should move there as soon as possible and wait for the earthquake to end.
Once he made up his mind, Zhao Hao looked at the sun in the sky to figure out the direction. He climbed along the ridge towards the hill, while tearing off strands of fur from his cloak and hanging them on the bushes along the way as a mark to let anyone looking for him know where he was going.
The ground was still shaking, and chunks of snow and gravel kept slipping from under Zhao Hao's feet. He had no choice but to use his hands and feet to move forward with difficulty, while vigilantly observing the road ahead to avoid areas where landslides might occur.
The mountains were shaking, the ground was trembling, and the sky was full of snow. Zhao Hao felt like he had entered a disaster movie. Unfortunately, he did not have the agile qualities of the male protagonist, so he could only crawl like a dog.
He didn't know how long he had been crawling forward, but when he was about to get out of this dangerous area, he suddenly saw a red thing lying not far away.
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