"Then...Hu Ming, let's go!" Miss Zhou was still inexplicably convinced by Zelan.
When Hu Ming saw that Miss Zhou said the same thing, he agreed. His mentality was relatively simple. If the earthquake did not happen, it would only disturb the people at most, but if it did happen, it would save lives.
Anyway, they also hate and reject the imperial court, and they don't care about the same thing.
Everyone immediately returned home, summoned soldiers and horses, knocked on the doors of each house, and asked them to quickly go to an open place.
Naturally, they were unwilling to wake up the people in the middle of the night. They cursed and even clashed with the soldiers. However, this time it was the city lord who gave the order to go to an open area. Therefore, even if they were unwilling, they were still dragged away.
go out.
But the problem is that even if they are forced out, there is no way to watch over them. After the soldiers leave, they go back to sleep.
Moreover, some of the mob took this as an excuse to directly confront the soldiers, causing a huge commotion.
Some soldiers went to the villages where the mob was making trouble. Almost all the people in the villages in this area were against the imperial court. These villages were quite special, with very few women. Because they were located in remote areas, many of the men here could not find wives and were poor.
It was so bad that it was almost impossible to maintain three meals a day. The people of the Jin Kingdom started from these villages. Therefore, in the several villages combined, there were only about ten children under the age of fifteen.
The soldiers beat gongs and drums to tell everyone to get up and go out, which angered the mob. Conflict broke out immediately, and they fought with the soldiers on the spot.
These mobs were out looking for trouble every day, but now that the soldiers came to their door, they would not let go and beat them hard. There were only a few soldiers, only about twenty, and they were attacked by the mob, and they were beaten very badly.
There was no choice but to run away.
In the entire Ruodu City, there were not many people who ran out. There were only ten thousand people in total. Seventy percent of them went back immediately after the officers and soldiers left, cursing and saying that the court was trying to make things difficult for them. This would not happen in Ruodu City.
Earthquake.
Miss Zhou was extremely angry, "Believe it or not, I asked the master to burn down all their houses? It's really annoying."
Hu Ming shook his head, "Don't say stupid things. If you set it on fire, won't you be burned to death? In that case, why waste the fire? Just let the house collapse and crush you to death."
Miss Zhou paused, lowered her voice and asked: "Do you think there will really be an earthquake?"
Hu Ming looked back and saw that no one was following him, so he said softly: "Actually, I don't believe it. It's ridiculous to say that there is an earthquake just because of snakes and rats running around. Also, about the mountain spring water, I just asked an old man
, he said that the mountain spring water has been tested to be turbid, and it has become turbid several times, and there has been no earthquake. I think the young master is going to make a mistake this time."
"But we have to obey her order, so as long as it's true, those people can go back if they want. Our errand is done anyway," Miss Zhou said.
After saying that, she smiled to herself and said, "It's just a bit perfunctory. I hope the young master doesn't notice it."
Hu Ming nodded, hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said: "However, if there is an earthquake, it will cost people's lives. We'd better try our best. We can't take risks even if there is even the slightest chance."
Seeing that he was so serious, Miss Zhou felt that what he said was reasonable and said, "Then we will do what you want and we will do our best."
"It's not according to my will, but according to the little master's wish."
The two looked at each other, smiled, and strode forward to continue their work.
Zelan sat on the back of the little phoenix, hovering in the night sky. If there was an earthquake, the magnetic field would change, and she should be able to sense it.
This feeling suddenly became very strong at the fifth watch of the day, and the little phoenix suddenly looked up to the sky and roared, and the sound spread out as quickly as lightning, which was extremely penetrating.
After a while, the ground shook, the ground roared, and an earthquake occurred.
The earthquake lasted for more than ten seconds. The ground shook and the mountains shook. Where Zelan and Phoenix hovered, houses collapsed, mountains cracked, and roads were disconnected.
Zeelan had never experienced an earthquake before, so he didn't know what the magnitude was. He saw houses collapsing one after another, dust billowing everywhere, and cries and wailings.