Great Sui Storyteller

Chapter 490.
"The situation in Hedong is not in the south, but in the middle and north. The south is close to the Yellow River, and the main official roads in Hedong, as well as relatively large county towns, are concentrated in this area. Including the acropolis where Wuduaner was defeated , several counties and cities have now been taken over by Consolation Ambassador Li Gong, and the imperial court has sent officials to maintain stability a few days ago, except for refugees who are a big problem... the situation is stable.

The difficulty lies in the fact that the terrain is flat and deserted villages are everywhere, and many old and weak who do not want to leave their homes choose to stay where they are.Now is the turn of spring and summer, be diligent, there is no shortage of food for the time being.But if there is no help, even after spring and summer, when autumn and winter come, these old and weak... probably won't be able to survive this winter.

The most difficult thing is the Northland.The Taihang Mountains were rolling and rolling. After Wu Duan'er was defeated, Li Gong reluctantly captured some captives, but there were more people... just like the people outside the city that the two mages saw.They were just ordinary farmers. Their family suffered a sudden disaster, they were robbed of money and food, and they had nothing to do, so they had to join them.

It's not a heinous crime, everything is just for survival.And Wu Duan'er was defeated, and they didn't want to be implicated, so they scattered and fled to various places in the river east.But he couldn't wait for the news of the pardon, and instead became a traitor.Unable to go home, taking advantage of the few swords in his hands, he gathered a crowd in twos and threes... At first, he actually wanted to hide from the limelight, and waited for news of His Majesty's pardon.

But if there is nothing after waiting for so long, then there is no other way.If you don't want to rebel, you have to rebel.Fortunately, the Taihang Mountains in the North provided them with a hiding place.These people hid in the mountains and made a living by traveling to Wencheng, Jiangjun, or crossing the Fenshui River to rob in Guanzhong.However, after receiving the report of the bandits in Guanzhong, they sent soldiers to hang them twice and killed thousands of people.

And now... I don't know how many people are hiding in the Taihang Mountains.I think there are 2000 to [-], these people...unless Mr. Li personally pardons them, they definitely won't come out.As for the reason... When these bandits were about to rob Hancheng, the Hancheng county guard used a surrender order to deceive a group of rebel generals with about [-] troops, and captured all the captives... Sigh.Now that I think about it, I should never trust anyone except imperial decree and Li Gong, right?
This is all the potential of Hedong that I know, I don't know what else I want to ask? "

When Li Zhen and Xuanzang asked about the situation in Hedong, Cui Changde gave some... Roughly speaking, but very clear.But there is a somewhat vague "detailed" explanation in the understanding.

The reason for saying this is because Cui Changde did clarify the current situation in Hedong.The difference between the North and the South, the division of the crowd, and some things that happened during this period, etc., were all explained, so that Li Zhen would not be caught blind.

But the reason why the hands are vague is also because...he didn't mention the salt mines in Hedong, or the number of refugees in the south, who is in power, and who controls them.

understand.

People come here to be polite to you.

It's not what you owe you.

I said these are commercial secrets, what are you doing talking about them with an outsider who has met you for less than an hour?
Being able to give this information is already doing the best of humanity.

If you continue to ask, it becomes Li Zhen who doesn't know what to do, and he won't talk to you so much.

Li Zhen naturally understood these principles, so he bowed his hands politely:
"Thank you, Mr. Cui, for telling me. To be honest, the poor and the others came to Hedong this time to find friends. Du Keming, the second son of the Du family, is a close friend of the poor. I heard that he came to Hedong to be the secretary of the county. Thinking that Hedong has just gone through the flames of war, and everything is waiting to be done, in order to prevent evil people from bewitching the public, or if Keming needs help, he is here to help. However, the person is soft-spoken. Before coming, he didn't know about Hedong. Now thanks Master Cui's help, Pindao is very grateful, and blessings will be born to the Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable!"

Sincerity is mutual.

After they said so much, Li Zhen didn't intend to make people vigilant.

It was Xiao Cui's proposal to come to Yu Qun.And the facts have proved that it is not a loss.Hearing the strategy of dealing with the people outside the city from the chief Cui Changde, on the one hand, let Li Zhen see the family's desperate plan to kill and save people without blood, on the other hand, it also makes Li Zhen not follow the innocent people. Caught blind here like a fly.

pretty good.

And Li Zhen probably understood what the other party meant.

Yu Qun, he didn't intend to stay longer.

Because there is no meaning left, so after thanking him, I added a sentence:
"In that case, the poor Taoist will leave early tomorrow morning, and arrive at Hejin as soon as possible to join the friends of the poor Taoist."

This sentence is equivalent to telling the other party:
"We're not here to make trouble. We'll leave tomorrow. Just rest assured."

Sure enough, after hearing this, Cui Changde laughed.

Not saying he was happy, but smiling very politely:
"The Taoist priest is compassionate and benevolent, I admire..."

Not finished yet.

Suddenly, Li Zhen was taken aback!
A feeling of... heart palpitations suddenly arises!

This feeling is extremely strange, and it can even be said that it is the first time that Li Zhen has felt such...inexplicable heart palpitations at such a young age!

It's not a life-and-death crisis, nor is it a murderous look.

It was purely...uncomfortable.

It's like falling into the deep sea.Obviously there is nothing in the sea, but the heart can't help beating violently!

"?"

He was stunned.

what's the situation?
Where did this palpitation come from?
Xuanzang, who was at the side, also saw that something was wrong with Li Zhen, and cast a puzzled look.

But it's just this moment!

"Bang!!!!"

Outside the private room, there was a sudden explosion from nowhere, like a thunder!
Then came the sound of creaking wood twisting.

Above the heads of the three, dust fluttered down along with the shaking room!Then, there was a rumbling like thunder...

earthquake! ?
Li Zhen's thought had just swayed, but the swaying had stopped.

If it weren't for the dust and water stains around the teacups on the table...it would have been as if nothing had happened.

It makes people think that they have an illusion in a trance!
But Cui Changde's complexion changed, and he hurried to the window, and opened the window. Following his movements, both Li Zhen and Xuanzang saw a burst of fire and gray smoke rising rapidly.

But the flames didn't last long. On the contrary, it was the cloud of smoke that soared into the sky, indicating... something might be wrong there.

And Cui Changde's face changed, and there was no trace of a smile anymore.

Subconsciously, he first looked at Li Zhen and Xuanzang with unusually cold eyes, but after seeing the astonishment on their faces, he hid his eyes again.

Only this time, he wasn't polite.

"You two, I'm sorry, let's go ahead and say goodbye!"

After finishing speaking, the two guards opened the door at the same time, and the shopkeeper Cui stepped out without looking back, and left directly with the people.

"..."

"..."

Li Zhen and Xuanzang looked at each other.

The Taoist priest, still recalling the palpitations in his mind, thought for a while and said to Xuanzang:

"Go and see what's going on?"

"Amitabha."

Xuanzang clasped his hands together:

"The earth and dragons are shaking the sky, most likely...it's not a good thing!"

"It's not a good thing, it's more important to see it. If there are some natural and man-made disasters... that's really bad."

While speaking, there were already various hurried whistles on the street outside, and someone was vaguely shouting "Quickly report to the county magistrate".

Li Zhen ignored it, and went directly upstairs with Xuanzang out of the house.

Before going upstairs, Sun Simiao has already arrived at the stairs:

"What's going on!? How could there be an earth-shattering dragon!?"

The Taoist looked solemn.

Li Zhenxin said how would I know?

Then without him saying anything, Sun Simiao pointed outside:
"Go and see! The earth and dragons are shaking the sky...that's a big deal!"

"Got it!"

The two Taoists and the monk turned around and rushed downstairs.

And at this moment, the people in the inn were also in chaos. The people upstairs were running downstairs, and there was no one on the first floor. When the three of Li Zhen went down to the first floor, they had already seen people standing on the street many people.

Li Zhen didn't know how popular the knowledge of earthquake prevention was in this era... But looking at the expressions of those people, he guessed that many of them were here to watch the excitement... But that's not the point.

The point is, the moment when his feet really stepped onto the brick-paved ground on the first floor!
Suddenly, he had a feeling in his heart.

A kind of... similar to the burning and tingling feeling of heartburn caused by indigestion after eating too much.

This feeling appeared in his heart instantly, like a companion groaning sadly, which gave him the urge to check it out impatiently.

Yes……

Earth!

The earth is sending him a feeling of pain...or in other words, it's the dragon's veins that are sending out painful whispers!

"..."

Silently, the Taoist took a deep breath and barely suppressed the scorching heartburn. When he came outside, he found that...the smoke and dust in the sky had dissipated a lot.

"Go, go and see!"

There was no need for Sun Simiao and Xuanzang to say much, Li Zhen had already put his hands on their wrists.

With a sway of his shoulders, he led the two of them out of Yubu without feeling the slightest pressure, and was sent by the earth to the farthest distance he could reach.

A city gate that has been closed.

But looking at the gate of the city that was close at hand, Li Zhen stepped on it again, and when he appeared, he was already outside the gate of the west city.

He didn't care about why the city gate was suddenly closed, but he thought it was to prevent someone from looting.

It doesn't matter.

third step!
Tianhuo colleagues!

the fourth step!
Mizusawa Festival!
the fifth step……

Step by step, taking Sun Simiao and Xuanzang for almost a few breaths, Li Zhen came to the area where the smoke and dust were floating.

A mining camp with countless red and white salt bricks piled up, arrow towers, horses, soldiers and soldiers, but only a small part remained, most of which had been turned into ruins and buried in deep pits.

(End of this chapter)