Ancient natural disaster: The whole family went to escape together

Chapter 55
Under the dark sky.

After the Su family's carriage had traveled for an unknown amount of time, Su Yuanshan, who was sitting on the edge of the carriage, finally saw a light ahead.

I saw that the open space in front was dotted with orange-red flames, so numerous that it seemed as if all the stars in the sky had fallen to the ground.

From time to time, you can still see wisps of fireworks floating in the sky.

Someone is ahead!

"Ah! Children, Jing Niang, look, we have found someone!"

Su Yuanshan's eyes widened in disbelief, and his thickly bearded chin was shaken by the violent movements.

Su Yuanshan knocked on the carriage door excitedly, trying to get the people in the car to come out quickly.

"Come out and take a look! See if I'm right! These days, I feel like I'm going blind. How long has it been since we saw other living people?!"

Su Yuanshan's words made Su Bujing and others poke their heads out curiously.

Sure enough, when Su Bujing poked his head out, he saw dots of flames in front of him.

If you listen carefully, you can still hear the faint sound of communication.

"Dad, with so many people gathered in front, we didn't go the wrong way!" Su Buwei said in surprise.

With so many people gathered together, it is conceivable that the place they want to go must be a place that everyone thinks is safe and reliable!

After Su Buyi was happy, she frowned as if she remembered something, "Dad, there are so many people here, we have to be careful."

They now have no shortage of food, drink, and warm clothing. Although it was hard to travel at night, they were more tired.

If you meet other people later, their belongings will inevitably not be remembered.

Not to mention food and clothing, which are hard currencies in cold weather, this carriage alone is enough to make people jealous!
Zhao frowned slightly and said:

"Then before we go there, put the two luggage bags on the roof of the car into my space so they can be easily accessed."

"From now on, we will eat in the carriage and try not to let others see us!"

"Well, that's how it should be. And, whether it's for self-defense or for shock, we must each have a weapon!" Su Yuanshan added cautiously.

After being trained in fighting wild beasts on the road, the Su family, including the Zhao family, are now able to draw their swords without changing their expressions.

Just like that, the Su family brought out some weapons, including knives and swords.

The younger ones, Su Bujing and Su Buyou, each got a small knife and placed it close to their sleeves.

Su Bujing also had an extra slender silver hairpin inserted into his head.

The tail of the silver hairpin is as thin as a needle tip and slightly curved. It is also a good thing for self-defense.

The carriage moved forward leisurely. Sitting in the carriage were Su Bujing, Zhao and Su Buyou.

Because there were already people nearby, for safety reasons, Su Yuanshan, Su Buyi and Su Buwei were guarding outside the carriage.

They all carried iron swords and machetes and looked serious.

Before the Su family met the people in front, they were already ready to fight at any time.

The carriage didn't go long before the Su family met a group of people not far away. They happened to be at the end of the crowd in front of them.

There were men and women among them, old and young, and they looked like villagers from a small village.

Everyone was sitting around a small fire, looking depressed, their eyes were numb and dull, and their bodies were emaciated.

Their stained jackets were patched with dusty rags, and then patched again. There were even some withered yellow leaves seeping out from the corners of the clothes with rough stitching.

A dead silence fell over them.

At this time, the villagers also saw the approaching carriage.

They glanced at the weapons in the hands of Su Yuanshan and others, and backed away with fearful expressions, as if they saw the life-threatening Shura.Su Buyi looked coldly at the wariness in the villagers' eyes, paused, put a kind smile on his face, and stepped forward and said:

"I have no time to disturb you all. Our family is here for the first time and we want to ask you about the current situation."

After hearing this, the villagers still did not move, but turned their attention to a rickety old man standing at the front.

Obviously, they are mainly old people.

After Su Buyi noticed it, he adjusted the angle of his body, bowed politely, and said, "Please give me some advice from this old gentleman!"

The rickety old man was as skinny as a stick and his eyes were as sharp as an eagle's.

He seemed to see that Su Buyi and others would not kill easily. He glanced at the carriage quickly from the corner of his eyes and said:

"It's not about giving me advice. It's just that when the old man saw the knife, he couldn't remember what to say."

Su Buyi's expression did not change and she spoke warmly:

"Old Mr. Haihan, in today's world, our family really doesn't dare to say hello to anyone without a sword or weapon."

Seeing that Su Buyi was unwilling to put down the knife, the old man lowered his lips and said in a hoarse voice without any further persuasion:

"Oh, it's easy to talk about it, but the old man is very hungry, I'm afraid he won't be able to finish talking at once!"

As he spoke, the old man's eyes were fixed on the carriage behind Su Buyi, and his meaning was obvious.

If he doesn't give me food, he won't say a word!
Su Buyi and Su Yuanshan looked at each other for a few seconds, then Su Buyi reluctantly took out a small bamboo tube and said:
"Oh, we don't have much to eat. After the old gentleman eats, he has to explain the situation to us!"

There was a muddy raw taro in the bamboo tube. This thing was very hungry.

The old man quickly grabbed the bamboo tube, ignored the jealous villagers behind him, and put the bamboo tube around his waist as if no one else was watching.

"Oh, it's a long story! Ever since the turmoil, the entire northern part of Rui Country has been in chaos!" the old man said while glancing at the carriage greedily.

It turned out that on the eve of the earthquake, the old emperor of Rui State fell seriously ill and passed away. Before leaving, he issued an edict and passed it on to King Jing who had been supervising the country in Ruizhou.

He also directed King Yu, who was out to quell the rebellion, to Yuanzhou, the northernmost part of the Rui Kingdom, and ordered him to go to Yuanzhou immediately after quelling the rebellion, and he was not allowed to leave without an edict.

The defensiveness is obvious.

King Jing is about to ascend the throne. Whether the ministers truly surrender in their hearts, I will not say for the time being. I will only say that Ruiguo has regained peace on the surface.

The change of imperial power has nothing to do with the people.

They didn't care who became the emperor, they were exhausted from dealing with the heavy rain and cold weather.

If not every county had perfect drainage ditches, the rain would probably flood people's heads.

They just hope that the court can quickly send people to provide disaster relief and distribute relief food and clothing so that they can survive the heavy rain and cold weather for one more day.

However, before King Jing could hold the enthronement ceremony, he ordered a general amnesty, allocated funds for disaster relief, and appeased the people, so as to consolidate his position.

The next day, there was a shocking earthquake!
It turned out that the earthquake did not only occur near Yongzhou, but also affected the entire north of Rui.

King Jing felt bitter. When the earthquake hit, he was spreading the seeds of hope to the royal family through his concubine.

The earth-shattering sound of the ground sinking almost sent him away. He put on his clothes and ran out to take a look, and saw half of his palace falling into a black hole on the ground.

King Jing was so frightened that he couldn't straighten his legs. He quickly packed his bags overnight and took his family members to live in the nearby minister's house.In order to avoid long nights and many dreams, King Jing's enthronement ceremony could only be kept simple.

As for the life and death of the people, of course it has nothing to do with him!

Anyway, common people and untouchables are like weeds. When the spring breeze blows, they will grow in large numbers.

How could such aloof people like them care about how many weeds died?How much more will it grow next year?

Anyway, as long as someone farmed the land for him and could pay various taxes, that would be enough.

(End of this chapter)