noffsinger Chapter 245 The entire Pingchuan City disappeared
Chapter 245 The entire Pingchuan City disappeared
After three or four days, Song Yao and others finally arrived in Pingchuan.
Pingchuan is the fief of Prince Wenxuan, and Prince Wenxuan is the brother of the current emperor.
Song Yao thought that with Wen Xuanwang in charge, Pingchuan would be as prosperous as Shanghu. What she didn't expect was that all the houses in Pingchuan collapsed. Some of the houses sank dozens of centimeters deep. The deepest ravine was almost more than a hundred feet deep, and it was full of broken house tiles and other things.
This scene shocked everyone standing at the city gate!
Chen He widened his eyes and asked in disbelief, "What's going on?"
E Yu's eyes were full of surprise, "What happened?"
Song Zizhou asked, "The entire Pingchuan City is gone?"
Song Yao said seriously: "Looking at the situation here, there must have been an earthquake."
Everyone looked at Song Yao, their faces full of confusion.
E Yu asked, "What is an earthquake?"
Song Yao glanced at them and explained, "Earthquakes are ground shaking and subsidence. They are caused by the movement and rupture of deep rock layers... In short, it is these factors that cause such earthquakes. They are natural disasters."
Song He said: "That's almost like a natural disaster."
"Well." Song Yao said, "Since there was an earthquake here, we can't go in. Let's go away."
There are so many of them and the carriage is running on the road. If there is any loose part, they will be doomed!
In short, it is very dangerous here. You must not enter the city and must avoid dangerous areas.
Song Yuanbai said, "Look at the houses here. They are already covered with grass, and some are even moldy. It seems that the earthquake must have happened a long time ago."
Feng Yingying asked, "Aren't there only corpses in there?"
"That's for sure!" Song Yuanbai said, "Let's take a detour."
Then everyone got on the carriage.
Because they were afraid of another earthquake, they had no choice but to return and go to Qiongzhou by another route.
But if that happens, they won’t be able to resupply their supplies.
The remaining supplies now can only last for one month, including the crops grown in the space. If any emergency occurs, these foods will not be enough to last for one month.
Song Yao thought she could come to Pingchuan to buy supplies, but she didn't know she couldn't buy anything!
Next, they have to save some money, otherwise they will really go hungry.
They took another path and arrived at a place called Shili Village outside Pingchuan City.
Surprisingly, there are quite a few villagers living in Shili Village.
In the past, when they came to a village, most of the people in the village had left, but in Shili Village, there were quite a lot of people.
It seems that they were not affected by the drought.
Only Song Zizhou entered the village. With the help of the villagers, he found the village headman and asked him to stay for one night, but he was rejected.
After hearing the other party's refusal, Song Zizhou was stunned for a moment before saying, "We won't cause any impact on you. It's almost dark now, so we hope Muramasa will forgive us for the inconvenience."
Zhao Lizheng said, "There are old and young people in our village. It would be inconvenient for you to live here. You should move somewhere else."
Song Zizhou said, "We will definitely not disturb the people in your village. I hope the village head will give us some leniency."
Seeing his insistence, Zhao Lizheng said, "To be honest, a group of people moved into our village half a year ago, but they robbed the entire village that night and killed three people. Since then, I have resolutely refused to let anyone live in our village again. Young man, I am truly sorry."
So this is the reason why they were not allowed to live in.
Song Zizhou couldn't bear to make things difficult for others any longer, so he turned around and left.
Song Yao and the others had already gotten off the carriage and were waiting for him at the village entrance.
Seeing him come out, Song He stepped forward and asked, "Brother, how is it?"
Song Zizhou didn't say anything until he came to Song Yao and the others. He then said, "There are still many people living in the village. They have a village head. This village head told me that six months ago, some people came to the village. These people stole at night and killed several people. Since then, he has resolutely refused to let outsiders live in the village."
"So he didn't agree to let us live in the village?" Song Yao asked.
Song Zizhou nodded, "Yes."
Song Yuanbai said, "It's getting dark, and there's nowhere to stay. So we can only live outside."
Shen Xianyi said, "Really? We won't steal or rob them, so why are they afraid of us?"
Song Yao glanced at Shen Xianyi and said, "It's mainly because they're scared and worried that we're bad people. Since they don't agree, we can't just shamelessly move in. In that case, let's choose another place to set up camp."
Xiao Chi said: "I'll try."
"You?" Song Yao looked at him questioningly, "Don't bother yourself. If they don't want to, forget it. We can just move somewhere else."
Xiao Chi said: "I'll go and try, you guys wait here."
Without waiting for them to speak, Xiao Chi entered the village.
Song He said, "He's a prince. I think as long as he mentions his status, the villagers won't dare to refuse."
Song Yao said, "What's the point of this? As long as they don't want to live here voluntarily, we won't feel at ease."
Song Yuanbai said: "It's not their fault. As long as we can live here, it's good enough."
Shen Xianyi said: "At worst, we can just give them some food or money when the time comes."
Song Yao glanced at Shen Xianyi and said, "Madam Shen, we don't have much food left. We can't give them away carelessly. Otherwise, when the remaining food is finished, we will starve."
After hearing this, Shen Xianyi felt embarrassed to say anything more.
Not long after, Xiao Chi came out.
Song Yao folded her hands in front of her, a sarcastic smile on her lips, "They didn't agree, right? I knew it wouldn't work even if you went."
Xiao Chi walked up to Song Yao. He didn't look at anyone else, his eyes locked on her face. "Do you know where the Fourteenth Emperor's uncle is?"
Song Yao was stunned for a moment, a little annoyed, "How could I possibly know?"
"He's right here," Xiao Chi said. "After the Pingchuan incident, he and the survivors moved to this village. Now all the people in the village are from Pingchuan."
"You said Prince Wenxuan is here?" Song Yao was a little surprised.
No one expected that King Wenxuan actually lived in a small village of ten miles.
However, his brother Xiao Qiwu lived in the prosperous Shanghu, which formed a sharp contrast between the two.
Xiao Chi nodded, "Yeah."
Xiao Yan stepped forward, folding his arms and saying, "How could he, a prince, be willing to stay here? If he wanted, he could definitely return to the capital."
Xiao Chi glanced at Xiao Yan indifferently, "If he went back, do you think he would still be alive? I'm afraid he would be assassinated before he even reached the capital."