Chapter 25: Natural Disasters
On the deserted forest road, a horse-drawn carriage came galloping, and the quiet mountain forest startled a flock of birds. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Xiao Hei, where did you bury the bodies of those people, we won't be wanted by the government, right?" Su Jingyue asked Xiao Hei.
"Throw it away to feed the wolves." Xiao Hei said casually.
"Xiao Hei, I can't see that you are quite murderous." Su Jingyue looked at Xiao Hei again.
Xiao Hei didn't know what to say, Madame was praising him or hurting him, he was just acting on orders.
"What did you do with Yiqiu Wu before?" Su Jingyue asked Xiao Hei, she could be regarded as passing the time.
"I'll do whatever my master tells me to do." Xiao Hei said loyally.
Su Jingyue felt that she and Xiao Hei couldn't talk anymore, what was this, what kind of loyalty did he show, he was really good at sycophancy, Yi Qiuwu was obviously very satisfied with his words.
"He's my guard." Yi Qiuwu opened his mouth to explain to her.
"Oh, guard, that martial arts must be very powerful, have you ever beaten him?" Su Jingyue had never seen Yi Qiuwu make a move.
"Should you ask him if he hit me?" Yi Qiuwu was dissatisfied with her and even questioned his skills.
"Xiao Hei, have you ever beaten your master?" Su Jingyue turned her head and asked Xiao Hei who was driving the carriage.
"The master's skills are superb, and his subordinates are not opponents." Hei replied that he didn't want to be part of their conversation.
"It's really fake, Xiao Hei, with me supporting you, you don't have to be afraid of him, tell the truth boldly." Su Jingyue encouraged him passionately.
"The subordinates are telling the truth." Xiao Hei replied unmoved.
"You're still backing him? Let's find someone to support you first. Yi Qiuwu sneered.
"You." Su Jingyue replied as a matter of course, isn't he the biggest backer ready-made.
Hearing her crisp answer, the corners of Yiqiuwu's mouth raised slightly, she believed that he could support her, but he was willing.
Both sides of the road are lush bushes, overgrown with weeds, and after walking all morning, there is still no one to see, but Su Jingyue also understands that in ancient times, it was normal for the land to be vast and sparsely populated, and she didn't care.
The scorching sun had quietly faded, the clouds were thick, the wind was blowing, and the sky was dark.
"Looks like it's going to rain." Su Jingyue looked outside through the window and said. Blackie speeds up, and if it rains heavily, it is dangerous to walk on mountain roads.
At this time, the cloudy sky, a thunderclap sounded, mixed with lightning, forming a treacherous picture, the raindrops fell suddenly, the sound of popping hit the roof of the car, and the car was dim. The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the horses were also frightened, and kept tearing, and Xiao Hei clung to the reins to control the direction.
"Yi Qiuwu, this car is okay, right?" Su Jingyue asked loudly, the lightning and thunder outside made Su Jingyue worry about the quality of the carriage. Yi Qiuwu still looked unfazed, shook his head and didn't speak, thinking in his heart that he had heard that there was a flood in the south, and King Fuqing took the opportunity to disturb the people's hearts, and now it seems that the situation is quite serious.
"Master, there is a village in front, should we go and take shelter from the rain?" Xiao Hei saw a small village, and then asked Yi Qiuwu loudly. Yiqiuwu hummed lightly, Su Jingyue almost didn't hear it, so it's strange that Xiao Hei can hear it, when did you not forget to pretend to be cool and handsome, Su Jingyue glanced at him.
"Xiao Hei, Yi Qiuwu will let you go." Su Jingyue shouted outside, and after speaking, she didn't forget to glance at Yi Qiuwu defiantly.
Xiao Hei quickly entered the village, but he found that the village seemed to be an uninhabited village, and the doors of many people's homes were open. When the three of them entered the house, Su Jingyue and Yi Qiuwu were clean, but Xiao Hei was miserable, he was almost soaked, and he became a soup chicken, although he drove the carriage and also had a baffle, but under the heavy rain, the baffle was not of much use.
"Master, ma'am, this should be a deserted village." Xiao Hei said to Yi Qiuwu and Su Jingyue.
"Where have all the people in the village gone?" Su Jingyue felt very strange, the ancients would not leave their hometown under normal circumstances.
"It should be affected by the floods." Yi Qiuwu told her that they should be in Jingcheng now, and it was not far from Yangzhou. "It is estimated that there was a flood here not long ago, which flooded the crops and left the people in the village."
"Why is it so serious? By the way, the woman Liu Jinwu brought back also went to Liancheng because of the flood. She seems to live in Jiujiang City. Su Jingyue thought of Xu Huimei from Jiujiang City.
"Jiujiang City did have a flood some time ago." Xiao Hei said next to him. "It is said that many villages have been flooded."
"Alas, natural disasters are merciless." Su Jingyue lamented that in such an era, natural disasters are enough to determine people's life and death.
It was still pouring rain outside, and the trees that were not old enough seemed to be uprooted by the strong wind.
"There won't be another flood, will it?" Su Jingyue suddenly thought.
"I don't know." Yi Qiuwu looked at the heavy rain outside and replied in a deep voice.
"Are you good at water?" Su Jingyue looked at Yi Qiuwu and asked.
"What is this for?" Yi Qiuwu turned around and asked her.
"I don't know how to water, if there is a flood, you must swim out with me." Su Jingyue stared at Yi Qiuwu and said.
"Okay." Yi Qiuwu replied.
Although Yi Qiuwu replied very casually, Su Jingyue still believed him. However, the flood she had expected did not come, and the rain stopped after an hour or two, and the sky turned from dark to bright. They still can't walk, at least not today, the road is so muddy that the carriage can't go at all.
Su Jingyue went to the kitchen to see if there was anything to eat, but unfortunately she didn't find anything, so she asked Xiao Hei to go to other people's houses in the village to see, they hadn't eaten since noon, and she was already hungry. When Xiao Hei came back, he didn't find anything to eat, but he came with an old woman.
"Master, madam, this old man is from this village, and she said that there is no food in the village." Xiao Hei said to Su Jingyue and Yi Qiuwu.
"Old woman, we were passing by, and suddenly there was a heavy rainstorm, so we took shelter here, but there was no one in the village." Su Jingyue looked at the thin old man and asked.
"Alas, some time ago, there was a flood that flooded all the crops, and as a result, the bandits also attacked the village, and the villagers left." The old woman said sadly.
"Then why don't you leave?" Su Jingyue asked again.
"I'm old, and it's better to guard the village." The old woman said flatly. "Guys, get out of here."
"Old woman, how do you survive, there is no food left." Su Jingyue asked her, the thieves probably wouldn't leave her food.
"When the villagers left, they left me some food, and I usually dig some wild vegetables, and I survived." The old woman replied to her, "You haven't eaten, I'll go and get you some food." ”
Looking at this kind old man, Su Jingyue felt very heavy, "No need, old woman, just tell us where the nearby market town is." ”
The old woman told them where the market town was, and went home, and soon came again, carrying a small pot in her hand, and in it were three dumplings of wild vegetables, and there were many wild vegetables.
"Don't dislike it, that's all I have in my house." The old woman said with a smile.
"Thank you, old woman." Su Jingyue was very moved.
Su Jingyue ate the wild vegetable dumplings, and Yi Qiuwu also picked one up and ate it, took a bite, and frowned.
"Yi Qiuwu, your emperor brother is incompetent." Su Jingyue said while eating wild vegetable dumplings.
"Indeed." Yi Qiuwu also bit the wild vegetable dumplings and replied, it seems that the situation is not optimistic.