After waiting for a long time in the open space outside the city, I saw Wanyue coming with a convoy, and there were more than a dozen carriages. The family members parked the carriage in order, and Tang Yuanwai was gracefully helped out of the carriage.

"Yuanhang, should we report to Lord Zhizhou?" Tang Yuan sat down on a small stool.

"No, I don't know if there will be an earthquake, but if I tell you now, it may cause panic among everyone. If there is no more earthquake, the adults will punish us. Yuanhang looked at Luzhou City in the distance and said: "Let's stay outside the city for a while, and if there is no earthquake in a few days, we will go home." ”

Yuanhang instructed his subordinates not to go far and to make a fire to cook. Sitting by the fire, everyone was very uneasy. Although I don't know what an earthquake is, I can see from the expression on Yuanhang's face that an earthquake is a very terrible thing.

"Brother Ye, I want to go back to Chenjiawan." Liqiu walked over and said to Yuanhang.

"Go back now? Why don't you leave tomorrow morning? "The sky is getting dark, and I don't feel at ease about leaving autumn.

"No, I'm fast, I can get home after dark." Liqiu was a little worried about his father and insisted on leaving.

"Okay, I'll tell Tang Ling to send you back." Yuanhang got up and walked to Tang Ling's side and said, "You go back to Chenjiawan with Liqiu, if it's okay, you will go back to the house to find us in three days." If an earthquake happens, we will go to Jingzhou, and you will chase all the way and take care of Liqiu. ”

"Don't worry, the little one knows." After Tang Ling gave a salute to Yuanhang, he walked to Liqiu's side, and after saying goodbye to everyone, the two hurried in the direction of Chenjiawan.

After sending off Liqiu, he came back from the voyage and sat down and said to everyone: "We take turns to rest at night, and remember not to leave the convoy. ”

"I'm a little scared." Wanyue walked over and sat beside Yuanhang and said.

"It's okay, Wanyo, I'll always be by your side." Yuanhang patted Wanyu's hand.

Qinghe also came over and sat down beside Yuanhang, and they would only feel safe when they were by Yuanhang's side.

I didn't sleep all night, and when I saw a new round of the sun rising in the east, I let out a long breath. Maybe I'm too suspicious and I'm going to get some sleep.

Qinghe poked his head out of the carriage, saw Yuanhang looking tired, opened the curtain and got up to get out of the carriage, suddenly felt a strong shaking, Qinghe fell from the carriage. Yuanhang fell to the ground without standing firmly, and as soon as he turned over, he threw himself at Qinghe and hugged her tightly in his arms. The shaking woke everyone up, and everyone jumped out of the carriage and gathered around Yuanhang. The earth shook for a moment, and then it was calm. Yuanhang got up and helped Qinghe up, looked at everyone and said: "It was an earthquake just now, it seems that my judgment is good, everyone must be careful, maybe ......"

Before the words of the voyage fell, the earth felt as soft as a sponge, and everyone stood unsteadily and fell to the ground.

"It's an earthquake, everyone be careful." Yuanhang wanted to stand up hard, but his feet were like waves, and the shaking of waves made Yuanhang unable to do anything at all. People overturned, carriages overturned, and the earthquake continued. Yuanhang tried to raise his head, and saw that the tall city wall of Luzhou City in the distance began to collapse with a 'boom', and collapsed one after another. When he turned around, he saw Qinghe by his side and crawled towards him hard, and hurriedly reached out to grab Qinghe and pull her into his arms.

"Qinghe, don't be afraid, we will always be together." Yuanhang felt the danger and had to hug Qinghe tightly.

It lasted a quarter of an hour before calm returned. Everyone stood up, and the sight in front of them was stunning. The ground is no longer as flat as it was, but one high and one low, like a mountain road. There used to be a forest on the left, but now most of the trees are lying on the ground. In the distance, the once tall city of Luzhou is gone, and only half of the city wall has not collapsed.

"Voyage, voyage." Tang Yuan walked up from behind, his face covered in dust. "Was it an earthquake just now? So powerful, unheard of, what do we do now? ”

"Wait, don't relax, sometimes after the earthquake, there will be a few more times. Stay still and stay safe. ”

After another quarter of an hour, seeing that there were no aftershocks, the voyage ordered everyone to lift the carriage and put the ranks in order.

"Master, I'm going back to the city to take a look, don't walk around here with you, wait for me to come back." After Yuanhang finished speaking, he called out to the three family members and hurriedly walked towards the city.

"Sail away, come back early."

"Voyage, take care."

Wanyue shouted to Yuanhang with Qinghe, Yuanhang didn't look back, but he knew the friendship of the second daughter to him.

Outside Luzhou City, panicked people ran out one after another. There was no need to go through the city gate, and the voyage entered the city directly at the gap in the city wall. Most of the buildings in the city had collapsed, and the streets were covered in blood. There are still many people struggling desperately under the collapsed building. Cries, cries came from all sides. Yuanhang led people to the Tang Mansion and saw that the 'Tang Mansion' plaque on the door had fallen to the ground. All the houses in the house have collapsed, and the wealth and glory of the past can no longer be seen. Many people had died on the side of the street, many of the houses were wooden structures, and the fire was burning and smoke was billowing everywhere. Yuanhang saw that this was the scene in the city now, so he didn't stop, and ran out of the city with his family.

Back outside the city, Yuanhang hurriedly walked to the carriage outside Tang Yuanwai.

"Master, Luzhou City has been destroyed." Yuanhang saw Tang Yuanwai come out of the carriage, stepped forward and said, "The Tang Mansion is gone, and the houses have collapsed." ”

Tang Yuanwai did not speak, and looked in the direction of Luzhou City.

"Let's go back to the city and rebuild the Tang Mansion." Tang Yuanwai's eyes were full of grief, but he was extremely strong.

Yuanhang stretched out his hand to stop Tang Yuanwai, "Master, we can't go back now." ”

"Why?" Tang Yuanwai asked with a frown.

"It's very unsafe in the city right now, many places are still on fire, and houses can collapse at any moment." Yuanhang paced back and forth in front of the carriage, Wanyue, Qinghe and the others stood around and watched him.

"And most importantly, a lot of people have died in the city, and once the government can't deal with it in time, there will be a plague." Yuanhang looked at everyone solemnly and said, "At that time, we will all die." ”

Everyone didn't know what to do for a while, and they all looked at Tang Yuanwai. Tang Yuanwai had no idea, so he had to look at the voyage again.

"So what do we do now?" Seeing that her father couldn't make up her mind, Wan Yue stepped forward and asked about the voyage.

"I can only go away." After looking back at Luzhou City, Yuanhang turned his head and said: "Luzhou must not go back, let's go to Jingzhou." Yesterday, I also discussed with the old man to develop the business to Jingzhou, but I didn't expect that today, I can only go to Jingzhou. ”

"Well, now that you've made up your mind, let's leave now." Tang Yuanwai also echoed.

Tang Yuanwai got up and stood on the carriage and said to everyone: "Now that Luzhou is in trouble, I have decided to go to Jingzhou. You have all followed my Tang family for many years, and now if you want to go to Jingzhou, go with me. If you want to stay, I will return the contract, and from today I will be free. ”

"I'm willing to go to Jingzhou with my lord." Tang Yuanwai is generous to his subordinates on weekdays, and most of these people are homeless, so they naturally refuse to leave. They replied together.

"Sir." The old butler walked over and knelt in front of Tang Yuanwai with the support of his subordinates.

"Master, the old slave is very old, and I am afraid that he will not be able to withstand the fatigue of this long journey. I went to a village to spend the rest of my life. The old housekeeper had already burst into tears and kowtowed to Tang Yuanwai three times.

Tang Yuanwai and Yuanhang supported the old housekeeper at the same time. Tang Yuanwai also said with tears in his eyes: "Tang Fu, you first find a place to live temporarily, and after I settle down in Jingzhou, I will send someone to look for you." ”

"Thank you, sir." The old housekeeper got up and took Yuanhang's hand and said: "Yuanhang, the master and the young lady will be handed over to you, I am not here, please take care of them, the old slave thank you first." With that, he bowed to the voyage.

Yuanhang hurriedly replied: "The old butler can rest assured, Yuanhang will do his best to protect the safety of the master." ”

"In this way, the old slave will be relieved." hugged his fists to everyone and said, "Farewell everyone, the old slave will take the first step." After speaking, he left with the support of two subordinates.

Wanyo cried and ran from behind and threw herself into the arms of the old butler, and the old butler stroked Wanyo's hair and shed tears.

"This child was grown up by Tang Fu, usually I am busy with business, and Wanyue's relationship with him is better than mine." Tang Yuanwai and Yuanhang stood side by side and looked graceful.

"Don't worry, sir, I'll send someone to pick up the old housekeeper when Jingzhou is settled." Yuanhang said sideways.

"Hmm." Looking at the back of Tang Fu leaving, Tang Yuanwai nodded deeply.

Yuanhang looked at the convoy, there were nearly twenty carriages, no less than a team of fifty people.

"The carriage of the ladies and the grain is in the middle, the nursing home is in the front, and the family is in the back, set off." Yuanhang took one last look at Luzhou, and slowly marched towards Jingzhou with the team.