At night, the bright moon rested outside, blowing out the candles and wrapping a thick cotton jacket in the quilt, a pair of eyes staring blankly at the fluttering pearls on the curtains and flashing faint light. Today, she went to see Ruyue, Ruyue smiled faintly at her, indescribably quiet, the girl rarely went out of the yard these days, either lying on the desk and contemplating, or sleeping in the warm pavilion, only the eldest son came back on the day he could show a little smile. Rao is Mingyue's nerves no matter how thick she is, she also senses that something is wrong, the girl has already had a mustard with Ruyue, Ruyue doesn't seem to care much, what happened? Mingyue turned over irritably, unable to figure it out. The hour gradually passed, the bright moon was still awake, the darkness outside the window was like an infinite curtain, there was no light at all, even the sound of the wind could not be heard, and the silence tonight was a little scary. Mingyue sighed, she had insomnia with such a heartless temperament. Mingyue turned over again in boredom, maybe she was a little too strong, but she was a little dizzy in front of her, as if she had the illusion that the bed was shaking.

Zhang Erzhen, who was asleep, only felt lying on a soft and comfortable big bed swinging, and the curtain beads falling from the side of the bed rattled, until the amphora enamel silver peony rich porcelain vase landed and made a crisp sound, the master and servant screamed together, Zhang Erzhen woke up in a dream, only to feel that the shaking was real and violent, Zhang Erzhen opened the curtain and ran barefoot to the middle of the house, staring at the shaking ebony on the top of the bed for a while, feeling that the vibration gradually decreased, when Zhang Erzhen ran out of the door, Mingyue had already gotten up and put on her clothes, and asked blankly: " Girl, what's wrong with you?"

Zhang Erzhen wiped her cold sweat and pulled Mingyue out of the house, and Mingyue hurriedly untied the big hat and put it on the girl. Zhang Erzhen stared at the deep low sky: "It should be an earthquake ......"

The nurse had already run in in a panic, and the two girls of Jin Qiu and Yinqiu also came over with their hair scattered, and Zhang Erzhen said solemnly: "The earthquake just now is not a hillside collapse, it must be an earthquake." I don't know if there will be any aftershocks later, so let's wait here for a while, and we can't go back to the room. ”

The little girl had never been exposed to the earthquake, and they were all frightened, and the nurse glared at them and said sharply: "The girl is not in a hurry and afraid, but you were scared first, and the earthquake is still light, so it should be fine." Looking down and seeing Zhang Erzhen's white and delicate little feet exposed, he hurriedly ran into the house to get soft-soled satin cotton shoes for the girl to put on, and said: "The girl can't not wear shoes, as the so-called cold starts from the feet, now the cold is heavy in the spring night, if the girl falls into a cold, how can the girl be cold." ”

Zhang Erzhen put on her shoes and felt a lot warmer, and instructed the girls to hold the lamp, add clothes and clothes, and let the nurse go to the front yard to see, and the nurse came back and said: "Steward Zhang has already patrolled the outer courtyard with the spirit of the little guy." ”

Zhang Erzhen nodded, and her whole body was wrapped in a silver white mouse hair, and only a solemn little face was exposed. After waiting for a long time, it became quieter and quieter, and Zhang Erzhen commanded the little girls to enter the house and set up a warm earth dragon and a stove. It's really cold at night, so it's good to bake a fire if you don't go into the bed. Jin Qiu Yinqiu shook her body and added carbon to the stove, Zhang Erzhen looked at their pitiful appearance and sighed: "If it is an earthquake, it is just a very light earthquake, don't be afraid, our house is strong, and it should not be hindered." Mingyue nodded and said, "I've heard that there will be small aftershocks after the earthquake, and we can rest when the aftershocks pass." The girls are not afraid, what are you afraid of. ”

The nurse said in a deep voice: "You are born as a person in the house, and death is the soul of the house, and I am scared to you." If something really happens, and you don't leave your master and run for your life? That is, the girl is generous, and has always treated you well and comforted you, but if you were left in Beppu, you would have been sold or killed, and the girl who betrayed the master would have never ended well......! Don't learn from Ruyue, everyone has a little abacus, see me be the first to clean you up!" "Among the many little girls, the most important thing for the nurse is the honest and stable Ruyue, but these days, the girl Ruyue is really chilling, the girl is the master, she even dared to take Qiao, the girl allowed her to live in another courtyard, she was also at ease, the nurse has been depressed for a long time, and then there is a girl like Ruyue, she has to deal with it first! Jin Qiu Yinqiu nodded hurriedly, and the hand that added fire didn't dare to shake, and several people gathered together, dissipating the fear caused by the earthquake. Zhang Erzhen didn't dare to be negligent, and ordered to go to the outer courtyard and said that he was not allowed to sleep tonight, and he had to keep watch until dawn.

In the trembling waiting of everyone, the bed, table, table and chair began to shake again, this time it was more violent than last time, Zhang Erzhen ran to the gate of the courtyard with a group of girls, the earth only howled for a while and then stopped, the flowers and plants in the courtyard were exposed, no need to imagine, the room was even more of a mess. The sky is gradually brightening, but it is no longer the blue of spring, the gray sky with a touch of forest, Zhang Erzhen's heart sank, in the previous life when the Sichuan earthquake occurred, it was such a scene, when she went to help as a volunteer, the scene she saw will never be forgotten. Zhang Erzhen guessed that Licheng was just a small earthquake with a big earthquake, and there must be a place where a big earthquake occurred!

At last it was dawn, and there was no daylight, and the sky was like a deep veil of gray cloth, full of thick, grayish, yellowish clouds. The wind, which had been silent all night, began to howl and whine, and its sharp voice pierced through the hard doors and windows like a sharp sword, and pierced straight into the house. The little girls were sweating profusely and finished cleaning up the broken porcelain pieces scattered all over the ground, Zhang Erzhen sat on the sturdy reddish-brown Taishi chair, with a large pillow of butterflies and peonies behind her back, and the room was quiet, waiting for the news to come in from outside. After noon, Li Wei, who went to the Confucian Hall of Literature, came back, and said: "The slave saw the eldest son, and seeing that the eldest prince was not unusual, the slave said that he was taking him back to the house, but the eldest prince did not want to come back, saying that everyone in the hall was there, and it made no sense for him to run away by himself." The eldest prince asked the slave to tell the girl that he was safe, and asked the girl not to run around, and to stay in the house obediently and listen to the words of Steward Zhang and the nurse. ”

The solemnity of the original room was cracked by Mingyue's laughter, Zhang Erzhen shook the corners of her mouth uncontrollably, picked up the purple carrot leaf with curling green smoke and took a sip, suppressed the urge to laugh, and said: "You go again, tell Ah Chu Ah Shan to be optimistic about the son, if there is anything wrong, run to the open space outside in time, don't stay under the eaves." Other than that...... Bring a few more futons, I'm afraid it's going to be cold again this day, so I want my son to wear more clothes and don't freeze. Li Wei led the order, and the nurse came in worriedly, her delicate face was full of uneasiness, and her voice trembled: "Girl, the person who was sent out to inquire about the news has returned, saying that we are just a small aftershock, at the foot of Mount Tai...... Last night there was a big earthquake, the hillside collapsed, and several villages at the foot of the mountain ...... All submerged. ”

A few girls couldn't help but cover their mouths and open their eyes wide, Zhang Erzhen stood up suddenly, and said in disbelief: "There is still a village at the foot of Mount Tai? Mount Tai has a steep road, and there will be flash floods when it rains heavily, and there will be avalanches when it snows, why does the imperial court still allow so many people to live at the foot of the mountain?"

The nurse couldn't answer, so Zhang Erzhen pulled her coat and went to the front yard. Zhang Bozheng came back from outside with a wooden face, and said directly: "The government has posted a notice, at the end of the year, there was a big earthquake in Tai'an Prefecture, and there were hundreds of villagers who were buried in it. Zhang Erzhen poured a cup of tea and handed it over, Zhang Bo took it with both hands, swallowed it in one gulp and continued: "Although the earthquake in Jinan Mansion last night was not strong, the grass houses and tiles in the surrounding villages also collapsed a lot, and there are many people who are buried underneath and do not know whether they live or die, girl, the loss in our house is still small, you see ......."

Although Zhang Erzhen is small, Uncle Zhang does not underestimate his own girls. Just looked at the girl staring at her beautiful pairs, and said with a serious face: "It has only been four hours since the earthquake occurred, Uncle Zhang wants to hurry up and take the little people in the house to the suburbs and villages, dig one if you can dig it out, let's contribute money and efforts, and help if we can." The villagers still have the strength to save people, you just need someone to come over. After waiting for a while, I'm afraid I'm going to scatter the grain. While they haven't reacted now, you should first send a few people to the grain shop to collect grain, collect more coarse grain, and then set up a porridge shop to relieve them after a while. Uncle Zhang drank another cup of tea, and hurried out. Natural disasters and man-made disasters cannot be avoided! When the child is asleep, the house falls, and people are trapped inside, so that the heavens should not be called the earth, and if there are people outside who can help, it is really extravagant. Now it is no taller than the concrete of the high-rise buildings in the previous life, and that is the real collapse is the crushing of death. Zhang Erzhen still clearly remembers the strange brilliance in the eyes of the man who had been lying in the cracks of the cement bricks for three days when he was gouged out when he was in his previous life, who wants to die if he can live!

Zhang Erzhen sat quietly in the main hall, Uncle Zhang only left one or two small servants to watch the courtyard, and the rest were all taken out, the house had never been so quiet, and the hearts of the quiet people trembled. The day passed very quickly, and when Zhang Erzhen had a simple dinner, Uncle Zhang came back with someone. The hair was scattered and the clothes were dirty, this was still the dress that Uncle Zhang had cleaned up a little to see the girl, and he had washed off the blood stains on his hands and the tears on his face.

"There are 100 households in Zhuye Village, more than half of the houses have been destroyed, and when the old slave took people there, the young and strong men in the village had already begun to plane people, and fortunately, there were few casualties in Zhuye Village. Girl, I still remember the house we went to when we came to Licheng, and the man you gave thirty taels of silver, I heard that he did not escape, and was smashed in by bricks and tiles. When the little guy in the house dug up, he was already ......"

Isn't that Mama Hua's distant nephew? Zhang Erzhen thought of that treacherous man, sighed, and said, "It's all greed that caused trouble, and God actually took him away." Uncle Zhang will go down to rest and have some dinner, and then we'll talk about it later. Uncle Zhang was really tired, and his arms still ached faintly, which was hit by a falling pillar on the beam. Zhang Erzhen propped her arms on her cheeks and thought, this earthquake should indeed be a catastrophe.