Chapter 428: Earth Dragon Turns Over (Second Watch)
As the sky grew dark, Yan Hagi and her family sat in a makeshift shed, eating a simple dinner, and had been busy packing up their things since she found Lao Guogong and said that it was possible to move.
"Mother, what is ground movement?" After eating a small bowl of rice, Yaya squeezed over and asked.
Earthquakes occur when the ground moves, but she can't tell her daughter that earthquakes are vibrations caused by the rapid release of energy from the earth's crust, during which seismic waves are generated. Yan Hagi was thinking about how to explain the wording, and Jun'er replied: "The earth movement is the turning of the earth dragon." ”
"What is an Earth Dragon?" Yaya went with her brother.
Yan Hagi saw Jun'er holding a book in his hand, "Jun'er, it's dim now, don't read a book, it will break your eyes." She didn't want a son who wore glasses at all, especially now that the glasses are made poorly, the prescription of the glasses is not accurate, the lenses are still thick, and the eyes are like a nerd.
Jun'er was explaining to Yaya what a earth dragon was, when An Guogong escorted the old man out of the city, and both of them had a trace of tiredness on their faces. The eldest princess of Chengyang saw the father and son, "What about the blame? ”
"Stay in the city, wait for the movement to happen, and he has to help with the disaster relief." An Guogong replied.
Although the eldest princess of Chengyang is worried about her grandson, she can't say anything, she can't just enjoy it without paying, "What is the plan of the saint?" ”
An Guogong replied: "Regarding the news of the ground movement, the Holy Lord has sent people to all parts of the capital quickly, but some people in the capital have not made any movement, and they all say that my father is alarmist. ”
The old man waved his hand, "Let them go, I have a clear conscience." "Before he entered the East Palace, he had already thought about the consequences. In fact, he didn't want the ground to move, and he had personally experienced the disaster of ground movement, and in an instant, the town was razed to the ground, and the corpses were scattered in the wilderness, and the dust that shook up flew all over the sky.
Then An Guogong took out the notice for everyone to see, and the opening chapter was: "In the middle of the night, the first emperor dreamed ......"
The whole proclamation is full of mythology, the first emperor has a spirit in the sky, and he gives a dream to his children and grandchildren, saying that there is a big event to happen in the capital, and the saint and the prince should prepare in advance. It just so happens that Qin Tianjian divination. The hexagram is that the six lines are all yang, the dragon has regrets, the dragon is the king in the water, and the dragon spits out the fog, and the mountain will shake......
In order to make everyone more convinced that there will be ground movements, the announcement also said that Lao An Guogong found another sign of ground movements such as rats and dogs barking, fish jumping into the water, etc. Out of this announcement, the saint was hesitant, but in the end he was persuaded by the prince.
There has always been a turmoil in the capital, and now he has to write a book of guilt, and the saint doesn't want to write any book of guilt at all, he asked himself that the emperor has done a good job, and he doesn't want to become an emperor who is "condemned by God" in history. The public announcement seems to be showing the people that if he is not the emperor who is competent, the first emperor would not have given him a warning in his dream.
King Lu didn't think so, and didn't pack up his things and go to the suburbs to avoid the earthquake. Princess Lu wanted to go, but if King Lu didn't leave, she couldn't go, so she had no choice but to find a spacious place in the mansion and set up a shed, and at night, she led her henchmen and maids to live in the shed.
Concubine Kang pouted and said, "Stupid people will do stupid things." ”
There were many people who thought the same thing as King Jingzhong, and at night, they went into the house and went to bed as usual. Many ordinary people have a sense of reverence for the Holy Word, and honestly live in a shed built outside the house.
Halfway through the night, but the earth movement has not yet happened, and those who do not believe that the earth will move more and more feel that the earth movement will happen is nothing. King Lu even said to his staff: "The day after tomorrow, the court will impeach the prince, and the gossip will confuse the public, and he is not worthy of being the prince." ”
The staff also felt that this might be a good opportunity to pull the prince off the horse, and imagined the bright future of the prince's depose, before the staff said: "It's late at night, please rest early." ”
But at this moment, the earth began to tremble violently, and in the main hall of the Qin Tianjian in the palace, on the ground motion instrument, the copper beads held in the mouth of the golden dragon flying phoenix fell into the mouth of the copper toad below, "Knock knock." ”
The earth began to move, with a rumbling sound, and in an instant, everyone was awakened. In the face of natural disasters, human beings are insignificant. The earth shook violently, like a galloping horse walking on a dangerous slope, and like a huge wave shaking a light axis. Suddenly there was a crack, and sand poured out. Suddenly, a boulder protruded, and a deep pit collapsed.
"Daddy."
"Mother."
"Son."
"Girl."
"Big brother."
"Sister."
In the dark night, everyone shouted for their families. But when I looked up, I couldn't see the person in front of me, and when I looked back, I couldn't see the house at that time. More and more people are kneeling on the ground, "God, please calm your anger. "When a natural disaster occurs, everyone thinks that it is caused by **.
Perhaps the prayers of the people had an effect, and the shaking finally stopped. After experiencing the pitiful ground movement, although the people lost some property, due to proper prevention, there were not many casualties, so that the people were grateful to the saint and the prince.
Countless people kowtowed in the direction of the palace, and the mountains shouted long live. Because of the emperor and the prince, they escaped, which shows that the emperor is a wise lord, and the prince is also, this is the blessing of Jingguo, Jingguo has been prosperous for thousands of generations.
The people are obedient and good, like King Lu, although they escaped under the protection of loyal servants, there are still some casualties, such as the nurse of Concubine Kang was crushed to death by the bed frame, for example, the Duchess of Cheng'en, the county lord Ruining County Sprained her foot, for example, the Duchess of Liguo was smashed on the head......
In addition to these casualties, the property damage was negligible, and the treasury of each prefecture was built relatively strongly, and even the precious ornaments placed in the room were all shattered in the shaking. At this time, the Imperial Forest Army was dispatched, while maintaining order in the capital, and at the same time conveying the Holy Lord's message, "The earth dragon is not yet asleep, but you must still be careful, and you must not return to the house......
The people who didn't take the holy oracle seriously before are now honest, and let the people in the family quickly build a shed and live in it obediently. At this time, Concubine Kang didn't say that Princess Lu was stupid, and it turned out that she was the stupid person.
Fu Zhixing sent someone to Zhuangzi as soon as possible to tell his family that he was safe and sound, and there was no need to worry. The family members who have been worried all breathe a sigh of relief, although they were not in the epicenter last night, they could also feel the power of the earth dragon's turnover.
After following the news of the Anguo Mansion and leaving Beijing, people from other prefectures in the suburbs who had taken shelter from the earthquake came to thank Lao Guogong. The old man smiled: "You are also willing to believe me." ”
Yan Hagi took the children and went to visit Mrs. Yan, Mrs. Yan, King Lao Rong, and Princess Lao Rong, everyone was fine, and Yan Hagi was relieved.
In the next few days, the earth shook several times, sometimes heavy and sometimes light, so that everyone did not dare to sleep in peace. Yaya and Yan Xian stomped their feet angrily and said, "This earth dragon is not obedient, it has been awake for so long, and it is not obedient to sleep." ”
These two silly girls, Yan Hagi couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's about to sleep." "The aftershocks are getting lighter and lighter, and if you wait a day or two, you should be able to return to Beijing.
Thankfully, there were not many casualties because of precautions, and of course the collapse of buildings and property damage, which could not be spared. Fortunately, Jingguo's treasury was abundant, and after a rough count, the household department allocated the first disaster relief funds.