The sky was bright and the stars were sparse. Gao Ju, Zhao Chengzhi, Cheng Yu, Shen Bomi, Xu Lang and others in the palace, as well as the six ministers, the Imperial Heaven Supervision Supervisor, the Imperial Heaven Supervision Deputy and some subordinates gathered in the open space outside the Imperial Heaven Supervision, and placed a seismometer made of pure copper in front of them.

When it was almost my son, the seismometer was still not moving. The six ministers whispered beside him, thinking that Gao Ju was making a fuss. What was the earth moving? It was completely his imagination. The six ministers discussed it and decided to go home and not wait with the eldest prince here.

But before they could leave, "dongdongdongdong", the copper beads held by the flying dragon on the seismometer fell into the mouth of the copper toad below one after another. Gao Ju stood up from the chair, the earth began to tremble violently, and the earth began to move.

In an instant, the house collapsed and dust filled the sky. At midnight, the people of Jindu had already fallen asleep. Even if there were notices, many people still went back to their house to sleep with luck. When the local area was full of energy, they were already regretful.

Just as Gao Ju knew, loud noises were like thunder, and the ground was rippled and water was like a spring; when natural disasters came, human beings were small. Whether it was aristocratic families or ordinary people, they were treated the same in the face of natural disasters.

The cries did not give God the pity, and the violent shaking continued. Everyone in Changping County also felt the power of the earthquake. After waking up from their sleep, everyone secretly glad that they had heard the words of Tao and came to Changping County. Even if they were so far away, they could feel the earth shaking. If they stayed outside Jindu, they would probably not be able to escape this natural disaster.

The whole process was actually not long, but for the people in purgatory, it was so long that it made people desperate. When the earth returned to peace, no longer shook, no longer cracked, boiling water no longer gushed, and there was a burst of crying in and outside the city of Jindu. Empress Zhao sat in the open space outside Qiyi Palace in a daze, how could she really move?

There are many people who have the same idea as Empress Zhao. Many people died or were injured in their sleep. Before they could be sad, the eldest prince ordered people to issue a second notice. After the great earthquake, there were still some aftermath, and there were frequent small earthquakes. I hope you will be careful.

Those who did not take the words of the eldest prince seriously before, now they honestly searched for open space to build a shed, which really corresponded to the historical records. The emperor, officials and people were all staying in the open field. The aftershocks were not yet settled, and the road to Jindu was unavailable, so the Tao and others had to continue to stay in Changping County.

Only one day later, Shen Baiyu settled the chaos in Changping County. After breakfast in the morning of the third year of junior high school, Mrs. Xu and others went out to the street. Xu Xu, who was uncomfortable and Shen Danxia, ​​who was pregnant, stayed in the inn.

Under the persuasion of the wet nurse, Xu Xu came to find Shen Danxia to speak. In the past, his mother Shen Gong was staring at him in the mansion, so it was difficult to get close to him. Now it was a good opportunity. Shen Danxia was a little surprised, but he didn't expect that Xu Xu, who lived at home like an invisible person, would come over and smiled and said, "Sixth sister, please sit down."

Xu Xi drank tea and Shen Danxia drank honey water; his sister-in-law found a topic to chat, and suddenly a group of people broke in. Shen Danxia also responded that Mo Shi and Mo Wang had already fought with the visitor. Then Xu Xi's maid was kicked and fainted. Xu Xi waved his hands and couldn't let people get close to him, and shouted, "San Sister-in-law, go quickly."

Shen Danxia wanted to leave, but where to go? The bad guy came prepared. He saw someone taking out a bamboo tube and blew it at Xu Xi, and Xu Xi fainted softly. Shen Danxia subconsciously held his breath, but he could not escape being fainted by the mysterious smoke.

When Chen Danxia woke up again, he appeared in a moving carriage and sat up in a hurry. He saw Xu Xu, who was still in a coma, lying beside him.

Kidnapping?

Even though they knew they were officials and dared to kidnap, you can imagine how bold this group of people were. Chen Danxia reached out and pinched Xu Qi among the people who were among them, and woke her up. Xu Qi opened his eyes and shouted, "San Sister-in-law."

"Shh." Chen Danxia put his right index finger in front of his mouth.

"San Sister-in-law, what's wrong with us?" Xu Xu asked in a low voice and slowly sat up.

"We were kidnapped and I don't know where they were going to take us." Chen Danxia said calmly.

"San Sister-in-law, what should we do?" Xu Xu asked in panic.

"Don't be afraid, they will have a plan when they tie us up. They won't hurt us so quickly. We can just find an opportunity to escape." Chen Danxia said calmly.

Xu Xu nodded, his eyes full of trust in Chen Danxia.

Chen Danxia lifted the curtain and looked out. The carriage was not moving slowly. The trees on the roadside moved back quickly. Not to mention that the window was small, there was no way to get out. Even if it was big, it could get out. With her current physical condition, she did not dare to take the risk of jumping into the car, and she might not necessarily escape if she jumped.

Chen Danxia tried hard to see where the evil people wanted to tie them up from the unchanging scenery, but it was obviously futile. Seeing the light outside gradually getting darker, the carriage stopped outside a roadside shop with no people around.

The car door was opened, and the person who appeared in front of the sister-in-law was a dull man. Looking at the sister-in-law sitting in the car clearly, the man was not surprised and said calmly: "Ms. Xu, Miss Xu, please get out of the car."

Xu Xu got out first, stepped on the wooden robe and got off the carriage, then turned around and helped Chen Danxia get off the carriage. Chen Danxia got off the carriage and glanced at him. Except for the man who was driving the carriage, there were four strong men riding horses in front and behind, and they were dressed in uniform gray short brown.

The sister-in-law and sister-in-law supported each other and followed the man to drive the bus into the wild shop. The shop was very wide, but there was no customer, empty. The fat shopkeeper smiled and walked forward and said, "Mr. Wu, the room has been cleaned up."

Chen Danxia knew in his heart that if this store was either a black store or had been booked down, he followed the man who was driving the car upstairs with Xu Xu quietly. The man pushed open the door, "Mrs. Xu, Miss Xu, I feel wronged that they will only be one night."

Chen Danxia and Xu Qi walked in, and the man closed the door. Xu Qi helped Chen Danxia sit down and asked anxiously: "San Sister-in-law, how do we escape?"

"There are all their people here, and there is no village or shop behind us. Even if we escaped from this store by chance, we will not be able to escape. Moreover, today is the first day we were kidnapped by them. They are the most vigilant, and we can't escape at all. If you don't believe it, you can open the door and see. There will be two people guarding us outside the door, you can open the window and see, and there are also people guarding downstairs." Chen Danxia analyzed in a low voice.

Xu Qi didn't dare to open the door, so he went to open the window. When he looked up, he saw that someone was guarding the ground. He was so scared that he shrank his head back, walked to Chen Danxia, ​​and asked in a low voice: "San Sister-in-law, when will we escape?"

Chen Danxia was about to speak when he heard footsteps outside the door, and he pursed the corners of his lips. The person who came was still respectful and did not push the door in, and knocked gently. Chen Danxia signaled Xu Xi to sit down and said, "Please come in."

A middle-aged Confucian scholar walked in and bowed, "Ms. Xu is polite."

"Are you their leader?" Chen Danxia asked.

The middle-aged Confucian scholar smiled and said, "My surname is Huang, you can call me Mr. Huang."

"Mr. Huang?" Chen Danxia's eyes flashed, "Are you the one of Prince Anping?"

"It seems that Brother Ling has mentioned me in front of Mrs. Xu." Mr. Huang smiled.

Chen Danxia let out a breath, looked at Xu Xi, and said, "Sister Six, I have implicated you."

"San Sister-in-law, don't say that." Xu Xu looked confused, "Didn't Prince Anping die in the fire in the imperial prison?"

"Just escape from death." This is Chen Danxia's answer.

Mr. Huang's answer, "The prince is blessed with all the heavens, and he will not be easily buried in the sky."

"Your target is me, just tie me alone? Why do you still have to tie my sister-in-law?" Chen Danxia asked dissatisfiedly.

"The purpose of tying her is to restrain you." Mr. Huang told clearly that it is much easier to escape by one person than to escape by two people.

"With my current physical condition, I don't need her restraint at all." Chen Danxia sneered.

Mr. Huang touched his beard and said, "Mrs. Xu, you said that these are useless. The person has been tied up. I believe you are not at ease and just let us send her back."

"I'm hungry, please send some food in." Chen Danxia stopped talking nonsense.

"Okay, Mrs. Xu, please wait." Mr. Huang smiled and retreated.

After a quarter of an hour, two strong men brought the meal in, a plate of fried tofu, a plate of fried beans, a bowl of egg soup and two bowls of rice. Chen Danxia approached and smelled it. The taste of the dish was wrong. Thanks to Madam Hua for teaching her to stir the fragrance, which made her sense of smell become sensitive. She picked up the soup bowl and smashed it on the ground. The two strong men shouted loudly: "Stinky woman, what do you want to do?"

"Shut up, your master dare not be so fierce to me. Who are you? Go and call Mr. Huang for me." Chen Danxia roared without fear.

The two strong men looked at each other, one stayed in the room, and the other went to find Mr. Huang. Mr. Huang came over and saw the egg soup and bowl on the ground, and said, "Mrs. Xu, in the wilderness, there is really no good ingredients, so please ask Mrs. Xu to give her a meal."

"I didn't ask for food, but I wouldn't take food mixed with medicine. Mr. Huang, I am pregnant now, and medicine is three parts poisonous. Mr. Huang, although a woman is weak, she is strong as a mother. If there is any damage to the fetus in my abdomen, you can't let me solve the mystery for you." Chen Danxia stared at Mr. Huang, his eyes slightly frightened.

"Mrs. Xu please calm down. This matter is because the personnel affairs are not handled below. I will ask them to correct it and ensure that there will never be any food mixed with medicine in front of Mrs. Xu in the future." Mr. Huang said with a smile.

"No one in the world can solve those mysteries except me. If you don't want to make the deathbed, don't use these inequality methods anymore. I will go with you to meet Prince Anping." Chen Dan said with mercy.

"Mrs. Xu is so sensible to the times, we will naturally not make things difficult for Mrs. Xu." Mr. Huang smiled.

"Then next, Mr. Huang asked them to prepare some food to bring in." Chen Danxia curled his lips and smiled.

Mr. Huang signaled the two strong men to take away the rice on the table. A quarter of an hour later, the two strong men brought the rice that was exactly the same as before. Chen Danxia leaned over and smelled it again. He made sure there was no strange smell. He took an empty tea cup, scooped two cups of egg soup, and handed it to the two strong men, "Drink the soup."

The two strong men were scolded by Mr. Huang just now. Although they glared at Chen Danxia fiercely, they still took the teacup and drank the egg soup.

Chen Danxia smiled faintly and asked Xu Xi to have dinner together. After the two of them finished their meal, the two strong men put away the dishes and brought two buckets of warm water to wash them. The two of them washed up briefly and went to bed to sleep. Chen Danxia comforted Xu Xi for a few words, and the two fell asleep with their heads together.

The two of them fell asleep peacefully, but they were anxious when they were kidnapped. After searching for them for most of the day, there was no trace at all. Tao couldn't help but blame Shen Baiyu, "How do you be the county magistrate? There are thieves in broad daylight and kidnapped your sister. Go and find Jiuer back."

As he said that, Tao's tears fell out, and Jiuer was still pregnant, these damn thieves!

"Mother, don't cry. I'll go find my sister now. Don't worry, I will definitely save my sister." Shen Baiyu said while patting his chest.

It sounds easy, but it is not easy to find people. Anyway, Shen Baiyu searched for him all night but couldn't find anyone.

It was dawn, and Chen Danxia and Xu Qi were woken up, then had breakfast, got on the carriage, and continued on the road. Chen Danxia asked, "Can you tell me where this is going?"

"South." Mr. Huang said simply.

After getting on the carriage, Chen Danxia and Xu Xu played chess pieces to play. Xu Xu's chess skills were extremely poor. At the end, it turned into Chen Danxia's left and right hands chess. Mr. Huang looked outside the carriage, and his skills were itchy, so he entered the carriage and played chess with Chen Danxia.

There were constant small earthquakes, and the road from Changping County to Jindu was still not clear yet, but you could go around Wei County and go from Wei County to Jindu. Tao felt that Shen Baiyu was too useless and could not count on it. He beat people around Wei County to Jindu, reported to Shen Baimi and Xu Lang, asking them to send people to find Chen Danxia. It had been two days and one night. The longer it dragged on, the more dangerous Chen Danxia was.

Six days later, Xu Lang rushed to Changping County. Shen Bomi did not come. Because Chen Muke was dead, he was hit by the falling beam in his sleep. Shen Bomi stayed in Jindu to hold a funeral for him, of course, more than Chen Muke died. Wei Mudan's father Chang Xinhou fell into the ground and broke his horse, and even his bones could not be found.

Due to this earthquake, the white banners filled the sky and cried endlessly. In addition to dead, there were also injuries. Chen Nei and Zhou's legs were broken, and Chen Dan's hand was broken...

Chen Muke died. As his legitimate wife, Tao, must return to Beijing to take charge of the overall situation. Shen Baiyu also has to go back to Beijing. Chen Danxia is his legitimate daughter. If she does not appear at his funeral, it will inevitably arouse others' suspicion and damage her reputation.

"Just say I was injured in the epicenter of the city and it was inconvenient to move. Jiuer was also frightened and wanted to stay here to take care of me and recuperate." Mrs. Xu thought of the excuse immediately.

Everyone unified the situation. Except for the Xu family, the other families returned to Jindu, and the road to Jindu in Changping County has been repaired.
Chapter completed!