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Chapter 537 Earthquakes
She looked up at the sky. The sky was calm and clear, as usual.Except for the bats that were circling all over the sky just now, even as a Xuanshi, she didn't see anything strange when looking at the sky.

Xiao Lingjiang frowned, turned around and asked, "Aman, have you brought any divination tools?"

Aman, who was following quietly behind him, nodded quickly and took out three copper coins from his arms.

She has been learning the art of six-line divination recently. The objects used for divination are not just randomly picked. They are chosen by those who are destined. These three copper coins were carefully selected by Xiao Lingjiang for her.

Aman had been carrying it with him all this time, and would take it out to practice when he had free time.

Xiao Lingjiang reached out to take it, walked to the small wooden table aside and sat down: "I'll make a hexagram first, and Aman, you can draw the line for me."

"Yes." Aman responded immediately.

Pei You waved his hand, and everyone stepped back a few steps to give her room to perform.

After Xiao Lingjiang cleaned his hands, he clasped his palms together and gathered the three copper coins in his hands. He mobilized all his profound energy and finally chanted silently. As he waved his sleeves, his hands loosened and the three coins fell on the table in a circle.

Seeing this, Aman quickly drew the hexagrams with his pen.

Repeat this six times until the hexagram of six lines of copper coins is completed.

Xiao Lingjiang slowly exhaled, took over the hexagram drawn by Aman just now, and began to calculate carefully.However, after a while, her brows furrowed more and more tightly, but no words were spoken.

After a long time, she put the paper aside.

"How is it?" Pei You took half a step forward and asked.

Xiao Lingjiang frowned and said, "It's nothing special."

Did she think too much?
The shopkeeper on the side breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest and said, "As long as everything is fine. Maybe today's strange phenomenon is just a coincidence."

"Accidental?" Xiao Lingjiang frowned. One incident was an accident, but so were the two incidents?
Her gaze moved to the well in the courtyard, her eyes getting darker and darker, then she reached out to collect the copper coins in her palm, got up and walked to the well.

"I'll try again." As she said this, she waved her hand, and three copper coins rose into the air. Following the kneading movements of her hand, they hung slightly at the mouth of the well.

Xiao Lingjiang's eyes darkened slightly, he bit his fingertips and squeezed out three drops of bright red blood. With a flick of his hand, the three drops of blood flew straight towards the copper coins, and then he saw a faint flash of red light in the air, and the drops of blood flew away. It seeped into the copper coins and disappeared.

Immediately afterwards, she fluttered her fingers and waved her right palm lightly, and the three copper coins flew into a straight line and disappeared into the well.

The boy next to him couldn't help but let out a soft cry. Seeing Aman glare at him unhappily, he quickly reached out and covered his mouth.

As the copper coins sank into the well, Xiao Lingjiang moved her feet slightly, taking Xuanmen steps around the mouth of the well, and then kept making seals on her hands. Following her movements, a Bagua diagram faintly appeared above the mouth of the well.

She closed her eyes, put her palms together and recited silently, and then waved violently, causing the water in the well to roll. Three copper coins broke through the water and flew straight into the air. After exhaustion, they fell down.

Just at this moment, the golden Bagua diagram in the void at the mouth of the well flashed with golden light, and the copper coins swayed and landed on it, as if it were a real thing.

The shopkeeper and the boy on the side couldn't help but widen their eyes. This kind of skill was unprecedented!Who is this little lady?

After doing this six times, Xiao Ling Jiang Fang waved his hand to take back the copper coins, and the Bagua diagram hanging at the mouth of the well disappeared.

She stared at the newly divined divination, her expression becoming more and more serious.

When Pei You saw this, he also had a bad premonition: "But there is something different?"

This time, the divination directly used the place of vision as the disk, and also used special techniques, which should make the divination more accurate.

Xiao Lingjiang's voice was a little obscure: "According to the hexagrams, there is indeed a big disaster going to happen here. It's just that I can't tell the specific reason."

The world's celestial phenomena are changing, but not everything is in Xuanshi's heart.Xuanshi are not gods. There are many things they can calculate, but there are also many things they cannot calculate or do.

The common catastrophes in the human world include floods, droughts, locust plagues, epidemics, and earthquakes.

The first few types, from the beginning to the outbreak, will have more or less precursors in the celestial, ground and human phenomena, giving people two opportunities to take precautions.

Only when the earth shakes, the heaven, earth, human beings, and elephants often show no warning, and they happen just under the radar. Without waiting for human reaction, the appearance is completely changed.

Xiao Lingjiang took a deep breath and said slowly: "I suspect... it may be a sign of an earthquake."

"Earthquake?" Pei You's eyes were shocked when he heard this.

When the shopkeeper and the boy on the side heard this, they even screamed: "The earth is shaking, the earth dragon is turning over?!"

Although there has been some drought in Liangzhou, there has never been any major disaster, and there has been no earthquake in the past hundred years.

But they have heard that earthquakes are not as predictable as heavy rains or droughts. They come and go quickly. Often, before people can react, houses are destroyed and countless people are killed and injured.

Could today's strange phenomenon really be a sign?
Xiao Lingjiang rubbed his eyebrows: "I'm not [-]% sure whether it was an earthquake or not. However, bats are extremely sensitive things, and their hearing is better than many things in the world. Now a group of people gathered in the street. And Ming is inherently suspicious."

"And the water from this well, as the shopkeeper just said, this well is much deeper than the others. It used to be clear and sweet, but now it's so turbid and has a strong smell of sulfur. I guess it's because there's something strange underground. .”

"If that's really the case, that would be terrible." Pei You's eyes darkened slightly.

If an earthquake occurs, the city of Liangzhou will suffer disaster.Not only will the lives of the people in the city be seriously threatened, but if Xifan, who is watching eagerly from the other side, has any thoughts at this time, Liangzhou will be in danger.

"In any case, the earthquake is of great importance. It is better to believe that it happened than not to believe that it did not happen." Xiao Lingjiang's eyes were heavy, "It involves the safety of the people, and even if there is only a slight chance, we must be fully prepared. We have to notify people to make precautionary arrangements immediately."

She thought of Gongji, who had uncharacteristically brought Tuochi out of the city today, and frowned slightly. Could it be that Xifan knew something in advance?
She narrowed her eyes and said, "Apei, you may have to go to Gongji's place yourself."

Pei You immediately understood that with Tuochi present, it would be difficult for Taoist Changwu to deal with Gongji alone.

At this moment, even if his face is torn, he must completely hold this person in his hands.

"Don't worry." Pei You nodded, and then warned, "You must be careful in the city."

Although the secret guard was guarding her, it was still uneasy to feel at ease as the city was about to get busy.However, Gongji's place was also very important, and he needed to leave quickly and return quickly.

After that, he took two personal guards and headed out of the city.

Xiao Lingjiang also hurried back to the Governor's Mansion and found Duan Xu and Guo Xiaoxing.

When the two heard about this, they were surprised and suspicious at first. However, they thought that Xiao Lingjiang was not the kind of person who talks freely, and if there was even a slight possibility of an earthquake, they would definitely not be careless, so they immediately took action.

These two men were both good at handling politics and the military. In addition, Liangzhou was an important border area, and the soldiers and people had experience in preparing for war and defending against enemies. As soon as the government orders were issued, they were implemented vigorously and resolutely everywhere.

All of a sudden, the people all left their houses and gathered in a flat and open area. The soldiers also strengthened the defense everywhere.

The night is getting darker, the bonfire is gradually extinguishing, and the sky is as thick as ink.

The children didn't know what was going on. After playing around for a while, they fell asleep in the arms of adults early.

The people sitting around had been tired for a long time, and gradually couldn't hold on any longer, so they couldn't help but close their eyes.

(End of this chapter)