Ci Jinzhi

Chapter 175 Natural Disaster
Xinyou's last words were spoken very softly, Xiaolian didn't hear clearly, and she closed her eyes and became quiet.

Gu Yu's home is a little far away from the Imperial College. Xin You closed her eyes not to refresh her mind, but to take advantage of this time to recall the tragic scene repeatedly in order to grasp more clues.

"Miss, I can't get in." The coachman stopped the carriage and said.

Xiao Lian helped Xin You out of the carriage, and let out a low exclamation.

What came into view was a large area of ​​dilapidated houses, low and compact, and the sewage on the ground flowed through the snow, winding out traces.

The Kou family is wealthy, and when they enter Beijing and live in Shaoqing's Mansion, their life is not bad. Xiao Lian has never been to such a place.

Xiao Lian raised her foot, then retracted it, silently lifting the hem of the cloak for Xinyou.

Because it was snowing, there was no such scene of neighbors gathering outside to chat. Occasionally, someone hurried past and cast curious glances at Xin You and the others.

"Girl, do you want to find someone to inquire about?"

Although there is a specific address, it is not easy to find Gu Yu's house in the face of these scattered alleys and similar houses with minor differences.

Xin You shook her head: "No, let's walk around casually."

It is really easy to find someone to inquire about, but at her age, it is inevitable that people will guess her relationship with Gu Yu.

Different from the bookstore, this is Gu Yu's home, the place where he lived since he was a child, rumors and gossip will affect him.

Xin You didn't explain this to Xiao Lian, and walked forward holding the hem of her skirt.

Her memory and sense of direction are good, and she should be able to find the place where Gu Yu's accident happened based on the picture.

"Girl, watch your step."

Xinyou put all her attention on comparing the picture with the foreground in front of her eyes, even if Xiao Lian reminded her, she still stepped on the sewage.

"It's really hard to get here." Xiao Lian felt sorry for Xin You, and complained a little.

Xin You stared intently at the wall in front of her and the discolored wooden door.

It should be this one.

No matter the height of this section of the wall or the red brick mixed in with the adobe bricks, they are all the same as in the picture.

At this moment, the wooden door opened and a woman came out.

The woman looks beautiful, and the years have left traces of hard work on her.

Xinyou blinked slightly.

A new picture appeared, similar to when Gu Yu had an accident, except that Gu Yu was standing under the fence outside the courtyard, and the woman was trapped inside.

Seeing Xinyou, the woman was a little curious: "Is there something wrong, girl?"

Obviously, in the eyes of women, Xinyou is out of place here.

"My cat suddenly jumped out of the car and ran in here, but I couldn't find it. Did you see it?" Xin You looked anxious.

"No." The woman put down the bucket she was carrying and walked to the opposite door, "Don't worry, girl, I'll ask the neighbors for you."

The woman patted on the neighbor's door, and a young woman with a child came out from the opposite side: "Auntie, is there something wrong?"

When Xin You saw the young woman appear, her face turned pale.

It was still a picture of a collapsed house. The young woman was slightly bent and pressed underneath. The child she was holding tightly in her arms was the child she was holding in her arms at the moment.

The young woman looked helpless, and the toddler was crying.

Since Xin You could only see the picture, she couldn't hear the sound, but the way the child was crying in the picture let her know that the crying must be heartbreaking.

The woman pointed to Xinyou and explained: "This girl lost her cat, and she said she ran into our place by watching it. I think she is in a hurry, so I asked for help."

"No." The young woman looked back at her yard subconsciously, and hugged the child up, "Didn't Zhang Bo's family raise a cat, would they run into his house and play together?"

"I'll ask."

Xin You watched the woman call out another old man.

The old man glanced at Xinyou and shook his head: "I didn't see it. Our cat catches mice, and we can't play with cats from rich families."

As if he was worried about being suspected and getting into trouble, the old man took another look at Xin You and quickly closed the door.

Xin You lowered her eyes to hide her surging emotions.

Uncle Zhang’s accident happened in the courtyard. I don’t know if the house was stronger than other houses or because of luck, the main house did not collapse, only the kitchen built in the courtyard collapsed.He was frightened and fell and was injured, so there was no fear of his life.

Seeing that the woman had to ask other people for her help, Xiao Lian was a little embarrassed, so she couldn't help but look at Xin You.

Xinyou didn't intend to stop it.

She needs to see more people to infer more information.

There are no secrets in such a place, and soon everyone in the neighborhood knows that a lady's cat has been lost.Some people joined the cat-hunting team out of enthusiasm, and more people thought that there would be rewards for finding cats.

Xin You had watched too much, and she had seen enough, her face was so ugly that Xiao Lian was worried.

"Girl, are you alright?"

"It's okay. You go and talk to the aunt and the others, and we will look elsewhere."

Xiao Lian said it in the past, and the woman came over and tried to persuade her: "Girl, you should go home earlier, it has been snowing, you are not familiar with this place..."

This is a tactful reminder to Xin You that it is not safe for the two little girls to be outside all the time.

Xinyou raised her head slightly, looking at the gray sky.

The snow was pouring down and down, and it didn't mean to stop at all.

Yeah, it's been snowing...

After thanking the cat hunters, Xin You stepped on the snow and got into the carriage.

"Girl—" Xiao Lian hesitated to speak, feeling uneasy.

Having been by Xinyou's side for a long time, she knew something big was going to happen.

Xin You leaned against the car wall with a solemn expression: "Most of the people I met just now are in danger of their lives."

Xiao Lian turned pale: "So many? Miss, what should I do?"

"let me see."

From those pictures, it can be inferred that a small earthquake should have occurred at that time, and the reason for the collapse of this area——

Xin You raised the curtains of the car and looked at the snow that was flying all over the sky.

Slight ground shaking caused some objects to fall at most, and the heavy snow that never stopped was probably the main reason.

How to save these people?
Xinyou held the hand stove that was only warm in both hands and thought.

Reporting to the officials will definitely not work, and the officials will not move the crowd because of her words, but will only mislead the crowd with her lies.

Mr. He should believe her, but he is Jin Linwei, the most suitable excuse to evacuate those people is to use the name of hunting fugitives, which will bring him big trouble.

After much deliberation, Xin You decided to rely on herself the safest way.

The Guozijian will have a holiday on the tenth day of the junior high school, and it can be seen from the screen that the incident occurred in the early morning, which is a day on the tenth or eleventh day of the junior high school.

And today is the seventh day of the lunar new year, and tomorrow is Laba.

Xin You had an idea in her heart, and went back to the bookstore to explain.

It was snowing all the time, and there were not many customers in the bookstore in the afternoon. Liu Zhou was free to run errands. Captain Yang brought a lot of guards to buy according to Xin You's orders.

(End of this chapter)