Princess Phoenix

Chapter 208

The weather finally warmed up, some residents of the city went out early in the morning to pick wild vegetables in the outskirts of the city, and the curious Xiaodie followed. There was no danger at all with this group of simple women, so Qiyue followed her.But no one thought that it would rain at noon. This was the first rain this year, and it was heavy and urgent. The women who had been out of the city for a while came back in a hurry. Zhu accompanied Xiaotian to eat in the front hall, while Chu Yi stood behind.Because the place here is big enough, a group of people came in to hide from the rain.

Water was still dripping from the half-wet hair and clothes, and the shopkeeper looked at the already wet ground with a grin on his face.

"Oh, no matter how you say it, it started to happen without any warning at all." One of them said.Others followed suit.

"It's big enough, it's going to smoke." Another person interjected.

Qi Yue didn't care at all, sometimes if the rain is strong enough, the ground does seem to be emitting white smoke, a short layer, who knows that after this person finished speaking, several women laughed, "Qiuhua you Do you know what straight smoke is called?" one of the women asked.

"It's raining, and then there's smoke coming out of the woods, that's when it's raining." The woman replied as a matter of course, with a charming look.The other women laughed again.However, Qiyue's mind moved, she couldn't help standing up, and took two steps forward, "What are you talking about? What kind of forest is smoking?"

Suddenly was interrupted, all the women looked at Qiyue, Qiyue smiled gently, all the women liked it when they saw it, and the woman who spoke first replied, "That's what happened, we suddenly fell in the rain. Running back, who knows that Qiuhua turned around to pick up her shoes because she dropped them, and when she turned her head, she saw smoke starting to rise in the woods, so she called us to a stop. .”

Qiyue asked the woman named Qiuhua, "Is it just a puff of smoke? I can still see it from the woods. I think the smoke should be big enough."

Qiuhua recalled, "It seems that there are more than one strand, there should be two or three strands... No, it seems that there are more, because it is far away from the rain, and I can only see three or four strands clearly. What do you ask this for?" He said and looked at Qiyue curiously.

Qiyue's heart jumped wildly, she shook her head and looked at Chu Yi absent-mindedly, Chu Yi was a little puzzled at first, but then she showed shock, her face was very ugly, she took out a sparrow from her bosom, and unfolded a note , quickly wrote a few words, tied it to the bird's feet, and walked out of the inn with a sullen face. The women were frightened by Chu Yi's momentum and ran away in panic, making way for Chu Yi to let the bird fly.

Only then did people notice that the heavy rain outside had stopped at some point, revealing a pristine blue sky, and the air was extraordinarily fresh. Although these women were puzzled, they didn't care too much, and left with a smile.

The shopkeeper whined and complained while wiping the floor.Huazhu looked puzzled, "What's wrong with Chu Yi?"

Xiaotian climbed directly onto Qiyue, "Mother, is there going to be a war?"

Qiyue was startled, "Why do you say that?"

Xiaotian wrinkled his nose, "Your expression is very similar to that of Uncle Chu, and it must have something to do with the smoke in the woods."

Qiyue patted Xiaotian's head, and looked at the shopkeeper who was frightened by Xiaotian's words and opened his mouth wide and looked at the shopkeeper, "Not necessarily, it's just a guess."

Even though he said this, Qiyue didn't want to be so calm on the surface in his heart. He led Xiaotian back to the backyard and handed Xiaotian to Hua Zhu, "You look after Xiaotian, and then follow us closely." Lin Ercai was really upset I understood, "What's wrong?" Chu Yi also came back at this time.

Hua Zhu also had a look of fear, "Sister Yue, what's going on?"

Qiyue asked, "Do you know when the smoke will come out? It means that when the rain suddenly extinguishes the fire, there will be thick smoke in the woods, which means that there is a fire in the woods, and it's not two piles. More than five or six piles, or more, who is going to light a fire in the woods at this time?"

Xiaotian interjected, "Is someone hiding in the woods and cooking?"

Qiyue nodded, "If you can see the thick smoke from the outskirts of the city, it should be a stove of thousands of people. There may be tens of thousands of people. What are you doing hiding in the woods? Naturally, you want to make a surprise attack."Huazhu thought for a while, then suddenly exclaimed, "What the hell, Xiaodie hasn't come back, what should I do, won't I be in any danger?" Qiyue only noticed it at this time, but guessing here is nothing No supplement.

"Let's go, let's go out and have a look." Qiyue said.

After walking for about half an hour, I arrived at the gate of the city. Even though it is only a small town, it is still an important military town. The city wall is still quite impressive, and the gate is quite strong, but no matter how strong it is, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is also useless, a military empty city, the old and the weak, women and children in the city, do not even have a decent weapon, this battle does not need to be fought at all. , There are probably less than 3000 soldiers guarding the city, and these people mainly perform management duties.These prayers for the moon cannot be said.

As expected, Xiaodie disappeared, Qiyue and others went straight to the city gate, two soldiers stood there lazily, a woman walked back with some helplessness after saying a few words to the soldier, Qiyue will The woman stopped, "Do you want to go out of the city? Why are you back?"

The woman looked at Qiyue and replied, "What's the use of leaving the city? I heard that Mount Ji is muddy again, and I can't go to other places even if I leave the city."

"Flowing mud?" Qi Yue couldn't help frowning.Chu Yi had already replied, "It's just the mountain sliding down."

When Qiyue heard this, her heart tightened again, "Has this happened before?"

The woman nodded, "You guys came from somewhere else. It happened once a few years ago, and ordinary people couldn't get through it. Later, the army in the city cleared the road for half a month." She sighed and left.

Qiyue and the others looked at each other in blank dismay, that is to say, this place is really an isolated city, unable to get out or get in, but there are a large number of troops outside the city watching.Is the landslide a coincidence or man-made?In other words, it is impossible to discover the situation here through outsiders.

(End of this chapter)