The uncle borrowed some merits, and the princess drew the talisman fiercely

Chapter 1799 The City Wall Collapses

Lu Zhaoling was listening to Yin Yunting talk about Jianwangou.

"Didn't Third Sister say she was going to come back with you for the worship ceremony? Where is she? No, where is she?" Lu Zhaoling asked when she saw that Third Sister Sheng hadn't returned yet.

No sooner had she finished speaking than Frog Brother appeared.

"Master, Master! A section of the west city wall has suddenly collapsed, and someone is trapped underneath. Third Sister has gone to rescue them!"

Frog Brother's words startled Lu Zhaoling and the others, and Zhou Shiyue's expression hardened.

"How could a collapsed city wall trap people?" Lu Zhaoling stood up, asked this question, and then began to calculate.

“People often bask in the sun and chat in that area at the foot of the city wall. There are also many vendors who set up their stalls there, and horse-drawn carriages, oxcarts, and mule carts gather there, waiting for people to hire them.”

That area is usually a popular meeting place for villagers who come to the city, so it's quite lively.

However, because the west city wall is farther away from here, Lu Zhaoling and the others rarely go there.

Today, Madam Sheng returned from Jianwangou, and happened to enter the city through the west gate.

As it turned out, she happened to encounter this situation.

Lu Zhaoling had already calculated the result. Her expression changed slightly, and she said to Zhou Shiyue, "This matter is not simple. I calculated that the death toll exceeds ten people, and there are also unusual phenomena. Do you want to send a message to the Crown Prince?"

She vaguely sensed that this matter was related to the emperor and the crown prince, but she couldn't figure out exactly what it was. She just knew that the crown prince was in a bad omen, which was why she said that to Zhou Shiyue.

"Azure Roar!"

Zhou Shiyue immediately summoned Qingxiao and gave him a few instructions in a deep voice, "You must enter the Eastern Palace immediately."

"Yes!"

Qingxiao didn't dare to hesitate and quickly went out.

Yin Yunting also stood up at this moment.

"I have to go check..." The Book of Souls responded.

“Let’s go together,” Lu Zhaoling said. “Little Saint, Junior Brother, you two should go too.”

Xiao Sheng has already joined the sect and has gone to help.

"Yes!"

“Benefactor Lu, we, we!” Jie Chi raised his hand and cried out.

Lu Zhaoling looked at them and said, "Go back to the ancestral temple."

Jie Chi let out an "Ah!" Si Zhen grabbed him, "We're listening to Benefactor Lu. Have you forgotten what kind of body you have?"

He has a constitution that attracts ghosts; at least ten people have died there. He shouldn't approach it casually.

Helpless, Jie Chi could only reply, "Benefactor Lu, may we wait at Huai Garden?"

Once they returned to the ancestral temple, no one went to tell them the outcome of the matter.

Stay here, and they will hear you.

"Alright, then you guys stay here and don't go out."

"Chen Deshan," Zhou Shiyue called out.

Lord Chen quickly said, "Your Highness, I will immediately take men and rush over to help."

"Yes. Go quickly." Zhou Shiyue was still satisfied with Lord Chen's quick thinking at this moment.

Lu Song and Rong Jingjing also brought talismans and medicine boxes, and the group hurried towards the west gate.

Lu Zhaoling and her group rarely come to the area around the West Gate.

Aoki and his group had actually visited the city several times before, because when the whole city was filled with malevolent energy, they would carry the talismans drawn by Lu Zhaoling and wander all over the capital.

They also put up talismans at the West Gate.

Aoki had passed by the collapsed section of the city wall several times.

As they got closer to the area, they saw many people heading in that direction.

Many of them were searching for relatives and friends; some were crying and shouting, and some had their legs so weak that they had to be helped to walk.

My dog ​​Er Gou is selling eggs over there...

"I went to town this morning and asked my parents to wait for me there... Oh, my parents!"

"My uncle went there to hire a mule cart..."

These people were crying, or speaking in trembling voices with bated breath, all rushing towards that direction.

Normally, if Lu Zhaoling and her entourage arrived in several carriages, the surrounding people would have already gathered around to watch, but now no one cared to look at them.

Of course, there were also several other impressive carriages heading that way.

Lu Zhaoling lifted the carriage curtain and looked in that direction.

Aoki rode alongside the carriage. When he saw her lift the curtain, he said to her, "Your Highness, there was also evil energy in that section of the city wall. I put up talismans there."

Aoki's expression was also very solemn at this moment.

Logically speaking, there should be a talisman drawn by the princess there to ward off evil spirits, so it shouldn't be easy for anything to happen. How come the city wall suddenly collapsed without any wind or rain lately?

Zhou Shiyue, however, said, "The city walls of the capital have been repaired in several different periods, but this section of the western city wall has never been repaired and is indeed damaged."

"Why?" Lu Zhaoling asked.

"Because...a poet once wrote a poem on that section of the city wall, praising my elder brother, who was still the crown prince at the time."

Zhou Shiyue had only just remembered this matter.

"Therefore, no one dared to repair this section of the city wall. After my brother ascended the throne, he probably sent someone to rewrite that poem."

Even when he was still the crown prince, who would dare to repair this section of the city wall if the crown prince gave the order?

The city wall looked fine, but the retired emperor was too busy with state affairs to bother inspecting the walls and advocating for their reconstruction.

That would be a waste of resources and manpower.

No one expected that the city wall would collapse for no reason today.

The retired emperor also rushed over.

"Master Ling, are there really more than ten dead?" The Emperor Emeritus had already heard from Brother Frog when he arrived.

He was very anxious.

"Yes," Lu Zhaoling said, "We don't know how many were injured, but..."

She looked up and saw that the sky was shrouded in black mist, with a faint glow of blood.

“There should be more injured,” she said.

She said to Aoki, "The talisman should be missing. You should go and check it out first."

"Yes."

Aoki immediately spurred his horse and galloped forward.

When they arrived, the place was filled with weeping and screams of pain.

A large section of the city wall has collapsed, creating a large gap.

The scattered blue bricks and stones were piled up very high.

There were people all around.

Some people were carried out, some were helped out, and others were squeezing in.

Some people were shouting loudly.

"Don't climb up! If it collapses again, people will be crushed!"

"Get out of my way, you lot! That's not how you find someone!"

Lu Zhaoling and the others immediately heard Sheng San Niangzi's voice.

Upon hearing her voice, they knew that Madam Sheng had revealed herself as a human.

The carriage stopped, and Qingsong and Qingbai had already jumped off their horses and rushed over.

Qingyin and Qingbao also jumped down, "Your Highness, this servant saw several women injured over there, let's go check on them!"

"Go!"

Everyone rushed over to join the rescue.

Lu Zhaoling stopped and looked around first, instead of rushing over.

Zhou Shiyue stood beside her.

"Your Highness, the Fifth Princess!" Qingfeng suddenly spotted a figure.

Zhou Shiyue frowned and looked over. Sure enough, he saw a carriage in front of him, and the Fifth Princess was getting off the carriage and running towards a brick and stone area in front of him.

"Go over and take a look."

"Yes." Qingfeng immediately rushed over there.