Chapter 270: The Whirlwind is a Strange Thing
In the small courtyard, Li Yaoguang implemented the second step of the plan.
"Big brother, didn't you just say that the city is dangerous? It's getting late now, and the Ceng Ceng is unusually powerful around here. It's a bit of a surprise. Why don't you lead everyone to search around, and I'll lead Ceng Ceng to search here. If we split up and work together, we can save time and finish the job as soon as possible. What do you think?"
Da Yao would naturally not object. After all, the longer one stayed in the city, the more likely something would happen. If possible, it would be better to find a place and leave as soon as possible.
The eldest simply agreed, "Okay, I'll listen to you." However, it was impossible for him to really leave her alone. Even though the courtyard was empty and there was no back door, they would be safe as long as they controlled the main door. The eldest still asked his younger brother to stay and accompany them, and the youngest was naturally happy to do so.
Li Yaoguang wanted to send Xiaoyao away as well, but seeing that Dayao was determined, he knew that saying anything more would arouse suspicion, so he kept silent. When Dayao and the others dispersed, Li Yaoguang immediately found an excuse to assign Xiaoyao to another task.
"Little brother, the courtyard and the house are dark and I feel uncomfortable. How about we split up and you go to the house to look for it while I look for it in the courtyard?"
Xiao Yao knew there was nothing impossible about it, so he agreed immediately and went into the house without thinking twice to start searching. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Yaoguang quickly opened the door of the secret cellar, not even bothering to let it breathe, and lay on top of it, shining the light of the linked space downwards.
It was completely empty inside, not even a mouse was seen. Fortunately it was hidden so tightly, it was not that serious! Fortunately it was convenient for me now.
She quickly moved out all the remaining food in Kongkong, and also put a bag of salt in it. That was a gift from Uncle Qian from Weimeilou to her. Now she was giving it to her eldest brother and the others out of her good intentions. After all, salt was more scarce than food and water in the mountains.
After doing all this, Li Yaoguang felt dizzy. She didn't know if it was because of the smell in the cellar, or because she had transferred too quickly and consumed too much mental energy. She was so dizzy that she almost fell into the cellar.
Fortunately, the cat next to her meowed in time to wake her up. Before she could get scared, Xiaoyao in the house heard the meow and came out to check. He saw Li Yaoguang lying at the entrance of the secret cellar at a glance.
Xiaoyao was amused and walked over quickly. "Little sir, what are you doing lying there? You were rubbing against meowing just now. Did you find something good again? Eh?"
As he approached while joking, before Li Yaoguang could reply, Xiaoyao saw the tip of the iceberg exposed at the entrance of the cellar. He was stunned for a moment, his hands were shaking, and his voice was trembling, "Xiao, Xiaosir, this, this, was, was it found by you?"
Oh my god, he was convinced, completely convinced! If it wasn't for the wrong timing, he would have almost fallen to his knees and worshipped such a divine cat.
Seeing Xiaoyao so excited, Reng Reng couldn't help but meow proudly. Li Yaoguang stroked Reng Reng's head with amusement, climbed up, looked at the man who was still standing in shock and reminded him helplessly: "Little brother, stop shaking. Didn't you say that the city is dangerous? It took Reng Reng a lot of effort to find these food, and you don't want them?"
Xiaoyao was shocked, "Yes, why not? Only a fool would not want it!"
"Then what are you still standing there for? Hurry up and inform Big Brother and the others!"
The little one finally came to his senses, and hurriedly responded with a "hey hey", running out as if his butt was on fire, obviously going to inform his brothers.
Taking this opportunity, Li Yaoguang added some dry goods into it, such as soybeans, black beans, miscellaneous grains, mung beans, etc. These are all high-quality products from the homes of dukes and even the imperial palace. They are excellent whether for eating or keeping seeds.
The eldest and the others outside were all stunned after hearing the notice from the youngest. They rushed in with weak limbs, and looked at the things in the cellar. They were overjoyed and praised Li Yaoguang and Miao in the small courtyard. At the same time, two streets away, a man and a wolf miraculously appeared.
After Ji Mo and Black Whirlwind Yiwei crossed the river, the man and the wolf relied on information obtained from the refugees they met, as well as the traces of the receding flood and the scope of the flood to determine the direction and search for people silently.
It has been quite a while since then. Although Black Whirlwind's injuries have almost healed, even his broken leg healed faster than Cheng Su's, but his half-blind eye has not been completely healed because Ji Mo lacks two hard-to-find main medicines. At this time, the Northland can be said to be nine out of ten empty houses. It is very difficult to find these two medicines. Fortunately, Ji Mo is not worried. Their Qijitang has existed for more than 300 years and has its own response strategies for natural disasters, man-made disasters, and even changes in imperial power.
Even if the people were gone and the city was destroyed, as long as the general location of the ruins was still there, he could find any supplies hidden by the Qijitang before they left.
There were all kinds of medicines from Qijitang, even food and cloth, etc., for the purpose of rapid reconstruction of Qijitang after the disaster.
Ji Mo was worried about Black Whirlwind who had been silent all the time and only focused on looking for his master. He checked the map and found that they were very close to Jincheng. Thinking that there was a branch of the Seven Ji Sect in Jincheng, Ji Mo decisively brought Black Whirlwind to Jincheng. It was a coincidence that they arrived today.
When Li Yaoguang and his companions entered from the north, a man and a wolf entered from the west gate.
When Li Yaoguang was making some small moves near the small courtyard in the west of the city, Ji Mo was also coming to the branch of Qijitang in the south of the city with Black Whirlwind.
The two parties were separated by a distance. Ji Mo was a miracle doctor but not a fortune teller, so he naturally didn't know that the person he was looking for was so close. Instead, Black Whirlwind, who had been following Ji Mo on three legs, noticed something unusual.
A man and a wolf walked to the street corner, and suddenly, the Black Whirlwind stopped.
Ji Mo didn't notice it at first. He didn't hear any movement around him as he walked. When he turned around, he saw Black Whirlwind standing motionless at the street corner.
Ji Mo raised his voice, "Black Whirlwind."
The Black Whirlwind didn't move.
Ji Mo shouted again: "Black Whirlwind, let's go."
At this moment, Black Whirlwind suddenly seemed to have discovered something. He ignored Ji Mo who was urging him, sniffed fiercely with his nose, made an excited humming sound in his throat, and spread out his three legs to run wildly in a certain direction. That nimble figure didn't look like he had any disability at all.
Ji Mo was stunned at first, but then he reacted. He couldn't help but laugh and curse, and took a deep breath and flew up to catch up.
"Good job, I want to see what's wrong with you, stupid wolf."
What's crazy?
He leaped forward slowly and followed behind Black Whirlwind, following and following. As they got closer and closer to the courtyard where the noise came from, Ji Mo frowned when he sensed the presence of a stranger and vaguely heard the conversation.
I was on guard and was about to rein in the Black Tornado that was running wild in front of me, but it turned out that this guy was suddenly like taking stimulants, and the whimper in his throat just now suddenly turned into a wolf howl.
Awoo, awoo, awoo, awoo, awoo, awoo... the sound was still full of joy.
Li Yaoguang, who was holding Cat in the yard and watching Dayao and the others digging out the food, suddenly heard the strange howl. Unlike Dayao and the others who immediately became alert, Li Yaoguang's pupils dilated and he was stunned.