This night was very long for the common folk around Ganyang Mountain. Strange and eerie roars drifted from outside the villages, yin winds and evil energies blew continuously, and a grim terror gripped the air. They spent the night in fear and trembling, and finally waited for dawn to break.
Chen Tang, Hu Feifei, and the others immediately went out to head toward various villages and towns to evacuate the people.
Taking advantage of daylight, they moved the populace as much as possible to the mountain where the Ganyang Mountain Lord Temple stood. Once night fell, they would have the protection of the Ganyang Mountain Lord.
More crucially, sunlight shone out from the temple there, illuminating the entire mountain. It was a rare, blessed sanctuary for survival!
Yet moving these people—households in tow—from the cities and towns into the mountains was no easy feat. Some fretted over their property, some were nostalgic, some followed the crowd, and others bargained with the government, refusing to move unless paid. Still others insisted on packing all their worldly belongings. They encountered all sorts of bizarre situations.
County Magistrate Hu simply summoned all the foxes from the Hu family's ancestral home, and a horde of spirits conjured demonic gales, sweeping the people up and carrying them into the mountains.
As for building homes on the mountains and clearing wasteland, that was a matter for later; they had to get through the immediate crisis first.
Sister Feifei has made a tremendous contribution.
Chen Shi also brought Xiao Duan along to help evacuate the people and calm their fears. Seeing Hu Feifei running back and forth, he felt the utmost admiration for her.
Finally, Hu Feifei mobilized the foxes of Old Hu's household to move the Xinxiang County Yamen over, setting up the prefectural office on