All through the snowy night, the anxious villagers of Fengdan County could not close their eyes. In the early part of the night, they could only hear the bugle sounds from Bailu County; by the latter half, those sounds seemed to vanish, leaving a terrifying silence.
Women were comforting crying children, while the elderly, shivering, huddled together, their cloudy eyes fixed on the entrance of the village.
In the carriage, Lie Rou silently recited scriptures, clutching hanging jade Buddha beads in her hand.
Ye Zi, like a child with ADHD, could hardly contain his desire to go outside and check things out, but was consistently stopped by Yue Chen.
Hongling and Shalman discussed the making of the Blue Snow Stove in a distracted manner, somewhat absent-mindedly, while Hong Yao had gone out and not yet returned.
Facing the eerily calm reaction of the people at Jingxin Courtyard, the first to grow restless was Yun Luo.
