Chương 514: All Things Indescribable

The crane's cry resounded through the snowstorm and spread to both banks of the Luo River.

People in the crowd began to stand up. Voices could be heard everywhere and some people stood on tiptoes, wanting to get a better view of the activity on the bridge. Some people decided to just climb up to the branches of the scholar trees on the riverside. However, trees in winter are somewhat brittle—how could they bear the burden of so many people? With a cracking sound, ten-odd scholar trees successively snapped and several dozen people were dumped into the cold river. Today, there were many Li Palace priests and Zhou soldiers keeping watch, and there were also boats at ready downstream. It didn't take long for those people to be rescued from the river. No lives were endangered, but with the sudden shock of bone-chilling river water, a bout of illness was almost inevitable.