Chapter 565

Just as Geng Bi was waiting in the carriage.

Duan Yu and his party were still outside Jixian.

The officials hadn't lied; Duan Yu was indeed outside the city at this time.

The heavy snow in Jixian had been falling for several days.

In the deepest places, the snow inside and outside the city could submerge an adult.

Snow disaster.

This had reached the level of a snow disaster.

It was better inside Jixian, because the snow was cleared every day, and there wasn't much snow on the streets.

And with the city walls blocking it, the wind wasn't too strong.

But some of the townships outside Jixian had suffered.

The roads to some townships were gone.

Heavy snow blocked the roads and mountains.

Many people had already frozen to death in the surrounding townships.

After receiving the news in the morning, Duan Yu took the Jixian officials and went out of the city to inspect the townships around Jixian.

In the sky-filling wind and snow.

Duan Yu and his party of dozens were all on horseback.

The snow, which was over knee-deep, couldn't be traversed by carriages.

Only warhorses could barely pass.

Duan Yu, riding on the Red Dragon Cloud-Treading Beast, was wrapped in a thick gray wolf-skin cloak, and the hat on his head was also made of wolf skin.

Behind Duan Yu, Hanyang Commandery Chief Clerk Gai Xun, Liangzhou Administrator Yang Fu, Yan Zhong of the Yan clan of Jixian, whom Duan Yu had promoted to Jixian Magistrate, and Commandant Jiang Xu followed behind Duan Yu.

Further back were the four generals Tie Shitou, Wang Hunu, Chen Qingan, and Zhang Liao, as well as dozens of guards.

After leaving Jixian for more than an hour, Duan Yu and his party arrived at Weiyang Township outside Jixian.

Looking from afar.

The distance was pale, and only half of the houses exposed above the snow could be seen.

The other half had already been buried by the snow.

The intersections were blocked, and only in front of each household were there traces of snow clearing.

Perhaps knowing that Duan Yu was coming, villagers in Weiyang Township were currently clearing the snow on the paths.

The wind and snow were too heavy, so Duan Yu didn't speak, just pointed forward.

The party of dozens of warhorses stepped on the snow and headed into Weiyang Township.

And the Township Official who was leading the villagers to clear the snow immediately brought the Township Assistant, the Patrol Officer, the Pavilion Chief, and a group of small township officials to meet Duan Yu's team.

Stopping on the path cleared by the villagers, Duan Yu dismounted.

Seeing the white frost on the villagers' beards and eyebrows, Duan Yu frowned.