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Chapter 160 Panic

Along with the woman's scream, several similar screams and howls were heard from the crowd.

"Girl...Girl...My girl is missing. There is a beggar. Girl...My girl..."

Suddenly the crowd on the street became chaotic. Many people brought their children to the lantern festival, and everyone was looking for their children. The lantern festival, which was originally relatively orderly, suddenly became crowded with people.

Various screams, shouts, and cries of pain were heard continuously.

Ye Changyan turned around several times but didn't see Wulang and Erniu, and he became a little flustered for a moment.

Just when Ye Changyan was in a panic, his hand was suddenly grabbed by someone. When he turned around, it was Liang Jingcheng. Lu Tingfeng was guarding Liang Jingcheng closely.

Zhong Yunfeng, who was originally next to him, was squeezed by the surging crowd and disappeared.

"Wulang and Erniu are missing, Liulang, help me find them."

Ye Changyan was in a panic. When he saw Liang Jingcheng, he was like seeing a savior. He anxiously asked Liang Jingcheng to help find someone.

"Don't worry, the scene is chaotic right now, we have to quickly control the situation."

Liang Jingcheng held Ye Changyan's hand tightly and quickly gave instructions to Lu Tingfeng beside him.

"Go and notify the people in the county government to come quickly to maintain order and evacuate the crowd, and close all the city gates. If you can't find anyone, meet up at Yunfeng Tower."

Liang Jingcheng made a few simple arrangements, and then Lu Tingfeng nodded. He then leaped onto the roof of the house next to him and quickly ran towards the county government office.

Erniu and Fang Xiaomei, who were looking at hair ornaments at a stall, were startled when they heard screams from the crowd. Erniu hurriedly looked in the crowd, but could not see the familiar figures she had seen along the way.

Seeing Fang Xiaomei looking around anxiously, looking for her brother and the people from the host family, Erniu hurried forward and grabbed Fang Xiaomei's hand.

"Xiaomei, let's hold on tight and don't get separated by the crowd."

The panicked Fang Xiaomei was held tightly by Erniu. After she calmed down a little, the two of them were pushed forward by the crowded crowd.

The circus stall was already lively with the beating of gongs and drums. Wu Lang and Fang Xiaotong, who were squeezed in the innermost part to watch the fun, were watching with great interest when they felt a surging crowd behind them. The gongs and drums of the circus stopped, and they heard exclamations from the crowd.

Fang Xiaotong hurriedly grabbed Wulang's hand and pulled Wulang towards the corner of the street.

Wulang kept turning around and looking, trying to find his brother and sister, but he only saw panicked unfamiliar faces in the surging crowd.

"Second Young Master, don't worry, let's not get separated. There's a crowd of people here, let's take shelter in this corner first."

Ye Changyan and Liang Jingcheng were still searching desperately for their scattered companions in the crowd, and Ye Changyan felt a panic in his heart.

Facing the surging crowd, Liang Jingcheng held Ye Changyan's hand tightly, not daring to let go at all.

Liang Jingcheng clearly remembers that when he was eight years old, he went with his senior brothers to watch the embroidered ball throwing competition during the Shangsi Festival. There was a huge crowd of people, which caused a stampede.

At that time, the eldest senior brother grabbed my hand tightly and pulled me to the outer edge of the crowd, thus avoiding being trampled.

Lu Tingfeng moved very quickly, and the entire Wanshou County was only that big. With a few leaps, Lu Tingfeng quickly arrived at the Wanshou County Government Office. Upon hearing the news, County Lieutenant Kong immediately issued an emergency fireworks command. Seeing the fireworks rising in the sky, all the gates of the county government office were closed almost at the same time.

The runners from the county government quickly gathered together, and County Magistrate Kong personally assigned the tasks. The runners were divided into groups of two, each equipped with a gong, and they quickly ran towards the crowded streets.

Seeing that the county lieutenant had acted quickly, Lu Tingfeng leaped to Yunfeng Tower in a few leaps, but he did not see Ye Changyan and others in the Yunfeng Tower.

Lu Tingfeng ran along the eaves of the houses on both sides of the street, looking for his group.

Soon Lu Tingfeng saw Erniu and Fang Xiaomei squeezed in the crowd. The two girls looked panicked and their hair was a little messy.

Lu Tingfeng spotted an empty space next to the two men and jumped to their sides.

"Miss Ye, Fang Xiaomei!"

Erniu and Fang Xiaomei seemed to hear someone calling them from behind. They turned around and saw Lu Tingfeng not far behind them. For a moment, they seemed to have found their long-lost relatives. Tears were about to come out, and they shouted loudly to Lu Tingfeng.

"Brother Lu, Brother Lu, we are here!"

Lu Tingfeng seized the opportunity, leaped in front of the two girls, then quickly blocked the crowd that was about to rush forward and brought the two girls to the corner of the street.

Lu Tingfeng protected the two girls and moved to a street away from the crowd. He soon brought them back to Yunfeng Tower, but there was still no one else in the Yunfeng Tower.

Lu Tingfeng asked the two girls to wait in Yunfeng Tower and gave them a brief instruction on precautions. Then he leaped onto the roof again. Erniu and Fang Xiaomei were stunned with surprise when they saw it.

As soon as Lu Tingfeng approached the surging crowd, he heard the officers striking the gong, and were evacuating the surging crowd into the branching streets.

And the anxious cries of parents of lost children continued to be heard from the crowd.

At this moment, Lu Tingfeng saw Liang Jingcheng and Ye Changyan anxiously looking for someone in the crowd.

Lu Tingfeng jumped down from the eaves and after a few moves, he came in front of the two people.

"Master Ye, I have brought Miss Ye and Fang Xiaomei back to Yunfeng Tower. The people from the county government are already evacuating the crowd. You guys go back to Yunfeng Tower first. I'll go find Wu Lang and Fang Xiaotong."

Hearing that Lu Tingfeng had found Erniu and Fang Xiaomei, Ye Changyan's anxious mood finally eased a lot. He originally wanted to go find Wulang together, but heard Liang Jingcheng say.

"Sanlang, we are following the crowd, looking for someone like a headless fly, which is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack. Tingfeng can jump onto the eaves, stand high and see far, and find Wulang soon. We are squeezed in the middle of such a turbulent crowd, and we have to distract ourselves to look for people, which may easily cause trampling. I'd better go back to Yunfeng Tower first. Maybe Wulang has already gone back."

When Ye Changyan heard Liang Jingcheng say that a stampede was likely to occur, he remembered the tragic news of the stampede that occurred during the pilgrimage to the Middle East in his previous life. Liang Jingcheng's words made sense. He was like a headless fly here, and Lu Tingfeng was very skilled. He could find people on the roof, so his efficiency would be much better.

Seeing Ye Changyan nodded, Lu Tingfeng jumped onto the eaves next to him, while Liang Jingcheng held Ye Changyan's hand tightly and walked towards the outside of the crowd. They soon squeezed to a street corner nearby and successfully entered the street away from the crowd.

Seeing that Ye Changyan was still anxious, Liang Jingcheng took Ye Changyan's hand and ran towards Yunfeng Tower.