Chapter 78: Small Boat Stone Carving Platform The original heroine is the elder sister, Qin Yuqing...

The distance between Cangzhou and Lingjun is not far, and there is no obstruction of floods, so the journey is smooth.

As the carriage entered Cangzhou City, Qin Yuqing was awakened by a loud noise.

"Look! It's the Sixth Princess's carriage. The Sixth Princess is here to see us!"

"Welcome the Sixth Princess to Cangzhou!"

"The Sixth Princess has a kind heart. If it weren't for her, we would have died in the flood long ago!"

"The Sixth Princess is a living Bodhisattva!"

Listening to the people's words, Qin Yuqing frowned. She remembered that when she was traveling, she specifically told everyone not to make any noise, and even if they left the city, they would leave through a remote path.

The people of Cangzhou had never seen her in person, let alone her carriage. Moreover, she was in the carriage at the moment and did not show up.

So how do they recognize themselves?

"Princess, please understand. I have absolutely not disclosed your itinerary to anyone." When Lord Chen heard what the people of Cangzhou said, cold sweat fell on his forehead.

He knew that those who followed Qin Yuqing were all people Qin Yuqing trusted, and although it was clearly a plan to travel secretly, the itinerary was leaked by someone.

Qin Yuqing shook her head. Lord Chen seemed to have something to ask of her, and he had been sitting in the carriage without leaving at all on the way here. She was inclined to believe that it was not Lord Chen who leaked the information.

Naturally, someone in Ling County knew about his itinerary, including Park Qinghe's sister Park Qingyu, who would definitely not betray herself.

Although the Fourth Princess Qin Qinqin is indeed a time bomb and her purpose for coming to the south is not pure, Qin Yuqing is sure that the leak of her itinerary was not her doing. If something happens to her, she will inevitably be held accountable by the emperor.

There are only servants of the Ling County prefect, which is completely unavoidable, but the group of people involved is quite large, and it will take a lot of time to screen them one by one, and it will also alert the enemy.

"Don't worry about it." Qin Yuqing said coldly. No matter how these people knew about her carriage, as long as she didn't show up, she was not on the carriage.

The carriage drove in the opposite direction of the prefect and finally stopped in front of a small courtyard.

Lord Chen led the way. He walked into the courtyard with ease, pushed open the door, and took out a book stuck in the center of the bookcase. Then the bookcase began to turn, and a dark passage appeared in front of everyone.

"This is the underground passage leading to the prefecture, which was prepared by me and the former prefect." Lord Chen walked in front to lead the way, holding a torch in his hand.

Park Qinghe walked at the end, and after making sure that no one was following him and no one saw him, he closed the door and restored everything to its original state.

Xiaolu pulled Qin Yuqing's sleeve, Chuntao followed behind Qin Yuqing, and the two of them protected Qin Yuqing invisibly.

“The original purpose of building this passage was to avoid being lazy. Sometimes, in order to avoid dealing with government affairs and not being caught by the people, we repaired this passage.” Lord Chen’s voice was full of nostalgia.

"But I never thought that this passage would play a different role today."

Qin Yuqing did not speak. She listened quietly to Lord Chen's description of the former prefects. From this flood, she knew that the former prefects of Cangzhou and Lingjun were all very good people. The two sides should be good friends and had discovered some secrets together.

Judging from the inscriptions on the dam of the reservoir, it is very likely that the two prefects had discovered something serious and were silenced by someone who covered it up by saying they had drowned in a flood.

The passage was not long and soon came to a rising staircase. Lord Chen handed the torch to Chuntao, reached out and touched the air a few times. With a click, the wooden board above was moved away, revealing a dazzling light.

Lord Chen climbed out first, then reached out his hand and helped the other people out.

"This is the prefect." After Lord Chen finished speaking, he looked at Qin Yuqing hesitantly.

Qin Yuqing understood clearly that it must be because of the secret of the pond in the prefectural courtyard. Since it concerned the Baili family and the Chen family, it was better not to be known by too many people.

"Please, Lord Chen, arrange guest rooms for them." Qin Yuqing looked at Chuntao and the others and said, "You should rest for a while, as we still need to leave the city."

"Why are you leaving the city?" Chun Tao asked, confused. "It's not safe for the princess to leave the city now."

"Of course, we are going to find the secret base." Qin Yuqing said mysteriously.

Chuntao nodded. The princess always had her own reasons for doing things, and she would follow her unconditionally.

Seeing that everyone had left, Qin Yuqing stood not far from Master Chen and said with a cautious tone, "Lead the way, Master Chen."

Lord Chen nodded and brought Qin Yuqing to the center of the entire mansion. Since Lord Chen had dismissed the servants early in the morning, he was not afraid of exposing his whereabouts in the prefectural court.

"It's this place. The head of the family once said that as long as you come here, you can see through the secret." Lord Chen consciously stood not far from Qin Yuqing and said honestly.

"Actually, I've checked it, but I didn't find anything unusual. I even checked the small stone in the center of the pool, and there was nothing unusual there."

Qin Yuqing nodded and listened to what Lord Chen said. He looked at the stone in the center with his fox eyes, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Master Chen, what do you think of this stone?"

Although Master Chen didn't understand why Qin Yuqing asked this, he still answered honestly: "It's an ordinary stone, but the bottom is embedded in the water. It's no different from the stones you see in ordinary streams."

“There’s no difference.”

Qin Yuqing clasped her hands in front of her chest, her fingers tapping her arms constantly, but in her eyes, this stone looked particularly like a familiar object, an object she had made in modern times.

Not long after she learned stone carving, she excitedly made a stone carving of a boat and gave it to her mother as a birthday present.

"Aqing has grown up, and the stone sculptures he made are really beautiful." Qin Yuqing still remembers that her mother placed the stone sculpture in a shallow pool. Although the hull was submerged in water, the whole thing was still exposed.

As for why Qin Yuqing was so sure that the stone in the prefectural pond was a modern stone sculpture, it was because Qin Yuqing had a habit of combining unrelated things together, just like the small bow on the stone boat she made in modern times.

Qin Yuqing looked at the irregular little bow on the stone boat. She was sure that she had made it herself, but how could such a modern object appear here?

Could it be that this stone boat, like her, also came from the book?

But according to what Lord Chen said, this thing existed when Concubine Chen was still alive, but Qin Yuqing had a question.

"When did mother leave the treasure bag?"

"Thirteen years ago."

It was when Chen Cairen went to the south, and it was also when Chen Cairen passed away. Everything was too coincidental. What happened thirteen years ago, and why did Chen Cairen leave behind the lucky bag?

What is the relationship between Chen Cairen and my mother?

"Please give me a small boat, Lord Chen." Qin Yuqing compared the distance and found that the stone boat was still some distance away from her. Seeing Lord Chen coming with the boat, Qin Yuqing said after getting on the boat.

"Master Chen can meet me on the shore." Qin Yuqing thought for a moment and added, "Don't enter the pool unless it's absolutely necessary."

Qin Yuqing was not sure whether Yu Bingyan knew about what was happening here, whether he had intervened, and whether he had any hand in this.

So she couldn't let innocent people be involved in the feud between her and Yu Bingyan.

Lord Chen naturally disagreed, but seeing Qin Yuqing's determined expression, he couldn't convince Qin Yuqing, so he had to stand nervously on the shore, rubbing his hands helplessly.

Qin Yuqing took a boat to the central stone sculpture. This one was several times larger than the modern one, and it looked like three people could easily stand on it.

After the boat stopped, Qin Yuqing walked onto the giant stone boat, and a familiar voice came from her ears.

"Aqing, you are finally here." The voice of my mother came over.

Qin Yuqing looked at the stone boat in surprise, because the sound came from below. She stepped back calmly and gradually approached the hull.

"Don't be afraid, Qing."

"Who are you?" Qin Yuqing asked sternly, "If you're playing tricks on me, come out and talk if you can."

The voice chuckled: "Okay." The next moment, the platform of the stone boat started to move and moved underwater.

Lord Chen opened his eyes wide and looked towards the center of the pool. He clearly saw that Qin Yuqing's expression was different, but when he was about to rescue her, he heard Qin Yuqing say to him.

"No need, I'm fine!"

Lord Chen was conflicted, but based on the attitude of the people around Qin Yuqing in the past two days, he understood one thing: as long as it was Qin Yuqing's order, they would believe and obey it unconditionally.

Master Chen gritted his teeth and chose to believe Qin Yuqing's decision. At this moment, just like the Baili family and the Chen family chose to believe in any decision made by Chen Cairen, they would unconditionally obey her decision.

Qin Yuqing originally wanted to ask Lord Chen to pick her up, but she saw a familiar figure suddenly appear on the stone platform, naturally took her hand, and shook his head at her.

"How come you are here?" Qin Yuqing looked at the heroine of the original book in surprise. She looked at Lord Chen on the shore, and it was obvious that he did not see the heroine of the original book.

"Look, you haven't answered my question yet!" The original heroine pretended to be angry and clapped Qin Yuqing's hand, "Who is the younger sister and who is the older sister between us?"

Qin Yuqing did not answer. She looked at the water that covered her neck and subconsciously held her breath. She saw the heroine of the original book looking at her with amusement, and then she touched her forehead with her finger.

The colorful lotus appeared again, and Qin Yuqing found that the water automatically avoided her and the heroine of the original book, as if there was an invisible protective shield around her and the heroine of the original book.

Everything that happens in this world can no longer be explained by science.

"So, can you answer me now?" the heroine of the original book asked persistently.

Qin Yuqing carefully compared the heroine of the original book with herself. In terms of height, she was shorter than the heroine of the original book. In some daily affairs and conversations with people, although the heroine of the original book had a more lively personality than herself, she had a mature and stable feeling.

Especially in the way she treated her, Qin Yuqing felt like she was being taken care of by an older sister.

"You are the elder sister and I am the younger sister?" Qin Yuqing thought for a long time and answered while looking at the heroine of the original book.

There was a burst of laughter from the opposite side. The heroine of the original book took Qin Yuqing's hand, walked down the butterfly stone sculpture platform, walked in one direction and said.

"Take a guess and see if you are right."

Hearing this, Qin Yuqing couldn't help but roll her eyes. She now realized that the heroine of the original book was just teasing her.

"Aruan, Aqing."

"You're finally here."