Ye Xiaoxiao didn't bother to check the brocade box and immediately looked towards the bottom of the river.
The river bottom, which had become clear because all the catfish were caught, suddenly became turbid.
At the same time, it seemed as if a large water ball was moving in the turbid river water.
Ye Xiaoxiao looked intently, and seemed to see a ray of golden light in a trance.
"Golden light? Could it be a golden clam?"
As soon as Ye Xiaoxiao finished speaking, Shangguan Lingyun and Dugu Xin immediately ordered those who were good at swimming to go into the water and catch it.
"Be careful, there's a leech king clinging to the golden clam. Leeches love to suck blood, so don't get sucked by them."
Everyone nodded and then dived towards the water ball. However, after they dived into the water, the water ball suddenly and quickly disappeared.
"What happened? The water balloon is gone."
Ye Xiaoxiao was a little anxious, fearing that the golden clam would escape with the Leech King.
Suddenly, she thought of the Muskrat King who could go into the water and come ashore.
"Squeak, squeak."
After a series of fierce squeaking, the muskrat king and his cubs quickly disappeared into the water.
The Qi family army on the shore were stunned when they saw this. You know, it was very difficult for them to raise these musk rats in the beginning.
Not to mention asking the Rat King to be obedient, even ordinary cubs would not listen.
But now Ye Xiaoxiao can not only command the cubs, but even the Rat King can obey her orders.
Lieutenant General Liu and Lieutenant General Li looked at each other, unable to suppress the relief in their eyes.
Ye Xiaoxiao naturally didn't care about these things. She stared at the ripples at the bottom of the river.
After a long time, all the people in charge of diving could not hold their breath and swam up. Unfortunately, they all shook their heads.
"Your Majesty, there is nothing down there."
Han Yu also shook his head. It was obvious that Dugu Xin's men had not found anything unusual either.
Ye Xiaoxiao was a little disappointed, but she also knew that the river was too deep and they had all tried their best.
"Everyone, go ashore and rest for a while, and wait for the Muskrat King to come back."
The crowd had no choice but to go ashore temporarily, but they had to wait for two hours.
At this time, it was gradually getting dark and the situation at the bottom of the river could not be seen clearly.
The Musk Rat King came out from somewhere and squeaked a few times at Ye Xiaoxiao.
[It's true that there are golden clams and the Leech King down there, but after you captured the Catfish King, they lost their guards and sank to the bottom of the river.]
"This river is already very deep, and now they've dived over ten meters below the surface. It'll be difficult for you to dig them out."
Ye Xiaoxiao frowned, then looked at the Musk Rat King.
[Then do you have any way to force them out? ]
The Muskrat King shook his head. "Although we can dive, we can't stay underwater for very long."
Ten meters doesn't sound too deep, but drilling through the riverbed at that depth wouldn't be possible for an ordinary animal without a hard shell like the golden clam.
Ye Xiaoxiao sighed, [Is there no other way?]
The Muskrat King nodded, "There is a way, but I'm afraid you can't wait."
Ye Xiaoxiao asked immediately, and the Musk Rat King said.
[Unless they've been down there for too long without food, but if you want them to feel hungry, it's probably going to take at least a year or two.]
[No matter how patient you are, you can't just sit here and watch for a year or two.]
[Aside from this method, the only option is to drain the river and then have people dig directly underwater.]
Ye Xiaoxiao's frown deepened, and Shangguan Lingyun gently patted her on the back.
"Xiaoxiao, what did the Rat King say?"
Ye Xiaoxiao repeated the Musk Rat King's words, and everyone fell into deep thought at the same time.
After a long while, Shangguan Lingyun finally spoke.
"In that case, the only option is to drain the river."
Upon hearing this, Ye Sheng looked at Shangguan Lingyun in disbelief. "Your Majesty, although we have many people, the Cangwu River is so long that it's unlikely that we can drain it dry."
Shangguan Lingyun smiled faintly, "It's definitely impossible to drain the entire river, but draining only a certain section is not impossible."
Dugu Xin nodded in agreement, "We have 30,000 soldiers here now. We can temporarily block the water from upstream and then drain it out later."
Ye Xiaoxiao had seen the waterway being built when she left the palace with Shangguan Lingyun.
Moreover, there are such examples in her world.
Thinking of this, Ye Xiaoxiao nodded at Dugu Xin.
"In that case, I'll trouble you."
Dugu Xin waved his hand and then glanced at the sky.
"It's too late today. Let's go back and discuss it and come back tomorrow."
"Who knows, after we leave, the Golden Clam and the Leech King might suddenly appear again."
Ye Xiaoxiao glanced at the bottom of the river, then nodded, squeaked twice at the Musk Rat King, and asked everyone to go back first.
However, there were only dozens of people when they came, but now there are more than 30,000 people, so they will definitely not be able to squeeze in when they go back.
"Your Highness, these soldiers, why don't you let them set up camp here first."
Dugu Xin nodded and said, "You guys go back first, I will handle the rest."
After Dugu Xin finished speaking, he asked Shangguan Lingyun to take Ye Xiaoxiao and Princess Xinya away temporarily.
After they all left, Dugu Xin took out the bottle of antidote and handed it to the military doctor.
"This is the antidote to the Bone-Eroding Powder. Dissolve it in water during dinner tonight and have everyone take it."
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