Chapter 462 If Not You, Who Else Could It Be?
It took Su Ying and her friends three days to climb over the mountain. When they were going down, she took out a telescope and could already see the Nanjiang River at the foot of the mountain.
"Go down and take a look."
The group reached the foot of the mountain before noon.
They walked all the way here, and after reaching halfway down the mountain, Su Ying could clearly feel that the humidity in the air on the two sides of a mountain was completely different.
Su Ying used a telescope to observe the situation of the Nanjiang River and found that the water level of the Nanjiang River had actually dropped a lot.
“Does the Nanjiang River have a flood season?”
"My Lady, the Nanjiang River has a flood season. Although it's not as extreme as the Cangjiang River, the water level is still quite high when it rises. There is a marking stone in front. I will take you there to have a look."
The officer who was familiar with the terrain took Su Ying to a standing stone tablet, which was at least several meters above them.
"That is the water level that can rise during the flood season of the Nanjiang River every year. However, the flood season of the Nanjiang River is relatively short, usually lasting no more than half a month. I have never heard of the elders in my family saying that the Nanjiang River has ever flooded. The most rapid rise only flooded half of a village downstream. That was the only time the water receded after a few days."
Su Ying nodded and led her men along the upper reaches of the Nanjiang River. Halfway through, she found a mountain stream beside the Nanjiang River.
Su Ying stopped, turned around and walked towards the mountain stream.
She stood in the middle of the mountain stream and stretched out her hand to measure the width of the mountain stream. She asked, "Where does this mountain stream lead to?"
The official came over, took a look, smiled and shook his head, "Please forgive me, Madam, I really didn't know about this. This place is really too big. I think I played here when I was a child, but I didn't dare to go deep into it because I was worried that there would be man-eating beasts."
Su Yingen said, "This place is not big. You guys stay outside and guard it. Come with me and take a look." She pointed at the officer.
The officer responded obediently, but Zhou Qing stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, please let me accompany you. I can protect your safety."
Su Ying wanted to say that it was unnecessary, but she thought about the length of the mountain stream and what if she couldn't get out today and there was someone to cook. "Well, you carry the pot."
Zhou Qing was stunned, and quickly went to carry the pot and dry food over. He must not let the Queen go hungry at all!
This is the experience Zhou Qing has summarized after following the queen these days. It is absolutely practical and effective, because hunger will make the queen irritable!
Su Ying looked at Zhou Qing's serious expression and felt a little confused. It was just taking the blame, why was it like signing a life and death agreement?
The three of them went into the mountain stream together. Not long after they went in, they actually found a cave.
Su Ying frowned as she looked at the cave. All the water in the mountain stream flowed into the cave. If they wanted to know where the water eventually went, they could only pass through this cave.
“Have you been to this cave before?”
The officer shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I have never been here."
Standing outside the cave entrance and looking inside, it was pitch black and nothing could be seen, as if indicating an unknown danger.
"My queen, please let me go ahead." Zhou Qing found a branch, poured a dry cloth on it, burned the pork, and set it on fire, ready to walk towards the cave entrance.
Su Ying reached out and pulled the person back, "Follow me."
Zhou Qing wanted to refuse, but Su Ying took the torch from her hand and walked in.
“My queen…”
"Follow me."
Su Ying just complained that they were walking too slowly. She was more experienced in dealing with such emergencies in natural environments.
Zhou Qing had no choice but to follow Su Ying closely so that she could protect Su Ying at the first moment if an accident happened.
As we walked into the cave, the humidity inside became even heavier and the entire cave seemed to have been eroded by water, a bit like the characteristics of karst landforms.
The further they went in, the smaller the space became, because they only had a torch for lighting. When they walked to the front and looked back, there was only a terrifying darkness behind them.
The officer following at the end swallowed fearfully.
"My lady, this cave looks quite deep. Is there any danger in there?"
Su Ying couldn't answer this question. If she didn't think he might understand the environment outside the cave, she wouldn't have brought him in.
"Follow closely and watch your step. These stones are very slippery and you can easily fall into the water."
The burning time of pork and rags was limited. Before long, the flames became dimmer and the light became less and less. Zhou Qing could hardly see the road under his feet.
Su Ying suddenly stopped and took out a telescope. She was wearing night vision goggles, and she could capture any tiny optical fiber. Just now, she saw a small light in front of her.
After looking through the telescope, Su Ying confirmed that there was indeed a light in front of her, and that place was most likely an exit.
Su Ying took out something that looked like a night pearl from her body. As soon as she took it out, the area around them was instantly illuminated.
Zhou Qing and the official were amazed. They had never seen such a bright night pearl in their lives.
Only Su Ying knew that this was not a night-shining pearl at all. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, she made a simple improvement to the lighting tool, making it look like a night-shining pearl so that no one would suspect it.
With the illumination of the night pearl, the rest of the journey became much easier. A good thing about this cave entrance is that there is space for people to walk on both sides of the water.
Su Ying reached out and touched the rock wall and felt it was slightly moist. The degree of moistness was different from when they first entered the cave, and the humidity was lower.
This is strange. Logically, the humidity should be higher the further inside you go.
Su Ying and others were looking for a way out in the cave, while Wei Zhongming was also looking for a way to survive in Luocheng.
All the famous doctors in Los Angeles stayed at home and dared not show up. They didn't want to be infected with the epidemic.
Wei Zhong clearly didn't care whether they lived or died, so he just carried them out of the house and asked them to treat the patients.
The doctor had no choice but to go ahead and do it, but the result of the examination showed that the patient had weak gastrointestinal tract. The doctors with more advanced medical skills could also see that the patient had a heart disorder and could prescribe medicine, but could not cure the disease.
After the patient takes the medicine, the symptoms can be relieved to a certain extent, but the relief is very short-lived. If the medication is stopped, the disease will recur.
As a result, the medicinal materials in Luo City would be in short supply in a short period of time. In just two days, all the medicinal materials in the city were bought out.
After Wei Zhongming got the news, he called all the merchants he was familiar with and started scolding them.
"Who is so bold as to want to destroy my livelihood? Tell me, who bought those herbs? Spit them out!"
The merchants looked at each other with innocent expressions.
"Sir, this is unfair. The medicine was not bought by us little ones."
"If not you, who else?"
(End of this chapter)
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