Chapter 145 Discovering the Secret
There was a lot of noise and clamor all around.
Chu Jiuning looked coldly at the people around her. Their bodies were dyed red by the sunset. They seemed to be bewitched. There was a strange light in their eyes and they rushed forward together.
The man in green kept telling them.
What about the common people? Common people also want to survive, they can be powerful, they can crush the Crown Prince to death, they can control their own destiny, they can save their families.
The prince glanced into the distance.
soon.
A secret guard dressed as a servant squeezed in and spoke to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
"Master, we finally found out. That person should be on Xihua Mountain."
Xihua Mountain is dozens of miles away from here. It is a very high mountain. Some people usually climb up to pray and worship heaven and earth.
"Then let's go to Xihua Mountain."
"It just so happens that the terrain there is high. If the water rises, we can still escape."
Everyone immediately thought it made sense.
So everyone ran towards the exit of the city.
The prince grabbed Chu Jiuning's hand, saw the opportunity, dodged a few times and rushed out of the crowd. The group ran quickly into the alley.
When I returned to Aunt Wang's house.
Dazhuang was skinning the wild boar he had caught, and Aunt Wang was chopping the pheasant.
On the stove in the kitchen.
The fire was burning fiercely and the water was boiling, which was completely different from the scene of killing outside.
Chu Jiuning put the things she bought in the store on the table and said to them with a smile.
"We can have a good meal tonight."
Aunt Wang also said happily.
"Yes, if you like, I will pickle this meat and make it into jerky. You can take it with you on the road. There are also some cured chickens and ducks on the wall. You can take them."
"mother."
When Dazhuang heard his mother arranging their departure, he felt reluctant to let them go and hurried forward to say.
"I'm not trying to chase you away. You can live however you want. If you're staying longer, I'm thinking of cutting down some trees and building a house in the adjacent vegetable patch. Wild boars aren't around every day, so we need to keep the meat stocked up. We can still eat it if we don't leave."
Chu Jiuning laughed when she heard this and said to him.
"We can tell the difference between good and bad. Brother Dazhuang, there's a big commotion outside, why don't you go?"
Da Zhuang was now more familiar with them and dared to look Chu Jiuning in the eye. Otherwise, when he first arrived, he would blush and move his hands and feet as soon as he saw them, and he would shake his head hurriedly.
"I'm just an ordinary person. I don't know what I'm going to eat tomorrow, so why would I want to join in the fun?"
"But what if what they say is true?"
Chu Jiuning knew.
What Aunt Wang said just now was actually because she doubted the identity of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Aunt Wang probably thought that they would leave soon.
so.
Chu Jiuning didn't plan to hide it from them.
"If that's true, then wouldn't this world be full of demons and monsters? If that's true, then we ordinary people can't do anything about it. We'd just be like ants, at their mercy."
I can see it clearly.
Chu Jiuning laughed.
At this moment, the secret guard came in and bowed.
"Master, I found it."
Said.
The secret guard hurriedly took out a map from his arms.
"This location is surrounded by mountains. They dug a huge reservoir here to store a lot of water. The water that suddenly rose overnight came from here."
Then the secret guard pointed to another section.
"I think the reason Jiangzhou suffers from floods every year is related to this. It's probably not because of the rain, but because of the water accumulation here."
The Prince and Chu Jiuning's faces suddenly turned gloomy.
How is this possible?
Apart from anything else, it is not easy to dig such a big pit and store so much water.
"So, the annual floods in Jiangzhou are caused by them on purpose?"
Chu Jiuning looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who nodded with a cold face.
"The purpose of doing this..."
Chu Jiuning didn't say anything else, but the prince's face became more and more gloomy, and murderous aura surged in his body, and he said in a cold voice.
"First, they wanted to defraud the imperial court of money. Second, they wanted to prevent outsiders from entering Jiangzhou. Third, they wanted to control the people here."
In short.
Their goal is to control Jiangzhou.
Something happens every year.
Since it's like a difficult problem, naturally no one is willing to be an official here. Without anyone being an official, the officials of Jiangzhou cannot be transferred, so they can only take the position themselves.
It seems.
This must be the lair of the person behind the scenes.
"We have to go check out this sinkhole."
The prince spoke with a cold face, and Chu Jiuning nodded.
"But climbing these mountains may not be easy."
After hearing this, Da Zhuang hurried forward, looked carefully and thought, then pointed to the hilltop and said.
"I know this place."
Hongye hurriedly made way and Dazhuang stepped forward.
"I often go hunting here. There's a really big pit here, and it's full of water and lots of fish. When I have nothing to eat, I go fishing. But the mountain is hard to climb. Only very skilled hunters dare not go there. There are not only ferocious beasts but also many traps. Some people also say that there are lake monsters here. Anyway, after a long time, no one dares to go there anymore."
Finished.
Da Zhuang looked at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, hesitating, wanting to ask but not daring to. Chu Jiuning looked at him and nodded.
"Da Zhuang, as you wish."
When Da Zhuang heard this, his knees went weak and he knelt in front of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
"I...I...I don't believe a single word of what's said outside. You came to Jiangzhou not to harm the people of Jiangzhou, right?"
He didn't believe anything about the extremely noble person who offended the gods here, or any of that.
The prince patted his shoulder, motioned him to stand up, and spoke to him.
"Jiangzhou is being manipulated by someone, and someone is using the lives of Jiangzhou's people to deceive the court. Therefore, I came here to investigate the facts and restore the people of Jiangzhou to a safe and sound life."
Da Zhuang listened and nodded heavily, his heart filled with heroic spirit.
"Your Highness, I am willing to lead the way. It is truly magical there."
"good."
The prince nodded.
If you don't see this place in person, you will never know what it is like.
So everyone packed up and set off together.
Aunt Wang was still confused until they all left. She turned around and looked at the cups that everyone had drunk from on the table. Suddenly, Aunt Wang ran over, collected them all one by one, and hid them in the cabinet.
This is the cup that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the Crown Princess drank from. She wants to keep it and pass it down to her grandchildren.
Because there are horses.
So it was not difficult to get to the foot of the mountain. When I looked up at the mountains towering into the clouds, I felt my scalp tingling.
"There are a lot of traps around here. You must listen to me later. If you encounter wild animals, let me handle them. You just hide."
Da Zhuang just finished speaking.
Everyone saw a figure passing by in the distance. Dazhuang thought it was a hunter, but the prince and the others knew that it was probably the eyes set up by those people to guard the forest and not allow others to approach.
“Is there a path others don’t take?”
The prince asked him, and Dazhuang nodded.
"Yes, I hacked it out myself."
The prince raised his hand.
The secret guards immediately scattered, and they followed Dazhuang towards a secluded road.
The sky became completely dark.
"We have to stay here one night."
Because they often went hunting, Dazhuang hid food and even clothes in the deep mountains. There were people and wild animals around, so they didn't dare to make a fire. After making do with simple means, everyone climbed all the way to the top of the mountain in the dark and found a big tree to hide under.
The cool wind was blowing, and the secret guards were shuttling back and forth.
Second half of the night.
Sure enough, I heard the noise.
More than a dozen people came, and the leader was the man in green. He wiped the sweat off his forehead, panted heavily, sat down on the ground, and said in a cold voice.
"flood discharge."
The prince was never seen in Xihua Mountain, and the government was unable to find him.
Since I can't find anyone.
Then the water level will naturally rise.
"The location is Seventh Street, make no mistake."
Shen Liuguang landed silently behind them. The man in green felt something strange and turned his head suddenly. Seeing that it was a stranger, his face changed drastically.
Just a moment.
Shen Liuguang pushed their bodies into the lake and returned to the tree.
nature.
Until dawn, the flood that everyone feared did not appear, and the people breathed a sigh of relief. However, some people frowned and threw the cups in their hands away.
The morning glow jumped out.
A red light reflected on everyone.
Like new hope.
In the center of the mountain, a large area of water is reflected in everyone's eyes.
Very beautiful.
It's also very annoying.
"I still can't figure out how this reservoir was formed."
It's really weird and too coincidental.
Chu Jiuning and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looked up at the sky, then observed the traces around them and said in a cold voice.
"It must have been caused by a meteorite."
Meteorite?
Chu Jiuning knew that Dazhuang didn’t understand, so she pointed to the sky and spoke to him.
"It was a star that fell from the sky and smashed this place into this, but..."
She pointed to the locations of the four water outlets.
"That dam must have been built by humans, with four outlets pointing to four directions. And you can see that when the water rises, it's controlled by someone. It's not some monster or ghost. All of this is planned by someone."
Dazhuang nodded.
When he passed by the teahouse yesterday, he heard the man in green talking nonsense. Maybe he was involved in everything.
"Your Highness, please leave quickly."
Dazhuang became worried.
"What if they persuade enough people to kill you?"
The prince stood at the highest point, looking coldly at the black waters below, like a god ruling over the world.
"I don't take them seriously."
Shen Liuguang continued.
"Since we're here, we naturally have to resolve the issue before leaving. One night has passed, and the flood hasn't broken out. The people behind the scenes will push for something more drastic to happen..."
Hongye looked coldly.
"It's time for us to show up in front of everyone."
Just saying.
A murderous aura surged through the forest. Shen Liuguang's eyes turned fierce as he rushed forward...
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