Liu An is the foreman of several craftsmen who stayed in Lishan, and he has been missing for three days.
It is still unknown whether he got lost, encountered some danger while exploring the mountains, or was kidnapped by others.
But the possibility of being kidnapped is low, because Meng Tian has sealed the mountain long ago. Who would take such a big risk to kidnap a craftsman?
If so, then this person is probably seriously ill.
Without thinking too much, Ying Zheng sent someone to find Meng Tian while he returned to the Zhongjun tent.
Jing Fan also followed to the Zhongjun tent, and it could be seen that he was also quite anxious.
By then, Li Si was quite calm and gave a few words of comfort, and Jing Fan's mood calmed down.
Not long after, Meng Tian came back in a hurry.
"Your Majesty, you must have heard that Liu An is missing." Meng Tian said with a little breath.
"Don't be anxious, sit down and speak slowly." Ying Zheng raised his hand to indicate.
Meng Tian wiped the sweat from his forehead, sat down and said: "The thing is like this, after you returned to Xianyang, Your Majesty, Liu An has been leading the craftsmen and soldiers to build the passage leading to the mysterious secret room. On the morning of the day when it was about to be completed, Liu An said he wanted to inspect the situation around the passage, so he took some soldiers to explore around. However, according to these soldiers, Liu An said he was going to relieve himself and then disappeared. , this is already the third day, Wei Chen has searched almost all the mountains and forests, but still can't find anyone."
Ying Zheng listened very carefully and thought about why Liu Anhui disappeared.
"You mean, Liu An went to relieve himself and then disappeared?" Ying Zheng asked.
Meng Tian nodded and said: "That's true. Those soldiers must not remember wrongly, let alone lie."
"This is surprising. No matter whether you fall into a trap or encounter a bird or beast, there is no way there will be no trace at all." Jing Fan said.
Li Si, who has always been calm, analyzed: "If this is the case, there are only two possibilities. One is that Liu An suddenly encountered an emergency and disappeared immediately on the spot, but the soldier did not investigate carefully enough and found no traces. .”
Ying Zheng nodded. This situation was not impossible because Xi was guarding that area.
"Secondly, Liu An left there on his own. Either he discovered some secret and went looking for it, or he wanted to leave on purpose." After saying that, Li Si fell into deep thought again, seeming to be thinking about whether there was a third time. Three possibilities.
After hearing this, Ying Zheng also took a breath, because no matter what the possibility was, it seemed to be related to Xi. Either it ate Liu An, or Liu An discovered some trace of it and followed it.
It seems that this is the only possible explanation.
Of course, Meng Tian and Jing Fan didn't know the key to this, and were still trying to figure out what the possibility was.
"As things stand now, let's go take a look at the place where Liu An disappeared." Ying Zheng said, "Maybe we can find some traces."
Several people felt that what Ying Zheng said made sense, so they followed Ying Zheng out of the tent and went straight to the place where Liu An disappeared.
Led by several soldiers at the time, it took about an hour for the group to finally arrive at the location of the incident.
Li Si surveyed the area very carefully, not revealing a single detail. Jing Fan also searched this area very seriously.
Meng Tian and the sergeants were also extremely focused.
More than half an hour passed, and everyone who had been scattered gathered together again.
"How's it going? Did you find anything?" Ying Zheng asked.
Li Si sighed lightly and said, "I checked everywhere and found no signs of fighting or fighting."
"Yes, the situation is the same as that time." Meng Tian said, "Weichen rushed over immediately after receiving the news that day. Apart from the footprints left by the soldiers who were traveling with him, there was nothing else found at the scene. .”
Ying Zheng looked at Jing Fan again and asked, "Where are you?"
Jing Fan shook his head and said he didn't find anything.
Ying Zheng thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "In other words, the probability of the first situation mentioned by sir is very small. Liu An could not have been kidnapped or encountered some trap."
"We have also checked the terrain here, and it is true that there is nothing wrong with it.
There is nothing suspicious about traps. "Meng Tian said.
"It seems like Liu An probably left on his own," Li Si said.
"Leave on your own?" Ying Zheng asked, "Then why haven't you come back after all these days?"
Li Si smiled bitterly and said: "Since he left on his own, he must have had his own reasons, or discovered some secrets, or found a more suitable place to build the royal tomb, or perhaps, he encountered something bad on the way there. What happened..."
After Li Si said this, Ying Zheng's uneasiness became more obvious.
It was not for anything else, just because he and Yaizhen had already agreed that he could build the mausoleum, but no one was allowed to discover the secrets here, especially the existence of Yaizhen and Xi.
Everyone felt that Li Si's analysis was indeed reasonable, and they all ran out of ideas for a while. They all looked at Ying Zheng, waiting for King Qin's next instructions.
Ying Zheng bit his lip gently, forcing himself to calm down and settle down so that he could make better judgments.
"Meng Tian, this mountain area has been searched all over, right?" Ying Zheng looked at Meng Tian and asked.
"This mountain area has been searched for several miles all the way to the secret room. And beyond the boundary of the secret room is the restricted area set by the king. Without the king's order, we dare not cross the boundary." Meng Tian said .
Li Si said: "It seems that Liu An probably went to that forbidden area."
Ying Zheng actually had a premonition of this situation, so he said: "If this is the case, then let's go back first, and you can do whatever you need to do. I and Lord Tingwei will go and look for it."
Although Ying Zheng was already quite familiar with that area, Meng Tian still felt uneasy. He raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty, it's better to bring some manpower. This will make the search easier."
"There is no need to search for now." Ying Zheng said in a calm tone, "I will go and see if he automatically walked to the gods like those cattle and sheep."
This seemed to be Ying Zheng's joke, but no one was in the mood to laugh.
"Wei Chen takes orders." Meng Tian knew that Ying Zheng's decision was justified, so he escorted Ying Zheng back to the repaired mountain road.
A group of people escorted Ying Zheng to the secret room. Ying Zheng only left a dozen soldiers, so he ordered Meng Tian to send the Jing family class back and quickly familiarize themselves with the situation in order to start work as soon as possible.
It wasn't until Meng Tian and the others disappeared that Ying Zheng and Li Si walked to the other end of the secret room.
After crossing a small mountain, Ying Zheng came to a tree.
This tree was the one he chopped down when he tried out the magic weapon after he found 'My Weapon'. The strange thing is that the gap injured by 'my weapon' seems to be smaller, as if it is healing, and the tree root is still facing something dark, which looks a little sticky.
The direction was correct, and the two people continued walking towards the cave.
"Sir, do you think Liu An's disappearance may be related to Xi?" Ying Zheng asked the question he had always doubted.
Li Si thought for a while and said, "Wei Chen feels that Liu An's disappearance should have nothing to do with Xi. However, since Liu An has not returned yet, it may be related to Xi."
It seems that Li Si is more concerned about why Liu An hasn't come back for so many days.
Ying Zheng pondered Li Si's words for a moment, and then asked: "Sir, tell me, if it is really related to Xi or Yaizhen, what should we do?"
"If it is really related to them, then we must try our best to reconcile." Li Si's expression was quite serious, "Don't get angry, let alone anger them."
"Understood." Ying Zheng replied.
Unknowingly, the two of them had arrived at the cave.
After coming out of the other exit of the cave, the two looked around and found nothing special, so they continued in the direction of the Fire Eye.
Strangely enough, this place seems much quieter than usual. I don't know if it's because the birds and beasts have stayed away from this place, or because Xi Jinping is not guarding here today.
Ying Zheng called softly a few times, but expected no response from Xi. It seemed that it really wasn't staying here.
Ying Zheng decided that the two of them would work separately. Li Si went to the cave of Yajuan to inquire, while he himself went to the cave where Xi lived to check.
The reason why we separated was because
Ying Zheng wants to find them as soon as possible and figure out the truth of the matter.
Moreover, Ying Zheng was really frightened by the temperature of the flaming eyes.
After agreeing on a gathering time with Li Si, Ying Zheng turned around the foot of the mountain alone and came to the entrance of the cave where Xi lived.
After taking two deep breaths, Ying Zheng calmed down and called tentatively: "Senior Xi, are you here?"
There was no sound in the cave.
"Senior Xi?" Ying Zheng walked towards the entrance of the cave, "I'm about to come in."
At this time, there was a sudden noise in the cave, followed by what sounded like Xi's breathing.
Immediately afterwards, the cave suddenly lit up, as if there was fire shining inside.
Strange, Xi should never use fire.
"Come in." Xi's voice came from the cave.
Ying Zheng straightened his clothes and stepped into the cave entrance.
The light in the cave was dim. After Ying Zheng got used to it, he looked in the direction of the fire.
At this glance, Ying Zheng was stunned on the spot.
The one holding the torch is none other than Liu An!
Xi squatted on the ground not far from him, looking at Ying Zheng with Liu An.
"Your Majesty, you are here!" Liu An walked over cheerfully.
"You..." Ying Zheng looked at Liu An and didn't know what to say for a moment.
He didn't expect that Liu An was really here, or he didn't want to believe that Liu An would be here.
And Liu An's calm expression also surprised Ying Zheng.
"Your Majesty, just now Senior Xi said that someone was coming and asked me to put out the torch. Then I heard your voice and asked you to come in." Liu An said.
Ying Zheng composed himself and said, "Don't talk about that for now. Tell me, why are you here?"
"Your Majesty must be exhausted after walking such a long mountain road. Come down and take a rest. Listen to me explain to you slowly." After that, Liu An took Ying Zheng's clothes and walked to a corner. He sat down on the ground.
I don't know if Ying Zheng was really tired from walking on the mountain road, or it was his reaction after seeing Liu An. He took two deep breaths, calmed his heartbeat, and then said: "Tell me, what is going on."
Liu An cleared his throat and said: "Actually, the moment I followed the king to Lishan Mountain, I was deeply curious about this place. Because the king found the magic weapon 'My Weapon' here, and the Jing family class relied on The forging secret book was barely able to be copied, and this alone shows that this place is extremely unusual."
It is normal for a craftsman to be curious about things he cannot make.
"After arriving at Lishan Mountain, I wanted to take a look at the place where the king found the magic weapon, even if it was just for a moment to feel the mysterious atmosphere there." Liu An continued, "Later, the king told me Wait, there may be gods living in this mountain. I don’t know if other people believe it or not, but I believe it anyway. So that day, I took advantage of the opportunity and slipped out. I wanted to pay homage to the gods and also check out the place where the royal tomb was built. condition."
"I can understand your curiosity, but why are you here?" Ying Zheng knew the consequences of Liu An's coming here.
"After I passed the secret room that day, I felt a little thirsty, so I looked for a water source. Later I found a mountain spring. After drinking a lot, I found many messy footprints near the mountain spring, and Some of the footprints can be clearly distinguished in shape, so I was wondering what kind of animal could have left such huge footprints? Could it be the mount of the god?" After that, Liu An secretly glanced at Xi.
Xi however still looked lazy and did not look at the two of them.
"Later, I followed the intermittent footprints and came here by accident. Before I reached the entrance of the cave, I was met by Senior Xi." Liu An said, "If Senior Xi hadn't known about me, It’s your craftsman, Your Majesty, and he might have eaten me long ago.”
"In that case, I have to thank Senior Xi." Ying Zheng stood up and said, "It's getting late, so let's not disturb Senior Xi's rest and go back with me."
"He can't go anywhere." Xi'e suddenly stood up and said in a loud voice, "You can leave if you want, but keep your life!"
