Yao Yao said in a deep voice what he had just discovered carefully, and said with a frown: "Sir, the hot spring water is led from the underground, and the underground water basins extend in all directions. If there is indeed something wrong with the water in the hot spring village , then the entire Yuhua Mountain people are in danger." She paused slightly, a little panicked: "Then today's banquet..."
Han Changmu's heart skipped a beat, and he shook his head: "The water used at the banquet has been tested for poison. Ah Yao, you," he hesitated for a moment, then raised his eyes and stared at Yao Yao: "go and order the ten internal guards. Come with me to the hot spring village to check it out."
Yao Yao said yes without hesitation.
Han Changmu called He Zhenfu and arranged things in the palace. He looked at Yao Yao but hesitated to speak.
Yao Yao said solemnly: "Sir, you don't have to worry about your humble position."
Han Changmu moved his lips and smiled: "Okay."
When Han Changmu arrived, the hot spring village was already surrounded by the inner guards who arrived first.
"Sir." One of the guards came out from the hot spring pool: "Sir, there is no one inside, and there is no water in the pool."
Han Changmu nodded, walked around the screen to the hot spring pool, and glanced at the empty pool without any surprise, only to see that the water stains at the bottom of the pool had not completely dried up.
He stretched out his hand to pick up some water stains, put it under his nose and smelled it carefully. He smelled a sweet and greasy smell, and couldn't help showing a look of understanding.
These blood-like water marks are indeed what Yao Yao said and have nothing to do with blood.
"Sir, this is definitely not blood. I am so humble and incompetent that I can't tell what these are." Yao Yao whispered.
Han Changmu frowned slightly: "It's like water made from some kind of medicine."
Yao Yao was horrified: "Sir, what kind of medicine is this? It needs to be soaked in a pond. It is intended to harm everyone on Yuhua Mountain."
Han Changmu looked at the white marble pond where every brick was tightly sealed, and squinted his eyes: "If you want to harm people along the underground water, the leak must be in the pond."
Hearing this, Yao Yao jumped into the pool first and carefully tapped on the wall and bottom of the pool inch by inch.
After a while, she knocked on the two white marble bricks at the bottom of the pool and exclaimed: "Sir, this place is empty!"
"Is it empty?" Han Changmu hurriedly jumped out of the pool, and together with Yao Yao, they groped in the pool and soon touched an obvious bulge on the wall of the pool.
"A Yao, you go up first." Han Changmu whispered.
Yao Yao said "Hey" and jumped out of the pool.
Han Changmu patted the raised stone gently.
There was a soft "squeaking" sound from the bottom of the pool.
Two white marble stones fell together, revealing a deep black cave that could only allow one person to pass through.
Han Changmu held up a candle and shined it at the entrance of the cave.
The stone steps leading down were polished and polished, and under the light of the lights, they glowed with a cold light.
"Sir, how are you?" Yao Yao jumped back into the hot spring pool and went to the entrance of the cave to take a closer look.
Han Changmu said thoughtfully: "It's very deep. I can't see clearly what's going on below. I still have to go in and take a look."
"The humble one will go down first." Yao Yao took the candle and walked down the cave entrance first.
The stone steps are always at the bottom of the dark and humid hot spring pool, and every stone is wet and slippery.
Yao Yao walked very carefully step by step.
There were only a dozen stone steps, and Yao Yao soon reached the end, and his eyes became extremely spacious.
The candle in Yao Yao's hand was as bright as a bean, which could only illuminate the small area in front of him, but there was a dim golden glimmer flickering in the darkness.
The underground cave under the hot spring pool was dug manually, and the surrounding stone walls are full of unmodified marks of knife and axe.
A narrow ditch was built close to the uneven corners of the wall. The ditch was dry and waterless.
In the middle of the cave stands a beautifully decorated bronze chime.
Yao Yao was extremely surprised. He hurriedly walked to the chime clock, held up the candle, and looked at each other carefully.
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At this time, footsteps suddenly came from behind. She turned around and saw Han Changmu walking down. She pointed at the bronze chime bell and said, "Look, sir, why is there such a thing here?"
Han Changmu squinted his eyes and raised his hand to light the lamp on the wall.
The underground cave suddenly became as bright as day, and the surrounding situation became extremely clear.
At the same time, several short and shrill screams suddenly came from outside, which sounded particularly piercing.
Han Changmu and Yao Yao looked at each other in astonishment, sensing something ominous, and rushed towards the entrance of the cave.
Unexpectedly, there was a loud "bang" sound at this time, and the two falling stones came back together again, leaving no gaps.
The two looked at each other in astonishment.
"Sir, this," Yao Yao hesitated in fear.
"Shh," Han Changmu made a gesture of silence and looked around.
The quiet cave suddenly heard the clear sound of gurgling water, vaguely mixed with the ethereal music of bells and chimes.
The two looked around and saw countless small holes on the rugged stone wall. Thin streams of clear spring water flowed out of the holes. The ditch that was dry just now was actually covered with a thin layer of sediment. water.
The strange thing is that after the crystal clear spring water fell into the ditch, it turned into four distinct colors.
A dead branch that was more than a palm long was rippling with the water in the ditch. Because the water in the ditch was still too shallow, the dead branch only swayed slightly and did not flow forward.
Seeing this scene, the two couldn't help but be surprised and hurried over.
I saw two stone statues suddenly appeared in the ditch, and the heads of the stone statues were just flush with the edge of the ditch.
"Sir, there were not these two stone statues in the canal just now." Yao Yao was dumbfounded.
Han Changmu looked at them carefully for a moment: "Look at the looks of these two women, how come they look familiar?"
Yao Yao's eyebrows twitched: "They look like stone statues of Lu Zhaoyi and Aunt Liu."
Hearing this, Han Changmu suddenly felt uncertain.
Yao Yao didn't say anything. He ran up the stone steps in three steps and pushed hard against the solid stone slabs blocking him: "Sir, these two stone slabs are closed tightly and cannot be pushed open."
Han Changmu pursed his lips and was about to speak when a harsh and unpleasant sneer suddenly came from above his head. Yao Yao stumbled in fright and fell off the stone steps.
"Hahahaha, Prince Han, we meet again." The voice came from above the head. It seemed to be very close to the underground cave. The buzzing sound spread to every corner of the cave.
Han Changmu helped Yao Yao up, patted the dust on her body, and then raised his voice: "Fu Xiang, it turns out that after leaving Prince Han's Mansion, you will only pretend to be a ghost and kill innocent people!"
The voice above his head was silent for a moment, and then Fuxiang laughed wildly again: "The little woman's face has been completely changed beyond recognition, but Prince Han can still recognize it, but it is really difficult for the prince."
Han Changmu stood with his hands behind his hands and said calmly: "Fuxiang, you trapped us here just to talk nonsense, right?"
Fuxiang didn't seem to expect that Han Changmu would go straight to the point. She was stunned for a moment before she smiled: "Of course not, Prince Han, have you seen the two stone statues in the ditch? The water has submerged the stone statues. The two of you, Oh, no, everyone at tonight's banquet will be sacrificed. Prince Han, you don't have much time left."
"Sacrifice, what sacrifice?"
"Fuxiang, who are you going to donate the people in the hall tonight to?"
"Fuxiang, what on earth are you planning so crazily!"
There was a burst of arrogant laughter, and even if Han Changmu asked any questions, Fu Xiang didn't say another word.
After only delaying this moment, the water in the ditch became deeper again.
Yao Yao stared at the tiny holes all over the wall and said at a loss, "Sir, there are so many water outlets that you can't even block them."
"Blocking can't be stopped." Han Changmu shook his head and suddenly his eyes froze: "Why does this dead wood seem different from before?"
Yao Yao came together
When he took a closer look, he exclaimed in surprise: "What the hell, leaves are actually growing on the dead wood."
A few green leaves suddenly appeared on the dark dead wood, swaying in the calm wind.
In just a blink of an eye, the green leaves grew from the tiny tip to half the size of a hand, and the densely packed leaves were covered with dead wood.
The two of them stared at the dead tree, watching it flow from the green water into the bright red water.
And among those green leaves, a weak red flower grew out of thin air.
The flower branches grow automatically without wind. The red flowers grow longer and more, but the green leaves gradually become sparse.
When the dead wood flows into the middle of the red water, the red flowers that grew out of thin air have fully bloomed.
The unattractive dead trees soaked in the water became full of life and bloomed with gorgeous flowers.
"Spring comes out of dead wood!" Han Changmu murmured in surprise.
"Sir, this water has become deeper again." Yao Yao whispered: "Sir, looking at this situation, I am afraid that in just one cup of tea, the water will completely submerge these two stone statues."
"It's too late, it's too late to think about what Fu Xiang and the others are planning. We need to stop the water flow now." Han Changmu shook his head and listened to the sound of running water for a while. Suddenly his mind moved: "A Yao, besides the sound of running water, you Did you hear any other sounds?"
Yao Yao listened quietly for a moment: "Sir, this is the music of bells and chimes."
Han Changmu frowned, puzzled: "Strange, how can there be the joy of bells and chimes here?"
Just when the two of them had no clue, amidst the sound of water flowing, the piece of dead wood had already flowed into the yellow-orange water.
The red flowers on the dead trees have withered, and the remaining green leaves have begun to turn yellow and are about to wither.
The water in the ditch flooded to the skirt of the stone statue.
Han Changmu squinted his eyes. At this speed, the dead wood would flow through the ditch twice, and the water in the ditch would cover the head of the stone statue.
The dead wood continued to flow forward along with the water flow. It had passed the yellow-orange water and flowed into the clear white water.
All the green leaves and red flowers on the dead trees disappeared, and they were covered with a layer of white snow.
