Liu Kai came to the entrance of the dungeon.
There were two servants standing guard at the door. When they saw him coming, they stepped forward to open the door. A putrid smell filled the air, and Liu Kai couldn't help but slap his nose with his hand.
At this time, Chen Ermao finally realized that something was wrong, but he still smiled carefully and came to Liu Kai, "Butler, what do you mean by bringing me here?"
Liu Kai's expression changed and his face turned cold, "The imperial court asked you to go home and observe mourning for three years, but you came to the capital privately. Do you know your guilt?"
At this time, Chen Ermao realized that something was wrong.
The boy turned around and ran away without saying a word.
But he didn't take two steps before he was stopped by someone. Two people were following him closely.
Although Chen Ermao is a big guy, he doesn't know martial arts. He was knocked to the ground in three moves or two.
This kid lay on the ground and couldn't help crying, "I have sent you so many important messages, but you treat me like this, the sky has no eyes, the sky has no eyes."
Liu Kai snorted coldly, "Chen Ermao, you still have the nerve to say, who did you give the news to? I'm afraid you don't know yet, right?"
One sentence made Chen Ermao dumbfounded.
He looked at Liu Kai in surprise, "We met that man on the way. He said he was from your Duke Protector's residence."
Liu Kai glanced at Chen Ermao with disdain again, "Just think about it here and think about who that person is."
After saying that, he waved his hand, and the two people next to him stepped forward to hold Chen Ermao up and went into the dungeon.
At this time, Chen Ermao was really in a state where the sky was not responding and the earth was not functioning properly.
After imprisoning Chen Ermao, Liu Kai turned around again to see Liu Xiangnan.
Hearing Liu Kai briefly retell the situation, Liu Xiangnan laughed directly, "This group of bandits are so unreasonable, they tried so hard to trap a person."
"Master Hou, I thought I had to find this Hou Liu. It's a trivial matter to defraud him of some money. If this spreads out, it will be detrimental to your reputation."
Liu Xiangnan nodded and his expression became serious, "Yes, this bandit is so hateful. I have to find him even if I go to the ends of the earth. How did you take the money? How do you send it back to me?"
Liu Kai nodded, "Master Hou, I think I'll leave this matter to Liu Tie. His injury has been healed and he has always wanted to return to Qingniu County."
Liu Xiangnan nodded, "Okay, then let Liu Tie go. If you go, you can help Rumei."
It was getting dark in the blink of an eye, and Chen Xiaobei couldn't stay in the new house. There was nothing here. Especially Chen Qiaoer kept shouting.
Chen Xiaobei decided to take the risk and go to the entrance of the village to see him holding a torch. When he arrived at the village, the scene in front of him was a bit incredible.
In the morning, the water at the foot of the mountain was still up to the knees, but now there was no water at all, and it stopped flowing.
This shouldn't be the case, such a big mountain. Logically speaking, after it rained so much, there shouldn't be so little water flowing.
While eating that night, Chen Xiaobei pondered this issue.
Where to go? Suddenly he slapped his head, oh, how could he forget.
Wasn't there water in the cave where Sun Jian and the others were imprisoned? Did all this water go to the underground river?
Chen Xiaobei was instantly interested.
It was dark and bright the next day, and Chen Xiaobei got up.
After walking through the woods to the west of the village, he came to the cave. The cave was still dark. Chen Xiaobei first picked up a stone and threw it into the cave.
There was a sound inside Gulu Gulu, the sound of rocks hitting rocks.
Chen Xiaobei then lit the torch and walked into the cave.
The smell in the cave is a bit unpleasant, even if you think about it. More than 20 people have been locked up here for so long, so the smell is naturally not much better.
After walking about four or five feet inside, the ground was already very wet.
Looking further inside, there is already water that reflects the light of the fire.
It turns out that this is the case, it turns out that all the flood water entered the underground river.
The water level in this cave has risen so fiercely, which shows that yesterday's rain was very heavy.
But where does so much water enter the underground river?
Chen Xiaobei returned home with some doubts.
Seeing his expression, Cui Hongyu couldn't help but ask him, "Husband, what's wrong with you? You have been worried and silent since last night?"
Chen Xiaobei expressed his doubts.
Cui Hongyu smiled instead, "If you want to find out, husband, why don't you go to the mountain and see for yourself."
Chen Xiaobei sighed, "The water is gone, what should I see?"
"Husband, it's not always the case. When the water disappears, it will always leave traces."
After hearing Cui Hongyu's words, Chen Xiaobei couldn't help but his eyes lit up.
Yes, you are right, it will leave a mark.
In my previous life, I helped my parents water their crops. There were naturally many traces of water flowing through them.
Some firewood flowing down the river will remain at the highest point of the water level on the shore.
The answer may be found by following these traces.
After breakfast, Chen Xiaobei went into the mountains.
Just in case, Chen Xiaobei also brought along Chen Daqiang, a member of the village protection team.
After entering the mountain, the two walked along the valley, and soon came to the place where Houttuynia cordata was picked. Looking at the Houttuynia cordata again, it was covered with firewood and dead branches and leaves.
This shows that there is water here. Wasn't the water at the foot of the mountain once up to the knees? The water should flow down from here.
Going forward along the way, I walked all morning without realizing it.
Calculating the distance traveled, it was more than ten miles, but the water level remained at about the knee level, neither rising nor weakening.
Chen Xiaobei found it a bit unbelievable. Calculating the location, they should have walked so far earlier than where he had visited the cave earlier. Why hadn't the entrance to the underground river been found yet?
Just as he was thinking, suddenly there was sparse movement in the woods ahead, and the movement was getting louder and louder.
Chen Daqiang suddenly whispered, "Chief Xiaobei, someone seems to be coming."
Chen Xiaobei looked around and saw that the place they were in now had no place to hide except for a patch of Houttuynia cordata. He had an idea and asked Chen Daqiang to squat down, and the two of them started picking Houttuynia cordata.
While picking, I glanced at the woods nearby from the corner of my eye. Sure enough, as the movement became louder and louder, a group of more than a dozen people came out.
When he saw these people, Chen Daqiang immediately whispered, "They were the ones who went up the mountain that day."
Zhang Yu led everyone out of the woods and saw two mountain people picking Houttuynia cordata in front of them. He pretended to be calm and walked up to them and said hello from afar.
"You two are gathering herbs." Seeing him greeting him proactively, Chen Xiaobei also stood up, "Yeah, what are you doing?"
Zhang Yu laughed, "We came from Xiaojia Town and went into the mountains to collect some herbs."
After saying this, he patted the baggage on his shoulders proudly, "There are so many treasures on Qingniu Mountain. If you go further up, there will be Ganoderma lucidum and ginseng."
