Liu Kai went all the way 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 just three moves and two moves.
The boy 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 tell me who you gave the news to. I'm afraid you don't know yet, do you?"
One sentence made Chen Ermao dumbfounded.
He looked at Liu Kai in surprise, "We met that man on the way, and 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 then got into the dungeon.
At this time, Chen Ermao was really in a state of confusion.
After imprisoning Chen Ermao, Liu Kai turned around again to see Liu Xiangnan.
Hearing Liu Kai briefly retell the situation, Liu Xiangnan laughed directly, "These 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 abominable. Even if you go to the ends of the world, you have to find him. 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 a blink of an eye, and Chen Xiaobei couldn't stay in the new house. There was nothing here. Especially Chen Qiaoer kept shouting "Oh."
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 flowing 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 happen, such a big mountain. Logically speaking, it rains so much, so there shouldn't be so little water flowing.
While eating that night, Chen Xiaobei pondered this issue.
Where should we go? Suddenly he slapped his head, oh, why did he forget?
Wasn't there water in the cave where Sun Jian and the others were imprisoned? Did all the water go to the underground river?
Chen Xiaobei's interest was instantly aroused.
The next day it was dark and bright, so 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, since more than 20 people have been locked up here for so long, 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 the rain yesterday 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 seem worried and silent since last night?"
Chen Xiaobei expressed his doubts again.
Cui Hongyu smiled instead, "If you want to find out, husband, why don't you go to the mountain and have a look 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, and naturally there were many traces where the water flowed.
Some firewood flowing down the river will remain at the highest point of the water level on the shore.
You may be able to find the answer by following these traces.
After breakfast, Chen Xiaobei went into the mountains.
Just in case, Chen Xiaobei also brought along the village guard Chen Daqiang.
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 have flowed down from here.
Following the path forward, I walked all morning without realizing it.
Calculated, the distance traveled 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 became louder and louder.
Chen Daqiang suddenly whispered, "Zhang 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."