Chapter 293 Princess Zhaoning Can't Hold It Anymore
After Chen Xiaobei entered the cave, he immediately felt a faint chill.
It's early autumn now, and when the sun rises outside during the day, the temperature is still very comfortable and pleasant.
Therefore, it is normal for the temperature in this cave to be lower. Chen Xiaobei and the others had already prepared and planned to spend the night in the mountain, so they brought relatively complete clothes.
They each put on a coat, and then under the leadership of Chen Sanliang, everyone walked deeper into the cave.
The space gets bigger and bigger as you walk, and the top is already about four feet high from the ground. You can't see clearly even if you hold a torch.
Although there was no reference, Chen Xiaobei could tell that this was going all the way down.
Apart from the sound of water dripping down, there were no other unusual sounds in his ears, which made him feel at ease.
After walking for a while, Chen Sanliang, who was leading the way, spoke.
"Look, this is the mark I left last time. You should believe my words now."
Chen Xiaobei stepped forward and saw four or five egg-sized stones on a flat boulder on the side of the road, with a forward arrow placed on it.
Chen Xiaobei, who looked at it as if it was made by hand, nodded and stepped forward to change the direction of the stone, so that it faced backwards.
"After everyone walks for a while, we will use stones to place a sign like this so that when we come out, we can just follow the sign."
After hearing what Chen Xiaobei said, everyone nodded. Chen Sanliang admired Chen Xiaobei even more. This was a method his father taught him. Unexpectedly, Chen Xiaobei, who did not look amazing and was only a teenager, actually
meeting.
At this moment, the shouts of the village guards came from the cave behind them.
According to the agreement between Chen Xiaobei and them, it takes about one stick of incense to shout.
According to what Chen Sanliang said, they walked about a mile in. From the distance they walked, it felt that the distance should not be too different. In other words, one stick of incense goes one mile.
With this rough judgment, Chen Xiaobei knew what to do next.
After walking forward for about three miles, Chen Sanliang at the front suddenly shouted in surprise, "What's the sound?"
Everyone stopped and there was silence.
Now I could hear it clearly, there was a faint rushing sound in front of me.
This movement is all too familiar to everyone. It is the movement of water flowing.
"Water, it's water." Everyone shouted in surprise.
Everyone hurried forward and walked away for about half a mile. The scene in front of them shocked them.
In front is a river.
The river is about three feet wide, and it is crystal clear, so you can tell that the water is about as deep as it gets.
Chen Xiaobei stood here and looked around. At this time, he had no sense of direction. He couldn't tell whether it was south or north. He could only imagine that the direction in which the water came was called upstream, and the direction in which water flowed down was called downstream.
Should he go up or down? He was a little undecided.
At this moment, Chen Sanliang spoke.
"Let's go up and see where this water comes from."
Yes, when people go to higher places, water flows to lower places.
Just do what Chen Sanliang said.
After walking upstream for about four or five miles, Chen Xiaobei suddenly decided not to go.
"Brother Xiaobei, let's keep going forward. There won't be any danger in this cave." Chen Sanliang looked very unwilling.
Chen Xiaobei knew that if he continued to move forward, as long as he had food and drink, there would definitely be no danger, at least there wouldn't be any ferocious beasts, and after walking all the way, there weren't even a few insects in the cave.
But that was not what Chen Xiaobei was thinking about, but that they could no longer hear the shouts of the two village guards at the entrance of the cave.
This shows that they are far enough away from the cave entrance.
If you can't hear shouting, you can't tell the time accurately.
If they don't respond for a long time, will the two people at the entrance of the cave risk coming in to look for them?
It would be troublesome if the two of them went downstream.
"Now let's go back and take the two of them with us, and then take this road again."
After hearing Chen Xiaobei's explanation, everyone suddenly realized. Chen Sanliang even gave Chen Xiaobei a thumbs up, "Xiaobei Li Chang, your decision is so right. Leave the two of them at the entrance of the cave in case something happens."
That would be troublesome."
Yes, it would be really difficult to deal with if something happened.
After walking so far, Chen Xiaobei was no longer worried about the flood entering the cave. Judging from what he had seen along the way, the space here was large enough.
Even if floods come in, they still have room to escape.
Sure enough, it was already dark when they returned to the entrance of the cave, and the two village guards were there in a hurry.
After dark, the temperature in the woods dropped sharply, but in comparison, it seemed much warmer in the cave.
Chen Xiaobei asked two village guards to push down a lot of dead branches and leaves for the fire at night, and then let them come down to eat together.
While eating dinner, Chen Xiaobei briefly explained the situation inside to the two of them.
The two village guards seemed very excited when they heard that they could join him on the adventure the next day. After all, guarding the cave entrance was an extremely boring task.
At this time, Princess Zhaoning in the palace received a letter from Tian Wen.
After reading it, she became a little depressed.
Butterfly, the palace maid next to her, asked carefully, "Princess, what trouble have you encountered?"
Princess Zhaoning nodded slightly, "Tian Wen said it was confirmed that the prince is safe and sound, but my master may be in danger. He has already led people into the mountain."
"Princess, it's better to send more new people, Tian Wen and the others have too few people."
Princess Zhaoning did not comment and slowly stood up, "Follow me out."
Princess Zhang Ning changed into casual clothes and took two personal maids with her out of the palace, turned left and right, and finally came to the back door of a palace.
A palace maid stepped forward and gently clicked the door knocker a few times, and the door opened with a creak.
Butterfly stepped forward and bowed and said, "Please inform the old prime minister that Princess Zhaoning is visiting."
Retired old prime minister Fang Zheng, who quickly received the news, hurried out to greet him.
When she saw Princess Zhaoning, she cupped her fists and saluted, "Welcome to you, Your Royal Highness."
Princess Zhaoning bowed slightly and said, "Old dear, you don't have to be polite. I still call you grandpa."
The two of them entered the living room talking politely, and the old prime minister Fang Zheng waved his hand and dismissed all the servants around him.
"Why did His Highness pay a sudden visit?"
Princess Zhaoning frowned slightly, "You must have heard about Qingniu Mountain."
The old Prime Minister Fang Zheng nodded slightly, "Your Highness Princess, please forgive me for talking too much. As the saying goes, when two tigers fight, one of them will be injured. You ended too early. You should wait for the Imperial Master and the Crown Prince to kill each other..."
Princess Zhaoning couldn't help but sigh, "My brother has already gone to Qingniu County. I'm afraid it will be too late if I don't take action."
Old Prime Minister Fang Zheng stood up, put his hands behind his back, walked around on the ground a few times, and said slowly, "The matter has come to this, we can only take a risk."
"Oh, what do you think we should do?" Princess Zhaoning became excited instantly.