Traveling through the millennium: creating a prosperous dynasty with you

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, they stood up and kowtowed to the prince and princess to express their gratitude. Seeing this, An Chen personally stepped forward, helped the old man up, and asked the others to stand up as well.

The old man raised his head, looked at the prince and princess, with a puzzled look on his face, and asked: "Prince, what does the princess want to ask? We have been working here for several years and know almost nothing about what is happening in the outside world." There was a hint of helplessness and emotion in his voice.

An Yi: "Do you know the origins of those soldiers in this canyon?"

When the soldiers were mentioned, more than 100 people shuddered involuntarily. They had asked the supervisors about the situation out of curiosity, but they were beaten and abused mercilessly. As time went by, they occasionally heard the supervisors talk about these things in private. However, what they said was not much different from what the supervisors said in the morning.

At this time, An Chen suddenly asked: "Who dug this dark room? Does anyone know?" His voice echoed in the silent air. Everyone looked at each other, and no one dared to answer easily.

A bearded, unkempt man whose real age was hard to tell spoke up, "I was the first to arrive. I was initially sent here to dig for iron ore, but then a nobleman appeared and asserted that this was one of the Four Dragon Caves, but only one of them. In fact, this should be the Nine Dragons Pool, with the other five dragon veins entwined in the surrounding mountains. The large canyon below is where the water source is, and it is truly a great Feng Shui treasure! I heard that the dragon energy of Anguo gathers here. Not long after that nobleman left, many people were sent to the large canyon below. Later, I learned that these people were all soldiers, and their loud shouts during early morning training could often be heard."

An Chen looked at the man in front of him, his eyes sparkling with curiosity: "Did you know there is a big pool of water in this cave?"

The man scratched his head and answered naively, "I am a strong man. The nobleman asked me to take things in for him to have a look a few times. The pool is huge and bottomless, and there is a mysterious atmosphere around it."

After hearing this, An Chen became more curious and continued to ask, "Who is that noble man? Do you know?"

The man shook his head, revealing a confused look: "A grandfather and a young master brought a few people dressed as Taoist priests. I don't know who they are. They look very mysterious. I dare not ask more."

An Chen fell into deep thought, with a flash of thought in his eyes. Such a mysterious thing was hidden in this cave.

An Chen: "What did they say? Do you still remember?"

Man: "I don't remember the details, but it was probably about four dragons entwined in this mountain, which was not a good omen, and it would be a good omen if they were separated. At that time, most of the water in the big pool in the mountain flowed from this dark room to the Grand Canyon. The waterfall outside the mountain was a little high, and less water flowed down. In order to let all the water flow out from the outside, they sent a lot of people to dig down the waterfall outside. It took more than two years to become what it is now. All the water flows down from the waterfall outside the mountain, and no water flows in the canyon. This dark room will be empty, and there is a road in the innermost part that leads directly to the Grand Canyon."

It turns out that there are waterfalls in front and behind the mountain. The water flow was changed inside, and the waterfall on the Grand Canyon side disappeared. The water flow on the other side increased, and the small waterfall became a big waterfall. Everyone was shocked by this discovery.

An Chen asked the old man: "You have been working here for many years, but have you ever seen these noble people he mentioned?"

The old man shook his head and replied, "I have never seen it. I have always been assigned to smelt iron and forge weapons at the entrance of the cave. But I did see more and more people in this cave in a few years. They brought various excavation tools. At that time, I thought they were also entering the cave to mine, so I didn't pay much attention."

Man: "The mines in the cave have been mined out a long time ago. Those people went to dig the waterfall at the back. I helped them get the tools. At the beginning, they were short of manpower, so they asked me to work there for a few months."

Xu Zhen: "The water in that pond is very deep. How did they get down there?"

Man: "In the beginning, it only reached the calf, so the waterfall outside was very small. Sometimes when there was less water, the waterfall disappeared. They first dug the outermost wall, and then slowly moved inwards. After a large pit was dug on the outside, they knocked open the innermost layer. The water blocked by this layer of stone quickly filled the pit and became the deep pool we have today. All the water flowed down from the outside cave entrance. The nobleman said that in this way, the four dragons could turn around, and Anguo's fortune would soar."

Xu Zhen: "Do you know the identities of those who came to dig?"

Man: "They are all strong, and they don't look like ordinary people. They look more like they have been soldiers and have killed people on the battlefield. Their eyes scare me."

Xu Zhen: "If I let you go back now, can you still find your home?"

Everyone looked at each other in disbelief, unable to believe what they heard. Some of them had endured at least two or three years, with endless work to do every day, and the supervisors either beating or scolding them. They no longer dared to hope that they would be rescued one day.

The old man confirmed again and again: "Is what the princess said true? Will you really let us go?"

Xu Zhen nodded and said, "King Chen is right here, so of course his words count. I just don't know if you can get out of this forest."

Man: "There is no one left in my hometown. My father and my brother were captured here. They are in the canyon below. I want to be with my father and my brother."

An Chen: "After we settle you, we will go to the canyon. Don't worry, I won't kill a good person by mistake, nor will I let a bad person go. Do you have any relatives or family members in the canyon?"

Many people said yes, and Chen Xu asked them to raise their hands. Nearly half of them had relatives in the canyon.

An Chen: "Who are those dozens of supervisors?"

Man: "They should be the servants of that grandfather's family. I heard from that grandfather that if they don't work hard, he will punish their families when he returns."

An Chen: "You will all follow us out in a while. You will live where you lived before. We can't deal with those supervisors yet. Let's find a house to lock them up first. We can deal with them after all the people below are settled."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, Princess."

An Chen: "Everyone, get up. How do you feel now? If everything is ok, we can go out."