Cypress Boat Floating

Lu Ci Qiu, who was far away in the South City, had no control over what was happening in the capital, nor did he want to. His primary goal now was to take care of the task at hand.

Currently, the water in the south city is blocked, and canals have been dug to drain the water from the south. The water cannot stay in the city for a long time. The water is turbid and dirty, and it has soaked so much garbage. If it is not cleaned and stays in the city for a long time, it is easy to get sick.

The people in South City were all very enthusiastic. Since they knew Lu Ci Qiu was here to help them, they followed Lu Ci Qiu one by one. They did whatever Lu Ci Qiu told them to do, and they would have food to eat if they did the job. If there were any hooligans, there would be officers to deal with them.

For a moment, the entire South City seemed to come alive, and everyone was working hard for their own homes.

But there are always some people who just can't stand everyone being well off and always want to trip them up in secret.

That day, seeing that everything in the city was almost arranged, Lu Ci Qiu took Ye Jianqing, Zhang Quansheng and others to row out of the city to see the Sannan River, whose water level was still extremely high.

Walking along the lower reaches of the Sannan River, we reached its end unknowingly.

There was a big mountain in front of Sannan River blocking the way. Master Liu, who was traveling with them, was the first to come forward to explain to them, "Eighth Prince, this mountain is called Sannan Mountain. This side leads to Nancheng and Fengcheng, and the back is the sea. In the past, people who traded would go here if they didn't take the water route. Although it's a bit far, the road is not difficult to travel. But later we heard that there were monsters on this mountain, and several people were blinded and died on the mountain. Since then, fewer and fewer people have walked to Sannan Mountain. Everyone takes the water route."

This Mr. Liu is a legal advisor in the Nancheng County Government. His surname is also Liu. Today, he came out with Liu Hanyun and Lu Ci Qiu and the others.

The Sannan Mountain stands in front of the Sannan River, preventing the water of the Sannan River from flowing into the sea. It stops abruptly here, so the Sannan River will flood whenever it rains heavily, bringing disaster to the people of the two cities. If we really want to control the flood, we may have to learn from Yugong and move the mountain away.

Lu Ci Qiu fell into deep thought as he looked at the mountain in front of him, but no matter what, he still had to go and see what the condition of the mountain was like and how to open it up. According to Liu Hanyun's idea, Da'an and Nanlin would each own half of the mountain. If they wanted to open up the mountain, they had to think of a way to convince the King of Nanlin, and the two countries would send troops together to dig through the mountain and connect the river.

"Let's go up the mountain and take a look." Lu Ci Qiu said.

Ye Jianqing and Zhang Quansheng naturally had no objection, but Liu Hanyun and Master Liu actually started to tremble when they heard that they were going up the mountain.

"Your Highness...Your Highness...can we...can we not go?" Liu Hanyun begged.

Lu Ciqiu was confused. Why were they so afraid to go up the mountain? Was it because of the monster that hurt people? But if they didn't go, who would lead them?

"What are you afraid of? With me here, no monster can hurt you." Zhang Quansheng clicked his tongue, showing disdain for the two men's cowardice.

"If you don't go, then who will lead the way for us?" Ye Jianqing had been looking at the mountain, and when he heard them talking like this, he turned around and looked at them.

Although she could understand their fear of unfamiliar things, wasn't this just a rumor?

"This...this...you two really don't know. This monster is very ferocious and has eaten several people in a row. It's not that we don't dare, but we have to be full of awe for spiritual things, otherwise we will easily be eaten by it." Master Liu said in embarrassment.

"Nonsense!" Zhang Quansheng glared at him, causing Master Liu to quickly retract his head and not dare to say a word.

You can only know what is going on up there if you go there. It is not a good sign for Zhang Quansheng and Ye Jianqing to say discouraging words at the foot of the mountain. These two people are both on the battlefield. Saying discouraging words before the battle means that there is no return. It is not good. And Master Liu said these things here, so it is no wonder that Zhang Quansheng was so angry.

"Okay, stop arguing. We have to go up the mountain today to take a look no matter what. Don't be afraid, both of you. If we find anything wrong, we will come down. In short, don't talk about these things anymore. Don't believe all the rumors. You must have your own opinions. This is what a county magistrate and a legal advisor should do. Otherwise, in the future you can just rebel based on rumors." Lu Ci Qiu stepped forward to maintain order and also reminded Liu Hanyun and Legal Advisor Liu not to spread rumors.

Since Lu Ci Qiu had spoken, the two did not dare to say anything more. They just agreed repeatedly, and then he led them up the mountain with a melancholy look on his face.

There are many fir trees planted on the mountain. Because no one has walked on it for a long time, the originally opened road on the mountain has gradually been covered by vines. Only a little bit of it can be seen, but at least people can still walk on it. Zhang Quansheng walked in front to lead the way, Lu Ci Qiu walked in second, Liu Hanyun and Master Liu followed closely behind, and Ye Jianqing took the initiative to walk at the end to cover the rear, holding a skylark in his hand, ready to deal with danger at any time.

Sannan Mountain is not particularly high, but it is very wide. The air on the mountain is very fresh and full of spiritual energy. You can see many small animals passing by when you walk one or two steps.

But they had been walking for nearly half an hour and had not encountered the monster that Master Liu had mentioned. This made Zhang Quansheng at the beginning feel that the two of them were talking nonsense, and he became more and more disdainful of them.

But as he walked, Zhang Quansheng began to realize that something was wrong. He frowned, stood still, and his eyes looked around like an eagle.

He shouted to Ye Jianqing, "Sister Xiaoqing, please be careful at the back. Something is wrong."

As soon as these words came out, Master Liu and Liu Hanyun hugged each other and chanted Amitabha. They asked Zhang Quansheng fearfully, "Is the monster coming out? Is it coming to eat us?"

Zhang Quansheng rolled his eyes at them and gave each of them a chestnut.

Ye Jianqing also came up at this time: "What's going on?"

Zhang Quansheng said: "We have just walked through this place."

"Are you sure? The trees on this mountain are all the same. Could it be that we just walked to a similar place?" Lu Ci Qiu asked.

"Your Highness, this must be the same place, there is no mistake. When I was walking on the road just now, I made a mark in case we couldn't get back. Look, there is what I just drew here." Zhang Quansheng led them to a tree in front, and sure enough, there was a small scratch on the trunk, and it was obvious that it had just been carved.

The three of them looked at the scratch and fell into deep thought.

"Can you tell what the problem is?" Lu Ci Qiu asked.

Zhang Quansheng bit his lip and said uncertainly: "I have a feeling, but I'm not sure. Let's go again. If we return to the starting point, then I will most likely know what happened."

"General Zhang, is this some kind of formation?" Ye Jianqing liked reading novels before he traveled through time. He also knew that some martial arts masters would use these formations to confuse people and make them think they were trapped in a wall.

"It's very likely. That's what I just guessed. That's why I said I'd like to walk it again and take a closer look to see how to break the formation."

Although Zhang Quansheng is strong and muscular, he is also a master of formations. He never relies on brute force in battles, but relies on the integration of military tactics and formations. Moreover, General Zhang once had a record in which none of our soldiers were injured, while the enemy retreated voluntarily after suffering more than a thousand casualties.

Several people walked along the same route they had just taken. This time, they walked very slowly, and Zhang Quansheng took in every detail along the way.

Suddenly, he didn't know what he stepped on, but suddenly thousands of arrows were shot from the front, all rushing towards them.

Ye Jianqing rushed forward to block the arrows with Zhang Quansheng.

When Liu Hanyun and Master Liu saw this situation, they ran and hid behind a big rock and didn't care about anything else.

"What's going on?" Ye Jianqing asked Zhang Quansheng while blocking the arrow.

"Hide first, this arrow comes from nowhere."

It must be said that Zhang Quansheng was really a very reliable general. He was not afraid of danger at this time. While protecting Lu Ciqiu, he took him to hide behind a big tree to keep him away from the range of the arrows. Seeing that Lu Ciqiu was protected by Zhang Quansheng, Ye Jianqing also hid to the other side.

All five people hid, but the arrows seemed endless and did not stop. After about an incense stick of time, they slowly stopped, but they did not dare to act rashly.

Zhang Quansheng leaned over to take a look, and after confirming that no more arrows were shot out, he picked up a small stone from the ground and threw it out.

He didn't throw it randomly, he threw it at the place where he just stepped on.

But this time, there was absolutely no movement.

Zhang Quansheng frowned, confused and puzzled.

Seeing this, Ye Jianqing gestured to Zhang Quansheng, indicating that he should go out and take a look. Seeing Zhang Quansheng nod, Ye Jianqing stretched out a foot and walked outside, while being ready to take action at any time.

However, when she walked to the place where Zhang Quansheng had just thrown the stone, there was still no reaction.

So she immediately moved to Zhang Quansheng's side and discussed with him: "What's going on?"

"If that's the case, then it wasn't me who stepped into the trap just now, so why did so many arrows suddenly shoot out?" Zhang Quansheng was puzzled.

"Is it possible that these are controlled by humans?" Ye Jianqing said as he looked around vigilantly.

"You mean, besides us, there are other people on this mountain now?" Lu Ci Qiu frowned. These people are targeting him, right? Are they here to kill him?

"It's very likely. This formation looks very old. I originally thought it was just a simple maze to make people lost, but I didn't expect it to contain murderous intent." Zhang Quansheng casually pulled up an arrow shot on the ground and examined it carefully: "Your Highness, look, this arrow is still new. It seems that this killing formation must have been set up by someone using the maze on the mountain."

"First they use the bewilderment array to confuse us, and then kill us when we are unprepared. How cruel." Lu Ci Qiu took the arrow handed over by Zhang Quansheng, looked at it carefully, and then asked: "General Zhang, is it possible to break the array now?"

"It's not difficult to break the formation. I think the rumor that someone was bewitched by a monster in the past and lost his way in the mountains, leading to disappearance or even death, should be related to this formation. I don't know who is so vicious as to set up such a formation on a mountain where people come and go."

Lu Ci Qiu handed the arrow in his hand to Ye Jianqing and winked at her, asking her to put it away quietly. This was the way to find the murderer.

Ye Jianqing nodded and put away the arrow.