Su Jinhua has been busy with the work of bringing water up the mountain recently. Looking at such a complicated mountain road, he felt extremely melancholy, with his hands resting behind his back.

"It's been dealt with for so long, why is there still no movement?"

Logically speaking, their project should have been almost completed by now, but there were still many problems.

The village chief was also extremely worried. He shook his head slowly and sighed.

"This mountain road is originally rugged, and it is very difficult to do these things. In addition, the water on the mountain has become less and less in the past few days, so it is difficult to bring it down."

It's nothing more than taking care of them so that they don't have to work so hard in the future. The sky is not kind and it doesn't want to rain until now. For them, it's really helpless.

Hearing this, Su Jinhua blinked slightly and looked at the map in his hand. He felt not only melancholy but also depressed.

"The people in the city are having a harder and harder time. If we don't plant food quickly, I'm afraid no one will survive."

The food supply has been used up quickly in the past few days. In addition, changes in the city have occurred too quickly, and several officials have met with unexpected accidents, causing everyone to panic.

The village chief could understand it in his heart, but the expression on his face showed melancholy, and he finally shook his head helplessly.

"There's no need to rush now. Otherwise, we can still think of a solution."

These roads were built by the villagers one by one by hand, and it is difficult to complete these projects now.

If they were not willing to pay the money, I'm afraid these villagers would not even want to come up the mountain to fetch water.

Su Jinhua stuffed the map in his pocket and looked at the bamboos. Almost all the thoughts in his mind went blank.

"How to solve this problem? Aren't these things flowing smoothly down there?"

She lowered her head to think, and even started doing experiments to see what the problem was.

The village chief was confident about this matter. Even his face was full of smiles as he called on everyone to join in.

"Everyone should work together to find the problem as soon as possible so that we can have food to eat."

Some people around us have no money in their hands and no food at home. If they hadn't gone up the mountain to fetch water, they would have starved to death by now.

So they would just be proactive and nodded in agreement immediately.

……

The guards were patrolling in Gutian County and wanted to see if there were any key clues. One of the men deliberately fell to the ground and made a noise.

"Ouch, I'm going to die from the fall!"

He stumbled to his feet and found a pit, so he dug with his hands. He discovered that the pit got deeper and deeper, and even a hole appeared.

“Oh my god, there’s a hole here?”

The guard immediately stepped forward and looked at the hole in the ground. He was a little undecided and his brows were furrowed.

"It might be dangerous down there, so we should not go down easily."

Everyone is in a panic during this period. Everyone naturally wants to survive, and no one wants to lose their life here.

Hearing this, the man nodded slowly, as if he agreed. The two of them went all the way back to the government office and immediately reported the matter to Gu Yanan.

"Prince, we found an intersection in the west of the city. It looks like a cellar, but I don't dare to go down. I thought I would ask you first."

This can be considered a major breakthrough, as very few people in Gutian County would go about digging cellars.

In the past few years, the land was fertile and the income was high, but it was also rainy, so it was almost impossible for ordinary families to build cellars.

This is only possible because there has been no rain in the past few years and the land is extremely dry. But if everyone has no food, why should they dig a cellar?

Gu Yanan pretended to be a little surprised, raised his eyebrows slightly, and then spoke directly.

"It seems that this matter is not simple. Take me to see it tomorrow."

He pretended to be tired, and the two men smiled.

The guard suddenly felt full of strength. He nodded happily in agreement, then turned and left.

Shen Rujun had already started secretly sending people to observe them, so he naturally knew about this matter. He frowned and a worried look appeared on his face.

"How did they find out where our entrance is?"

If it was just an ordinary store entrance, at least it could be concealed, but this intersection in the west of the city was their escape route.

Hearing this, the guard shook his head slowly, thinking that this matter was a little strange, and spoke in a low voice.

"Maybe they were just lucky. They encountered this incident."

Almost everyone except a few people didn't know that there was another passage, and everyone thought it was just to enter the store.

Shen Rujun was panicked. He thought for a long time and seemed to have no idea what to say. He tapped the table lightly with his fingers and finally sighed slowly.

"Tomorrow, you will send a carriage nearby. If any accident happens, you will immediately let me hit Gu Yanan!"

After all, it was an accident. Where could a disabled person who couldn't stand up run while sitting on a chair?

The light in his eyes and the hostility in his body radiated around him.

The guard was frightened, but couldn't help but admire him. He hesitated for a moment and then spoke.

"But wouldn't this be a little inappropriate, in public..."

He was interrupted before he could even finish his words.

"If I really die there, it has nothing to do with me. It's all just an accident. I don't want to cause trouble for the Third Prince later."

There is still an explanation for the death of officials in Gutian County. The third prince will arrive in a few days. It would be a good thing if they could remove the obstacles in advance.

The guard didn't say anything, but thought it made sense. His eyes became brighter and brighter, and he immediately nodded in agreement.

"Okay, then leave this matter to me."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and left. He secretly bought a carriage and hired a few desperadoes, asking them to guard nearby and wait for information at any time.

When Su Jinhua learned that Gu Yanan was going to the entrance tomorrow, a deep light flashed in his dark eyes, and then he shook his head in disapproval.

"This matter is of great importance. I'm sure they will try every means to stop you. It will be extremely difficult for you to get in."

After all, this concerns the lifeblood of the Third Prince. If they cannot find out the problem, it would be a capital crime punishable by beheading.

Gu Yanan smiled gently, with a hint of relief in his words and a bright look in his eyes.

"You don't have to worry. I didn't want to go in and take a look. I just wanted to give them a warning and make them panic, so that they don't cause us any trouble later."

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