When the book-traveling little detective meets the two-faced prince

Hearing the sound, He Yu, who was standing nearby, walked forward and observed the situation in the wellhead. He found that the rope nailed to the edge was shaking slightly.

He Yu was lying on the well mouth, and said excitedly: "Captain Hong's rope moved, it should be the general and his men coming up."

Hear the words.

Hong Mingxu immediately lay down at the mouth of the well to observe the rope and shouted inside: "General, is that you?"

There was a huge echo in the wellhead, and the rope nailed to the edge was vibrating more violently than before, as if someone was climbing up.

"General!"

Hong Mingxu shouted again to confirm.

"Captain Hong... Captain Hong, it's me. I'm Cui Yan. I found a secret passage at the bottom of the well. General... General, there's something fishy at the bottom of the well. I came to ask the captain to send... send some men down."

Climbing requires a lot of effort. Cui Yan's voice came from the wellhead, and he was a little breathless.

Judging from the sound, they have climbed to the middle of the well.

"Why are you alone? Where is the general?"

"General... General... He is guarding the entrance to the secret passage. Let me report to the captain."

"Nonsense, the danger down there is unknown, the murderer is still hiding in the dark, how can you let the general stay at the bottom of the well alone, you retreat immediately to guard the general, I will count the people and go down."

Cui Yan was obviously frightened by Hong Mingxu's loud scolding, and responded in a panic: "Yes...Captain Hong, I will be back soon."

Just as Cui Yan was climbing back, a "swish" sound was heard from the entrance, followed by Cui Yan's uncontrolled shouting.

"what--!"

"Xiaoyan——!"

Hearing Cui Yan's shouting, He Yu, who was lying at the mouth of the well, shouted Cui Yan's name in panic. He hurriedly pulled the rope that was close to the earth wall, but the rope was pulled up effortlessly.

There was a "splash" sound coming from the wellhead, the sound of someone falling into the water.

“Cui Yan——!”

He Yu lay at the mouth of the well, his eyes wide open, shouting Cui Yan's name at the top of his lungs.

“Brother He, help…help, save…save me…ah…”

The desperate cry for help made everyone present gasp.

At first, Cui Yan's cries for help could be heard, but soon, the cries were drowned out by the river water at the bottom of the well.

Without thinking, He Yu grabbed the broken rope in his hand and wanted to jump into the well. Seeing this, Meng Dafeng hurried forward and grabbed He Yu, pulling him down from the edge of the well.

"He Yu, don't be stupid, it's too late!"

Due to the depth of the well and the time it took them to discover the secret passage, even though the general heard the noise and rushed over to rescue them, it was too late.

Hear the words.

He Yu fell to the ground exhausted, still holding the broken rope tightly in his hand. He looked at Meng Dafeng with dull eyes and said, "Brother Meng... Xiaoyan is only fifteen years old..."

He Yu's voice was trembling, and every word he said was hard to accept.

Meng Dafeng patted He Yu's shoulder with a look of reluctance in his eyes, sighed softly and said: "Everyone has his own destiny. This is probably his destiny."

Hong Mingxu walked forward and snatched the rope from He Yu's hand, pulled out the broken rope in the well, and when he saw the broken part of the rope, he threw the rope to the ground with an angry look on his face.

"Everyone, cheer up and find a rope!"

The soldier on the same boat with Cheng Su and Hong Mingxu stepped forward, not daring to look at Hong Mingxu's panicked expression and said, "Captain, we didn't bring any ropes this time."

"What, the rope that was fished out of the lake?"

"The rope was soaked in water and was too heavy. The people we brought were only used to carry food and things related to the case. Before getting off the boat, I asked the general for his opinion and left the rope on the boat. Captain Hong was also there... beside him..."

Seeing the displeasure on Hong Mingxu's face, the soldier hurriedly said, "Captain Hong, we will go back and get it now!"

"Don't go. The trip and transportation will take too long. The general's safety is important. We can't wait that long."

Hong Mingxu looked at the twenty or so people in front of him, pondered for a moment with a calm look in his eyes, then raised his eyes to look at the mountains and forests surrounding the house, where many vines grew.

Hong Mingxu immediately ordered: "Everyone, go to the forest to find canes. If anyone escapes, no matter who they are, they will be punished according to military law."

"Yes!"

Got the order.

Everyone went to the forest to look for vines. Because Chang Feizhang had difficulty walking, Hong Mingxu asked Chang Feizhang to stay and pay attention to the situation in the well, and left two soldiers to guard it.

The house they were in was at the top of the village, and walking down they would pass by houses on both sides.

Because all the houses in the village had been checked by the soldiers, the doors of the houses were opened. Lin Lezhi walked downstairs while looking into the courtyards of the houses.

Like the courtyard they had stayed in, the courtyard was full of knee-high weeds, but because there were so many and so tall, all they could see when they looked around was weeds all over the ground.

From the discovery of the coffin in the basement of Wu Sanshan's courtyard to the arrival at Huaifeng Village, two people had already died in just one day.

Lin Lezhi's eyes darkened.

I'm afraid the murderer wants to do more than just appeal for injustice.

Vines grow by clinging to trees in the mountains, and you don't have to go deep into the forest to find vines.

Cheng Su's soldiers have been guarding the border all year round, and weaving rattan into long ropes has become a muscle memory for them, making them do it with ease.

Even though he was rubbed by the raised nodules on the cane, he never stopped moving.

Hong Mingxu's hands were the fastest, and his brows were furrowed the entire time.

It didn't take long before they wove a vine that was more than ten meters long and slid it down into the well.

Cheng Su, who heard Cui Yan's shouting at the bottom of the well, also turned back to the wellhead.

With the help of the light from the tinder, he looked at the rope submerged in the river and the vine hanging down from the well. His eyes darkened, and he frowned and shouted towards the well: "What's going on? What happened to Cui Yan?"

Hearing Cheng Su's voice, Hong Mingxu's frown relaxed, and he was delighted. He immediately ran to the wellhead and shouted, "General, it's great that you're okay. Cui Yan... General, please wait a moment, I'll take someone down to explain to you in person!"

"Wait a minute, the well mouth faces the river, and the river water is turbulent. Wait until I fix the vines, then you can come down."

"Yes."

Cheng Su looked at the fire starter and put it aside. Then he drew his long knife and cut off the part of the rope that was soaked by the river water with a neat knife skill.

The rope was cut and carried away by the water.

Then he untied the dry rope on the iron ring, tied the scabbard to the rope and threw it out with force.

The scabbard and the rope were wrapped around the vine several times. After making sure it was tightly wrapped, Cheng Su pulled the vine out of the water with force, tied the vine and the dry rope tightly together, and fixed them together in the iron ring chiseled into the wall.

After finishing all this, Cheng Su shouted towards the well with a sullen look in his eyes: "It's all right, bring down some torches."

"Yes, General!"