Between the vast sea of ​​clouds

There is still a long stone ladder down from the stone platform. The chains on both sides of the ladder are covered with strange scratches. The edges and corners of the steps are rounded, and the surface of the steps is as smooth as water, which is very different from the rough stone steps on the mountain just now.

Jin Huan also came over and gasped when she saw those chains: "How does this iron chain look like..."

Qing Ping turned around and said, "Your Excellency also noticed it today? This place seems to have been flooded, otherwise how could there be such traces on these chains?"

She looked into the distance, and told the chief guard: "Take someone down to see the situation, be careful, and if there is anything wrong, withdraw immediately."

The chief guard agreed, and Zhao Yuan looked up at her and said, "My lord...the students also want to go down with them."

Qingping didn't know what she was thinking: "You can go down, but it's going to be night soon, so don't go near that city."

Although Zhao Yuan was eager to know what Biluo City looked like, he also knew that this was not a good time.She nodded, looked away from Qiongtai Yuyu above the water mist, and followed the guards off the platform.

On the side, Jin Huan went down a few steps, squatted on the ground and touched the surface of the steps. She stood below and looked around for a while, then came back with a solemn face and said: "If this place was flooded, the water might have been as strong as this place. Table level."

Qing Ping nodded lightly, and said: "My lord, do you remember the Hongbo Rebellion a hundred years ago. At that time, Chenzhou was also torrentially raining for months, and the floods were raging, causing countless deaths and injuries."

Jin Huan said: "I remember that it was also from this incident that the imperial court began to build rivers in Chenzhou. Blocking is worse than dredging. Instead of raising the embankment higher and higher, it is better to build rivers to divert water, clear silt and build dams."

Qingping paused, and said in a low voice: "If so, then the mountain was indeed flooded, and there must be no living people."

Jin Huan watched the guards walking through the ruined walls at the foot of the mountain. Compared with this hinterland, their figures were really small.It is not difficult to imagine how shocking the scene of the prosperous period here was, but when the torrential flood poured into the mountain, it turned into a purgatory on earth in an instant. How innocent..."

The two stood on the stage facing the wind. At this time, the night was falling and the sunset glow was about to dissipate.Only the place where Biluo City is located is still foggy and red and red.The torrents flying down reflect the afterglow of the mountain, which is as brilliant as a golden brocade.Large and small waterfalls hang under the city in a semi-circular shape, transforming into countless rays of light in the dying radiance, supporting the city.And Biluo City stands tall and shadowy on top of the peaks, backed by the flaming soft clouds and the early night, adding a bit of sacred distance.

This scene makes one's heart swaying and intoxicated, but when one thinks of the corpses of thousands of innocent people buried in the muddy waterways under this city, and looking at the auspicious place, one can only feel that it is indescribably creepy and terrifying .

After the last trace of gold and red disappeared in the mountains, the mountains were covered with mist and the ruins slowly, and the guards who had been searching below also turned back, and the leader said: "Report to my lord, this The muddy ground below is slippery, and I waited for half an hour to get to the foot of the opposite mountain. There are still some houses on the high part of the mountain, and I found a temple in the valley along the mountain path."

Qingping asked: "Can I go in and have a look?"

The guard replied: "The lowly officials have already gone in to have a look. There is a statue of the incense platform inside, and there is nothing else besides that."

After pondering for a moment, Qingping said: "Is there no secret door passage in the temple?"

The guard replied: "This, the humble staff have never seen it."

Qingping slipped Zhao Yuanti aside and asked her: "You followed, didn't you find anything?"

Zhao Yuan's head was covered with dust, and he whispered, "My lord, I... I didn't see it either!"

Qingping looked at her suspiciously: "Really?"

Zhao Yuan nodded and said: "No, the temple is clean, just a incense stand and a statue, and there are dust everywhere! If you really find something, how can you not report to your lord?" Suddenly she seemed to remember something , took out a box from his sleeve, and said: "But I found a box under the incense stand, and it was covered in dust. I dare to guess, since this box is placed in the dark cabinet under the incense stand, it should be It is an extremely important thing, so it has not been opened, and it is waiting to be presented to the adults."

Qingping glanced at those guards, and said in a low voice: "What did Master Yuan say to you before leaving?" Otherwise, why would Zhao Yuan take the box and hide it secretly instead of handing it over to those guards.

Sure enough, Zhao Yuan's eyes were shocked, showing a bit of clarity and vigilance, he licked his lips and said: "...Master Yuan asked me to tell you that there are 'fish' here!"

Qingping looked at her, and finally understood why Zhao Yuan acted so foolishly all the way here, and often deliberately went to a dead end, wasting a lot of time for no reason.Yuan Sui said that there are fish, and the meaning of this fish is not understood by others, but she understands it very well.

Zhao Yuan was also clever, although he didn't understand the meaning of Yuan Sui's words, but he also vaguely felt that this was not a good thing, so he pretended to be stupid all the way, trying to show himself ignorant of the inside story.She took out the box, her shoulders seemed to be shaking badly, but her hands were very steady, and she stuffed it into Qingping sleeves, and immediately fell to her knees and cried, "My lord, the little one doesn't know anything... My lord, there is something so dark in this mountain!" , I don’t know how many people died, let’s go back quickly, anyway, this city won’t run away..."

Qingping said in his heart that you want to know what the city looks like and where you can run.But when the play was full, she feigned anger and said: "What nonsense are you talking about, there is nothing underneath, where did such gods and ghosts come from!"

While speaking, she hid the box in her sleeve, and was thinking about kicking Zhao Yuan over to make a show, when she suddenly asked, "My lord...then, what is that?"

In the twilight shadows of the mountains, among the dim ruins, suddenly some faint blue spots appeared, with a ghostly aura, floating up silently.The mountain wind passed by, a gust of mist moved in, and those few cold lights disappeared instantly. Just as everyone took a breath, they saw faint blue light spots emerging from the thick white mist, floating slowly from all directions, along the The wind swayed gently, and the valley below was illuminated by this weird light, and there were ghostly lights everywhere, as if the unjustly deceased were still nostalgic for the old homeland, wandering among the ruins and refused to leave.

This scene was really a bit bluffing, Qing Ping sat by the fire by himself, lit up the fire a little, and said: "My lord, come and have a seat?"

Jin Huan was startled by the will-o'-the-wisps all over the mountain. She saw her sitting by the fire with a cold face, walked over and sat down with a heavy head, but heard Qingping say: "The wetland has always had a lot of phosphorous fires, and it's nothing rare." , it just means that this place has indeed been flooded, but the muddy ground is still wet, does it mean that the water has receded not long ago?"

Speaking of this, Jin Huan immediately came back to her senses, cleared her thoughts and said: "It is true, the river in this mountain should be a diversion of the Huai River. It flows in from where we enter the mountain, and then flows out of the mountain. Like me You guessed it right, this Qinglu Mountain should be a mountain range in the same direction as Fulong Mountain."

Qingping picked up a branch and broke it into three sections, said: "Is the terrain of this mountain similar to this branch, similar to steps?"

Jin Huan gestured: "That's right, that's true!"

Qing Ping continued to ask: "Then if the mountain is full of water, presumably it is because the Huai River has risen and the diversion is not enough to submerge this place?"

Jin Huan said: "This place is so strange that it is here. If there is no lake above to store water and no mountains to block it, I am afraid that this place will be submerged long ago, but the reason why a hinterland can be left is because someone dug the river in the mountain. The water is diverted from both sides, so that this place will not be submerged. Mr. Li has also seen those waterfalls, those rivers in the mountains were originally diverted."

A thought quickly passed through Qingping's mind, why did the Golden Tent search for this place, and what is there in Biluo City that deserves their painstaking efforts to find it?She vaguely had some clues, and said as if nothing had happened: "If you want to build a river, you must stop the river?"

Jin Huan immediately said: "Naturally, that's how the rivers in Chenzhou were built."

Qing Ping said: "If this place has been submerged before, shouldn't the water flow out so quickly?"

Jin Huan replied without even thinking about it: "Then divert the water, change it a little bit, and divert the water out."

After she finished speaking, she was taken aback for a moment, and then remembered that incident. When she entered Chenzhou, she had surveyed the river course of Chenzhou, which was somewhat different from that of the Ministry of Industry in Chenzhou in the early years, and the two largest pictures The difference is on the Huai River!

The Huai River flows through the three counties. It has many channels and passes through many towns. It is a very important river. The moat of Zhaoye, the main city of Chenzhou, is one of its diversions.After the repairs of the past dynasties, the river has become extremely docile.But Jin Huan couldn't imagine what kind of disaster Chenzhou would fall into if something went wrong with this river.

Qingping is farther than she thought. It is impossible to build a river to cut off the water flow with the power of the temple alone. If the government does not come forward to summon craftsmen, when will such a huge project be completed?Just like the existence of this country in the mountains, the manpower and material resources consumed from the beginning of construction are so huge, it is by no means a overnight achievement, can no one be aware of it?Based on this, as early as before the Hongbo Rebellion, or even earlier, the Golden Tent had hooked up some people and made a promise, which made those people driven by interests...

But now that a hundred years have passed, why is the Golden Tent so unscrupulous in making waves in Chenzhou?

Both of them had their own thoughts, they both stopped talking at the same time, turned their backs and went to rest.When everyone was almost asleep, Qing Ping took out the box in his sleeve. It turned out to be a silver box with a thin layer of sealant on the seal, which crumbled to powder when touched, probably due to its age.There was a roll of yellowed paper in the box. I don't know what material the paper was made of, but it was not broken, and the writing on it was still clearly visible. She slowly unfolded it, scanned it very quickly, and suddenly opened her eyes wide.

The author has something to say: the big name is Ah Kui, and it is pronounced as Ah Sang.

Mourning mourning, bowing neck to the sky, sunflowers floating in green water, fat fins clearing the waves.