Suddenly Qiu Wuhen's eyes lit up, and he saw a man sitting on a huge rock by the stream fishing. But where his fishing rod hung was the fast river water. Can this man catch fish in such fast water?

He was wearing a bamboo hat and a raincoat, but Qiu Wuhen could clearly see the sloppy clothes he was wearing. It turned out to be the monk from Yeji Temple. Although he couldn't see his face, Qiu Wuhen was sure it was him.

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Qiu Wuhen said to Balu and the others: "You guys wait here, I will go to the stream to meet the monk."

Balu and others agreed, but Qian Jinzhi was still worried and said, "I'll go with you."

Qiu Wuhen hummed and didn't say much. The two of them went down the hill and came to the back of the rock beside the stream. Qiu Wuhen said: "Master is so elegant that he actually fishes here. But since the master is a monk,

, it’s a little inappropriate for fishing.”

Qian Jinzhi also said: "Yes, aren't you killing animals?"

He grabbed the bamboo hat on his head and slowly took it off. The monk lowered his head and did not look up at Qiu Wuhen and Qian Jinzhi.

Qian Jinzhi grinned, showing his white teeth, and was about to speak when he saw the monk knock three times on the boulder sitting under his butt with the bamboo pole in his hand, and then stared at Qiu Wuhen. Suddenly his body became numb.

The wind picked up, and it floated lightly across the creek, landing on the other side of the creek. After a few ups and downs, it disappeared deep into the dense forest.

Qian Jinzhi rushed up to the rock and was about to chase her, but Qiu Wuhen stopped her: "Stop chasing her."

Qian Jinzhi was not angry and said: "This monk appears and disappears. Aren't you looking for him? Why don't you let me chase him?"

Qiu Wuhen said: "Yes, but no, I have a lot of doubts. I always feel that this sloppy monk is a friend rather than an enemy. He always appears in my sight at the most critical time. I am very curious about what he wants to tell you today.

Me what?"

Qiu Wuhen walked up to the rock, squatted down where the monk was sitting, and took a look. There was nothing on the rock. He touched the huge rock with his hand and said, "He just used a fishing rod to fish here."

Knocked three times on a stone, do you want to tell me that we will meet again at midnight tonight?"

The reason why Qiu Wuhen came up with such a weird idea was of course that he remembered the incident in Journey to the West where Patriarch Bodhi knocked Sun Wukong on the head three times.

But he quickly rejected this idea. There was no one else around him. Even if Qian Jinzhi was there, he could tell her to go away and tell himself what he needed to say. There was no need to meet here at midnight tonight.

This is too ridiculous. There must be another business, otherwise he would not knock on it three times for no reason. What information does he want to tell himself?

Qiu Wuhen looked around the rock, kicking it with his feet or smashing it with his fists from time to time. Suddenly he said to Qian Jinzhi: "There seems to be nothing underneath this rock."

Qian Jinzhi said: "Why do you think so?"

"You see there will be a strange gyration when the water flows here. If the bottom of the rock is flat and smooth, then the water will naturally flow forward. But if something is missing or there are caves or something inside, it will hinder the water flow. After all,

Water flowing over smooth rock is different than water flowing over missing rock."

"You mean there might be a cave under this rock?"

"I don't know, but I think it's possible. Because now the flood has broken out and the water has increased greatly. Judging from the vegetation here, many of them are submerged in the water. You can know that before the heavy rain, it should have been grassland, not a stream.

The stream is at least a few steps away, but the flood has now covered it."

Qian Jinzhi said happily: "Yes, in that case, it is very likely that the three beautiful women escaped and hid in the cave under the rock, but they could not come out. Because the floods surged, it happened to rain heavily that day."

Qiu Wuhen nodded, "It has been nearly a month since that day. If they are really hiding under the rocks and have no food, they are probably dead."

"Then what do we do now?"

"First divert the water flow to expose the cave, and then go in for detection."

Qian Jinzhi loudly called Balu and the others at the foot of the mountain, and Qiu Wuhen expressed his judgment. Balu was dubious, and immediately asked two villagers with good water skills to dive down to see what was under this huge rock.

Isn't there really a cave?

The two of them dived in and emerged a moment later. They said excitedly: "There is indeed a cave entrance down there, and people can enter. But it is also submerged in water for a long time, and we dare not go in."

Qiu Wuhen became excited. Since his guess was correct, it was very likely that the monk was hinting at him again. Thinking of this, he ordered the local officials to say, "Assemble more people immediately to prepare sandbags and build a dam.

Wrap the entire rock and draw out the water inside."

Two villagers who dived also said that this should be OK. Your cave is sloping upward, and the water level is relatively high. When the water level is low, it will flow out, because the location of the cave is at the high point of the stream. The water can be directed to the low-lying areas next to the rocks.

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After several people discussed the plan, the village leader mobilized a group of villagers to come over to help. They first used rocks to make a river embankment, and then dug soil into sandbags to pile them up. It took a long time, and in the afternoon, they finally built a river bank along the big stone.

A semi-encircling earth wall was built to block the water flow, and lead the water out of the cave to flow to the low-lying areas downstream. The cave was gradually exposed, and although it was still waist deep, it was no problem to enter.

The chieftain ordered two native soldiers to hold torches and swords and go in first to check. As a result, after the two went in, they came out soon and told the native official: "The cave inside is winding and has many branches. They dare not go any further."

Going forward, I found no trace of anyone passing by."

Qiu Wuhen said: "In that case, I will go down and take a look." He was still unwilling to give in. First, he thought that the three beautiful girls could not disappear for no reason, and the monk would not appear here.

There is a problem.

Thinking of this, Qiu Wuhen was about to go in with a torch to check. Qian Jinzhi naturally followed behind without saying a word, as did Chief Ke and two agents. Although Balu was a little scared, he looked at his immediate superior.

After everyone went in, he gritted his teeth and followed Muramasa and a few soldiers in.

The entrance of this cave is relatively small, but it is relatively large after entering. You don't need to bend down, and your head will not hit the rocks. This is a cave. After walking a hundred steps, you leave the waterway. When you reach the dry area, there are indeed several places.

Forked.

Qiu Wuhen ordered the soldiers to shout loudly to see if anyone responded?

As a result, the soldiers shouted for a long time but could not hear any response. Qian Jinzhi whispered to Qiu Wuhen: "It should be like the people inside you said. Even if they are inside, they will probably starve to death. After all,

This place has been flooded for almost a month, and people can't survive this long without food."

Qiu Wuhen said: "Let's go look for it first. First of all, we need to make sure if anyone has come in?"

After all, this area is full of virgin forests. Except for the two savages, basically no one comes here. Naturally, no one has ever discovered this cave.

Qiu Wuhen checked the ground carefully with a torch, but the ground was made of hard rock. Even if someone walked through it, it would be difficult to leave footprints, let alone after such a long time. So he touched several places that might leave footprints.

No trace was detected in any place. He looked anxiously at the bifurcated intersection in front of him, and said to the local official: "Search in groups of three from the bifurcation. Pay attention if you encounter a bifurcation, and then search separately, but

Make sure to mark your return and make sure you can hear each other when calling."

If a person encounters two forks, he should mark them and return. However, after these soldiers entered, they came back soon, saying that there were many forks inside. After entering, they walked forward a hundred or so steps and encountered

When they reached more forks, their number exceeded their number. According to the previous request, they did not go any further, so they returned.

Qiu Wuhen turned to Qian Jinzhi and said, "If you were them, which path would you take?"

Qian Jinzhi said without hesitation: "I don't know."

"So I asked you to imagine, which way would you go if it were them? Guess."

Besides Qian Jinzhi, who likes to wield swords and guns and make money, he doesn't want to think about solving crimes at all, so he pointed to the left without even thinking about it and said: "If it were me, I would go here.

side."

Qiu Wuhen smiled and asked, "Why?"

Qian Jinzhi saw the corners of Qiu Wuhen's mouth raised, and her heart moved slightly. The most beautiful thing about the man in front of her was his eyes and the smile at the corner of his mouth. Whenever she saw his bright starry eyes and starry smile,

I'm afraid no one can help but indulge in it.

Qiu Wuhen saw Qian Jinzhi looking at him and not answering, so he continued: "Does it take so long to think about it?"

Qian Jinzhi came back to his senses, lowered his head in embarrassment, coughed twice, and said: "Because I know that people in Tuzhai like to walk on the left. For example, when going to the temple, walking around the temple to walk around the sacred mountain and holy lake, you have to walk in circles.

Take the left one. When you have many choices, you usually choose the left one. I don’t know if I’m right?”

Qian Jinzhi looked at the native official Balu, who nodded happily and said, "Shopkeeper Qian seems to know us natives very well."

"Of course, my nanny is a native, and she told me all this." Although Qian Jinzhi said this, he never looked at Qiu Wuhen's face again, secretly feeling annoyed at his gaffe just now.

Qiu Wuhen said: "Well, let's keep walking to the left and try our luck. Just leave one person to guide the way."

Balu said: "This method is good, but what if we run out of people?"

"That means the rescue has failed and we can't go any further. We have no choice but to withdraw."

Following Qiu Wuhen's method, they walked forward, leaving one person behind to give instructions at every fork in the road. Fortunately, they brought more Minzhuangs this time, and the village chief went in to collect all the Minzhuangs and villagers inside.

Call for help so they can have someone on duty at every intersection

Keeping going like this, Qiu Wuhen suddenly stopped. He knelt down and pointed to a small thing on the ground for Qian Jinzhi to see. Qian Jinzhi knelt down and looked, but it was a peach core, which should be the leftover peach.
Chapter completed!