On her wedding night, she went into exile with her pharmacy arsenal

Chapter 1971 Come and see me soon

Yinding had a blank expression on his face, as if he didn't notice the bald man's gaze. He leaned against the side of the boat and chatted with Wu Liang in a low voice.

Out of the corner of his eye, he looked at the dark water fort not far away.

The gate of the village was made of a whole piece of pine wood and was nailed with iron rivets. The bald man brought three people on board, and the others were in front of the water gate, including the archers on the stone tower, all staring at their grain ships.

Wu Liang had a smile on his face. From a distance, one might think he was talking to Yin Ding about something interesting, but in fact, he was whispering, "Brother Tuotuo, this water fort is not ordinary."

Yin Ding disagreed: "Generally speaking, compared with the water stronghold of Lord Li, it is nothing."

Wu Liang shook his head: "No, I'm not referring to that. I'm referring to the location and... shape of this water fort."

Yinding raised his eyebrows slightly, and Wu Liang said, "I don't think it's very good."

"It's okay, go on."

Wu Liang lowered his voice even lower, drowned out by the sound of water and grain trucks in the distance.

"I heard from Mu Wu that his family has made a living on the water for generations. I heard that there are some taboos that need to be paid special attention to. When eating on the boat, you can't turn the fish over. That's no big deal."

"Also, you have to be careful in special places. I heard," he said mysteriously, "that places where boats often capsize are because of water ghosts."

Silver ingot: "..."

Fortunately, he listened carefully for a long time.

Wu Liang continued, "Look at the location of this water fort. Doesn't it look like an open mouth?"

"Look at the shape of this water fort. Doesn't it look like two fangs?"

"This is the intention of swallowing everything that passes by."

Yinding frowned, looked up and looked carefully - you know what, now that he said that, it really does look a bit like it.

"Take a good look at it and draw it later," Yinding whispered, his eyes falling on the bald man next to the grain ship.

The bald man had a face full of flesh and held an iron rod in his hand. The leader of the grain ship was named Wang and was Zhou Lie's confidant.

He smiled with wrinkles on his face and came to the bald man with half a bag of rice in his hand. "Look, this is all top-quality refined rice, just like before, absolutely fine."

The bag of rice was open, and the rice grains inside were plump and round, dazzling white.

Yinding noticed that when Chief Wang handed over the rice, his knuckles turned white, obviously because he was clenching his fists too tightly.

The bald man glanced at the rice bag, his triangular eyes drooping, and he reached out and pushed Chief Wang, making him stagger: "Don't try that! Rules are rules, we have to check everything!"

Chief Wang stumbled two steps before he stood firm. The smile on his face froze, then quickly returned to normal: "Yes, yes, you're right, we should check it out."

The bald man ignored him, raised the iron rod and stabbed it into the grain bag.

With a "swish", a hole was punctured in the sack, and the white fine rice fell onto the bluestone slab, each grain distinct.

The bald man bent down, grabbed a handful, rubbed it in his hands, and smelled it, but found nothing unusual.

He walked to another bag of rice and dropped the iron rod again, but the result was the same.

Seeing that the bald man was about to pierce the third bag of rice, Chief Wang's Adam's apple moved and he quietly took half a step back.

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the water fort: "Brother Liu! The second in command wants you to come over!"

The bald man stopped, frowned, turned around and shouted towards the village gate: "Got it! I'll be right there!"

He put down the iron bar and pointed at the few minions beside him: "You continue to investigate, carefully!" After that, he turned and walked towards the village gate.

The minions responded, but not as seriously as the bald man. They just symbolically poked the remaining grain bags with iron rods and waved their hands: "Alright, alright, unload the grain!"

Chief Wang was obviously relieved. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and bowed to his followers: "Thank you, brothers."

Yinding knew very well that only a few bags of grain were good, and the rest were adulterated. This trip was not originally to deliver grain, but to find out where the grain ended up.

This is what Liu Jiulang wanted to know, and this is also what the prince and princess figured out.

Goals are the same.

He pretended to be bored and strolled around, his eyes seemingly casually sweeping over the cabins and masts, but in fact he was carefully observing the layout of the water fort.

The fort was surrounded by water on three sides, accessible only by a suspension bridge. A black flag was hoisted from the fort's walls, and several minions armed with bows and arrows paced back and forth from the watchtower, vigilantly observing the surroundings.

"The security of the water fort is really tight." Wu Liang followed behind Yinding and said in a low voice.

Yinding hummed, his eyes unconsciously glancing towards the stern. At this moment, his sight suddenly stopped.

The water surface at the stern of the ship was covered with a faint glow, and in that glow, a black shadow flashed by.

The shadow was fast, as fast as a frightened big fish. It only left a shallow ripple on the water surface before disappearing.

Yinding narrowed his eyes and stared at the water surface, not daring to blink.

But the water was as calm as ever, with only the occasional ripple. Could he have seen it wrong just now?

"What's wrong?" Wu Liang asked in a low voice, puzzled, when he saw Yinding standing there motionless.

Yinding didn't answer. He slowly squatted down, pretending to tidy up his trouser legs into his boots, but his eyes were still fixed on the water at the stern.

He recalled the shape of the shadow just now, slender and flexible. Although it was fast, you could vaguely make out the outline of a human.

If it was a fish, it would be too big; but if it was a human, who would dive here at this time?

A thought suddenly popped up in his mind: Zhou Lie.

Could that shadow just now be Zhou Lie’s backup plan?

They were most likely sent by Zhou Lie to explore the waterway. That is to say, these people in the martial arts world who were responsible for the escort were just a cover, and the real explorers were underwater.

……

Su Zhenhai looked at the person who came to report the news in shock. He looked at the letter he handed over, which was sealed with wax and contained only a thin page of paper.

It was said to be a piece of thin paper, but there was only a few words on it: Huo Changhe is here, come and see me quickly.

He knew every word, but when they were put together, it was enough to make his heart tremble.

"Quick, prepare the horses!"

Su Zhenhai no longer cared about anything else and quickly rode his horse to see Huo Changhe.

At the Moon Gate, Yan Ruyu slowly straightened her sleeves and turned back to Su Jingzhuo's yard.

This was the countermeasure she and Huo Changhe came up with after they visited the military camp at night.

The shortage of military rations was far more serious than they had imagined and had to be resolved as soon as possible.

The soldiers are innocent and should not suffer like this.

It has to be solved sooner or later, so it’s better to do it sooner.

Moreover, after checking Su Zhenhai's study and seeing the memorial, Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe thought that it was more likely that Su Zhenhai had not changed.

In this case, now is the best time to win back the hearts of the people.

Before returning last night, Yan Ruyu had made arrangements, and today she only waited for Huo Changhe and Su Zhenhai to meet.