After getting the things, Song Chen and Su Miao still took Xiaobai back to the inn in Cuilan City, and the men in the room next to them had indeed left. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 What they didn't expect was that in the afternoon, the young man and woman actually came over and thanked Song Chen and Su Miao.

Song Chen and Su Miao went to see the scenery in the lake at that time, and it was also accidental that they met these two groups of people, so they didn't go out of their way to cover their faces, and they just met in Pingshui, and they did things to save people in danger, so it didn't matter if they were seen. To their surprise, the other party actually knew that they lived in the same inn. This proves that the man and woman deliberately observed the people around them in detail when they checked in.

Accidents are accidents, and the matter of being recognized by the other party is still insignificant to Song Chen and Su Miao. So I was only surprised for a moment, and then I calmed down.

In addition to thanking him, the other party also proposed to hold a banquet in Ya'an Restaurant to thank him. Originally, with Song Chen's character, he would not agree to go to this kind of dinner. On the one hand, for him and Su Miao, it was just a gesture at that time, and on the other hand, he was originally a cold person by nature and didn't like to have too much contact with strangers for no reason.

But because of what he found in the lake, Song Chen changed his mind, and he agreed to the young man's invitation.

Su Miao understood Song Chen's character, and was originally thinking about the enthusiasm of the words, but she was very surprised to hear that Song Chen agreed so easily. On the way to Ya'an Restaurant, she saw an opportunity that no one was paying attention to, so she pulled Song Chen's sleeve and asked in a low voice, "Ah Chen, did you agree to come here for dinner, do you have any plans?" ”

Song Chen smiled, lowered his head and replied in the same volume: "I'm going to ask them about the underwater ancient city of that lake......"

"Will they say?" Su Miao said suspiciously. The style of this pair of young men and women looks quite mysterious, and when Fang Cai came over to thank him, he only briefly introduced that the man's name was Miao Luhou, and the woman's name was Duan Lianqing, who was from Yilan City, so more information was missing.

"If I would say, of course it's the best. But if you don't want to say it, it proves that the ancient city is worth going down to see. Song Chen was very confident.

Song Chen still spoke very little when she was in front of people, so after eating, when the four of them sat in the private room and drank tea, Su Miao took on the heavy responsibility of asking questions, she looked at Duan Lianqing, the other party looked very naïve, listening to the conversation between her and Miao Luhou before, it should be impossible to hide the words: "Miss Duan, when you are in the lake, what do those people want to harm you?" ”

"I don't know." Duan Lianqing was also confused. She and Miao Luhou did come to Cuilan City with a mission, because according to her family tradition, before she officially took over her father's position, she needed to go through experience, and one of the tasks was to go into the water to get something. Such things were left behind by her father after he arrived in the ancient city ahead of schedule, and were part of the ordeal. It's not a precious thing, so what are those people robbing it for? If she still has any siblings or something, she will also deduce that maybe because of the fierce competition, she doesn't want to see her pass the test and send someone to do the destruction, but her father only has her as a lone seedling, even if she doesn't pass this time, it will only be a matter of time before she passes. Moreover, this test, in the final analysis, was only requested by her father himself, and it had no substantial impact on her taking over that position.

"Could it have something to do with the ancient city underwater?" Song Chen interjected at this time.

“…… An ancient city underwater? Duan Lianqing's face froze for a moment, and she subconsciously exchanged glances with Miao Luhou, "Gongzi Song, how do you know this?" "When you look at the water, you won't be able to see the clue at all, and if you don't know it in advance, you will only think that it is an illusion caused by the light, and you will not guess the truth. Moreover, ordinary people can't go down to such a deep place to verify.

Song Chen was also silent for a moment: "...... I stumbled upon them when we went into the water to save them. The purpose of your presence there is also this underwater ancient city, right? Don't worry, we don't have any other purpose, we just stumbled upon it, I think it's very rare and curious, just ask casually. Don't mind. ”

"Oh, we also heard the adults in the family talk about the secrets in this lake, so we came to take a look." Duan Lianqing had already thought about the rhetoric, "Who would have expected the folk customs of Cuilan City...... It's really disappointing, and I have to think I'm unlucky at the moment......"

"We've just been here for a long time." Su Miao glanced at Song Chen and echoed, "The folk customs of Cuilan City seem to be more fierce than other cities. However, since they can follow you so skillfully and unconsciously, they may also be habitual offenders, and there may be relevant clues in the government office, Miss Duan or go to the official and let the government arrest people? ”

"Forget it." Miao Luhou said at this time, "Anyway, there is no loss, we will leave in two days, more is better than less." ”

"Brother Miao is right! I won't bother with that. Duan Lianqing immediately agreed, and began to change the topic, "That's right, Miss Su." Listening to what you said, you also came from another city, so did you come here to buy cattle and sheep? ”

When Duan Lianqing said this, her eyes were looking at Xiao Bai, who had just eaten and walked around in the private room. With such a large lion, it is more convenient and cost-effective to buy live cattle and sheep to slaughter them by themselves.

"Oh, no." Su Miao shook her head. may be because following her and Song Chen's mission in Lily of the Valley City is either game in the mountains or sea fish and shrimp in the coastal city, Xiaobai seems to be less obsessed with the meat of cattle and sheep than before.

"Then Miss Su, where are you from and where are you going?" Duan Lianqing asked.

Duan Lianqing didn't feel anything wrong with herself, but Miao Lu, who was sitting on the side, glared at her: "Did you talk like that?" ”

Duan Lianqing stuck out her tongue, and she scratched her head embarrassedly: "I'm sorry...... I'm just quick talking, and I'm used to asking like that, and I don't answer if it's inconvenient. ”

Song Chen naturally didn't choose to answer. Originally, there was nothing wrong with this question, but the other party's abruptness made him feel a little unhappy. Since the other party said so, of course he had to push the boat with the current.

There is no way to continue on either topic, and it is clear that there is no way to talk about it this day. Seeing that it was almost the same, Song Chen and Su Miao said goodbye to Duan Lianqing.

Out of the inn, Song Chen took Su Miao and walked in the opposite direction of their inn.

"Where are we going?" If it was normal, Su Miao might not be able to perceive the direction. But when they entered the door today, Su Miao saw a pot of cuilan on the right side of the door, and they had not seen it in the direction they were walking at this time.

"Go to the government." Song Chen pulled Su Miao into the air, and they went directly over from the roof.

"Where are you going?" Su Miao was a little confused this time. Just now she suggested that Duan Lianqing could find the government if something happened, but what were they going to do there? It won't be to report to Duan Lianqing and them, right? However, with her understanding of Song Chen, he usually doesn't do superfluous things, so how can he run for such a trivial matter! And, "Do you know where the government is?" ”

"I've inquired." Song Chen pulled Su Miao down on the roof of a courtyard and pointed to his feet, "This is where the prefect is located." "Generally speaking, the government of Dalan is roughly divided into three areas except for the prison. The public court, the atrium, and the courtyard of the dwellers. The first entrance to the courtyard is for the guards and soldiers in the palace, and the second entrance is for the prefect and his family. And the atrium is the place where the whole government eats and some of the officials who usually live at home and live at noon in the yamen do a little rest, and the kitchen is also here. The public court is the public court where the prefect hears the case, plus the study room he uses for office when there is no case.

Song Chen introduced the various areas of the mansion to Su Miao, pointed to the study and said, "...... This study room can be said to be the most important, in addition to some case files, there will also be the city history of the whole city and so on. That's what we're looking for. The lake is so big, it must be recorded in the city chronicles. ”

"As long as we follow this line, we can figure out the matter of the underwater ancient city!" Su Miao also reacted at this time, "It's just that at this time, the prefect may still be in the study!" Why don't I use medicine to knock them out? That way, they can rummage around the study in a big way.

"It's for the best." Song Chen originally had this meaning, but as soon as he wanted to speak, he asked Su Miao to speak, this feeling of being enlightened was really pleasant.

Su Miao and Song Chen reached a consensus, so they touched their sleeves and took out the medicine that was drugged. At this time, Song Chen had successfully removed two tiles from the roof. Su Miao came over and looked into the house with Song Chen.

I saw that there was a middle-aged man sitting behind the desk below, reading a book, presumably the prefect of Cuilan City. Song Chen turned his head to look at Su Miao, who sprinkled the medicinal powder in his hand underneath-

Soon, the powder was evenly distributed across the desk where the middle-aged man was sitting. And Song Chen's kung fu at this moment, he had already jumped off the roof, silently stunned the guards guarding outside the study one by one, stood at the door and waited for a while, and Su Miao, who observed that the medicine had taken effect, also jumped down.

The middle-aged man had already collapsed and was lying on the desk. After Song Chen and Su Miao proceeded, they closed the door of the study again, and then rummaged through the files on the bookshelf.

I don't know if there are too many cases in Cuilan City, or because the prefect itself is more diligent, the files on the shelves are extremely dense, and the two of them have been flipping through it for a while, and the so-called city chronicles are still missing. After Su Miao's medicine in the house took effect, without her antidote, the prefect would not be able to wake up. And Song Chen also made a heavy hand to the guards outside, and they still had a lot of time, Song Chen and Su Miao were very patient.

After finding it for another half an hour, after rummaging through the entire wall of bookshelves, Song Chen found a file that was already a little dusty from the bottom corner of the bookshelf, and he turned back to Su Miao, who was still rummaging through it: "Miaomiao, I found it!" ”

Su Miao restored the file in her hand to its original position and walked to Song Chen's side. The desk and the Taishi chair were occupied by the prefect who was a little big, and there was no second rider in the study, so Song Chen simply sat on the ground, pulled out the file, and looked at it next to Su Miao's head.

The city chronicles are supposed to have been established at a very early stage, and the records were added to each time a major event occurred in the city, and then passed down through the dynasties. So the earliest paper is very old, and the latest record is for this year's Spring Festival celebrations. Song Chen and the others have no eyebrows about the completion of the formation time of this lake, and can only start from the earliest records.

In the silent study, Song Chen sat on the ground, and Su Miao also sat next to him, because they were reading the same file, their heads were completely leaning together, and they quickly browsed the contents of the paper. After Song Chen had turned over a third of the entire half-foot-thick file, and after turning to a new page again, his hand suddenly stopped--I found it!

The dim paper records that at the time of the previous dynasty, the location of Wandao Lake was not a lake, but a slightly lower lying area than the surrounding terrain, and that area had the capital of the Zhuhou Kingdom. After an unprecedented rainy season, almost the entire Dalan flooded, and Cuilan City was not spared at that time, in the absence of a way, the emperor of the candidate country had to move the people in the entire capital out, and rebuilt the capital in a relatively high place, which was the main city of Cuilan City, and the low-lying land, because of the introduction of too many floods, became a big lake, and the old capital of the candidate country has never seen the light of day......

This happened more than 100 years ago. Soon after the natural disaster, the situation in Dalan began to be turbulent, the smoke was everywhere, the strong seized the hegemony, and the relatively weak defensive Zhuhou was destroyed, and the entire royal family fled.

It seems that after Dalan re-became the current unified Lan country, all the people who survived from the time of the candidate country were silent about the previous period of history because of the change of king, and gradually, the people of new other territories were moved into Cuilan City, and with the aging and death of generations, this period of history was no longer mentioned and slowly forgotten......

"So that's ......" After reading the description of this paragraph, Su Miao and the others were no longer interested in the follow-up, so Song Chen closed the file and restored it to its original position. and Su Miao sorted out the scene back to the original state. After Su Miao put the antidote into the burning lamp, Song Chen went out again and put the mint water in a small porcelain bottle that Su Miao specially made to make people very happy and sober up and put it on the nose of those people and smoked them.

After returning to the roof with Su Miao, they left the scene after watching the prefect and the others wake up.