Based on the information currently available to Tan Zhou, there is nothing wrong with making such an inference.

He was wrong with being too underestimated, or rather, too confident.

He hollowed out his mind and tried his best to lay out a big situation that he thought was exquisite, and naturally he didn't want to believe that Mu Dian might see through him in such a short period of time and discover the mystery under the stone tablet.

He was conceited and vicious, thinking that he had figured out Xu Younan's mind thoroughly. But in fact, there has never been anyone in this world who can really understand what Xu Younan thinks.

Jin Yanchen can't.

Even Mu Dianke, who had been fighting with him for many years, did not dare to say that he knew him completely.

And after Mu Dianke returned from Huairentang, he obviously noticed that Xu Younan's attitude towards her had changed. She thought that it was because she promised Chang Qianfo a three-year period to let Xu Younan let down her guard.

As Xu Younan himself said, he didn't necessarily have to put Mu Dian to death, he just hoped that she could leave.

As long as Mu Dianke no longer poses a threat to his revenge plans, he is willing to care for her like an elder, love her, and warm each other in this world full of hurt and malice.

Tan Zhou has no way of knowing.

He couldn't have imagined that Xu Younan, who had been blinded by hatred and regarded human life as nothing, would be willing to risk being blown to pieces in order to fulfill the ridiculous kindness in Mu Dianke's heart and help her.

Just when Mu Dianke and Xu Younan worked together to hold Tan Zhou back, Fang Xianzheng led 4,000 troops to step up digging ditches day and night.

Three days have passed, and Rong Yi has never made any response to Fang Xian's letter. And the Suning family, which has always been focused on each other, also did not move, silent like a pool of stagnant water.

The attitude shown by the entire Jiankang side is as if the other party is unaware of what the other party is doing in Chuzhou.

This is certainly not the truth.

Rainstorms are approaching, and the calmer the skies, the more intense the storm is brewing in the shadows.

But Fang Xian can't be returned.

When he took this step, he didn't think about retreating.

At the same time, the haze of death that had hung over the city of Chuzhou for nearly two months was gradually dissipating.

With the concerted efforts of the people of Chuzhou, in addition to the effective control of the epidemic and the fact that it is no longer spreading, the number of patients cured in various medical care homes is also increasing day by day.

From half of the city to two or three out of ten, this is a rare case in the records of plague in previous dynasties.

The Wen family in Yingshui, as well as a group of Jiangnan merchants led by Song Zhouyuan, contributed money and food to help the government ensure the settlement of the victims and three meals. When the anti-plague situation has improved and the pressure has been relaxed, there is still spare strength to mobilize the old and weak women and children in Chuzhou City to deliver water and food to the thousands of officers and soldiers who are digging ditches under the scorching sun, and to provide strong support for the trench fortifications.

Under the leadership of Qin Chuan, more than 100 martial arts people in the Jiangnan area generously joined the team of building water canals.

Chuzhou, this crumbling city of suffering, after experiencing one after another unwarranted natural disasters and deliberate **, finally changed its bleak weather, showing a prosperous and vigorous attitude, and also strangely generalized officials and militias, scholars and merchants, rivers and lakes and the imperial court...... These groups, who were originally not close to each other, and even hated each other, merged together and twisted into a strong and powerful rope, invincible and invincible.

Tan Zhou, who was hiding in a dark room where there was no light of day, had no idea about all this.

The Iron Guards stood guard around the Ajikura Winery, keeping an eye on the inside and outside of the winery for twelve hours to guard against any suspicious people who might appear.

At the same time, there are also secret agents and shadow killings of the Ming Palace in the village, and there is no communication between inside and outside, and the people in the city have no chance to report to Tan Zhou.

By the sixth day, the aqueduct from Tushui and Kongzi River had been dug less than a mile from the Ajizo winery.

At this time, Tan Zhou was still sitting in the sound transmission array, listening to Mu Dianke and Liangqing talking nonsense specially prepared for him.

It was midday, but it was as dark as evening.

Lead-colored clouds squeezed the sky, heavy, as if they were about to fall at any moment.

Fang Xian was dressed in a short fight, and stood on the street with a sword.

However, only five or six days had passed, and his originally fair skin had become dark and rough under the scorching summer sun, and his beard was coiled, and he was no longer as handsome as before.

The clothes were covered in mud.

Under the background of the black clouds and the drowsy rain, this sloppy, but persistently crowned with a sword, and a straight military posture, looks like a funny play.

Liangqing was calm and habitual, and there was no expression on Fangzheng's face.

Mu Dian couldn't hold back, and the corners of his mouth twitched fiercely.

"Funny?" Fang Xian asked with a glare.

Mu Dian shook his head hurriedly, and his jade face tightened: "The general is heroic and has a unique tone. ”

Fang Xian's face became more cloudy.

He didn't forget that the first time he saw Mu Dianke in the Quartet, she laughed at herself for being a sissy to her face.

"The canal has been basically completed, and after nightfall today, the embankment can be broken and the water can be released......"

Since he couldn't argue, Fang Xian chose to ignore Mu Dianke, turned to Liangqing and asked, "Dare to ask Liangye, is there any preparation in the winery?" ”

His attitude was humble, and Liangqing's answer was polite: "Just wait for the general's order." ”

Ryokei first surveyed the layout of the winery and drew some of the buildings underground, some of which had basements, while others did not.

However, when he enclosed all these empty spaces where there was no basement, he was surprised to find that all the circles were connected into three arches, all of which were facing four or five courtyards.

Liangqing found Mu Dianke overnight to discuss, and the two agreed on the same opinion:

These empty spaces are not without the construction of basements, but they are enclosed and not connected to the other basements.

And there is only one reason for closing these chambers: gunpowder, which is piled up in these rooms.

Chuzhou is located in the Jianghuai River, and it rains a lot in spring and summer, and the gunpowder buried underground is prone to moisture, so it is indeed a good way to stack it in a closed stone chamber.

Tan Zhouding invited a skilled craftsman who was very good at mechanism construction, and the entrance and exit of the stone room were hidden in the wall, which was completely integrated.

In this way, even if the water floods the entire Ajizo winery, it may not be able to seep into the tight stone walls.

In the end, it was Mu Dianke who came up with a countermeasure.

Molten green alum was used to make enough holes in the roof above the stone chamber.

In order to prevent Tan Zhou from checking the gunpowder before the operation, and found that the abnormality was not dissolved, but a thin layer of rock was left, and another alum water could be poured before the water was released.

In order to avoid the continuous rain in spring and summer, the gunpowder directly buried in the soil of the Wujin courtyard was first put into a specially treated iron box, and then three layers of thick linoleum were laid on top of the iron box, so that water could not get in.

As early as when Mu Dianke pretended to go crazy and knocked down all the wine racks in the Sijin Courtyard, the iron guards took advantage of the cover of this loud noise to destroy the linoleum layer in the Wujin Courtyard.

All obstacles have been cleared.

Everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.