Late at night.

The people in the Xiaoshan Evening Wind Inn seem to have fallen asleep.

Let the rain outside be noisy and unmoved.

Perhaps this is the power of habit.

There is also a "night owl" who is not too noisy, pushes open the window, climbs to the windowsill, and admires the moon while watching the rain.

It's just that the eyes of the "night owl" don't seem to be focused.

Let's talk about watching the rain, what it sees is a void of blackness, and there is not half a drop of rain falling obliquely from the dome.

Let's talk about admiring the moon, and the faint light that hangs in the night sky is nothing more than layers of broken petals attached to one place.

This "night owl" looks more like a "blind cat with open eyes".

It wasn't until the eyelids of the "night owl" were slightly pursed that the pair of eyes that were like sharp swords slowly added to their brilliance.

Even so, the missing moon in the sky is still not the only moon in the world in that pair of eyes.

Or rather, there is no moon at all.

And it's like a full moon scimitar with layers of afterimages and it is difficult to distinguish between reality and fiction!

This is the "night owl" who regards the waning moon as a scimitar, and Jiang Yichen is undoubted.

The reason why he is the only one who wakes up when everyone is asleep is that he has slept enough these days, it is nothing more than that he is uneasy.

The unrest of my heart comes from this rain.

The rain has not stopped since the rain began on the road five days ago.

Under the heavy rain, it was difficult for the carriages and horses to move an inch, and they only walked ten miles in five days.

Fortunately, the terrain of Xiaoshan is still quite high, and the only decent inn in the mountain happens to be unattended, which makes a large group of them have a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

Otherwise, with only two carriages, they really couldn't withstand this relentless rain.

However, a few days ago, they thought that the first rain of summer should come and go quickly, and they waited for a moment and a half, at most for a day and a night, and then they should rest, but who knew that their rest would be five days.

Jiang Yichen only thinks that this Jiangjiang realm is a mountainous area, although it is already summer, but the climate in this mountain is slightly humid and cool, so there will be such a scene of "spring tide with rain and late rush".

However, within a day, his idea was rejected in many ways.

According to the innkeeper, the hostess, three running boys, a kitchen guy, and two local village women who do the cleaning of the inn, this heavy rain is really the only time they have seen it in their lives!

It is no wonder that Jiang Yichen has such a detailed understanding of the composition of the personnel of this Night Wind Inn, and he is really idle.

If it weren't for the fact that the inn was still some distance from the nearest village, Jiang Yichen would probably be able to find out the situation of the village.

The more things he learned from the people in the inn and the local people, the more Jiang Yichen sighed a big truth: it is up to people to make things happen, and it is up to heaven to make things happen.

No matter how carefully Luo Piaoling arranged, no matter how hard the old man tried his best to cooperate, how could he expect this once-in-a-century heavy rain?

After sighing, Jiang Yichen couldn't relax anymore.

Being trapped in the heavy rain and not being able to travel for many days is not a good thing.

One more day and one more danger.

If this rain does not stop for the last ten days and a half months, then they may become a turtle in an urn!

Fortunately, the moon is high tonight, and the rain will decrease or stop within two days.

At that time, if you can get out of this rainstorm as soon as possible, the situation will be improved.

At dinner tonight, everyone gathered in the hall to discuss the matter of reloading and going on the road tomorrow.

Set your route again.

As for the original planned route, it is impossible to go.

Because the bridge to the wild boar forest is broken.

According to local villagers, the embankment of the upstream peak mountain collapsed, so the stone arch bridge downstream also suffered.

Everyone spread out the map prepared by Jiang Yichen, studied it for most of the day, and asked the innkeeper and the proprietress for their opinions.

In the end, it was concluded that the best route was to detour to Condensation Ridge and take the Condensation Terrace.

The condensation ridge has a ridge character, indicating that the terrain is still higher.

If the terrain is high, there is no risk of flash floods.

Plus the road is not steep, the slope is not steep, the most difficult to walk is a hundred years ago by the emperor as a place of poetry and painting specially repaired, nearly ten miles of road bluestone slab paving, extremely conducive to the carriage and horses.

The only drawback is the distance.

It is more than a day to go around the Condensation Ridge out of the Jiangjiang Realm than to take the wild boar forest, and then it takes one more day to reach Lingnan, which is why Luo Piaoling did not choose the route of the Condensation Ridge when he planned the southbound route for the Niu family's father and daughter.

However, the matter has come to this point, and it is time to discuss the matter.

Detouring Condensation Ridge is no way out, and it is also the best way at the moment.

If it hadn't been for the drop of rain five days ago, Jiang Yichen would not have raised any doubts.

But the rain five days ago and the current situation made it impossible for him to ignore the warning signs in the dark.

He expressed his concern to the crowd.

Chu Shangu almost laughed out loud when he heard the original story, but he firmly sided with Jiang Yichen in the later vote.

Based on the uneasiness in his heart, Jiang Yichen gave another proposal.

His proposal was to wait.

Wait for another three days and wait for more information before deciding when to depart and whether to detour Condensation Ridge.

Everyone voted together, whether to rush to the road when the rain stopped tomorrow or tomorrow and tomorrow, or to stay up for three days and three nights to see what the situation was?

After the vote, more than half of the votes were in favour of the former option.

Of course, there are not many people who support Jiang Yichen's proposal.

However, led by Xiweiyu, the younger generation of Yunzhang, Yunjing, and Yunlongkui may have worship factors, and how many trade-offs they have in their hearts cannot be compared.

Not young, such as Chu Shangu is also among them.

Like Xiaohua, for the sake of Jiang Yichen helping Niu Kelian heal his injuries all the way, he stood by him.

By the way, Niu Kelian also attracted a vote.

But in the end, it was still less than half.

The reason why Jiang Yichen's proposal failed to pass by one vote is related to Niu Kelian's analysis.

As many people feared, it is not advisable to stay here for a long time, and if you stay for a long time, it will be more dangerous.

The danger is not limited to them, but also to the local population.

If they do become turtles in an urn here, at least the innocent people of the inn will inevitably be implicated.

Even tomorrow and tomorrow the rain will not decrease at all, and they should leave this place.

And in Niu Kelian's view, the real warning sign is not the rain, but the broken bridge!

If the dam is damaged and the arch bridge is broken, it is not man-made.

If someone deliberately does it, then they can only get away from the danger if they leave as soon as possible.

The idea is set, Jiang Yichen will naturally not disobey, but will do his best to cooperate.

But I couldn't stand the strong uneasiness that swelled up in my heart in the dead of night.

In normal times, Jiang Yichen would never be so suspicious and suspicious, and he would believe that the so-called warning letter from heaven was true.

However, the Doirical League's intelligence network, which had been secretly in contact with him recently, went wrong today, and the failure to put the day's intelligence information in the agreed place made him even more suspicious.

Most mature intelligence networks do not necessarily know each other's identities, and although it is beneficial to protect intelligence officers from being caught in a nest, once one or two of them are in distress, it is impossible to know the identity of the victims and ascertain the details in a short period of time.

If the corresponding information is still not available in the next two days, then if this matter is linked to the broken bridge, it means that Niu Kelian's analysis has come true, and there are people behind this deliberate action, and they have no choice.

That Ning Terrace is a must-go!

Jiang Yichen took a deep breath and felt a chill in his heart and lungs.

From Niu Kelian's words, he felt the heavy responsibility on his shoulders, and gradually understood what Luo Piaoling was carrying on his shoulders.

Knowing that it cannot be done may require more courage than the indispensable resourcefulness.

After a short period of sadness, Jiang Yichen finally felt a little tired.

I was about to close the window and go to bed, but I noticed movement outside the door.