Lord Prime Minister

The scorching sun scorched, and twisted ripples appeared in the endless desert. Mu Zihuai's lips were cracked, he was wearing only an inner shirt, and his body was covered with dust. He hadn't eaten for two days, and his stomach had already felt nothing.

Although numbly following the prince step by step, Mu Zihuai knew in his heart that they couldn't get out of here.

No one can get out of the desert of the dead.As Magistrate Chen said.

Huangfu Yunhua, who was walking in front, was only wearing a shirt at this time, the neckline was open, his face was covered with dust, despite his body screaming like crazy, longing for the nourishment of food and water, his face was always as tough as a rock .

After walking for two days, there was still an unchanging layer of loess, with no water or plants.He himself didn't know the specific direction, he just walked in one direction, thinking that one day he would be able to walk out.

"I can't go out." Mu Zihuai licked his lips, tasted a trace of blood, and said in a voice that Huangfu Yunhua could just hear: "Even if you walk in a straight line, you can't go out. There is no reference, and you are stronger." My right leg will take longer steps than my left, and we're going around in circles to the left."

Huangfu Yunhua ignored him and continued walking forward without even turning his head.

"You have to believe in science. It is also possible that people's left and right legs are not the same length. Some scientists say that the left and right brain secrete different levels of dopamine. Anyway, we have been circling. Even if you think you are walking in a straight line, we are still circling. circle." Mu Zihuai raised his eyelids, feeling that his eyes were blurry and his thinking was a little chaotic, and he spoke blindly like reciting.

Huangfu Yunhua finally stopped and walked to Mu Zihuai's side. "Take a break, you've already started talking faintly."

Mu Zihuai sat on the ground with his shoulders and buttocks pressed by him, and smiled wryly. "You're talking nonsense, it's science."

"Me?" Huangfu Yunhua raised his eyebrows, and continued his tone: "Trust me, I can go out."

"Really? Before we go out, we will definitely be starved to death first, no, we should be thirsty to death first, people will die for more than ten days without food, and only four days if they don't drink water." Mu Zihuai was confused He said vaguely: "This is also science."

Huangfu Yunhua watched the childlike Mu Zihuai start to babble, his mouth was moving non-stop, talking nonsense that he didn't understand, suddenly he wanted to laugh. "If there is nothing to eat, I will eat you."

Mu Zihuai woke up suddenly, looked up at Huangfu Yunhua, he smiled and bared his teeth, making a fierce look, but in Mu Zihuai's eyes, he had no deterrent power at all.

"Eat it, I'll eat it for you." When he closed his eyes, the pot fell to the ground, and Mu Zihuai lost consciousness in a half-drowsy state.

When Mu Zihuai woke up again, he was finally refreshed. He felt that he was being carried on his back, and he walked very slowly, but still steadily.

"My lord."

"Awake?" Huangfu Yunhua weighed the person on his back and pushed him up.

"My lord, let me down." Mu Zihuai said, asking a lord to carry him was considered disrespectful in ancient times, and his head would have to be beheaded.Although it is just the two of them now, as the prince himself said, they will go out.

What if, really go out?

"Stop talking nonsense? Why are you calling me prince again?" Huangfu Yunhua laughed, his voice was exhausted, but he didn't let Mu Zihuai go.

"My lord, I can go by myself now. How about I carry my lord on my back?" Mu Zihuai struggled a bit and suggested.

The person on his back shook violently, causing him to almost fall several times. Huangfu Yunhua had no choice but to put the person down, and laughed again when he heard his suggestion: "You want to carry me on your back? With your small body, I can go up I don’t want to crush you. Let’s go now, while the temperature is not high at night.”

Mu Zihuai squeezed his arm, looked at Prince Minqing who was half a head taller than him and had a strong figure, and nodded. "makes sense."

Huangfu Yunhua almost laughed out loud, and knocked on Mu Zihuai's gray forehead. "Go quickly, if you walk slowly, this king will eat you."

Mu Zihuai jumped up in fright, but somehow reached out to touch his buttocks, and ran a few steps in good spirits.

The scenery in the desert is always only yellow sand, with one layer unchanged, and it took a long time to come across a dead weed. The two dug down with bare hands for a long time but did not find any sign of water.

After trying countless times, the two stopped looking for water blindly, but dragged their feet and walked forward in a straight line.

"Water! It's water!"

Mu Zihuai almost jumped up from the ground. He stood on the hillside, squinting his eyes. There was a bright spot next to a stone at the foot of the hillside, reflecting beautiful light in the sun.

water!

With a howl of joy, Mu Zihuai's whole body suddenly became energetic, and he dashed down from the hillside.The dust was flying, and Mu Zihuai staggered. He fell, but his body didn't stop. He rolled a few times and just stopped at the water's edge.

He turned over on the spot and moved to the water's edge.

The pool was about the size of his face, and the water was yellow and turbid. Mu Zihuai would never have touched it before, but now, with ecstasy on his face, he dipped his hands into the somewhat warm water under the scorching sun, and picked up the water.

"You can't drink." Huangfu Yunhua pulled the man with only water in his eyes by the back collar, lifted him from the ground, and splashed the water that was about to enter his mouth on the ground.

The opened mouth was empty, Mu Zihuai turned his head and stared fiercely at the person who prevented him from drinking water, his eyes turned red.He broke free from the hand on the back collar, and rushed towards the water again.

Huangfu Yunhua had sharp eyesight and quick hands, grabbed Mu Zihuai and stopped him from drinking water, but met with fierce resistance.Huangfu Yunhua greeted him with disorderly hands and feet, and Huangfu Yunhua was not on guard for a while, and even received a fist on the chin.

Unexpectedly, Mu Zihuai, who is usually gentle and gentle, would be like rolling around when he was anxious.

With his backhand, he pressed the red-eyed Mu Zihuai to the ground, and the people under him were still restless, throwing yellow sand on Huangfu Yunhua's body.

The sand rushed into his eyes, Huangfu Yunhua squinted his eyes, spit out the yellow sand from his mouth, and slapped the maddened man on the face.

"Calm down! The water is poisonous, don't you want to live?"

Mu Zihuai's ears were rumbled by that slap, and the prince's words rang in his ears like thunder, which brought back his remaining consciousness.

Suddenly he felt his nose sore, Mu Zihuai blinked his eyes, but his eyes were so dry and painful, there was no moisture at all, so he had to lie on the ground motionless.

Huangfu Yunhua saw that the crazy Mu Zihuai gradually calmed down, turned over, and lay down beside him, gasping for breath. He didn't expect that Mu Zihuai looked thin and weak, but had such great strength.

Mu Zihuai closed his eyes, his face was a little stinging from the sun, and his body became very heavy after being excited.

"My lord, shall we go out?"

"My lord?"

"Yes, as long as you don't drink that damn poisonous water again."

"it is good."

The roar in his ears continued, Mu Zihuai shook his head, thinking that the slap of the prince was not sloppy at all, and it caused such serious sequelae.

He tilted his head and looked at the prince who was lying beside him with his eyes closed and meditating. Just as he was about to speak, Mu Zihuai noticed something strange.

Because of the movement of turning the head, the ears were pressed against the ground, and the slight roar just now was a little louder.

Mu Zihuai simply lay down on the ground, and the roar that had been echoing in his ears came from the ground into his ears.

this sound?

Underground river!

Mu Zihuai was a little surprised when he heard that the Ning River disappeared in just a few days. How did the huge Ning River disappear without a trace, but he didn't think of this at the time.

It is only now that I have grasped a little bit of context. I don’t know what happened. The underground river under the desert of the dead was diverted and connected to the Ning River. All the water in the Ning River was diverted underground.

Since it is an underground river, there will be an outlet. It is unreasonable for such a large river to appear suddenly, and no one will know it.If the exit is not far from the main road of Ninghe River, a canal can be dug to connect it and divert water into the river.

Thinking of this, Mu Zihuai suddenly felt enlightened.

"My lord! I know!"

Huangfu Yunhua suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes were clear, looking at the excited Mu Zihuai.

"So, as long as we find the exit of the underground river, we can solve the urgent need of the drought?" Huangfu Yunhua frowned slightly, a little suspicious of the underground river that Mu Zihuai was talking about.The situation he said was unheard of. Although he did hear the roar from the ground, why did such a river flow underground?

Mu Zihuai saw his lord's suspicious eyes, and murmured in his heart: the groundwater in the limestone area eroded along the fissures to form an underground channel. Due to the blocking of the impermeable layer, the river water could not seep down, and could only flow along the channel.Shall I tell you this?

"These are what the villain sees from some strange tales of mountains and rivers. If I didn't hear the sound of underground water flowing at this time, I wouldn't believe it. Why don't you treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor and try it out?"

"Maybe that Zihuai guessed where the exit of the underground river is?"

Mu Zihuai raised his eyes and looked around, the yellow sand of the desert was connected with the sky, and he couldn't see the end.There are only two reasons for this effect. One is that the desert of the dead occupies a vast area, and the field of vision is really endless. It is like the sea, and the water surface is large enough to meet the sky.However, according to County Magistrate Chen, the desert of the dead is surrounded by cliffs to the west, the sea to the east, the Tianshan Mountains to the north, and the Ninghe Plain to the south.In this way, the size of the desert of the dead is not enough to achieve such a visual effect.

Then there is only the second reason. The terrain of the desert of the dead is higher than the surrounding terrain, forming a height difference, which makes people unable to see the surrounding situation and creates an illusion of being connected to the sky.

The water flows downhill. If you guess correctly, the exit of the underground river can only be outside the desert of the dead.In addition, the water of the Ning River originally flowed down from the Tianshan Mountains, and even if it merged into the underground river, it would not flow back. Therefore, the sea in the east, the cliffs in the west, and the Ninghe Plain in the south became possible.

The Ninghe Plain is currently in a state of extreme drought and densely populated. If there is a flow of water comparable to the Ninghe River, it will spread in a few days. However, they have not received any news since they have been in Jixian County for so long. It can be seen that the underground river The mouth of the river is not in the Ninghe Plain.

For the rest of the sea and cliffs, the sea is the most likely, and the river flows into the sea. This is Mu Zihuai's first thought and what he hopes for.If the exit happens to be on a cliff that is extremely difficult to walk, then the difficulty of Ninghe River will be difficult to solve.

But he was not sure, so he said: "East or West, if you send someone to look for it, you will definitely find it."

Huangfu Yunhua saw that what he said was swearing, and the remaining three points of doubt were also dispelled by two points, and said with a smile: "Now I am more energetic, just now I was wilting like an eggplant."

Mu Zihuai's face became hot, and he stood up full of energy. "My lord, let's go, as long as we go out, Ninghe will be saved."