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While Li Yu and Wang Qingyang were in full swing working on gold.

In Donglan County, Inner City, Yuchunfang, Qingling has just rested and is preparing to return to Meiji. In fact, she had returned to Donglan County last night, but it was already late at night when she returned to Yuchunfang. She did not dare to disturb Meiji's rest, so she went to rest on her own. Arriving at the private room where Mei Ji was, Qing Ling knelt down on one knee and immediately reported, "The two of them did not appear in that village. The master of Hei Ling also had some clues. There was a head more than ten years ago. The old man wearing a bamboo hat and coir raincoat had been to that village. Then the two men appeared with black orders. There is another detail. According to inquiries, Li Yu and Wang Qingyang were wearing strange clothes that did not belong to The style of the Roujian Kingdom and the Hewu Kingdom." Meiji was lying on her side on the bed with a lazy expression. She gently supported her chin with a delicate jade hand and said slowly, "I already know who the master of the Black Order is. As for the I have already made a guess about the clothing of the two of them, but I still need to test it. I have made my own decision on this matter. You have worked hard this time, please step back and have a good rest." Qing Ling was immediately relieved when she heard Meiji's arrangement. Take a breath (I can finally have a good rest.)

At this time, in Rift Valley City, Qingxuan was inquiring about various inns and restaurants. She has inquired about many inns, but there are no clues at all. At this time, it is not an exaggeration to describe her as anxious...

Great Rift Valley, inside the valley. Li Yu and Wang Qingyang's gold-finding operation is in progress... The two of them have dug out two-thirds of the mace, and it won't take long for them to dig out the whole thing. Suddenly, when Li and Wang pulled out the entire mace from the soil, the loess under their feet instantly collapsed and collapsed. Unexpectedly, the two of them followed the collapsing loess. And fell down.

They didn't know how long or how deep they had fallen. When their feet landed on the ground, their legs were numb. With their current physical toughness and strength, both of their legs would be numb. It is conceivable that the height of the fall would be at least two to thirty meters.

At this time, Fatty Wang sat down on the ground, cursing, "Okay, look at your bad idea, we can really succeed this time (touch the Golden Colonel)" Li Yu was also very depressed. I obviously wanted to dig casually and pick up leaks, but the result was a landslide. "It's useless for you to complain. Let's take a look around first. I didn't expect there to be such a big space down here." Although Fatty Wang was still talking casually at this time, he also knew the situation of the two of them. It didn't look good, so I started to observe the surroundings with the help of a ray of light falling from the roof of the cave. "There are rock formations all around underneath, and the entire area is a karst landform. Judging from the known information, the underground space we are currently in should be due to the movement of the earth's crust, which caused the terrain to change. "Speaking of this, the fat man touched the rocks next to him and continued, "Look, these rocks are all naturally formed, without any traces of artificial excavation." Li Yu also carefully looked at the surrounding rocks at this time, "Indeed. , are all formed purely naturally, and there are no traces of later excavation. I just don’t know how big this underground space is and whether there is a way to the ground. Otherwise, it would be difficult for us to go up here." Wang Qingyang was at this time. He also touched his chin and began to think seriously. "You take out the kerosene from the package first, and let's make two simple torches using dead branches on the ground." Li Yu also realized at this time that before they went out, they brought a small bottle of kerosene with them. Bought from the local market, this ancient fuel product is mixed with some animal fats. Although the quality is very poor, it is still practical. This bottle was carried by them to make it easier to light a fire in the wild. Li Yu took out the kerosene, and then searched for the place where the two of them had just fallen. The area of ​​​​the landslide just now was not small. In addition to a lot of loess, a lot of dead branches were also washed down. At this time, Li Yu was looking for larger dead branches in the loess pile. After searching for a while, he selected two slightly thicker and longer dead branches. Then he took out a piece of cloth from his bag and pulled it out from the cloth. got some fabric. These cloths were used to be tied to wooden sticks. After doing this, Li Yu poured kerosene, little by little, evenly on the wooden sticks tied with cloths. There was not much kerosene, only a small bottle, so Li Yu was very careful for fear of wasting it. Fatty Wang next to him took out a fire stick from his own package. After blowing it, he pointed the fire stick at the wooden stick drenched with kerosene and lit it. In this way, two simple torches are completed. With the lighting of the torch, the underground space was now more clearly displayed in front of the two of them.

How to judge whether there is a way out of this underground space will be matched by the professional knowledge of Li Yu and Fatty Wang. Although they are only sophomores at Blue Star, they have some knowledge of this karst landform. They had already learned it when they were freshmen. At the same time, in order not to fail the course at the end of the semester, they not only learned the knowledge in the course, but also read a lot of extended materials outside the course. "To determine whether there is a passage in the rock space of this karst landform, there are only three criteria, the first is light, the second is wind, and the third is to find underground water sources according to the degree of moisture." At this time, the fat man began to act as a wild man The survival class professor was talking non-stop. Li Yu looked impatient, "Come on, we both know this, don't show it off. The first one was passed. Now we have such a big hole above our heads, and all the light shines from above. As for the second one It's basically passable, unless we leave this area, otherwise, it's just the hole above our heads. We can't judge anything." After hearing Li Yu's words, the fat man suddenly scratched his head in embarrassment. "Then let's walk first? Anyway, we can't go up to the height of tens of meters now, unless we can build a platform of more than ten meters, and then we can pass this platform and jump up using Qinggong." Li Yu looked like an idiot. He looked at the fat man with his eyes, "Can you stop talking nonsense? If you can set up a stage, why should I stand here with you? Let's go." "Which direction are you going? Lao Li?" Li Yu thought for a while, "Let's stand at the corner of the surrounding stone wall." Let’s take a look first and compare the humidity in the surrounding corners. Let’s also touch the stone wall to see which area is drier and which area has moisture.” “Okay!”

After repeating this process, the two began to conduct serious surveys around the landing point. The main purpose is to find rock formations with moisture. Finding rock formations with moisture means there is an underground water source. You can make a certain degree of direction identification based on the texture of the rock formations. However, this is also a huge workload and extremely labor-intensive job. The two of them don't have much kerosene, so the burning time of the torches in their hands is very limited. They need to find a way out before the kerosene runs out, otherwise, the two of them will really be buried in this ground. It's ironic to say that the two of them originally planned to pick up some good things, but they ended up tossing themselves. If they can't find a way out within a certain period of time, then the two of them will really have to go out. Touching the gold yourself becomes waiting for future generations to touch the gold.

Just when Li Yu and Fatty Wang were trapped underground in distress. Miss Qingxuan, who was far away in Rift Valley City, was also worried at this time. Qingxuan has already inquired at most of the inns in Rift Valley City, but there are no clues. At this time, she had the intention of giving up and continuing to search, but if she returned empty-handed like this, Mei Ji would probably blame her. So she sat down in a tea shop, ordered a bowl of tea, and then began to think carefully. (There is no news about the inn in the city, so where else can we stay besides the inn? Although these two people may have gone to Qingling, but what if the two boys are not there? Then If I go back like this, wouldn’t it be me who suffers? Last time, the girl Qing Ling was lost, and the master was already very unhappy. If something goes wrong with me this time, it will be a big trouble.) Thinking of this, Qingxuan He couldn't help but smile bitterly. "Inn, inn. Apart from inns, there are only shops, taverns, banks, brothels, and gambling houses in the city." Qingxuan murmured while thinking. "Shops and banks are impossible, so the only ones left are pubs, brothels, and gambling." (These two boys have made a lot of money in the wine business over the years. Some high-end wine shops provide private rooms for rest. Then the next target is to go to a high-end gambling house to investigate. As for the brothel, I heard from the owner that the boy named Li is a young boy. The possibility of going to the brothel is not too high, but it cannot be said that it is completely impossible. After checking If there is still no news from the gambling visit, go and check the brothel. With the two people’s wealth, Taichi’s brothel is impossible, so go to the high-end one!) After thinking about the scope of the search, Qingxuan got up and continued to search for the two. The whereabouts of people.

At this time, the Great Rift Valley, the bottom of the valley, and the bottom of the collapsed cave. Li Yu and Fatty Wang were still using the weak light of torches to inspect the rock wall inch by inch. But they didn't know that the "anti-tracking" plan they were previously proud of was cracked bit by bit by a thoughtful young girl...

Let’s go back to Li Yu and Fatty Wang. At this time, the two of them had been checking the surrounding rock walls bit by bit for three or four hours. After several hours of inspection, they found that the surrounding rock walls were very dry, leaving the two of them helpless. We can only be patient and continue to explore. After all, without any clues to guide them, the two of them did not dare to venture too far away from the hole where they fell. Otherwise, once you get lost and cannot return to the entrance of this cave, you will be truly desperate. After another three hours of exploration, the sky outside has gradually dimmed, and it won't be long before night comes. At this moment, Li Yu suddenly shouted. "Fat man, come over here! There is water seeping out here. The bottom of the rock formation here extends all the way forward, and there is a very thin water line at the bottom of the recess!" Fatty Wang in the distance heard Lao Li The call of Li Yu immediately came over. The moment the fat man came over, because the two torches came together, the stone wall in front of Li Yu looked clearer. Following the light, Li Yu squatted down and pointed to a recessed position at the bottom of the rock wall. "Look, this is it. We can't see or touch this position completely from standing up, because the bottom here is concave, blocking our view!" The fat man also squatted down and used a torch to get closer. Some, take a closer look. "Really, this waterline extends to the front. It doesn't seem to be a flat surface here. The ground here has a very slight slope, and the waterline seeps down from the slope above in our direction!" Li Yu clicked. Nod in agreement. "It's basically certain that there is an underground water source in the underground rock formations here. Maybe it's the accumulated water falling from above, or maybe it's an underground river. In any case, we can follow this clue and determine the next direction." Fatty He also nodded, "This way at least we can solve the water problem before we go out, so we won't die of thirst. So what are we waiting for? Let's go, it should be almost dark outside." But Li Yu stood up and Instead of walking towards the waterline, he walked back towards the place where the two of them fell. The fat man looked puzzled, "Where are you going?" Li Yu did not answer, but saw him walking straight towards the pile of loess that fell due to the landslide. Then he squatted down and rummaged around. After a while, Li Yu was holding the iron mace they dug out before! He said to the fat man, "Let's bring this!" After saying this, Li Yu's hands didn't stop. After rummaging for a while, he picked out five or six relatively thick dead wood sticks. "Bring these with you. We can exchange them for these later when the torches in our hands burn to ashes." After preparing these, Li Yu and Wang Qingyang hunched over and followed the direction of the waterline. The sky outside also turned from white to black, entering night.

At night, in Rift Valley City, after four or five hours of exploration, Qingxuan searched all the high-end gambling houses in Rift Valley City. Unfortunately, nothing was gained. She was physically and mentally exhausted at this time. After all, she hadn't had a good night's sleep since being sent out by her master to do things a few days ago. Moreover, things were not going very smoothly, and no clues could be found. Seeing that it was already night, it was also the time when brothels in the city opened their doors to receive customers. Qingxuan set the target of her investigation on the high-end brothels in the city. To explore brothels, she did not need to spend as much time and effort as exploring inns, taverns, and gambling houses. After all, her owner also runs a high-end brothel. As a veteran in the business, in such a big city, it is natural for him to know several sisters who are also in the brothel business.

Therefore, Qingxuan went straight to the center of Rift Valley City. Her destination was Guihua Fang, one of the top five brothels in Rift Valley City. The current person in charge of Guihua Visit (Xu Sanniang) and Qingxuan's master, Meiji, are old friends. Several years ago, Xu Sanniang made a special trip to Donglan County to ask Meiji for some money. A variety of fine wines are exclusively for the distinguished guests who visit Guihua. Although later, with the spread of business names all over the world, these three specialty fine wines can now be purchased in every major city. However, because Meiji had supplied these drinks to Xu Sanniang in advance before Sihai Company supplied them to Rift Valley City, Guihuafang became the most famous brothel in Rift Valley City with these three drinks. (Of course, these three drinks are Qixi, Xuebi, and Dongfang Yeye developed by Li Yu and Fatty Wang.) Although Guihua Fang has now become one of the top five brothels in Rift Valley City, this Xu Sanniang still remembers the favor in her heart. And Qingxuan was the representative who was specially responsible for this matter under the orders of Mei Ji. At this time, Qingxuan has arrived outside the door of Guihua Visiting. It can be said that Guihua Visiting at night is packed with people. There is an endless stream of lovers coming in and out. As soon as Qingxuan stepped into the door of Guihua Visit, a madam with heavy makeup came to greet her. Seeing that the person who came was a woman, the old madam said in a strange tone, "Oh, girl, you may have walked into the wrong door. This is a place where you can look for beauty and seek advice. I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate for a girl to come here, right?" Qingxuan looked at it. He didn't even look at the madam, he just said something lightly. "Tell Xu Sanniang that an old friend is here to visit and come out to talk." After hearing this girl's words, the madam's body trembled involuntarily. (This girl called out the interviewer’s real name as soon as she came up. I was afraid that she was really an old friend of the interviewer. I couldn’t afford to offend this aunt.) But what kind of role is the madam? She wanders around in all kinds of people every day. Among friends, the ability to recognize people is naturally very good. Although this girl can call out her master's real name, there are not many people who know his real name. How can you just say that you meet him? So the Madam Tian smiled and gave Qingxuan a light salute, and then said respectfully, "I didn't know just now that the girl is an old friend of my master. I offended you so much. Please forgive me. I don't know the girl's name? I have to know something about it before I can tell the master." Report it?" After hearing what the madam said, Qingxuan showed a hint of displeasure on her face. How could she not understand what the madam meant? It was obvious that at such a young age, how could she possibly know such a big shot as her master? Although Qingxuan was displeased, after all, she came here to ask for help, so it was hard to get angry, so she temporarily suppressed the anger in her heart and looked at the old bustard with a joking face: "Donglan, Yuchun is visiting, Qingxuan." The old bustard heard this. The words "Visit Yuchun" immediately made my neck shrink. In this Rift Valley City, other brothels may not know much about Yuchun Fang, but how could their family Guihua Fang not know about it. How did Guihua Fang become a famous brothel in Rift Valley City by relying on a few secret drinks? How could the madam not know? And where did this drink come from? Yuchun’s visit! Moreover, the Madam also heard that Yuchunfang also joined forces with two giant businessmen to monopolize this secret drink. Among them, Sihai Company is one of the giant merchants in this alliance. And what is Sihai Trading Company? A behemoth with industries spread across the entire continent! The background of Yuchun Fang, who can sit at the same table with this behemoth and share the wine business, is intriguing! In short, the madam feels as if she has eaten shit. She is so regretful now that her intestines are blue, and she blames herself for her broken mouth. If I had known that Yuchun was coming to visit, I would have had to be more respectful. But now, when someone else came to visit, not only did they not get a sip of tea, but they also scolded them in a weird way... At this time, the Madam looked at Qingxuan deeply. One glance, and I secretly sighed in my heart. "Since it's Yuchun who's visiting me, just follow me upstairs. I really overstepped my bounds just now. I hope you don't remember the villain's fault and don't punish me. Old lady, I'm getting confused now, girl. Don't be surprised." Qingxuan looked at the madam and snorted softly. She is not an unforgiving person either. Seeing the madam admitting her mistake so sincerely, she didn't hold on to him. Then the Madam introduced Qingxuan into an elegant room with extremely unique decoration. When Miss Qingxuan sat down, the Madam personally served tea before leaving to invite her master over. Qingxuan was sipping the tea in her cup while lighting up the elegant room. (The decoration of this private room is quite unique. After I complete my task, I will ask Sister Meiji to clean up my room as well, hehe!) Just when Qingxuan was happily thinking about how to decorate her room when she went back . Xu Sanniang, who was in another private room above Guihua's visit, also got the news of Qingxuan's visit. After she heard the news, she didn't waste much time. Then he went straight downstairs and walked towards the private room where Qingxuan was. It only takes a cup of tea. Xu Sanniang has already seen this girl Qingxuan whom she has not seen for many years. After seeing Qingxuan, Xu Sanniang was the first to speak with a smile on her face, "Sister Qingxuan, we haven't seen each other for some years. My sister is getting more and more beautiful!" Qingxuan replied, "Sister Xu is joking, sister. I can't stand such praise." The two of them exchanged some polite words. Then Qingxuan said, "Sister Xu, in fact, my sister's visit to Rift Valley City this time was ordered by my master to find the whereabouts of two thieves. Previously, two thieves visited Yuchun. Baishi, relying on his somewhat good Qinggong skills, left Donglan County overnight and fled here. My master was furious and sent me here to capture two people. There were more than two people. I wandered around gambling houses, brothels and other densely populated places. My sister, I came all the way and explored several times, but still couldn’t find any clues. I don’t want to come here to my sister, please help me and pay attention to it?” After hearing Qingxuan’s description, Xu Sanniang smiled faintly and said, "Sister, what you said is a sign of identity. Don't talk about such trivial matters as finding someone. Even if you ask your sister to help arrest someone, your sister will not shirk at all. Leave this matter to your sister, sister." Just rest here until my sister comes to help you search." Qingxuan was relieved to hear that Xu Sanniang agreed so readily. If she was really allowed to search for this huge Rift Valley City by herself, it would take years and months to find it. So Qingxuan told Xu Sanniang one by one the places she had been looking for in the past two days and asked her to eliminate these places. Then he explained, "My sister has already explored all the places mentioned above. Now there are only the high-end and high-end brothels in Rift Valley City left. I haven't explored them yet. I will rely on my sister next time." Help me." Xu Sanniang listened carefully to Qingxuan's words and nodded, "Easy to say. Easy to say." Then Xu Sanniang called her two personal maids. "Ruyue, Ruyi. The two of you, ask all the high-end brothels in the city to see if there are any two young men staying overnight in the past few nights, especially the two of them together. Pay special attention to it. With All the brothel managers need to do is to tell them that these two young masters have unpaid debts with me." After hearing Xu Sanniang's instructions, the two maids immediately bowed and responded, then turned around and prepared to go out. But just as they were about to step out of the private room, Qingxuan suddenly spoke and called the two maids to stop. "You two, wait a moment. Let's go and inquire about the brothels that are not high-end." After hearing Qingxuan's instructions, the two maids nodded. Seeing that Qingxuan had nothing to do, he gave no further instructions. The two of them just left the private room.

In the private room, Xu Sanniang accompanied Qingxuan to drink tea and chat, waiting for the result. Two hours passed in the blink of an eye, and then the two maids staggered back. Seeing their looks, Qingxuan understood that Xu Sanniang was really helping her sincerely. I knew Xu Sanniang’s sincerity. Qingxuan said to the two maids with a gentle look, "Sisters, please take a few sips of tea first and rest for a while. Sisters are not in a hurry." Although Qingxuan said this, the two maids did not dare to do so. After all, Xu Sanniang was still there. Here it is. How dare they both. At this time, Xu Sanniang on the side said, "You two just listen to your sister Qingxuan. Just drink a few sips of tea first and then report." After hearing Xu Sanniang's words, the two maids stepped forward and fell down. Two bowls of tea. After drinking the tea, the two of them took two steps back respectfully, and then reported, "Return to the boss, Sister Qingxuan, according to your wishes, the two of us have taken care of the entire Rift Valley City, large and small. We have inquired at more than 2 brothels. In recent days, there have been more than ten young men staying in brothels in this city until the next day. Most of the clients who come to brothels have families, so they stay overnight. Not many came to the next day. Most of the pilgrims left one after another late at night or early in the morning. Moreover, according to my sister's request, they were young men and had to stay overnight until the next day, so there were only these ten in total. There are more people left." After hearing the investigation results of the two maids, Qingxuan's eyes lit up at this moment. "Tell me carefully about the situation of these more than ten people. Are there any two of these more than ten people who stay together for the night?" The two maids nodded seriously. "In reply to my sister's words, I am satisfied at the same time. Young man, let's stay together." Entering a brothel and staying together until the next day before leaving together, only a group of people can meet this requirement!" Qingxuan was so excited at this time, Huangtian paid off, and she finally caught a clue. Then she continued to ask, "Please tell me in detail about the situation of these two people." The two maids continued to answer, "These two people stayed in a second-rate brothel called Fengmingyuan in the south of the city the night before yesterday. According to Fengmingyuan, Naruyuan's madam replied that the two of them were not dressed in luxurious clothes. They should be from ordinary families, but they were generous with their gifts. Especially the leader, a slightly fat young man, gave her several silver coins as a reward when they met. According to her observation, the two of them seemed to have won a lot of money in a gambling house before going to her Fengming Courtyard to spend money. The other young man traveling with them was quite handsome, but he was shy. The madam estimated that he was This is my first time at Fengyue Place. Each of them chose a girl and stayed at Fengmingyuan until noon of the next day before leaving together." Hearing this, Qingxuan showed an imperceptible sneer on her face. "Hmph, Wang Qingyang, Li Yu, okay, make this girl easy to find." At this time, Qingxuan had already clenched the pink fist in her hand. "Sister Xu, can you please help me invite the girls who are serving the two young masters in Fengmingyuan that night? I have some questions that I want to ask those two girls. Don't worry, my sister is not a stingy person. These two girls If you come, my sister will be very grateful." Having said this, Qingxuan took out ten golden coins from the purse at her waist. Xu Sanniang glanced at the ten gold coins on the table. Although there was no expression on her face, she had other plans in her heart. (This Qingxuan is such a generous person. It costs only a hundred or so silver coins to keep a girl overnight. Even if these two young masters are eating for free, they will only lose 3-[-] silver coins to Yuchunfang. Gold coins, the Yuchunfang family has a big business, and they also run a secret wine business. A few gold coins will not be taken seriously at all. But now in order to catch two freeloaders, Qingxuan has been sent, and maybe even Not only Qingxuan, but also paid ten gold coins just to ask two second-rate brothel girls something? This is really too strange. The two guys who want to inquire are definitely not ordinary people.)