Aggrieved Fish Sprite

The Si family discovered a gold mine in Mount Silang not seven years ago, but 70 years ago.

At that time, the Chen Dynasty was in turmoil, turmoil occurred one after another in various places, and they were suppressed one after another, causing famine everywhere.

Although the ancestors of the Si family discovered a gold mine, in order to keep this secret, the Si family started planning to build a bunker in the mountains on the pretext of the great chaos and bandits in the world.

The entrance to the gold mine that was first discovered was in the underground of Sijiabao.

The stone fort was built and heavily guarded. The servants in the inner fort were allowed to enter but not to leave, and secretly mined gold mines.

However, mining is not that simple, and they are all beginners. At first, the tunnels were dug randomly, and they dug where they thought there was more gold. The tunnels collapsed several times, and the Si family began to reinforce the tunnels, not daring to dig deeper. .

Because the underground excavation damaged the roots of the trees, the forests near Sijiabao began to die in patches.

The Si family simply cut down all these trees, saying that the forest blocked the view and might be used by bandits.

The gold ore was dug out, but the ore is ore after all, not gold, and it takes a lot of effort to extract the gold.The Si family is focused on the gold mines, so they don't have the energy to participate in the world's disputes. Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, Sijiabao is indeed a defensive bunker. In the later stage, two or three county towns were laid down, and they would stick to one side and not think about making progress. .

In order not to attract attention, the Si family wanted to keep a secret, and it was impossible for those who had been sent to mine to extract gold to come out alive.When the world was in chaos, they had gold and food, and they could buy prisoners of war and slaves. After the establishment of the Chu Dynasty, the Si family lost the jurisdiction of Qiuling County and could not buy people. The mining business could only be temporarily suspended.

This stop is more than 30 years.

Officials in the Chu Dynasty were extremely strict, and even if the Si family was a local snake, it was difficult to manipulate.

The Si family couldn't stand out in the officialdom, and they looked like they were in decline. The more they were in decline, the less likely they were to squander gold and silver every day.The Si family guarded the warehouse full of gold left by their ancestors, so they could only smash the big ones into small ones, and the small ones had to count the days and dare not use it frequently. That's fine, there are more gold mines underground!

In order to prevent leaks, only the head of the family knows these things.

If you have an open-minded temperament, you can just pay back the money like dung, otherwise you may have a hard time day and night.

There are very few people who don't value money, especially in the Si family. Si Zhuan's father dreamed of squandering the gold.

In the end, it really came at a good time for him. Not long after he took over the Si family, the Qi Dynasty was established in place of Chu, and the world was once again in chaos.

Military disasters, severe droughts, locust plagues... There are refugees everywhere, just find a name for reclamation, even coaxing and deceiving can attract a group.

At first, he didn't dare to make a big show of it, there were few abductees, and he had to buy and sell through those people, and compared the records of mining and refining gold left by the ancestors of the Si family, he stumbled and got started.

The head of the Si family's eyes are high-sighted but his hands are low-handed, and he is not secretive in his work, but his son is very capable.

Si Zhuan found out that his family had suddenly become rich, and even outsiders were talking about it, and he was very suspicious. After several investigations, he discovered the secret of the gold mine. He looked at his father and was furious.

In order to cover up the sudden increase in wealth of the Si family, Si Zhuan thought hard and decided to use elixir to make a fuss.

Speaking of elixir, the Si family has indeed dug up a lot.

Strange to say, there is no lush vegetation near the mine veins, but Mount Silang is an exception.

From the perspective of outsiders, the vegetation on Mount Silang is neither sparse nor dense, just like other mountains—if they knew that there is a gold mine here, or such a huge gold mine, they probably wouldn't think so.

There are often elixir in the deep mountains, and they are all good things that are more than a hundred years old.

It's strange to say that whenever the Si family digs a new tunnel, they will surely find the elixir that grows secretly nearby. Although the quantity is not much, it is enough to deal with it temporarily.

The Si family sells elixir and bribes the dignitaries with the elixir.

This is not a long-term solution. Si Zhuan proposed to do business, and it must be a big business. Caravans come and go.

The Patriarch of the Si family was very reluctant, but Si Zhuan said it clearly and logically. All he cared about was gold mines, and he only cared about squandering gold and silver. How can he do business as soon as he says it, and he can do something great?Businessmen are so easy to do, why don't all the people in the world go into business?

As a result, when the Patriarch of the Si family came back to his senses, Qiuling County had already changed its appearance. The members of the Si family were all convinced by the young master, and the young master's prestige in the Si family far surpassed that of the Patriarch.

The Patriarch of the Si family was very dissatisfied, so he could only hold on to the gold mine, deliberately not letting his son interfere.

However, what Si Zhuan is looking at is not just the position of Patriarch, his ambition is in the world.

"...The old Patriarch is in charge of the gold mine, and the young master is only concerned with military training and the business of the Si family." Si Zhuan's subordinates tried their best to defend themselves, shifting the responsibility to the old Patriarch who died in the stone castle.

It's not that they are loyal to Si Zhuan, but because of the current situation, if they want to survive, they must pick Si Zhuan clean.

Si Zhuan is clean, and those retainers who obey people's orders will be less guilty.

They are so clever that they can't even fool the ink carp, let alone Meng Qi.

Meng Qi was sitting by the tree, and in front of him was a group of Si Zhuan's subordinates who were so painful that they wanted to roll all over the ground. They were not as ignorant as the people in Qinghu Town, and they clearly knew that the severe pain was due to a strong aura Running around in their meridians, as long as they can endure, there will be no real harm.

"Avoid the important and take the light." Meng Qi raised his foot and kicked the speaker back to Mo Li, and asked with a sneer, "I didn't mention a single word that should be said, where did your young master's martial arts come from, and what about you?"

"...We, we were recruited by Si Si with gold. We don't know the young master's martial arts."

Everyone dodged their eyes and faltered.

Si Zhuan was lying in the mud, and Mo Li slashed his wrist, then tapped Si Zhuan's acupuncture points and threw him over there.

There was neither digging nor torture, but Si Zhuan's appearance became more and more strange. His breath was heavy, the veins on his forehead were bulging, and his whole body seemed to be about to growl, but he couldn't move or make a sound.

General Liu's personal soldiers watched with horror.

There is no way, the fields here are open, and the only shelter from the wind is in front of the trees.

Although Liu Dan wanted to leave here immediately, but because of the plot of the Si family, he had no choice but to stay, even if he was in a daze and couldn't hear clearly, there were still soldiers around.

"Is this... the legendary Gu?"

Si Zhuan's intention to struggle was too obvious, but his eyes were empty, as if he couldn't see anything, and his expression was ferocious, like a ghost.

The wound on his wrist was not deep, every time it just healed, the ink carp would condense its energy into a blade, and make another shallow cut on the wound.

Liu Dan and others survived the bloody battle on the battlefield, knowing how much blood a person bleeds to die. Si Zhuan had shed a lot of blood, but he was far away from death. so?

"I don't raise Gu." Mo Li said suddenly.

General Liu's soldiers covered their mouths and retreated.

"Tsk, doctor, your hand is scary." Meng Qi has good eyesight, and he said slowly behind, "Seal the acupoints, you can't hear or see, and you can't move, you can only feel your own blood slowly. The earth flows out, and the distance from death is getting closer and closer."

"Birth, old age, sickness and death are common things for people. Except for those who are determined, most people are not afraid of death, just because they don't think clearly about the process of death. Doctors are the ones who see it the most."

Mo Li looked at Si Zhuan's wound that continued to bleed, every cut he made was accurate, and the blood that flowed out was drop by drop, neither too much nor too little.

"...He wants to kill people to vent his anger, so I let him feel what 'death' is."

Mo Li wiped away the bloodstains on the knife, and said slowly, "Gradually dying, but helpless, this feeling of anger and despair is really the most suitable."

Meng Qi was a little dazed when he heard the words, but soon came back to his senses. He subconsciously looked at the tree he was holding on to with his right hand.

The branches of this tree grow very strangely, but after the leaves are born, the dense canopy blocks the sight of others. From a distance, it looks like a tree with a relatively large crown that should not flourish in winter.

If someone stopped and looked carefully, he would find that he could not recognize the tree at all.

It's not like a camphor tree or a locust tree. They both look alike, but they don't lean on either side.

The doctor said before that it is not safe for the tree to be placed here.

This description is very strange. Why do you want to ensure the safety of a tree?What's even more bizarre is that I agreed without even thinking about it, and still think this tree is very important?

Meng Qi recalled what Si's family told him, all the trees in front of the stone castle had been cut down.

Hollowed out the mountain, and cut down the trees...

Now the tree was grown by their own eyes, not from the ground, but from a half stump. Is this considered a new life?In an instant, it became so lush, it was so unreal!

There is mud all around, and there is no grass on the ground.

It seems that after the tree has grown, the momentum of those crazy sprouts has also been curbed.

Meng Qi collected himself and reminded Mo Li: "We have other things to do."

The tree was only half dug.

Mo Li simply cut Si Zhuan's other hand.

Meng Qi turned his head, looked at the members of the Si family with a half-smile and said, "I'm not as skilled as a doctor. I've been around the rivers and lakes for many years, and I can pick up my tendons and hamstrings, and wear a pipa bone!"

"..."

"You still refuse to say? The Si family is finished, and your young master will not leave Mount Silang alive. What's the point of keeping secrets for the Si family? According to the law of the imperial court, accomplices like you are at most sentenced to exile for three thousand miles."

Meng Qi looked sarcastic, and said condescendingly, "Think about it, compared to death, if you were abolished in martial arts, and then taken away by this General Liu to count your merits, what will happen to you? Those who know the current affairs are heroes!"

Everyone in the Si family looked at each other, and someone said hesitantly, "Young master, can you really not hear the voices outside?"

"Sealing the acupoint is temporary!" Meng Qi tilted his head and said, "You are so careful, it seems that it is not as simple as being loyal to Si Zhuan."

The man gritted his teeth and said, "Si Zhuan is a closed disciple secretly accepted by Patriarch Qingwu."

"Patriarch Qingwu?"

Meng Qi and Mo Li fell into deep thought at the same time.

I thought about it, but still——

"I've never heard of it, who is this person?"

Everyone in the Si family was dumbfounded, are these two still masters of martial arts?

"Liu Qiandai, you know?" Meng Qi turned around and asked.

Liu Dan pointed at himself and was speechless for a while, why did he become a money bag?Besides, you shouldn't ask him about things like martial arts masters?

However, thinking about it, if the national teacher asked a question, it was best to answer it, after all, he couldn't be offended.

"Hey, Zhao Zangfeng, the patriarch of Qingwu, is a top master in the Jianghu." General Liu also explained why he knew this person, "I heard that he has a disciple who works for the rebel who claims to be the king of heaven, because his martial arts are extremely powerful. High, so those who assassinated the Heavenly Granted King failed one after another."

"... How many apprentices does he have? Why do they all want to rebel?"

Meng Qi instinctively felt that this was not an ordinary martial arts master. Rather than saying that his apprentice wanted to rebel, it would be better to say that he deliberately selected those ambitious and capable people as his disciples.

The members of the Si family were very embarrassed and said: "We are relying on the Si family, and we dare not offend Qingwu patriarch."

"If the Si family succeeds, you will be extremely wealthy. If the Si family collapses, you can clap your hands and turn around and leave." Meng Qi exposed their thoughts, and everyone endured the pain that popped up from time to time in their meridians. Dare to say anything.

"Where are the hard laborers abducted by the Si family? Where are they buried?"

"I really don't know. The Si family has dug too many tunnels, and every time a piece is dug, it is refilled. Those bones..."

Mo Li asked blankly, "How many people died?"

The members of the Si family hesitated and said, "No one knows what happened 70 years ago. In the last five years... more than 2000 people."

"Huh?" Mo Li said coldly, "Your young master, I seem to have said just now that the entire mountain has been hollowed out. Think again? 2000 people?"

"My memory is wrong, it's four thousand!"

"All dead?"

The subordinates of the Si family only dared to nod their heads, but did not dare to make a sound.

Mo Li took a deep breath and said nothing.

The corpses buried in the soil may make the soil fertile, but where too many people have died, there is no grass growing. This is the case in many ancient battlefields.

There were many bones, layer upon layer, and he couldn't help Qiuhong find the bones that belonged to her brother.

These people in troubled times tried hard to live and came to cultivate wasteland with hope, but they did not expect to fall into purgatory.Since then, it has disappeared into the deep mountains without a sound.

The dragon vein of Mount Silang is likely to be transformed into a tree. It stands in the mountain, at the shallowest edge of the gold mine, and it is also the place where spiritual energy meets and grows.

Before it became conscious, the gold mine was discovered, Sijiabao was built, the soil was destroyed, and the tree mixed in the forest was affected and cut down together.

However, the tree has roots, so it is not considered completely dead. The body of the dragon vein has not been seriously injured, but just transformed... probably no longer possible.

The following days not only did not get better for Longmai, but worse.

The aura leaked out, the mountain was destroyed, and countless people who died in vain were buried in the place that was originally full of aura.

The dragon vein survived the initial period, and it was respite for decades in the Chu Dynasty. Unexpectedly, the world was in chaos, and the Si family completely destroyed it in the last seven years.

The same dragon veins, also born in the place where auras meet, but——

Mo Li closed his eyes and asked sharply, "Where is the last batch? Where is it?"

"The Si family hid these things very tightly. We all walked from the ground, so we only know the approximate range. Now that Silang Mountain has become like this, we don't know the exact location..."

"go!"

After Mo Li finished speaking, he suddenly saw Meng Qi who was supporting the tree, and realized that they had to dig the tree out first.

"Draw a map!" Meng Qi ordered cooperatively.

Everyone in the Si family drew the map tremblingly, then watched as Meng Qi and Mo Li dug up the tree carefully, and then one carried Si Zhuan and the other carried the tree, and left.

"...Your Excellency stay a while!"

The restrictions on them have not been lifted yet!

Only then did Meng Qi seem to think of something, and squeezed out a ferocious smile: "Don't worry, the ban will be lifted automatically after five hours. But before that, in order to ensure the safety of their general, the soldiers of General Dangkou will Cut off your hands, feet, or necks first!"

"What? You said—"

"What did I say? People from the rivers and lakes can't be controlled by the court, and they can be exiled for three thousand miles at most? I'm not an official of the court, so my words don't count!"

Meng Qi waved to General Liu and others whose expressions were changing: "Have you seen us at Mount Silang? Do you know who I am?"

Liu Dan: "..."

Does he dare to say he knows?Dare I see it?

Encountered the former Imperial Advisor, the Imperial Advisor not only did not kill him, but also helped them. General Liu felt that he would not be able to wash himself away by jumping into the Yellow River. He must not reveal this matter, otherwise he would not only lose his family, but also arouse suspicion , Removal from office is less important than imprisonment, so he decisively said to his soldiers: "These people can't stay, they are all killed."

"Here!"