I have a book to play

Sun Peng said that there are gold mines in the mountains, but the people accompanying him didn't believe anyone.

This mountain has been standing here for some years. Their ancestors have lived at the foot of the mountain for generations. Before the mountain god got angry in the early years, there were countless people who touched the mountain. How could they not know what there is in this mountain.

If there are wolves, tigers and leopards, there are.

No one believes anyone who talks about gold mines.

Knowing that they didn't believe it, Sun Peng didn't continue. He only ordered in a low voice to be more careful on the road ahead, and watch your step.

Everyone responded.The pathfinder wanted to go forward, but was easily overtaken by Xie Chen.

He walked in the front, his monk's robe brushed against flowers, leaves and weeds, but no one heard him.

Sun Peng glanced at him and followed him.

The deeper the mountain road goes, the more weird it becomes.

The number of living things is really decreasing, if not for the flowers and plants, it would be no different from the dead.

With the wind blowing, Sun Peng suddenly stood still, and suddenly turned his head to look at one side.

"The smell of fire is blowing over there."

Without waiting for doubts, Xie Chen had already lifted his foot and changed his course, walking directly in the direction of Sun Peng's finger.

A group of people followed closely, with complex expressions, not sure if they would really see any gold mines.

"There's someone ahead!"

Someone exclaimed in a low voice.In the direction of the finger, someone was lying on the ground with his back up, most of his body was covered by weeds, and he didn't know what he was doing.

Xie Chen walked forward suddenly, an old man stretched out his hand to grab him, but the monk's robe brushed against his fingertips, it was too late.

"He is dead." Xie Chen said.

Sun Peng also followed at this time.The person lying on the ground was scorched black all over. Xie Chen turned him over, revealing a bloody face.

If you look carefully at the surrounding weeds, you can still see a lot of dried blood.

"It was burnt to serious injuries, and no one could help him, so he died."

"Looking at the degree of stiffness, it looks like it's been dead for one night."

"It was last night."

After Sun Peng finished speaking, seeing Xie Chen chanted "Amitabha" in a low voice, his lips moved, and he swallowed the words stuck in his throat.

"There's more ahead!"

Several corpses were discovered one after another, and the situation was the same.They were all charred and black, and they died tragically.There are still many messy traces. It can be seen that many people here escaped for their lives last night, resulting in such a chaotic appearance.

Xie Chen walked all the way and recited "The Curse of Rebirth", until the smell of fire smoke became stronger and stronger, he finally stopped, pointed to a cave not far away and said: "It should be there."

Because the smell of fire nitrate was too strong, none of the group dared to step forward easily, but seeing the little Yushi take a step, he was about to go inside without saying a word, and someone hurriedly gritted his teeth to follow.But as soon as he entered, his mouth and nose were covered by the smell.

Inside the cave is a long alleyway, which only allows one person to pass up, down, left, and right.It was so dark that it was difficult for people to see the scene inside clearly for a while.

Someone took out a torch, and with the light, people finally had a clear view of the laneway.

This is a prospecting roadway, which can only accommodate one person. Walking along the roadway, the further you go, the more you can see the rock formation joints and mineral veins on both sides.In the depths of the laneway, extending in all directions, one cave is connected to another cave, unexpectedly there is another cave.

It even really made them see the lumps and sporadic golden glowing things in the rocks.

"Out of the mountain rocks, the big one is called horseshoe gold, the middle one is called olive gold, and the small one is called melon seed gold. What we found at the bottom of the well just now is alluvial gold."

Sun Peng looked at the direction of the mineral veins in the rock and said.

His voice echoed in the cave, like a hammer, hitting the hearts of everyone who saw this scene except Xie Chen.

Gold, silver, copper, tin, and iron are all extremely valuable things in this world.No one in the royal family has seen this before, even if they are rewarding servants, they will give some golden melon seeds at every turn.

However, for the most ordinary people in Jinling County, if they farm the land day and night and face the loess for a lifetime, it may be difficult to get the first piece of gold here.

If you say you are not interested, you are lying.

"Don't be greedy."

Xie Chen suddenly made a sound, and everyone came back to their senses in an instant, looked at each other, and saw the astonishment in each other's eyes.

Sun Peng had already turned around at this time, walked out of the cave along the way he came, and said as he walked, "It takes gunpowder to dig out rocks. Such a big cave can't be dug in a day or two. Presumably this is why you say that since a few years ago, the mountain gods have been angry frequently."

"Then last night..."

"Did you see those charred bodies just now?"

Sun Peng walked forward, naturally he couldn't see whether the people behind him nodded, so he continued: "Those people must have had an accident with the gunpowder last night. They couldn't dodge in time, and they were injured and killed. There were so many movements last night, it couldn't be these people Digging mountains overnight to dig for gold."

He had other words to say, but those words should not be said to these people.

For such a large gold mine, the imperial court has always sent troops to guard it, and special personnel will supervise and excavate it.But none of the dead bodies looked like soldiers, and even this mysterious energy was not like a mine known to the court.

And there are rumors of mountain gods getting angry all over Changzhou, that is to say, apart from Jinling, there may be mines that were secretly exploited without the court's knowledge in other places.

I'm afraid, that's why Ren Cuiyuan concealed the disaster situation and didn't want the imperial court to send people to help the victims.

After all, once someone from the imperial court entered Changzhou, they might be able to find clues about it.

Finally, he walked out of the cave. Before Sun Peng could ask Xie Chen to express his thoughts, someone heard footsteps coming from a distance.

The group hurriedly found a nearby bush and hid there.The sound of footsteps gradually approached.

While walking, there were still people talking angrily.

"Master Ren just said before, be careful, don't let people know that there is a mine on the mountain. Why did something happen when you turned around?"

"I don't know which bastard last night lit up gunpowder, otherwise it wouldn't have caused such a big problem."

"Forget about what happened last night, what happened just now? Which guy lit the gunpowder again? Didn't they all escape down the mountain last night?"

"Xing... Maybe it's... an accident?"

Taking advantage of the visitors entering the cave one after another, Sun Peng and others hurried down the mountain.

Back in the city, Sun Xiancheng came back panting on a donkey, followed by a group of young and old men who were also panting and carrying hoes.

"Your Highness, Lord Yushi, is there really something on the mountain?" Sun Xiancheng was still out of breath, and rolled down the donkey's back.

"Master Xiancheng, you... have you become thieves?"

Sun Xiancheng groaned and laughed loudly: "Ah, I'm going to be a thief. I led people to sneak back the water channel that Fang's family had diverted before. Isn't this afraid of being beaten, so I ran back quickly .”

The men laughed a lot, thinking how much water was available again, they felt a lot more refreshed.Someone immediately shouted: "We saw a gold mine on the mountain!"

"Gold mine, that's a good thing... what?!"

Sun Xiancheng was shocked, seeing Sun Peng nodding, his face changed suddenly: "Let's go, go back to the county office first!"

After being carefully instructed not to disclose the matter of the gold mine to avoid accidents, the group that accompanied Sun Peng and the others up the mountain left the county government office separately.

As soon as the person left, a worried look appeared on Sun Xiancheng's face.

"According to the county annals, gold mines have not been discovered in Jinling for nearly a hundred years. If there were, they would have been taken care of by the imperial court long ago. The mines in this mountain... I'm afraid they were discovered only in the past few years. "

Sun Xiancheng knew Jin Ling best. After listening to Sun Peng's description of the situation on the mountain, he knew that the gold mine on the top of the mountain was the reason for the "mountain god's anger".

Xie Chen didn't speak, just looked at Sun Peng who was lost in thought, and suddenly said after a while: "This matter should be reported to the court."

Finding a gold mine is a big deal.For Da Chu, the national treasury can be filled, and the military equipment has an additional layer of protection.

On the other hand, Ren Cuiyuan concealed the disaster situation this time, and at the same time secretly excavated gold mines, and did not report the matter to the court.

With gold, there is money, and with money, you can recruit troops.

Behind Ren Cuiyuan is the Wang family, and the head of the Wang family is Shang Shu Ling Wang Youzhi.And Wang Youzhi is clear and undeniable.

His heart can be punished.

Sun Peng said: "I will report this matter to Yushitai."

He paused, "Since the mountain gods are frequently angry in many places in Changzhou, I am afraid that besides Jinling, other places also have such minerals."

"It may be iron, or it may be silver and copper." Xie Chen answered, "Iron can be used to make weapons, and copper can be used to make fake silver."

Sun Xiancheng took a deep breath and couldn't help but be speechless: "If the court is not in charge of these things, then Ren Cuiyuan... Where did he come from so bold?"

Sun Peng and Xie Chen looked at each other, but said nothing.

It is not Ren Cuiyuan who is bold, but Wang Youzhi.

"I'm going to write the notebook now, and hope it can be delivered to the capital as soon as possible." The letter sent earlier has not been answered, and Sun Peng is a little anxious, but when he thinks that the capital and Jinling are separated by two places, he has no choice but to bear his temper Wait for the meaning of the court.

After he finished speaking, he got up and was about to go back to write the notebook, but Xie Chen suddenly stopped him, and said in front of Sun Peng and Sun Xiancheng: "Tomorrow I will leave the city, and I will leave for a few days."

Sun Peng: "Where are you going?"

Xie Chen: "Bingzhou, ask King Jing to borrow troops."

There are five surviving brothers of Emperor Xihe. Among them, King Jing is entrusted with the land of Jiangbei, which governs three state capitals including Bingzhou.King Jing lives in Bingzhou, which is the closest to Changzhou. It is the most convenient thing to borrow troops from King Jing.

Xie Chen wanted to borrow soldiers and horses, not for rebellion, but to use these soldiers and horses to suppress Ren Cuiyuan's influence in Changzhou.If not, relying on these famine-stricken people alone would make even bigger mistakes.

Moreover, there are many rivers and lakes in Bingzhou, so it would be a good thing if water can be diverted into Changzhou.

Sun Xiancheng will continue to look for opportunities tomorrow to change the diverted canals back to their original locations, so that people can get water for use.Sun Peng stayed in the city and took charge of the government affairs of the county government.Xie Chen went to Bingzhou to transfer troops.

In this way, there are arrangements for what each of them has to do.

After a busy day, each other's spirits are a little lacking.When Xie Chen and Sun Xiancheng put out the candles, Sun Peng didn't know, he stayed alone in the room, wrote the notebook several times, and didn't stop writing until he was sure it was correct.

Wolfberry, who had been waiting on the side all the time, had already fallen asleep against the wall while shaking his head.

These days lasted for several days, Sun Peng counted the days, thinking that he should come back from Bingzhou at this time to thank Chen.Although I don't know if I can borrow soldiers and horses, but there is some hope in things.

In the middle of the night, Sun Peng was busy with the backlog of official duties during the day, washed up and went to bed to rest. Thinking of the scene he saw in the cave that day, after he fell asleep unknowingly, there was nothing left in his dream. gold mine.

It's just that the dream of the gold mine was a bit illusory, and there was a smell of fireworks in the muddle, which was very choking.

With his eyes closed, he couldn't help curling up and coughing.

then……

Then she was woken up by shouts from outside.

Someone was shouting: "It's out of the water—"