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Yu Ji is quite familiar with this place, he introduced it to Chu Junyi as he walked, and occasionally greeted people he knew well.

Regarding Chu Junyi's identity, Yu Ji explained that he was the son of a rich family who came here for the medicinal materials on the mountain.

As for Chu Junyi, he was very speechless about the title "little son", but he still wore clothes that looked very rich in a very cooperative manner.

In Yu Ji's words, the people here can't see how expensive the materials of the clothes are, so they go to the nearest prefecture to buy the most expensive clothes in the area, so that they know that this master is a rich master.

Chu Junyi really didn't want to wear it, because in his eyes... it was too rich, and the color was quite bright, so it was very awkward to wear.

Yu Ji looked him up and down, and finally sighed: "Not to mention, you look good in clothes."

Chu Junyi: "..."

The guards around nodded their heads involuntarily. With Chu Junyi's appearance and gorgeous costumes, the visual effect is definitely more than just one plus one.

Chu Junyi gritted his teeth and retorted, "You're well dressed!"

"You think too much, my appearance doesn't match this dress." Yu Ji said seriously.

Gorgeous costumes coupled with gorgeous facial features, put on Chu Junyi's body is really gorgeous and flamboyant to the extreme.

Yu Ji's appearance is rather cold, and it would be a bit nondescript to put on this kind of clothes. Of course, if he wears them properly, he will still be a cool and beautiful man.

However, Yu Ji really knew the local people very well. Seeing the clothes on Chu Junyi's body, everyone looked over with green eyes, as if seeing delicious desserts.

Wearing the signature hat of "people are stupid and rich", Chu Junyi conscientiously played the role of the son of a rich family. As for the "little son", forget it.

The name he used this time was that Chu Junyi wanted to find good medicinal materials for his mother's old illness, and happened to meet Miracle Doctor Yu, so he came here together.

The herb pickers who heard the news took out the medicinal materials that were treasured at home one after another. Chu Junyi just glanced at it and said nothing more.

Yu Ji picked an experienced herb picker and asked him to take them up the mountain.

There's no way, it's because Chu Junyi is too capricious, and he wants to go to the mountains to play after he comes out.

But the herb pickers didn't complain much, this kind of thing happens often, every year, a few rich people will come here to buy medicinal materials, and then go to the mountain to have a look.

It took a few days to walk up and down Huagang Mountain, but in the end, he didn't even see any unusual shadows, and Chu Junyi was not discouraged. If he found out so easily, he probably would have caused trouble long ago.

The mountains here are rolling and rolling, and Huagang Mountain is just the closest mountain to the county seat, and it is also the mountain with the most caravans and tourists.

The local herb collectors would not choose this place to climb the mountain to collect herbs. There are too many people coming and going, and there are no herbs on the mountain. They will choose some mountains and forests in the distance if they want to collect herbs. to some rare herbs.

For money, the herbal picker can travel all over the mountains and old forests, but he doesn't understand why this master who is not short of money wants to go to the deep mountains. His puzzled eyes are on Chu Junyi and the group of people around him Glance back and forth.

As for Yu Ji, the herbal collectors have already regarded him as one of their own. In the past few years, he helped introduce many medicinal material merchants, which made their lives better and better.

Yu Ji, Chu Junyi and his guards all saw the strange gaze of the herbal picker, but they didn't say anything.

Only when Yu Ji caught a moment, he dragged the herb picker aside and gave instructions in a low voice.

The herb pickers didn't quite understand it. The people around Chu Junyi knew kung fu at first glance. If they do something to them after entering the mountain...

The corners of Yu Ji's mouth twitched, and he was speechless. Chu Junyi would only want to do something to them when his head was flooded, but he still said, "Don't worry, he really came here to find medicinal materials."

"What medicinal materials are you looking for?" The herb picker was particularly puzzled. Chu Junyi had seen all the medicinal materials in this mountain, but he didn't want any.

"Ganoderma lucidum." Yu Ji spat out three words lightly.

The face of the herb collector changed instantly.

Ganoderma lucidum, also known as Tai Sui, the legendary elixir of life.

The herbal picker stroked his chest in shock, he really never thought that there would be Ganoderma lucidum in this mountain, it is a magic medicine!

"I lied to him." Yu Ji looked into the distance and said softly.

Herb collector: "..."

"Don't let me slip your mouth. If he asks, you can just say that there are Ganoderma lucidum in this mountain. Do you hear me?" Yu Ji lowered his voice and said solemnly.

"Why, why? Why did you lie to him?" The herb picker stumbled, forgiving that he has always been an honest person, and he is really not good at lying and deceiving people.

"I'm also doing it for his own good." Yu Ji, who is not an honest person, but is not very good at deceiving, is trying to deceive others, pretending to be decent, and said with a bitter face: "You know about the big family. Yes. He could have lost his life at home, and his mother’s old illness just relapsed, so I brought him out under the pretext of helping him find medicine. You can save me some energy, or at least trap him for ten minutes It will take half a month, and I will take him back after this period of time."

After imagining the bloody storms of the aristocratic families, the herb collectors expressed deep sympathy for Chu Junyi who was almost killed, and led them to drill into the deep mountains, wherever the ruggedness was.

Looking at the difficult and dangerous road in front of him, Chu Junyi gritted his teeth silently, this road is not as good as a dog's gnawing, is Yu Ji retaliation? !

Xue Hu by his side has been supporting Chu Junyi all the time. Given the ruggedness of the road, once he lets go, Chu Junyi can roll to the bottom of the mountain like a gourd.

Wiping the sweat off his forehead, Yu Ji looked around guiltily. They had already turned over several hills, and most of the things they wanted to check were in these deep mountains.

The herbal picker would secretly observe these fellow travelers while resting. He could see that the relationship between Yu Ji and Chu Junyi was really good, and he could also see the anxious look on Chu Junyi's face from time to time. .

Because of Yu Ji's previous misleading, the herbal picker automatically thought that Chu Junyi did not find the Ganoderma lucidum, and was worried about the recurrence of his mother's old illness. lie.

Chu Junyi was indeed worried, but what he was worried about was not the relapse of his mother's old illness, but the fact that the cause of Master Gu's death had not yet been found.

They have been wandering in this deep mountain for many days, and if they don't go out, not only the outsiders will be suspicious, but even the herb pickers who are with them will probably murmur to themselves.

Walking to a flat area, everyone sat on the ground and took a rest.

The herb collector asked if he wanted to go back to the county seat?

Yu Ji looked at Chu Junyi, and Chu Junyi sighed and nodded after thinking about it.

In fact, the herb collectors thought that Chu Junyi was easy to get along with. There were many rich people who came to Huagang County in the past years, but their nostrils were upturned, and they liked to look at people from the corners of their eyes.

But Chu Junyi's attitude towards them was very good, and this person listened to persuasion, just like the clothes he wore before. I changed my clothes.

For the sake of his sick mother, Chu Junyi worked tirelessly to come to this deep mountain. The herb collectors thought he was very filial, so naturally they didn't want him to return empty-handed.

But the Ganoderma lucidum was fabricated by Yu Ji to deceive him, and the herbal picker couldn't conjure up a real one to give it to him, so he looked around in desperation, if only he could find some useful medicinal materials.

There are no medicinal materials nearby, and the tree is a tree without the stones. The herbal picker looked around, and suddenly found something in the pile of stones not far away.

Seeing him running to the side to dig stones, the rest came to the herbal picker and asked in low voices without understanding.

In just a short while, the herb pickers have already dug up several palm-sized stones, which seem to be covered with gold powder, which looks very beautiful under the sunlight.

There are quite a lot of this kind of rocks in the mountain, and they will roll down from the mountain from time to time. After entering the mountain, the local herb pickers will bring one or two yuan home for the children to play with.

Seeing Chu Junyi's depressed mood, the herb collector couldn't help but think of his own child, and wondered if he would like it. Anyway, this kind of stone looks pretty in the sun.

When he said this, the old face of the herb picker turned red. He got a good reward. If he could find meat Ganoderma lucidum, what would he say, but the problem is that there is no meat Ganoderma lucidum. Herbs, ordinary medicinal materials are looked down upon by others, and in the end they use a few broken stones to make a difference, and I feel blush when I think about it.

Chu Junyi's hands hidden in his sleeves were clenched suddenly, his expression remained unchanged, and he showed no sign of disgust. He reached out to take the stone, and thanked him with a smile.

Seeing that Chu Junyi seemed to like it, the herbal picker smiled, feeling even more sorry.

When seeing those stones, Yu Ji was stunned for a moment, then his expression changed slightly, and seeing that Chu Junyi's face remained unchanged, he slowed down his expression.

Chu Junyi first winked at Yu Ji, and then asked Xuehu to separate out a few people to look for any good-looking or weird stones nearby, but the medicinal materials could not be found, so it is right to bring some good-looking stones back. To please mother.

The herb pickers also went to help find the stones, and their attitude was very positive.

Looking at the few stones in his hand, Chu Junyi's eyes were deep and his thin lips were tightly pursed.

Perhaps, this is the reason.

Yu Ji wanted to speak, but Chu Junyi made a silent gesture first, even if there were no outsiders nearby, he couldn't say this here.

The stones found were of strange shapes and various colors. Chu Junyi took a look at them and asked someone to wrap them up. He put the stones in the back basket carried by the guards, and the group of people started walking towards Huagang County.

"Those stones are pretty, are those on them gold?" Chu Junyi asked casually.

"No." The herbal picker lost his previous restraint and said with a smile: "At first we thought it was gold, but we went to the gold shop in Fucheng to ask, it's not gold, it's worthless, so it's just for children to play with." of."

Chu Junyi nodded, and said again: "Is there any place nearby that I can't go to? I have to go around when I return to the county."

The herb collector only thought that he wanted to bring some special products for his family, but after thinking about it, he didn't think there was any place he couldn't go.

Chu Junyi raised his head and looked at the nearby mountain peaks. There were towering cliffs and rolling hills.

Following his line of sight, the herbal picker suddenly seemed to have thought of something, pointed to several mountains in the distance and said, "By the way, don't go to the mountains over there, there are monsters inside!"

"Monster?" Yu Ji asked curiously.

"Yes, there are monsters!" The herb picker said with certainty, and said again: "It has been many years, and the people who went there have never returned, and standing on the top of a higher mountain, you can see that there are fires and flames inside." Lei, if you get closer, you can still hear a particularly loud noise on the other side of the mountain."

Chu Junyi and Yu Ji looked at each other, knowing something in their hearts.

Seeing that they didn't intend to look at it, the herb pickers felt a little relieved.

The speed of the return journey is much faster. After all, it is no longer the aimless search like when it came here. However, Chu Junyi still collects stones on the way. The smaller stones are taken away directly, and the larger ones are broken by internal force. Take a small piece of it and take it away.

When there are two hills away from Huagang Mountain, there will be no such stones in sight.

When he returned to the county seat, Chu Junyi wanted to give him some more money, but the herbal collectors refused to ask for it. The payment before entering the mountain was regarded as a deposit. If he found the medicinal materials, he would definitely not refuse, but they brought some stones Come out, and take Chu Junyi's money again, it will really burn your hands.

Chu Junyi raised his eyebrows, but didn't say anything.

After resting in the county seat for one night, he got up and went to Fucheng the next day.

When he arrived at the inn in Fucheng, Yu Ji looked at the tightly wrapped stones and asked, "Do you want to go to the gold shop and ask?"

Chu Junyi shook his head and said, "How can the gold shop not see what you and I can see? We can't intervene in this matter."

The stones brought out from the mountain are likely to be gold ore. It is hard to say how pure it is, but the local people believe that these stones are worthless, and the metal on them is not gold, which makes people have to think about it.

Smelting gold is not something ordinary people can do. Even if they get gold ore, it is useless. Most people here say that they can only touch silver, and gold is still far away from them.

Chu Junyi has read a lot of miscellaneous books. There are not many books about metal veins, but they are still involved.

Just looking at the appearance of the ore, even if it is not gold ore, it must be metal ore. Whether it is gold mine, silver mine, iron mine or copper mine, as long as it is a vein, it must be controlled by the imperial court.

Others want to intervene, and whoever touches it will die.

There are many businessmen coming and going here, and I don't know if anyone else knows about the ore veins in the mountains. It is only seen that there has been no news in these years, and someone must have intervened to stop it.

Over the years, Chu Junyi has been paying attention to the court's movements, but he has never heard of the existence of mineral veins near Huagang Mountain, not even the slightest rumor.

Normally, in such a situation, the local officials should hand over the rough ore veins together with the zip to Beijing, and the emperor will send people to explore. If there are indeed ore veins, the officials on the zhezhe will be able to record great achievements.

"Then what should we do now?" Yu Ji asked.

Chu Junyi sighed, "We'll talk about leaving alive."

If Master Gu had found out about this, it would not be surprising that someone wanted his life.

No matter how careful Master Gu is, there are still a group of people around him, and his whereabouts cannot be hidden, and it is reasonable to be targeted.

Most of the dens have been established in that mountain, and the people who went in couldn't get out, either because they were detained as coolies, or because they were probably killed.

As for who the person behind him was, Chu Junyi couldn't think of anyone else except the one who jumped up and stared at the throne.

Yu Ji was a little annoyed. If he knew earlier, he wouldn't let the herbal picker lead the way, so he didn't have to think about how to make things right.

Chu Junyi sighed. If there were no herbal pickers to lead the way, it's hard to say whether they could find those ores. At least he didn't look at those stones before he saw the ores in the hands of the herb pickers.

Moreover, if there is no herbal picker to lead the way, they may go somewhere, maybe they can still enter the restricted area, then it will be like a meat bun beating a dog - there will be no return.

Originally, Yu Ji wanted to silence the herbal pickers, at least not to say that they had taken the ore, but then he thought, if he really did go, he would not call himself, and made it clear that there was something wrong with the ore.

Chu Junyi smiled wryly. The thing that is better now is that others don't know him very well, and he came here under a pseudonym.

As for Yu Ji, his face is his signature, no matter how he hides it, it's useless.

In the next few days, Chu Junyi still acted according to the previous plan. The rich young master didn't find the right medicinal materials, so he ran to the city and threw money. Chu Junyi was not happy at all.

His senses are very keen, especially for malicious eyes, as long as he stares at him for a few seconds, he can feel it.

Someone became suspicious, and Chu Junyi could feel that someone was watching nearby, which was a terrible feeling.

The ores brought back were divided into two piles, one pile was obvious metal ores, and the other pile was stones selected as cover. These stones had few colors and strange shapes. At that time, Chu Junyi had many After thinking about it, people picked up quite a few of these stones.

Afterwards, Chu Junyi picked out a few pieces of metal ore of average quality from that pile and threw them into another pile, and asked someone to wrap up the metal ore, and pick a time to find an unoccupied place to bury it. The other pile was put into a box and handed over to the guards for safekeeping.

After staying for a long time, Chu Junyi was also preparing to leave, but the night before leaving Fucheng, the inn where he lived ran out of water, and all the people staying in the inn hid outside. When the fire was extinguished, the guests returned to their rooms It turned out that the luggage had been stolen.

Chu Junyi and Yu Ji's faces were ugly. They hadn't rested when they walked into the water, so they ran fairly fast. They also carried useful things such as bank notes with them, and what was stolen was clothes Luggage, recent purchases, and a box containing stones in the guard room.

They can understand why the arsonist didn't choose to do it in the middle of the night. The fire is burning fast, and human beings have the instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. At this time, the first reaction must be to run out to save their lives, instead of watching the flames He almost licked his face and was still packing his luggage, thinking about money.

Human life lawsuits are particularly troublesome, no matter where they are, they can be involved in a lot of things. Now it's just water and theft, which is much easier to investigate than a murder case.

The person who set the fire was quickly found out. He was a local gangster. Seeing that the people living in the inn were either rich or noble, he became malicious.

This inn is one of the best inns in Fucheng. The rich people living in it are not only Chu Junyi and Yu Ji, but also the bosses and stewards of several nearby chambers of commerce. It is said that they came to Fucheng for a conference. Well, almost That's what I mean.

Some of the stolen items were recovered, and some were lost or sold. Chu Junyi sorted out the things sent back by the government.

Sure enough, the box containing the stones was not sent back, and only half of the things I bought in the past few days, and there was not much shortage of clothes, but Chu Junyi didn't plan to take them anymore.

After staying in Fucheng for another two days, Chu Junyi and Yu Ji left with their people after packing up the necessary luggage. When encountering such a thing, it is only brain-dead who still have the heart to stay.

As for the box, Chu Junyi didn't think about it at first, and now he won't mention it.

The journey was very peaceful, neither bandits nor vendettas were encountered, but the feeling of being watched closely never faded away.

Chu Junyi was about to get irritable, and kept staring at him so desperately, why was he so idle? !

When the stalkers left, it was almost a hundred miles to follow them after calculating the distance.

Finding a prefectural city to rest, Chu Junyi bought some things and handed them to the guards, thinking it was a gift for his family.

The guards took the things, turned around a prefectural city, bypassed a mountain, and rode their horses towards Huagang Mountain.

It was only at this time that Chu Junyi breathed a sigh of relief, and then he led a group of people to Anqing Mansion in a leisurely manner.

"I thought there would be a fight." Yu Ji sat on the carriage, leaning on the lead pillow and yawning.

"You can't expect something good." Chu Junyi rolled his eyes at him.

Yu Ji shrugged and said, "They almost followed us home, but they didn't even think about sending someone to intercept them."

Chu Junyi: "..."

"Seriously, why do you think they can't just watch?" Yu Ji asked.

"The thing about being almost burned to death has been forgotten so quickly?" Chu Junyi asked with a dull face.

"The fire didn't reach us." Yu Ji pouted.

Chu Junyi was helpless, and after thinking about it, he said, "I think it's because they know you."

"Me?" Yu Ji asked in surprise.

"Yes, it's you." Chu Junyi said softly: "You are not low-key on this journey. People along the way have an impression of you. The prince's illness happened not long ago, and the benefactor who treated him died. How could the emperor If we don’t strictly investigate, then the incident on Huagang Mountain will definitely not be hidden.”

So after confirming that they were not suspected, those people withdrew instead of sending someone to kill them.

"So, you still have to thank me." Yu Ji rubbed his chin seriously.

"Thank you." Chu Junyi said solemnly.

Yu Ji froze for a moment, then smiled and said, "Why are you so polite all of a sudden?"

Chu Junyi shook his head and said, "You deserve it."

If there is no opportunity to follow, let alone whether we can find competent herbal pickers, the people of Huagang County may not be so friendly to them.

And for the next thing, I really want to thank Yu Ji very much.

"When you get married, I will definitely give you a big gift." Chu Junyi smiled.

Yu Ji smashed his mouth and said, "Let's talk about it after I get married first."

"When can we get married?" Chu Junyi asked.

Yu Ji sighed and said, "I don't know, Miss Yao means to wait a little longer, but I don't mind waiting, just because I'm afraid I might not be sure."

"You can try to take Yao Shanlong's path." Chu Junyi looked at him sympathetically.

"Master Yao Shan? My father-in-law?" Yu Ji asked curiously, "Didn't you say before that it's useless to follow his path?"

Chu Junyi: "..." Before the marriage is finalized, you start calling your father-in-law, why is your face so big? !

"I said it was useless before because Ms. Yao didn't nod." Chu Junyi wiped his face, and said again: "Master Yao probably wanted to marry his daughter a long time ago. If he knew that Ms. Yao nodded, he would definitely think about it sooner. Marry off your daughter. Don't forget, Miss Yao is 26 this year, she is already an old lady."

"How old are you?!" Yu Ji dissatisfied: "Miss Yao is young! Not old at all!"

Chu Junyi: "..."

However, Yu Ji also felt that what Chu Junyi said was reasonable, and he was full of thoughts on how to please Lao Taishan so that he could marry his daughter to him with peace of mind.

Chu Junyi really didn't want to talk to him anymore, he turned his head and silently missed his lover far away.

The five-month tour was over, and Gu Chengzhi led the team back to Anqing Mansion.

Uncle Yu didn't find it strange that Gu Chengzhi came back from patrolling the road, but it was a bit unusual that Chu Junyi didn't come back with him.

Gu Chengzhi didn't intend to explain to the outside world, and when faced with the uncle's question, he just said: "He is going to send a friend off." As for which friend it is, he didn't say clearly.

Uncle Yu is so smart, he didn't ask any more questions when he saw this situation.

After many years, Gu Chengzhi was so entangled to death when he tasted the feeling of being alone again, and he also worried about whether Chu Junyi would be in danger, needless to say the suffering in his heart.

Uncle Yu found out that Gu Chengzhi liked to handle official business after he came back. It usually takes a few days to handle official business, but he finished it in one day.

Reminiscing that Chu Junyi hadn't returned yet, Uncle Yu silently lit a candle for Gu Chengzhi in his heart, and at the same time expressed his understanding, and graciously left some things at hand to Gu Chengzhi.

During the more than two months of the tour, and more than ten days before returning to Anqing Mansion, Chu Junyi has not come back. Gu Chengzhi told himself that he should trust him, but he still couldn't stop worrying.

He regretted it a bit. If he had known earlier, he would not have let him go, or he would have found a way to accompany him. It was better than waiting here.

If he leaves now, Gu Chengzhi is worried that he will miss out with Chu Junyi, how will Chu Junyi find him then?

In the dead of night, Gu Chengzhi returned to the mansion. He has been coming back very late these days. On the one hand, it is because of official business. Even if he is working hard, it will take some time. Jun Yi didn't come back, looking at the empty main room, he felt uncomfortable.

As soon as he entered the yard, Gu Chengzhi saw the light in the room was on, he paused for a moment, then quickly stepped forward and pushed the door open.

The dim light made the room very warm. There was a person sitting by the table. When he saw the door was pushed open, he turned his head and looked over. When he saw Gu Chengzhi, he smiled.

"When did you come back?" Gu Chengzhi walked into the room and closed the door behind his back.

"I came back before noon." Chu Junyi said with a smile.

Gu Chengzhi walked up to him and asked in a deep voice, "Why didn't you send someone to tell me?"

"I'm afraid you're busy." Chu Junyi looked up at him, pursed his lips and said with a smile: "I heard that you have been getting up early and staying late lately, and you are about to catch up with the old scalper. I think you have a lot of business, so I didn't think about sending someone to call you You, anyway, you will come back at night, but I didn't expect you to come back so late. "

Gu Chengzhi took a deep look at him, propped one hand on the table, and stroked his face with the other hand, and asked in a low voice, "Why did I come back so late? do you know?"