The Si family discovered the gold mine in Mount Shilang, not seven years ago, but seventy years ago.
At that time, the Chen Dynasty was precarious, and there were turmoil in various places, and they were suppressed one after another, and there was famine everywhere.
Although the ancestors of the Si family discovered the gold mine, in order to keep this secret, the Si family started planning to build a bunker in the mountains under the pretext that the world was in chaos and bandits were rampant.
The entrance to the gold mine was originally discovered, and it was underground in this Sijiabao.
The stone fort was built, and the security was heavily guarded. The servants of the inner fort were allowed to enter and were not allowed to leave, and secretly mined gold mines.
However, mining is not that simple, and they are all beginners. The tunnels were dug randomly at first, and where they felt that there was more gold, they would dig where they wanted. .
Because the underground excavation damaged the roots of the trees, the woods near Sijiabao began to die.
The Si family simply chopped down all these trees, saying to the outside world that the trees blocked the view and might be used by the bandits.
Gold ore has been dug out, but ore is ore after all, not gold. It takes a lot of effort to extract gold. The Si family is devoted to the gold mines, and there is no energy to participate in the world disputes. Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, Sijiabao is indeed a defensive bunker. After two or three county towns were built in the later stage, they stuck to one side and did not want to make progress. .
In order not to attract attention, the Si family has to hide their secrets. People who have always been assigned to mine and withdraw gold cannot survive. 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 their jurisdiction over Qiuling County and could not buy people, so the mining could only be temporarily stopped.
This stop is more than thirty years.
The Chu Dynasty was very strict, and even if the Si family was a local snake, it would be difficult to do anything.
The Si family can't stand out in the officialdom, and they are in decline. The more they decline, the less likely it is to spend gold and silver every three days. The Si family guards the warehouse full of gold left by their ancestors, and can only smash the big pieces into small ones, and the small ones have to calculate the days and dare not use them frequently. Forget it, there are more gold mines underground!
In order to prevent leaks, only the owner of the house knows these things.
If you have an open-minded temperament, money will be repaid like dung, otherwise, you will suffer day and night.
There are very few people who don't value money, and there are no Si family. Si Zhuan's father dreams of squandering that gold.
As a result, it really gave him a good time. Not long after he took over the Si family, the Qi Dynasty came to power, and the world was in chaos again.
Disasters of war, severe drought, plague of locusts... There are refugees everywhere, just find a name for land reclamation, and even coaxing and deceiving can attract a group.
At first, he didn't dare to make a big splash, there were few people kidnapped, and he had to buy and sell through those people's teeth. He stumbled and stumbled over the records of gold mining and gold extraction left by the ancestors of the Si family.
The Si family's masters are masters and low-handed, and he does not do things secretly, but his son is very capable.
Si Zhuan found that his family suddenly became 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 the wealth of the Si family, Si Zhuan thought hard and decided to make a fuss with elixir.
Speaking of elixir, the Si family has indeed dug up quite a few.
Strange to say, there will be no prosperous vegetation near the mine, but Shilang Mountain is an exception.
To outsiders, the vegetation on Shilang Mountain is not dense or dense, and it is similar to other mountains. If they knew that there was a gold mine here, or such a huge gold mine, they would not think so.
There are always elixir in the deep mountains, all of which are good for more than a hundred years.
Strange to say, every time the Si family digs a new tunnel, a secret growth elixir will be found nearby soon. Although the number is not large, it is enough to deal with it temporarily.
The Si family sells elixir and bribes the dignitaries with elixir.
This is not a long-term solution. Si Zhuan proposed to do business, and he must do a big business. The caravans come and go, not only the wealth has a legitimate source, but the outsiders are not dazzling in Qiuling County.
The head of the Si family was very reluctant, but Si Zhuan said it righteously. He only cared about the gold mine, and he only had to squander the gold and silver happily. How could he do business as he said, and still be able to do something big? Businessmen are so easy to do, why don't all the people in the world go into business
As a result, when the head of the Si family came back to his senses, Qiuling County had already changed its appearance. The people of the Si family were all convinced by the young master, and the prestige of the young master far surpassed that of the family head in the Si family.
The head of the Si family was very dissatisfied, so he could only hold on to the gold mine, deliberately not letting his son intervene.
However, what Si Zhuan saw was not the position of the mere patriarch at all, his ambition was in the world.
"... The gold mines are all in charge of the old patriarch, and the young master is only in charge of training the army and doing business with the Si family." Si Zhuan's subordinates tried their best to justify, and without a trace they put the blame on the old patriarch who was buried in the stone castle.
It's not that they are loyal to Si Zhuan, but in the current situation, if they want to survive, they must clean up Si Zhuan.
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 Mo Li, let alone Meng Qi.
Meng Qi was sitting beside the tree, and in front of him was a group of Si Zhuan's subordinates who were in so much pain that they could not help rolling on the floor. They were not as ignorant as the people in Qinghu Town. Running around in their meridians, as long as they can withstand it, there will be no substantial damage.
"Easy to avoid." Meng Qi raised his foot and kicked the speaker back to Mo Li's side, and asked with a sneer, "I didn't mention a word that should be said. Where did your young master's martial arts come from, and you?"
"... We, we were recruited by the Secretary with gold, we don't know the martial arts of the young master."
Everyone's eyes were dodging, hesitating.
Si Zhuan was lying in the mud, Mo Li slashed his wrist, then clicked on Si Zhuan's acupoint and threw the person over there.
Neither digging meat nor torture, but Si Zhuan's appearance became more and more strange, his breath was heavy, blue veins burst out on his forehead, and the whole figure seemed to roar, but he couldn't move, and he couldn't make a sound.
General Liu's personal soldiers looked horrified next to him.
No way, the four fields here are empty, and the only place to shelter from the wind is in front of the trees.
Although Liu Dan wanted to leave here immediately, but because of the Si family's conspiracy, he had to stay, even if he was dazed and couldn't hear anything, there were still personal soldiers.
"Is this... is it the legendary Gu?"
Si Zhuan's intention to struggle is too obvious, but his eyes are empty, as if he can't see anything, his expression is hideous, like a ghost.
The wound on his wrist was not deep, and every time it just healed, the ink carp would condense its air into a blade, and make a shallow cut on the wound.
Liu Dan and others survived the bloody battle. They knew how much blood a person bleed to die. Si Zhuan's blood shed a lot, but he was still far from death. so
"I don't raise Gu." Mo Li suddenly said.
General Liu's personal soldiers covered their mouths and retreated.
"Tsk, doctor, your hand is scary." Meng Qi has good eyesight, he said slowly behind, "Seal the acupuncture point, you can't hear or see, and you can't move, you can only feel your own blood slowly. The earth flows out, and death is getting closer and closer."
"Birth, old age, sickness and death are common occurrences. Except for those with firm will, most people are not afraid of death, just because they have no idea what the process of death is, and the doctor is the one who sees the most."
Mo Li looked at Si Zhuan's bleeding wound. Every time he stabbed, the blood was dripping, neither too much nor too little.
"... He wanted to kill to vent his anger, so I let him feel what 'death' is."
Mo Li wiped off the bloodstains on the knife and said slowly, "Gradually going to annihilation, but helpless, this kind of anger and despair is really the most suitable."
Meng Qi was a little dazed when he heard the words, but he quickly regained his senses. He subconsciously looked at the tree supported by his right hand.
The branches of this tree are very strange, 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 canopy and should not be prosperous in winter.
If someone stopped to look closely, they would find that they couldn't even recognize what the tree was.
It's not like a camphor tree, nor a locust tree, it looks alike, but it doesn't lean on either side.
The doctor said before that the tree is not safe here.
This description is very strange, why should a tree be kept safe? What's even more bizarre is that I agreed without thinking about it, and I still think this tree is very important
Meng Qi remembered that the Si family had explained that all the trees in front of the stone fort had been cut down.
Mountains were hollowed out and trees were cut down...
Now this tree is grown by their own eyes, not from the ground, but from a half stump. Is this a new life? In an instant, it became so dense, it was so illusory!
There was mud all around, no grass on the ground.
It seems that after this tree has grown, the momentum of those crazy grass shoots has also been curbed.
Meng Qi settled down and reminded Mo Li: "We have other things to do."
The tree was only half dug.
The ink carp simply slashed Si Zhuan's other hand.
Meng Qi turned his head, looked at everyone in the Si family with a half-smile, and said, "I'm not as good at craftsmanship as a doctor, and I've been in the world for many years, so I'll pick a hand tendon, a pipa bone or something!"
"… "
"I still don't want to say it? The Si family is over, and your young master will not leave Mount Shilang alive. What's the point of keeping secrets for the Si family? According to the laws of the imperial court, an accomplice like you would be sentenced to exile for three thousand miles at most."
Meng Qi looked sarcastic and said condescendingly, "Think about it, compared to death, if you were deprived of martial arts, and then taken away by this General Liu, what would happen to you? What will happen to you? Those who know the times are Junjie!"
Everyone in the Si family looked at each other, and someone said hesitantly, "Young Master really can't hear the voices outside?"
"Sealing the cave, temporarily!" 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 the Qingwu ancestor."
"Ancestor Qingwu?"
Meng Qi and Mo Li fell into contemplation at the same time.
I thought about it and thought about it, but still-
"I haven't heard of it, who is this person?"
Everyone in the Si family was stunned. Are these two still martial arts masters
"Liu Qianbao, you know?" Meng Qi turned around and asked.
Liu Dan pointed at himself, unable to speak for a while, why did he become a purse? Besides, the martial arts master shouldn't ask him, right
However, after thinking about it, the national teacher has asked, it is best to answer, after all, it can't be offended.
"Cough, Zhao Zangfeng, the ancestor of Qingwu, is a top expert in the arena." General Liu also casually 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 of his great martial arts skills. High, so those who assassinated the God-given King have all failed."
"... 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 the apprentice wanted to rebel, it was better to say that he deliberately chose those who were ambitious and capable as apprentices.
The people of the Si family said in embarrassment: "We are relying on the Si family, and we don't dare to offend the ancestors of Qingwu."
"If the Si family succeeds, you will be rich and noble. If the Si family falls, you can clap your hands and turn around and leave." Meng Qi exposed their thoughts. Dare to speak.
"What about the hard laborers who were kidnapped 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 people of the Si family hesitated: "No one knows what happened 70 years ago. In the last five years... more than 2,000 people."
"Huh?" Mo Li said coldly, "You young master, it seems that you said just now that the entire mountain has been hollowed out. Think again? Two thousand people?"
"I remember wrong, it's four thousand!"
"All dead?"
The subordinates of the Si family only dared to nod, 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 in places where too many people have died, nothing will grow, as is the case in many ancient battlefields.
The bones were piled high, and he couldn't help Qiuhong find the bones that belonged to her brother.
These people in troubled times, trying hard to live, came to reclaim the wasteland with hope, but they did not expect to fall into purgatory. From then on, he disappeared silently in this deep mountain.
The Dragon Vein of Mount Shilang is likely to be transformed into a tree. It stands in the middle of the mountain, at the shallowest edge of the gold mine, where the spiritual energy meets.
Before the day when it became conscious, the gold mine was discovered, the Sijia Fort was built, the soil was destroyed, and the tree mixed in the woods was affected and chopped down together.
However, the tree has roots, and it is not completely dead. The dragon vein body has not been seriously injured, but it is only transformed... It is probably no longer possible.
The days that followed were not only not 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 full of aura.
The Dragon Vessel survived the beginning, and got a few decades of respite in the Chu Dynasty. Unexpectedly, the world was in chaos, and the Sijia completely destroyed it in the last seven years.
Both are dragon veins, and they are 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 has kept these things well hidden. We all went underground, and we only know the approximate range. Now that Mount Shilang has become like this, we don't know the exact location..."
"Walk!"
After Mo Li finished speaking, he suddenly saw Meng Qi who was holding the tree, and realized that they had to dig out the tree first.
"Draw a map!" Meng Qi ordered cooperatively.
Everyone in the Si family drew the map tremblingly, and then watched Meng Qi and Mo Li carefully dig the tree, then one carried Si Zhuan, the other carried the tree, and left.
"... Your Excellency stay!"
The ban on them has not been lifted!
Meng Qi seemed to remember something, and squeezed out a hideous smile: "Don't worry, the ban will be automatically lifted after five hours. But before that, in order to ensure the safety of their general, General Dang Kou's personal soldiers would Cut off your hands, feet, or necks first!"
"What? You said—"
"What did I say? The Jianghu people can't control the imperial court. They can be exiled for up to 3,000 miles? I'm not an official of the imperial court, so what I say doesn't count!"
Meng Qi waved at General Liu and the others whose expressions were changing: "Have you seen us in Mount Shilang? Do you know who I am?"
Liu Dan: "..."
Dare he say he knows? Dare you say you've seen it
When he met the former national teacher, the national teacher not only did not kill him, but also helped them. General Liu felt that he would not be able to wash himself if he jumped into the Yellow River. , dismissing the official and going to prison is a big deal, so he decisively said to the personal soldiers: "These people can't stay, they will all be killed."
"Here!"