The snow in the mountains is gone, and it is no longer a vast expanse of white.
Stones were pressed on the mountain road, stacked crookedly, streams were filled with falling rocks, and river valleys changed their appearance.
"It's here?" Meng Qi asked uncertainly.
The sky was pitch black, there was no star position to compare, and the river changed its course again, and it was impossible to tell the direction at all.
"I'm not sure, but I can feel it." Mo Li reached out and pointed to the ground.
Standing at a high place, they could clearly see that the cliff collapse on this side was more serious than elsewhere, and the cracks extending here also suddenly expanded, with obvious bifurcations and turns.
"Is the veins distributed like this?"
"perhaps."
Mo Li stretched out his hand to relieve Si Zhuan's acupuncture point, the latter panting heavily, turned over suddenly and sat up.
"you-"
Si Zhuan, covering the wound on his wrist, looked left and right, and found that the ruins of Sijiabao were no longer visible here. The surrounding landscape had changed greatly, and he couldn't really see the exact location, only that it was still in the mountains.
"Where are my subordinates? You killed everyone?" Si Zhuan asked cautiously. He lost his martial arts and lost his subordinates. Just now, he felt that he was about to bleed to death. Now, the wound is not deep at all. , Is it a hallucination
The origin of these two people is unknown, and their behavior is strange. It seems that they want to ask for an explanation for those refugees, but what are they doing with a tree
Si Zhuan was about to speak when suddenly his feet were hanging in the air - Mo Li lifted him up and hung him on the edge of the cliff.
"I can give you as much gold as you want." Si Zhuan made a decisive decision without hesitation.
He did not report the specific number, nor did he show an ugly appearance of begging for mercy. If someone else looked at it, he might even praise him for being a hero in troubled times. He was quite ambitious and courageous, but unfortunately he went the wrong way.
However, ink carp are not ordinary people.
Mo Li brought Si Zhuan here, not to intimidate him, nor to watch him beg for mercy. Whether Si Zhuan has ambition or courage, Doctor Mo doesn't care.
"Do you recognize this place?"
Mo Li's hand loosened, and Si Zhuan quickly grabbed the stone.
This cliff is not high, and people can't be killed by falling. The trouble is that a slope is formed at the bottom of the cliff, and it is a crack that I don't know how deep it is. Si Zhuan subconsciously wanted to climb up, but his dantian was empty and his hands were weak. It was very difficult to hang in the air like this, let alone escape from danger.
Mo Li ignored him, and he performed light work and landed on the slope.
The crack was bottomless, but there was an obvious hole on the side of the slope. It was dark and a tattered mining pick was lying across the hole.
"It is indeed here." Meng Qi also came down, and he left the tree on the cliff.
White and miserable lumps were faintly visible in the soil.
On the stone wall on the left side of the crack, there are twinkling lights, which are not obvious because they are covered with mud.
Mo Li raised his hand and dragged Si Zhuan back, who was full of anger and unwillingness.
"You said that the Si family has already dug out the gold mine, isn't there still one here?"
The ink carp motioned to Si Zhuan to look at the entrance of the cave.
When Si Zhuan heard the words, he intuitively thought that the two were really here for the gold mine, revenge or something, but it was just an antecedent. Who wouldn't be moved when he heard that there was gold? Those who claim to be chivalrous and righteous in the Jianghu righteous way will be even less polite when they encounter the money of the so-called "wicked people".
In such a large gold mine, the Si family dug up the ores that were easy to contain high gold content. Those on the stone walls were not leaked, but were not seen.
"... Gold mining is very laborious, and smelting is also time-consuming. It is better to open a new mine to mine ores with the second highest gold content. Now I am the only one left in the Si family. If your Excellency is willing to raise your hand, the gold saved by the Si family, I can leave it all to the two of you." Si Zhuan's gaze shifted to Mo Li and Meng Qi.
The wealth and silk have always moved people's hearts, and there are many close friends who have turned their backs on Jin Zi. Si Zhuan gritted his teeth and thought that he had to live to get revenge and make a comeback. The gold hidden by the Si family was his best bargaining chip.
"what!"
Si Zhuan was thrown into the hole.
He waved his arms hastily, and finally grabbed the mining pick that was lying on the ground, his eyes terrified.
Letting go is a bottomless crack. The mining pick was already crumbling, and at the critical moment, a strong force pushed him from behind and pushed him into the hole, almost smashing his head on the rock wall.
Si Zhuan got up and wanted to rush out of the cave, but just after taking two steps, the ground shook, and the pickaxe, together with the soil at the entrance of the cave, fell into the crack below.
Aftershocks occurred again.
Stones continued to fall on both sides of the crack, Meng Qi and Mo Li quickly left the gentle slope, and in just such an instant, half of the area of the slope disappeared.
"I don't think it's right here, we should leave as soon as possible." Meng Qi frowned.
The ink carp held its breath, and the cave smelled of decay and earth. For some reason, he also felt something was wrong.
In the smoke, Si Zhuan struggled to hold on to the rock wall. Originally, he jumped out from the entrance of the cave. If the landing position was good, he could return to the slope, but now the entrance of the cave is already in the crack, just like a cave whose exit is in the middle of a cliff. If you can't climb up, jumping down is a dead end.
Si Zhuan coughed and vaguely saw the two turn away and couldn't help shouting in panic, "Wait!"
When Mo Li returned to the cliff, he could still hear vague shouts from below.
"...the gold hidden by the Si family...you..."
Si Zhuan finally realized that the two of them were going to leave him here, and he couldn't care less about hiding his masters. He blurted out, "Ancestor Qingwu won't let you go!"
The falling rocks forced Si Zhuan to retreat step by step, and finally it was dark before his eyes, and the entrance of the cave was completely blocked.
The dirt under his feet crackled.
The shaking stopped, the dark cave was full of blue and faint phosphorous fire, and Si Zhuan saw that he stepped on a bone.
With hindsight, he thought that the abandoned mine tunnels were all sealed off.
"Do not!"
This cry could not reach the ground, and the ink carp could only see that after the vibration stopped, the position of the hole completely disappeared.
"Dead?" Meng Qi looked up.
"It shouldn't, I can still live for another two or three days." Mo Li thought for a while, and then said, "Unless this mine tunnel is completely submerged in the ground, and there are no ventilation gaps on all sides, then it will not live long."
"It seems that he really wants to regret not dying in the previous earthquake."
"The Si family is the most evil, if there is no ground movement, they should be locked in the bone burial tunnel."
Doctor Mo doesn't like killing people, but that doesn't mean he will watch the villains at ease. There are many things in this world that are more painful than death.
"Those who act like the Si family, even if they feel remorse, they just don't treat him when they hate him. "Meng Qi said with a smile, but unfortunately his body was covered in mud, which ruined his arrogant and contemptuous posture.
"I don't know if Si Zhuan regrets it or not, but before he dies, he must be able to personally feel the helplessness of the refugees." Mo Li turned his head and whispered, "I am neither the Lord of Sufferers nor the Way of Heaven. It is not me who condemns life to death. what should be done.”
Meng Qi asked with interest, "What does the doctor mean?"
Mo Li stared at the bottomless crack for a long time, before saying, "Brother Meng, why are there no ghosts in this world?"
Even though so many people have died, the Si family's crimes are innumerable, but the dead are dead, and they can no longer stand up and seek justice for themselves.
When I was alive, I was a duckweed in troubled times and couldn't help myself.
After he died, he disappeared without a trace.
"The doctor wants to talk about the cycle of cause and effect, or is it stinging for life?" Meng Qi shook his head slightly, and said in a sullen tone, "The cycle of cause and effect is nothing but words of consolation, and the world has always been unfair. Repaying kindness and revenge with blood sounds really happy. , but ghosts are also human. As long as they are human, they will make various mistakes; as long as they are human, they will be different from each other. If people die as ghosts, how can they guarantee that these people who died in vain can overcome those who died in vain. What about the ghosts of those who did evil in life? I'm afraid that after death, they will continue to be tortured."
Mo Li couldn't help thinking, and finally sighed.
He has seen too little in the world.
It is said in the book that people have seven hardships, but in this world, the hardships endured are more than birth, old age, sickness and death, resentment and hatred, separation of love, and inability to seek? Those who suffer the most are those ordinary people who try their best to live, but are not regarded as human beings after all.
The history books record the strife in the world, and the heroes rise together.
The words in the book are about heroes and heroes, with chivalrous tenderness.
Those who were killed by mistake and became ghosts under the sword, but only a few strokes.
The same people, and so on, not to mention the mountains and rivers that can be seen everywhere.
Do not hesitate to destroy, trample on, and do not take it seriously at all.
"Brother Meng..."
The ink carp stopped halfway through.
Meng Qi didn't know his identity at all. If he said it rashly, he didn't know whether Meng Qi could accept it or not. Now Doctor Mo doesn't even have a Ningshen pill on his body.
But there was no text after what he said. Meng Qi asked in confusion, "What?"
Mo Li hesitated for a while, then whispered, "Do you believe that mountains have spirits?"
Meng Qi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, first it was a ghost, and then it was a mountain spirit.
Why does a smart person like the doctor rely on these illusory things to solve the injustices in the world
Having said that, this earthquake was really weird.
Meng Qi pondered, the Si family said that they had hollowed out a mountain, but in fact they just dug ore veins, and they had not dug the gold ore with poor quality. Landslides often occur in mining, but such terrifying earthquakes cannot be explained by large-scale landslides. After all, even Qiuling County near Shilang Mountain has suffered.
The collapse of mining is a man-made disaster, and the overturning of the earth dragon is a natural disaster. The two are fundamentally different.
- The internal strength that was suddenly lost during the earthquake, and after entering the mountain, I saw the growth of grass and trees, and the tree at my feet!
"Don't you want to say that this tree is a mountain spirit?" Meng Qi glared at the tree, looked left and right, but did not see anything special.
Mo Li leaned over and gave the tree trunk an aura, but the tree didn't respond. He touched the rough bark, and Meng Qi almost thought the tree was Mo Li's pet.
Would a normal person keep a tree as a pet
"It... is not a mountain spirit, the mountain spirit is dead." Mo Li's tone was heavy.
Meng Qi squatted beside him, imitating the appearance of ink carp to touch, and actually felt an inexplicable sadness.
This kind of sadness didn't feel different at first, but when you think about it carefully, it's as if the deep crack in front of you is bottomless.
"Why did Shan Ling kill the people of Qiuling County?" Meng Qi asked subconsciously.
"Even in Sijiabao, there are innocent servants. Isn't the account book stolen by a servant? However, they are all dead. Mountain spirits and people, before life and death, can't help themselves."
"Are there many mountain spirits in the world?"
"possible."
The ink carp has not left Pingzhou, and he does not know what other places look like.
Meng Qi paused and asked again, "Are those mountain spirits still alive?"
"… maybe."
The ink carp only knows that the Taijing dragon veins are alive. There are many mountains and rivers in the world. How many dragon veins are there? Are they transformed and still alive in the world? The real body of the dragon veins can't be moved, and if there is a catastrophe, they can't escape.
Mo Li remembered the flash flood in Qimao Mountain. The flood flooded the cave where Lingquan was located, and forced himself out. In the flood, he turned into a human figure in order to hug the driftwood.
What would happen to a stupid child who can't even talk if he didn't meet Mr. Qin
What if it wasn't Zhushan County, which has a simple folk customs? A fool, mixed in the refugees, will not be abducted and sold? After the abduction? I don't know how to read and understand personnel, and I can't protect myself. If you are unlucky, the dragon veins that will change shape will encounter more dangers than the dragon veins without self-awareness.
Mo Li turned his head to look at Meng Qi. He didn't know why the Taijing Dragon Vessel became what it is now. It belongs to the past of the Chu Dynasty's national teacher, but it is just a part of the Taijing Dragon Vein's life.
Mo Li has long overturned the previous speculation. Judging from Meng Qi's various behaviors, Meng Qi may be the Taijing Dragon Vein.
Before Mo Li didn't like the golden dragon who teased him and let him go to Taijing, now he remembered what the golden dragon said to him at the end—
"You are the dragon vein, and I am also the dragon vein, protect yourself."
Meng Qi, who has lost his memory, will appear in Ma County. Did his subconscious drive him to find him? Mo Li was not sure, but he knew that he had to go to Taijing. The same dragon veins, they are closely related.
Meng Qi's cause is not as simple as a panacea.
Meng Qi can stand here well, what happened to that fat rat
There were so many things at once, Mo Li couldn't figure it out, so he simply put it aside for the time being.
"Let's go." Mo Li said, reaching out to carry the tree.
"I'll do it." Meng Qi took the lead. It didn't seem like he was working hard, but he wanted to feel the wonders of this tree carefully.
Mo Li was speechless and went with him.
Meng Qi asked as he walked, "Where are we going to take the mountain spirit?"
He doesn't mind carrying it all the way, but the tree can't stand it! Even if the roots of the tree are covered with mud, it will not be good if it is left out of the soil for too long.
"It doesn't count as a mountain spirit... That's all, you can call it that. We need to find an inaccessible place and plant it." Mo Li added, "By the way, it must be in this mountain."
"I know, Shan Ling, you can't take this mountain out."
Meng Qi walked a few miles, and suddenly felt that the branches and leaves were blown closer to him by the wind, rustling, as if asking for something. At first, Meng Qi didn't pay attention and stretched out his hand to push it away.
The foliage is indomitable and continues to attack with the help of the wind.
"… "
Incredible, doctor! This mountain spirit doesn't look pleasing to my face!
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