Chapter 58: Collusion between Officials and Bandits

"Damn, really hateful!"

Hu Qing opened the secret letter in his hand, and without looking at a few lines, his face changed, "If this is true!"

Su Wanwan's tasks were completed, and he was about to leave to go to Qianpo Mountain to do the last task, when he heard Hu Qing's angry voice, he stopped.

"Master Hu, you are so angry, but what difficult things have you encountered? Is there anything you can do to help?" Su Wanwan was earnest, looking at Hu Qing who was sitting on the top seat.

"Since the girl was sent by Master Li to deliver the letter, she is naturally not an outsider. Hu Qing breathed a sigh of relief and calmed down, then stood up and said politely to Su Wanwan, "It's just that this matter is really tricky, and it can't be done with a heart." ”

"Lord Hu, but it's okay to say, although my ability is limited, I also want to do something for Hongchen Town. Su Wanwan naturally wouldn't let this task fly away, and immediately stood up and walked to Hu Qing's side.

"Maybe I can share my worries for Lord Hu!"

Hearing Su Wanwan say this, Hu Qing's face also improved a little.

"Since you are so insistent, then this matter will be entrusted to you!" Hu Qing solemnly bowed to Su Wanwan, "The safety of the townspeople in Hongchen Town is in the hands of the girl, and the girl must do it!"

Su Wanwan saw that Hu Qing was so cautious, and knew that things were definitely not simple.

"Master Hu, can you tell me what the hell is going on now?"

Hu Qing raised his hand and made a gesture, and the other officials in the hall walked out one after another, and for a while, there were only Hu Qing and Su Wanwan in the hall.

Hu Qing saw that there was no one else, so he lowered his voice and said, "In this secret letter, Master Li mentioned the Luolei ore vein. ”

"Could it be the large ore vein east of Hongchen Town?" Su Wan had heard of this ore vein when he came late, and in his previous life, players always came to this Luolei ore vein when they wanted to mine.

The ore produced by the Luolei Vein is not only of high quality, but also often contains semi-raw ore, making it an excellent material for players to craft equipment.

"Yes, it's the snail vein just east of town. Hu Qing nodded, and his voice changed, "But since last year, the ore collected and delivered to the government by this Luolei vein has decreased month by month......

"Is the ore of the Luolei vein finished?"

"That's not the case, the Luolei vein is a large vein discovered in Silvermoon City five years ago, and it is also the largest vein, even ordinary small veins have not been mined in just five years, let alone such a large vein!" Hu Qing shook his head and explained.

"Since the mining has not been completed, could it be that there is something wrong inside the vein that has caused the reduction of ore production?" Su Wanwan proposed another possibility.

"It's true, but it's not just inside the vein. ”

"Lord Hu means ......"

"Just look at this secret letter!" Hu Qing sighed and handed the secret letter in his hand to Su Wanwan.

Su Wanwan took it and took a look, and the letter was indeed written in great detail.

It turned out that the government had been suspicious since last year, and had been sending people to investigate secretly, but there was no result.

Unexpectedly, just last week, when a young soldier who was guarding the mine got up in the middle of the night to look for food, he saw two people talking secretly by the fence outside the kitchen.

The two men stood under the tree, their faces obscured by the shadow of the tree because it was getting late.

Only one of them was seen wearing the clothes of a guard soldier, while the other was dressed very ordinary.

The two talked for a while, looked around vigilantly, and then left one after another.

And when the man in ordinary clothes walked out under the big tree, he inadvertently turned his head, and the young soldier clearly saw a long scar on the other man's face.

Only then did the young soldier remember that he had seen the portrait of the bandit leader of Qianpo Mountain and his bandit captains, and this person was very consistent with the portrait of the bandit leader.

The young soldier was so frightened that he secretly told an elderly soldier in the room about it the next morning, and it just so happened that the old soldier was the one who had been sent to investigate the matter.

The next thing was as Su Wanwan guessed, Master Li knew about it, so he wrote a secret letter to Hu Qing, because the Luolei vein is the main source of income for the townspeople of Hongchen Town, in order not to startle the snake, Master Li specially reminded Hu Qing to secretly investigate the matter and wipe out all the spies in the Luolei vein.

"I see, this matter is really very serious!" Su Wanwan also frowned, originally thought that it was just the matter of the bandits in Qianpo Mountain that was more tricky, but she didn't expect that now there was actually a matter of officials and bandits colluding to embezzle the ore of the Luolei vein

"A small part of the miners in this Luolei vein are residents of the town, and most of the other miners are refugees who have fled to this place. Hu Qing sighed.

"Isn't it even more unclear who is more suspicious in the Luolei vein!" Su Wanwan also felt a little headache, if Hu Qing's mission was to find out this spy, wouldn't it be looking for a needle in a haystack.

"That's right, it's not clear who the spies of the Luolei vein are now, we can't startle the snakes, we can only start with the bandits in Qianpo Mountain. Hu Qing pondered for a while, but still looked serious.

Su Wanwan listened to Hu Qing's words and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Master Hu, what countermeasures have you come up with?"

"I've come up with a solution, but I need you to take some risks, girl!" Hu Qing said with some embarrassment.

"Master Hu, but it doesn't hurt to say. ”

"Since this spy has an intersection with the bandits in Qianpo Mountain, there will inevitably be items such as tokens or letters, if we can find a little clue, we can also find this spy!"

"What Master Hu said is exact, since this is the case, without further ado, I will set off now!"

As soon as Hu Qing finished speaking, Su Wanwan received a prompt from the system and took over the task of going to Qianpo Mountain to find evidence.

"Girl, be careful all the way, this matter is very important, don't leak the news!" Hu Qing repeatedly told Su Wanwan to leave.