Chapter 267: Finding the Whereabouts of the Hidden Treasure (3)
Early the next morning, Fang Lei and the three girls searched everywhere on Qingxi Street, and he wanted to find the five children with a red mole on the back of their necks and protect them from falling into the hands of the underworld thieves again and suffering.
However, it was as if the children had suddenly disappeared from the world overnight, disappearing without a trace, leaving him helpless and at a loss where to find out.
The four of them decided to go back to the inn to rest for a while, and then go back in the afternoon to see if they had left Qingxi Town.
When I returned to the inn, I happened to meet the shopkeeper and another guest sitting on a stool in the bunk hall chatting.
The guest said: "Early this morning, the old man was at the corner of the street, and saw the people of Qilian Cottage with five fifteen or sixteen-year-old children, hurrying to the mountain, I don't know what it was for? ”
The innkeeper said: "In recent days, the whole Qingxi Town has spread that a child with a red mole on the back of his neck, carrying a treasure map, escaped here from Yulin Town. People in black and white on the rivers and lakes want to get him, and last night there were two groups of people who killed each other in order to get this child, and they both lost their lives and lost their lives! ”
"I wonder what treasure they are for, and they don't even want their lives?" The guest asked.
The innkeeper said, "I heard that it is 50,000 taels of gold!" ”
"No wonder they are fighting so hard, 50,000 taels of gold, whoever gets this windfall is a rich man in the land!" The guest said.
The innkeeper said: "Seeing three points of leave, hearing seven points of leave, listening to the wind is rain, maybe this is a fictitious thing, everyone is desperate to work, in the end, but it is empty of people and money!" ”
Fang Lei asked: "Shopkeeper, do you know that the thieves in Qilian Cottage often come down to harm the people?" ”
He decided: If Qilian Cottage is a gang of thieves who do all kinds of evil, he and the three girls will immediately go to destroy them and eliminate the harm for the local people.
"Although they are in the Qilian Mountains, they are a group of green forest heroes, they kill corrupt officials, eliminate bullies, and oppose the government, but they never rob the people's property!" The innkeeper said.
Fang Lei said: "This is better, or they will die again and have no place to be buried!" ”
At this moment, the streets were crowded with pedestrians, some with knives, some with swords, and some with bare hands, but these people were athletic and agile, and they knew at a glance that they were practitioners.
The guest said, "These people may have to go to Qilian Cottage to snatch those five children!" ”
"Old man, how do you know they're going to snatch the child?" Fang Lei asked.
The guest said: "As the saying goes, there is no impermeable wall, this morning, dozens of people in Qilian Cottage carried five children up the mountain, such a big formation, no one saw it?" One to ten, ten to hundred, isn't everyone knowing? ”
At this time, Fang Lei became interested and said, "Old man, let's go and see the excitement, how about it?" ”
The guest shook his head and said, "The old man doesn't want to go to this troubled water?" ”
Fang Lei asked, "Why?" ”
"The sword has no eyes, in case they fight, hit by mistake, and are slashed by them, then it is called trouble!" The guest said.
Fang Lei said: "We young people are not afraid, when we see them fighting, we won't hide far here?" ”
The guest shook his head and sighed, "Alas! Young people are just too curious and want to ask about everything! ”
Fang Lei glanced at the three girls, and quickly left the inn and caught up with the team entering the mountain! ”
Qilian Mountain is not far from Qingxi Town, only more than ten miles of mountain road, which is nothing for people who have practiced martial arts, and it will arrive in an instant.
The four of them came to the foot of the mountain, and Fang Lei looked at the mountain: Wow! Qilian Mountain is really a sacred mountain, the scenery is beautiful, the steepness is incomparable, the peak is rocky phosphorus, those vines and vines, are growing out of the stone cracks.
There is a very large slope in the middle of the mountainside, the village is built here, dozens of thatched huts are connected together, a sheep intestine path, winding up from the foot of the mountain, rugged and narrow, on both sides of the path, there are big stones and trees, from the foot of the mountain to the halfway up the mountainside, there are five or six defenses.
As soon as someone is found attacking the mountain, large rocks and logs will roll down the mountain, and those who are hit will immediately become a ball of meatballs, and the bones will not be connected to the tendons.
However, man's greed is endless, and how great is the allure of 50,000 taels of gold! There are many people who know that they can't do it.
There are a few reckless men who don't know whether they are alive or dead, and they are about to take the lead because of their high martial arts skills and light achievements.
A leader shouted loudly: "Guys, everyone says that they want money and don't want money, they don't want money, and those who are not afraid of death will follow, find that batch of treasures, let's divide them equally, those who see them have a share, give it a fight, and be rich enough to rival the country!" ”
At this time, what they saw was not those big stones and woods, nor those villagers with spears and hooks and sickles, guarding the mountain passes, but the glittering 50,000 taels of gold that made many people envious.
This shout was not tight, and more than a dozen people participated, rushing straight up the mountain along the winding mountain road.
Seeing this situation, the villager, who was guarding the first place, ran to the place where the big stones and timbers were piled up in groups of three or five, and used wooden poles to pry the big stones and timbers, and the big boulders and timbers all over the mountains and fields rolled down with a bang, until the people below shouted to the sky and the earth, and the screams were endless.
These people don't know what kind of ****** medicine they took, the front one was stoned to death, and the back followed, like moths to a fire, and a steady stream of people went forward one after another, bravely moving forward.
At this time, the mountain was already full of people who dreamed of making a fortune, some fanning the flames, and some taking action.
There were only a few people left who had gone up just now, and then another person shouted: "Come with me who are not afraid of death, and when their boulders and logs are finished, we can grab the treasure map!" ”
The man's light skills were good, and he jumped forward, and was able to avoid the large stones and logs that rolled down, and slowly approached the cottage.
Fang Lei took a look and thought: The few people who are left behind are strong in martial arts and first-class in light skills, and the people on the mountain may not be their opponents, and when they attack the cottage, it is these children who suffer.
He whispered: "Let's go up from the back mountain, and save those children while they are fighting to the death and no one is paying attention!" ”
Hong Xi'er said: "Brother Fang! Bring them back to Qingfeng Village to protect them, and no one will dare to rob them! ”
The four of them quickly came to the back mountain to take a look: the mountain was full of cliffs, and even wild beasts could not climb up, no wonder there was no one to guard the back mountain, and the winding path up and down the mountain was by the front one.
This was not difficult for Fang Lei, the four of them carried light skills, jumped up the mountain, landed behind the thatched hut, opened the back door, and flashed in.
The five children were locked up in a thatched house, and there was no one to guard them, Fang Lei pried the door latch, and said to the children: "Children, uncle has rescued you, run away with me, or wait for those people to kill them, the two families will fight, maybe they will kill you!" ”
One of the older children asked, "Where are you going to take us?" ”
Fang Lei said: "Uncle took you to Qingfeng Village, how about it?" ”
The boy said, "Good! We have been called Huazi in Yulin Town for a few years, and we know that the owner of Qingfeng Village is a good person and will not hurt us! ”
Fang Lei said: "Then go quickly, I'll take you down the back mountain!" ”
A few people went out through the back door, hid in the jungle, and when they climbed to the top of the mountain, they looked at the abyss below, and the children were stunned.
Fang Lei said to the older children: "You wait here first, uncle, sister will send them down, and then come up to pick you up!" ”
The boy asked, "You're going to take us jumping from here?" Why don't you fall to pieces? ”
Fang Lei comforted: "Don't be afraid, children, uncle, sister will work lightly!" ”