The guards noticed the movement here, and looked at them with a saber that was still dripping blood, and Sun Lei avoided his gaze for a moment.

Qinglan gritted his teeth and glared at the guard viciously, but the guard didn't want to bother with him, and quickly picked up the corpse on the ground and left the dungeon.

The other two people also hugged each other tightly, trembling so much that they didn't dare to speak at all.

When the people left, Sun Lei breathed a sigh of relief, patted Qinglan's arm and said disapprovingly: "What happened to you just now, scared people to death, they didn't do this kind of thing once or twice, the people who came to the dungeon either couldn't stand it after being starved for three days, and took the initiative to go up with them and continue to do the above things, or the three days Niu was unwilling to compromise, and the end was the same as just now." ”

Qinglan still couldn't accept this kind of thing calmly, his breath became short, and he asked, "So what kind of place is this, and how did you come here?" ”

Sun Lei hesitated a little and asked rhetorically, "Don't you know?" How did you get caught. ”

Qinglan shook his head slightly, hiding some important things, and only said: "I was knocked unconscious, and I don't know what happened before." ”

Although Sun Lei didn't believe it, he still honestly said the situation here: "You must have offended Ma Huaiyi, so you were knocked unconscious, this coal mine is Ma Huaiyi's territory, not long after he became the county commander, this place was mined, but he didn't report it secretly, and he also arrested all the people who disobeyed him and didn't follow him, and gave him free coolies, and the guards outside were just his lackeys." ”

It's really Ma Huaiyi's territory, which is very similar to Qinglan's previous speculation.

His expression suddenly became more solemn, and he didn't know what he should do at the moment.

Sun Lei looked at him pondering, thinking that he was thinking about escaping, and said slowly: "Since you are here, don't think about escaping, you can't run away at all, there is a lot of security here, as long as someone dares to run, the situation is serious, they will be killed directly and buried on the spot, in short, no one has successfully escaped." ”

Come to think of it, if someone runs out, Ma Huaiyi's territory will not be able to hide it at all.

Qinglan took a deep breath and slowly calmed down, all he can do now is wait, the situation here is basically clear, it depends on when the prince can find out.

And Qinglan didn't know that during the time he was taken to the dungeon, Maoli came to the coal mine once.

Mao Li really reminded Zhao Rui: "Be careful recently, don't arrest the people outside, there are people investigating the adults above, let's keep a low profile recently, and wait for the rumors to pass, and then arrest people." ”

Zhao Rui saw that Maoli's expression was very solemn, and he didn't dare to slack off, and quickly promised: "I know, the recent coolies are enough, but today there are another group of people, some of whom died of illness, and some of whom are disobedient and ...... directly."

He made a motion to wipe his neck.

Normally, Maoli would not ask a word about this kind of thing, but now he is a little concerned, and asks, "How much?" ”

Zhao Rui compared two fingers: "More than twenty, you don't know, adults, those barbarians ......"

"Alright, don't say it." Mao Li's face sank terribly, and he directly scolded with a cold face, "Recently, it is the time to employ people, and it is inconvenient for you to send people in outside, until you have to do it, it is more or less useful to keep their lives first." ”

Zhao Rui nodded apprehensively, and quickly agreed: "Got it." ”

Mauli soon left.

After he left, Zhao Rui remembered that since there was a shortage of people, those people in the dungeon could not be idle, and quickly ordered the people around him: "Go and bring all the people in the dungeon to work, and send this batch of coal out as soon as possible." ”

After Maoli returned from the coal mine, he was targeted by the people who Gu Zhixing had been arranging to follow him, and took some cinders from his footprints and brought them back to Gu Zhixing.

Song Yi was also with Gu Zhixing, and when he saw that the cinder face was very ugly, he frowned slightly and said: "Songyan didn't report that there was a coal mine, could it be that what Ma Huaiyi did was not only to withhold disaster relief materials, but also to occupy the coal mine privately?" ”

The law of the Western Sage clearly stipulates that as long as minerals are found, they must be reported to the imperial court, and if Ma Huaiyi really occupies the minerals privately, it is a dead end.

Gu Zhixing's face was slightly gloomy, and he asked the person who was following him: "Did you see where exactly Maoli came from?" ”

The visitor reported: "See, I followed him all the way, he entered that place for about half an hour, and when he came out, he had cinders on his feet, and that location was in a mountain west of Songyan, not far away." ”

Gu Zhixing nodded slightly, and quickly ordered: "Prepare, take me there, let's go see first, whether there is a coal mine or not, you will know after looking at it." ”

"I'll go too." Song Yi also followed, obviously not wanting to miss this opportunity.

Gu Zhixing shook his head and said softly: "Grandpa Guo doesn't have to go with us, let's go to the night to investigate secretly, I am afraid that you will not change much, and I still want Grandpa Guo to help." ”

After all, Song Yi is old, and his legs and feet are indeed not as sharp as those of young people, so it is indeed not suitable to go.

So Song Yi quickly agreed: "Okay, what does the prince want me to do?" ”

Gu Zhixing took out the token he had kept close to him and solemnly placed it in Song Yi's hand: "I want you to take the token of this king and send someone to invite the border army overnight, if we don't come back tonight, tomorrow, we will surround that place." I can't wait for the transfer of troops in the capital, the nearest is the border army stationed in the south, and it won't take six hours to go back and forth to transfer them, and the official will have time. ”

Songyan is in the southernmost part of the West Sage, and further south, there is the garrison of the border army.

Gu Zhixing was inconvenient, and also advised: "Nanzhou has always wanted to send troops to Xisheng, so this time the transfer of troops must be careful, there is no need to completely transfer it, the strength of a platoon is enough, Ma Huaiyi will not have too many people in his hands, and Ma Huaiyi's government soldiers are not comparable with the army stationed at the border all the year round, and when the time comes, the evidence will be conclusive and directly escorted to Beijing." ”

Song Yi solemnly took the token. 137

Gu Zhixing's token can transfer the border army, and he can hand over the token to Song Yi now, which means that he has absolute trust in Song Yi.

Song Yi's mood was quite heavy, and he said sharply: "You must bring border troops to the prince, and the prince must pay attention to safety." ”

Gu Zhixing nodded, and then instructed Qingyun behind him, that is, the person who was following Mao Li, and said softly: "Draw the location where Mao Li went to Grandpa Guo." ”

Qingyun nodded, quickly took out the pen and ink and simply drew the location, and handed it to Song Yi.

After Gu Zhixing left, Song Yi was not at ease about leaving the matter of troop transfer to others, and finally decided to go in person.

Late at night, Gu Zhixing and Qingyun had already arrived outside the coal mine.

There are many people guarding the gate of the coal mine in the mountains and forests, and I haven't seen a guard tower inside, heavily guarded, and the more I look at it, the more I feel that there must be a problem.

Gu Zhixing pointed to a location, suggesting that Qingyun was following him.

As a result, as soon as the two of them hunched over, they were seen by the guard at the door and scolded: "Who, who's there!" ”

Gu Zhixing's face changed, and before he could do anything, he was already surrounded by people, and countless guards rushed out and surrounded them.

Zhao Rui also heard the movement and rushed over, staring at Gu Zhixing and Qingyun vigilantly: "What's the matter, who are these two people?" ”

Because the situation is not right today, when someone was investigating the county order, Zhao Rui increased the patrol guards, but he didn't expect that it didn't take long to find the abnormality.

The guard reported: "These two people are sneaky at the door, and they don't know what their identities are. ”

Gu Zhixing frowned, but Qingyun quickly answered: "We are just passing by." ”

Zhao Rui's face was quite ugly, and he didn't believe this statement at all, so he said directly: "Fart, in the wilderness, how can you pass by here and bring them in for me, at first glance, there are ghosts, the situation has been special recently, but don't be found out about anything." ”

As soon as he spoke, his subordinates quickly pressed Gu Zhixing and Qingyun in.

Gu Zhixing's face was quite calm, anyway, they came this time to investigate this place, and they couldn't see anything outside, even if they were caught inside, they could see the situation inside more accurately.

After they were brought in, Gu Zhixing saw the situation inside, and his originally calm face slowly changed, it was late at night, but in the past few years, the lights have been bright, everyone is still working in the brain, and many young adults still have anklets on their feet.

Gu Zhixing quickly reacted, these people were probably the missing Songyan locals, and they had all been arrested here.

He also saw Qinglan in the crowd.

Qinglan naturally saw them, and was so excited that the coal in his hand fell out, and he almost blurted out when he opened his mouth: "Wang ......"

As a result, he saw Gu Zhixing shaking his head at him from a distance.

Qinglan quickly suppressed his voice, and watched from a distance as Gu Zhixing and Qingyun were brought into Zhao Rui's room.

His heart lifted, he couldn't calm down at all at the moment, and he was almost knocked down by something on the ground, and his expression was in a trance.

Why is the prince here?

Did you come to him?

The prince has been caught by them, is there any hope for the next?

What is Grandpa Guo doing now, do you know the situation of the prince?

Countless questions were placed in front of Qinglan, and his head began to hurt.

Gu Zhixing and Qingyun were left in the room.

Zhao Rui seemed to be very busy, and he didn't have time to interrogate them now, so after locking them up, he ordered: "I'll go over first, take care of these two people, and I'll be back soon." ”

Then, he was gone.

Gu Zhixing and Qingyun were hung in the room like this.

When the others went outside to guard, Qingyun said softly: "Lord Wang, I didn't expect this to be a coal mine, I saw Qinglan just now, these people, I'm afraid they are all people who disappeared before." ”

Gu Zhixing nodded and ordered: "Act when you see the opportunity, protect yourself first, and wait for the grandfather of the country." ”

Qingyun nodded.