Volume 6 The Roots Chapter 50 The Eclipse of Gold
Twenty years later, Wen Hegui took out this gold water to go to the mine again, and deliberately brought Zhu Zhitong, the princess of Qingyang, to the island for an unannounced visit, did he want to take advantage of the people to make trouble? This is no accident! What exactly is he trying to do?
Shen Xianyun carefully stuffed the mouth of the bottle again, and began to calculate in her mind.
Wen Hegui has been Lu Wenchi's person for more than 20 years, and he is secretly making ghosts in the mine like this, could it be Lu Wenchi's meaning? That's right, who else can there be besides Lu Wenchi? In the past 20 years, he and Wen Hegui have been safe on this island, a few days ago, Lu Wenchi just walked on the front foot, and he began to secretly move his hands on the back foot, if it wasn't for Lu Wenchi's instructions, how could this old man have the courage? When Lu Wenchi came to the island, he lived in his house, and now he thinks that he is really in the dark, and he respectfully goes to the Wen Mansion to welcome him, but he doesn't know that these two have already secretly planned everything!
Shen Xianyun couldn't help but stomp on her feet when she thought of this. This Lu Wenchi, I thought that he scolded me for a few words for the folk uprising and then passed, but I didn't know that he had a bad heart and wanted to push all the things of the year on my head, and let me be the substitute for him to falsely accuse Zhao Yu! He has his father's support and protection in Taiye City, but he is pitiful for my wife and son who is helpless, and has worked hard to wipe his ass for a lifetime, and even the gold ingots that he directly transported from Nanhua Island after he took over the household department are everything I have for him. Unexpectedly, in the end, he still wanted my old life to wipe this last time for him! The heart of evil is really a father and a son!
Shen Xianyun was already trembling with anger when she thought of this, and the finches on the brim of the black gauze hat on her head trembled, trembling so much that they were entangled with a few strands of silver hair on the back of her head.
When she was extremely angry, Shen Xianyun laughed instead of being angry, and a few old tears fell from her laughter. She looked at the burden on the table and said to herself, "God has eyes! ”
At this juncture, there was a Wang Mapi who came to the door and shook out the matter of Wen Lao'er, isn't this God having eyes?
You must know that I, Shen Xianyun, have not been in vain in my officialdom for decades!
Lu Wenchi, if you want to cross the river and tear down the bridge to take me to blame, don't blame me for taking a salary. Your boat is about to capsize, how will I fall into the water with you?
I was wary of you having this day, so I went to the Governor's Mansion in Southern Xinjiang, and I recorded what you have done over the years in a book word for word.
Now that you are going to turn your face with me, I will hand this booklet to the Governor of Southern Xinjiang as a greeting gift.
Of course, you don't blame me for choosing myself in this booklet.
All of this was forced by you.
A smile appeared on the corner of Shen Xianyun's mouth again.
It's just that I still think it's a little lighter.
After I take Wen Hegui, I will bring the booklet to the Fuxing Platform with people. Lu Wenchi, do you think Zhu Zhiling will tear you up with her own hands?
When Shen Xianyun thought of this, she suddenly burst out laughing, laughing extremely proudly.
Before the laughter was over, she clapped her palms and shouted, "Where are the warriors of Southern Xinjiang? ”
A neat response voice outside the door: "Yes!" ”
Four sturdy people immediately jumped into the door, each heroic and martial, dressed in white military robes, wearing a golden knife at the waist, and the end of the scabbard was engraved with the pattern of blue waves and white sand, which was the emblem of the Governor's Mansion in Southern Xinjiang.
Shen Xianyun regained her usual determined look, and said sharply: "This mansion is going to Wen Mansion to arrest the traitors who deceive the king, you and others are all military masters sent by the Governor of Southern Xinjiang to assist this mansion, but if you want to make this contribution for this mansion, you will not be treated badly in the future!" ”
The four of them shouted again: "But by order!" ”
Su Xiaochen slept until the afternoon before getting up, and he was really tired physically and mentally this night. But young is young, and when I woke up, I had already regained my usual spirit.
He looked at the surging tide outside the window, and his heart was full of emotion, he didn't expect that in the days when he came to the blue sea, there would be such endless variables and such unexpected state of affairs.
He carefully sorted out his thoughts again, and it was certain that although the matter of coming to Nanhua Island was very secret, there were still many pairs of eyes staring at him behind his back.
He felt like a chess piece, being pulled silently on the chessboard. There was a chess player who sometimes played a set for him, and sometimes inspired him, seemingly intentional and seemingly innocent, so that he was completely unpredictable.
But he is a scholar, what's the point of the person behind him doing this? It can't be said that it's just to play tricks on yourself and find some pastime.
Doubts followed by doubts, Su Xiaochen also felt powerless when he thought of this, and suddenly his stomach rattled, and he felt a little hungry.
He walked downstairs, and it happened that Zhu Zhitong also came out of the opposite wing room to take a look. The two of them remembered that there was a thrilling adventure last night, and they smiled.
As soon as I entered the flower hall, there was an old man sitting on the chair next to the table of the Eight Immortals, who was Wen Hegui. Seeing the two of them coming downstairs, they hurriedly got up and saluted.
Wen Hegui smiled: "It must be because the tide is noisy, and I can't sleep at night." The old man wanted to say hello to Her Royal Highness the princess, but seeing that the two had not yet gotten up, he didn't dare to disturb the two, so he waited here without permission. ”
Zhu Zhitong waved his hand and said: "Uncle Wen doesn't need to be polite, we are indeed a little tired, so we got up late, I didn't know that Uncle Wen was here, but told you to wait for a long time." ”
Su Xiaochen heard her say the word "we", and there was a sweet feeling in her heart, and she glanced at her unconsciously. Wen Hegui didn't seem to see it, and politely led the two to the table and said: "Where is it, the two of you can deign to live here, it is a blessing that ordinary people can't wait for a lifetime. I have ordered someone to prepare a banquet, so I will ask the two of you to use it slowly. ”
After speaking, he personally poured a glass of hot wine for each of them, but did not leave, and still sat down on the chair before.
There was a piece of ore on the coffee table of the chair, and Su Xiaochen secretly shouted "not good" in his heart when he saw it, it was the ore brought back from the mine last night. When they returned to Wen's house, the two of them were already tired, so Su Xiaochen casually put the ore on the coffee table, but he didn't expect to be seen by Wen Hegui.
Zhu Zhitong also saw that he couldn't take his eyes off the ore, and suddenly his heart moved, and he asked: "Speaking of which, Uncle Wen, you are an expert in deep mining science." ”
Wen Hegui hurriedly stood up again and said with a smile: "Don't dare, don't dare, know a little." ”
"Uncle Wen doesn't have to be modest, I know that when Lu Aweng came to Nanhua Island to visit a new mine, he also entrusted you with guidance. It is said that you have a pair of discerning eyes that know all the strange mines in the world. This is a stone that we accidentally got yesterday, so please show it to Uncle Wen, and then tell the two of us who don't know about mining. ”
Su Xiaochen heard her say "we" again, his face turned a little red, and he smirked.
Wen He Gui Yiyan picked up the ore and looked at it, nodded and praised frequently, and kept boasting: "Good mine!" What a mine! ”
Zhu Zhitong was chewing a chopstick dish, and when she heard him say this, she asked, "What's good?" ”
Wen Hegui picked up the ore and pointed and said: "The stone pages are clearly layered, and the ore grains are clearly identifiable. Under the sun, the light gathers but does not disperse, and it can be seen that the mineral quality is pure. And the color is uniform, unbiased, that is, in the same kind of first-class ore is also a good mine.
Zhu Zhitong listened to him say a bunch of explanations that he didn't understand, and felt quite disappointed. Wen Hegui was still interested, like looking at a baby, he couldn't put it down, and after looking around again, he sighed faintly:
"It's the first time I've seen such a good pyrite in my life!"
Su Xiaochen just took a sip of soup in his mouth, and squirted out with a "poof" when he heard the words, which was considered a quick reaction, and raised his hand to hold his sleeve in front of him, otherwise he would have sprayed Zhu Zhitong's face.
Zhu Zhitong was obviously more surprised than him, and blurted out: "What? What kind of mine do you say this is? ”
"Pyrite." Wen Hegui looked at the two of them blankly, seeing their reaction so big, he immediately understood, and said with a smile: "The two of you mistook it...... Gold mine? ”
Zhu Zhitong just wanted to say, this is the ore we dug out of the gold mine hole in the Nanhua gold case 20 years ago, how can it not be a gold mine? Glancing at Su Xiaochen, she was desperately pouting to signal that she couldn't tell her about going to the mine, completely forgetting that there was still soup dripping from the corner of her mouth.
yes, how can you tell Wen Hegui that we went to that mine last night? Maybe he's still Lu Wenchi's person, but I can't tell him. Zhu Zhitong was secretly glad that Su Xiaochen's brain was faster than her.
But she was still a little unwilling, and asked, "Uncle Wen...... Did you really look closely? Could it be that you are looking at it badly? ”
Wen Hegui smiled and shook his head and said, "The old man has learned countless minerals in his life, and he has never looked at it. However, this pyrite is indeed similar to gold ore in form, similar in color and luster, and it is difficult for ordinary miners to distinguish the authenticity. What's more, pyrite is often associated with gold ore, and there will be gold and iron in a piece of ore. So even if the two of you are wrong, there is no shame in it, no shame. ”
Zhu Zhitong was stunned when she heard this, how did this gold mine cave, which had been sealed by the imperial grandmother for twenty years, become an iron mine cave overnight?
Su Xiaochen's heart flashed countless thoughts, this is not a gold mine, it is pyrite, so how many people are blinded by it? In the Nanhua gold sales case, Zhao Yu was greedy for gold, but if this was iron ore, what was he greedy for? Is it going to become a South China Iron Selling Case? He settled down and asked, "Then dare to ask the old man, what will happen if this pyrite is mistaken for gold ore and smelted?" ”
Wen Hegui shook his head again and said: "The heat of alchemy is much stronger than that of iron smelting, if pyrite is thrown into the furnace of alchemy, it will turn into a puff of green smoke and disperse in a moment, and nothing will be gained." ”
Su Xiaochen gasped.
Nothing! Turn into smoke! I see!
There are countless gold ores in the cave, but after smelting, only half of the amount of gold is less than the original estimate, and this is the reason! Presumably, the cave is not full of gold ore, but also these pyrite mines, which are difficult for ordinary miners to identify, and after smelting, the iron ore turns into green smoke, leaving only a small amount of gold.
This is the truth of Zhao Yu's "private scale measurement to fill his own pocket"!
Su Xiaochen felt a tingling of his scalp, his heart was like a stone sinking into a well, and he felt that he couldn't get to the bottom. If it is inferred from this, from Zhao Yu and Lu Wenchi to miners and miners, no one in the Baorong Bureau and the Baotai Bureau can see that this is a fake gold mine, which seems to make no sense.