Chapter 63: The Legendary Gold Mine
Shen Qian has always remembered that group of people in his heart, so he didn't sleep well, and after waking up after a while, he got up and let Qingfeng go to sleep, and the two of them took turns to rest like this, and they actually rested well, and there was no movement throughout the day, could it be that there would be some action tonight?
After the sun set, Shen Qian asked Qingfeng to wake up the sleeping secret guards, and after resting all day, their physical strength recovered well, and they were alive and well one by one.
As soon as it got dark, there was movement, and when the sound disappeared, they immediately chased after it, but fortunately, the moonlight was very good, and they did not lose it, and they chased it for two hours, and the night was deeper, and it was as dark as ink.
Both groups of people were wearing black night clothes, perfectly blending into the night, if it weren't for Shen Qian's excellent eyesight, it would be really difficult to keep up with them.
Shen Qian looked around and found that they were now in a village, although it was late at night, there was still a faint light occasionally in one or two houses, and fortunately, there was this faint light, so that Shen Qian could see the surrounding buildings clearly, why did they travel for three days just to get to a village?
I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in Liu Yingyuan's gourd? Shen Qian continued to chase after them, only to see the people in front of him stop, and surrounded a place Shen Qian's eyes flashed, and he had roughly guessed their purpose, I am afraid that there are people in this family who are very important to Liu Yingyuan, thinking like this, he immediately stepped forward quickly, and the secret guards sped up when they saw this, and rushed to the side of the group of people in an instant.
The group heard the movement and immediately shouted, "Who? ”
Shen Qian and the others naturally wouldn't reply, as soon as they went up, they started fighting, Shen Qian said to Qingfeng: "You go to the house, no matter what, protect the people inside!"
Qing Feng nodded, and immediately rushed into the house, at this time there was already a man in black inside, and he was raising his knife to cut on the bed, Qing Feng picked up the sword and quickly blocked the big knife he was about to fall, and the two of them exchanged hands, and they fought for a while.
The people in the room heard the movement in the morning, and had already hid under the bed, trembling all over at this time, listening to the sound of fighting in the room, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that another group of people had come to save him!
Qing Feng pierced the man's body with a sword, and after pulling out the sword, he wiped his face, splashing a lot of warm blood, which was a little uncomfortable.
Qingfeng walked to the bed, and through the moonlight through the window, he saw that the quilt on the bed was bulging, and he thought that someone was sleeping there, so he shouted: "We are here to save you, wake up quickly and follow us."
There was no response for a long time, Qingfeng was anxious, walked over and lifted the quilt, and found that there was no one on the bed, just a pillow stuffed inside!
Qingfeng was a little surprised, "What about people?" Childe didn't want me to protect people, isn't there anyone in this family? ”
The person hiding under the bed was finally relieved at this time, this person should have come to save him, he said in a trembling voice: "Shaoxia, I'm here."
Qing Feng heard the voice and immediately asked, "Where?" Come out of here! ”
The man was still frightened at the moment, crawled out from under the bed with a trembling body, and kowtowed to Qingfeng: "Thank you Shaoxia for saving your life!"
Qingfeng frowned and said, "Don't thank me, I want to thank you when Gongzi finishes solving that group of people, and then thank him, get up, I'll take you out!"
The man quickly got up and walked out behind Qing Feng, at this time, the two groups of people outside were fighting, the other party was numerous, and they were all strong in martial arts, and they were a little difficult to deal with, but fortunately, Shen Qian's martial arts were much higher than them, and he alone solved several people in black.
Seeing that his own people fell one by one, the people over there were a little anxious, and they wanted to retreat but were entangled by Shen Qian's secret guards, and they couldn't get out of it at all, Qing Feng pulled that person in one hand and held a sword in the other, and also joined the battle, although the speed was much slower, but it was still able to entangle a person, and it also reduced their burden.
The last man in black saw that the situation was not right, and desperately wanted to escape, and finally rushed out of a hole and wanted to escape, but suddenly his body was pierced by a sword, Shen Qian stood not far away, and snorted coldly, "Do you want to go back and deliver the letter?" Let's see if you have this life. ”
When everything was over, Shen Qian instructed the guards behind him, "Dispose of all the corpses." The guards received the order, carried one on their shoulders and one in their hands, and quickly transported all the corpses in one place.
Shen Qian and Qing Feng stayed, and said to the man who was still trembling with fear, "Go back to the house and tell me what's going on?"
The man nodded, although he couldn't see Shen Qian's face clearly, the aura emanating from his body told him that this was not an ordinary person, and he unconsciously wanted to obey.
The man walked into the house and lit the lamp, and at this time there was finally light in the house, Shen Qian glanced around, there was only a bed and a table, which could really be called the four walls of the house, and there was a pool of blood on the ground, which should have been left by the man in black who was stabbed to death by Qing Feng just now.
He looked at the man standing at the table again, his whole body was worn out, his face was black, and he couldn't tell his age at all, Shen Qian asked, "Why did Liu Yingyuan kill you?"
When the man heard this, his body trembled unconsciously, and sure enough, it was Liu Yingyuan! He knew that he would be found wherever he hid!
Shen Qian looked at his appearance, knowing that he must know Liu Yingyuan, and continued: "If you continue to tremble and be stunned here, then no one can save you, tell me what you know!"
The man looked at Shen Qian, although he was covered at the moment, he couldn't cover his temperament, he must be a nobleman, he shook his fist, anyway, it fell into Liu Yingyuan's hands, he was also a dead end, it was better to gamble, just bet that the person in front of him was a good person.
He was right, although Shen Qian was not a good person, he never killed innocents indiscriminately, and in this regard, he was much better than many people.
He said slowly: "In Xia Chen Shaohua, a person from Zhangzhou, he went to Chongzhou to visit relatives five years ago, but he was forcibly taken to a mountain and forced to open a mine there, and the owner of the gold mine is Liu Yingyuan, the prime minister of the dynasty!" At first I tried to escape, but I was caught many times, and my life was almost gone, but gradually I didn't run away, and they saw that I had read a lot of books and was good at arithmetic, so they didn't let me open the mine, and let me take charge of all the accounts of the mine. ”
Shen Qian glanced at him and asked, "Why did you escape?"
Chen Shaohua had tears in his eyes and said, "There are still wives and children at home, how can I let go?" When I left, my wife had just given birth to her little son for a few months, and I spent my days in the mine, thinking about how to escape, because I was in charge of the accounts, and they were polite to me, and often took me out to buy, I secretly wrote down the route, and finally the emperor lived up to my heart and let me escape! ”
Speaking of this, Chen Shaohua suddenly cried, Shen Qian looked at him in surprise, Qingfeng also felt strange, so he asked him, "What are you crying about?"
Chen Shaohua wiped his tears and said: "After I escaped, I desperately rushed home, but I was told that my parents, wife and children also went to Chongzhou five years ago in order to find me, but they met mountain bandits, all of whom were killed, and I pity my newborn little son, who is only five months old!"
Shen Qian was silent, if he didn't guess wrong, Chen Shaohua's family definitely didn't meet a mountain bandit, and it was very likely that they were killed by someone from the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Qingfeng listened to Chen Shaohua's words, his face was full of anger, and his heart was very uncomfortable, he had always been soft-hearted, looking at Chen Shaohua, who was crying bitterly, he said impulsively: "Don't worry, Gongzi will definitely seek justice for you!"
When Chen Shaohua heard this, he immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Shen Qian: "Thank you Shaoxia for saving your life, Shaoxia's great kindness to my Chen family, I Chen Shaohua will never forget!"
Shen Qian glanced at Qing Feng, he would take care of his own affairs, and promised for him, Qing Feng also knew that he was quick for a while, and scratched his head embarrassedly.
He sighed, looked at the man kneeling on the ground, and said, "Get up, tell me about the gold mine carefully, and you said that you are the bookkeeper, where is the account book?"
Chen Shaohua stood up, and the three of them all sat at the table, and the only three shabby benches, one for each person, were just right.
He described in detail the place where they were imprisoned and the conditions inside, all the workers in it were taken by force, and all the gold bricks that had been smelted were secretly shipped out, and no one knew where they went.
"The account book will be sent out every year, Liu Yingyuan will check it every year, a total of five years, since I passed, there are at least five account books, not long ago, this year's account book has just been sent out, it should be in the Prime Minister's Mansion."
Shen Qian nodded, and then asked, "Is this far from there?" ”
Chen Shaohua shook his head and said: "It's not far, I ran desperately for four days after I escaped, and I learned that my family was gone, so I escaped again, this is Yaojia Village, not far from my home, and it won't be too far to go to the gold mine." ”
Shen Qian nodded, frowned and thought for a while, and said, "Now that Liu Yingyuan has discovered that you have escaped, presumably there has already been evacuated, but we still have to go and take a look, maybe we can find some clues." ”
So Shen Qian and Qingfeng took Chen Shaohua on the road together, the secret guards followed quietly this time, they rushed for two hours, the day was dawn, Shen Qian came to a market town and bought three horses, and the three of them rode quickly towards Chongzhou.
Here is really close to Chongzhou, it only takes four days to walk, ride a fast horse, they only took one day to arrive, the location of the gold mine is very secret, three people got off the horse, walked into the dense forest alone, under the leadership of Chen Shaohua, everyone turned around, and finally saw a path, along the path all the way down, through a hollowed-out cave, finally saw the gold mine.
Shen Qian walked along the dug steps, and as he expected, there was no one inside, he looked at the empty field inside, imagining the spectacular scene here a few days ago.
If as Chen Shaohua said, there should have been hundreds of people here in the past, but they were all evacuated in a few days, he was secretly shocked by Liu Yingyuan's ability, it seems that he still underestimated the strength of the other party in the past, and he can sit on the prime minister, and he has been favored for so many years, and he really has some skills.