Zhu Zhitong nodded and said: "He is also an old acquaintance, but he is about old, and there have been few people in the Taiye Country in the past few years, so I forgot that he was here." This old man knows gold and jade very well, and he also knows how to create jewelry. There are a lot of strange stones and minerals produced in Nanhua Island, the gold and jade selected by him, and then the hairpin crown carefully built, even the mother emperor is very fond of it, and used to walk around the palace. Speaking of which, the eldest sister's Pisces gold silk crown is also from him, so I know him. ”

Su Xiaochen praised: "I didn't expect that this Wen Hegui also has this ingenious talent." ”

"These are just small insect carving skills for Old Man Wen, I heard the mother emperor say that Lu Aweng relied on his guidance when he came to Nanhua Island to prospect for minerals, and his relationship with the Lu family was very good." When Zhu Zhitong said this, she suddenly looked at Su Xiaochen, her eyes collided, obviously thinking of the same thing.

"Could this Wen and your Gui be Lu Wenchi's people?" Almost in unison.

"But just now I looked at his expression carefully, and I felt that there was nothing strange, not to mention what the Nanhua Island people had to do with Old Man Wen. But speaking of which, he was very close to you, strange. Zhu Zhitong tilted her head and thought about it, and said, "Don't talk about this, I'm also full, so I'll go and rest for a while." In the middle of the night, we're going to follow those miners to the caves! ”

Su Xiaochen looked helpless and sighed: "You really refuse to give up." ”

Full of wine and food, the two went back to their rooms and messed around for a while. In the middle of the night, I changed into light clothes and went to the garden behind the courtyard.

As soon as Su Xiaochen stepped into the garden, he saw a white peony in the flower garden next to the back door from a distance, which was blooming brightly against the moonlight.

He walked into the flower garden and groped under the flowers for a while, and sure enough, he had a brass key inserted.

The two of them gently inserted the key, and the lock on the door fell in response, and they couldn't help but smile at each other, and tiptoed to lock the door again, completely unaware that in the shadows on one side of the garden, two figures were quietly watching. It wasn't until they went out that a figure emerged from behind the pavilion.

"Master, don't you really need to show them the way to Taiping Bridge?"

"You underestimate him too much, Nanhua Island is just a small place, and there is a road to Taiping Bridge, so you don't need to guide the way." Wen Hegui smiled, "Go back and ask the kitchen to prepare some supper, you have to toss in the middle of the night, don't let the two children go hungry." ”

Steward Lin replied in a low voice.

The moon and stars are scarce, and the tide is in the ears. Zhu Zhitong and Su Xiaochen hurried on the path on the coast, there was a fishing village along the coast, but it didn't take much effort to find out the way to Taiping Bridge.

Su Xiaochen felt a little up and down in his heart, he always felt that it was a little inappropriate to follow the miners to explore the cave so recklessly, but Zhu Zhitong's eager mind did not allow him to question it at all. This little ancestor is really much bolder than himself.

Speaking of which, he used to be quite bold, how to come out with her was a little tied, Su Xiaochen himself was also a little puzzled. But he knew one thing, no matter what happened, he didn't want her to be in any danger.

Human timidity sometimes comes from fetters.

These days, he had become accustomed to treating her as a close friend rather than a princess, and that intimacy sometimes made the thought of his concern for her pop into his mind. In the final analysis, what does this Nanhua gold sale case have to do with him? But when he saw the look in her eyes that was eager to help her sister find out something, he couldn't help but want to help.

The intersection of the Taiping Bridge extends in all directions, and when Su Xiaochen and Zhu Zhitong were thinking about where to wait for the miners during the day, they caught a glimpse of several figures gathered on the edge of the bridge and cave, with a few burdens on their backs. It's very conspicuous. They waited for a long time, until the sixth man came, and then a big man at the head waved his hand and walked north together.

Although he hadn't seen the faces of these people during the day, there were no people in the middle of the night, and Zhu Zhitong could almost conclude that those people were the miners talking in the tea shop, so he quietly followed them.

After walking a few steps, I entered a valley, but fortunately, the mountain road was rugged, and there were rocks along the way, and the miners in front of them did not seem to notice that they were being followed. I walked for half an hour until I reached the other side of the mountain before I stopped.

The eldest brother who took the lead took out a sickle from his baggage, walked to the front of the mountain, pointed to the weeds under his feet, and said, "This is it, if you don't come here for a long time, the grass will grow at the entrance of the cave." After saying that, he began to clean up the weeds one by one, and several people around him also took out their hands to help weed. It didn't take long for a half-man's height hole to be revealed.

Zhu Zhitong was lying in the grass in the distance, and when she saw the entrance of the cave, she couldn't help but exclaim: "I didn't expect there to be an entrance." Su Xiaochen looked at her a little worriedly and asked, "Do you really want to go in?" ”

Without waiting for Zhu Zhitong to answer, the eldest brother said loudly again: "Song Lao Liu and Zhang Lao Si stayed at the entrance of the cave and watched, if something is wrong, blow a whistle, you guys come in with me, I know where there is a mine." After saying that, he went into the hole first, and the rest of the people followed.

When he shouted, Zhu Zhitong in the distance secretly complained, the entrance of the cave was so narrow, and there were two people left to let go of the wind, how could she get close. If you don't go into the cave and look at it, how will you know what's weird inside?

Su Xiaochen breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't believe in the demon beast's theory, but he was also afraid of what Zhu Zhitong would encounter if he went in. After all, it was the place where something had happened, and he didn't want her to take risks.

"Then we'll go in when they come out!" Zhu Zhitong is still unrelenting.

Su Xiaochen couldn't think of any way to dissuade her for a while, so she had to silently accompany her to the side.

"These two people have really been guarding like this, it's really tricky......" Zhu Zhitong said to herself as she stared at the two people at the entrance of the cave.

But after a bag of cigarettes, the people who had entered the cave came out, each carrying a bag of hemp on their backs. Song Laoliu, who was looking at the wind, saw it and asked, how is the situation inside? Are there monsters? The big brother laughed and said, I didn't even see a rabbit, where did the demon beast come from, the mine is really a good mine, each person carried a sack, and went home and slowly smashed the sifted gold.

After speaking, he took out a pickaxe and seemed to say to himself: "This is a treasure land to make a fortune, I just put some oil lamp tools at the entrance, and it will be convenient to dig it next time." Let's hide the entrance to the cave first, so that no one else will find out. As he spoke, several people began to bury the hole in a hurry. Zhu Zhitong in the distance was sweating again, if the hole was covered again, how could he get in later? Didn't you come here in vain?

Su Xiaochen saw that she looked depressed, and when she saw it in her eyes, she patted her and whispered, "Give me your horn." Zhu Zhitong didn't know what he was going to do, so he handed it over as he said.

Su Xiaochen quietly approached the foot of the mountain with a horn, and suddenly blew violently in the grass. The sound of the trumpet was strong and dull, echoing in all directions through the valley, and it was terrifying. Those people looked at each other when they heard this, and the timid Song Lao Liu cried and said, "Could it be that the demon beast is back?" ”

The eldest brother was also a little stunned when he heard this, and picked up the sack with one hand and said, "This place is really evil, it is not suitable to stay for a long time, let's withdraw first." The rest of the people were also panicked when they heard this, and the smaller ones almost couldn't even carry the sacks, so they scattered the ore they had just dug up, and fled with them like rats.

Zhu Zhitong looked funny in the grass, and waited for the miners to flee away, before he came out and laughed: "Da Su, there is really you." ”

Su Xiaochen returned the horn to her and said with a smile: "Now I have to pretend to be a ghost, let's take a look at the entrance of the cave." ”

Zhu Zhitong jumped up and ran up, but Su Xiaochen muttered a little in his heart: I remember that when the group came, it was clearly six people, and when they left just now, it seemed to be five people. It's because I think I'm bad. Just as the fox was suspicious, Zhu Zhitong had excitedly beckoned to him and beckoned him to come over.

He walked to the entrance of the cave and saw that the ore scattered on the ground still shimmered faintly in the moonlight. Zhu Zhitong picked up a piece of it casually and looked closely, and found that there were indeed some spots of gold in the gray-brown rock page, which seemed to be really a rich gold mine. Looking at the entrance of the cave again, fortunately it was not completely covered, Su Xiaochen picked up a wooden stick and pulled it a few times, and the hole was revealed again.

Zhu Zhitong was about to probe in, but was blocked by Su Xiaochen with one hand.

"You stand behind me, I'll go first."

Zhu Zhitong looked at him with a serious look, a trace of sweetness in her heart, and responded meekly.

The two entered the cave and groped for a while on the ground, and sure enough, they found the oil lamp left by the previous group. Zhu Zhitong took out the fire fold and lit it, and carefully shone it around.

The cave was clearly deserted, and a lifeless atmosphere permeated the cavern, with a faint waft of bituminous coal that had been left behind by the previous miners when they lit the lamp. When I first entered the cave, I felt that the passage was very narrow, but after walking a few steps, I suddenly realized that not only did I not see the top of my eyes, but the oil lamp shone into the distance and even had a place where I could not see the bottom.

Su Xiaochen couldn't help but sigh, it was really different. But there was a little strange in his heart: "It stands to reason that the cave that we haven't set foot in for decades is closed back and forth, and the oil lamp should not be able to hold up for a while before it is extinguished, why do we enter the cave and this lamp has always been good."

Zhu Zhitong felt that it made sense when she heard it, and said: "Presumably, the eldest brother who took the lead has been here several times, so he has a good wind." Leave that alone, let's go ahead and take a look. ”

The road in the cave is getting wider and wider, and along the way you can see some abandoned tools and minecarts on both sides. The more he spoke, the more he felt that the echo was echoing, and Su Xiaochen knew that the hole was getting deeper and deeper. But at this time, if you want to ask again, what should I do when the demon beast comes out, wouldn't I seem to be more timid than this little girl, how embarrassing is this.

As everyone knows, no matter how bold Zhu Zhitong is, she is starting to be scared in her heart, but because she was forced to drag Su Xiaochen to follow before, how can she retreat first, I just hope that Su Xiaochen can open her mouth and retreat first.

"Uh...... I don't think it's an option to just go on like this. Su Xiaochen suddenly spoke.

"Yes, yes! It's really the same thing that heroes see! What do you say about Dasu? Zhu Zhitong felt that she had really grasped a life-saving straw, and quickly stopped and whispered.