The eldest aunt had already woken up when Wen Lin knocked on the door, and when she saw Xiao Mao going out, Wen Lin closed the door. "Wen/Gong/Zi, I don't know what you are looking for me? As long as I know, I will tell you. ”

Wen Lin came out of his arms and felt for the map. Put it in front of the eldest aunt, "Auntie, look at it, do you know where the place on this painting is?" ”

The eldest aunt picked up the picture scroll and looked at it carefully for a long time before saying, "This is a mountain not far from Luoyan City, and it is a very ordinary mountain." In the past, villagers used to go up to the mountains to hunt, but five years ago, suddenly the mountain was not allowed for us to enter. What's the matter, Wen/Gong/Zi, is there something found on this mountain? ”

"Five years ago? Isn't this exactly the time when the government forcibly arrests men, as you said, auntie? In this way, auntie, you can recuperate here, and you can rest in peace here. Let's go out. ”

"Wen/Gong/Zi, and this young man, you must be careful."

Ling Yuanchen rode a horse with Wen Lin and galloped all the way in the direction that the eldest aunt said. At this time, the city lord's mansion, when he heard the subordinates say that he had lost it, Luo Qibao felt a little uneasy.

No, you must act as soon as possible, and if necessary, it is better not to keep these four people. "Tell me to go down, burn the village tonight, and leave no one behind, and when I ask when I ask, I will say that the plague is spreading in Luoyan City, and for the sake of the people in the city, I have to do it."

It took three or four hours for the two of them to reach the foot of the mountain, and there was nothing special about the mountain up close. The two men hid their horses in the bushes and went straight up the hill.

The first half of the journey was unusual, and when the two reached the middle of the road, they found that there were soldiers patrolling the mountain. The two followed one of the soldiers and found that they had entered a cave.

The cave was pitch black, and he could only walk with the help of torches in the hands of soldiers. After following the soldiers for a long time, they heard the sound of beating and scolding from the front. "Hurry up, hurry up, you haven't eaten enough? Let you do something to grind, are you looking for death? ”

The two hid behind a mound. I saw that the sky was full of fire. It was full of people, some soldiers with whips and beating people, and some who looked like a group of farmers. With a shovel and basket in hand, he was digging something. Wen Lin didn't know what it was.

I heard Ling Yuanchen whisper in his ear, "They are digging iron ore, and it is still good black iron." I think I've figured out why the villagers disappeared, so let's go first. Otherwise, if we can't get back before dark, the person surnamed Luo will definitely suspect us. ”

When Wen Lin and Ling Yuanchen returned to the City Lord's Mansion, Luo Qibao happened to be talking to Long Qing. The two saluted Long Qing and Xiaolian, and then stood behind Long Qing and Xiaolian one left and one right.

Luo Qibao asked with a smile: "I don't know what the two of you did today?" I came back so late, the two didn't say when they would go home, and the next person's meal was not ready, so it's good to blame the two of them. ”

"Where is City Lord Luo, the two subordinates have some small matters to deal with. Lord Lauro is worried that it is not ours. ”

After dark, the villagers gathered at the village chief's house for a meeting. "I'm really grateful to those kind sons for letting us have a full meal, but when is such a day a head."

"Yes, I don't know when the court will know about the bullying of the people by the dog official here, and the child's father doesn't know if he can come back."

The villagers are still talking. Suddenly, I heard a burst of breaking sounds coming in, for a moment. Feathered arrows with flaming light shot densely in the direction of the villagers, illuminating the dark night sky. "Oh no, it's on fire. Run, everybody. ”

As soon as the villagers were about to run out, they were forced back by a dense network of feathered arrows. The crowd began to panic, "What should we do, are we going to die here?" Finally, there is a little hope for life, God you are unfair, you are trying to force us to a dead end. "Someone is shouting, children are crying. There are also people asking for the blessing of the Bodhisattva.

Uncle Li saw that this group of people was so frustrated, and he didn't leave a backhand. rushed up directly with people. "Quick, leave a few people to deal with them. The others followed me to save the villagers. ”

When Uncle Li arrived, the villagers had already become a pot of porridge. The fire was brought under control because they arrived in time because of Uncle Li. The villagers all gathered, and some wanted to rush outside. but was forced back by the fiery serpent. Uncle Li had no choice but to bring people in to save people.

It's a mess here. When the villagers were rescued, no one was injured. This made Uncle Li breathe a sigh of relief.

When the villagers saw that it was this son who saved them, they knelt down and kowtowed, and kept shouting, "Thank you for your life-saving grace, great kindness and great virtue cannot be repaid." Everyone kowtow to this son and thank you" For a while, I could only hear the sound of kowtowing and touching the ground.

"Everyone, hurry up, this is all what my young master ordered me to do, and I am all to blame, and I almost caused a catastrophe if I didn't notice it for a while."

When people are rescued, some people begin to think about their future lives. "What can I do about this, all the rice and grain that this son distributed to us have been ruined by this group of black-hearted people. How are we going to live in the future, woo my poor boy, isn't this going to force us to death? ”

"Listen to me, you will be here for the night today. Tomorrow, my young master will figure out a way for you. ”

"This son. Your young master is really a good person, child, you will remember it in the future. When you grow up, you must repay this son surnamed Wen. ”

No one has the heart to sleep tonight, Long Qing's side. Hearing the news that Wen Lin and the others brought back, he felt even more that this Luo Qibao was really damned.

Wen Lin questioned, "If he is only mining, why don't the workers be allowed to see their families?" Moreover, the iron ore mining rights are controlled by the imperial court, and I have never heard the slightest news of such a large iron mine here. ”

Ling Yuanchen answered: "You said, is it possible that this iron ore was accidentally discovered by Luo Qibao and was not reported to the imperial court, so he privately caught Zhuang Ding to mine for him, and did not let them leave Luoyan City for fear that someone would pass on the news?" ”

"However, he, the current city lord, wants so much iron ore for what? Unless there is someone behind him...... The purpose of private mining was to ......" the word rebellion, and Wen Lin forcibly forced him back.

"This Luo Qibao really deserves death, not only dare to swallow iron ore privately, but also dare to oppress the people, and now he is so bold that he wants to raise private soldiers to rebel, he is tired of being crooked."

A few people here were indignant, Luo Qibao was also anxious like an ant on a hot pot in the study, and the people he sent out had not replied to the news so far, what happened, or something happened. Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.