Seeing that Liu Qiao and Hou Liangzhu were joking with themselves, Daoist Long had neither any objection nor other expressions, he suppressed the excitement in his heart and said: "Since the two of you say so, I am ready to prepare, but there is nothing to prepare, you can go up the mountain tomorrow to inspect it. ”

I haven't been there for decades, but now I can't wait even a day or two, the behavior of the Taoist priest is strange, but Liu Qiao didn't think much about it and agreed, that night except for the soldiers to search the houses with firewood and grass, he didn't do much, except for finding a few rat nests, he didn't find anything related to the hole→ the Taoist priest didn't move abnormally, and he slept with Shi Quan alone in the west ear room for half a room, and the soldiers on duty the next night reported that Shi was dumb grinding his teeth badly, and Daoist Long's snoring was a little loud, Other than that, no other sounds were heard.

After breakfast the next day, Liu Qiao, Hou Liangzhu and Long Daoist took more than a dozen people up the mountain, and when they walked through the grass where the horses were fed and fed, Hou Liangzhu suddenly asked: "Why did the Lord of Longguan leave this large piece of land wasted?" Doesn't planting crops also produce more food? Could this be another industry? ”

Daoist Long said: "When my master came here to build a Taoist temple, he bought this area, including the mountains behind, because it was a barren mountain and wasteland, and it didn't cost much silver, and later he also asked people to plant this land, but then the villagers were afraid and didn't plant it." ”

Hou Liangzhu wondered: "Why is this?" No matter how scared you are, you can't be hungry, right? ”

Daoist Long said: "More than 30 years ago, there was a fairy on the mountain above this land that harmed people, because this land is only a few miles away from the back mountain and the land is lonely, everyone is a little scared, but they are also continuing to plant, because the government came forward to solve the problem, the result is beneficial to the villagers, as long as they are responsible for the food in the temple to eat and drink, the rest does not need more." But in less than a year my master suddenly disappeared, and there were often people who were quick to move around here day and night, day and night, and it is said that one day a man who forgot to take a hoe during the day came to get it in the evening, and heard a woman talking here, and they all said that the fairy would not dare to come up again when she came down the mountain. ”

Hou Liangzhu suddenly realized: "I heard that more than 20 young people were killed by fairies, so there is really such a thing? Why do you say there are only a few people? ”

Daoist Long said: "There are really only a few people, and the villagers count the people who want to go but don't go in order to get more compensation, but in fact, there are only a few people who go up the mountain and those who die." ”

A group of people walked three miles from the meadow to a mountain, rested for a while, climbed up the mountain, along the way indeed as Shi Quan said, there are only a few big trees, no small trees, not even grass, the mountain is luxuriant, only a few sparse and a few roots grow. Hou Liangzhu said: "This mountain is not high, but it is indeed a little strange, why is the big tree okay but the small tree does not grow?" ”

Daoist Long thought for a while and said, "Maybe the fairy is not childish, but the big tree has a small tree, so he destroyed all the children of the big tree, so that the big tree is as lonely as her." ”

Liu Qiao shook his head and said: "Maybe when the fairy lost her temper, the big tree had grown up and could resist, and the little tree that didn't grow up all died, so we want the fairy to stop losing her temper this time." ”

After walking for a while, he came to a very small hole, two people wanted to enter at the same time and couldn't squeeze in, so they could only enter one by one, Hou Liangzhu pulled out a knife to chisel the hole, and found that there were dirt and stones, so he took the knife and asked Liu Qiao: "Brother Liu, do you think let two people enter or dig the hole bigger?" ”

Liu Qiao looked up and down at the top of the mountain above, shook his head and said, "Since it is dangerous inside, don't go in first, Brother Hou will see how long it will take if someone is called to flatten all the mountain?" ”

Hou Liangzhu looked at it and said, "Brother Liu wants to cut off the entire mountain?" But that's right, the cave is dark and narrow and becomes a pit after moving away the earth and rocks, and there is nothing strange in broad daylight, but I don't know the direction of the cave. ”

Daoist Long said: "I came to Master once when I was a child, this cave is all the way down, but the road inside is not steep, I think it should be two zhang down from where we stand. ”

Hou Liangzhu estimated: "We have more than 500 people, and if we invite some villagers to build a temporary road to facilitate the transportation of soil and stones, and then find a mountain col where no one lives to seal it so that people will not be able to overturn the soil, it will be completed in about a month." But I'm afraid that there are boulders inside, and even if you splash it with fire and water or blow it up with gunpowder, you won't be able to get it down in half a year, and it may be delayed for a year. ”

Liu Qiao thought for a while and said: "Build a road to dig and transport soil first, and when you encounter a big stone, you will dig up the surrounding soil and rocks and push it down the mountain. Let's find out the stupidest and stupidest way first, and then modify it when there is a good way in the future, and the stupid way is the best way before there is no other effective way. ”

Hou Liangzhu said: "It makes sense, but I want to tell the villagers under the mountain first, and let them transfer when pushing the stones, just say that we are here to hoe the harmful fairy, and the harmful fairy is hoeed off, and everyone's family is safer." ”

Everyone immediately sent people everywhere to publicize it, asked local villagers to help build roads, and contacted the local county order to provide food, as well as the families responsible for relocating those families who were likely to be destroyed by rocks rolling down from the mountain. Hou Liangzhu also sent people to set up a cordon at the foot of the mountain to prevent anyone from straying into the danger zone and being injured by stones on the mountain. In the afternoon of the same day, many villagers heard about this and were willing to come to help, and they had food and money to earn or for the safety of their own families, and hundreds of people immediately came to apply, and the county commander saw that the officers sent by Hou Liangzhu knew that the chief soldier was here on business, and he did not dare to slack off to personally deliver things, and promised to do whatever he needed.

Hou Liangzhu was in charge of supervising the materials and mobilizing the manpower in Guanzhong, and everything immediately began to act. The next day, the news came back from Chengdu, Shi Quan was indeed sent by Jinyiwei, it turned out that the master of Long Daoist could not show the waist card of the East Factory when he solved the problem of human life, and the East Factory did not care at first because of the chaotic management, and later someone found that the information of the person's waist card was related to the case of abducting the items in the palace back then, and immediately sent someone to check. Maybe the master of the Dragon Daoist heard the wind in advance or sensed the danger and ran away in advance, and more than ten years ago, Emperor Wanli reminded him of the old things before he sent Shi Quan into the Heavenly Master's view.

After confirming Shi Quan's identity, Liu Qiao quietly took Shi Quan up the mountain, who knew that they had previously taught the Dragon Taoist to find Hou Liangzhu and said that he wanted to see Liu Qiao, Hou Liangzhu felt strange and asked: "You haven't said anything for a few days, why are you suddenly looking for him again when Lord Liu is not here?" ”

Daoist Long said with a bitter face: "I do have something important to look for him, may I ask if he has gone up the mountain?" ”

Hou Liangzhu said coldly: "This is not something you should care about. ”

Daoist Long thought for a while and said, "Please tell Lord Liu, just say that I know what he wants to do and how to do it, if he wants to, he can come to me, if he doesn't want to, I didn't say it." With that, he turned and left.

Looking at the back of Daoist Long leaving, Hou Liangzhu couldn't help but smile, and sent someone to Daoist Long every hour to say that Master Liu was on the mountain, please go now→ Daoist immediately followed the soldier who came to pass the word without saying a word. The soldiers who led the way did not take the road they had walked two days ago, but walked along the river, turned a hill, and went directly up the mountain, and when they came to a cliff about a foot high, they saw dozens of people guarding there, and a few tents were set up next to it, which seemed to be intended for a long stay. Seeing that Daoist Long was coming, he brought a long ladder for him to go up, saying that Master Liu was waiting for him on it.

After Long Daoist went up, he saw that there was a small platform above, Liu Qiao sat on a mat and closed his eyes to recuperate, there were two guards standing behind him, and then there was a big hole, and there was a big cave entrance, and there was Shi Dumb, the apprentice of Long Daoist standing at the entrance of the cave→ Taoist priest first gave Liu Qiao a salute and then asked Shi Dumb: "Why did you come here?" It's dangerous here, so you might as well go down. ”

Shi mute said: "Hello Master, I feel very embarrassed to hide from your apprentice for so many years, my real name is Shi Quan, I am a hundred households of Jinyi Wei, and I am here to cooperate with Lord Liu to complete the task, if Master has anything to say, I will tell Lord Liu." ”

Daoist Long was taken aback, but he immediately recovered and nodded and said, "No wonder so, I don't blame you for your life, it's rare that you still call me Master." ”

Shi Quan said: "A master for a day is a father for life, and I have always remembered the master's kindness to me for so many years. ”

Daoist Long sighed and said, "You still remember that I was kind to you, but I wanted to find my master but I couldn't find it again, and I don't know where his old man is dead or alive now." If I'm not mistaken, Lord Liu must have a piece of topaz on him, I don't know if I'm right? ”

Liu Qiao nodded and said, "Lord Longguan sat down and spoke, I do have a piece of topaz that you said, have you seen it before?" ”

After sitting down, Daoist Long thought for a while before he said: "Fifty years ago, Master came here to build this Heavenly Master Temple, when I came here, I was only seven years old, and my father took a compass to go around every day in addition to practicing guns and sticks, and when he thought of something, he went to chisel and dig and dig, and the locals thought that there was a treasure here, and he also followed his example and dug everywhere. He is generally reluctant to talk to other people except for the normal management of the property, and when I grow up, everything will be left to me to take care of. More than 30 years ago, Master asked a few young people to go up the mountain to look for something in the cave, and then the young people died, but it was actually related to me. ”

Liu Qiao said strangely: "How can it be related to you?" Did you kill all those people? ”

Daoist Long shook his head and said, "I was a few years older than those people at the time, and many people still called me brother or uncle according to their common identity, how could I have the heart to harm them?" A few years before the accident, when the master was fine, he would often sit facing the back mountain, sometimes sitting all night, as if something on his mind had not been completed, and it seemed very troubled, until one day there was a ground movement, because within three days after the earth movement, someone found that there was a cave mouth on the mountain. ”

Liu Qiao said: "It seems that the will of heaven is like this, your master went in after knowing that the mouth of the cave was exposed on the mountain?" ”

Daoist Long said: "Master is a cautious person, he said that this cave can help him complete the task, but the situation inside is unclear and someone needs to go in and find out. Master has always been very good to me and I wanted to repay him, so I said that I would go in first to see what was there, but Master did not agree that my body was too big to go in, so he paid some young people to go in and investigate, who knew that these people were in a coma for a long time, and they all died not long after returning home, don't you say this has something to do with me? If I had gone in, I would have been damned. ”