Wang Huan divided a guard and left with the Zhang family and the others who were very grateful, Zhang Laohan was grateful, and kowtowed a few times before he went on the road crying and laughing.

This Lord Wang is indeed worthy of the signboard of the great good man of the king, not only took in the entire population, but also promised to let him continue to run his own leather business, if the money is not enough, he can even borrow money from the Wanshou City Government Office in advance, this is a good thing that has never been heard of, only the official collects money from the people, and I have never heard of the people who can ask the officials for money.

Wanshou City, Wanshou Valley, there is really a place like a paradise!

Wang Huan watched the group walk away slowly, disappeared at the corner of the official road, and stood in place and thought for a long time before turning over and getting on the horse.

Chen Xiang was a little puzzled, approached Ma Xintian's side, and asked softly: "Brother Huan is a little wrong, there are so many homeless people on the road, and he greets and comforts a lot, why do you attach so much importance to a broken leather merchant?" ”

Ma Xintian said coldly: "It's called Lord Wang!" ”

Chen Xiang hurriedly changed his words: "Yes, yes, it's Lord Wang, not Brother Huan, I'm wrong, I'm wrong." ”

Ma Xintian glanced at him, sighed secretly, rode his horse to follow Wang Huan's horse, Chen Xiang hurriedly followed, he knew that Ma Xintian's face was cold and hot, and he was the most respectful and humble, although he reprimanded him, he would definitely explain it for himself.

Sure enough, Ma Xintian was silent for a while, as if he was thinking about what to say, and then said in a voice that could only be heard by Chen Xiang with his ears pricked up as if he was careless: "That Zhang family is from Chongqing, and it is a rich businessman in the city, it must have a background, the so-called hundred-legged insect is dead but not stiff, such a big family industry, how can it be said that it will be lost, and someone must be left in the city, besides, he is a local aborigine, and he is familiar with the people, the reason why the adults befriend him has another deep meaning, do you understand?" ”

Chen Xiang was stunned, thought for a while, struck with both palms, suddenly understood, and exclaimed in surprise: "Ah! You mean, adults ...... Chongqing?"

Ma Xintian's face didn't turn around, a pair of eyes stared at Wang Huan who was driving the horse in front, his eyes were full of reverence, and he said sincerely: "Our Lord Wang, his ambition is not small, Wanshou Valley is not his goal, I think, even Chongqing Mansion is just a springboard." ”

His eyes flashed with strange brilliance, his spirit was uplifted, and he said with a solemn face: "As a martial artist, follow him, we will not go through this experience in this world in vain, Chen Xiang, you have been with the adult for so long, haven't you found out?" ”

"Found it, found it, you said that, I found it more thoroughly." Chen Xiang's thick eyebrows raised, and his eyebrows danced happily: "Hahaha, Brother Huan, oh no, Lord Wang, we will serve him to death." ”

Ma Xintian paused slightly, his straight body was as steady as Mount Tai on the horse, the majesty of the soldier jumped out, his feet were clamped, the horse neighed under the seat, and the four hooves rose up, chasing after Wang Huan's horse, and went away.

Eighty miles of mountain road, before dark, finally finished, the group came to the two peaks opposite a narrow official road, raised the eyes, the mountain is like a knife, straight up and down, not even a single grass grows, only moss dense, monkeys can not climb up.

Between the two mountains, there is a gap more than a zhang wide, a path passes through it, winding in it looms, at this time it is evening, pedestrians are extinct, the light in the mountains is dim, the wind gusts, even if it is summer, blowing on the body of people also feel the coolness of the bones. Standing in the distance, there is an illusion of entering the valley, like entering the underworld.

"This place is a line of sky, the mountains on both sides are hundreds of feet high, there is a trail to go up from behind the mountain, it is very laborious to climb over, it is steep and difficult to walk, so the walkers all take the official road between the mountains." Ma Xintian stood at the mouth of the valley, pointed at the mountain with a horsewhip, and introduced to Wang Huan: "Because there is a wind blowing out of the mountain, when the wind howls, its sound is strange, like a ghost is born, terrifying and terrifying, and the villagers are afraid, so this place is named Black Valley." ”

Wang Huan felt the cool breeze blowing from the crack in the mountain, and involuntarily wrapped his clothes tightly, the wind passed through him, echoing in everyone's ears similar to the roar of a ghost, which was indeed terrifying.

The guards behind him all have fearful faces, gods and ghosts and the like, which have great lethality to the people of this era, and Buddhism, which flourished since the Tang Dynasty, has carried forward this effect, and the so-called gods and Buddhas are chaotic people's hearts, which is exactly what it means.

Wang Huan didn't believe in ghosts and gods, but he didn't feel anything, he looked left and right, and then raised his eyes to look at the tall mountain peaks through the afterglow, and said, "Bring that woodcutter up." ”

Ma Xintian beckoned, and a stout man came up with a guard collar, dressed in sackcloth, with long hands and feet, and at first glance he was a villager who was accustomed to walking in the mountains.

Wang Huan turned his head and looked at the visitor, and the woodcutter hurriedly knelt down and said, "The villain greets Lord Wang." ”

Wang Huan smiled and helped him up, and asked kindly, "Ma Liu, are you doing well in Wanshou Valley?" ”

The woodcutter named Ma Liu looked frightened, and hurriedly replied in flattery: "Lord Xie, Ma Liu's family now has a house to live in, food to eat, and the adults have newly divided the fields, and the family is very safe, and they are all looking forward to a good harvest at the end of this year. ”

This Ma Liu, it is Liu Mingliang and other Xiucai when they made trouble, the Zhuang family who spoke out to support Wang Huan, he was the first to sign up for the silver mine, and the first to sign up for the construction of the city in Wanshou City, and he was very appreciated by Xu Tiezhu, and he was promoted to the first chief, it happened that this person was a villager in Fengdu County before fleeing into the stone pillar, and he often collected firewood and cut trees in the mountains, and was very familiar with the topography of the black valley. Xu Tiezhu accidentally learned about it and immediately recommended him to Wang Huan, so he brought it with him this time.

"Good! Come, Maliu, I know that you are a woodcutter here, familiar with this mountain, you come and see, if we want to set up an ambush here to create a landslide, where should we bury medicine? Wang Huan patted him on the shoulder, led him to the front of the mountain, and asked expectantly.

Ma Liu was almost a head short by him, and his heart was full of pride, who was patting himself on the shoulder? Lord Wang, the lord of Wanshou City, actually patted his shoulder like a brother and brother, and went back to blow the mud legs that were digging with the gang, so he didn't lift himself up to the sky, and see who of them dared to look down on me Ma Liu.

Ma Liu only felt that at this time, even if he died for Wang Huan, he didn't have a word, and he couldn't speak excitedly, so he stretched out his hand and shook Suosuo's point: "Big, big, my lord, this mountain on the left is called Zhaomu Mountain, the mountain is full of mud mountains, there are few stones, the foundation is soft, and it is easy to collapse on rainy days; And the mountain on the right, called Kuafu Mountain, the mountain is full of boulders, indestructible, trees are not easy to grow, according to my opinion, if you want to blow up the mountain to bury people, according to the mother mountain is not easy to succeed, it is best to find a key point on Kuafu Mountain, only a few hundred catties of gunpowder, can blow up several boulders, smashed down from a high place, will definitely be able to cut off the passage in the valley. ”

Wang Huan looked at what Ma Liu pointed at, nodded in agreement: "Yes, although the mud mountain can't withstand the rain and is easy to collapse, but it is not easy to promote it with manpower, but the stone mountain is easy to be blown up, but I have less gunpowder in my hand, so I'm afraid it won't collapse." ”

Ma Liu's face was full of smiles, and he said attentively: "Adults are worried, the villain has been chopping firewood between these two mountains for ten years, and every grass and tree is very clear, this Kuafu Mountain seems to be a whole stone mountain, but in fact it is not, on the top of the mountain, there is a stone crevice, obliquely connected to the top of the mountain, about tens of thousands of catties in weight, as long as the stone crack is blown up, the boulder will slide down, turn into countless gravel, and fill the valley bottom. ”

Wang Huan's eyes widened, he looked at Ma Liu in surprise, patted him on the shoulder vigorously, and laughed out loud: "Okay, it's really good, Ma Liu, you will be the first one when you go back!" What the? If you are already there, then give your family an extra five acres of land. ”

Ma Liu was also pleasantly surprised, thanking him one after another, so happy that he didn't know how to put his hands and feet, and his body was a little shorter by Wang Huan.

"Tonight we will camp at the bottom of this valley, tomorrow Chen Xiang will cross the valley to Chongqing, we will go up the mountain!" Wang Huanhuan was overjoyed, and said with a smile.