Probably because of taking Ma Liang's harmful medicine, Ma Liang always felt that this snow weasel walked staggeringly. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But fortunately, it can still walk, Ma Liang and Gongsun Lan followed like this, and after walking for more than 30 minutes, Ma Liang and the others finally saw something different.

"What is this?"

Gongsun Lan was a little surprised by what he saw in front of him.

"You know here?"

"Well, this is the refinery of our Gongsun family's Dongcheng mine, which is responsible for refining some ore excavated from the Dongcheng mine on weekdays, and it belongs to the secondary processing base."

Ma Liang nodded, and at the same time saw some of the equipment in the refinery, although it was behind the modern era, it was also beyond the level that it should have been in ancient times.

"But this place has been abandoned since the mine collapsed, what did it bring us here for?"

Ma Liang shook his head, then pointed to the little guy who was still leading the way.

"Then I'm going to have to ask about it."

As he spoke, Ma Liang and Gongsun Lan followed again.

After walking for about ten minutes, the two of them found that the snow rat had actually led them into a cave that was not very wide, and there were weak moans from the cave from time to time.

Gongsun Lan and Ma Liang glanced at each other and understood what the other party meant, so they took out an air fire lamp from their backpacks, lit it and ran quickly in the direction where the sound came from.

After running for less than three minutes, a pile of rubble appeared in front of him, blocking the way forward.

"What is this?"

Gongsun Lan used an air fire lamp to shine under the pile of rocks and found that under a large stone there was an animal that looked like the snow rat.

Immediately, the two of them understood the little guy's intentions.

The stone was not very big, and without Gongsun Lan's action, Ma Liang pushed it away.

When pushed away, it was found that the snow rat's right foot had been crushed by a stone.

Gongsun Lan tore off a corner of his clothes, and used the golden medicine they brought up the mountain to bandage the snow weasel's wound.

Soon the snow rat was on its feet.

Ma Liang and the others looked at the affectionate look of the two little guys, and they both smiled slightly.

After lingering for a while, the two snow weasels wagged their tails at Ma Liang and Gongsun Lan to express their gratitude, and then left the cave.

"Since they're all gone, let's go too."

Saying that, Gongsun Lan planned to leave, after all, it was not too early, and she had to go back to practice calligraphy.

"Wait."

Ma Liang suddenly said aloud.

"What's wrong?"

"Shh

The cave fell silent.

After a few moments, Maleonn put his ear to the stone wall and listened to the sound inside.

"It's ...... Underground river? ”

When Gongsun Lan heard this, he also leaned over and listened to the movement inside like Ma Liang, and indeed heard the sound of water.

"Is there anything strange about this river?"

Ma Liang did not answer Gongsun Lan, but suddenly squatted on the ground, picked up a piece of gravel beside him, and drew it on the ground.

After a moment, Ma Hao seemed to suddenly understand something, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Did you find anything?"

Ma Liang stood up and looked at Gongsun Lan.

"Yes, and you should be very interested."

"Me?"

"Well, because I should have discovered the truth about the collapse of your father's mine."

Ma Liang said in a low voice.

"What?"

Gongsun Lan was shocked.

"What's going on?"

"I think the mine disaster at your father's mine should not be a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster."

Gongsun Lan stood up in shock.

"What? Are you saying that my father was framed? ”

Ma Liang nodded.

When Gongsun Lan heard this, he calmed down the shock in his heart, and then looked at Ma Liang very sincerely.

"Can you tell me what you found?"

Ma Liang thought for a moment.

"Hmm...... Yes and no. ”

Gongsun Lan frowned.

"What do you mean?"

Ma Liangyin smiled predictably.

"What's the good of what I said?"

"What do you want?"

Gongsun Lan very readily asked Ma Liang to put forward conditions.

"That's it, I'll tell you, and then after the competition, you will go to my Divine Pen Pavilion and be a scholar for me for three months, do you think it's okay?"

Gongsun Lan was a little inexplicable.

"Me? To be a scholar for you? ”

"That's right."

Maleonn didn't think there was anything wrong.

Gongsun Lan really didn't know what to say, and after thinking about it, although this condition was a little inexplicable, it was not excessive.

"Okay, I promise you, you can say it."

Ma Liang nodded, and then asked Gongsun Lan to look at what he had drawn on the ground.

"You see, our current location is here, the two mines of your Gongsun family collapsed here, and the refinery is here."

"Then now you see, is there any connection between these three places?"

Gongsun Lan looked at it and didn't see anything special, so he shook his head.

"The cave we are in now should not be a natural cave, but artificially excavated, and the best place to enter is obvious, and I guess it should have been built in less than half a year."

"There is also the underground river here, and the river water should be brought in from the Dongcheng River in the northern part of Dongcheng Mountain."

"Then in other words, this underground river should be located on the mine of your Gongsun family, under the refinery."

Gongsun Lan nodded, indicating that she understood what Ma Liang meant.

"But what does this have to do with the collapse of our mine?"

Maleonn pointed to the refinery.

"When we are smelting ore here, I think these equipment are working for a long time, so it means that the temperature here should be very high."

"And the underground river that sits beneath this refinery will undoubtedly become a warm river, even a hot water river."

"As a result, the flow of hot water puts an infinite amount of pressure on the lowest mines."

"The mine's dome also collapsed under this state of water pressure and hot water softening the rock."

Gongsun Lan immediately understood Ma Liang's words.

"That means that my father's mine collapse was not an accident, but was deliberately planned?"

Ma Liang nodded.

Gongsun Lan was very calm at this time, which was somewhat unexpected by Ma Liang.

"Thank you, I think we'd better go back to practice calligraphy first, and we'll talk about it later."

Since Gongsun Lan said so, Ma Liang had no other opinions, and the two of them packed up and planned to leave the cave.

However, just as Ma Liang was about to leave, the old voice of the system suddenly appeared.

"Quest Initiated: Investigate the Mine Collapse."

"Significance of the mission: As a master of ancient culture, you must have a hero's heart."

"Mission Objective: Find out who is behind the mining disaster and seek justice for the victims."

"Quest Reward: 100 Chivalry Points [Chivalry Points can be exchanged for items in the Chivalry Shop]"

Ma Liang patted the system interface a little speechlessly.

"I said grandpa Shenbi, I'm a painter, do I still care about solving the case?"

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