Chapter Seventy-Three: Night into Daqing Mountain
At noon, on the Lancui Pavilion of Xilin Villa, Di Renjie and Tang Yinran, Tang Zhun and his son sat opposite the table, and several subordinates were waiting on the side with wine jugs, and kept serving and pouring wine for the three of them!
On the round table, all kinds of delicacies are coveted, and what is even more eye-catching is the woman who caresses the qin on the Lancui Pavilion is Tang Yinran's new wife Begonia!
Accompanied by the beautiful sound of the begonia, the three of them pushed the cup and changed the lamp, and suddenly the new lady Haitang sang with the rhythm!
"Hahaha! I didn't expect Mrs. Tang to have such skills, the sound of the piano is lingering, and the aftermath is lingering, Master Tang is so blessed! Di Renjie laughed and praised!
"Mr. Huai has won the award, don't hide it from Mr. Huai, before the clumsy Jing Haitang married into the Tang family, she was the singer of Yingzhou Miaoyin Fang!" Tang Yinran took a sip of wine and said!
Di Renjie was slightly stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but look at the position of the begonia fuqin, and suddenly felt a little rude, and quickly turned his head!
Tang Zhun saw that Di Renjie was a little embarrassed, and felt that his father was a little speechless, so he hurriedly spoke: "Although my stepmother is from a humble background, since she has entered my Tang family, my son will regard her as his mother, and my father should not mention the past again!" ”
Tang Yinran was slightly drunk, raised his glass and said: "My son's filial piety is the blessing of my Tang family!" Let's have another drink, Mr. Huai! ”
Di Renjie smiled, picked up the wine glass, and drank it all!
After three rounds of drinking, several people were also a little tired, Tang Yinran and Di Renjie were a little drunk, Tang Zhun seemed to be a little unsatisfied, but seeing that the two old men were already like this, he asked his subordinates to help Tang Yinran and Di Renjie back to the room respectively, and went to the study to drink alone!
Back in the room, Li Yuanfang made a pot of hot tea for Di Renjie and slowly got drunk!
Li Yuanfang poured tea and asked, "My lord, are we going to stay in this Xilin Villa for a few more days?" Do we have a business ahead of us? ”
Di Renjie took a sip of tea, and then said very soberly: "Yuan Fang, are you afraid that I will linger here, and I will not miss it?" ”
"That's not what it means, huh? Aren't you drunk, my lord? Li Yuanfang said suddenly!
Di Renjie smiled slightly and said, "Of course I'm not drunk!" How dare you be greedy if you have something important to do? ”
"I'm sorry, my lord, but I lost my word!" Li Yuanfang said guiltily!
"Huh? Yuan Fang, you and I are like father and son, you don't have to be formal! When I saw the floating corpses in the lotus pond again today, I suddenly thought of a question! Di Renjie said!
Li Yuanfang frowned slightly, and asked curiously, "My lord, what did you think of?" ”
"I'm thinking, this person is a blacksmith who died in Daqing Mountain, and then was thrown into Qingshi Pond, so will other blacksmiths also be in Daqing Mountain, and I seem to have thought of the reason why that blacksmith was poisoned!" Di Renjie thought about it and said!
"Oh? What is the reason? Li Yuanfang asked!
Di Renjie stroked his beard and paced and said: "In addition to wrought iron, some blacksmiths will also participate in the smelting of ores, and ventilation must be ensured in the process of ore smelting, because iron ore will release some poisonous gas in the process of smelting, if the ventilation is good, there will naturally be no problems, but if the ventilation is not smooth, it will only cause slight poisoning in the short term, and there is no disease, but if this poisonous gas is ingested for a long time, the toxins will accumulate in the body, and when the accumulation reaches a certain level, the natural person will die of poison!" ”
When Li Yuanfang heard this, he was immediately shocked: "What does the adult mean that someone in this Daqing Mountain is secretly smelting ore?" ”
Di Renjie nodded and said: "This can explain why a large amount of coal is transported into Daqing Mountain, this Daqing Mountain is high and dense, and the fog is clear all day long, and it happens that the smoke of coal burning at home is covered, if so, then I conclude that those missing young laborers and those blacksmiths are hidden in this Daqing Mountain!" ”
"My lord, what do we do now? The road from Daqing Mountain to the mountain is heavily guarded, how do we enter the mountain? Li Yuanfang asked!
"Hahaha! Yuan Fang, do you remember where the water in the lotus pond of Xilin Villa came from? Di Renjie asked with a laugh!
"From Bluestone Pond?" Li Yuanfang replied!
"Hmmm! So where do you see that? Di Renjie pushed open the window and pointed to the distance and asked!
Li Yuanfang looked in the direction of Di Renjie's finger and suddenly said, "It's Daqingshan!" ”
Di Renjie smiled slightly, twisted his hair and said: "That's right, behind this Xilin Villa is Daqing Mountain, Xilin Villa has built a waterway behind the village, in order not to be found and destroyed, after the waterway is repaired, it is covered with trees and vegetation, so no one knows, but from this into the mountain, but only more than 20 miles of road, you can enter the mountain in no moment!" ”
"I understand, my lord, you entered Daqing Mountain from here, so as to find out the situation in the mountain!" Li Yuanfang said excitedly!
"Hahaha! Li Yuanfang is Li Yuanfang! Di Renjie raised his big finger and praised!
"Good! Let's go! Li Yuanfang clenched his fists and said!
"Huh? No hurry, no hurry! At this time, the sky is still bright, if you go out at this time, the people on this village will be suspicious, it is inevitable to leak the rumors, and after nightfall, you will go up the mountain! Di Renjie grabbed Li Yuanfang and said!
"Yes! Obedience! Li Yuanfang replied!
The night was low, the autumn breeze was rising, Li Yuanfang tidied up his clothes, hid the light steel chain knife at his waist, and walked out of the room gently, under the cover of the night, he flickered and moved, and disappeared into the vast night in a blink of an eye!
Di Renjie stood at the window, looking at Daqing Mountain in the vast night, and said to himself: "Yuan Fang, be careful!" ”
There was no light in the dark night, the north wind was howling, and the dry branches were hunting in the wind, which was extremely harsh in this curtain-like night, adding a touch of confusion and bleakness to this already terrifying mountain forest!
In the layers of dense fog, a black shadow rushed out, sometimes jumping, sometimes striding meteors, like a ghost shuttling through the dense forest, although there was darkness in front of him, but in the eyes of this black shadow, it seemed that this could not be an obstacle for himself!
And this black shadow is Li Yuanfang!
Flashed through a jungle, there was a firelight not far ahead, Li Yuanfang bent down and looked into the distance, it was a team blocking the mountain road, there were about twenty people, dressed in armor, standing guard with swords and halberds, and those who were idle gathered around the fire!
Li Yuanfang observed for a moment, continued to run into the dense forest, and went to the depths of the mountain! As it gradually deepened, a puff of smoke gradually became heavier, and Li Yuanfang knew that this was the smoke from coal burning!
"It seems that the adults guessed correctly, there is really something strange in this mountain!" Li Yuanfang said to himself!
Suddenly, Li Yuanfang stopped, pricked up his ears, and carefully distinguished, he seemed to hear the sound of clanging! Due to the obstruction of the dense forest, Li Yuanfang could only roughly distinguish the direction in which the sound came from, but he couldn't see what the sound was coming from!
Walking through the dense forest, Li Yuanfang saw the firelight again, and the sound came from that direction!
Li Yuanfang looked at it with great eyes, "Ah! Li Yuanfang's expression suddenly tightened, and he screamed secretly!