On the note was a line of words: "Quanling County Yamen." ”

"Are they really instructed by the county magistrate of Quanling County?"

Even if he saw it with his own eyes, Wan Lin still couldn't believe it.

Qi Hongkuo was also a little incredulous, "The audacity of this Quanling County magistrate is too big, right?" Do you really dare to instruct someone to pretend to be a villager to fight against Qincha? ”

The officer and soldier in charge of tracking said affirmatively: "Ah Heng is the most cautious, if he is not sure, he will not write such a note back!" ”

Wan Lin explained: "It's not that we don't believe Ah Heng, but we think that the county magistrate of Quanling County is too bold, and this behavior is a bit unreasonable. There is nothing special about Jinping Village, so he has to belong to his territory in Quanling County to be satisfied? ”

Fu Xiaojiu walked over at this time, and said quietly: "Isn't there any secret in Jinping Village, they don't want outsiders to know, so they took the risk to confront Qin Cha?" ”

"Lady?"

Although Fu Xiaojiu was pregnant, her steps were light, and her appearance frightened Wan Lin and the others.

Fu Xiaojiu didn't even look at the note, and said directly: "I still had a suspicion before, but I only told Brother Zhang." Since you all think that if this matter was instructed by the county magistrate of Quanling County, but it is not logical, then consider my guess. ”

Fu Xiaojiu's thinking really gave Wan Lin inspiration, and Wan Lin asked seriously: "Lady, your guess is that Jinping Village hides some secrets?" ”

Fu Xiaojiu nodded and said, "That's right, and I guess the secret is hidden underground, so they will try their best to stop us from digging a well." ”

Qi Hongkuo clapped his hands with sudden realization, "Oh, there is some truth in this guess in Fulang!" ”

Wan Lin immediately said: "Then should we go to the place where the well is drilled again?" They wouldn't have thought we'd turn back, would they? ”

However, Fu Xiaojiu stopped: "No, we can't go back now!" Those people may have sent people to keep an eye on them in the dark, or they have set up some traps around, we can't act rashly, and if we want to go, we have to send a few masters to investigate secretly. ”

Wan Lin responded: "The lady reminded me." Then I'll have someone go there and check out there to see if they're hiding anything. ”

Wan Lin took a fancy to Dai Hui at present, so he asked Dai Hui to find two or three officers and soldiers with the best kung fu to go to Jinpin Village to investigate.

Dai Hui volunteered that he would go in person, and Wan Lin told them to be very careful, and if the clues were not easy to find, forget it, and they must ensure their safety.

The suspicion of the Quanling County Order was only known to Wan Lin, and he didn't want everyone to know about it for the time being, so as not to leak the news.

After sending someone to investigate again, Wan Lin went alone to tell Wan Zhang about their actions.

Wan Zhang also said that the county order of Quanling County will not compete with Qincha for the sake of a Jinping Village, and they will not be able to make a fortune in Quanling County if there is another Jinping Village, and besides, his term of office is approaching, so he can't guard Jinping Village for the rest of his life.

Now the most likely thing is that Jinping Village does have a secret that no one knows, and this secret is what the Quanling County Order wants to get.

The fruit wine that Fu Xiaojiu brewed at home in advance is here.

She brought these wines with her intention to comfort everyone on the road.

And because this wine is made from fruit, not pure grain, there is no guilt in drinking it in places where there is a drought and food is scarce.

The officers and men all drank happily, and the grievances in their hearts were all gone, and they all looked forward to digging ditches and wells smoothly tomorrow.

Dai Hui took the two officers and soldiers with the best kung fu and returned to Jinping Village.

Tonight, the moon is bright and the stars are scarce, and the sight is good, and there is something strange around the well that will be dug soon.

The earth excavated from the well was gone, and it was surrounded by barbed wire.

In order to test whether someone was secretly ambushing, Dai Hui first picked up a small stone and threw it at the mouth of the well.

Before the stone could hit the ground, two figures flashed out of the darkness.

"Someone's coming?"

"Be careful!"

When the two men found the stone, they drew their swords vigilantly and looked around.

Dai Hui said to the two officers and soldiers: "You two go and lure the two of them away, and I will go to investigate and investigate!" ”

"Yes!"

The two officers and soldiers immediately split up and led the two men away.

After they left, Dai Hui cautiously came to the well.

Seeing that the well that had been dug with great difficulty was filled in like this, Dai Hui was so angry that he wanted to curse.

But Dai Hui didn't forget his task, suppressed his anger, and inserted the tip of the knife into the soil and rummaged gently.

Dai Hui said to himself while looking for it: "Isn't there really any treasure by this well, so it is fenced off, and there are people who guard it at night." But if you don't dig three feet into the ground, you can't find anything, right? ”

Dai Hui was a little disappointed, and was ready to withdraw his knife and hide in the shadows and wait for his people to come back and report back to the yamen.

"Huh? What is it? ”

The tip of Dai Hui's knife suddenly touched something hard in the soil.

Dai Hui immediately squatted down and quickly flipped the tip of the knife, and soon a metallic shone was revealed in the soil.

By the moonlight, Dai Hui took a closer look, and after seeing this thing clearly, Dai Hui couldn't help but be shocked.

"W-This is gold?"

Dai Hui hurriedly pulled this thing out of the soil, and when he looked closely, it was actually a small gold bar the size of a little thumb.

Dai Hui hurriedly put the small gold bar into his sleeve, and said in wonder: "The tip of my knife is not deep, how can I easily dig up the gold bar?" But when I dug the well during the day, I dug so deep and didn't dig anything? ”

Dai Hui thought of this, stood up and carefully looked around the situation.

"I see, I'm afraid it's just a coincidence. When we were digging the well, we happened to avoid the place where the gold was buried, and the reason why the group was so nervous and desperately did not let us dig the well again was because they were afraid that we would dig up the gold! It seems that Mrs. Wan's guess is right, this Jinping Village does have an ulterior secret! ”

As soon as Dai Hui figured out the truth, he suddenly felt that someone was coming not far away, and immediately jumped out of the well.

Not long after Dai Hui arrived at the hiding place, the two officers and soldiers also returned, and the three of them did not have time to talk in detail, so they immediately returned to the county office.

The three of them could be sure that there was no tail behind them, but when they arrived at the county office, they did not enter through the main entrance, but climbed over the roof to the courtyard.

Everyone else was already drunk and drowsy, Wan Lin, Qi Hongkuo, Fu Xiaojiu and Tan Su were all waiting for them in Wan Zhang's study.

Wan Lin heard movement in the courtyard first, and said expectantly: "It should be that they are back!" ”

As soon as Wan Lin's voice fell, there was a very soft knock on the door, "My lord, we are back!" ”

Wan Lin immediately went to open the door, and Dai Hui and the three of them cautiously looked behind them before entering the door.

"But what did you find?"

Wan Lin asked eagerly.

Dai Hui first threw an admiring look at Fu Xiaojiu before replying: "There is indeed a discovery, what do you think this is?" ”

Dai Hui took out a small gold bar from his sleeve, and Fu Xiaojiu and the others hurried over.

"This is gold?"

It was incredible that Wan Lin took the gold bar.

Fu Xiaojiu glanced at the gold bar and said affirmatively: "This is gold and didn't run away!" But it's rare to see such a small gold bar. ”

After appraising the gold bars, Fu Xiaojiu asked again: "Where did you find this gold bar?" At least you have to dig into the ground to dig it out, right? Is there a guard at the well? ”

Dai Hui told the situation at that time and how he found the gold bar in detail, and Fu Xiaojiu's eyes couldn't help but light up when he heard it.

"You dug up gold bars with just a random dig? How many good things must be buried in the ground! I didn't expect my guess to come true, this gold is their secret, and they didn't let us dig a well because of this gold! ”

Fu Xiaojiu immediately grabbed Wan Lin's sleeve, "Xianggong, we should quickly send someone to guard there, otherwise the gold buried in the ground should be transferred!" I also have a hunch that the gold must have come from an unknown source, otherwise how could it be buried there? ”

Wan Lin said with a sad face: "But the officers and soldiers have drunk a lot of wine, and at this time they are all snoring like thunder, I'm afraid there is no way to act." It's all because I didn't think it through. ”

Fu Xiaojiu didn't blame Wan Lin for anything, but Qi Hongkuo was also anxious.

"So what are we going to do? If they take all the gold away, it will be difficult for us to find it again! I also think that this gold is coming from the wrong way, and if I can find this gold, I may be able to lead to a big case! ”

Fu Xiaojiu thought for a moment and said, "Dai Hui and the others should have made the guards guard on guard after they went to investigate, and they must have reported to their superiors at this time." We are close, at least some officers and soldiers and officials have not slept all night, we might as well give it a go and outflank the surroundings of the well, even if they have rescuers, they will not be faster than us, let's keep the gold first! ”

Wan Lin said with a solemn expression: "Now it seems that there is only one way." Then let's give it a go! ”

Fu Xiaojiu wanted to follow, but was stopped by Wan Lin.

Wan Lin counted the manpower, and they now have ten officials who keep vigil and more than a dozen officers and soldiers.

Although it is only a small team of more than 20 people, they are all officials, they are upright, and they are not very afraid of villains.

Before they left, Fu Xiaojiu said that she would boil a pot of sobering soup, and if they were short of manpower, she would immediately send an arrow, so she poured the decanting soup into the remaining officers and soldiers and asked them to go to the rescue immediately.

The group soon came to Jinping Village again, and this time they came with too many people to hide, but they couldn't directly come to the vicinity of the well to investigate.

Dai Hui was the first to walk over, and as he was about to get close to the barbed wire, a poisonous dart flew towards him.

Dai Hui quickly dodged the poison dart sideways, and then quickly lay on the ground, pulled the small crossbow tied to his arm, and released a crossbow arrow in the direction where the poison dart flew.

"Ahh

Soon there was a scream from the grass.