After galloping on horseback for more than an hour, more than half an hour faster than the usual light horse, the four of them arrived at the foot of Wulin Mountain.

Looking up at the mountain, there are woods and rocks everywhere, and you can't see the peaks behind you at a glance, but a few people know that there are more than a dozen peaks behind it.

This mountain is so big that the official road has to avoid it, and you have to go around to another state capital before you can turn to the back of Wulin Mountain.

It's still at the foot of the mountain, and the slopes aren't too difficult to navigate, and there are paths on the mountain that hunters have trodden. It's just that because tigers often hurt people, not many people take these paths anymore after entering the mountains and not seeing one another.

The paths were blocked by weeds growing on both sides, and now that the grass is dry, the road is still hidden in it.

Zhuang Rou looked at the paths and felt that the slope was not too steep, and the horses could still walk for the time being, so she pumped the horses and let them go up the mountain.

The horse's hooves slipped from time to time on the mountain road, and Niu Dayong couldn't ride the horse anymore, so he could only get down and lead the horse and carefully step on the road stepped out by his predecessors.

And Zhuang Rou and they were not much faster than him, in addition to the difficult road, there were bushes everywhere, and it was extremely difficult for the horses to walk.

"What's the matter, Zhou Zhongren can ride a horse and run into the mountain, why can't I! Are they not on the same path as we are? Zhuang Rou stopped and said with some puzzlement.

As he was wiping his sweat, the horse under his crotch suddenly slipped and almost made him fall off the horse.

He quickly dismounted, stood in the knee-high dry grass, and said, "My lord, the two sons went out at that time, and there were local hunters leading the way. ”

Zhuang Rou looked up, the more up there were more bushes, the road was almost invisible, and carrying the horse became a burden.

After thinking about it, she said, "Niu Dayong, you lead the horse to the bottom of the mountain and tie it up, and stay there waiting to meet us." Ma Dezheng and Diao Yi followed me up the mountain, and now there is no time to find the way again, so we will go this way. ”

Niu Dayong had to waste a lot of work to get the four horses down the mountain, Ma Dezheng and Diao Yi traveled lightly, and followed Zhuang Rou to climb the mountain.

The three of them went all the way up, and when they reached the top, there was no road at all, so they could only cut the bushes and walked forward. At this time, they are sure that they are on the wrong path.

Zhuang Rou led them up the hill and looked down the hill, and found that the opposite hillside was very gentle and covered with dense dead grass, which was very suitable for wild swimming and horse racing.

It was difficult to descend from the hill where she was standing to the grassy slope, and down the grassy slope was a large forest, from which she could ride directly into the mountain if someone familiar led the way.

Ma De was looking down and couldn't find his way down, "My lord, we can't go down from here, do we want to go down the mountain to find that wood?" ”

"There's no time, let's go down the mountain, if there is really something, it's not easy for us to startle the snake when we are far away." Zhuang Rou shook her head, there was no time.

As long as it takes three hours, the Mu clan will come out of the state government, and he will definitely find the best way to go. If you don't speed up now, you may have to collect the corpse.

She waved her hand, turned around and continued walking, "Let's go, there's no time to delay here." ”

When the three of them crossed another mountain along the ridge, they were stunned for a moment, and a huge stockade appeared in the valley in the distance.

It was rare to see such a large bandit village, but after taking a closer look, the three of them felt that something was wrong.

Diao slapped his thigh one by one and exclaimed, "My lord, this is a mine!" We have such a large mine in Hongzhou, and we don't know what it produces, if it is copper or

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If it's silver, it's big! ”

Ma Dezheng also congratulated excitedly: "My lord has really made a great contribution this time, such a big mine, no matter what it is digging, it is in the boundary of Hongzhou." Build a road to come in, and Hongzhou can be prosperous. ”

"Aren't you most worried about the homeless? As long as you get all the people here to work, you won't have to worry about eating. He knew what Zhuang Rou cared about the most, which was the homeless people outside the city who were dying of starvation.

Zhuang Rou was not happy at all, just squinted at them, and when they felt that her attitude was wrong, they said coldly: "This mine is so big, there are so many coolies, and the Hongzhou Yamen doesn't know anything about it. ”

"This is not a small mine, I'm afraid that if we dare to show our faces, they will be wiped out. If I'm not mistaken, Zhou Zhongren and the others broke into here and were discovered by these people. ”

Mader was startled, he squinted and looked over, and sure enough, he saw a lot of guards with weapons.

He was so frightened that he quickly lay down, and said in fright: "My lord, what are we going to do now, the sons of King An's Mansion have been killed by them." Seeing people like us from the yamen, they are even faster to kill! ”

Diao Yi also lay on the ground, pulled Lamad and said in a trembling voice: "Why don't we go back quickly and report this matter to the county king." Let the adults transfer the men and horses of the guard station and wipe out all the people here! ”

"Yes, yes!" Ma Dezheng hurriedly nodded, "My lord, let's go back first!" ”

They were right, there were so many guards in this mine, and the three of them would be restrained just for fear of appearing.

The best way is to go back and let the county lord borrow the men and horses of the guard and bring a large team of men and horses to kill them, so as to attack this mine.

But Zhuang Rou couldn't go back, the Mu clan must have come out of the yamen now, or it won't be long before he can get here. Although I don't know what means he has to deal with so many people, he is very confident in his tone.

After pondering for a moment, she said to the two: "You two go back to find Niu Dayong, rush back to the yazhong and call the adults over." If he doesn't come, tell him that if he doesn't come, I'll die. ”

Ma Dezheng dared to let her stay here alone, and quickly persuaded: "My lord, it's too dangerous to be alone. It's better to leave one person with you to find that wood, and the rest of the people will go back to the yamen to report the news!" ”

Zhuang Rou refused, what she was going to do next was very dangerous, and the abilities of several of them could only be delayed, and they would not be able to survive if they lost their lives at that time.

She didn't scare them, and said directly: "If you don't leave, you'll die." ”

"This ......" Ma Dezheng hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "Your Excellency, you have to be careful, you must wait for us to come!" The villain has no ability to protect you, but he will desperately bring the county king! ”

"I'm just saying I'm going to die, I'm just saying you're going to die. This official's martial arts are world-famous, and he has invulnerability, how could something happen. Zhuang Rou smiled.

Ma Dezheng forgot about this, Zhuang Rou has good armor, and it seems that she has a strange martial arts, and ordinary people can't do anything about her.

In this case, you can go with peace of mind.

"Your Excellency, we will be back as soon as possible, please rest assured. Before we come, it is better not to act rashly. Ma Dezheng told her not to mess around, so he took Diao Yi back to the mountain to look for cattle and take the horse the same way.

Zhuang Rou saw that they were gone, and then turned around and walked towards the mine in the valley. If you want to see what's inside, you naturally have to go over and see it in person, and maybe you can see the two grandsons who are hungry and don't look like adults.