Noya had just walked this road not long ago, and she shouldn't have gotten lost, but now she found that it was a little strange.

She remembers the last time she passed by here, it was just a sheep intestine trail that was not wide or narrow, the road was not narrow, it was very flat, but both sides were occupied by dense weeds and shrubs, and the narrow path should be left by the mountain people here who went into the mountains to hunt and chop firewood all year round, so she would abandon the car and ride the horse in advance.

But now, she had been walking for a long time, and it was said that she had already entered the long Han Mountains, but instead of becoming narrow and difficult to pass, the road was cleared of weeds on both sides, and seemed to be smoother enough to accommodate a carriage to pass.

This is not an official road, and there are not many people coming and going, so it stands to reason that the government will not spend money to repair this place, so is it that he is going the wrong way?

She tried to find a nearby villager to inquire, but she didn't meet a single pedestrian after walking for a long time. The Orion house on the side of the road is also empty, uninhabited, and has long been abandoned.

The whole mountain seems to be empty, which is even more strange, where have all the nearby residents gone?

Noah relied on his last memory to continue walking, and when it was dark, he saw a man dressed as a hunter sneaking down from the mountain, looking around vigilantly, and carrying a bulging cloth bag in his hand.

"Big brother?" Noah drove forward, and the man was startled by a word, threw away the cloth bag in his hand, and fled in a panic. After running two steps and feeling that something was wrong, he turned his head to look at Noah, and looked up and down suspiciously: "Who are you?" ”

Seeing that the man was powerful, but timid as a mouse, Noah felt funny: "I'm in a hurry, and I want to ask you for directions." ”

The man breathed a sigh of relief, stepped forward to pick up the cloth bag on the ground, looked around alertly, and said, "Surprise me." What way, you ask? ”

"I remember that there used to be a mountain road leading to Luoyang, Henan, I don't know, right?"

The man nodded: "This is the road, go straight to the south." ”

Noah was relieved: "Suddenly I saw that the road had become wider, and I thought I was going wrong." ”

"The road is getting wider, but it's harder to walk, young man, be careful, try to take the official road in the future, don't try to get closer."

Noah couldn't help but be a little strange: "Why? ”

The man waved his hand: "I advise you to listen, don't ask so many whys." ”

The more the man didn't say anything, the more curious Noah became: "I left a carriage on the way here, and if you tell me why, I'll give it to you." ”

The carriage is a lot of wealth for the poor, and the man suddenly came to his senses, looked at the horse and bridle led by Noah, and said in disbelief: "Really? ”

"One more word left and right won't hurt you, will it?"

The man hesitated for a moment, looked up at the sky, and then spoke: "It was Huang Dexing's hooligan who colluded with the government to contract several nearby hills and drive away all the residents here, saying that there is a mine in the mountain, and the road will be repaired and mined out, and ordinary idle people are not allowed to enter the mountain." ”

Sure enough, it has something to do with the government, no wonder it is so rampant. Nuoya asked strangely: "Isn't Da Chu forbidden private mining?" Why does the government still support it? ”

The man spat fiercely: "It's not that the government said that what he mined was only a black thing called 'coal', which was not within the laws of Great Chu." In the first two years, we only covered the innermost hill, and we were not allowed to go in to hunt and chop wood, but this year, we occupied all the mountains here, and we were not even allowed to enter or exit. Take pity on us farmers who rely on the mountains to eat the mountains. ”

"Then this road shouldn't be blocked, right?" Noah asked.

"Not yet, but you have to be behaving when you go, and there are checkpoints on the road, and someone is secretly watching. That is, I was so skillful that I dared to sneak in and catch two game. ”

It's this Huang Dexing again, I didn't expect him to be really powerful, and he raised so many people under his hands to work hard for him. Noah shook her head and sighed secretly, if she didn't have something important to do, she would definitely have to clean him up, it was not as simple as a few pounds of meat.

Noah thanked the man for the reminder, told him the exact location of the abandoned car, and was about to get on the horse and hurry.

The man picked up a big bargain in vain, and said mysteriously: "If you add ten more copper plates, I will tell you the truth." ”

"The truth?"

"Well, what I'm telling you is just a well-known superficial excuse." The man deliberately hung Noah's appetite: "In fact, there is a big conspiracy behind it." ”

Noya was a little funny, but also a little curious, the ten copper plates left and right were nothing to her, so she took out a small silver coin from her arms and threw it to him: "Reward you more, all, word for word." ”

When the man saw Qian's eyes open, he immediately squinted and beckoned to Noah: "Come and squat down and talk, don't be seen." ”

Noah glanced around, the world was silent, where was there half a figure? This man is too bold. As the man had said, she leaned over and asked, "Speak!" ”

"This is what I accidentally discovered when I was chasing a prey, Huang Dexing and they are here under the banner of coal mining, but they actually found iron ore here!"

"Iron ore?"

The man nodded: "You think, he Huang Dexing has occupied the mountain inside for several years, I have been living here, and I haven't seen him pull out one, so I wonder if something is wrong, coal mining is just a disguise." Later, I went into the mountain in the middle of the night, chased a large cargo and inadvertently broke in, and heard a 'clanging' sound inside, and when I heard the movement, there was iron ore inside! It's being smelted on site. ”

Where would Noya believe it, if it is said that it is possible to dig a little coal and sell it for money, if it is said that iron ore is mined and smelted on site, how much scale, manpower, financial resources, and technology are needed. Where would a little ruffian be able to do it? Moreover, smelting iron without permission is a capital crime of losing his head, and he may be copied from the Nine Clans.

She smiled and said to the man: "Then why don't you go to the government to report and exchange some bounty, no faster than the money you came in secretly to shoot two pheasants and rabbits?" ”

The man touched his neck: "Mother, that's asking for money and not dying, this matter is obvious, Huang Dexing must be hooking up with the government and making a fortune together." If I didn't even have this bit of eyesight, this little life would have been gone a long time ago. ”

Nuoya thinks about it, isn't Huang Dexing just looking for two people from the government to hunt down and kill him and snatch the royal fan? Although this man is greedy for money, he knows the times.

She looked up and saw that it was not early, according to what this man said, it was better to take advantage of the fact that the sky was not dark, and it was good to pass these mountains, so as not to provoke unhappiness.

The man was quite enthusiastic when he took Noya's money, and said: "If you want to hurry, you should hurry early, otherwise it will be dark soon, and the single person passing by Murong Villa is creepy and scared." ”

"Murong Villa? Murong Villa is in this mountain? ”

The man picked up the silver, lifted the cloth bag under his feet, sneakily glanced at Xizhou, and then waved his hand before leaving: "That's it, there is a fork in the road to the next mountain is the road to Murong Villa, a few years ago there was a killing, dozens of lives were buried in the sea of fire and became unjust souls, I don't dare to pass there in the middle of the night anyway, you be careful." ”

Noah frowned for a moment, then turned on his horse and walked along the road without lingering. When he reached the fork in the road that the man said, he couldn't help but stop his horse and stood at the intersection in a daze for a long time.

It was already dark, the mountain wind was blowing, the night birds were not alarmed, the moonlight was bleak, the whole mountain seemed to be shrouded in a layer of dreamlike smoke, and the trees in the distance were hazy, looking a little hideous, which made people feel frightened for no reason.

Noah came to her senses for a long time, feeling that in addition to an inexplicable sadness in her heart, there was also a trace of fear that she wanted to escape, feeling that the mountain and the tree had a fatal attraction to her, and like a flood beast, they wanted to devour her alive.

Thinking about the prestige and legend of Old Man Murong in the rivers and lakes, it is not difficult to see that when he is alive, he must be a person who is upright and bright, virtuous and noble, worthy of admiration. Since you have passed by since then, you can be regarded as a person in the rivers and lakes, so you will bow down.

She turned over and dismounted, knelt at the intersection, and in the direction of going up the mountain, pulled off her clothes, knelt down, and kowtowed respectfully a few times.

It was these heads that Noah noticed a strange movement when he was close to the ground. She leaned down and pressed her ear to the ground, listening carefully. The ground trembled slightly, yes, there were people, riding fast horses, dense like drums, in their own direction.

She counted silently in her heart, there were many people, I am afraid there were more than ten people, and listening to the sound of horses' hooves, they were all top masters.

Could it be that Huang Dexing moved a new rescuer? Or has the killer who is chasing him from the Killer Pavilion arrived?

Noya felt in his heart, his martial arts have not fully recovered now, what are the chances of winning in the face of so many unfathomable masters? Dodge or fight?

She groaned slightly, did not dare to hesitate, stood up, took off the burden, and patted the horse's back with force, and the horse suffered. Immediately leave her and run wildly.

Noah greeted the bubbles in a low voice, and immediately went up the mountain, hidden behind a stone monument, and looked out over the mountain road through the lush vegetation.

The sound of horses' hooves approached, and all of them were masked black-clothed people in strong suits, sweeping in front of them, and there were as many as fourteen or fifteen people in total. Noah looked at the posture and knew that these people were all top masters, all of whom had unique skills, superb martial arts, and a cold murderous aura.

She was almost immediately sure that they were coming for her, friend or foe. The people under Baili Jiu definitely don't have such a domineering murderous aura.

Thanks to his respect for Old Man Murong's conduct, he stayed and kowtowed, otherwise he would have ridden on horseback, unaware of it, and he was afraid that he would have confronted them head-on at this time.

Noya secretly breathed a sigh of relief, turned around from behind the stele, and by the moonlight, although the big words "Martial Arts Champion, Murong Villa" on the stele had been mottled by wind erosion, they were still shining.

It seems that in the dark, there is a mysterious force calling her, attracting her to walk towards the mountain step by step.