The three murderers were ambushed, and the murder case of Chen Yuanwai's family was over.

The county commander Ma Yong warmly invited the little county lord to rest in the county office, and sent Wu Dachuan and other officials to be responsible for protection.

Mu Qingyao politely declined.

There are not many garrisons in small towns, and with the strength of the county government in Zangshi Town, a few nine-rank warriors can be completely wiped out.

Mu Qingyao knew that the three people who were killed just now were definitely not the real murderers behind the scenes, and she didn't want to involve these officials.

Ma Yong is not a stupid person, and he vaguely saw the unusualness behind this incident, in the small Tibetan Stone Town, there were actually eight-rank martial artists who killed people.

It's an ordinary woman who kills inconsequential.

Linked to what Wu Dachuan had just reported, the people in the town wanted to burn the county lord of Lingyun, and Ma Yong's forehead began to break out in a cold sweat.

He is just a small county order, a big man fights, how dare he interfere.

Once this kind of thing is involved, the lightest thing has to fall into skin!

When Ma Yong was at a loss, a voice came from the side.

"The safety of the county lord is very important, if we really want to have three long and two short in our Zangshi Town, I am afraid that the head of the adult will be difficult to protect, and the county lord should be escorted out of this place as soon as possible."

"It's no problem to send people, the key county lord doesn't need us to follow!" Ma Yong said eagerly.

"I've always been a guide for the county lord, so it's better for the adults to send me along, and I can protect one or two by the way."

Ma Yong turned his head and saw that it was Yun Que who spoke.

Ma Yong was overjoyed:

"Good! Yun Que, you are indeed the leader of our county government, and the task of escorting the county lord will be handed over to you! ”

Niu Bucai hurriedly said:

"Escorted by Brother Yun, you can ensure that the county lord is safe and sound!"

"Obey the order, but this travel expense, it is better for the adults to settle it first." Yun Que smiled and stretched out his hand.

Ma Yong and Niu Bucai's faces stiffened at the same time.

In the yamen, it is true that Yun Que is the strongest, but the speed of asking for money is also the fastest.

Ma Yong frowned and said tentatively: "Ten taels? ”

Seeing Yun Que sneering, Niu Bucai stretched out two fingers and said, "Twenty taels!" ”

Yun Que yawned.

"One price, fifty taels! Couldn't be more. Ma Yong said painfully.

"My lord, I am unwell with a cold and I can't go out recently, so you should ask another master for the task of protecting the county lord." Yun Que coughed twice in a pretended manner.

"Don't, don't! How much do you really want! Ma Yong gritted his teeth and said.

"Everyone has known each other for so many years, don't be too ruthless, give a friendship price!" Niu Bucai sneered.

Yun Que smiled and stretched out two fingers, Ma Yongniu glanced at each other, and their faces were all bitter.

Mu Qingyao waited outside the door, and after a while, Yun Que came out, carrying something in her arms as she walked.

Mu Qingyao's eyesight is excellent, and she recognized it as a silver ticket at a glance.

And it's a silver ticket with a face value of two hundred taels.

Mu Qingyao couldn't help but chuckle.

Walking on the street, Mu Qingyao's mood was much more relaxed, and said:

"Where is the mysterious thing you are talking about, and what is it?"

"When you arrive, you will know that a large piece should be quite valuable, but unfortunately you can't get it." Cloud lacks a way.

Mu Qingyao became more and more curious when she listened.

The two walked through the long street and came to the northernmost part of Zangshi Town.

This is a barren mountain area, there are not many people, and it is also the scope of Zangshi Town, but almost no one lives.

At the foot of the mountain, there is a mine cave surrounded by makeshift shacks for people to rest.

At this time, it was dusk, and the coolies in the mine got off work and were walking home in groups of three or five.

When the miners saw Yun Que, they immediately greeted him with respect and warmth.

There are mine chiefs in the mine, and under normal circumstances, no further people are allowed in the mine after dark, for fear of accidents.

However, Yun Que is an exception.

Knowing that Yun Que was going to enter the mine, the mine boss brought a lantern and handed it to Yun Que without saying a word, and deliberately filled it with lamp oil.

"It's dark in the mine, the ground is uneven, Brother Yun has to look at his feet."

The head of the mine said with a smile, more respectful than greeting the county order.

Yun Que carried the lantern and led Mu Qingyao into the dark mine.

The mine is long, narrow, rugged and bottomless.

This is the jade mine of Tibetan Stone Town, and many precious jade stones in the imperial city come from here.

This remote town of Zangshi Town was also born from this.

A jade mine feeds nearly half of the town's families, and almost every family has miners.

Walking into the mine, Mu Qingyao's curiosity was replaced by heaviness.

She walked quietly beside Yun Que, sometimes glancing at the top of her head or in the corner, her clear eyes with a hint of sadness.

Although this jade mine has raised many people, it has also taken the lives of many people.

Mining is not only tiring, but also extremely dangerous.

The rocks that fall at any time take the lives of many miners.

Along the way, Mu Qingyao saw at least a dozen wandering spirits, wandering in the dark underground.

The Lord of Lingyun has psychic ability, but he does not have the power of transcendence.

"The people who work in the mine are all men with the strength of the handle, first of all, they must be full, so that the yang energy is strong, and secondly, they only work during the day, and they don't enter the mine when it's dark, which is the rule."

Yun Que's voice shattered the silence.

Mu Qingyao: "I can see that there are many wandering spirits here, and it is indeed dangerous for ordinary people to enter the mine after dark. ”

Yun Que said: "You are wrong, the danger is not the wandering spirit, but the fact that no one can survive the mine overnight, and it is easy to have accidents." ”

Mu Qingyao: "The yin qi at midnight is the strongest, there are a lot of wandering spirits here, and they are deep underground, it is easy to condense evil spirits after a long time, isn't it dangerous?" ”

Yun Que said: "Although it is dangerous in theory, it is different here, as far as I know, many people have died in this jade mine, but there has never been a situation where evil spirits have hurt people. ”

Mu Qingyao: "Could it be that there is a Taoist breath or a Buddhist magic weapon here that can suppress ghosts?" ”

Yun Que said: "Without those things, the ghosts here don't hurt people, because they have no grudges, they are all poor families who voluntarily come to work before their deaths, in order to support their families, for the sake of their wives and children, even if they are tired to death, they are willing, and they will not resent others, this is the truth in the eyes of the poor people." ”

Mu Qingyao's footsteps paused.

As a talented woman in the Great Jin Dynasty, the county lord Lingyun, who is full of poetry and books, thinks that there is no truth in the world that she does not understand and does not know.

Today, Mu Qingyao realized that there was still some truth in the world, and she didn't know it.

The little county lord regained footsteps with Yun Que.

"Last year, there was an evil in the mine, I thought it was evil spirits and ghosts, but it didn't seem to be, what it was." Mu Qing Yao said.

"Sand." Yun Que said two simple words, which sounded very weird.

"Sand?"

Mu Qingyao was surprised and puzzled, and said: "I have seen many spirits, the spirits of plants and trees, the souls of demons, the souls of unjust souls, as well as the spirit of instruments, mountains, and rivers, but I have never seen a spirit in the sand. ”

"It's not like it's alive, it's not like it's dead, it's like there's life, and I've never seen it before." Cloud lacks a way.

"What you want me to identify is that strange pile of sand?" Mu Qing Yao said.

"It's not sand, I cut that strange thing hundreds of times when I came last year, and the sand was all chopped."

Yun Que said as he walked into a narrow fork in the road.

This type of fork is common in mines, and is usually a branch of a large mine.

At the end of the road is a dead end.

Mu Qingyao was wondering when she found that Yun Que stretched out his arms and grabbed both sides of the rock.

In Mu Qingyao's surprised gaze, Yun Que actually moved the seemingly endless rock!

After a thud, a new path appeared in front of the two of them.

Mu Qingyao looked at it carefully.

The boulder that was removed by Yun Que was extremely heavy.

A boulder of this weight would be difficult to move away from even if it was found if it were used as a stone gate.

"The secret door you made, I'm afraid it won't weigh 3,000 catties." Mu Qing Yao said.

"Even if I made it, the weight is less, at least 30,000 catties." Yun Que patted the dust on his hands.

Mu Qingyao opened her mouth slightly, envious of the strength of Wufu's body.

Strength is what distinguishes martial artists from other cultivation systems the most.

Some of the practitioners of Taoism, Buddha, Confucianism, and Witchcraft can call the wind and rain, some can speak the Dharma, some can shine with the light of the Buddha, and some can kill people in their dreams.

But these practitioners all have a fate, and that is a relatively fragile physical body.

Of course, the fragility here is that compared to martial artists, it is still much stronger than ordinary mortals.

On the other hand, the warriors.

Specializing in boiling qi and blood to cultivate the physical body, the strength and speed are very amazing, and he is the only one in the world's cultivator system who dares to fight with demon beasts in close combat.

Once a martial artist gets close, the cultivators of other systems have to wait for death.

This is also the origin of a proverb that circulates in the spiritual world.

'Fight the martial arts first, and be sent away when it is late. ’

When passing by the boulder, Mu Qingyao looked at it curiously.

The surface of the stone is full of grains of sand, which is different from other stones.

"It doesn't seem to be made of stone." Mu Qing Yao said.

"Of course not, it's hard to find such a big rock, this is the pile of sand that was made in the mine last year." Cloud lacks a way.

Mu Qingyao was shocked when she heard this, and subconsciously took a step back.

Knock knock.

Yun Que knocked on the boulder, and there was a hollow sound.

"It's empty inside, and this strange sand is very heavy, if it weren't for the fact that it wasn't easy to take, I would want to move out and sell it." Cloud lacks a way.

Mu Qingyao was taken aback again.

The hollow sand and stones can reach the level of 30,000 catties, which shows that every grain of sand has an amazing weight!

Yun Que continued to walk inside.

After passing through the stone gate, there is a mountain crack, which can only accommodate one person.

Mu Qingyao could see that this kind of terrain should be formed naturally, not dug up.

"How does that sand move, is it like quicksand?" Mu Qingyao said curiously.

"Almost, gathered together and swam around, like a sand python, I couldn't beat me and started to run away, I chased and cut all the way, and when I got here, the sand suddenly stopped, turned back to me and said ......"

Yun Que walked in front, and suddenly turned around and said, "Still chasing, I'm home!" ”

Mu Qingyao froze in place, looking directly at Yun Que without any expression.

Yun Que scratched his head and said:

"The reader really laughs high, I think this joke is quite funny."

Mu Qingyao gradually smiled bitterly.

In other places, Yun Que's jokes are really funny.

But in this environment, in this atmosphere, Mu Qingyao was not frightened and screamed just now, she was already deep enough, and if she was an ordinary little girl, she would have to faint with fright.

After the two walked a hundred feet away, the front suddenly opened up and arrived at a spacious underground grotto.

When Yun Que stood in front of the grotto wall, he held a torch high.

Mu Qingyao's eyes suddenly flashed with a deep shock!