The carriage soon left the inner city, and several good horses of the officials were led by the white servants and waited at the gate of the city.

Xu Qi'an and his entourage changed to fast horses, passed through the streets and downtown of the outer city, and left the outer city in only half an hour.

"The official horse is fast, it's close to fifty yards, can the horse in my last life run so fast...."Xu Qi'an muttered in his heart.

The difference between the different levels of aura that often appears in novels?

This speculation is reasonable, because the instinct of practicing qi is a method of breathing.

The group arrived at the edge of Dahuang Mountain at noon, stopped at the official road, tied the horse rope to the trunk of the tree on the side of the road, and after eating dry food, copied a sheep intestine path into the mountain.

The six of them hurried on their way, and after a quarter of an hour, they came to the river that flowed through the foot of the Great Yellow Mountain.

After searching the river for a moment, they found several vague footprints, about three feet long, one and a half feet wide, and four toes.

Lu Qing and two colleagues took off the package on their backs, took out the explosives bag, and distributed it to Xu Qi'an and the others:

"With paw prints as the center, let's go downstream, throw explosive bags, and you go upstream to see if we can force the monster out of the river. ”

This is a plan that has been laid out for a long time.

The Dabong Dynasty was very strict in the management of gunpowder, the recipe was kept secret, and all the materials needed to make gunpowder were monopolized by the imperial court.

Even the guards, as well as Lu Qing and other government officials, only know a little about the composition of gunpowder.

Still sniffed out.

Both sides set the explosives package on fire and threw it into the river.

"Boom!"

A dull explosion sounded, and the river splashed several feet high.

Soon, the explosives bag was exhausted, and the group stood on the shore, watching the rolling turbid waves, and waited for a long time, but did not see the monster surface of the river.

"It would be nice if there was a warlock from the Heavenly Prison to help. Xu Qi'an said with emotion.

Qi Hope can be used to locate monsters by observing them.

Song Tingfeng let out a "heh" and said in a low voice: "The warlocks of Si Tianjian are more noble than us, and they only obey the orders of the saints, this kind of small case, don't expect to be able to work them." ”

The warlocks of the Heavenly Prison are noble, why don't I think that you have never seen the expressions on their faces when they looked at me with reverence.

Xu Qi'an nodded "um".

The two sides met, and Song Tingfeng shrugged: "It seems that it won't come out, my suggestion is to go into the mountain and have a look." If there really is something in the Great Yellow Mountain. ”

Xu Qi'an added: "First check the area where the gray households collect limestone. ”

Lu Qing nodded with a deep groan.

Two groups of people entered the mountain in batches, one in front of the other, dozens of meters apart.

Song Tingfeng looked at Lu Qing's back and pouted: "This female catcher of the mansion is amazing, look at that ass, tight and firm, strong legs, you can clip your soul out of the sky." Although the girl in the teaching department is smart, she is still too weak. ”

agrees, and this kind of martial arts woman has a vest line, smooth curves and tight thighs, and maybe shallow abdominal muscles..... It reminds me of my wife, Tifa..... Xu Qi'an pondered: "But she seems to be used to wrapping her breasts, which is not good, it will cause her breasts to be deformed and sagging." ”

Song Tingfeng was stunned for a moment, and laughed: "You really noticed it, I lack an interesting companion like you, Zhu Guangxiao is a stuffy gourd who can't beat a fart with three sticks." ”

For men, chatting about meat is always a fun and time-killing entertainment.

Zhu Guangxiao glanced at him and didn't speak.

The gray households mainly collected on the main peak of Dahuang Mountain, and the group saw the bare rocks from a distance, like white spots on the face.

Years of mining have destroyed this towering main peak.

The two sides searched aimlessly in the mountains for a long time, but found nothing of value.

When they got together to drink, Lu Qing said: "Dahuang Mountain not only has high-quality limestone, but also rich vegetation, which can be cut down on the spot to be used as dye.

"There is a river at the foot of the mountain, and it is convenient to transport it. Firewood is provincial and gray and beautiful, and half of the force is profitable. ”

Another catcher from the government added: "So the tax is also heavy, and after you can't collect ash, you will be cut off." ”

So I went to the government office.... Xu Qi'an was silent for a moment, and sighed: "Harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes give rise to displaced people, and people's fat and people's ointment are the most delicious food. ”

Everyone was silent instantly, and no one dared to take over.

Song Tingfeng coughed and changed the topic: "Monsters don't come out of the water, and there are not enough people to search the mountain." Lu Zhutou, what do you suggest? ”

Although she was still hungry for other people's bodies just now, Song Tingfeng would not despise this woman because of her big breasts and big ass.

Lu Qing pondered and said: "Our soldiers are divided into three routes, two people in a group, to find the lieutenant of the nearby village, go back to the capital to gather the people who search the mountain, I will go to the Fu Yin Lord to ask for a help, and find a warlock from the Heavenly Prison to help." ”

"That's too much of a waste of time," Xu Qi'an waved his hand and said, "Choose one person to find the chief of the nearby village, and the rest stay here." ”

Lu Qing frowned.

Xu Qi'an glanced at her: "If there is no gain, I am responsible for going to Si Tianjian to find a warlock." ”

As if he was sure of it.... Can the warlocks of the Heavenly Prison listen to him?

Lu Qing looked at Xu Qi'an for a moment, nodded slightly, and sent a companion to invite someone.

In less than half an hour, the catcher at the peak of the refining realm returned with an old man.

"The villain's surname is Zhang, and he is the chief of Hegou Village outside Dahuang Mountain. The old man bowed in a non-standard manner, and his tone was excited:

"The villain has finally waited for a few adults, and if you don't come again, the people in the village won't be able to open the pot. ”

This matter dragged on for half a year.

Lu Qing stared at him, his eyes were sharp, and his expression was majestic: "This official asked you, where did the more than ten people who entered the mountain last die?"

"In the south...," Lieutenant pointed to the south of the mountains, "and entered from the opposite direction of the river." ”

Song Tingfeng's heart moved: "There is also an ash kiln over there?"

After the exploration just now, they found that the most dense place for burning ash is not far from the river. The gray households took a detour into the mountain, and they definitely did not dare to choose this side to burn ashes.

Because once the monster comes ashore, no one can escape.

The lieutenant nodded: "A few sporadic points, not as many as here." ”

"Take us there. Lu Qing said in a deep voice.

"Yes!" the lieutenant seemed to be afraid of the female head catcher.

The group walked to the south, the mountain road was rugged, and the climb was extremely difficult. I have to take care of this bad old man, who is not walking fast.

"This is it. The lieutenant stopped on the path and pointed ahead, where it was a cleared field that had been excavated.

Rocks were piled up, vegetation was cut down, and there were several cave-like kilns used to burn ashes.

Several people searched the scene and found no valuable clues, and this place has already been cleaned up.

Song Tingfeng and Lu Qing glanced at each other and shook their heads.

Xu Qi'an said: "Go into the kiln and take a look." ”

Several people took local materials, lit torches, drew sabers, and cautiously entered the earthen kiln.

I thought it was just a kiln used to burn ashes, and it wouldn't be too deep, but as they walked, Xu Qi'an and the others realized that something was wrong.

Where is this kiln, it is clearly a tunnel dug by the population, and it took a cup of tea to go to the end.

Song Tingfeng squinted and said: "The kiln doesn't need to be dug so deep, this is obviously digging something, and there is no trace of smoke and fire on the stone wall." ”

Lu Qing summoned the lieutenant chief and asked, "What's the matter?"

Li Chang was stunned, and said, "I, I don't know..."

Xu Qi'an held a torch, observed the rock wall, and carefully surveyed the ground for a moment. Pick up a palm-sized piece of white ore.

Is this something mined?

This isn't limestone.

Xu Qi'an's palm exerted force, the qi surged, and in the sound of "click", the white ore was pinched into powder by him.

He held up the torch and sprinkled the powder like a flame.

Call!

The torches burst into flames, bright yellow with a dull purple tinge.

Saltpeter?!

Xu Qi'an's pupils shrank.

The sudden flames startled everyone in the grotto, and the sound of the saber unsheathed came one after another.

Lu Qing saw that it was Xu Qi'an's ghost, and he was slightly angry: "What are you doing?"