Chapter 143: Investigation
Feng Fan exchanged the thousand-year-old spirit grass for some gold and silver, and came to Jinshui County, ready to find out the cause of Ding Qiujie's death. He sat quietly at the table, looking down through the window.
"This guest officer, what's the matter?" a guy from Chunfeng Lou came to Feng Fan and asked with a smile on his face.
"A plate of beef, two pieces of dry food. Feng Fan said as he handed a gold ingot to the man.
"This ......" the man had an incredulous look on his face, and he was surprised to take out such a gold ingot from a plate of beef and two pieces of dry food.
"Except for the food money, you don't have to look for the rest, I'll give it to you, I just want to ask you something. Feng Fan moved the ingot of gold a little closer to the man.
"This master, if you have anything to ask, there is nothing in Jin Shui County that can hide from me!" The man was stunned at first, then patted his chest, took the ingot of gold, and said happily.
"Where is Lord Qin Chengyue's mansion?" Feng Fan finally cut to the chase.
"From here, one mile along the right road to the south is Lord Qin's county mansion, but Lord Qin is busy supervising the mining of ores, and it may not be easy for the guest officer to see Lord Qin. ”
"County Order, isn't Lord Qin the cell boss?" Feng Fan's heart moved slightly, and he asked in a deep voice.
"The guest officer doesn't know that since Ding Xianling died half a year ago, Lord Qin has taken over his position, and in these years, as long as you have enough money, you can buy an official position. The man finally lowered his voice lest the others hear.
"Where is that stone mine? What is so special about bothering the county magistrate to supervise it personally?"
"The quarry is in a remote place more than a dozen miles north of here, but I heard that the stones mined in that mine are secretly sent to a place, and the exact location of this place is not known to ordinary people. It's not gold or silver, and I don't know why it's so mysterious, and as for the rest, it's not very clear what the small ones are. The guy looked around first, made sure that no one was paying attention here, and informed Feng Fan of what he said.
"Thank you. Feng Fan was very satisfied with the guy's answer, and said with a smile.
"What's the point of worrying about trivial matters, guest officer, wait a minute, I'll go down and prepare a meal for you. The man turned and left......
In front of it are mountains, and between them there is a low-lying area surrounded by barren weeds. The depression in the middle had sunk slightly, revealing white boulders. There are some white ores that have been mined around, and white stone dust wafts in the air.
There are dozens of people down there, and they're constantly mining the ore. Everyone was shirtless and strong, and despite sweating in the scorching sun, everyone had no intention of stopping. Bursts of cacophony echoed around as if it were a messy piece of music.
A middle-aged man in an official uniform stood beside him, staring at those people closely, with a slight anxiety on his face. The man had a face like black charcoal, a burly figure, and in his right hand he held a short knife tightly, the blade of which glistened coldly in the sunlight.
A young man suddenly appeared around the depression, and it was Feng Fan who went to the county government to look for Qin Chengyue in vain, and then found this place. Feeling the fluctuations of the True Yuan in front of him, Feng Fan felt a little surprised in his heart, and the familiar feeling of accidentally discovering the crystal jade mine eleven years ago came to his heart again.
"Boy, what kind of person are you, who dare to break into the official family without permission?" Seeing Feng Fan appear in front of him, the middle-aged man asked with a cold expression. Those who were mining ore also stopped, looking at Feng Fan with unkind faces.
"I just wanted to find Qin Chengyue, the county commander of Jin Shui County, so I came here. Feng Fan replied coldly.
"This official is Qin Chengyue, who are you?" The short knife in Qin Chengyue's hand trembled, as if he was demonstrating to Feng Fan.
"How did Ding Qiujie die?" cold words came out of Feng Fan's mouth.
Qin Chengyue didn't speak, he gave his subordinates a look, and those people quickly walked out of the depression and surrounded Feng Fan in the middle. Everyone was hostile and eager to kill Feng Fan immediately.
"Take him down. With Qin Chengyue's order, those people waved the hammer chisel in their hands and rushed towards Feng Fan.
Feng Fan's body jumped up quickly, and between the swings of his left hand, countless ice picks shot out. Bursts of screams continued, and dozens of people fell to the ground. Several blood holes appeared on everyone's body, and countless blood arrows spurted out, as if countless fountains were intertwined, and a thick fishy aura filled the surroundings.
The scene in front of him made Qin Chengyue extremely frightened, and his face became a little distorted from fear. Feng Fan slowly fell to the ground, and his cold gaze fell on Qin Chengyue again, although in the scorching summer, a cold feeling still surged all over Qin Chengyue's body.
"Say, how did Ding Qiujie die?" Feng Fan fell, and Sen Han's words were like a thunderbolt, causing Qin Chengyue to wake up from shock. Qin Chengyue already understood that the evil star on the other side was a cultivator.
Qin Chengyue gritted his teeth, raised his left hand, and a bamboo whistle arrow rose into the sky with a high-pitched whistling sound, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Regarding Qin Chengyue's summoning of his accomplices, Feng Fan showed a sarcastic look on his face. Even with thousands of troops, Feng Fan didn't care at all, and the strength of mortals could no longer pose any threat to him.
The next moment, Feng Fan appeared in front of Qin Chengyue like a ghost, and the Qinghong Sword was already on Qin Chengyue's neck.
"Now we can tell the truth!" The Qinghong Sword in Feng Fan's hand tightly locked on Qin Chengyue's neck, and slightly penetrated into the flesh, oozing a trace of blood from the place where the Qinghong Sword and his neck touched.
"Don't kill me! I say!" Qin Chengyue begged in panic, and the short knife in his hand also fell to the ground, making a crisp sound of the knife and stone impacting, which made Qin Chengyue's body shake slightly.
After settling down, Qin Chengyue said cautiously: "Half a year ago, I discovered this crystal jade mine in this place. At that time, I wanted to mine secretly, but I was discovered by Ding Qiujie and no, Lord Ding, so I reported this matter to my Qin family, you should know the Qin family of the Golden Moon Ancient Kingdom. ”
Hearing Qin Chengyue mention the Qin family, Feng Fan snorted coldly, seemed to be a little disdainful, and asked, "How did you know that this stone mine is a crystal jade mine?"
"The little one is also a member of the Qin family, but he couldn't cultivate in his early years, and he couldn't even reach the first layer of the Qi Gathering Period, so he came to this secular place to live. Originally, the little one was going to be mixed up with an official and a half-job, and then he was dead. Because the little one had cultivated, when he inadvertently approached this place, he felt the true yuan fluctuations here, so he reported it to the family. Eventually, a monk from the family came over and discovered that the place was a small jade mine. Qin Chengyue's tone was full of caution, lest that sentence was not right, and offending the evil star in front of him would put his life on the line.