Unexpectedly, nothing happened along the way, and even the troops of the Monkey people were not seen on the road. Mr. Zhang usually has time to tell Kong Rui and others some clear morality and other truths, but he does not mention much about state affairs and how to fight against the rebels, Kong Rui listened to the way, felt that it was very beneficial, and kept asking Mr. Zhang for advice, time passed quickly on the way, and the four of them arrived in Qingshui Town very smoothly.

Chen Daniu and Zhang Yuanzhi still had some understanding of Qingshui Town, and they also knew that this place was close to the Suishan Mine Valley, and both of them thought that the Qiqian people should live here with heavy troops to prevent Zhao Er and the others from killing out of the mining valley, so they naturally started to prepare early and were more cautious; Kong Rui was also worried, worried that he would run into the spirit master of the Qiqian people again; Mr. Zhang no longer explained anything to them, and still lay down on the cart and pretended to be sick, preparing to go to the town first.

To everyone's surprise, there was not a single soldier in the town, only a few townsmen sitting lazily in the town, as if maintaining order, and everything else in the town was very normal, calm as if they had seen a normal town elsewhere.

Kong Rui thought that a few days ago, the Monkey people had also dispatched troops to fight in the mine valley, and even if the army was defeated, they did not withdraw their troops to the station, so why did they suddenly not see a single Monkey soldier in the past two days? The four of them did not dare to speak in private, but only looked at each other a few times, and saw that the others were all confused. The four of them decided to find an inn to stay in first, and then try to inquire about the relevant news.

As soon as the innkeeper saw that a guest came to the door, he hurriedly greeted him and said to Mr. Zhang and the other four: "Four guest officers, please come inside." At this time, Zhang Yuanzhi also pretended to help Mr. Zhang off the cart, and the four of them didn't notice anything abnormal, so they looked at each other and decided to live here.

The four of them entered the inn, asked for two upper rooms, and called the shopkeeper to order.

The shopkeeper said apologetically: "Four guest officers, I'm really sorry, the chef of the small shop hasn't come yet, it can only be a small Hun family cooking, if it doesn't meet your taste, don't be surprised by the guest officer." ”

The four of them all felt strange, so they only heard Mr. Zhang ask, "Why hasn't the shopkeeper invited a chef to open an inn?"

When the shopkeeper heard Mr. Zhang's accent, he said: "A few guest officers are foreigners, I don't know the situation here, if the four of them came a few days earlier, I'm afraid that my inn will not be open to welcome guests." ”

The four of them were even more strange, and Mr. Zhang asked again, "Why is this?"

The shopkeeper said: "A few years ago, there were soldiers and horses stationed in this town to guard against the silk in the mountains, and a few days ago they sent troops into the mountains to kill them; ten days ago, I don't know why, these people have also withdrawn, and there is a lot less control here, I heard that even the iron ore business is going to be opened, and my small shop can be opened again, but the chef and the men have not yet been found, so the small one can only greet you in person." ”

When the four of them heard the shopkeeper say this, they couldn't help but look at each other, and Mr. Zhang asked again: "Dare to ask the shopkeeper, if it is said that the iron ore business must be opened, will the road into the mountain be smooth?"

The shopkeeper nodded and said, "There don't seem to be any roadblocks on the road, but yesterday there were a few brave postgraduates who ran into the mountains, and they didn't encounter any roadblocks along the way." ”

The four of them sighed in their hearts, and they were a lot relieved, and everyone also knew that Kong Rui must still have a lot of silver around him, and Mr. Zhang said: "Okay, in a while, your Hun family will cook a few good dishes and send them to our room." ”

Although the shopkeeper's heart was happy, he said: "Forgive me, the small shop has just opened again, and many things are still nervous, so please pay some money in advance, and it is convenient for us to buy some dishes." "It turns out that the shopkeeper also has no more money to buy vegetables.

Hearing him say this, Kong Rui took out a silver ingot of five taels from his bag and put it on the cabinet, and said to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, this money is enough." ”

The shopkeeper looked at it, nodded again and again: "Enough, enough, thank you for this guest officer." ”

When the shopkeeper brought the food into the room, Kong Rui and the others asked some other specific things.

It turned out that since this Suishan Mine Valley fell into the hands of the Qianxian, the trading of iron ore and pig iron was forcibly banned by the Qianjian, and all pig iron and iron ore were allocated and arranged for use by the Qijian.

Later, after the mining valley was occupied by Zhao Er and others, in order to strengthen the blockade of Zhao Er and others, the Qiqian people controlled Qingshui Town and other towns on the outskirts of Suishan more strictly, and could not have any salt and iron trade, and wanted to trap Zhao Er and others in the valley; that is, a few days ago, these Qiqian people suddenly all withdrew, and there were also rumors that the iron ore and pig iron trade could be released, but the control of salt was stricter.

In fact, many people also know that Zhao Er and the others are not those vicious bandits, and they will also mine and sell them in exchange for some necessities; and because iron ore and pig iron have been controlled for many years, they have become scarce materials in the market, and once the people are released from the control, it will definitely be very profitable to do business with such materials, so many shops in Qingshui Town are very happy and have reopened for business, hoping to make some money from this opportunity.

After Mr. Zhang, Kong Rui and others learned the details, they all thought about their own things, but everyone was still in the inn, and it was inconvenient to discuss, so the four of them had a meal, and let the shopkeeper prepare some dry food for them after cleaning up, and then rested early.

Early the next morning, Kong Rui and the other four set off with dry food, and there was no way to stop them along the way, and three days later, the four of them easily arrived at the mouth of the mine valley.

Mr. Zhang, Chen Daniu and Zhang Yuanzhi were all in this Suishan Mine Valley for the first time, and when they looked around at the layout of this valley mouth, they all decided that this place was indeed a dangerous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and there must be people who were skilled in military affairs in the valley to make such an arrangement at the mouth of the valley.

Everyone came closer, Zhang Yuanzhi saw from a distance that the plaque on the city tower was written with the three big characters "Emirate City", although he was also quite knowledgeable, but he didn't know the meaning of these three words, so he asked Kong Ruidao: "Brother Kong, you have been in this mining valley for a while, do you know what this Emirate City means, and why is this city tower named after this?"

Kong Rui then told the situation of the battle with the Monkey people at that time and the process of naming it later, everyone thought of the fierceness of the battle at that time, and the strategy of everyone in the mine valley, they all praised the name, and this name was also very morale-boosting, and it made the Yakyun popular.

The soldiers on the city tower saw Kong Rui and the other four approaching the city tower early, and a leader on the city tower recognized Kong Rui, and immediately sent someone to report to Zhao Er.

As soon as Zhao Er heard that Kong Rui was back, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly ran out to greet him in person; Zhao Xiuying heard the news and also came out with Zhao Er.

As soon as he saw Kong Rui, Zhao Er didn't care about Mr. Zhang and the other three, so he immediately rushed up and grabbed Kong Rui's hand and said, "Brother, I knew that you were still going to come back, let's go home." ”

Zhao Xiuying stood behind Zhao Er, also looking at Kong Rui with anticipation, Zhao Er noticed Mr. Zhang and the other three, and hurriedly asked, "Brother Kong, who are these three?"

Kong Rui introduced to the second brother and sister Zhao: "Come, let me introduce to the second brother, this is Brother Chen Da Niu of Heihu Mountain; this is Mr. Zhang, who was the mentor of his brother when he was a child, and now he is Brother Chen's staff officer and liaison officer in Kongjia Town, and he contacted Lao Xie in the early days; this is Zhang Yuanzhi and Second Brother Zhang, Mr. Zhang's youngest son. When talking about teaching his teacher, Kong Rui also clasped his hands into fists to show his respect for Mr. Zhang.

Of course, the second brother and sister Zhao saw this detail of Kong Rui, and then listened to Kong Rui introduce them to Chen Daniu and the others: "This is the second brother Zhao, the big leader of the mining valley, and this one is Miss Zhao, the younger sister of the second brother Zhao." ”

Kong Rui didn't know Zhao Er's specific name, so he could only call him Second Brother Zhao, but Zhao Er laughed and hurriedly said: "It turns out that this is Brother Chen Daniu, I have been looking up for a long time! ”

When Chen Daniu heard this, he hurriedly arched his hand to Zhao Er and said, "Where is it, but this time my brother is down, and he came to join Second Brother Zhao." ”

Zhao Er's heart moved, but he didn't move, and said to everyone: "This is not the place to talk, go, go in and talk." And the people said as they went, and entered the valley.