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After leaving the city and searching the villages near Sinan, it gradually darkened.
Seeing that they were getting farther and farther away from the county town, Wang Shouyi exchanged a look with Sun Qiuhan beside him.
Sun Qiuhan knew Wang Shouyi's plan. He gritted his teeth, walked forward, and was about to knock him out with a knife, but Fengjian Qingli suddenly squatted down, leaving him empty-handed.
Fengjian Qingli picked up a handful of soil.
"Look, there is fine gold powder in the soil. The thief must have walked this way! The gold powder is in the shape of diagonal lines. The wind is blowing from the north today. The thief must have gone to Lingshan."
The soldiers all came over.
Under the cover of her wide sleeves, Fengjian Qingli quietly shook the gold powder from her fingernails into the soil.
"Lord Wang, how about taking the soldiers to Lingshan to have a look?"
Hearing the word Lingshan, Wang Shouyi's forehead jumped, and his heart sank slightly, "No, it's getting late, everyone should set up camp on the spot, this is a military order!"
As he spoke, he approached Fengjian Qingli, ready to stab with the short blade in his hand.
Fengjian Qingli turned swiftly and pointed at the people in the distance.
"Look, what are those people carrying?"
Not far away, a group of people in patched clothes were walking towards this side, each carrying a bag of rice. If you squinted your eyes, you could even see the gold shining in their pockets.
The soldiers were all excited.
Their military pay! It must be their military pay!
With food in front of them, everyone temporarily put Wang Shouyi's instructions behind their backs.
The group of civilians were originally behind a big locust tree, with their heads down, carrying things, and did not see so many soldiers.
After turning around the locust tree and seeing so many soldiers, he wanted to run away.
Several hot-tempered soldiers ran over and asked sternly, "Put down the rice on your backs. Where did you get it from?"
These peasants had never seen so many soldiers before, and they immediately knelt down and said, "Sir, sir, we didn't steal or rob, these things are ours!"
"What a joke! Look at the patched clothes you have on. Where did you get all that food and gold? If you don't tell the truth, I'll kill you all!"
The soldier smashed his long sword on the ground, scaring the people so much that they trembled and pissed themselves.
"We are originally villagers from a nearby mountain village. Recently, there was a locust plague. Although the county provided porridge, it was watery. So we thought of going to the mountains to hunt for some game..."
The soldier gritted his teeth and said, "Tell me the point!"
The common people shuddered and said quickly, "It rained heavily yesterday and washed away a cave in Lingshan. It was full of gold and many treasures we have never seen before, such as jade pendants, silk and satin..."
Now, the soldiers were confused. They only lost gold and military pay, so what happened to those things?
Upon hearing this, Wang Shouyi's face instantly turned pale, his hands and feet trembled uncontrollably, and he almost fainted. He managed to utter one sentence with a weak breath: "Go to Lingshan, go to Lingshan quickly!"
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