Chapter 102 Two Mineral Veins
The servants and old women looked at each other in confusion when they heard the noise coming from inside the house.
"Is the master angry with Miss Shen?"
Dong'er, who had rushed over after hearing the news, frowned, "What nonsense! Who in the mansion doesn't know this? My daughter is the apple of the Master's eye. If anyone dares to disrespect her, Madam Luo will serve as a lesson for him!"
Thinking of someone who had just been released half a day ago and was moved from the woodshed to the prison cell, everyone's just-born thoughts were instantly extinguished. They said they didn't dare and fled from the yard.
I don’t dare to eat this melon, it’s easy to lose my freedom!
Dong'er looked at the closed hall door and stood at the bottom of the corridor with her hands behind her back.
The distance is neither far nor near.
It can prevent them from eavesdropping on the masters' private conversations, while still being able to appear when summoned.
She lowered her eyes and stood there motionless, truly following the manners of a wealthy family.
But in fact, Dong'er doesn't understand these things.
There was no family in the entire Honglu County that could be called a "rich family". She had only listened to some operas and knew how to survive in the backyard, so she carefully managed her hands and feet, hoping to live here for a long time.
For people living on the border, the greatest blessing is to have food when hungry, clothes when cold, and not be without a roof over their heads or a quilt to keep warm when the weather is freezing.
For this, Dong'er can give everything for the master and Miss Shen!
inside the house.
Chen Chunxing tapped the table lightly with his fingertips, making a crisp "click, click" sound.
"Oh, where?"
The male ghost squatted in the corner, trembling. Hearing her unfriendly tone, he was a little confused about the situation and complained bitterly: "Girl, you will never guess the place! This is me, I can go to heaven and earth, work hard, and get into any dirt! If another ghost came...it would never find it so quickly!"
Chen Chunxing looked at Xue Yongan in surprise.
Isn’t the mineral vein just behind the narrow village?
From what he said, it seems difficult to find...
"Stop talking nonsense. Where is it?" Xue Yongan frowned and slammed the table again.
It's a rare opportunity to be alone with Susu, and a light bulb suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Even the Bodhisattva would be in a bad mood if he saw it!
The male ghost shuddered and quickly replied, "It's a hundred miles east of here!"
The two of them narrowed their eyes almost at the same time.
East side...
Why does it sound familiar...
The male ghost suddenly became excited, his face showing excitement. He gestured and said, "You two didn't see it. Such a large vein of minerals is hidden under a city! If it weren't for my keen nose, I really couldn't find it!"
Xue Yongan was silent for a moment, then hesitantly asked, "Under a city?"
"Ah, yes! That city is much more crowded than it looks here! It's crowded everywhere..."
"Go east, through a mountain range?"
The male ghost looked up blankly, "How did Master Xue know that you had been to that place?"
Xue Yongan pursed his lips and said nothing.
Even with his temperament, he couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
The mineral vein is actually under Liuren City!
Click——
Click——
Chen Chunxing's little hands were shaking like chicken claws as he tapped out a series of fast and delicate notes.
"It seems that those ores may not come from this narrow village."
Jiang was a thoughtful person, not an ordinary person. Since she intended to conceal the mineral vein, she would go to the river to investigate regularly. How could she give Old Man Cao the opportunity to discover it?
The Boundary Monument Mountains border Liuren City. If someone deliberately stirs up trouble and uses the iron mines to lure bandits to Honglu County...
Whether it was intentional or unintentional, the sword was probably pointing at one person - Xia Yuan!
She held her forehead with her hand, feeling a headache. "How could there be two mineral veins in such a tiny place? I don't know if this place is too blessed, or..."
The male ghost was also shocked: "What, two? Where is the other one?"
Chen Chunxing immediately showed sympathy: "It's in the narrow village, at the foot of the back mountain."
Male ghost: “…”
He no longer cared about shivering and vomited blood!
After working so hard for two months and thinking I had accomplished something great, the thing turns out to be right under my nose?
This, this, this is too much of a bully!
"Don't be discouraged. Try harder next time... By the way, what's your name?"
The male ghost looked at Chen Chunxing with an accusing and aggrieved look, and answered honestly: "My name is Liu Sanlang."
“…”
Instead of following the fourth brother, why not follow the third brother?
She casually asked, "Are you the third child in your family?"
The male ghost shook his head: "My father killed three wolves when he was young, so he named me Sanlang."
“…”
It turned out to be this "wolf"!
She almost laughed out loud, and hurriedly pinched the back of Xue Yongan's hand, pretending to say, "Your father is a ruthless man, and you, as a son, can't be a coward. When we have time tomorrow, let's go to Liuren City and meet the deputy city lord."
A green light flashed in Liu Sanlang's eyes.
As a human being, one should always seek revenge, let alone a ghost! If he wasn't afraid of delaying his chances of a good rebirth in the next life, he wouldn't even want to come back!
But thinking carefully about what he had seen in Liuren City, Liu Sanlang reluctantly refused: "Miss, you'd better not go for now. Saving your life is more important."
He glanced secretly at Xue Yongan.
"The people of the Nine Peaks and Eighteen Villages are gathering helpers. In two months at most, they'll attack Honglu County... and they've staked Master Xue's head on Liuren City. They've declared that whoever can take the head of the Honglu County Magistrate will become the common leader of the Six Peaks!"
"I advise the girl to leave early."
Xue Yongan's expression remained unchanged.
It wasn't fear or timidity, nor was there any surprise at all, but rather a real sense of unhappiness.
"Is it never going to end?"
Hiring a killer to murder Su Su previously had already touched his reverse scale, and now repeatedly stepping on his bottom line was tantamount to seeking death.
Chen Chunxing counted on his fingers: "Yu Chang has been gone for five days, so we should have arrived by now."
As soon as this person's injuries healed, he left immediately, as if someone had abused him...
According to the outrageous agreement between the two parties, Jiufeng is now under his control. Let's see how the show will develop.
"If the sky falls, there are officials to hold it up. My master is just a minor official, so he won't panic."
She cares more about people's livelihood than banditry.
Chen Chunxing suddenly put on a friendly face and said to Liu Sanlang with a smile: "You've been traveling for a long time. Are you tired?"
“…”
Liu Sanlang squatted back in the corner and trembled: "Miss, if you have something to say, just tell me directly. I am a ghost, how can I be afraid of working?"
He was really afraid of the Xue family!
I didn’t notice it when I was alive, but now that I’m dead I can feel it, that murderous aura that is as tangible as a substance!
How could a poor scholar raised in the countryside get such dignity?
By killing chickens? I'm afraid I'd have to kill 10,000...
"Then I'll be frank," Chen Chunxing was not a polite person.
She stood up, hands behind her back, and paced a few steps, her words filled with persuasion: "The situation on the front line is tight, there's no food or fodder, and the people are having a hard time. They really need the help of ambitious young people like you! If you can find some food, it will be a great achievement!"
Liu Sanlang was stunned: "Where can I find it?"
Chen Chunxing patiently persuaded him: "Where there is oppression, there is food. There is a saying in the underworld, robbing the rich to give to the poor."
Liu Sanlang opened his mouth wide: "The girl asked me to steal..."
Chen Chunxing waved his hand and criticized, "How can you be considered stealing when you're working for the country? At most, it's taking from the people and giving back to them."
Liu Sanlang: “…”
Although he doesn't have much knowledge, he's not a fool! He's going to make a mistake just by hearing this!
"Heaven has given all living beings a glimmer of hope, and it also gives you the opportunity to reform," Chen Chunxing said righteously, concluding with this sentence, "If you handle this matter well, I will allow you to return to the world of the living for one year. You have suffered these days, haven't you? Don't you want to eat some braised pork elbow, roast duck, and steamed spareribs with rice flour..."
Liu Sanlang swallowed his saliva and nodded frantically: "Okay, okay, it's settled!"
Nothing is more important than a plate of meat!
If so, it's two sets.
Chen Chunxing curled her lips and quickly hid her smile. She naturally wouldn't tell him that nowadays, any ghost has the opportunity to visit the narrow village once a year.
On the importance of information asymmetry, how sad!
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