Chapter 429, Found
Daohua carefully looked at the four people lying on the ground, all wet. Her eyes moved around and finally landed on the one at the edge. She asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"
Hearing this, the four captured people, Xiao Yeyang and others all looked at Daohua.
Xiao Yeyang asked in surprise: "Why, do you know these people?"
Daohua pointed at the person beside her and said, "Do you remember? When Jiguang was hit by the flood last time, I jumped into the river to save Master and Granny Gu. Someone helped me. It was him."
As soon as these words were spoken, Sun Changze, who was being escorted by the guards and was thinking quickly about how to save himself, suddenly brightened up his eyes and quickly looked up at Daohua.
Xiao Yeyang looked at Sun Changze and nodded: "That's true." But he didn't remember the person.
Daohua said to the guards who were holding the people, "Let them go first. I want to ask some questions."
The guard didn't move, looked at Xiao Yeyang, and only let go when he saw Xiao Yeyang nodded.
Sun Changze straightened up, looked at Daohua, then at Xiao Yeyang and the guards surrounding them, knowing that they had met someone difficult to deal with this time.
Daohua looked at Sun Changze and asked, "Why are you here?"
Sun Changze looked a little hesitant and didn't want to talk about the gold mine.
After a moment of silence, the guard behind him kicked him directly, knocking him to the ground and sternly said, "I'm asking you a question, answer it properly!"
Daohua quickly stopped him: "Don't do it! How can I ask you questions if you hit me like this?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yeyang glanced at the guard who had just taken action.
The guard immediately lowered his head.
Sun Changze straightened up again and looked at the rice flowers. He knew that if they wanted to survive, they would have to rely on this little brother in front of them: "We are here to pan for gold."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's expression changed.
Daohua raised an eyebrow: "How do you know there is gold here?"
Sun Changze didn't hesitate this time: "This year, last year, and the year before last, I found gold sand in the lower reaches of the river. I heard from the elders in the village that there might be gold deposits at the source of some rivers, so I came here to look for it."
Xiao Yeyang sneered and said, "You dare to take over the gold mine?"
Sun Changze shook his head repeatedly: "We don't want too much, we just want to buy some to improve our lives."
Xiao Yeyang didn't believe this at all. Human desires are endless: "If you really find a gold mine, will you still stop?"
Sun Changze was silent for a moment. "I'm not ignorant. I know that illegally mining gold is a capital crime. I came here with two minds. If the gold sand we find is small, we'll use it ourselves. If it's large, we'll report it to the court and perhaps even get a reward."
Rice Flower: "Did you find it?"
Sun Changze shook his head: "This valley is too big. This is only our third time coming here today, and we still haven't found it."
Daohua asked again, "Are you here to look for it on your own, or are you asked to do so by someone else?"
Sun Changze said hurriedly, "We came here on our own. We can't even hide this kind of thing, so how could we tell anyone else?"
Daohua looked at Xiao Yeyang.
Xiao Yeyang: "What do you want to say?"
Daohua pulled Xiao Yeyang aside and asked in a low voice, "How are you going to deal with those people?"
Xiao Yeyang: "We'll have to take them back for interrogation to find out." He said, looking at Daohua with a smile, "Why, do you want me to let them go?"
Daohua shook her head. "I don't know the details of these people, so how can I let you release them without permission? However, that person has helped me before. If, I mean if, they are not involved with other forces and will not hinder you, and are just ordinary people, do you think you can let them go?"
Xiao Yeyang smiled and nodded: "Of course you can, but not before you find a gold mine." The news that there might be a gold mine in the mountains and valleys must not be leaked out at this time.
Daohua smiled and said, "You can do whatever you want. Just don't delay your business." Then, he looked at the sky and said, "We've come this far. It's still a while before dark. Should we continue to explore?"
Xiao Yeyang also wanted to find the gold mine as soon as possible, so he nodded in agreement.
Daohua pointed at Sun Changze and the other three and said, "Let them change their wet clothes."
Xiao Yeyang glanced at the guard, who immediately threw the dry clothes of Sun Changze and the other three to them and took them to the big tree nearby to change clothes.
Xiao Yeyang and the others went ahead. The mountain road was difficult to walk on, so Xiao Yeyang took Daohua's hand and prepared to lead her along. However, as soon as he held her hand, he felt it was extremely cold. His brows knitted together, "Why is it so cold?"
Daohua rubbed her hands and said, "The temperature in the mountains is lower than outside."
Xiao Yeyang quickly took off his indigo short-sleeved open-collar crane cloak and put it directly on Daohua.
Daohua quickly retreated: "I'm not cold, you're still injured, don't catch a cold again."
Xiao Yeyang ignored her and forced Daohua to put on the clothes, whispering, "You are a girl, your body is not as good as a man's, how can you catch a cold? I know my body well, I won't catch a cold. If you don't believe me, touch my hand, is it warm?"
Daohua couldn't compete with Xiao Yeyang, and it was not appropriate to compete with him in front of so many people, so she could only put on her clothes.
After getting dressed, Xiao Yeyang took Daohua's hand and said, "Let's go. If we dawdle any longer, it will be dark."
The group walked quickly upstream of the valley.
There are many turns and forks in the valley. On the way, Daohua carefully sensed the scent of grass and trees in the air, and from time to time asked Xiao Yeyang to move forward in the direction she pointed.
As they continued to move forward, the guards were surprised to find that there were more and more thorns on the road.
When it was getting dark, Xiao Yeyang and others came to a river bank covered with thorns.
Defu was filled with amazement: "My goodness, we have been wandering around for a while and didn't realize there was such a place hidden in the valley."
Sun Changze was also surprised. He had been to this valley several times, but never to this part. After a quick thought, he took the initiative to say to Xiao Yeyang and Daohua, "We are willing to go down to the river to pan for gold for you. If we find a gold mine, can you give us a way out?"
Xiao Yeyang glanced at him and didn't answer immediately.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Daohua didn't say anything either.
Sun Changze added, "The four of us grew up near the water and are all very good swimmers. If we didn't find anything underwater, it's even more impossible for others to find anything."
Xiao Yeyang still didn't react. He glanced at the lush thorn grass growing on the riverbank and had a guess in his mind. Looking at the endless river valley, he thought it would be helpful to have more salvage workers, so he said, "Go down to the river and take a look."
Sun Changze looked delighted and quickly called the other three people, took off his coat, and jumped into the river with a splash.
Xiao Yeyang saw Daohua stretching his neck to look into the river and trying to get closer to the riverbank. He quickly pulled him back and said, "Hurry up! If you fall into the river in the middle of winter, you'll be in trouble."
The rice flowers had no choice but to look at the river from afar.
Soon, Sun Changze emerged from the water, carrying a lump of river mud wrapped in clothes to the shore with an excited look on his face. Then he fell directly to the ground and quickly flattened the river mud. After a while, a golden luster flashed in the mud.
Daohua was immediately delighted: "Xiao Yeyang, look, there really is gold."
Xiao Yeyang also looked a little excited, and quickly pointed at a few guards: "You guys go down too."
The guard who was called took off his coat without saying a word and jumped into the river.
"Master, there is gold sand here."
"I have some here too."
Seeing that the guards had found gold in several locations in the river, Xiao Yeyang breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Daohua with a smile: "You really are a lucky star."
They had been looking for the gold mine for so long, and this guy found it as soon as he came.
Daohua raised her chin and said with a somewhat smug smile, "That's right. Are you going to write a letter to the Emperor?"
Xiao Yeyang thought about it, shook his head and said, "We have to inform Master Wu first."
Daohua looked worried: "Will he take the credit for our work?"
Xiao Yeyang laughed: "With me here, are you still afraid that others will take away your credit?"
Daohua thought about it and felt relieved: "Then you should inform him quickly."
Xiao Yeyang immediately summoned a guard, gave him a few instructions, and sent him away. Then he looked at the sky and said to Daohua, "We have to wait here for a while. When Master Wu comes, I will take you back."
Daohua nodded and looked around. It was already dark and she couldn't see the surrounding scenery clearly. After thinking for a while, she said, "Take me here to have a look tomorrow."
Xiao Yeyang smiled and said, "What else do you want to see?"
Daohua was silent for a moment: "I won't tell you until it's confirmed." In most places where placer gold deposits are formed, there will also be rock gold deposits.
Dear book friends, Happy New Year’s Eve!
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