Wish Junshou and Tianqi

"This mine originally belonged to the government, but after it collapsed, it was closed overnight, and the government contracted it to a big local family. However, the big family went to the northern border to do business, and it has been abandoned here."

"Look, princess, the mountain temple over there is the place where bandits smelt copper. People from the nearby villages have all moved to the center of the city to gather, and it has been abandoned for many years."

Wei Qingxuan rode a horse, level with the carriage, turned his head and talked to Chu Shou in detail.

Chu Shou lifted the curtain of the car and looked in the direction Wei Qingxuan said. Sure enough, not far from them, there was a mountain temple with weeds growing on it, swaying in the wind.

Song Yanqing was riding a healthy white horse in front, her black robe hung down, decorated with auspicious clouds and crane patterns, her black hair was tied up by a silver crown, the length was just around her neck, and her broken hair was raised up, curled up with her robe in the wind Here, blunt and sad.

Chu Shou's gaze turned to his back, and her hands clinging to the window on the side wall of the carriage unconsciously tightened. She lowered her eyes, her heart was sore, and her thoughts were full of thoughts...

She turned her eyes to look at Wei Qingxuan, and said in a deep voice: "Master Wei, let's go to the mountain temple first."

A group of people stopped in front of the mountain temple. Under the wind and rain, the gate had already lost its color, and the brick walls and steps were all dilapidated. There were colorful prayer flags hanging on it, which were so worn that the original color could not be seen. appearance.

Wei Qingxuan got off his horse, stood on the side of the carriage, and said softly: "Princess, we're here."

Chu Shou gathered up his skirt and bowed to get out of the car. The Tianshan Mountains in the distance were gray and mist covered the top of the mountain, hiding in the sky with the bare mountain.

"Princess, Mr. Song and the others rode their horses to the mine. You and His Royal Highness can take a look here. Bandits are smelting copper in the backyard. Some of the utensils are very rough..."

As Wei Qingxuan spoke, he beckoned again, and a man came from behind him. Due to years of farming, his palms were thickly calloused, his skin was dark, but his body was very strong.

"This is a nearby villager who witnessed bandits transporting copper ore and smelting copper at midnight. Tell the princess what you saw that night."

"Back to the princess, I came back from cutting firewood on the mountain and wanted to come here to rest my feet. I saw a group of people drawing carts from a distance. When I arrived at this ruined temple, I had nowhere to hide, so I had to bite the bullet and come down. I saw the burning smoke. Furious, I climbed up the wall and took a peek at the yard, and found that bandits were secretly smelting copper. I didn't dare to say more, I went down the mountain overnight and returned to the village. Later, the official found me, so I dared to say. "

After hearing this, Chu Shou raised his eyes slightly, walked around the old incense burner, and asked softly, "Are you chopping firewood in the middle of the night?"

The villager was stunned by the question, raised his eyes and glanced at Wei Qingxuan quietly, and then explained: "It's just a good time to cut firewood these days in autumn, uh... my family goes to the city to collect grain in the morning, and it's evening when I come back. The old lady at home The urging was tight, and I went up the mountain at night."

"Bandits don't dare to go into the woods in the middle of the night, this big brother is really brave."

After hearing Chu Shou's words, the villager smiled naively, and replied, "You have to make ends meet, right?"

Chu Shou searched for a broken stick of incense, took the fire pack handed over by Sanqian, lit the incense, the smoke was lingering, and respectfully inserted it into the altar. She raised her eyes, looked at the villagers and nodded with a smile: "Okay, I Understood, you go home."

He glanced sideways at Wei Qingxuan, waiting for an order, and couldn't help coughing while covering his mouth. Wei Qingxuan waved his hands and said in a subdued voice, "Hurry up, hurry up!"

Chu Shou looked at his back, stood there duanduan, and said to Wei Qingxuan without looking sideways: "Master Wei, if you don't find someone more suitable next time, his hands are blacksmith's hands, where did they come from?" Planting the land to harvest grain, chopping firewood for cooking..."

After finishing speaking, she turned her eyes and landed on Wei Qingxuan. Wei Qingxuan kept his face straight and said nothing. After thinking for a while, he lifted up his robe and knelt down in front of Chu Shou. He didn't say anything, so what? It's all said and done.

"As for this mountain temple, it is indeed the place where copper is smelted. Do you know whether it is the bandits or who made it, Mr. Wei?"

"You don't have to use these things to deceive me. Isn't your lord very clear? I went to Linglong village with my lord Du Yushi early in the morning."

Chu Shou took out a piece of folded yellow paper from his sleeve, on which was a notice to investigate the bandits running around, with the heads of a man and a woman drawn on it, threw it in front of Wei Qingxuan, and then said coldly: "If it wasn't for the princess from the capital, , the Metropolitan Procuratorate came down to thoroughly investigate the news of the Qingzhou Copper Mine, Mr. Wei is afraid that I will end up like Mr. Shen, Wei Qingxuan, I know why you can easily manage in the officialdom at such a young age——You dare big enough."

Wei Qingxuan only vaguely felt that Chu Shou knew something. The news that the two of them went up the mountain to Linglong Village that night was also passed down by him through a small leader of the bandits. After drawing it, he admitted that he wanted to lure them to Qingzhou City.

From Yuanshan Inn to Qingzhou Shuiyunjian, it should be foolproof...

"Master Wei Qing, why bother to kneel to me? You should solemnly thank the Holy Majesty today, and the envoy You Yan will arrive tomorrow. I just want the two countries not to tear their skins apart because of you."

Chu Shou squatted in front of him, her eyebrows were like distant mountains and mist hiding her head, her eyes were like the cold moon falling into an autumn well, without wind or waves, she suppressed her voice, speaking with only her two voices.

From that day when she talked with Meng Liang in Linglong Village, she no longer believed in the so-called government that shouted the slogan "encircle and suppress bandits, clean up the surrounding area".

If you approach the truth with a scrutinizing eye, you will find that the real murderer is full of mistakes and omissions.

All the people in Linglong Village were victimized by the copper mine and were forced to go up the mountain. The mine was full of their relatives. Meng Liang often wrote in his letters with her that every time that day came, the village was filled with longing. Every family agrees to release sky lanterns towards the mine at night, but they are on the mountain, fearing that it will cause a wildfire and burn down the only place that can give them a way to survive.

That day was not a personal death day, because the mine collapsed and buried many people, it was like a silent mourning of a whole big family, Meng Liang felt full of melancholy every time that day came, he was the only one, even if he sympathized , It can't match their longing, but he can't see the extinguished ashes in their eyes, and he is making a sky lantern, but his eyes are full of hope.

The mine has been abandoned since it collapsed, like a crumbling broken bridge, and I don't know when it will collapse again. That place can only be the cemetery of their relatives, how can they dig graves for money?

"Don't worry, since the envoy You Yan is coming, you will be safe."

Chu Shou got up, looked down at him, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly, she smiled bitterly, if it wasn't for last night, she still had the energy to deal with Wei Qingxuan, but she couldn't afford to watch his play after play, Simply dismantle his stage, and stop being so noisy.

When Luo Qi stepped into the temple, she was just passing by Chu Shou. She had no expression on her face. Although her brows were stretched, it seemed as if they were tightly pressed by two mountains. sad.

Wei Qingxuan picked up the notice on the ground and stuffed it back into his cuffs. He who knows the current affairs is a hero, but even though he thought so, he was still uneasy. If one day the county chief turned over the old account, he was afraid that the sailboat would be overturned and the officialdom would be overturned again. But come here.

He got up and looked at Luo Qi, bowed vainly, and stepped out of the mountain temple with thoughts in mind.

Luo Qi walked in, raised his eyes to look at the already incomplete statue of the mountain god, stood with his hands behind his back, but looked in obsessively.

If you want to catch the prey, you must first learn how to arrange the bait. The best result is that the prey is caught and the bait is still there.

But... as long as the prey is caught, whether the bait is there or not, whether it is complete or not, is not that important.

He clasped his hands together, closed his eyes and prayed devoutly, his slightly curled eyelashes trembling slightly, his mood was as dark and unclear as the gray sky outside.

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"Come on, go back to the city."

Chu Shou sat in the carriage and gave orders in a deep voice.

After listening to Sanqian, who was driving outside, he gently lifted the corner of the curtain, with some worry in his eyes. Since waking up in the morning, Chu Shou's mood has been low and gloomy, completely different from before.

"Miss, why don't you wait for Master Song and the others to come back together?" Ah Shui gently suggested from the side.

Chu Shou sat upright, and when Song Yanqing was mentioned, she couldn't help but take a deep breath, her eyes turned red from the suppressed emotions.

Before the words fell, there was a commotion from the noise outside, and then a voice was heard: "My lord! My lord! The mine on the southwest side of the mountain forest has collapsed again!"

"The mine collapsed?! Master Song and the others?"

"This... I haven't seen the figures of several adults, it seems that even the old monsters have been trapped in it."

The old monster is a person specially hired by the main mansion to guard the mine. He is also an experienced miner who knows the principle of "go in when encountering rich mines, and stop when encountering poor mines".It was he who led people to discover this copper mine hidden in the mountains and forests, how many mine shafts, how many alleys, where are the vents, he knows everything about it like a treasure.

He was the one who accompanied Song Yanqing and the others into the mine just now. When he went down the well, he swore that the well was absolutely fine and there was no safety hazard at all. After walking a few steps, it seemed that he came out of the well after turning around close to the mouth of the well. There was a loud bang on the other side of the alley, and I don't know what it was.

When Chu Shou heard the news from the man, he immediately got out of the carriage, stepped forward and asked, "What did you say?"

"Going back to the princess, there was only a bang over there, as if the mine had collapsed!"

"Ah Shui Sanqian, go to the mine."

The horse galloped along the way, but Chu Shouduan was sitting in the carriage, but her palms were sweating non-stop. She remembered the method of divination by the Wu clan, and quietly pinched her fingers to calculate, but her mind was very disturbed, and she couldn't make a divination all afternoon. When she came out, she was so annoyed that she held a silk handkerchief in her hand, and after a while she leaned out of the window to have a look, wishing she could fly there.

This autumn changed too fast, and the large leaves in the mountain forest became withered and yellow, falling to the ground, in the soil, and with the previous few autumn rains, the whole ground was damp and dark, so that the carriage was driving on the mountain road , it was not easy to go, the rear wheels of the carriage were stuck in the mud, no matter how the horse ran, the carriage would remain indifferent.

So Chu Shou quickly gave up the idea of ​​taking a carriage, climbed out of the carriage, and walked towards the mouth of the mine that was not very far away.

Sanqian was tinkering with the carriage, Chu Shou waved his hand to Ah Shui who was chasing him, and said, "Stay with her, she can't solve it by herself, it's just a few steps away, there will be someone to meet her there. "

Chu Shou was walking on the road covered with fallen leaves with his skirt in his hand, the creaking sound seemed extraordinarily empty in the silent mountain forest, Chu Shou tried his best not to step on those big crunchy leaves, because the sound was like Uninvited guests in the entire mountain forest, even the slightest sound, can cause a wave of high waves in her heart.

She thought to herself, Song Yanqing couldn't be so unlucky, Fang went to the mine and encountered this once-in-a-century opportunity.

As she thought about it, she quickened her pace. When she turned a corner, there was a whole circle in front of her, surrounded by tall trees. The only difference between this place and the forest was the few ginkgo trees, yellow and red. The leaves fell with the wind and spread out on the ground, making it even more dreamy.

Chu Shou stopped, looked at the leaves huddled in a certain circle, and secretly slandered, should this trap be made so obvious...

Before she could stand down and observe, a man in black suddenly flew out from the tall branch behind her. His face was covered with black cloth, his body was long and slender, and he was holding a real silver sword in his hand. He stabbed at the center of her brow.

It was too late to say that, Chu Shou stood up sideways, raised his elbow and gently moved his arm, and the man in black was thrown out violently according to his inertia. A dead leaf was dragged several meters away, and was finally blocked by a small tree.

But... these were minor injuries, and soon the man in black stood up holding the silver sword, but this time, he didn't dare to act rashly again,
Chu Shou took out the folded bow from between her legs, flicked it lightly, and it became a full bow. She slid out a golden arrow from her sleeve, put it on the bow, and made the bow fully drawn, and stopped straight towards it. The cold light of the arrow on the footsteps of the man in black is like a warning, which is frightening.

"Who sent you here!"

Chu Shou pointed at the man in black with a bow and arrow, and said coldly.

Under the black cloth, the man in black smiled faintly. Looking at her golden arrows and manner of acting, she was that person. Her name of golden wind and arrows has spread throughout the world. No one knows no one knows.

It's just that the Golden Wind Arrow Rain is not absolutely easy to use, just like this time...

The man in black dodged quickly, and Chu Shou looked sideways at the bow and arrow, not wanting to miss the pointing direction, and kept watching helplessly as the man in black approached step by step, forcing Chu Shou to retreat again and again.

Chu Shou stood there for the last time, and looked back, wasn't it the big hole that was seen through at a glance?
Is it okay if she doesn't fall into this trap?

She only knows how to be a three-legged cat, because even archery is just an attack from a distance. When she gets close, the bow and arrow become firewood sticks that can't even burn well in her hands. It didn't work at all.

But even so, she refused to admit defeat to the man in black, so she had to fight back and forth with all her strength.

When the man in black attacks, she dodges, and when the man in black dodges, she also dodges...