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Chapter 138 Tiefuling

Hot summer night.

There are dots of flames under Tiefuling, hundreds of blast furnaces stand in the small town outside the mountain, and from time to time there are folks pushing ore in and out.

Cheng Shilu, who is as strong as an ox, walked up the stone path in the mountain unhurriedly, holding a long-handled copper hammer. He had already put on a good brocade robe, but the weather was too hot, so he unbuttoned his collar, revealing a brown bear-like figure. chest hair.

The villa at the end of the stone road is the private manor of the Cheng family. As soon as they walked to the gate of the villa, a young man ran up to him quickly:
"Father, you are back. How is the second uncle?"

"Didn't you see that I'm ashamed? What do you think I can do?"

"Uh……"

The young man's expression froze, and he didn't dare to ask any more questions, he just chased after him and smiled apologetically:

"As long as dad is fine, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years. By the way, on the afternoon when dad left, a man from the rivers and lakes came over and found me privately, saying that he wanted to buy molten oil and open a tomb of the former court..."

Cheng Shilu raised his hand and slapped the back of his son's head with a slap, his eyes widened:
"How dare you sell this thing indiscriminately?"

Melting oil is a forbidden substance approved by the imperial court. Poured on the stone, it can dissolve most of the stone, making it brittle and easy to dig.

Because thieves are afraid of destroying city walls, robbing prisons, and robbing tombs, etc., the formula of melting oil is a top secret of the imperial court, and the common people are strictly prohibited from refining it and keeping it privately.

The young man naturally knew that he didn't dare to buy this thing randomly, so he leaned closer, raised his hand, and raised three fingers:
"That man has a lot of handwriting, so he made this sum."

Cheng Shilu paused and asked:
"How much do you want to buy?"

"Thirty barrels, not much. When checking the number with the court, you can fool it with just a little prevarication."

Cheng Shilu's official status is that of an iron ore contractor for the imperial court. Because of his relationship with the imperial court, it's okay to resell some contraband in private.

However, if thirty barrels of molten oil are used well, and all of them are soaked in the supporting points, a gate tower in the capital can be brought down in a few days, and the risk is definitely not small.

Cheng Shilu wiped the sweat from his bald head and asked:

"Are you sure you're a grave digger? Last time someone bought it to seek revenge, collapsed a pagoda, and killed more than 30 pilgrims. I sent several large boxes of silver before I wiped my butt clean..."

The young man made a strong promise: "It must be. I smelled a deadly smell as soon as I met, and my face was pale. I can see that I often go out to work in the fields day and night..."

"Okay, clean your hands and feet."

"Dad, don't worry, I'll do it now..."

……

After Cheng Shilu finished chatting about trivial matters, he stepped back and went straight to a house close to the cliff at the back of the villa.

Inside the house is the display of the study, and there are several rows of bookshelves beside the wall, listing various books and classics.

Cheng Shilu obviously didn't have the habit of reading books, so he put his personal weapon on the weapon rack in the center of the room, then went to the bookshelf, pulled a book, and pushed it to the side, revealing an arch.

Behind the arch is a stone chamber excavated from the mountain wall. There is a secret passage leading to the mine below.

Cheng Shilu came to the stone room and lit the lamp, and he could see a pair of armor standing by the wall.

The armor is heavy armor, silver-white overall, with wolf-headed shoulder pads and visors. It looks like it came from an elite army, but it has been damaged for a long time.

Standing in front of the armor, Cheng Shilu put a stick of incense on it first, and then picked up a golden bowl from under the armor.

The golden bowl was filled with rice and clear water, soaked with a white bead, the size of a pigeon egg, after soaking for a few days, the clear water in the bowl had turned to misty white.

wow~

Cheng Shilu took the tongs, carefully took out the white beads from the water, as if holding a piece of red iron, then took the golden bowl, walked to the small bath in the stone room, poured the water in the bowl into the pool, took off his clothes, and the whole body People soaked in the pool, even buried their faces in it...
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At the same time, Tiefuling went down.

The big black horse stopped in the woods, and the fluffy bird stood on the top of a big pine tree, looking at the official road in the distance.

Under the pine tree, Ye Jingtang took off his outer robe and wore a black robe of a different style.

Luo Ning stood beside her with a veiled hat, a bamboo hat and a face towel in her hand, and looked up at the villa above Tiefuling:

"I thought Tiefuling was just a small portal, but I didn't expect the mine to be so big."

"Tiefuling is the imperial court's mine, and all the output is handed over to make official knives and weapons. Cheng Shilu is just a contractor who helps with the work."

While Ye Jingtang was putting on his clothes, he was also looking at the official road outside the forest.

Last night, when he found Sanniang coming, he kept paying attention, even when eating watermelon.

As a result, Sanniang listened for half the night, but didn't kill her, and didn't even say a word.

After Ye Jingtang fell asleep, he got up early in the morning to change shifts with Niao Niao, and wanted to secretly chat with San Niang.

As soon as he got to the door of the room, Sanniang blocked the door. She didn't know if she was afraid that he didn't have enough to eat and wanted to rush to the second game, or he was wronged by the noise, so she didn't open the door.

Ye Jingtang saw that Sanniang knew she had been exposed, so he didn't force her in. When the sky was bright, Sanniang covered her tightly and set off with her horse first.

Ye Jingtang drove his horse to Tiefuling, and he was being scouted by Niao Niao on the way. It can be confirmed that Sanniang has been following the horse's hoof prints as a bodyguard.

Ye Jingtang looked back a few times, and after putting on his clothes, he took the bamboo hat from Lady Luo:
"I'll go in, you wait outside, and the bird will signal if something happens."

Luo Ning knew that Cheng Shilu was not Ye Jingtang's opponent, but she still reminded her seriously:
"The rabbit is in a hurry and even kicks the eagle. Most people don't die from martial arts, but from underestimating the enemy. Even if you are dealing with street rogues, you have to be very energetic."

Ye Jingtang was about to pull up the face towel, but blinked again.

?

Luo Ning understood the meaning of this look, she was afraid that the little thief would still be thinking wildly when she was going to do something, so she didn't show a cold look, but like a virtuous daughter-in-law sending her husband to the battlefield, she stood on tiptoe, holding Ye Jingtang's cheek, He clicked on his lips:
"Okay, let's get down to business and don't worry about it."

Ye Jingtang smiled, pulled up his face towel, took a deep breath, and carrying the Black Lin gun wrapped in black cloth, he walked unhurriedly towards the stone steps up the mountain.

Luo Ning followed silently in the forest while investigating the situation in Tiefuling to avoid being ambushed by some people.

Tiefuling, as a sect of rivers and lakes, cannot have no disciples. Preliminary investigation shows that there are more than 200 disciples in Tiefuling, but they all live near the mine under the mountain and serve as supervisors and stewards of the mine.

Zhuangzi on the mountain is the private residence of the Cheng family. There are a few disciples patrolling the mountain path, so as not to run up and disturb the head's cleaning. There is no other protection.

Ye Jingtang came to the door openly and squarely, and walked slowly, just holding a spear, walking slowly in the moonlight, waiting for the disciples of Tiefuling to come over.

But the disciples of Tiefuling seemed to have been at ease for a long time, and their vigilance was too low. They gathered together on the mountain road to comment on the sisters in the city, and Ye Jingtang walked up to the mountainside without noticing.

Luo Ning was a little speechless about this, and when she was looking around boredly, she suddenly noticed a few figures outside a small independent house on the mountainside of Tiefuling.

The house is alone on the corner of the mountain, far away from the house, and there are guards nearby. No torches are lit in the middle of the night, and they are just moving things under the moonlight.

Luo Ning was slightly puzzled, and silently approached nearby, only to see a nobleman with a whip in his hand, commanding Lifu to carry a pile of wooden barrels onto the cart.

The distance was too far and the sky was dark, so she didn't look very carefully. After Luo Ning paid attention for a while, she saw that Ye Jingtang had already contacted people from Tiefuling, so she stopped paying attention to this insignificant matter, and walked up the mountain quickly...

(End of this chapter)