Ma'er was in front, followed by Luo Xiyao and Hong Ming, He Lan Linzhang and Ding Zhen were at the end.

The carriage had already been thrown down the mountain, and the two sides of the dismantled coffin were hastily returned.

Helan Linzhang fastened the lid of the coffin with silk thread, and then took Ding Zhen down in the dark.

Ding Zhen said bluntly: "Hide your ears and steal your bell."

"When we came down, it rained a lot, and there was thunder rolling in the distance... The traces we stepped on were cleaned up as we walked, and the footprints around the grave were also cleaned up. As long as the coffin is in good condition, as long as it is not opened If there is a coffin, some people will think that the tombstone was split by lightning, and the tomb bag was washed away by the heavy rain."

"And then? Whoever finds out about this will kindly repair the tomb bag?"

"Why not?" Helan Linzhang obviously had a plan in mind, "Dr. Ding won't think that the villagers don't notice when we enter the mountain at this time? It won't be long before someone will follow and find the place we left behind in the distance. Carriage. We live in the village in the name of paying homage to our family and collecting goods from the mountain. Those who follow will definitely go into the mountain to have a look at Ning Xin’s tomb and confirm the news of our departure. As long as you come to the tomb, you will see it exposed In order not to cause trouble, when they took the carriage away, they also wanted to finish it off for us."

Walking through the nine stone steps, you can see a slightly spacious room. At the end of this room is a tall stone door. Obviously, this is the real entrance.

"It's a bit far-fetched." After Ding Zhen finished speaking, he didn't wait for Helan Linzhang to respond, but walked over and asked the thin man what he was looking for.

Far-fetched?Helan Linzhang knew that Ding Zhen, as the judge of the Eastern Qi Tai Hospital, had been in contact with noble families all the time, and ordinary rich people would never see his people.So Ding Zhen didn't understand the fearful nature of ordinary people, he could understand.

Speaking of which, the officials who came to the village to search for bandits a few days ago helped them.

How dare the villagers have anything to do with the bandits?

One was split open by lightning to reveal the entire coffin, and the other was clearly not made of ordinary wood, and even ordinary people with little knowledge would know that something was wrong. If it was dug out by bandits, would the officials think it had something to do with their village once they found out?After all, the ancestral graves of each of their families are on this cemetery.

Don't dare to disturb your ancestors!

With this layer of fear and the benefit of a carriage, the villagers will only take advantage of the night and thunderstorm to cover up.

"But are you looking for it?" He Lan Linzhang pointed upwards, and saw that there were raised cross patterns on the rusty iron candlestick. If the lines of the patterns could be embedded together, they should be the same size. The depression on the stone gate is about the same.

"Yes." Luo Xiyao nodded while holding the torch, "We are looking for the key."

The horses were controlled by the Gu insects, and they flicked their tails obediently, neither stomping their hooves nor snorting.

But this room is not considered big, and it is only compared with the coffin on the stone steps.

With so many horses and so many people at the moment, the air in the room is getting less and less hot.

Fortunately, there were many people and many hands. After removing the cross pattern candle holders, they were embedded according to the pattern, and quickly formed a cross key the size of two men's palms.

Luo Xiyao used a torch to illuminate the depression on the stone door, so that Helan Linzhang could carefully observe the lines inside and determine the direction of the key.

After the key is put in, there is only a "click" sound, and there is no more.

He Lan Linzhang and Luo Xiyao looked at each other and reached out their hands at the same time.

Under their palms, the stone door slowly opened.

"Boom boom boom——"

Helan Linzhang had a clear look in his eyes, "Sure enough, he is forging iron."

Ding Zhen frowned, "Isn't this iron mine abandoned? People from the Ministry of Industry came here and said that there is no more iron."

"Officials can betray the imperial court. There are so many people in the Ministry of Industry. Why is it strange that there are people who fish in troubled waters? Because of the relationship between the iron mines, the green hills in Wei County collapsed several times, and finally abandoned because it was difficult to open the previous mines. And If there are other mines to be opened, there is no suitable location, because the color of the soil around Qingshan is wrong, and it does not look like iron ore. Therefore, this is the largest iron mine in the previous dynasty. After the founding of the Eastern Qi Dynasty, every generation of emperors had Someone was sent here." Hearing the continuous sound of iron hammering in the mountain, Luo Xiyao said: "The Jinyun Mountain Range is so big, but there is no one here, nor are there any other nearby mountains?"

"The Ministry of Engineering..."

"The Ministry of Industry wants to open mines, and it needs the court to have money and people." He Lan Linzhang said, "Even if it is beneficial to the court and the people, the emperor can't make an order immediately. Dr. Ding has been in the palace for many years, so he should know that the court Although it is the court of the Eastern Qi Emperor, it is not his court, and the entanglement of interests and power disputes are extremely complicated. Opening a mine, or an abandoned mine from the previous dynasty... is not an easy task."

Ding Zhen stroked his beard and said: "Because the affairs involving the court are complicated and troublesome, I don't like talking to them. Even when treating diseases, I prefer quiet patients."

When he thought Luo Xiyao would hate him, Luo Xiyao took advantage of the situation and rubbed the horse's ears, retracted the Gu worm, and said with a smile: "So it is a wise choice for Doctor Ding to get rid of the cage and follow me to Mobei." With that said, he walked towards the door.

The more you walk, the more you feel that this place is huge.

"The previous dynasty... was so rich?" Luo Xiyao looked around and said, "How many people can dig such a big cave? Where did they dig out the soil? And where did it go? Ore?"

He Lan Linzhang was taken aback, and then explained gently, "This should be a natural cave, and the mine was dug according to the natural cave. The earthquake in Yujiang, we found the documents in the past, and we know that there was a mine in Yujiang 60 years ago. There was an earthquake, and it was recorded that nine out of ten houses in Yujiang were destroyed by the earthquake, and the number of people who died was even more innumerable. 130 six years ago... before that was the former dynasty, which is hard to check. I think, here Maybe it was formed by the earthquake."

The earth shakes and the mountains shake, even if there are no cracks in the mountains, who in the mountains knows?
Seeing them talking and laughing happily without any nervous look, Ding Zhen frowned and said, "Aren't you worried?"

"What are you worried about?" Luo Xiyao extinguished the torch, and walked slowly towards the light in front, condescendingly watching the distressed people transporting ore below, and listening to the whip-wielding supervisor scolding.

This is an entrance to the mountain wall. When you go out, you will find a narrow path. If you step on it, you will fall down if you are not careful.

It's not enough to be smashed to pieces at this height, but if you are unlucky and hit the ore or fall into the furnace, it will be miserable.

The plump overseer with his oily face was in stark contrast to the skinny miner.

No, maybe these whipped people can't be called miners, but the people here who the master got from nowhere.

"These people... can't be the people in the neighborhood, right? There is a time limit for military service. How can the people not scold you when you go back like this? One or two are fine, so many people..." Ding Zhen was very surprised. I have never heard of iron mines being mined here, and I have never heard of so many people missing anywhere.

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