I really don't want to take shortcuts anymore

Chapter 536 Find out the truth
Xing Xuan had just woken up from his dream: "So those farmers who died or disappeared were killed because they accidentally ran into the mine or miners?"

"The dead are gone, but there is still a glimmer of hope for those who are missing." Wei Ying added:

"Secret mining requires a large number of people. Unless they have no choice, they may not push the workers out. I just don't know whether Han Min'er knows about this, and where the produced iron ore is secretly sent."

"I will tell the Marquis about this." Luo Qianhuai yawned, feeling sleepy. "Since they are doing this in secret, they certainly don't want to be discovered, so they probably just want to scare me away, not to hurt anyone. So you don't have to worry too much, just sleep well."

Wei Ying lowered his head, his eyes flickering. He had sent a message to Master Mo since he encountered the broken tree blocking the road. Calculating the time, the other party should have received it long ago.

Luo Qianhuai actually had some guesses. Now seeing him like this, what was there that he didn't understand?

But it's raining so heavily outside. Even if Mr. Mo receives the letter, he will have to wait until tomorrow when the rain stops. As long as he can get through this night, the clouds will clear and the sun will come out.

Xing Xuan and Wei Ying insisted on staying up all night to protect Luo Qianhuai's safety. She couldn't refuse, so she stopped insisting.

The bedroom behind the main hall was very clean, but the bedding had faded a little because it had been vacant for a year and had been washed and taken apart several times.

Fortunately, Xing Xuan was well prepared. She quickly removed all the bedding and gauze curtains and replaced them with the silk bedding she brought from home. She also burned some mugwort to remove moisture and insects before asking Luo Qianhuai to go to sleep.

To prevent any accidents, Luo Qianhuai deliberately slept with his clothes on. He tossed and turned for a long time, feeling uneasy.

She simply got up, took down the smoky purple cloak hanging on the rack, wrapped it tightly around her body, and counted her sleeve pockets. Only when she saw that they were filled with all kinds of common medicines and a meteorite iron dagger did she feel relieved.

Facts have proved that there is no point in being too careful. When Luo Qianhuai was dragged out of the door by the system while he was drowsy, his first reaction was to feel relieved.

"It has been detected that now is the best time to find out the truth. Let's start finding out the truth now. Ding! Since the host's current ability is not enough to complete it independently, this system will enforce it!"

Wei Ying and Xing Xuan stood upright at the outer door, when they suddenly saw the door open from the inside and Luo Qianhuai walked out with his eyes narrowed.

She ignored the two of them and as soon as she walked out of the house, she flew into the air, gliding lightly and swiftly across the night sky, heading straight for the mountains and forests in the east.

That is where the hematite vein is located, and it is also where the guard disappeared today.

"I will leave secret signals along the way. You stay here and wait for the Marquis!" Wei Ying only had time to leave these words before following Luo Qianhuai into the endless rainy night.

The cloak was not waterproof, and Luo Qianhuai was soon soaked from head to toe. The heavy clothes stuck to his body, feeling cold and heavy.

"System, can you improve the service, such as adding a small protective cover to prevent wind and rain and regulate the temperature?"

The system's voice was flat and dull: "Currently under enforcement, no time to provide other services!"

Probably because he was in a bad mood when he woke up, Luo Qianhuai just wanted to scold the system at this moment: "So there is indeed a technical problem with your program. You can't open two apps at any time. You can't even do such a small thing?"

The system ignored her and flew over the hill that Hou Zhong and others had pointed out a few days ago, like a falcon.

Luo Qianhuai's eyesight was very good at this time. He could clearly see the tomb mound below that had no mark but was obviously protruding a large distance from the ground and was shaped like a huge steamed bun.

Rainy night, cemetery. Luo Qianhuai didn't feel scared at all. For doctors, the dead are never scary. What is scary is the incurable disease and the people who ignore life.

There was a sound of breaking air in the distance. Luo Qianhuai looked back intently and saw the figure of Wei Ying.

His lightness skill is among the best in the world, but compared with the system, especially the system that was just dissed by Luo Qianhuai, there is still a big gap.

The system sped up again, circling left and right in the mountains, successfully misleading Wei Ying and making him walk onto another level of the mountain.

After that, the system turned around, returned to a cliff it had passed before, and jumped down without hesitation.

Luo Qianhuai felt that he couldn't understand: "You deliberately went around in circles and wasted energy just to get rid of Wei Ying?"

"Use the shortcut system to reach the peak of life! Thank you for your trust and support in the shortcut system version 1.4!"

She suddenly realized: "You think you are enough, and the existence of Guard Eagle is redundant?"

The system said nothing, but it controlled Luo Qianhuai and made him perform several 720-degree turns in a row, which were graceful but uncomfortable.

"Alright, alright, stop turning!" Luo Qianhuai was dizzy because of it: "I believe you, don't I? But you have to promise that you can let me go back safely later, and don't let me down halfway!"

While she was speaking, the system had already fallen straight to the ground, stepping into the thick reddish-brown mud.

Through the rain, Luo Qianhuai could see the scene in the valley clearly: piles of hematite ore, dozens of two-wheeled carts lying in a crisscross pattern, and a three-meter-wide narrow forest passage that led to an unknown destination in the distance.

On the mountain wall on one side of the valley, there was a five-meter-long and three-meter-wide mine cave. It was dark and silent, like the huge mouth of a monster.

The system stomped heavily in the reddish-brown water, lifted Luo Qianhuai's body off the ground, and plunged into the dark hole.

Wei Ying searched for a long time in the rain, but did not see Luo Qianhuai. He knew that he had followed the wrong direction, so he could only suppress his anxiety and turned back to Qinglu Garden.

He met Xing Xuan's anxious eyes: "Madam hasn't returned yet."

Wei Ying then called the other three guards and said, "Come with me to look for the mark left by Wei Ji. I have a feeling that Madam must know something. Maybe we can reach the same destination by different paths."

He turned around and ordered Xing Xuan: "Contact the master again and report the incident."

Just as they were about to leave, they heard a burst of hurried horse beats, accompanied by the howling wind and rain, coming suddenly.

The mine is interconnected and filled with the smell of damp mud and the unique iron smell of hematite.

The system walked through it without hesitation. After walking an unknown distance, it suddenly saw a fire in front of it.

Two shirtless men, with long swords hanging from their waists and holding a pine torch, were walking towards the corridor where she was.

They walked lazily, talking as they went:
"You are too cautious, sir. Not to mention that this place is so secretive, it is raining so hard outside, it is impossible for someone to have nothing better to do than to come here."