Dressed as the best old lady in the famine years, I suddenly became rich

Chapter 208 Prince Zhuang’s Fate
After Li Langzhong finished speaking, he asked the medicine boy to get the map from the carriage, and then drew a location on the map, "The mountains here are high and precipitous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The mountains are adjacent to Zhuang County on one side and Xuzhou on the other. Most of the rebels came from the south. They are all a group of people who have been forced into desperation.”

"Thank you, Mr. Li, for telling me." Chen Changtai quickly stood up and thanked him.

"It's just that the road is blocked now, so you may have to wait a while." Qu Lizheng glanced at the map. Although he couldn't quite understand it, he could see where he was going to pass.

Li Langzhong was able to tell Ke Muqing the news about the rebels because they generously gave away herbs. He knew that even if these people had just lied, they were not bad people.

In the evening, Ke Muqing took advantage of everyone to go to bed and quietly left alone. She went to the pipe in the ditch that was blocked by a big stone to see the situation.

After she finished eating, she specifically asked the medicine boy for directions and then searched all the way here. When she got here, she saw that a very big stone was blocking the road.

The tone said that this was a stone, it would be better to say which hilltop it was that fell here.

Ke Muqing circled around the stone and then sold explosives from the mall. Such a big stone could only be broken into pieces by explosives and then cleared out of the road.

The area of ​​​​the stone was so large that Ke Muqing spent a lot of money to buy explosives. It was impossible for Ke Muqing to detonate a whole circle of explosives at the same time, so she placed the explosives and folded a circle of hay over it, and lit the fire folding tube as she left. Throwing it onto the hay, she rode off quickly herself.

The explosive exploded so fast that Ke Muqing was almost hit by gravel even after riding a horse for a long distance.

Ke Muqing and his party saw the thatched house, but it had collapsed due to the earthquake.

So naturally there is no so-called old woman shop here.

After the road was cleared, Ke Muqing and his party said goodbye to Qulizheng's family and left in a hurry. They drove all night and arrived at the foot of the mountain painted on Li Langzhong's map before dawn.

The villagers ran and shouted, and then went all the way to the hut to deliver the good news.

The road is open and there is hope. This is a particularly happy thing for them.

"Good news! The big rocks blocking the road were smashed by thunder last night! A big hole was made in the ground! There were burnt rocks in the hole, and they were black! This is God's fault. Find a way for us to survive! We can go to the city to buy medicine!"

All the villagers who still had strength went to help pick out the stones, and the road was cleared that day. All the villagers returned exhausted, but with joy on their faces.

Li Langzhong said that there was a tea stall at the foot of the mountain, which was a thatched house.

It was also her luck that lightning flashed and thundered in the sky shortly after Ke Muqing left, and it started raining before she returned to Quli's main house. Ke Muqing climbed over the fence and returned to Qulizheng's house. Qulizheng's family was still sleeping deeply. When the next morning, the early risers in the village were still talking about the scary thunder last night.

After the rain stopped, Qu Lizheng led the villagers to continue clearing the road, but soon the villagers came back to report the good news.

Ke Muqing waited until the explosion stopped for a long time before riding back to the scene. After cleaning up the traces of explosives, he rode away again.

Ke Muqing got off his horse and said, "You guys wait for me here, I'll go take a look in the mountains."

"I'll go with you." Chen Changtai said rationally.

"No, you have to stay to protect Mrs. Li and Mr. Huang Sanlang." After speaking, Ke Muqing handed two torches to Chen Changtai, "Just in case, it's for self-defense, and it can also be used as a signal." It's difficult to walk on the road at night in the mountains. Ke Muqing took the torch and used this method to tell those who found her that she was not a sneaky person. Ke Muqing took out the fire stick and Chen Changtai was speechless. With this thing, Ke Muqing had no problem protecting himself. Compared to Ke Muqing, Mrs. Li and Mr. Huang Sanlang were the ones who were defenseless and in need of protection.

After the discussion, Ke Muqing went up the mountain alone holding a torch.

It is close to Zhuang County on one side and close to Xuzhou on the other. Because it is far away from the Yangcheng area, the impact of the earthquake is not too great, and it is not difficult to go up the mountain.

Ke Muqing was stopped by a strong man halfway up the mountain.

"Stop whoever comes! Otherwise the sword has no eyes!"

Perhaps seeing that Ke Muqing was going up the mountain alone and that she was an elderly woman, the strong man just issued a warning and did not take action immediately.

"Please spare your life, heroes! I came here specifically to find you after being introduced by Mr. Li. A child at home was kidnapped by bandits in Zhuang County. We are willing to provide money and food to ask all heroes to come out and help."

Ke Muqing directly expressed his sincerity without mincing words, and directly stated his intention.

The strong man was very surprised, but when he heard that it was Li Langzhong who introduced him, the strong man said, "Wait here and don't come any closer. We still have brothers here to guard you. If you go further, other brothers will But you are not as easy to talk to as I am. I will send you a message, just wait."

After saying that, the strong man turned around and left.

Ke Muqing waited for about two cups of tea before the strong man came back, and there were two other people with him.

"This is our second master, and this is our third master. Discuss your matter with them." After the strong man finished speaking, he took two steps back.

Only then did Ke Muqing see clearly that the two people coming from behind were both thin and slim, but the second master looked muscular and was a martial arts practitioner. He had a beard, the lower half of his face was covered with hair, and the upper half of his face was covered with hair. His face was covered with an iron mask.

The other one was more like a scholar, with clear facial features and a goatee below his nose. Judging from the way Ke Muqing was used to seeing Ke Xiucai's beard, this man's goatee was probably fake.

"I heard that the aunt wants us to go out and rescue people from the Zhuang County officials and bandits?" The second master's voice was low and his eyes were bright. He stood there and looked at Ke Muqing up and down for a long time before he asked.

The third master asked more directly, "I think aunt should also know that it is difficult to snatch people from the hands of Zhuang County officials and bandits. That is directly going against King Zhuang. It is very dangerous at this time. It is immeasurable to complete this matter. So how much money do you plan to give our brothers to work hard for you?"

The fact that people can come means there is room for negotiation.

Ke Muqing said, "I wonder if thirty thousand taels of silver and thirty thousand catties of grain are enough?"

"If you can kill King Zhuang, I will add another 30,000 catties of grain." Ke Muqing hates King Zhuang now, so she can afford the money! And I paid it willingly!

"Can you really get 60,000 kilograms of grain? Are you just kidding us with your big words?" The third master was shocked by this number.

Thirty thousand taels of silver is nothing. If it had been in the past, they would have looked down upon the thirty thousand taels of silver.

But three or two kilograms, then thirty thousand kilograms, a total of sixty thousand kilograms of grain was really astonishing.