The three murderers were killed, and the murder case of Chen Yuan's family was over.
The county magistrate Ma Yong enthusiastically invited the little princess to rest in the county government office, and sent Wu Dachuan and other government officials to protect her.
Mu Qingyao politely declined.
There are not many garrison troops in small towns. With the small force of the county government in Zangshi Town, a few ninth-level warriors can wipe them all out.
Mu Qingyao knew that the three people who were killed just now were definitely not the real culprits behind the scenes, and she did not want to implicate these government officials.
Ma Yong was not a fool, and he could vaguely see what was unusual behind this incident. In the small Zangshi Town, an eighth-level warrior actually killed someone.
The person who was killed was an ordinary and insignificant woman.
When Wu Dachuan reported just now that the people in the town wanted to burn Princess Lingyun to death, Ma Yong began to sweat on his forehead.
He is just a small county magistrate. How dare he interfere in the fight between big men?
Once this kind of thing is involved in the slightest, even the lightest one will fall into pieces!
When Ma Yong was at a loss, a voice came from beside him.
"The safety of the princess is of great importance. If there is really something wrong with us in Zangshi Town, my lord's head may not be saved. The princess should be escorted out of here as soon as possible."
"It's no problem to send people. The key princess doesn't need us to follow her!" Ma Yong said anxiously.
"I have always been a guide for the princess. Why don't you send me to accompany you? I can also protect you."
Ma Yong turned around and saw that it was Yun Que who was speaking.
Ma Yong said with great joy:
"Okay! Yun Que, you are indeed the best in our county government. The task of escorting the princess will be left to you!"
Niu Bucai said hurriedly:
"With Brother Yun escorting us, we can ensure that the princess is safe and sound!"
"I accept my order, but I'd better settle the travel expenses first." Yun Que smiled and extended his hand.
Ma Yong and Niu Bucai's faces froze at the same time.
In the yamen, Yun Que is indeed the strongest, but he is also the fastest in asking for money.
Ma Yong frowned and asked tentatively: "Twelve?"
Seeing Yun Que's sneer, Niu Bucai stretched out two fingers and said: "Twenty taels!"
Yun Que yawned.
"One price, fifty taels! No more." Ma Yong said with pain.
"Sir, I am not feeling well because of the cold due to my humble job. I can't go out recently. You should ask someone else to protect the princess." Yun Que pretended to cough twice.
"No, no, no! How much do you want?" Ma Yong gritted his teeth.
"We have known each other for so many years. Don't be too harsh and give us a friendly price!" Niu Bucai said with a smile.
Yun Que stretched out two fingers with a smile, and Ma Yongniu glanced at each other, their faces turned bitter.
Mu Qingyao waited outside the door. It took a while before Yun Que came out, carrying something in his arms as he walked.
Mu Qingyao had excellent eyesight and recognized the banknote at a glance.
And it's still a banknote with a face value of two hundred taels.
Mu Qingyao couldn't help but smile.
Walking on the street, Mu Qingyao felt much more relaxed and said:
"Where is the mysterious thing you mentioned? What is it?"
"You'll know when it arrives. It's a big piece and should be quite valuable, but it's a pity that we can't get it." Yun Que said.
Mu Qingyao became more and more curious after hearing this.
The two walked through the long street and arrived at the northernmost end of Zangshi Town.
This is a barren mountain area with not many homes. It is within the scope of Zangshi Town, but almost no one lives there.
At the foot of the mountain is a mine, surrounded by temporary simple shacks for people to rest.
It was dusk at this time, and the coolies in the mine were heading home in groups of three or five after getting off work.
When the miners saw Yun Que, they immediately greeted him warmly and respectfully.
There is a mine boss, and generally no one is allowed to enter the mine after dark for fear of accidents.
But Yun Que is an exception.
When he learned that Yun Que was going to enter the mine, the mine leader brought a lantern to Yun Que without saying a word and specially filled it with lamp oil.
"It's dark in the mine and the ground is uneven. Brother Yun, please watch your steps."
The mine boss smiled and said, more respectfully than greeting the county magistrate.
Yun Que held a lantern and led Mu Qingyao into the dark mine.
The mine is long, narrow, rugged and bottomless.
This is the jade mine in Zangshi Town, and many of the precious jade stones in the Imperial City come from here.
This is how the remote town of Zangshi Town was born.
A jade mine supports nearly half of the people in the town, and almost every family has a miner.
Entering the mine, Mu Qingyao's curiosity was replaced by heaviness.
She walked quietly beside Yun Que, occasionally glancing at the top of her head or in the corner, with a trace of sadness in her clear eyes.
Although this jade mine raised many people, it also took away the lives of many people.
Mining is not only tiring, but also comes with great dangers.
Rocks falling at any time have claimed the lives of many miners.
Along the way, Mu Qingyao saw at least a dozen wandering souls wandering in the dark underground.
Princess Lingyun has psychic powers, but has no power of salvation.
"Those who work in the mines are all strong men. First of all, they must eat well so that their yang energy can be strong. Secondly, they only work during the day and do not enter the mines after dark. This is the rule."
Yun Que's voice broke the silence.
Mu Qingyao: "I can see that there are many wandering souls here. It is indeed dangerous for ordinary people to enter the mine after dark."
Yun Que said: "You are wrong. The danger is not the wandering souls, but the fact that no one can survive mining overnight, and accidents are easy to happen."
Mu Qingyao: "The yin is the strongest at midnight. There are many wandering souls here, and it is deep underground. Over time, evil spirits can easily condense. Isn't it dangerous?"
Yun Que said: "Although it is theoretically dangerous, it is different here. As far as I know, many people have died in this jade mine, but there has never been an evil spirit hurting anyone."
Mu Qingyao: "Is there a Taoist aura or a Buddhist magical weapon here that can suppress ghosts?"
Yun Que said: "There are no such things. The reason why the ghosts here do not hurt people is because they have no resentment. They were poor people who came to work voluntarily when they were alive. In order to support their families and their wives and children, they were willing to die from exhaustion without resentment. Others, this is the truth in the eyes of poor people."
Mu Qingyao's footsteps paused.
As a talented woman from the Jin Dynasty, Princess Lingyun, who was well-read in poetry and books, believed that there was nothing in the world that she did not understand.
Today, Mu Qingyao realized that there was some truth in the world that she didn't know about.
The little princess followed Yun Que's footsteps again.
"There was an evil spirit in the mine last year. I thought it was some kind of evil spirit, but it doesn't seem to be the case. What is it?" Mu Qingyao said.
"Sand." Yun Que said two simple words, which sounded very strange.
"sand?"
Mu Qingyao was surprised and puzzled, and said: "I have seen many spirits, including the spirits of vegetation, the souls of monsters, the ghosts of wronged souls, as well as the spirits of weapons, mountains, and rivers, but I have never seen spirits in the sand. Could it be that the sand you are talking about is a living thing?"
"It doesn't look like a living thing or a dead thing. That pile of sand seems to be alive. I've never seen that thing before." Yun Que said.
"What you want me to identify is that strange pile of sand?" Mu Qingyao asked.
"It's not sand. When I came here last year, I chopped that weird thing hundreds of times and all the sand was chopped into pieces."
Yun Que said as he walked into a narrow fork in the road.
This kind of fork in the road is very common in mines, usually branches of large mines.
The fork in the road leads to a dead end.
Just when Mu Qingyao was wondering, she noticed that Yun Que stretched out his arms and grabbed the sides of the rock.
In Mu Qingyao's surprised eyes, Yun Que actually moved the rock that seemed to be at the end!
After the muffled roar, a new road appeared in front of the two of them.
Mu Qingyao looked at it carefully.
The boulder that Yun Que moved away was extremely heavy.
If a boulder of this weight is used as a stone door seal, it will be difficult to move even if it is discovered.
"The secret door you made may not weigh more than three thousand kilograms." Mu Qingyao said.
"I made it, but the weight is less, at least 30,000 kilograms." Yun Que patted the dust on his hands.
Mu Qingyao opened her mouth slightly, greatly envious of the warrior's physical strength.
Strength is the biggest difference between warriors and other cultivation systems.
Some practitioners of Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and witchcraft can call the wind and rain, some can speak Dharma, some can shine with the Buddha's light, and some can kill people in their dreams.
But these practitioners all have a life gate, which is a relatively fragile physical body.
Of course, the fragility here is that compared to warriors, they are still much stronger than ordinary mortals.
On the other hand, look at the warriors.
He specializes in cultivating the physical body by invigorating his energy and blood. His strength and speed are astonishing. Among the cultivators in the world, he is the only one who dares to fight hand-to-hand with monsters.
Once approached by a warrior, practitioners of other systems would have to wait for death.
This is also the origin of a proverb spread in the spiritual world.
'Dawwu struck first, but was sent away late. '
When passing the boulder, Mu Qingyao looked at it curiously.
The surface of the stone is full of grains of sand, which is different from other stones.
"It doesn't seem to be made of stone." Mu Qingyao said.
"Of course not. It's hard to find such a big stone. This is the pile of sand that caused trouble in the mine last year." Yun Que said.
Mu Qingyao was shocked when she heard this and took a step back subconsciously.
Boom boom.
Yun Que knocked on the boulder, and it made a hollow sound.
"It's empty inside. These strange sands are very heavy. If it wasn't hard to get them, I would have moved them out and sold them," Yun Que said.
Mu Qingyao was shocked again.
The hollow sand and stone can actually weigh up to 30,000 kilograms. This shows that every grain of sand has an astonishing weight!
Yun Que continued to walk inside.
After passing through the stone gate, there is a crack in the mountain that can only allow one person to pass.
Mu Qingyao could tell that this terrain should be formed naturally and was definitely not dug out.
"How does the sand move? Is it similar to quicksand?" Mu Qingyao asked curiously.
"Absolutely, they all gathered together and swam around, like a sand python. If they couldn't beat me, they started to run away. I chased and cut them all the way. When they got here, the ball of sand suddenly stopped and turned around and said to me... "
Yun Que was walking in front and suddenly turned around and said, "Keep chasing me, I'm home!"
Mu Qingyao was stunned on the spot, looking straight at Yun Que with no expression at all.
Yun Que scratched his head and said:
"Students are really good at laughing. I think this joke is quite funny."
Mu Qingyao gradually showed a wry smile.
If it were anywhere else, Yun Que's jokes would be really funny.
But in this environment and atmosphere, Mu Qingyao hadn't screamed in fright just now. It was considered that her concentration was deep enough. If it were an ordinary little girl, she would have fainted from fright.
After the two of them walked a hundred feet away, the front suddenly opened up and they arrived at a spacious underground grotto.
When Yun Que stood in front of the wall of the grotto, he held the torch high.
Mu Qingyao's eyes suddenly filled with shock!
