Wang Xian grinned. He didn't know whether Du Feng really didn't understand or was pretending to be crazy. He just said clearly that the errand was difficult to handle, but how could Du Feng make the road difficult.
He pretended to stumble and followed Du Feng stumbling forward. When he saw Du Feng skillfully bypassing the rocks blocking the road, his eyes flashed, and he suddenly let out an ouch and kicked the gravel in anger: "Fuck him. Damn it, I’m tripped up, what the hell is this place! Why are there so many rotten rocks!!”
Du Feng smiled and said calmly and shyly: "These rubbles were left behind by the explosion of the mountain many years ago. No one cleaned them up. Over time, they became like this."
"Exploding a mountain?" Wang Xian was stunned for a moment, then asked with a smile as if he had no idea: "What can be blown up in a barren mountain?"
Du Feng smiled: "Hey, isn't this about digging a secret tunnel in the heart of the mountain?"
Wang Xian let out a long sigh: "This is the first time I've heard that digging a secret tunnel requires blowing up the mountain. Aren't you afraid that the mountain will collapse?"
Du Feng snorted and grinned awkwardly, his smile uglier than crying: "Well, I was still young at the time, so I might have confused my memory."
Wang Xian curled his lips noncommittally, knowing that Du Feng had been alerted, so he stopped asking any more questions.
The night was dark, and the four of them had no lanterns, so they relied on the thin and dim moonlight to illuminate them. They could not see far away, and could only vaguely see the swaying grass around them, and the cold light flowing on the rocks.
Li Sheng walked up to a mountain wall with ease, and peeled away the weeds that had climbed up the wall, revealing a dark cave half-covered by gravel.
The moonlight fell into the cave entrance, making the depths of the cave even more dark and suffocating.
When he saw that there was no well-blocked entrance to the cave, Han Changmu was stunned for a moment, and he understood in an instant.
Perhaps Li Sheng and others felt that this place was too inaccessible, so they were so confident and did not cover up or disguise the entrance of the cave at all.
Rubbles were piled up haphazardly at the entrance of the cave, making the cave entrance, which was originally small, look increasingly narrow.
Li Sheng knelt down and rubbed for a moment in the tall grass beside the cave entrance. He took out a palm-sized bluestone lamp with a half-finger-long candle tip stuck on it.
He lit the candle, and the faint light illuminated the entrance of the cave awkwardly: "Sir, please come."
Han Changmu stared at Li Sheng carefully and pointed at Du Feng with a half-smile: "You go in first."
Li Sheng snorted, sneered at Han Changmu's caution, pulled Du Feng away, and smiled sarcastically: "I'll go in first, Sir, you should be relieved."
The cave was extremely dark, and a decaying moisture filled every corner. Every once in a while, a sound of dripping water could be heard in the dead silence.
The entrance to the cave is extremely narrow, but after walking into the cave, it suddenly opens up. The extremely spacious cave is enough to accommodate three or five people walking side by side.
But Han Changmu was always cautious. He followed Li Sheng closely at the front and whispered to Wang Xian to keep an eye on Du Feng.
With a pop, Han Changmu, who followed closely into the cave, also lit a lamp, and the light suddenly fell on the rugged stone wall.
Li Sheng looked back at Han Changmu in surprise, his expression a bit complicated, he pursed his lips twice, but still said nothing.
The bright firelight swayed violently on the stone wall. Han Changmu didn't care about Li Sheng's scrutinizing gaze, but instead looked more blatantly at it.
Raise the stone wall.
The uneven stone walls are covered with marks from cuts and axes. Most of the stone walls are gray-white, and the gaps are filled with dark green moss.
Under the bright light, the traces of manual excavation on the stone wall are particularly clear and eye-catching. A few undetectable black traces are revealed in the gaps made by knives and axes. They are looming in the dark shadows. If you don't look closely, they are almost imperceptible. .
Han Changmu was stunned for a moment, brought the lamp close to the stone wall, looked at it carefully for a while, then reached out to scoop out some black powder, and rubbed it carefully on his fingertips.
"It turned out to be an iron mine, no wonder it was hollowed out." Han Changmu suddenly sneered.
Li Sheng was frightened, but he had expected that Han Changmu would catch the clue. In an instant, he turned around with a normal expression and said two words expressionlessly: "Not bad."
Han Changmu raised his eyebrows and looked around at this behemoth mine, silently estimating in his mind how much iron ore could be dug out and how many iron tools could be made from such a mine.
His heart was shocked, and then he thought of Xie Liangzhan's plot.
Such a hollowed-out iron mine was enough to support him step by step for several years, from being out of reach to being foreseeable.
As we walked deeper into the mountain, the lights became dimmer, and the mines were dug more and more irregularly. Dark mines on the left and right stretched out in all directions, turning a perfectly good mountain into a rat's nest.
Wang Xian was horrified and clicked his tongue: "Sir, how much iron ore have been dug out, and how many weapons can be made." He paused slightly: "What are they going to do?"
Han Changmu said calmly with an expressionless face: "Disobedient heart."
Wang Xian opened his mouth with shock on his face, and he was relieved after a moment. Yes, these people risked their heads to dig an iron mine, and it couldn't be for the purpose of making some hoes or something for farming.
Silently and quickly walking through the mountainous belly full of mines, the group of people unknowingly came to an extremely empty place. In front of them were dozens of large and small mines spread out in a row, like a Its huge mouth is waiting to devour these uninvited guests.
Those who knew it were digging a mine, but those who didn't know it thought it was a cunning rabbit digging dozens of holes.
Li Sheng stood in the open space, looking intently at the dozen or so mines, as if he had not made up his mind which mine to go to.
Han Changmu stood beside him with his hands folded and asked thoughtfully: "Why, the Wooden Saint has forgotten how to walk?"
Li Sheng kept his eyes straight: "I want to make a bet with Sir Shi."
Han Changmu made a soft noise and asked with an interested smile: "What bet?"
Li Shengding stared at the dozen or so black holes and said with deep meaning: "Only one of these mines leads to Qingyun Village, and the others are dead ends left by mining. Why don't you take a guess, sir?" Which one leads to Qingyun Village?"
Hearing this, Han Changmu smiled and said nothing, looking at the dark mine with a thoughtful expression on his face, but his eyes moved across Wang Xian's cheek calmly.
Wang Xian understood, silently moved a step to the side, and pressed closely against Du Feng.
Han Changmu then asked slowly: "Since it is a bet, there must be a stake. What is the stake?"
Li Sheng rolled his eyes and said, "What do you want, Sir?"
Han Changmu stretched out his hand and pointed to the top of his head: "Secret, the secret in Qingyun Village."
Wang Xian was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter. The laughter echoed for a long time in the dark and empty heart of the mountain, sounding forlorn and lonely: "Okay, okay, sir, let me guess."
After saying that, he took a step aside, stood with his hands behind his back, and looked at Han Changmu with a playful expression.
Han Changmu raised his eyebrows casually, took the lamp from Wang Xian, and walked through more than a dozen mines in sequence.
His steps were slow, but when he walked through the mine, he didn't stop for a moment. He didn't even glance at the mine. He just walked over, walked up to Li Sheng, and pointed at one of the medium-sized He stood in the kang hole and said confidently: "Wood Holy Envoy, let's go."
Li Sheng couldn't hide the look of shock on his face, and he clapped his hands and laughed in an instant: "Okay, Sir, it's a good idea. It's really a good idea." He took a few steps forward, turned around and said, "What Mr. Commander said, so-and-so I agree, and when the matter in Qingyun Village is resolved, I will tell you everything I know, and I will tell you everything."
After saying that, he took the lead and walked towards the mine that Han Changmu pointed at just now without any hesitation.
Du Feng followed closely, and when he passed by Han Changmu, he couldn't help but look at Han Changmu a few more times in surprise.
Han Changmu and Wang Xian looked at each other, and silently moved their lips to give a few instructions: "There must be something wrong ahead. Keep an eye on Du Feng."
Wang Xian nodded silently, stepped forward with a solemn expression, and followed closely.
But Han Changmu walked at the end. Behind him, on the road he walked, a little bit of undetectable pale white fluorescence was mixed with the gravel on the ground. As the lights went away, he fell into endless darkness. middle.
The tunnel in this mine is deep and long. Although the entrance of the cave does not look narrow, the tunnel is much narrower than the tunnel the four people walked through just now. It can only accommodate one person. At first, he can stand up straight, and he goes deeper. , the roof of the cave got lower and lower, and people slowly bent down.
The air here seems to be much thinner, the lights are dim and swaying, the light flickers on and off, almost extinguishing.
The stone wall seemed to be particularly damp, and there was always a continuous sound of dripping water, echoing the footsteps of several people walking forward, hitting people's hearts drop by drop.
Han Changmu was inexplicably frightened. The ominous feeling in his heart was like a surge, rolling up layer by layer. He raised his head with feeling and stared at the light in Li Sheng's hand in front of him.
The roof of the cave was getting lower and lower, and several sharp boulders suddenly hung upside down from the roof of the cave not far away. They shone with an indescribable cold light under the lights and looked extremely sharp.
Li Sheng suddenly turned his head, his voice humming, sounding a little inexplicably excited: "Master Shishi, be careful, these stones are very sharp and can be used as knives."
After saying that, he rolled on the ground and passed through the surge smoothly, without the tip of the stone touching his clothes at all.
Han Changmu smiled lightly at the end: "Is it the sword in the hand of the Wooden Saint?"
Li Sheng seemed to be still prostrate, and all he could see was a black shadow. He chuckled and said nothing.
Han Changmu's heart skipped a beat, and he felt ominous. He saw Du Feng quickly climbing over the boulder, and Wang Xian was about to pursue him. His face changed drastically, and he shouted hoarsely: "Wang Xian, get out of the way, retreat quickly, retreat." !!”
As soon as he finished speaking, I don't know where Li Sheng touched. The boulders hanging high on the top of the cave fell down one after another. The sharp stone points pierced the ground heavily, stirring up a layer of choking dust.
