talk about the case

When Xiuran got the news, he unleashed his Chunjun sword, "Qing, come up."

The Chunjun Sword gradually grew bigger, Xiuran was floating above, and all the movements bloomed slowly, it was so beautiful that people would forget to breathe, but Yan Queqing was slightly taken aback, Xiuran had risen into the air, and was flying in the air with him in his arms.

Yan Queqing came back to his senses only when he bumped into a strong embrace and had a strong hand on his waist.

After stepping on the flying sword, Xiuran flew wickedly fast, and he fell back into a generous embrace due to inertia, Xiuran hugged his waist and bowed his head and whispered, "Be careful."

Yan Queqing wanted to escape in embarrassment, but Xiuran's flying sword suddenly stopped, grabbed Yan Queqing who was leaning forward, hugged him tightly, and said, "Be careful."

Yan was angry, "Why did you stop all of a sudden?"

Xiuran lowered his head and saw his distressed look, he couldn't help feeling better, and replied, "Oh, the direction is wrong." As soon as the words fell, the flying sword flew up again, Yan Queqing gave up struggling and honestly let him hug, Xiuran Ran also slowed down honestly, admiring the blushing face of the person in his arms honestly.

The two of the "travel-ridden" rushed to the mountain and saw Ning Wenshan picked up two kitchen knives and concentrated on chopping stuffing, butchering fish and cutting flowers. The kitchen knife is handy to use. It was him, it seemed that this person was the man in black who Xiaopang said was protecting Qingtian Mansion.

Yan Queqing responded and sat down with Qiqi in his arms.

Everyone looked at them in amazement—was there a fight?He looked at Yan but cleared the suspicious redness on the tips of his ears—ah, what a quick shot.

Facing the sumptuous dinner, everyone twitched their index fingers, and didn't talk much about eating with chopsticks.

When Xiuran saw Yan, she didn't know whether she was shy or angry, so she ignored herself anyway, so she poured wine and drank alone.

But when it was meal time, the soft-hearted Yan Qing saw Xiuran drinking "lonely" and couldn't help but go forward to continue the feeding work. Xiuran put down the wine glass and picked up the rice bowl. The moment the rice bowl covered his lips, a sneer appeared on his face emerge.

After finishing a delicious meal, Ning Wenshan told Yan Queqing that the villagers were indeed framed, that they did not kill the soldiers, and that the villagers who died were not from Nan'er Village.

Xiuran interrupted him coldly, "Why do you trust us?"

"I have no choice. Recently, the army to attack the villagers has become more and more urgent. I can't protect them alone. Besides," Ning Wenshan looked at Xiuran, "you are not even afraid of the Grand Master, why can't I trust you?"

Xiuran also stared at him closely, wanting to know if what he said was true or not.

Hua Li hummed, "What he said is true."

People asked why.

"I don't think anyone could lie to that calm one."

Looking at Xiuran, I feel inexplicably convincing.

Yan Queqing pointed to the knife on Ning Wenshan's waist and asked, "This knife?"

"This knife was given to me by an old man. He also likes to imitate famous knives to deceive some stupid and bad people. Because he often buys metal objects nearby, and we get to know each other."

"Your Hanyue was imitated by him."

Ning Wenshan nodded.

"do you know who he is."

"I don't know, but he is very mysterious. He often buys metal ore and some herbs in large quantities. Later, the village chief told me that the old man may be a person from the legendary Knife Mountain. They are isolated from the world and only love to forge knives. It’s a good knife, even if some people like to make kitchen knives.” Ning Wenshan said, pointing to a mountain in the north.

Everyone saw that it was the mountain Xiao Bai mentioned.

Ning Wenshan continued, "A few years ago, I saw a group of people enter the mountain, but the old man never appeared again. Then people from Nan'er Village began to disappear one after another, and some places in the mountain could no longer be entered. Those who captured Nan'er Village People framed them as rebels in order to monopolize a fine iron ore that no one has explored."

"iron ore?"

"I don't know the exact location. I guess it's the place where they can't get into the closed mountain. The people in Nan'er Village have been good smelters for generations. They are strong, powerful, and experienced. Rebellion? Hmph, it's really a good plan to kill two birds with one stone. Who knew that the rebel villagers were living a cruel and inhumane life in the iron mine."

Hua Li asked, "Why didn't you speak out about your freedom of movement earlier?"

Ning Wenshan raised his lips and laughed, "Who are you talking about?"

Hua Li shut up, even Yuan Jie, a first-rank official, is black, who should a villager who lives in the mountains tell, if he is not good, the neighborhood will be razed to the ground.

The massacre of the whole village, old and weak, women and children for coolies is the best example.

"It's not easy for them. When I entered the iron mine, I went in with a black cloth. I roughly counted that a large amount of metal was confiscated by them except for the state. In addition, the accumulation of private mines over the years has reached the limit. It is comparable to Tianxuan."

"so much!"

"In fact, it started several years ago. The villagers of Nan'er Village began to disappear one after another. The village chief reported to the county magistrate many times but to no avail. Just as they jointly went to Tiancheng to report to the Taigong, an army leveled the village, and some I was caught, and some escaped, and now there are more old and weak women and children in the mountains, and the army is still camping at the foot of the mountain not far away, so I have to take risks."

"What else do you know."

"When I sneaked into it, I heard that they also have a secret tunnel, which hides many weapons and powerful monsters."

Hearing the monster, Xiuran grabbed Yan Queqing's hand subconsciously, and Qi Qi also hugged him.

Yan Queqing reassured, "I'll be fine with you here."

Ask, "What about the three guillotines?"

"After snatching Sangui, we came out through the tunnel, and a group of people took Sangui away, but I sprinkled a special kind of powder on Sangui, and after tracking, I found that the last place where Sangui disappeared was the last place in Tongcun. In an alchemist's room next door."

"Alchemist?"

"Yeah, is there a problem?"

"Do you know this man?"

"I went to his house once. How should I put it? It's all metal smelting. I heard from the villagers that he moved here in recent years, but his skills are very good. He transported gold and other items before. .”

"how to get to."

"Copper Village is on the edge of Bitter Spring. You just need to pass Wujiao River not far away, and the hill after Bitter Spring is probably where the iron mine and the legendary Knife Mountain are located."

Everyone wondered, "What a strange name."

"Well, the feet of people who have waded through the Wujiao River will be as black as ink, and the water within a few miles cannot be drunk, and anyone who drinks it will have a stomachache."

Qiqi asked, "What is the bitter spring? Is the spring water bitter?"

"No, but the water there is also undrinkable. If you scoop up the water and boil it, you can boil it into bile, and then you can boil it into copper, so it's called Copper Village."

Copper, again a metal.

After the discussion was over, the sun came out, Yan Queqing got up, "Let's set off immediately without further ado."

Gan asked Xiuran, "Master, how do you distribute it?"

Xiuran glanced at everyone and said, "Gan will follow us, Gen will contact the grandpa, and Kun will protect this place."

The guards responded in unison, "Yes!"

Many people, Xiuran used the flying boat magic weapon if they didn't want to walk with the sword, but Yan Queqing said worriedly before going up, "Slow down, I want to see the surrounding environment."

Xiuran pinched his face, "Okay, it must be safe."

Yan Queqing blushed again remembering that scene, and turned her back to ignore him.

Qiqi tugged at his clothes and said, "Qingqing, you've been blushing a lot lately, aren't you feeling well?"

Yan Queqing pinched his face, "It's okay, it's too hot."

Everyone looked at the dark clouds, Xiuran looked at Yan Queqing's back with a smile, forgive the troubled heart of an untrained uncle.

Looking down at the entire mountain from a high position, a black stream flows in front of it. To the north is a deep mountain and old forest. Towering trees line the entire mountain. At the foot of the mountain there are a few scattered families. According to Ning Wenshan's guidelines, they pretended to be copper merchants, but they were not sure if this was where the bitter spring was.

"This is near the Bitter Spring."

"How does sir know?"

Yan Queqing pointed to the golden pot in front of the house and said, "This is a copper pot. The iron pot used to boil gallon will turn into copper after a long time."

Go forward and tap the copper pot with your fingers, "Water can turn into copper, and the change of matter is really magical, so the mountain in front is the legendary knife mountain."

Hua Li took the initiative to ask a passing uncle, "Uncle, hello, is there any copper to buy here?"

The uncle said, "Oh! You came at the wrong time. Recently, the copper has been bought away."

"I can wait, when will you be able to refine another batch."

The uncle shook his head embarrassingly, "I'm sorry for the guests, this year's ones have been booked, but you can go to the capital, and the metals refined around here have all been booked."

Yan Queqing stepped forward and said, "That's really a pity, may I ask who ordered it?"

The uncle touched his head in embarrassment and said, "Here, it's the room on the far side of the bitter spring."

"Thank you, thank you."

When they came to the alchemist's house, everyone raised their eyebrows. Sure enough, there was a lot of iron and copper, and there was a smell of sulfur. They tapped lightly, "Is there anyone, I have something to ask."

There was silence in response to him.

I knocked again and again, but still no one answered the door, there were obviously three people inside, but they disappeared.

Yan Queqing said, "Let's go first."

Just as everyone turned to leave, the door creaked open.

The one who opened the door was a teenage girl with dirty face and clothes. She opened the door with her left hand, looked them up and down with small eyes, and asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Yan Queqing said gently, "We are looking for your lord, and we need to buy some copper."

"He doesn't see visitors." Then he closed the door.

There was no response to knocking on the door again, and everyone pretended to leave to an open place to closely monitor the movement of the house from afar.

Gan said, "How about I go to the house and watch them."

Yan Queqing stopped him and said, "No, no matter whether he is yellow or white, it's better not to startle the snake."

Xun waited bored, and chatted about Silu country, "I heard that this country will perish because they have the secret of immortality."

"Immortal?" Gan asked.

"Well, one of the king's queens died of illness in her 50s, but she was still 17 years old, younger than her grandson."

"Oh, it's even comparable to a cultivator's face-retaining technique."

"is not that right……"

After a while, Hua Li came back from inquiring about the news and said, "There are three people living in the house, and there is very little information about the alchemist. I moved here three years ago, and after a few months, I picked up two lonely children. The girl is Mei. Yuhua, the boy's name is Mei Qinghua, who has been helping him with errands and work, he is withdrawn, never talks to others, rarely goes out, and looks eerie."

"Three years ago was the time for Tianxuan to clean up the remnants of the Silu Kingdom, and it is very likely that it was him."

Hua Li said categorically, "It must be him, and he still lives nearby. Kan said that there are no people on the nearby hills, except for that knife mountain."

Yan Queqing thought, "Whether Jin Zi or Sangui disappeared in this room in the end, whether he is an alchemist or not is related to this case, and we must go into the room."

"why"

"True." Xiuran said.Everyone clapped their hands and realized, "That's right, only authentic things can be transported away."

"But where is it?"

Hua Li rubbed his chin and said, "The construction of his house is very strange. Generally speaking, the main house is in the north, the east and west rooms have side rooms, and the kitchen is in the east or south, but his is the opposite, the kitchen is in the north."

Qiqi asked, "Why can't it be in the north?"

Xiuran was also curious, isn't it just the kitchen, that building is not the same.

Hua Li explained, "Actually, Feng Shui is not a superstition. There is a lot of reason in it. Feng Shui should emphasize "holding wind and gathering Qi", so the wind is the most avoidable, and the stove in the kitchen is especially avoiding wind. The stove is facing the door, and behind the stove. Windows are inauspicious, regardless of feng shui, but in terms of home safety, if charcoal is used for cooking, when the wind blows, the fire debris will scatter, which will easily cause a fire.

Kan looked at him strangely—it turns out that you also have this time.

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"Well, isn't the north side where the fine iron mine and the knife mountain are located?"

Xiuran unfolded his spiritual sense to thoroughly search the north, but it was like entering a sea of ​​mud, and then searched to the northeast and found a barrier, "There is a barrier ten miles to the northeast. According to the location and size, it should be the location of the iron mine, and there are traces of human activities around it. "

Yan Queqing showed joy, "Let's go take a look at night."