He # took note of the surrounding terrain before returning along the original route. Returning to the temporary haunt, Jian Rufeng immediately told us what he saw and heard. I used branches on the ground to roughly draw the scene that Jian Rufeng described to me. According to what he said, the current intersection is just a small entrance, and there are only two people holding the handles. In other words, this Jingjing is an outpost. Inside There should be something else, and maybe those things must be what we want to know. And what's in that? No one knows anything now, and the key question for us now is how to get in. Only when we get in can we know the reason. So now I am looking at the pictures on the ground carefully and thinking about what Jian Rufeng said. Suddenly, I remembered a question, that is the road. In the past, when we were engaged in construction, the so-called three links in construction were water, electricity, and roads. To do a project, these are the most necessary. By the same token, if the trail is the main intersection, there must be a road ahead. But according to Jian Rufeng's description, the path could only accommodate four people side by side, which was a bit narrow for driving. And no matter how many people live inside, the food must be collected and transported by horses. Over time, a road will appear in front of it. If people in the mountains want to purchase these things, the best place is Jiangzhou. It is impossible to rely on people to transport these things up such a long distance. After thinking about this, I quickly asked: "Is there any other road leading to that intersection in front of the intersection!" Jian Rufeng recalled it for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No!" "Are you sure?" I asked again. "Yes!" He nodded affirmatively and said, "There are woods over there, and I also looked around, and except for the trail they took back, I couldn't find any other road leading to that place. The intersection." "Okay!" I clapped my hands and said happily: "I'm sure there must be other roads leading there, but we haven't found them yet." "Why?" Jian Rufeng and others felt very strange. . I smiled and explained the reason. Jian Rufeng and others nodded after hearing this and agreed with my explanation. Now that everyone agrees with me, our next step is to find that intersection. Whether there is a chance or not, we will not know until we find it. But before that, I arranged for everyone to eat and rest, and planned to go out to explore the road after they had rested. There is no need to arrange for someone to release this post, because basically no one comes to this small village now. Just when everyone was lying down, there was a knock on the door. Then someone asked again, "Is anyone here?" The voice was older. Everyone rolled up from the ground, and their weapons were unsheathed at the same time. "Who is it?" Jian Rufeng asked in a deep voice when he saw that everyone was ready. "It's us!" The person outside replied in a low voice, "We are here to find your leader." "Looking for me?" I was slightly stunned, and then nodded to Jian Rufeng. Jian Rufeng immediately winked at Ming Ya who was standing at the door, and then Ming Ya slowly opened the door. There were two old people standing at the front door, one was a white old gentleman, and next to him was a The old lady, who was also old, saw us opening the door and was looking inside. They also noticed the knife in Mingya's hand. At the same time, the murderous aura emanating from Mingya made their expressions change greatly, and they couldn't help but reveal a look of fear on their faces. I waved my hand and signaled everyone to put away their weapons, then I stepped forward and clasped my fists, saying, "I'm really sorry, you two. I offended you so much, and I hope you can forgive me." The old man shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter, it's us who are intruding. Yes." I smiled slightly, and immediately stepped forward to help the old man through the door, while a Ming Ya immediately brought a stool. After the old man sat down, I asked: "I wonder what the old man wants from me? If you need my help, I will do my best!" After the old man and the old lady looked at each other, he slowly turned around from his side. I took out a well-folded invitation or something like that from my arms, and I am very familiar with this thing. I also have one. The old man Ren who was in charge of the court when he first took office was also a court official? I took the letter with confusion. The entire book is vermilion, and the edges are decorated with gold. In the middle are written the three characters of the Great Zhou Dynasty, also in gold. Maybe because of time. The red color on this book has fallen off a bit, except for the gold edge, which is still shining? The old man saw that I had taken over the appointment: "I was originally the magistrate of Jiangzhou, and lived in seclusion here after resigning fifteen years ago." I opened the appointment letter and saw that it was exactly what he said. It said "Jiangzhou" The words "prefect". "I wonder if you hold any position in the court now?" the old man suddenly asked. I was startled and immediately laughed and said: "Old man, you are really good at joking. I am just a businessman. How can I hold a position in the court." The old man laughed and said: "Young man, lying is not good. If I don't Knowing that you are an official from the imperial court, how dare I come to you? Do you really think that my old bones are tired of living?" "I don't know where the old man said this?" Although I was a little surprised, I kept thinking from beginning to end. After thinking about it for a moment, there was no way there could be any flaws. Besides, I had never met this old man before. How could he know that I was serving in the imperial court, and he definitely said that I came from the imperial court. The old man shook his head? Smiled slightly, and said two words softly, "Gold medal!" My expression changed, and then I immediately regained my composure, and said with a smile, "I am a businessman, and I have some savings at home. I still have this gold medal." How many sides are there? I don¡¯t know which side the old man is referring to?¡± ¡°I wonder if you have a gold medal with Ru Lian¡¯s presence engraved on it?¡± The old man said with a smile, ¡°Why don¡¯t you lend it to me?¡± Jian Rufeng and I looked at each other. Although everyone traveling with me now knows that I have this gold medal, so far I have only taken out this gold medal twice, once to Jian Rufeng, and the other time to Yingying. The rest of the time, I didn¡¯t have it at all. I took it out, and the Mingyas are all loyal and cannot leak the news. So how did he know that I have this gold medal? My heart was full of doubts, and I looked up and down at the old man in front of me, while he looked at me with a smile. Sitting there, he had a vague air of being an official. It was a habit that had been developed for a long time, and he looked at me. He looked confident. He actually knew it, and I didn't hide it, so I said in a deep voice: "How do you know I have this gold medal?" I didn't deny what I meant at the moment. "I live opposite Old Man Meng!" the old man said calmly, "After that beast took Old Man Meng away today, you have been there. Maybe you felt safe, so you gave him the gold medal." He pointed out Pointing at the sword like the wind, he continued: "I am very familiar with that gold medal. I also had one back then. Although it has been so many years, the appearance of the gold medal has not changed, and I remember clearly what it looks like, so you I recognized you as soon as you took it out, and I can be sure that you are an official sent by the imperial court." After listening to the old man's words, I remember that last night we knocked on the old man's door first. The old man struck up a conversation, and this morning I thought there was no one around, so I took out the gold medal and gave it to Jian Rufeng. I didn¡¯t expect that all our actions were seen by the old man. While he complained about his carelessness, he also had a trace of it. Fortunately, the old man has lived here for a long time and must know what happened in the village, so I can know what happened in the village. So I clasped my fists and said, "Xiao Ke Deng Long, now he is serving as General Zhongwu in the court, and his official rank is the third rank." "Third rank?" The old man looked me up and down and praised: "You are really young and have a position. I am not too hot." You can be a third-rank official at such a young age, and your future is limitless." I smiled at the old man's compliment. What would he think if he knew that I also had a third-rank civil servant? After the compliment, the old man asked: "Why did you come to Jiangzhou this time and get the gold medal given by the emperor?" I immediately replied: "I came down this time because of an unjust case" Then I told him the reason why I came down in detail, and also expressed my doubts. After the old man listened to my narrative quietly, he said: "Actually, I came here to tell you what happened here? I also hope that you can rescue those folks." I felt this as soon as I heard it. It was not easy, so he said seriously: "Please tell me, if I can help you, I will not refuse." Hearing that I did not refuse, the old man nodded slightly and said: "The matter has to start with Old Man Meng. A year ago, he rescued a dying young man at the foot of Jinshan Mountain." Seeing that we didn't know where Jinshan Mountain was, he pointed to a big mountain in front of us and said: "This is Jinshan Mountain. There is a lot of gold in Jinshan Mountain. Mine." Regarding this, I know that a lot of gold from the imperial court comes to Jiangzhou every year. This is something that the entire imperial court knows, and Jiangzhou's goldware is also world-famous, and there is one in the commercial street of Shanling. After explaining that there was a golden mountain, the old man continued: "Old Meng rescued him out of good intentions, but he didn't expect to save something worse than a beast. At first, the beast was grateful to Old Man Meng for saving his life. He was very good. But after a drunken drinking spree, he accidentally revealed that there was a vein of gold mine in Jinshan Mountain, and the beast also showed his fox tail. It turned out that he was not a down-and-out scholar at all, but a man from the mountain. A bandit didn't know where he learned that Old Meng had the ability to prospect, so he pretended to be injured to contact Old Meng and wanted to find out about the mineral veins from Old Meng." As the old man spoke, his tone was no longer as peaceful as before. Slowly I became a little angry.