Chapter 9 Chapter 9: Night Stalking

At night, work in the mine had already ended, and the trees all over the mountain were full of shadows, with no lights on.After Li Yuanfang made some arrangements in front of the shed, he dodged and hid in the bushes.After a long while, it seemed that someone was approaching with a lantern on the mountain path. First one carried the lantern, and the other two carried large food baskets in both hands. They walked to the shed without speaking to each other. into the house.I only heard that there seemed to be another door opening and closing in the house, and the lights went out in a moment, and there was no more movement.Li Yuanfang waited for a while, then opened the door and entered, but the three of them were no longer there. Under the moonlight, several lines of footprints glowed green and disappeared by the wall. Li Yuanfang reached out to touch the ground by the wall, and found a square brick that was slightly raised. Pushing it sideways reveals several steps.Li Yuanfang turned around and gave a false slap, the dust on the ground flew up, just covering the fluorescent footprints.After entering the tunnel, Li Yuanfang still reset the square brick on the top of his head. Li Yuanfang took out the special fluorescent beads in his arms, and within three feet there was a faint fluorescent light. I think there were only three people in the light, and the right side was very dark, and I don't know where it leads.Now he walked along the corridor to the right, and saw that the dark passage was deep and wide enough to allow five people to walk side by side. Every time he walked a section, there were wooden frames on the wall to support and reinforce it, but there were no lights, torches, etc. There are no crossing paths between the lighting fixtures. After walking like this for about six or seven miles, Li Yuanfang only felt that the terrain under his feet was getting lower and lower. He thought that he had gradually reached the foot of the mountain. Li Yuanfang pushed the stone slab on the top of his head, and when he leaned forward to look, there was a courtyard outside, and the exit was hidden under a clump of bamboo groves beside the courtyard wall.

There were two servants outside the forest standing guard, Li Yuanfang leaped onto the courtyard wall, the two seemed to feel a breeze blowing by, they looked around, but there was no movement.Li Yuanfang leaned over the roof and took a quick look. This is a village with three fronts and three entrances. The courtyard just came out is the last one. There are no lights in the four houses, but whispering voices can be heard vaguely, which seems very strange.Li Yuanfang turned over and got down, there seemed to be someone's voice in the east wing, and the lights were still not lit in the room, only one person said softly: "Have you done everything the master entrusted you with?" There is also a letter from the prince." "Well, I will report back to the master later, you go down and get ready, it seems that it won't be long." Hearing this, there was a sound from the courtyard door, and a person wearing a black cloak walked in quickly. main house.Li Yuanfang then sneaked away, put his ear under the window, the man said in the darkness: "Master, I'm here." Li Yuanfang seemed to have heard this person's voice somewhere, but couldn't remember it for a while. "Why are you here? You didn't get your things, how could you leave so easily." There seemed to be anger in the voice, "Master, don't worry, I was extremely careful when I came. It's just that after the time agreed yesterday, that person still hasn't shown up. Afraid of accidents, I just came to see you." "Hmph, I expected that he would cooperate with us that day, just for the crown prince, but now that he finds out about our plan, he will have two hearts. He may not tell me all about the treasure. After a pause, the man asked again: "What should I do now?" "It's okay, the snake road in the mountain is approaching, and the direction is probably good. You have to try to get that thing, and you must not let him go again." "Yes, Master." "Since he can't be used by me, let's abandon this son." He didn't speak any more, only to see the door open, and the man, still in black and covering his head, hurried away.

Li Yuanfang identified Zhuangzi's location and memorized it in his heart, then returned to the tunnel, and then walked to the entrance of the work shed.Going further, I put away the fluorescent beads and walked for a distance in the dark. I heard someone chiseling rocks not far away, and the sound of rolling logs. The sound gradually approached, and I could clearly hear dozens of people working around. There was still no light, Li Yuanfang was horrified, she took out the fluorescent beads from her bosom, and saw that someone was digging auxiliary facilities at the end of the corridor ahead, but no one saw her, only one person turned around, and there was no eyes on one face!It turned out that there were only two shallow holes left where the eyes were, but looking at the rest of the crowd, it turned out to be the same!It was obvious that someone had his eyes gouged out, and after training, he was able to dig the tunnel in this dark environment. The person in charge had such sinister intentions. Thinking of this, Li Yuanfang felt disgusted, and she didn't want to look any more, so she turned back Out of the secret passage, still down the mountain from the work shed.