You cultivate immortality, I cultivate merit

Chapter 346: Find a way to stop it
When daybreak came, the mountains and hills became bustling with activity.

Shi Xiaoliu and the other two stood at the edge of the mountain, watching the soldiers passing by the mountainside, and also saw a group of martial arts masters they were escorting.

After watching for a while, the three of them went back to their rooms. They had been busy for most of the day yesterday, so they would not sit around and meddle in other people's business today.

At dusk, when Shi Zelan left the room, Shi Xiaoliu had already cooked a pot of soup.

Xia Yu smiled and said to Shi Zelan: "If you come out a little later, I will go and knock on the door."

Shi Zelan looked at the joy on his face and asked curiously, "What good news did you hear?"

"The prefect is here again. I heard he brought a lot of people with him and will stay in the mountains for a few days."

After hearing this, Shi Zelan looked at Shi Xiaoliu and Xia Yu and said, "Should we go over there tonight to hear the news?"

Shi Xiaoliu shook his head at Shi Zelan: "I won't go today. Even if the prefect comes here today, he won't make a decision in a hurry."

Xia Yu thought for a moment and said, "If I go there tonight, I probably won't hear any news.

In a few days, we will go to Yangzhou City to see if Mr. Xiaoshu knows what is going on here."

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan looked at him at the same time: "If Mr. Xiaoshu knew what was going on here, the government must have leaked the news to him on purpose."

As they were talking, they suddenly noticed a golden light flashing from Qi Yuan Zhenren's residence. The three of them hurried over and used leaves to cover the golden light.

After they worked for a while and hid all the light in Qi Yuan Zhenren's residence, the three of them became a little worried.

With so many people on and off the mountain, will anyone notice the light on the top of the mountain?

There were indeed people on the mountain and below who saw the light from Qi Yuan Zhenren's residence, but because the light quickly disappeared into the horizon, no one took it seriously.

Shi Xiaoliu thankfully said, "Fortunately, the light was revealed at this time, and we were able to hide our uncle's residence in time."

"My father is not such a careless person. He should have made some preventive preparations."

Xia Yu couldn't tell what he felt at the moment. Shi Zelan looked at him and said, "I think your father did make some preparations for prevention, but he didn't expect that the light when he broke through the barrier would be so dazzling in the end."

Shi Xiaoliu also nodded and said, "Yes, the light that appeared in the retreat residence of my master and uncle when they first broke through the retreat was very dazzling. We used several layers of leaves to cover the light."

The three of them discussed covering the roof of Qi Yuan Zhenren's residence with a layer of snow, but the snow on Qi Yuan Zhenren's roof could easily slide down.

Shi Xiaoliu and the other two made some leaf nets and finally piled the snowflakes on the roof of Qiyuan Zhenren.

When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, the three of them were still a little worried and went to meditate on the roof again.

At the gold mine camp, the prefect's subordinates stuffed two more large pieces of wood into the fire.

The Tongzhi sat on the left side of the prefect, and he also had a serious expression on his face.

After the prefect arrived, the associate magistrate accompanied him to try the case. Naturally, the martial arts master was too disdainful to answer the prefect's questions.

The prefect was initially wary of the identities of these martial arts masters, but after hearing from the guards that these martial arts masters had their shoulder blade meridians severed, he felt more at ease.

However, regarding the three people who came to rescue people, the guards described them in a miraculous way, but no one could describe clearly what those three people looked like.

They only said that the three men were experts in swordsmanship, and they were not people who were into killing, but chose to let most of the martial arts masters go.

Regarding the gold nuggets piled up in the gold mine tunnels, the people digging the gold mine all said that it would take so many people several months to dig out so many gold nuggets.

People in government offices don't actually like to encounter such miraculous things, but facts force them to face reality.

The prefect said to his colleague: "According to the true records, there are many phenomena in this world that cannot be explained.

As for the origins of the three people, they should be martial arts masters who saw injustice and drew their swords to help. It's a pity that people like them would rather live in anonymity than let everyone know their skills.

After a few days of bustle at the gold mine, things finally returned to normal.

It was not convenient for Shi Xiaoliu and the other two to practice swordplay at the bottom of the valley or on the top of the mountain at such a time.

The three of them could only cultivate their spiritual consciousness. In order to avoid affecting each other, they each chose a direction to release their spiritual consciousness.

As the night deepened, the three of them returned to their rooms to meditate and practice.

In a flash, the years passed by in the mountains, and when the New Year was approaching, the three of them finally remembered what happened at the gold mine.

The three decided to go to Yangzhou Prefecture again, but in order to avoid some trouble, they decided to act separately.

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan went to Yangzhou Prefecture together, while Xia Yu stayed on the top of the mountain.

After Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan came down the mountain, they found the guards on the official road, who looked at them very carefully.

Shi Xiaoliu passed the message to Shi Zelan: "Let's rent a horse carriage or ox cart to go to Yangzhou Prefecture."

Shi Zelan agreed with Shi Xiaoliu's decision: "Okay, let's walk slowly. There's a carriage coming from behind, let's find a way to stop it."

As they walked, they discussed the matter of medicinal herbs. Shi Xiaoliu said happily, "With such heavy snow, the medicinal herbs will surely grow abundantly next year."

He whispered to Shi Zelan: "Someone is listening to us."

"Okay, brother, let's collect more herbs next year, and life at home will be better."

Shi Zelan replied to Shi Xiaoliu and then transmitted a message to Shi Xiaoliu: "That man has really sharp ears."

The two of them didn't dare to walk fast, so they could only follow the footsteps of the person in front of them and walk forward.

The sound of horse hooves was heard from behind. Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan waited for a while and then turned around to look.

Seeing a carriage approaching from a distance, Shi Xiaoliu said to Shi Zelan happily: "You have a good eye. Take a look. Can we stop that carriage?"

"Brother, it's too far. I can see it clearly when the carriage gets closer."

The sound of horse hooves became louder and louder, and the people in front also stopped.

Shi Zelan said happily: "Brother, I saw it clearly, it looks like a carriage parked at the city gate."

They immediately waved in the direction the carriage was coming from, and the people in front also took several steps back.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa."

The carriage slowly stopped and Shi Xiaoliu went forward to talk to the driver.

The driver looked at the people standing by the roadside and nodded quickly.

The other three people also came forward to talk to the driver, who asked Shi Xiaoliu with some embarrassment: "Can you come together?

The fare is also paid in half."

Shi Xiaoliu turned to look at Shi Zelan, and when he saw her nod, he said, "Okay."

Shi Xiaoliu and Shi Zelan quickly got on the carriage. Shi Xiaoliu sat by the door and Shi Zelan sat by the window.

The other three sat opposite them, and the coachman drove the carriage away.