The atmosphere suddenly became a little strange.
The three robbers were holding hostages known to each other, but the other party looked like they didn't care, which immediately put them in trouble.
"Brother, what should we do next?"
On the right side of the hostage-holding old man, looking at Gu Zheng's eyes that didn't look like he was joking, he felt a little panicked and quietly said to their eldest brother.
The three of them are not real brothers. They are called brothers just for convenience. Of course, all their actions are dominated by the eldest brother. This is why they also take the opportunity to come over when the eldest brother makes a move.
"Don't worry, the other party is just bluffing. Didn't you hear the girl on the other side say that you know her? That's the granddaughter of the old guy in front of you, dear! You can't be wrong."
The eldest brother's eyes were so wide that they almost popped out of his sockets. He was looking at Gu Zheng carefully again and again, trying to distinguish whether the other person's tone was true or false. Hearing his own words, he also said comfortingly.
In fact, even now, he can't tell whether the other party is real or fake, but that's not important. What's important is that he must take away the things inside, otherwise he will die if he goes back.
They issued a military order.
"He's coming over!"
The third brother on the left suddenly trembled in his heart, then pointed at Gu Zheng and said.
It doesn't matter whether the other party is the captain of the patrol or not. What matters is that the other party's strength is there. If you want to kill them, it won't be too easy.
This was obviously beyond the plan before. After all, according to their plan and secretly revealing the boss Jiu, the other party did not resist the temptation of this batch of soul stones, and everything acted according to their expectations.
Just wait for this batch of things to be transported away, and then take out the mixed things inside, and finally sneak away without any problems.
But the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. They knew that there was no patrol team nearby, but the leader of the self-proclaimed patrol team showed up here with all his might, leaving them passive.
"Don't come over. I won't be polite if you come over. In the worst case, we'll both die."
Seeing Gu Zheng getting closer and closer, the elder brother pressed down the sharp blade in his hand again, and the sharp cold light was almost pressing on the old man's neck. As long as his mind moved, the opponent's throat would be cut easily.
No matter how fast Gu Zheng went, there was still no time to stop them.
Of course, with their appearance, their original weaknesses cannot become weaknesses, but the weapons are covered with black light, which is why they are fatal.
Youyou's eyes became even more anxious, but she pursed her lips and did not make a sound. She felt that the other party had a special sense of security and did not seem to hurt her grandfather. The other party must have had his own meaning in doing so.
Gu Zheng's eyes did not waver at all, and he did not seem to see any movement of the other party. From the beginning to the end, his steps did not change at all.
Even the threatening words seemed not to be spoken by him, and he still walked over step by step.
This situation made the other party even more confused, because except for the hostages in their hands, they had no chance of winning, and their idea of taking the hostages and taking away their things was completely shattered.
So they retreated, not daring to kill the hostages.
If the hostages are dead, they are also completely dead. Maybe they still have a glimmer of hope.
Every time Gu Zheng took a step, they took a step back. The hostages in their hands did not bring them any sense of security. On the contrary, they felt that they were a hot potato. They felt that what they were doing was completely wrong. They might as well hide inside and wait for opportunities.
Think of other ways.
On one side were the miners here, and on the other side were the surrendered gangsters over there from the boss, who were also watching the strange situation in front of them in silence.
After taking only a dozen steps back, the three brothers' faces were already dripping with cold sweat. The huge pressure made the three of them feel breathless, but they could only grit their teeth and continue to persevere.
Suddenly, Gu Zheng's walking footsteps suddenly stopped and he stood still.
The three brothers were still retreating subconsciously. When they found that Gu Zheng's figure had not come up, their hearts were inexplicably relaxed almost at the same time. They covered up and looked at Gu Zheng involuntarily, wondering why the other party stopped.
But at this moment, their eyes were dazzled. When they came to their senses, they found that the hostages who were originally held hostage were no longer in front of them.
Looking forward, the old man's figure had appeared next to Gu Zheng, and he was looking at the three of them with a smile.
"ding dong"
Three crisp sounds rang out on the ground, and the three brothers in front of them immediately dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground.
"We are willing to surrender. For the sake of not harming anyone, please captain spare our lives."
Gu Zheng checked that there was nothing wrong with the old man. Hearing the other party's plea for surrender, there was no nonsense. With a wave of his hand, the three of them were like three pebbles, without any resistance at all. They flew towards the back heavily, directly.
He crashed into a nearby mountain wall.
When he fell down, his breath was weak, and a large amount of black liquid came out of the opponent's mouth. Although he was seriously injured, he was not dead after all.
After Gu Zheng finished all this, he didn't even look at it and escorted the old man back first.
"Boss Jiu, Boss Jiu, we found a lot of soul stone mines inside, several times more than we expected. We've found them this time."
At this time, an excited voice came from inside the cave not far from the three brothers.
A sturdy man quickly rushed out from inside, holding a small cloth bag in his hand, with vaguely visible stones exuding a black aura.
His excitement was difficult for others to understand. Like a gust of wind, he ignored the situation next to him and came directly to the wine boss, handed over the bag in his hand, and continued to speak excitedly.
"Boss Jiu, look, look what we found, there's a lot of it, they're still counting it inside, we're going to get big this time, why don't we send some brothers in to help."
However, the expression on the wine boss's face at this moment was not as happy as he thought. Instead, he looked at him strangely.
"Of course, it was only under the leadership of Boss Jiu that we achieved this harvest. We will never forget that Boss Jiu is the biggest contributor this time."
He said happily, feeling that his unenlightened mind finally understood why the wine boss was unhappy.
But he didn't even notice that the strange eyes on both sides were looking at him.
Still staring at the wine boss, he found that his face seemed to be getting worse and worse.
I felt like I had done something wrong, but when I thought about it carefully, I found that I had not done anything wrong. I felt that my praise was a bit vain, and I continued to flatter him.
"Snapped"
"Get out of here, tell the people inside to put down what you're holding and get out of here."
The wine boss looked at the idiots in front of him who couldn't see the situation clearly, and was still praising himself vigorously. Normally, he would have laughed happily, but now he didn't want to kill himself, so he slapped him in the face and cursed loudly.
"Okay, I'll go back right away."
Some subordinates who were confused, turned around and said, and then ran back like a gust of wind.
From the whole time, he never noticed anything wrong outside.
For him, everything was fine. There were prisoners over there, and here were his own people. The two unknown figures in the middle were normal. As for the three brothers next to him, he completely ignored them.
Here, Gu Zheng had already brought the old man back to where he was before. Youyou couldn't bear it anymore and threw herself directly into the old man's arms, crying softly with some fear.
"It's okay, it's okay. Look, everything is okay."
The old man comforted Youyou carefully, and soon her voice gradually lowered, and finally she fell asleep in the old man's arms.
After this series of events, coupled with the all-out running before, I was already exhausted. Now that I saw that my grandfather was fine, my mind was exhausted, and I finally fell asleep half-conscious and half-drowsy in his grandfather's arms.
"The old man Chen Kai is also the person in charge here. Thank you for your help. If these soul stone mines are taken away, we will not be able to escape the responsibility." The old man handed the pomelo to a woman coming next to him, and then handed it over to him.
Gu Zheng thanked him.
"It's okay, it's just a matter of effort. I came here specifically to find some soul stones for you. I might have to trouble Mr. Chen later." Gu Zheng also thanked him, as if he didn't have much to do with this matter.
"It's easy to say that you helped us repel these bandits this time. This is what we should do. We will report it later and ask for credit for you. We haven't encountered these bandits for a long time when they attacked official strongholds." Mr. Chen replied with a smile.
"We'll talk later. Let's let everyone go first."
Gu Zheng counted in the air, and most of the people who were bound had their seals released. As soon as they broke free, they started to untie the people next to them. Some people even wanted to rush over to take revenge on the gangsters, but they had different abilities.
The few scars were all left by the other party, but they were stopped by one of my own people.
"Just do whatever you have to do. We will open the magic circle in a while and leave here immediately." Mr. Chen also shouted at them.
At this time, although the gangsters were already staying at the side, the people here began to pack them up, and no one asked the other side, tying them up together as if they were transparent.
This made the other side think a little bit.
"Boss Jiu, how about we spread out and run away? The other party is alone and will never be able to catch us." A subordinate stood next to Boss Jiu and whispered.
"You are crazy, I am not telling you. You would think that the other party has let us stand here without defense. Is there no defense outside? I am afraid that this area has been set up by the other party, and there is no way to escape." The wine boss immediately said
shouted at the other party.
He was not a voice transmitter, so everyone around him could hear it, which frightened them, but when they thought about it carefully, it turned out to be the case.
The other party was so careless and didn't seem to care about their escape, but the other party had just struck hard, and the tragic situation of the three brothers was still in front of everyone. Under the calm appearance, he was probably thinking about their escape and was still killing them.
After all, under normal circumstances, as long as they surrender and there is no big fault, the worst they can do is be caught and forced to do hard labor for thousands of years.
If it weren't for the small number of people, their situation would have been a dead end.
As for those three traitors, under those circumstances, if they dared to hold official personnel hostage, they would really have their only end, and they did not deserve sympathy.
Thinking of this, I even felt that the other party had this plan. Once they escaped, they could be killed at any time. Their faces became serious. You looked at me and I looked at you, and they all understood what the other party meant.
Even if you are beaten to death, you will not leave. Whoever wants to leave can leave.
Seeing that his people were frightened, the wine boss also breathed a sigh of relief. He thought completely different from them.
Because even if there is no protection outside, they may be able to escape, but he will definitely not be able to escape. It is just a pity that he has to hand over the hidden strongholds he discovered. But at most, if he comes back in a few thousand years, at least his life will be saved.
Already.
After checking that Youyou was okay and talking to Mr. Chen for a few words, Gu Zheng walked towards the cave over there.
He was very curious about what was inside that actually led those people to take such risks. In order not to alert others, they even sent dead soldiers to infiltrate among the small gangsters and bring them out safely. This was really a big deal here.
When he came to the three brothers who looked like dead bodies, they didn't see any movement. The three of them had slowly floated into the air and were forced to stand in front of him.
"I'm also a very talkative person. You go in with me and take out the things you want to take away. Then whether it's life or death, I won't execute you. We'll talk about it later. If you don't agree, then I will
Make you worse than life or death."
Gu Zheng's toneless expression coupled with his cold expression made the three of them tremble even more. Of course they did not doubt each other's methods, and they nodded in cooperation, looking obedient.
At this moment, several people also walked over quickly from the passage. It was the gangsters who went in before. When they came out, they saw the appearance of Gu Zheng over there. They immediately became angry and wanted to surround them and give them a
nice.
"Come back, come back quickly, those three are from the horse thieves, come back quickly." When the wine boss looked at his men, his soul was about to fly away, and he immediately shouted loudly.
Afraid that the other party would do something stupid, when he opened his mouth, the person was already running in that direction.
"Boss Liquor, but..."
The three people stopped honestly, but they were still a little unwilling. The man who came out first turned and shouted at Mr. You.
"But what, what are you worrying about? If you want to die, don't hurt your brothers. The other party is the captain of the patrol. You can't defeat a hundred of them. Go back quickly."
The wine boss took the opportunity to come to them while the other party was talking. When they met, he slapped the other party on the shoulder and said loudly.
Without waiting for their reply, he immediately urged them to leave and mind their own business.
As a prisoner, you must be conscious so as not to cause trouble to others or yourself.
"Let's go, lead the way!"
There was no one in the way, so Gu Zheng didn't bother to intervene and shouted directly to the three people in front of him.
The three people led the way obediently. Although they felt uncomfortable and black liquid flowed out of their mouths, they were still close to dying.
This passage is not very big, but the surroundings are very smooth to prevent people from accidentally touching it. There is a black light source at regular intervals, illuminating the surroundings, just like a black and white photo, but you can barely see the road clearly.
.
This is just a small mine. It didn’t take long to walk before we arrived at an open area with relatively rich mineral resources.
There are several mine openings of different sizes around, but there is no need to go to other places. There are a lot of raw ores the size of a baby's fist in the middle, all piled together, and the top is almost close to the top of the cave, which is three feet high.
, like a hill.
Gu Zheng bent down, reached out and picked up a piece of raw ore, and looked at it carefully.
There are irregular black stone chips on the outside, but most of them are black crystals the size of rice grains on the inside. After removing the stone chips on the outside, it is just a simple raw ore. If you want to further condense it into a soul stone, you need a dedicated person to take charge.
.
This place is only responsible for the raw ore, and there are no people or magic circles. After it is selected, someone will come to transport it regularly and bring necessities. They are responsible for mining here.
As Gu Zheng's palm shook, all the stone chips outside leaked from the edge of his palm like grains of sand. In the end, only a dozen black crystals were left. Only one of them looked brighter, and the rest were dim to varying degrees. It was obvious that
It doesn't look like much.
According to what Tietou said on the road, this is a small soul mine. The quality is of course very low. The only advantage is that the reserves are larger, which can be distributed as rewards.
While Gu Zheng was observing carefully, he didn't know that the three brothers were winking at each other behind Gu Zheng. In the end, the boss won.
They are just taking one last gamble.
"Now that you know this thing, you also know how to take it out, so hurry up and act." Gu Zheng put away the crystal in his hand and said calmly to them.
The three brothers didn't say much. The eldest brother took out a small black stick from his body. It looked like a fork of a certain tree. There were uncut branches on it, but it was only half an arm long.
Very inconspicuous.
As the elder brother stretched out his branches and cautiously approached the ore pile, the ore pile in front of him began to tremble, as if something was coming out of it.
The remaining two brothers began to stand on the edge and carefully dig out the ore, as if the strength of the branch was not enough to suck the other one out.
"Why is this thing here?" Gu Zheng stood nearby and asked casually.
"I don't know much about this thing. It is something brought from the ancient times. The only thing I know is that it must absorb some energy to achieve the best effect. It seems to be able to purify the soul stone mine. I have only heard about it." The eldest brother concentrated on it.
Di held the branch and tried his best to maintain balance. When Gu Zheng asked, he told the truth.
"Why did it appear here? How long did it take?"
"I don't know. We just came to get this thing. It can only be said that it was placed here earlier than us."
Gu Zheng was thoughtful and did not continue to ask. The other party was just a young man and he didn't know much information.
"found it!"
Just as Gu Zheng was asking a few questions, the person below suddenly became happy and then took out a fist-sized ore.
Gu Zheng looked around and found that most of them were compact stones, with only a slight gap in the middle, and relatively bright black crystals leaking out. It seemed that the mystery should be inside.
"bring here!"
Gu Zheng said calmly, and the other party obediently held it with both hands without saying a word.
The other person also stood up and gestured to help the elder brother who was sitting on the ground.
Gu Zheng was attracted by the ore in front of him. He wanted to see what the use of this thing was. It was so magical.
At this moment, a spatial fluctuation suddenly appeared on the side.
Above the opponent's hand, there is a small jade butterfly, and there is also an ore similar to the one in his hand.
It was obvious that the other party had deceived him and wanted to give the ore away!
