Chapter 1840

The atmosphere suddenly became a little strange.

The three robbers held hostages that the other party knew, 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 old man who was holding the hostage, he looked at Gu Zheng's eyes that didn't seem to be joking, and he was a little panicked in his heart, and whispered to their eldest brother.

The three brothers were not real brothers, and they called each other brothers just for convenience. Of course, all of their actions were based on the eldest brother, which was why they took the opportunity to come over when the eldest brother took action.

"Don't worry, the other party is just bluffing. Didn't you hear the girl on the other side say that she knew him? That's the granddaughter of the old man in front of you, real! There's no mistake."

The eldest brother's eyes were wide open, and his eyes were almost popping out of his eye sockets. He was also carefully looking at Gu Zheng again and again, trying to distinguish the truth of the other party's tone. Hearing his own people say so, he also said comfortingly.

In fact, even now, he couldn't tell whether the other party was true or false, but that didn't matter. The important thing was that he had to take the things inside with him, otherwise he would die if he went back.

They had signed a military order.

"He's coming!"

The third brother on the left trembled suddenly in his heart, and then pointed at Gu Zheng and said.

Whether the other party is the captain of the patrol team or not, it doesn't matter now. What's important is that the other party is, where is the other party's strength, if you want to kill them, it's too easy.

This is clearly beyond the plan before. After all, according to their plan, plus secretly revealing the wine boss, the other party really didn't resist the temptation of this batch of soul stones, and everything went according to their expectations.

Just wait for this batch of things to be transported away, and then take out the things mixed in it, and finally sneak away, everything will be fine.

But the plan can't keep up with the changes. They know that there is no patrol team nearby, but this self-proclaimed patrol team captain appeared here, putting them in a passive position.

"Don't come over, I won't be polite if you come over again, the worst case is to die together."

Seeing Gu Zheng getting closer and closer, the sharp blade in the eldest brother's hand pressed down again, and the sharp cold light was almost pressing on the old man's neck. As long as the mind moves, the other party will be easily cut in the throat.

No matter how fast Gu Zheng was, he couldn't stop them in time.

Of course, their original weakness couldn't become a weakness in this state, but the weapon was coated with black light, which was the fatal reason.

Youyou's eyes became more anxious, but she pursed her lips and didn't say anything. She felt that the other party had a special sense of security and didn't seem to hurt her grandfather. The other party must have his own intentions.

Gu Zheng's eyes didn't fluctuate at all, and he didn't seem to see any movements of the other party. From beginning to end, his steps didn't change at all.

Even the threatening words didn't seem to be said to himself, and he still walked forward step by step.

This made the other party even more helpless, because except for the hostages in their hands, they had no chance of winning, and the idea of ​​holding the hostages and taking things away was completely shattered.

So, they retreated, they didn't dare to kill the hostages.

The hostages were dead, and they were dead too. If they were alive, they might still have a chance of survival.

Every time Gu Zheng took a step forward, they took a step back. The hostages in their hands could not bring them any sense of security. Instead, they felt that it was a hot potato. They felt that their approach was completely wrong. It would be better to hide inside and wait for an opportunity to think of other ways.

On one side were the miners here, and on the other side were the bandits who surrendered from the wine boss. They also watched the strange situation in front of them silently.

After retreating for more than ten steps, the three brothers were already sweating profusely on their faces. The huge pressure made them feel breathless, but they could only grit their teeth and continue to persevere.

Suddenly, Gu Zheng's steps stopped abruptly and he stood still.

And the three brothers were still retreating subconsciously. When they found that Gu Zheng's figure did not come up, they almost relaxed inexplicably at the same time. They covered their faces and looked at Gu Zheng involuntarily, wondering why the other party stopped.

But at this moment, their eyes blurred, and when they came to their senses, they found that the hostages who were originally held were no longer in front of them.

Looking forward, the figure of the old man has appeared beside Gu Zheng, and he is looking at the three of them with a smile.

"Ding Dang"

Three crisp sounds rang out on the ground, and the three brothers in front of him immediately dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground.

"We are willing to surrender. For the sake of not hurting anyone, please spare our lives, captain."

Gu Zheng checked that there was no problem with the old man. He listened to the other party's surrender and didn't say anything nonsense. With a wave of his hand, the three of them were like three stones, without any resistance at all. They flew back heavily and hit the mountain wall not far away.

When they fell, their breath was weak, and a large amount of black liquid came out of their mouths. Although they were seriously injured, they were not dead after all.

After doing all this, Gu Zheng didn't even look at it, and directly escorted the old man back first.

"Boss, Boss, we found a lot of soul stone mines inside, several times more than we expected, this time we made a fortune."

At this time, an excited voice came from a cave not far from the three brothers.

A sturdy man rushed out quickly, holding a small cloth bag in his hand, and vaguely visible were pieces of stones emitting 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. He handed over the bag in his hand and continued to speak excitedly.

"Boss Jiu, look, look what we found. It's a lot. They're still counting it inside. This time we're going to get big. Do you want to send some brothers in to help?"

However, the Jiu Boss' expression at this time 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 see it at all. 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.

"Pa"

"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 he was still praising himself vigorously. Normally, he would have smiled happily, but now he didn't want to kill himself, so he slapped him in the face and cursed.

"Okay, I'll go back right away."

The subordinates who were a little 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 there were his own people over here. 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, he was already exhausted. Now seeing his grandfather doing nothing, his mind was exhausted, and he 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 he handed it to the woman next to him. Gu Zheng thanked him.

"It doesn't matter, it's easy. I came here specifically to find some soul stones for you. I may 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 gangsters this time. This is what we should do. We will report it later and ask for credit for you. We haven't encountered these gangsters attacking official strongholds for a long time." Mr. Chen replied with a smile.

"We'll talk about it 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 wanted to rush over and take revenge on the gangsters. They had a lot of strange things about them. The few scars were all left by the other party, but they were stopped by his 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 had stayed on the side, the people here began to pack up, and no one asked over there, tying them together as if they were transparent.

This made them 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're crazy, I'm not telling you. You would think that the other party made us stand here without defense. Is there no defense outside? I'm afraid this area has been set up by the other party, and we can't 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 was true.

The other party was so careless and didn't seem to care about their escape, but the other party had just struck hard. 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 have to work as coolies for thousands of years.

If it weren't for the small number of people, their situation would have been a dead end.

As for the three traitors, under those circumstances, if they dared to hold official personnel hostage, they would really have no choice but to die, and they did not deserve sympathy.

Thinking of this, they 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.

They will not leave even if they are beaten to death. Anyone who wants to leave can leave.

Seeing that his people were fooled, 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. .

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 Let you live and die."

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 nodded in cooperation, looking obedient.

At this moment, several people walked over quickly from the passage. It was the gangsters who had gone 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 and not to cause trouble to 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 there was discomfort and black liquid flowing 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, and you can just 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 mouths 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 the black crystals on the inside are at most the size of rice grains. 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 Tietou 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 were 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 anything. The eldest brother took out a small black stick from his body. It looked like a fork of a certain kind of 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 approached the ore pile cautiously, 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. It seemed that the power of the branch was not enough to suck the other party out.

"Why is this thing here?" Gu Zheng stood nearby and asked casually.

"I don't know much about this thing. It's something brought from the prehistoric 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 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 are you here? How long?"

"I don't know. We just came to get this thing. It can only be said that it was already here before us."

Gu Zheng was thinking about something and didn't continue asking. The other party was just a small fry and wouldn't know too much information.

"Found it!"

Just when Gu Zheng asked a few questions, a person below suddenly became happy and took out a fist-sized ore.

Gu Zheng looked around and found that most of them were tight stones. Only in the middle of the gap, a relatively bright black crystal leaked out. It seems that the mystery should be in this.

"Bring it here!"

Gu Zheng said lightly, and the other party took it with both hands without saying a word.

The other person also stood up and pretended to help the big brother who was sitting on the ground.

Gu Zheng was attracted by the ore in front of him and wanted to see what this thing was used for. It was so magical.

At this moment, a space wave suddenly rose on the side.

In the other party's hand, there was a small jade butterfly, and on it was an ore similar to the one in his hand.

It was obvious that the other party deceived him and wanted to give the ore away!