There must be a reason why the aunt is silent about the official who did something good: either the person was punished and his official reputation was not good, or someone specifically warned them not to mention it.

The people are afraid of officials, so naturally they will do what others tell them.

"Maybe that official is Master Yi," Qingguo whispered, "It's him, and the villagers don't dare to mention it."

When he was sentenced to beheading before, the charges were too numerous to describe. Which ordinary person would dare to say it?!

"Very possible."

As Yun Xi spoke, she discovered a tiny wooden thing on the water windmill: As the aunt said, this wooden mechanism holds the gear on the water windmill and can more than double the forward swing speed of the gear.

The accumulated water that promotes turbulence continues to flow downward.

"What an ingenious idea." Yun Xi murmured to herself.

Yun Xi ignored the fact that her shoes and socks got wet when she got into the water, and she and Qing Guo continued to walk upstream along the water windmill.

The two of them walked at least five miles, from afternoon to dusk. They did not see the end of the canal, but instead arrived at an abandoned ironworks.

The dark valley breeze formed a strange whirlwind in the confined space, echoing and whimpering, quite similar to the sounds of a haunted house.

Qingguo felt a little scared after walking a few steps. She held Yun Xi's arm calmly and whispered: "Miss, there is something weird here."

Zi Buyu has strange powers and confuses the gods, and Yun Xi naturally does not believe that there are ghosts in this world.

"Do you still remember the strong wind in our Valley of Divine Doctors?" Yun Xi acted calmly and walked to the corner to light a torch, but the light of the torch was quickly blown away by the strong wind, causing both of them to sigh.

"My slave understands! The lady is saying that the terrain here is high on the outside and low on the inside, and there is an ironworks that forms a long and narrow ventilation corridor. Therefore, once the wind passes by, it will amplify the wind sound infinitely, and it will sound like a ghost whimpering, right?

"

Qingguo is good at drawing inferences from one instance.

As soon as Yun Xi reminded her, she thought that the terrain of the Divine Doctor Valley was similar to this one.

When I was a child, I lived in the Valley of the Divine Doctors. There was always a whining wind blowing at night, which was noisy and scary. Qingguo was always so scared that he couldn't sleep.

It was the miracle doctor Gu Gu who explained the reason for the rumor, which made the mysterious and terrifying rumor become commonplace.

"Smart." Yun Xi praised, then his eyes fell around the scattered iron smelting yards and said softly: "Iron smelting requires water. Could the source of the previous ditch be here?"

"Miss, how about we walk up there again?" Qingguo suggested.

"Okay." The two of them didn't waste any time and walked through the ironworks, ready to move forward.

Just as the master and servant walked out of the wind tunnel in front of the iron smelting yard, rows of hidden weapons suddenly attacked the backs of Yun Xi and Qing Guo!

Yun Xi suddenly realized something was wrong and turned around. It was too late to raise her arm to trigger the crossbow!

Looking at the silver needle so close at hand, Qingguo was shocked and instinctively stood in front of Yun Xi, shouting sharply: "Miss, be careful!"

At the critical moment, an iron plate suddenly flew from the air and rushed towards Qingguo and Qing Guo at a speed faster than a silver needle. The iron plate looked like it had eyes, and it turned around in the air, blocking them right in front of them.

In front of the two of them!

The steel plate with strong inner strength firmly blocked the sharp and sharp hidden weapon, and fell down in front of Yun Xi's master and servant against the force of rotation, but the opponent did not even hurt the two of them!

Qing's eyes suddenly tightened, and Yun Xi reacted very quickly, pulling Qing Guo and saying: "Run!"

The two men did not run out of the ironworks, but rushed into the dark and large ironworks in the opposite direction, and quickly disappeared.

The assassin who missed the hit did not pursue him fiercely. In the quiet iron smelting yard, there was only the sound of hunting and the silver needles scattered on the ground, silently telling the story of his narrow escape just now.

"Get out." A clear and handsome voice full of energy issued the final warning.

It was as quiet as a chicken in the iron smelting yard, with no sound at all.

The man who issued the warning also left quietly.

Yun Xi and Qing Guo, who had escaped the disaster, supported each other and groped around in the dark ironworks for a long time before finally finding a usable torch to light up the surroundings.

That's fine if you don't take the photo. Once you take the photo, all the scenes in the iron smelting place come into view. The huge iron smelting place is like a trumpet, extending in all directions with the place where they are standing as its mouth, so big that it can't see the end at a glance.

Yun Xi murmured: "There is a universe inside. These objects probably require more than five water canals to be enough for them to smelt iron."

The most consumed materials for iron-making are fire and water. Therefore, many official iron-making offices will be built near water and forests to facilitate the collection of local materials.

The master and servant groped their way forward bit by bit in the iron smelting yard deep into the mountains, not knowing whether they could find a way out of the dark hole ahead.

Qingguo was not afraid at all now. She transformed into a curious baby and took photos everywhere while walking. Her dark eyes stared at the dark road ahead and she said curiously: "We have been missing for such a long time. Will Mr. Lu come to see us?"

"Yes."

Yun Xi's eyes kept falling on the stone wall. She took a step forward and let Qing Guo illuminate the stone wall, and then said: "No wonder."

"What?" Qingguo doesn't know anything about stone, he is just a layman watching the show.

When she was bored in the Valley of Divine Doctors, Yun Xi read through many classics. After her aunt saw that she really liked reading some miscellaneous geography, she even found a lot of stones for her to understand one by one.

Therefore, although Yun Xi is not half an expert on stones, she does know a few things.

"This stone wall is made from natural materials." Yun Xi said, getting some gravel from the side, and then lit it on fire.

As they walked along, they did not see large areas of forest plants, and Yun Xi was still puzzled.

Such a large ironworks must have its own special features. Unexpectedly, this special place is actually the ironworks grotto itself.

"Miss, according to what you say, wouldn't it be dangerous to make iron here?"

Qingguo gestured with his hands: "This is a furnace that may explode at any time. Iron is being smelted here...how many people will die?"

Yun Xi was startled when she heard this, and her eyes gradually became complicated as she looked at Qing Guo.

"Why do you look at this slave like this?" Qingguo felt uncomfortable under Yun Xi's scrutinizing gaze, and couldn't help but rub her cheeks.

Yun Xi's eyes were filled with dark light: "I understand."

I don't know why the murderer specially chopped up the bodies of the remaining five officials, cooked them, and scattered them around.

"This slave still doesn't understand." Qingguo was scoffed at, not understanding the connection at all.

Yun Xi couldn't help but sigh and said in a deep voice: "This is a case within a case."

She and Qingguo did not continue walking deeper, but chose to return the same way.

"The people chasing us outside missed a hit and didn't come after us. They must have left."

Yun Xi and Qing Guo cautiously poked their heads out and looked around, but found no one there, and finally couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.

"Gone. Gone." Qingguo wiped the sweat from his forehead and whispered, "I was scared to death."

If the assassin comes again, they may not be so lucky to be saved.

Yun Xi's eyes flashed slightly, and her nervous gaze just now fell on the person in front of her.

Lu Qingfan strode over, followed by Leng Hai and Leng Chuan, who also had very heavy expressions on their faces.

"Miss Yun is here!" Leng Hai was so excited that he rushed up quickly: "Miss Yun!"

Yun Xi and Qing Guo smiled in relief.

With everyone here, they are safe.

"Sir," Yun Xi looked at Lu Qingfan. Before she could say hello to the Leng brothers, she was pulled into the man's arms.

His broad chest and fast-beating heart already expressed his unspoken worries and tensions.

Yun Xi revealed a pair of clear, dreamy eyes from Lu Qingfan's chest, and looked at the Leng brothers suspiciously.

Leng Chuan was feeling sorry for Xiao Qingguo and didn't receive Yun Xi's questioning look at all.

"Miss Yun doesn't know that we returned to the capital. When we were rushing to the village, your Excellency received a tip saying that you two were in danger and asked us to follow the canal to find you."

When the dart was caught by his lord with a "swish", Leng Hai was still thinking about who was bold and short-sighted and dared to throw a hidden weapon at his lord...

Leng Hai glanced at Lu Qingfan, who had deep eyes, and said: "After reading the note, your Excellency immediately rushed back and forth non-stop."

The wise and powerful Lu Qingfan never even considered whether the person who sent the note was an enemy or a friend, and whether the news could be a trap...

Yun Xi rubbed her forehead subconsciously in Lu Qingfan's arms and whispered: "Sir, I'm fine."

It would be a lie to say that she is not touched by the fact that her safety is so taken into consideration.

Lu Qingfan's gloomy eyes let go of the person, and his eyes fell on the small crossbow exposed by Yun Xi: "Are you fighting with someone?"
Chapter completed!