After the heavy rain lasted for half an hour, it miraculously stopped, but dark clouds were still rolling in the sky, and lightning in the dark clouds spewed out terrible sparks from time to time.

When lightning flashed through the window, Quan Qianzhang in the room looked up, and the thunder that followed made him tremble all over his body.

Professor, are you okay? Fu Beixue asked quickly.

Quan Qianzhang came back to his senses: It's okay

Fu Beixue got up and walked to the window, listened carefully for a while, and then returned to Quan Qianzhang: Professor, don’t worry, that mountain citizen must be talking nonsense.

Quan Qianzhang shook his head and said: This person is not an ordinary mountain citizen. Listening to his words, he must know this place better than us and know the Wei Sishan better. Moreover, the Japanese asked us to come here to explore, not to mine raw coal.

Fu Beixue was puzzled: It’s not for raw coal, why is that? Oil?

Quan Qianzhang shook his head: Now the Japanese people's oil exploration technology is far behind Western countries, and they themselves know it very well, but in addition to raw coal, although oil is the most scarce for them, there is still a resource that they are also in a hurry.

Fu Beixue's eyes turned: Are you talking about natural gas?

Quan Qianzhang said: That's right, natural gas. Although the Japanese are trying every means to extract mine gas, the technology is not mature, and the methane content in mine gas is only up to 60%, which is far less than natural gas.

Fu Beixue asked again: But why are they so sure that there is natural gas just like a mountain?

Quan Qianzhang glanced at the door and said: Maybe it's because it's not the legend of the mountain Qinglong Fire Well.

Fu Bei Xuedao: Qinglong Fire Well? I know that there is a record of "fire coming out of the earth" in the Book of Han. At that time, the ancients did not know it was natural gas, but they only regarded it as a god, but why did they add the word Qinglong?

Quan Qianzhang explained: In the past, there was a temple called Qinglong Temple here, but Qinglong Temple used to be a Taoist temple.

Fu Beixue was surprised: Taoist temples turned into temples? This is unheard of.

Quan Qianzhang said: That was in the Wanli period. It was still called Changlong Temple at that time. The host of the temple was named Taoist Qingxu. He liked to play couplets and chess on weekdays. He once saw two roosters fighting for a bean, so he was inspired by a couplet called "Hungry chickens fighting for beans", and then solicited the second couplet.

Fu Beixue frowned and said: Hungry chickens fight for beans? This is too difficult.

Quan Qianzhang said: Yes, no one has ever published the second couplet for many years. Until a summer of a certain year, a monk named Huichan came here. The two made friends with chess. They met their soulmates through mountains and flowing waters. They regretted that they met too late. Unexpectedly, one night, Huichan came out the second couplet because he saw a mouse on the beam.

Fu Bei Xue: What do you say in the second couplet?

Quan Qianzhang said: The second couplet is the heat of rats and the coolness of Liang.

Fu Beixue scratched his head and said: It sounds familiar?

Quan Qianzhang smiled and said: Yes, this should be a legend made up by later generations. What I have heard was someone who gave Su Dongpo’s first couplet “Hungry chicken thief rice boy’s drum”. What he said was “Summer rat Liang Liang coughed and frightened”.

Fu Beixue nodded repeatedly: Yes, I remembered it too, Professor, what does the Qinglong Fire Well mean?

Shortly after Changlong Temple was changed to Qinglong Temple, the century-old well in the temple suddenly dried up. When the night thunderstorm was mixed, lightning struck the wellhead, and blue flames spewed out of the wellhead, becoming a veritable fire well. Since then, Qinglong Fire Well has become a great wonder of Qinglong Temple. Quan Qianzhang frowned when he said this, but unfortunately, Qinglong Temple completely disappeared.

Fu Beixue was extremely surprised: Did it disappear out of thin air? Why?

Quan Qianzhang shook his head: It did not disappear out of thin air, but was buried under the mountain.

After hearing this, Fu Beixue suddenly realized: I understand that the place we were going today was the former site of Qinglong Temple. After the mountain torrent that night, not only did Wei Si Mountain form, but also buried the entire Qinglong Temple below?

Quan Qianzhang nodded and said: That's right, that's exactly what it is.

Fu Beixue nodded: It was based on this legend that the Japanese confirmed that there must be natural gas under Qinglong Temple?

Quan Qianzhang said: Although the information they gave me did not state this point, I guess it must be related to this legend. After all, the legend has a certain factual basis. Furthermore, isn’t the so-called fire well produced by natural gas?

At this moment, a rapid gong sound came from outside. When Fu Beixue was about to open the door, the door was opened directly by Jiro Takahashi.

Jiro Takahashi, wearing a raincoat, stood at the door and said: Teacher, we must evacuate.

Quan Qianzhang walked to the door and before he could stand still, he heard a strange sound from the mountain.

Quan Qianzhang frowned and said: Mountains are a sign of the mountain torrent. We must leave immediately. Have the villagers evacuated?

Before Jiro Takahashi answered, several villagers who were evacuating hurriedly with packages ran past outside the house. Then the village chief ran over with a gong and said: Sir, go quickly, the mountain torrent is really coming.

After saying that, the village chief beat the gongs and shouted to the villagers to evacuate in the heavy rain.

Jiro Takahashi helped Quan Qianzhang leave, and said at the same time: Teacher, Master Shimomura is here, and he has led his team to evacuate to the side mountain waiting for you.

Ah? Quan Qianzhang frowned. He hated the Japanese major named Toshiji Shimomura because it was him who set up all this. Unexpectedly, although he arranged for Jiro Takahashi to accompany him, he was still worried and came in person.

Half an hour later, Takahashi Jiro led Kwon Qianzhang and Fu Beixue to a higher mountain on the side of Zhengjia Village.

Major! Jiro Takahashi stepped forward to salute, the professor was safe and sound.

As the commander of the exploration garrison, Toshimamura Toshiji glanced at the wet Quan Qianzhang and the other two, and nodded slightly, and continued to look at Zhengjia Village, which was still a little bit of fire below. However, this time he quickly turned his attention to Fei Sishan again.

Quan Qianzhang stepped forward and said: Fei Sishan has no resources, our exploration mission is over.

Toshima Toshiji Shimomura had no expression on his face and did not look at Quan Qianzhang. He just said: The empire experts said that Manchukuo has abundant resources and maybe there is still oil.

Quan Qianzhang frowned and looked at Toshima Toshiji. He wanted to push this dog-dreaming invader directly down the mountain with one palm.

Quan Qianzhang replied: In short, it is not Sishan, but has no resources.

Toshima Toshiji didn't say anything to Kwon Chiaki, but just turned his head and looked at Takahashi Jiro and asked: What do you think?

Jiro Takahashi lowered his head and said: I agree with the professor's point of view.

Jiro Takahashi knew the character of Toshiji Shimomura. If he didn't help Kwon Chiaki say something at this time, he wouldn't know what would happen later, because Toshiji Shimomura had personally executed two Manchukuo experts who he believed were nothing but a false reputation.

Just before Kwon Chie-chae could answer, a lightning flashed across the sky and slashed at a big tree on the opposite mountain. The big tree was split into two sections. At the same time, Takahashi Jiro also used the last light of the lightning to see a man wearing a straw hat and a straw raincoat standing on the top of the mountain.

Jiro Takahashi immediately raised his telescope and observed, but because it was pitch black, he could not see anything.

What's wrong? Toshiji Shimomura asked.

Jiro Takahashi shook his head slightly: I seemed to see someone on the opposite mountain.

Toshima Toshimatsu subconsciously raised the telescope. The moment he raised it, a roaring thunder sounded. At the same time, Jiro Takahashi, Kwon Chiaki and Fu Beixue all heard the sound of glass breaking. Just as they were still wondering what was going on, Toshima Toshimatsu fell down.

Major! Jiro Takahashi immediately rushed over and found that Toshiji Shimomura's left eye was bloody and bloody. A bullet attacked from the opposite side, penetrated the telescope and hit his left eye.

Toshimamura Toshiji's breathing had stopped. The soldiers around him immediately looked for cover to lie down, and looked carefully at the gunman on the opposite hill.

Doctor! Doctor! Jiro Takahashi roared for a long time, and the muddy military doctor ran up and checked Shimomura Toshiji for a while, then shook his head at Jiro Takahashi.

Jiro Takahashi clenched his fists and whispered, grabbed the rifle of the soldier next to him, aimed at the opposite hill with the tree as a support and began to search.

Quan Qianzhang was overjoyed by Toshima Toshiji's death. He thought to himself: The evil ones will come to collect!
Chapter completed!