Chapter 1229 Heartbeat

Three days later, it was night.

Cui Zai was woken up from his sleep.

Choi Jae was about to get angry, but after the guard showed him a small bag, all his anger disappeared.

"Quick, bring the person in!"

Cui Zai urged impatiently and grabbed a thumb-sized piece of gold from the small animal skin bag.

This is the biggest piece of gold in the bag.

There were also some gold nuggets as big as little fingers in it.

These were all found on the person who was rescued by their fishermen.

"Yes!"

The guards take orders.

Soon, a man with purple lips from the cold was brought in.

The man's hair was still wet, his face was covered with scars, and he was wrapped in a thick quilt.

But even so, the man was shivering from the cold.

"I am Huliha, I pay my respects to Master Cui...Master Cui..."

Huliha knelt down and saluted, then spoke tremblingly.

Cui Zai raised his eyes and looked at Huliha, "Tell me, how did you do this?"

Huliha trembled all over, "I was... chased by someone, so I jumped... into the Danshui to escape..."

"Why are they hunting you?"

Choi Jae asked with great interest.

When asked by Cui Zai, Huliha immediately stammered and couldn't make sense after talking for a long time.

"Tell the truth now! Where did you get these gold nuggets?"

Cui Zai was impatient, "Otherwise, I will send you to your leader!"

"no, do not want!"

Huliha was startled and finally told the truth.

He was a small supervisor at a gold mine. Seeing that the gold mine was about to run out of food, he discussed with the miners in his area and asked everyone to secretly hide some gold in case of emergency.

But unfortunately, they were discovered.

The guards at the gold mines were brutal.

Anyone caught stealing gold would be skinned and have his tendons removed.

In order to survive, they had to flee.

Fortunately, they took advantage of their familiarity with the surroundings and ran into the mountains, and were able to escape.

However, the gang kept chasing them.

They fled for their lives, and many of them were killed by the guards of the gold mine. He was also chased to the Danshui River and was forced to jump into the Danshui River to escape the pursuers.

Gold mine!

It really is a gold mine!

Cui Zai was overjoyed and hurried forward to pull the quilt off Huliha.

Huliha's body was covered in bruises, obvious injuries from falling while escaping.

Cui Zai suppressed his excitement and immediately asked, "Is there a lot of gold in that gold mine?"

“A lot!”

Huliha answered cautiously: "What I stole are small. Last year, someone dug up a gold nugget as big as a fist..."

Under Cui Zai's constant questioning, Huliha also told the truth about the gold mine.

That was the gold mine that was accidentally discovered by the people of the Dara tribe last year, and Hesheli originally wanted to mine it secretly.

However, someone from the Dara tribe secretly communicated with the Beihuan and told the Beihuan people the news in order to take credit.

Later, Beihuan sent troops to attack Zhenhe.

Hesheli did not dare to provoke Beihuan and could only obediently offer up the gold mine.

Later, the general guarding the gold mine married Hailanduo, and Beihuan gave Hesheli some benefits, so Hesheli was willing to work for Beihuan.

They have been mining gold from last year till now.

Even when it was freezing cold, he didn't stop.

However, because the nearby river was frozen, they could only collect large chunks of gold. Now that spring has come and the river has thawed, they have forced many people to start panning for gold.

With so many people, they didn't have enough food.

That's why they hid the gold.

Huliha repeatedly emphasized that he was not greedy for gold. He was just afraid of running out of food at the gold mine, so he wanted to secretly hide some gold. If he really ran out of food, he would find someone to buy some food to fill his stomach.

Huliha also said that in order to appease the people, the general of Beihuan said that Beihuan had bought food from Daqian and shipped it over.

As for whether Beihuan had actually delivered any food, he had no idea.

“How many people are guarding the gold mine?”

Cui Zai asked again.

"About two thousand people."

Huliha replied: "Those people are very powerful, and each of them is very fierce..."

Two thousand people?

Cui Zai's mind was moved, and he asked again: "Is it cavalry or infantry?"

"They are all cavalry."

Huliha said cautiously: "In addition, the chief has also recruited a thousand people to help guard the gold mine..."

That’s three thousand people.

Cui Zai calculated silently in his mind.

He didn't take the thousand men of Zhenhe seriously at all.

However, the two thousand Daqian cavalrymen were a little troublesome.

"Isn't it right?"

At this time, Cui Zai thought of another question, "I saw the guards around Heshelie a few days ago. Their weapons don't look like they can be forged by Beihuan!"

Cui Zai didn't know much about Beihuan either.

But he felt that Beihuan could not forge that kind of weapon.

"This little guy is not clear."

The man lowered his head, "I only know that many of them are wearing Daqian armor, but they are all from Beihuan..."

Is that so?

It is possible!

They also heard a little about the war between Beihuan and Daqian.

It seems that Beihuan was defeated.

However, Beihuan once defeated Daqian.

It should be normal to have Daqian's armor and weapons in hand, right?

I just don’t understand why they are wearing Daqian armor when they are obviously Beihuan people.

Cui Zai pondered for a while, and immediately ordered the guards: "Take him down to rest first, and give him something to eat! Then find someone to treat him!"

"Yes!"

As Huliha was taken away, Cui Zai could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart.

This gold mine must have a lot of gold!

Now, Akiyama-kun has the ambition to fight for the throne, and he needs a large amount of gold and silver.

If I tell this news to Mr. Akiyama, he will definitely reward me handsomely if he seizes the gold mine.

However, when he thought that Hailanduo had married the general of Beihuan, his mood instantly turned bad.

Cui Zai didn't sleep well the whole night.

The next morning, Cui Zai rushed to Juncheng at full speed, told Li Xu the news he had received, and showed Li Xu the gold he had obtained.

After hearing what Cui Zai said, Li Shu couldn't help but feel moved.

He is a man of King Akiyama, Zhan, and of course he also hopes that King Akiyama can win the throne.

After some thought, Li Shu decided to take Wang Zhan to Luyi Prefecture to meet Qiu Shanjun.

On the way, they talked about the Beihuan people wearing Daqian armor.

This is a question that Cui Zai has never figured out.

"It might be taking advantage of the situation!"

Li Xu replied: "I heard that Beihuan was defeated by Daqian a few years ago, which shows that Daqian is very powerful now! Beihuan might be afraid that we will know the news about the gold mine and rob it, so they borrowed Daqian's power to make us worry about Daqian's strength and dare not act rashly..."

Ok?

Hearing Li Xu's words, Cui Zai's heart suddenly moved.

If this is the case, it can explain Bei Huan's abnormal behavior.

Cui Zai thought for a while and immediately asked: "If this is the case, then Beihuan wants to monopolize the gold mine, and Daqian doesn't know anything about the gold mine?"

"Probably!"

Li Su nodded gently: "Beihuan will definitely not surrender easily. Even if they are forced to surrender now, they will definitely want to defeat Daqian again in the future. It is entirely possible that they want to secretly accumulate strength!"

For thousands of years, no one has ever been heard of anyone truly conquering that grassland.

If you want Beihuan to surrender completely, you have to kill all the Beihuan people!

Cui Zai's eyes lit up, "So, even if we seize the gold mine, Beihuan won't dare to let Daqian know?"

"If it's as we guessed, Beihuan would definitely not dare to let Daqian know." Li Xu nodded, "However, we must be cautious about this matter. Let's see what Qiu Shanjun thinks first!"