Prince Hong looked at the map drawn by Qin Qiong, which showed what the road might look like in a year. As he listened to Qin Qiong's explanation with a malicious smile on his face, the throbbing feeling in his heart became stronger and stronger.

Immediately, Prince Hong announced that this route was under the jurisdiction of Anning State and that everyone could pass through it. Caravans had to pay taxes, and pedestrians were exempt from taxes! This meant that this trade route was officially open to the public.

The people in the town cheered immediately. They knelt down to Prince Hong wholeheartedly and praised in unison that the country of An Ning would always be peaceful and prosperous!

After everyone was excited, Qin Qiong said that the project would take some time, and the old people should go back to town first. Everyone responded immediately that the rainy season had just begun, and it would be too late for the first trade route, but maybe it would be in time for the second trip.

The prince left some soldiers behind, and the others retreated to the inn. Everyone prepared to rest and go down the mountain tomorrow.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they returned to the inn, Mr. Chen rushed out, pulled the prince and shouted, "Look, what is this?"

What's going on here?

So the old people gathered around to look, and Qin Qiong also came closer. When she took a look, she didn't recognize it. It was black and looked like a small radish.

She looked at everyone and found that the old people's eyes gradually lit up, and then they began to whisper...

"Black gold root! Haha! Your Majesty, look what I found!"

Mr. Chen spoke with his hands and feet gesticulating.

Qin Qiong had never seen it before, and she didn't know what black gold root was, so she asked Mr. Chen what black gold root was and what it was used for.

The old man was very excited to tell a story, but when he saw it was her, his face suddenly turned stern and he waved his hand, telling her to go away quickly.

Qin Qiong was so angry! What an attitude! She was just about to complain to the prince, but she didn't expect the prince to tell her, "Don't ask, go and rest first."

So, she was left at the door by everyone, and everyone went in to look at the thing. She looked around, luckily Mr. Gao was still there, hum! She sneered and thought, she could ask Mr. Gao if she had anything to do.

"Go and listen to what that thing is. Are you kidding me? Without me, can they find this place? What's your attitude?"

Mr. Gao didn't go, but just stood behind her, looking a little funny and a little embarrassed.

He thought about it and felt that his sect leader might just look like a woman, but might be more manly than a man at heart, so there was nothing to be embarrassed about.

So he explained to Qin Qiong in a low voice.

"Black gold root is a medicinal plant that only grows deep in the snowy mountains. The black color is particularly rare and precious. It has many benefits, including longevity, anti-aging, but its greatest use... I heard it's aphrodisiac."

Qin Qiong turned his head woodenly and looked at Mr. Gao, and Mr. Gao had to smile again.

It's you who wanted to listen to it, don't blame him.

Qin Qiong was right about the small village. Most of the houses at the back were not for people to live in, but for storing objects. And in the land at the back, there was actually a large area where these medicinal herbs grew. Maybe no one had harvested them for several years, so the quantity was considerable!

Why didn’t the people in the Jia family notice this?

"Because only some professionals, pharmacists can recognize this thing. It doesn't look like this when it is packed up and shown to people." This is Mr. Gao's explanation for the matter.

"Maybe they are afraid..."

This is Qin Qiong’s explanation of the matter.

To be honest, this place really doesn't look like a place for people to live. Plus, they did something like this, which made people suspicious and scared.

As soon as Mr. Chen discovered these treasures, he immediately ordered the place to be sealed off. Now, he is the second person besides Yan Lu who has made great contributions to the prince!

This group of people were excited all night long. Qin Qiong was a little unhappy, but she didn't dare to say it out loud. Now in this place, there were only her and Mr. Gao in their Anmin League. She didn't dare to compete with the prince's advisor. Besides, she didn't eat that stuff.

When they were going down the mountain, a soldier came to report the situation down the mountain. After they left, a total of 8 groups of scammers who were leading the way were caught. After a first trial, they found that they were people sent by the Jia family to set up a maze to divert the Jia family caravan that was following them.

We also arrested several small caravans, and released them as long as they were not from the Jia family. How can we tell which ones are the bad guys? It's simple. They only brought some food, and no goods at all.

At the same time, the town had sealed off the Jia family.

After Qin Qiong and the others came back, those merchants were also brought down. The prince summoned all the people in the town to his headquarters and officially opened the court to try the case!

Mr. Chen loudly publicized Jia Sicheng's evil deeds in the yard, and also read out the confessions of other people one by one.

Suddenly, the whole town was filled with cries, shouts, and curses...

Not many people from the Jia family were involved in this incident, only Jia Sicheng's two direct brothers. The other Jia family members were not aware of it. However, the clan elder who only focused on farming still stood up and knelt down on behalf of the Jia family to apologize to the young and old in the town and the ancestors of the Jia family.

Except for the first person who came, all the people from the Juyi Escort Agency were beaten with fifty boards and sentenced to three years of hard labor.

The others will be killed immediately!

All the goods of the caravan coming from Bande City were confiscated, and each member was beaten with thirty boards and driven out of An Ning State, never to enter the state to do business again.

Finally, there was the Jia family. All of the Jia family’s businesses in the country were confiscated, and a total of eleven people were confiscated for heinous crimes, including the kidnapper Liu, who had helped Dong Da kidnap people, but later fell ill because it was too cold in the mountains and stopped going up the mountain.

It is not known whether it was because he saw that Qin Qiong and the others had really found a way out, or because he felt guilty, but Jia Sicheng did not deny or argue, and told them everything that had happened, without hiding anything.

He did not blame anyone, and explained that those people were forced and those were deceived by him.

The story begins with the witch who was rescued by the Jia family. The man was in a hurry and had to go into the mountains in early April, otherwise it would be too late.

They also took a sheep with them. When they arrived at the place that looked like an inn, the witch went to the valley by herself, saying that she was going to perform a ritual, and the others waited at the inn.

A few days later, he came back and prayed alone in the room. When he came out, he asked everyone if they wanted to go. If they really wanted to, they had to make some sacrifices.

The people in the town were a little crazy at that time. Their lives had undergone major changes after the trade route was cut off, so they were looking forward to the trade route. They also found that this route was so secretive that it would be impossible to find it without someone leading the way. This made all of them have some other ideas.

So, they said, they are not afraid of a little sacrifice...

So the witch performed a ritual and made everyone drink the contents of the two-handled cup. After they finished drinking, they followed the man to the valley in a daze, and saw the stone platform and the dead body of the sheep on it...

Finally, when they regained consciousness, they found that the road had appeared. However, they were missing five companions and the witch...

They understood what happened. The blood of a sheep failed to attract the snow wolf, so the witch sent people up one by one. When it came to the fifth one, the wolf came...

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