In an instant, those people were buried.

"What is happening?" The Prefect of Yun’an Prefecture was horrified, "Quick, save them!"

Tu Niu was also dumbfounded by the situation, "I-I don’t know either." He only knew that the others were tampering with the soil, but he didn’t know the soil would act like quicksand.

"You..." The Prefect of Yun’an Prefecture angrily pointed at him, "You don’t know! Didn’t you discover this?"

Tu Niu wiped his sweat and said, "But I don’t know what’s happening! We had been digging the soil before, and everything was fine."

After thinking for a moment, he added, "Could it be that this young master angered the mountain god? The mountain god likes peace, and his loud laughter must have disturbed the mountain god, who is now displeased."

"Nonsense!" The Prefect of Yun’an Prefecture was a scholar and did not believe in such things, "Go, don’t you have many men? Quickly call them here to clear this loose soil and rescue the people, hurry!"

"You, immediately go down the mountain and bring up the soldiers from below. Quick, everyone hurry up!"

At this time, the sweat on the Prefect of Yun’an Prefecture’s forehead was pouring down like rain, dripping down swiftly, soaking his clothes in an instant.

Not everyone here knew Situ Er’s identity, and some were puzzled, "My lord, which Noble Lady has disappeared?"

Why was Lord Prefect so frightened?

Yes, frightened. Not only was he sweating, but he was also trembling.

"A member of the Situ Residence!"

He didn’t specify who, but upon hearing the residence’s name, everyone felt uneasy, just like the Prefect of Yun’an Prefecture. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

They initially thought it wouldn’t be serious if it were just an ordinary person, but who would’ve expected it to be someone so important.

Now they feared none of them would escape unscathed!

Some, out of fear, fainted on the spot!

Just then, an old man squatted down to take a closer look at the ground, looking at the yellow soil, then said, "This, this does not seem like a place where there would be a gold mine!"

"What?" The Prefect of Yun’an Prefecture was astonished.

If a gold mine were truly found, losing a person would be acceptable, but if there wasn’t a gold mine and a Noble Lady died instead, they would be in real trouble.

"This is not a place where there should be ore soil." The old man shook his head again.

Just then, Tu Niu’s brothers came rushing over, along with the soldiers from below, and they all started digging.

No one noticed, but the old man quietly made his way forward along a ridge.

On the other side, Ye Haoyang was recalling the map in his mind while inspecting the mountain.

"Second Brother, are you sure this is the right mountain?"

That morning, Ye Haoyang had left the Hundred Snakes Gang’s territory with Ye Rongqing and two others, walking through the mountain, but the further he went, the more it resembled the place on the map, making him doubt this should indeed be the place on the map.

If so, perhaps there was no gold mine nearby but a treasure, the treasure his father had given him.

"Let’s walk a bit further and see."

"Why does White Stripe Mountain feel like it’s layered with mountains?" Ye Rongqing muttered, "From the outside, it clearly looked like one mountain, but once up here, there are so many hills, big and small, more than a dozen, right?"

Hearing this, Ye Haoyang had a sudden inspiration, standing at a distance, closing his eyes.

Seeing him like this, Ye Rongqing knew he was deep in thought and dared not make a sound.

After a while, he opened his bright eyes wide, "Third Brother, how many hills do you think there are here?"

Ye Rongqing shook his head, "There are still so many we haven’t explored, how would I know?"