allendalepharm Chapter 880 Map, Silver Mine
Chapter 880 Map, Silver Mine
"Don't! You can't give up on yourself just because no man wants you! If it really doesn't work, I'll take the loss! Anyway, I'm just an idle rich man now, I'm just right for you!"
Li Dongsheng immediately moved close to Jiang Youzhen, his face almost touching Jiang Youzhen.
Jiang Youzhen could feel the hot breath from the other person and pushed him away speechlessly.
"You are so beautiful! I want to be a high-ranking official in the future. Who wants to be with you?"
"You don't want to be a nun, do you?" Li Dongsheng sighed. What a pity!
Jiang Youzhen was still wondering how to get in, since she couldn't climb over the wall during the day. She suddenly glanced at Li Dongsheng.
"I'll let you take advantage today."
The search at the Anxi County city gate was very strict today. Passers-by and horse-drawn carriages were carefully searched, and even baskets were turned over and inspected.
For some reason, the people had some complaints in their hearts, but they did not dare to complain.
"Go away! Beggars are not allowed to enter the city." A guard drove the ragged beggar out of the city.
Seeing how rude it was, everyone dared not complain.
A carriage blended into the crowd, and a long queue formed in front of the city gate.
"What's going on today? Why is the search in the city so strict?"
"How can ordinary people like us know? Could it be that some spy is trying to sneak into the city? Less trouble is worse than more, so it's better not to ask too much."
Everyone was whispering but didn't dare to make a noise.
After waiting for a full quarter of an hour, it was finally the carriage's turn to come forward.
The guard took a look and saw that the man driving the carriage had slightly dark skin, regular features, and was about thirty years old.
He was wearing a fine cotton jacket and looked like he came from a fairly wealthy family.
"Is there anyone in the carriage? Come down for inspection!" the guard shouted.
"Cough! Cough!" Suddenly, a violent cough was heard in the carriage, and the voice was that of a woman.
"Sir, my wife is in the carriage. She has caught a cold and has not gotten better despite the medicine. So we are going to take her to the city's Chinese medicine clinic for treatment, fearing that her condition will be delayed. Now, she is sick and cannot get off the carriage. Please be flexible."
The man looked embarrassed, then covered his face with his sleeve and gave the guard two taels of silver.
The guard touched the silver coin and his expression eased a little, but he still lifted the curtain.
There was a thin woman sitting in the carriage, leaning sideways. Her eyes were closed, her face was yellow, and she looked like she had been ill for a long time.
"Cough! Cough!" The woman covered her mouth with a handkerchief and kept coughing.
The guard shouted, "Take off the handkerchief!"
"General... cough cough! cough cough!"
The woman coughed a few times and then took off her handkerchief.
The woman had small eyes, a flat nose, thick lips, and spots on her face.
The guard was very disappointed. He thought she was still charming, but he didn't expect her to look ordinary, even a little ugly.
He picked up his spear and pointed it at the only place under the carriage seat where a person could hide, and found it was just a small bundle, so he waved his hand and let it go.
The carriage slowly drove into the city, and the two people in the carriage immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
They drove the carriage to a clothing store and when they came out from the back door, they all changed into their previous attire.
"You know what, your skills are pretty good. You can't tell at all that you are in disguise." Li Dongsheng found it a little magical. How come after Jiang Youzhen's disguise, the two of them changed so much?
"This is called turning decay into magic! It's my unique skill. Okay, stop talking nonsense, and hurry to Guanshui Lane. I have to visit Prince Yuanming's general's mansion right away."
Jiang Youzhen quickly returned to the inn, but instead of going through the front door, he entered through the window.
"Young Master?" Qingyan stepped forward and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Just now, Lord Du knocked on the door and asked when we would go to the General's Mansion. I said that the young master was not feeling well and we would leave later, and I managed to send him away with great difficulty."
"Yes! Where is Lord Qin?" Jiang Youzhen nodded.
"He came back before dawn. He came to look for you, Master, but you hadn't come back yet, so he went back to his room."
"Go prepare some hot water. I need to wash up. After I finish washing up, call Master Qin over."
Seeing Qingyan leave, Jiang Youzhen took out the ring from her arms. She took it in her hand and looked at it carefully. This ring is a ruby ring. The ruby is quite large and the purity is also good.
He took out a dagger, aimed it at the place where the gem was inlaid, and gently pried it open, then took the gem off. Jiang Youzhen then saw a folded piece of paper embedded in the place where the ring setting was inlaid.
She unfolded the folded paper. It was made of rice paper, which was very thin.
"Huh? Is this a map?" Jiang Youzhen found the route map, but only a small half of it, or the last half was missing, and the final destination marked on it was Qian?
Is this the Qian Gua in the Book of Changes? In terms of direction, it should be northwest, right?
But why do we need to write it down when we already have the route map? Jiang Youzhen was a little confused, and he could only understand it when he got the other half of the map and went to get it directly.
Jiang Youzhen put the ruby ring face back on. Fortunately, he didn't dare to use force when he pried it just now. Although it cannot be restored after it is put back on, it is at least installed.
Jiang Youzhen tried hard to press the claws on the edge and put it into his arms after it looked less awkward. Qingyan had already brought him hot water.
After a quick wash, Jiang Youzhen was covered in dust after all the trouble he had last night. After washing, he immediately tidied up his clothes and hairstyle, and was finally ready.
Because she traveled a lot, she couldn't always rely on Qinglang and Qingyan, so she learned to tie her hair herself. She couldn't do a complicated one, but a simple one was fine.
Qingyan called Qin Yandong over, and Jiang Youzhen asked about what they had gained last night.
"Have you found out? What's going on with the mine?"
"The mine is indeed a government mine, but it is an abandoned mine. It was reported a year ago that no iron ore could be mined, but mining is still going on now." Qin Yandong sneered. This Prince Yuan Ming is really bold!
"This iron mine is within the jurisdiction of Anxi County and should be under the jurisdiction of Magistrate Gao Chang. He recorded that he went to check the mine a year ago and declared it an abandoned mine."
Qin Yandong clenched his fists. This was a collusion between a ruthless and a traitor!
"It was approved as a waste mine a year ago, but it was still mined for more than a year. And the continuous mining must have caused some noise, there is no way he didn't know about it." Jiang Youzhen said coldly.
"I also found that there are at least three abandoned mines that are a bit strange. I copied them all down. We will go and investigate when the time comes. In addition to iron mines and copper mines, you may not have expected that there are silver mines!"
"What? How dare you be so audacious?" Jiang Youzhen was shocked. Getting involved in iron mines was already a capital crime, but how dare you secretly mine silver? Even if you killed all your clans, it would not be enough to appease the emperor's anger.
The silver mines have produced very little silver in recent years, otherwise the national treasury would not be in such a difficult situation. Jiang Youzhen can already imagine that if it is true, the whole country will want to kill him as soon as possible!