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Chapter 870: Poisoning in the Mine

Soon, anxious footsteps were heard.

"master!"

Jiang Youzhen looked at the man carefully from above and found that it was Zheng Ji.

"Where is Chen Xudao's daughter? Is she well taken care of?" asked Prince Yuan Ming.

"Master, he has been locked in the room at the corner!" Zheng Ji replied.

"Well! You must watch carefully! You can try to find out the whereabouts of General Dingyuan! Also, you must find out the whereabouts of those things from Chen Xudao. They cannot fall into the hands of the court."

Prince Yuan Ming glanced at the house at the corner and just gave some instructions without going to interrogate in person.

Jiang Youzhen was surprised. It turned out that Prince Yuanming was also looking for the whereabouts of General Dingyuan? It seemed that the disappearance of General Dingyuan might really have nothing to do with Prince Yuanming.

But what are they looking for? It looks very important, and those things are in Chen Xudao's hands.

"Yes! Chen Xudao seems to be a little relaxed now that he knows we have captured his daughter! I will interrogate him to find out the whereabouts of the things as soon as possible, master, don't worry!"

"Hmph! You'd better hurry up. I don't want any changes. Also, if Chen Xudao disobeys, let him suffer a little. Do you know what to do?" Prince Yuan Ming raised his chin towards the room and said in a cold voice.

Zheng Ji hesitated for a moment, and suddenly heard Prince Yuanming snort. He quickly responded, "Yes!"

"Zheng Ji! You have to know that I was the one who promoted you. He did you a favor back then, but if it weren't for my promotion, would you have been able to reach your current position?

You know who you will follow in the future. Don't be soft-hearted. As long as you are successful, who will know these little things? A real man doesn't care about little things! Just do your best! "

Prince Yuan Ming stepped forward, patted Zheng Ji on the shoulder, and spoke earnestly.

"Yes!" Zheng Ji agreed immediately.

"Hmm!" Prince Yuan Ming looked at him deeply, then turned and left.

Jiang Youzhen watched Zheng Ji take a deep breath and walk towards the room. She frowned slightly. If Zheng Ji wanted to harm Chen Yumian, then she would definitely take action. She couldn't just watch a girl lose limbs in front of her, right?

Zheng Ji opened the big lock on the door and walked in. Jiang Youzhen immediately hid himself in the vase on the side outside the door.

"Brother Zheng, you are finally here! Have you found my father? When can you arrange for us to meet?"

Chen Yumian thought of what Jiang Youzhen had said to her about his hypocrisy and immediately suppressed her anger and disgust, and asked in an innocent tone.

When Zheng Ji heard Chen Yumian ask this, an idea suddenly came to his mind.

"Mian'er, I'm sorry! In order to prevent you from running around and being discovered, I resorted to this desperate measure and locked you up. I have found your father, but he has been locked up by the prince.

You didn't see how miserable he was when he was tortured. It was a pity that I could only watch helplessly and could do nothing. I sneaked up on him when no one was around and tried to rescue him, but he doesn't trust anyone now, not even me. "

Zheng Ji sighed, looking heartbroken, with slightly red eyes.

Chen Yumian asked anxiously, "Is my father okay now? Did you tell him that I came to see him?"

"I told him, but he didn't believe me! So, do you have any token on you? I'll give it to him, so that he can believe me and arrange a meeting for you two."

Jiang Youzhen, who was hiding in the dark and eavesdropping, felt that this man still had some conscience. Perhaps he was still grateful for the kindness Chen Xudao had shown him in the past and did not want to take action against Chen Yumian, so he came up with this idea.

How long can this little bit of conscience last?

Chen Yumian thought about it. The only token of her life was the ring, but the ring had already been given to the imperial envoy. What else could she give to Zheng Ji now?

"But I don't have any tokens on me. The situation was urgent and we didn't have time to pack our valuables. Besides, all our possessions were looted, so how could there be anything left?" Chen Yumian shook her head.

"If you do this, things will be very difficult!" Zheng Ji's voice sounded slowly.

His eyes swept across the auricle of Chen Yumian's right ear, which made Chen Yumian feel cold all over and she immediately became alert.

"Then I'll think of a solution. You stay here for now. But I have to lock you up for now, otherwise others will find you."

Zheng Ji said this without waiting for Chen Yumian's reply, and walked straight out of the house, locking the door again.

Chen Yumian suddenly collapsed to the ground. She touched her right earlobe and found a black mole on it. Could it be that Zheng Ji wanted to cut off her ear to threaten her father?

Thinking of this, she felt a little scared.

She put the dagger that she had just tightly grasped in her sleeve back to her waist and took a few deep breaths, feeling as if she had survived a calamity.

But this time, I don't know why Zheng Ji let her go, but next time she might not be so lucky. Thinking of the imperial envoy, I just hope she can find her father quickly so that they can be saved from the water and fire.

Jiang Youzhen followed Zheng Ji out of the house and walked straight to another cave. She guessed that this person was going to find Chen Xudao, and as long as she followed him, she would be able to find where Chen Xudao was imprisoned.

They followed him all the way to the cave entrance, where there were two guards. When the guards saw Zheng Ji coming, they saluted and immediately let him go.

Jiang Youzhen frowned. It was not difficult to knock down two guards, but it would alert the enemy. She glanced at the sky and decided to wait until dark before coming.

After waiting in the dark for a while, Zheng Ji finally came out of the cave, and his face was full of anger, and he left with a gloomy face. Jiang Youzhen followed him and found that he should have returned to his resting room.

Jiang Youzhen was just about to leave and come back at night and quickly send people to protect Chen Yumian when he heard someone report.

"Sir, something happened at the mine. Five miners died."

Zheng Ji, who was about to take a break, frowned immediately when he heard the report.

"What's going on? Didn't I ask those overseers to be more restrained? What do they do for a living? This batch of goods is urgently needed, and the master has urged us several times. If we kill them all, who will mine the ore? Will we ask those overseers to do it?"

Zheng Ji was already upset and this mistake made her furious. Couldn't these people make him worry less?

"Sir, it seems to me that they were not beaten to death, but rather poisoned. Do you want to go over and take a look?"

"What? Why didn't you tell me earlier? Lead the way." Zheng Ji was shocked and said.

Zheng Ji hurried to the mine, and Jiang Youzhen, who was about to leave, followed him.

When they arrived at the mine, they found the bodies of several miners lying in the middle of the mine.

Jiang Youzhen couldn't get too close, but she had extraordinary eyesight and could still see that the miners' faces were ashen and there was foam at the corners of their mouths.

This was indeed poisoning, but why were only a few miners poisoned? This is very strange.