Chapter 112

After learning from the dumb woman that Xue Huaiyuan's former men were sent to Dongshan, ye Mingyu asked people to send the dumb woman back. As Jiang Li thought, because the dumb woman was old and outsiders thought she couldn't speak, Feng Yutang didn't take the dumb woman to heart. When ye Mingyu's people sent the dumb woman back, no one found it.

Inside, Jiang Li and ye Mingyu were still sitting opposite each other. It was already late at night, but they were not sleepy at all. Ye Mingyu looked at Jiang Li and said, "ah Li, it's not easy."

Although Ye Mingyu knew at the beginning that the Xue family case was not trivial, it was to overturn the case for the guilty minister after all. Whenever the case was overturned and the grievances were cleared, it was bound to infringe on the interests of others. Feng Yutang, the county magistrate of Tongxiang today, was clearly not a good person. What Jiang Li wanted to do was naturally not so simple.

But what the dumb woman said greatly surprised Ye Mingyu. Feng Yutang dared to turn the original officers into slaves and control others' lives and deaths at will, which can be said to be very arrogant and ferocious. If there is no big force behind it, ye Mingyu will never believe it. Although Jiang Yuanbai is the first assistant, the powerful minister of Beiyan is not Jiang Yuanbai alone.

Ye Mingyu thought that he had dared not underestimate the seriousness of this matter, but unexpectedly, he underestimated it.

Jiang Li looked at Ye Mingyu, saw Ye Mingyu's dignified expression, knew what ye Mingyu was worried about, and said, "I know, uncle, but I'm not going to give up."

This sentence is what ye Mingyu expected. Jiang Li took so much trouble that she even didn't hesitate to fight Feng Yutang head-on. It's not Jiang Li's nature to retreat so easily. Moreover, ye Mingyu thought that Jiang Li knew much more about this matter than herself.

He is a wild man in the Jianghu. He is not as clever as ye DA and Ye Er. He can't think of any tricks to help Jiang Li, so he has to do what Jiang Li said and do everything he can to help Jiang Li within his own ability.

So ye Mingyu just tangled a little, and said frankly, "in this case, ah Li, I don't advise you. What to do next and what to do, just say, uncle is with you."

Jiang Li, who said this, felt warm in her heart. She said, "although the dumb woman said that those people are now in Dongshan, the time has passed so long. I don't know whether Feng Yutang and them have moved people away, or whether they are still alive." Jiang Li paused and said, "my uncle heard what the dumb woman said. Life in the mine was difficult, and Feng Yutang deliberately tortured them. Ordinary people don't know how long they can persist in it."

"What you said is also reasonable," Ye Mingyu said. "First, I'll take someone to Dongshan in person to see what the situation is now. Tongxiang is not big, so it shouldn't be difficult to go to Dongshan overnight."

Jiang Li continued, "not only that, if they are really in Dongshan, Feng Yutang must have a supervisor in the mine. My uncle's people have to see how many people they have, and whether they can avoid it without disturbing. If we have to disturb them, can we take them all in a short time, so that they don't report to Feng Yutang. When we come to the rescue, it's difficult for us to think about moving again."

Ye Mingyu laughed, "don't worry, your uncle and I are familiar with these threatening things."

Jiang Li nodded, "I wonder if my uncle can give me an answer tomorrow?"

"So fast?" Ye Mingyu was surprised.

"I don't want to embarrass my uncle." Jiang Li apologized, "it's really because we don't have much time left. Xue Xiancheng will be sentenced in seven days. If we can't find enough evidence to raise doubts within seven days and stop the sentence, everything will be in vain."

Ye Mingyu sighed, knowing that what Jiang Li said was also reasonable. If Xue Huaiyuan is dead and everyone is dead, there is no point in doing anything else. He said, "OK, I'll try my best once. Ali, when I'm not here, you'll wait for me in the house and pay attention to safety."

Jiang Li said, "OK." She felt out a previously drawn map of Tongxiang from her sleeve, handed it to Ye Mingyu, and said, "this is the map of Tongxiang I drew before according to what others said. Uncle, take it and use it when necessary. I can also draw the map of Dongshan, but I have to wait until I get fragrant."

Ye Mingyu took the map, but he was stunned when he saw that the drawing was dense and carefully marked. Jiang Li said that she drew it with Tongxiang as others said, but when ye Mingyu traveled with the merchants, he knew that such a map could not be described so carefully by others unless he was very familiar with the environment.

But he didn't say anything, just laughed and said, "OK, OK, with this, I think our things can be half easier. Ah Li, I'll leave the rest to you. I'll explain it to my brothers first."

Ye Mingyu went outside to explain his younger brothers. Jiang Li looked at his back, feeling both guilty and moved. Ye Mingyu knew many doubts, but because of her own reasons, she didn't ask anything, and returned her trust. This trust is precious, and she will always remember it in her heart. Since arriving in Tongxiang, ye Mingyu has been standing beside him to help. Tonight, he has to travel all night and has never rested at all. Jiang Li didn't want to let him work so hard, but the other end was his father.

She believed that when she was thinking about countermeasures, Feng Yutang must also be trying to tell Princess Yongning about Tongxiang. Once Princess Yongning knew about this, there was no doubt that she would find a way to let Feng Yutang stop her, but Jiang Li thought it was more likely that Yongning would directly let Feng Yutang kill herself.

She and Feng Yutang, the key to this war is time. Whoever is faster will have more chances to win. She didn't dare to stop and couldn't afford to delay for a moment.

"Tong'er, help me polish the ink." Jiang Li Dao.

Tong'er hurried to the table, and Jiang Li picked up her pen. She once went to Dongshan with Xue Huaiyuan because she was curious and because Xue Huaiyuan wanted to know what Dongshan was like. Although only once, she still remembers the place she passed. Although today's Dongshan may be a little different because of Feng Yutang's "mining", the general location should not have changed.

She drew the location of the Dongshan mine channel, which made it easier for ye Mingyu and them to check. However, when ye Mingyu first understood what the situation was at that end, she had to go to Dongshan herself. Those father's men used to get along with them day and night and know them best. If they want to stand up and believe in themselves, ye Mingyu can't do it. She must talk to them in person.

It won't be long before it's ready.

……

After a incense stick, Jiang Li gave Ye Mingyu the painted picture of Dongshan. Ye Mingyu was not careless. After getting the picture, he immediately set out with his men and horses. Dongshan is not far from here, but you should be careful when exploring in a strange place.

After ye Mingyu left, Jiang Li was not idle. She continued to pick up Xue Huaiyuan's file and read it slowly. Tong'er and Bai Xue advised her to have a rest for a while. Looking at it so nonstop, it was inevitable that her body could not bear it. But Jiang Li couldn't hear it, so she looked silently until the chicken crowed three times and really felt sleepy. Then she collapsed and closed her clothes for a while.

But I didn't rest long after all.

Jiang Li woke up by herself. I don't know why, although she was very tired, it was probably because she was concerned about Xue Huaiyuan and knew that she couldn't delay a moment now. Even in her dream, she was also a little awake and ready to wake up at will. When she slept in a daze, she vaguely heard tong'er whispering to someone outside, "the girl didn't sleep long. She didn't sleep until dawn last night. Uncle, I'd better wait for the girl to rest for a while."

Jiang Li suddenly opened her eyes and stood up from the collapse. She saw Ye Mingyu, who was dusty outside. Although she was also tired, her eyes were bright.

Jiang Li's sleepiness was swept away immediately. Without any hesitation, she immediately asked, "uncle, you are back."

Ye Mingyu and tong'er found that Jiang Li came out. Tong'er said anxiously, "Hey, girl, why are you up?"

"Yes, ah Li," Ye Mingyu also said, "why don't you sleep a little more?" Their men walk outside all year round, and staying up all night is nothing. But Jiang Li is still young and a girl, so it will inevitably be very tired.

"I woke up," Jiang Li asked, "uncle, how is Dongshan checking?"

When asked about the business, ye Mingyu couldn't care about anything else, so he replied, "ah Li, I took someone to see it. The dumb woman was right. There was someone in the tunnel on the east mountain. But there was someone watching outside. We took advantage of the night watchman's sleep and walked to the tunnel entrance. We wanted to go in. Seeing that the east mountain cave was too big, we couldn't find the way. We were afraid of dispersing and startling others, so we retreated first."

Jiang Li murmured, "yes, Dongshan cave is indeed complex in terrain. People who don't understand are easy to get lost in it. It's right for your people to get out in time, uncle, otherwise they will be lost in it and easy to be trapped."

Her words seemed to be that she often walked in the East Mountain and knew the situation inside like the back of her hand. But at this moment, ye Mingyu didn't notice the strangeness of Jiang Li's statement, but said, "although we didn't go in, we can be sure that someone was indeed mining gold in the mine. As for whether it was those officials, because I didn't know the past officials, I don't know."

Jiang Li asked, "how is uncle sure?"

"Feng Yutang's people are so bad. We arrived at the mine at night. It's so late. Those miners are still working!" Ye Mingyu mentioned this matter, but also filled with righteous indignation: "this is to treat people as people, it's really hateful!"

Jiang Li drooped her eyes. Since Feng Yutang wanted to torture those people, he would not make them feel better. However, how many of those officers could survive working day and night?

"Can my uncle know how many miners are mining gold in the tunnel?" Jiang Li asked.

Ye Mingyu said, "I don't know exactly, but I guess it's definitely not much."

Jiang Li's heart sank and asked, "why do you say so?"

"Because there are too few guards," Ye Mingyu said, "there are only two people in total. If it's not because I'm not familiar with the terrain, to be honest, I can knock down these guards alone and directly rescue the miners inside. But you think, there are really many people, how can Feng Yutang send only two people to guard, and he's not afraid of any problem? Unless there are not many people, and two people are enough to guard him, it's natural."

Jiang Li was silent for a long time and said, "uncle is right." In fact, there is another possibility, that is, in Feng Yutang's eyes, once the son of heaven and a courtier, Xue Huaiyuan is already a dying man. The Xue family has no empress, and these original subordinates naturally become abandoned children. There is no need to send too many people to guard an abandoned son who can save them with great efforts. Anyway, there is no need to send too many people to guard them.

But Jiang Li knew that this might only be thought up by herself to comfort herself, and what ye Mingyu said was more likely. But at least, it's a good thing that someone is still alive, which means that she still has a chance to find the witness she wants.

"Ah Li, now people have been found, but the terrain of Dongshan is complex, and we can't find a way to bring all these people out for the time being. Also, we can take people away. I'm not familiar with Tongxiang, and I don't know where to hide these people safely. If Feng Yutang sends people to search, it's easy to find out their whereabouts. After all, Tongxiang is too small."

This is also a fact. Ye Mingyu's thinking is not unreasonable.

Jiang Li pondered for a long time and said, "don't worry about where to hide people, uncle Mingyu. I have a way." Although Tongxiang is small, it is not at a glance. She and Xue Zhao grew up in Tongxiang and walked through every nook and cranny. Xue Zhao used to share those abandoned secret rooms with her as fun things. Without the knowledge of others, they are now really a treasure.

Although Ye Mingyu wondered how Jiang Li solved this problem, he never asked much about things he shouldn't ask. He had a simple mind and didn't want to think about too complicated problems. He said, "well, let's not mention this matter for the time being, but how can we get those people out? If you want them to be witnesses, you should take them away from Dongshan. Once Feng Yutang knows you have this intention, or guesses, he will kill people and kill people. Then we'll be busy."

"Uncle Ming Yu, the reason why you feel troublesome is not because of the guards outside, but because you are not familiar with Dongshan and are afraid to get lost in the numerous mines inside." Jiang Li said, "leave it to me."

Ye Mingyu asked, "what do you mean? Ah Li, what can you do?"

"I'll go to Dongshan," said Jiang Li. "I'll take those officers out of the mine."

As soon as this word came out, ye Mingyu almost jumped up. He said, "are you kidding, ah Li, how can you go in?"

"Yes," tong'er, who had been listening all the time, couldn't help but exhort at this moment: "girl, you are also the first time to come to Tongxiang. Your uncle doesn't know how to get to the mine. It's so dangerous inside. How can you make a risk?"

"I'm not in danger." Jiang Li said, "I know how to get there."

"No," Ye Mingyu said, "it's too dangerous. Besides, how do you know how to get to the mine?"

"Uncle Mingyu," Jiang Li looked into Ye Mingyu's eyes and said seriously, "I said, I know how to go in the tunnel."

Ye Mingyu was stunned.

Jiang Li's eyes were clear and clear, like a stream, but the firmness in them turned the stream into a hard rock. She didn't lie. He really knew how to walk in the mine.

Ye Mingyu suddenly didn't know what to say. His niece described him as sincere, gentle and kind. However, there were countless mysteries on his body, which sometimes made people feel that he would never enter her heart.

"OK." After a while, ye Mingyu said, "but I can't let you in alone. Ah Li, I want to go with you."

What else Jiang Li wanted to say, ye Mingyu waved his hand: "ah Li, I know you have your own calculation in doing things. I won't ask you why or what, but I'm your family, and I can't watch you make a risk. If I want to enter the mine today, I don't think you will rest assured to stand by."

Ye Mingyu's attitude is also very persistent.

Tong'er and Bai Xue look at this and that for a while, but they dare not speak.

After a while, Jiang Li said, "OK."

Hearing this, ye Mingyu swept away his seriousness just now and said, "OK! Ah Li, when do you say to start?"

Jiang Li: "now."

"Now?"

"Yes, right now. Feng Yutang hasn't thought about the officers yet, but he will soon think about it. In case of accident, he will clean up all the things that may become evidence, including the officers. So we have no extra time, and we must bring out all the officers as soon as possible."

"But girl, you just woke up..." tong'er reminded.

"I'm all right, uncle Ming Yu. We have to work harder. As long as we take them out and hide them, we can relax for a while."

Ye Mingyu answered readily, "it's all right, ah Li, what do you have? Just tell your uncle, and he'll leave without saying anything!"

Bai Xue and tong'er looked at each other helplessly, but the uncle and nephew were the same bold and fearless.

"Then let's go."

……

It's only half a column of time from decision to departure.

Ye Mingyu did things rough and reckless, but this kind of temperament to do it when he thought of it would not be timid and waste time. Such a vigorous and resolute action coincided with Jiang Li's idea. The party took advantage of the morning to avoid pedestrians and secretly set out for Dongshan.

Ye Mingyu didn't bring all his men. Some of them had to pretend to be ye Mingyu to fool the people sent by Feng Yutang to monitor them.

Except for Jiang Li, there were seven people in total. After Jiang Li and ye Mingyu discussed, the other six people were waiting to meet them at the gate of the mine. Ye Mingyu and Jiang Li went into the tunnel to search for the officers. Before that, they had to put down the man Feng Yutang sent to guard, but in case they had a special way of sending messages, it was best to finish it in a stick of incense from finding people to picking them up.

In fact, it's not difficult to meet people. The difficulty is to find those officers in the mines extending in all directions. After all, there are many mines in there. I don't know which one they go. Tongxiang people do not know the path in the Dongshan mine road. They know it. Whoever dares to lead the way for them knows that it is Feng Yutang's territory.

So all the burden fell on Jiang Li.

This time, because of the danger, I didn't bring tong'er and Bai Xue. Jiang Li also changed into a man's dress, short linen, black pants, deer skin boots, long hair tied up and hidden in a hat, looking like a handsome little gentleman. But he hid the gentle beauty together, with a bit of heroic edge.

Ye Mingyu asked Jiang Li, "ah Li, don't worry too much. If we can't find them, let's go back and try more times. We can always find out the way. You don't have to take everything on yourself." Ye Mingyu thought that Jiang Li was too concerned about the Xue family case. Although he didn't know what caused it, ye Mingyu didn't want a Li to be sad and blame herself for it.

"Don't worry." Jiang Li smiled at him, "Uncle Mingyu, you can't miss them."

Ye Mingyu was stunned, scratched his head and said, "OK."

The distance from Qingshi lane to Dongshan is not far. Along the way, carriages follow the path mentioned by Jiang Li. Ye Mingyu gradually found that the road Jiang Li asked them to take was very remote and there were no pedestrians all the way. It's really impossible for Feng Yutang's people to find them by taking this road. Ye Mingyu felt strange. As far as he knew, Jiang Li was the first time to Tongxiang, but Jiang Li's familiarity with Tongxiang was more thorough than that of local people.

Because of this, at the beginning, I thought that Jiang Li said that his way to know Dongshan mine road was a comforting word. Now, ye Mingyu also gradually believed that Jiang Li was indeed the way to know Dongshan.

After some time, the carriage stopped. Ye Mingyu said outside, "ah Li, here we are."

Jiang Li jumped out of the carriage.

Dongshan is in the west of Tongxiang. Almost no one comes on weekdays. This mountain is not as green and quiet as ordinary mountains, but desolate and deadly. Occasionally, a crow's song came from the sky, which made it more bleak to listen to the plain.

Jiang Li raised her eyes and looked in the direction of Dongshan.

Then I saw a bald round headed mountain sitting alone by a dry lake. The grotesque rocks on the mountain are jagged, and the shape of the whole mountain seems strange, like the head of some kind of monster. Looking at it, people are scared. Ye Mingyu came at night before. He couldn't see the face of the mountain clearly. Now he saw it clearly and felt that he was hairy behind it. I wanted Jiang Li not to be afraid, but I saw Jiang Li staring at the mountain directly, with the corners of her mouth slightly cocked. Instead of showing a trace of fear, she seemed to be a little happy.

Ye Mingyu didn't want to say anything at once.

In fact, Jiang Li hasn't felt happy yet, but she really feels cordial. When she and Xue Zhaogang and Xue Huaiyuan came here, Xue Huaiyuan wanted to investigate the past history of Dongshan. He once brought them here, but he only looked at the gate of the mountain and never went into the mountain.

But Xue Zhaosheng was bold and adventurous. He secretly wandered inside for several times. Not only that, he also took Xue Fangfei with him. Although she looks clever on the surface, she is also a non worldly person. She is very willing to explore the secrets of Dongshan with Xue Zhao. Just different from those unofficial biographies, they didn't find any treasure, but with more visits, she was clear about what was inside and how the terrain was.

Now Feng Yutang asked people to mine the tunnel again. At first, Jiang Li thought that the tunnel inside had changed, but later, he thought that his father's men had more than a dozen previous officers. It is not easy for more than a dozen people to re mine many ore tunnels. Moreover, Feng Yutang asked these officers to come, not really to dig for gold, but to torture them. You should know that Dongshan can't mine gold. These were the facts we all know many years ago.

So the tunnel in the cave is probably the same. As long as nothing happens, those people can still be found.

Ye Mingyu asked Jiang Li and the two guards to wait in place first. He and his men went to "put down" the two guards first, but he didn't know whether the other party would have any later moves. Once something was wrong, the guard would take Jiang Li and run away first.

Jiang Li and the guards waited quietly in the grass. While waiting for ye Mingyu to return, Jiang Li closed her eyes and recalled the scene of exploring with Xue Zhao in the Dongshan mine.

When she was ready to recall the second time, the guard around her was humane: "the third master is back!"

Jiang Li opened her eyes, and what caught her eyes was Ye Mingyu's happy face. Ye Mingyu said, "both of them were put down by us, leaving a few people over there to watch. Ah Li, I'll go in with you first, and the others are waiting outside! If there's anything wrong, just put a signal arrow!"

Jiang Li thought, in fact, there is something wrong. She is familiar with the mining tunnel in the east mountain. Instead, she can hide inside under the cover of the mining tunnel, but she can't eat or drink inside. What's more, she has to come out again to solve Xue Huaiyuan's problem, and she can't hide. Otherwise, the mining tunnel is an excellent place to deal with criminals.

Thinking about it, I found it interesting and couldn't help smiling.

This smile fell into Ye Mingyu's eyes. Ye Mingyu thought he was doing well. Jiang Li was very satisfied with it, so he smiled more proudly, and said, "ah Li, don't wait, let's go in!"

Jiang Li and ye Mingyu entered the mountain pass of the mine together.

It was very dark in the cave. The torch lit by Ye Mingyu illuminated the surroundings, but he could better see the emptiness and generosity inside the mountain. Ye Mingyu looked online and said, "my darling, this place is really big. It's so big. Can you find someone? Where can you find it?"

Jiang Li said with a smile, "it's all right, uncle, come with me." She didn't wait for ye Mingyu to continue sighing, so she took the lead to step out and walked straight ahead.

Ye Mingyu couldn't stop, so he had to hurry up.

Jiang Li guessed right. There was no change in the path in the Dongshan tunnel. It seems that it needs to be changed, and the previously dug ore channel does not need to be changed. Jiang Li followed her original memory and walked all the way to see the fresh footprints left, as well as the changes in wind direction and smell.

The tunnel was very deep. Ye Mingyu was afraid that Jiang Li would go too deep and couldn't find his way back. He was marking all the way. But his action of making signs can't even catch up with Jiang Li's action of walking forward. Jiang Li walks fast and firmly, and ye Mingyu can't even block it.

I don't know how long I walked. Ye Mingyu felt that there were mine caves around, and he couldn't see what it looked like just now. He really didn't understand how Jiang Li distinguished these differences. When he was about to tell Jiang Li whether it was time to quit, a cough suddenly came from the deep of the mine.

Jiang Li asked, "who is there?"

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