Chapter 414: Just a Game

Ye Mingzhu heard this as soon as she appeared outside the tent.

"I know where it is." She walked in, first glanced at the silver on the table, and then took out a silver bar from the space using the cover of her sleeve.

"Look and see if this comes from the same place." She handed the silver bar to Jiang Hongyu.

Jiang Hongyu's eyebrows twitched twice. He took the silver bar and compared it with the change on the table. He was completely sure that they came from the same place.

"Where did you find this silver bar?"

"I found them on that ship. I thought they were strange, so I just took one. I hid the others on the island. On the way back, I sank the ship."

Ye Mingzhu said it lightly, but Jiang Hongyu was shocked: "You, were you discovered at that time?"

"Of course not. If I were discovered, could I still come back?" Ye Mingzhu gave Jiang Hongyu a reproachful look.

"This is too dangerous. Don't do this again."

If Ye Lang hadn't been there, Jiang Hongyu would have wanted to check if Ye Mingzhu was injured.

"I understand." Ye Mingzhu agreed happily, "I've memorized the location of the island. I'll take you there."

Jiang Hongyu was a little hesitant: "How big is that island? Is there anyone guarding it?"

Ye Mingzhu recalled: "It's about one-third of this island. I didn't see any guards on that island."

Jiang Hongyu thought about it and asked Ye Mingzhu to go back and rest first. If she went, he would notify her later.

Ye Mingzhu blinked in confusion, looked at the silver bar again, and went out obediently.

When she was outside just now, she decided to find an opportunity to put down the silver bars when she got to the island. She had a lot of things in her space, so there was no need to leave that box of silver bars behind, so as not to arouse suspicion.

Ye Lang watched Ye Mingzhu disappear at the door and asked, "Master Jiang, when are we going to that island?"

Jiang Hongyu was not as optimistic as him and asked, "How many silver bars do you think are left on that island?"

Ye Lang looked expectant: "That island is small, so the silver bars should be less than the gold mines we have here."

He was responsible for guarding the island, but after several trips to the mine, he also had some understanding of the situation of the gold mine.

"If the silver mine on that small island still exists, why do they come here to rob us? Isn't it better to dig for silver secretly?"

Jiang Hongyu guessed: "I think there shouldn't be much silver left on that small island."

"But both men said they had not been digging on that island for long."

Ye Lang was shocked. If there was no silver mine on the new island, then why were they going to see it?

"This is just my guess. Let's take a few people to the island to take a look tomorrow." Jiang Hongyu changed his original idea and didn't want to wait any longer.

"However, don't let those bandits sleep today. Try to get as much news about the island as possible before we set off."

Jiang Hongyu reminded Ye Lang: "Let the brothers work harder and take turns asking questions tonight."

I learned this method from Uncle Yan. I hope to get some useful information before dawn.

Ye Lang went to inform everyone with a serious face.

He originally thought that there was another silver mine, but who knew it might be an empty mine. He was angry and naturally had a bad attitude towards those bandits.

At daybreak, he handed the results of the interrogation all night to Jiang Hongyu with red eyes.

"Master Jiang, except for their leader, who hasn't said anything yet, everyone else has revealed something."

"Some people speculate that there aren't many silver mines on that island, so their leader wants to bring them here to rob our gold mines."

Jiang Hongyu read through all the confessions, and the disappointment in his eyes was obvious: "It seems that there is nothing left in that silver mine?"

"How did you figure that out?" Ye Lang took all the confessions and read them over.

"Look here. It says when they ship out the silver. They used to ship it out once every two weeks, but recently it's only once a month. This means they're mining less silver."

"Moreover, I suspect that their attack on us was just a setup to let people know there were pirates at sea, and then they would escape with the remaining silver from the silver mines."

"What?" Ye Lang clenched the paper in his hand.

"Their silver mine is a private mine. Logically, they would have wanted to hide it, but they did the opposite and attacked our gold mine."

“But they did not take a single piece of silver from us except by attacking us.”

"Fu Chengyun's departure by boat, no matter how secretive, would have left some traces, but they came back again. This is a huge problem."

Jiang Hongyu slowly analyzed: "These people are probably afraid that the people behind the scenes will kill them to silence them if they find out there is no silver in the mine, so they simply strike first. But they didn't expect that they would be wiped out by us in one fell swoop."

When Ye Lang thought about last night, he found it a little funny, but when he thought about the fact that the silver mine was no longer full of silver, he felt particularly disadvantaged.

"Then, are we still going to the silver mine?"

"Go." Jiang Hongyu nodded, took the confession from Ye Lang and put it away, then said: "Go call a few brothers, let's go to the island and take a look."

Ye Lang went to find someone with a worry in his heart, and Jiang Hongyu went to find Ye Mingzhu.

He trusted Ye Mingzhu more than those surrendered bandits. She said that if she could find the island with the silver mine, she would definitely find it.

Ye Mingzhu was watching Aunt Qing prepare medicine for the wounded. When she saw Jiang Hongyu coming, she immediately stood up.

Aunt Qing looked at Jiang Hongyu with some worry: "You are going out again, your injury is not healed yet."

Jiang Hongyu then remembered that his arm was still injured. He pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled: "Mom, I'm going out to do something. I will definitely have a good rest when I come back."

Aunt Qing shook her head. How could she not know Jiang Hongyu's temper? Never mind. She took out a small porcelain bottle from the medicine box she brought with her and handed it to him: "Remember to change the medicine."

Jiang Hongyu clutched the porcelain bottle, feeling somewhat guilty. He called his mother to the island but didn't bother to say a few words.

Ye Mingzhu pushed him, reminding him that someone was coming from behind. He calmed down and whispered, "Mom, I'll come back to accompany you after this is over."

Uncle Yan appeared behind Aunt Qing and waved at them: "You guys go and do your work, I'll stay here with your mother."

Jiang Hongyu didn't say anything more and took Ye Mingzhu to take a boat ride.

After taking a few steps, Jiang Hongyu looked back and saw Aunt Qing talking to Uncle Yan with a gentle smile on her face, a look of relaxation that she hadn't seen in all these years.

He knew that Aunt Qing had been living a very relaxed life since marrying Yan Su.

He was sad for only a moment, then his expression returned to calm and he asked everyone to get on board.

Everyone looked at each other in surprise when they saw Ye Mingzhu standing at the bow directing the direction.

The boat sailed on the sea for about a quarter of an hour, and a lush island appeared in front of them, which was very different from the gold mining island they were on now.