Time was urgent, so the two sides naturally had no time to reminisce about the past.
After Tian An briefly explained how An Wan was forced to fake her death and was kidnapped more than ten years ago, he told Zhao Yiming about the information he had learned about the village during this period.
When he heard that they had trained a group of female spies, Zhao Yiming immediately said that he would visit Xiao Qingheng's dormitory tonight.
Tian An suddenly felt a little regretful. If she had known earlier, she would not have let Xiao Qingheng stay in the room all day. This actually made it more difficult for Zhao Yiming's actions.
Zhao Yiming said it didn't matter, "The drug you gave me before was very effective. It only took one pill."
Tian An was immediately satisfied and took out a bottle of drugs and gave it to Zhao Yiming, "Bring some extra just in case."
An Wan watched silently as Tian An took out the medicine bottle from his wide sleeves, looking mesmerized.
I really can't imagine when Tian An hid such a large bottle of medicine right under my nose.
It was not convenient for them to stay in the room with the door closed for a long time. After Tian An told Zhao Yiming the location of Xiao Qingheng's room, the two of them left.
After strolling around the village casually and preparing to go back, Tian An suddenly noticed the entrance to the mountain behind the village.
The back mountain is the only one that looks relatively flat among the mountains surrounding the village. There are seven or eight men guarding the entrance, more than twice as many as in other places.
A few days ago, Tian An always thought that it was because this place was relatively flat and he was afraid that those people would escape from here, but it seemed that there were not so many people guarding it in the past!
In the past, Tian An focused all her attention on those courtyards and didn't pay much attention to this place, but just now she saw someone carrying a basket down from the back mountain.
The man carrying the basket didn't look like Xiao Qingheng's men.
Although he was also a middle-aged man, he not only wore patched coarse linen clothes, but his skin was also rougher and darker than that of the men in charge of guarding here.
Although the basket on his back was covered with a black cloth, it was obvious that there was not much stuff inside. However, even though the basket looked very empty, the person carrying it seemed to be struggling.
So what's in that backpack?
Tian An turned around and walked straight towards there.
As expected, before he even got close to the entrance, he was stopped by someone, "County Lady, please stop."
Tian An frowned, and as usual, he began to lose his temper, "How dare you! Didn't your prince tell you about my identity as a county lady? Have you considered the consequences of stopping me?"
Unfortunately, this time, these few people were not as easy to fool as the other guards. "Please don't make things difficult for us, Lady County." They said soft words, but refused to give in.
But the more they stopped themselves from peeking, the more it showed that there was something unusual on this mountain.
As usual, Tian An threw a tantrum and hit someone with a wooden stick. Unfortunately, although the guards did not dare to hurt her, they did not let her move forward even half a step.
After making a fuss for a while, Tian An pretended to be helpless, said something harsh, and pulled An Wan away.
I originally wanted to return to the previous room to tell Zhao Yiming about this discovery, but I was afraid of attracting attention and alerting the enemy, so I had to go back first.
If nothing unexpected happens, Zhao Yiming will come to see her again after visiting Xiao Qingheng's room tonight.
At night, when Tian An gave Xiao Qingheng acupuncture to relieve his pain for the last time before going to bed, he also gave him a few more needles in the sleeping point.
Soon, the lights in the yard went out, and Tian An and An Wan lay down in their clothes. Although both of them closed their eyes, they knew that the other was not asleep.
Time passed second by second, and Tian An pricked up his ears to listen to the noise outside.
After an unknown amount of time, there was a sudden noise in the yard, and soon someone came knocking on their door.
Tian An thought Zhao Yiming had been discovered, and his heart skipped a beat. He quickly calmed down, pretending to have just been woken up, and opened the door impatiently, "What are you doing at this hour?"
The visitor did not dare to offend anyone and said respectfully, "County Master, my master has been poisoned. Please help me."
Tian An felt relieved, having actually forgotten about it. "Okay, got it."
He casually closed the door with An Wan, muttering impatiently as he walked out: "Really? It's just a few medicines, but it took so long to find them. I can't sleep well because of all the trouble I've been going through..."
While giving Xiao Qingheng an acupuncture treatment, Tian An carefully looked around the room.
What used to be a few simple injections took her a whole stick of incense to complete, causing Xiao Qingheng to think that his illness had worsened.
After not finding any trace of Zhao Yiming in the room, Tian An quickly finished and took An Wan back to the room.
As soon as they entered the room and closed the door, they found Zhao Yiming behind the door.
Tian An and An Wan were startled for a moment, but quickly reacted and didn't make any noise.
"How is it? Have you found anything?" Tian An hurriedly pulled him aside and asked.
Zhao Yiming shook his head. "I've searched the room thoroughly and found several secret compartments, but there's nothing inside except letters and banknotes."
Tian An frowned, "How could there not be any? It's such a big deal, there's no way they wouldn't keep a record!"
"Maybe it's somewhere else." Zhao Yiming looked at Tian An, "An An, besides Xiao Qingheng's room, you might think of anything else that's worthy of suspicion?"
After Zhao Yiming said this, Tian An immediately thought of the back mountain and told Zhao Yiming what he had seen and heard today.
Zhao Yiming was a little confused after hearing this, "When Jingyu and I came down yesterday, we didn't find anyone guarding the place!"
If there was, they wouldn't have missed it.
Hearing this, Tian An was also confused. "Nothing special happened today! Why is it different from usual?"
If they found someone escaping from there, it would be understandable that more guards were sent, but they had never heard of such a thing!
Moreover, who was that person who came down the mountain with the backpack? Tian An had a hunch that the key was what was in the backpack.
Then he focused on talking to Zhao Yiming about the backpack.
"It looks small but is very heavy. It can't be a stone!" Zhao Yiming analyzed.
Tian An shook his head. "I paid special attention to it at the time. That outline was definitely not stone."
Besides, if it was a stone, there would be no need to cover it with a black cloth!
Since they are hiding it even in their own territory, it means that the thing is extremely shameful.
Since Prince Wenxuan coveted the throne, it was only a matter of time before he would start a rebellion. To accomplish such a big thing, besides needing money, troops, and food...
The two men immediately raised their heads, looked at each other, and said in unison: "Weapons."
"The basket is filled with weapons. King Wenxuan's weapons forge is in the back mountain!" Tian An said with certainty and excitement.
"I'll go to the back mountain to find out what's going on." After saying this, Zhao Yiming climbed out the window.
The movements were still as skillful as ever.
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