Chapter 120: Not Losing is Winning
The trick she played in the capital was enough to hide it from the eyes and ears of ordinary people, but it was still a bit rough for those people.
"The only way to know who he is is to catch him."
Zhao Shen felt that what she said was right. The loyalty of those who served them on a daily basis should be guaranteed, regardless of anything else.
Ji Yunshu looked at the mountain not far away, without much hope: "It's such a big mountain, it's not easy to find someone."
Zhao Shen said: "Not necessarily, that person seems to like getting close to me."
Ji Yunshu pondered, "He's wearing a mask, so he can't show his true face. You've been pretending to be disabled for so many years, but you've done so many things in secret. So, you and he have some similarities. Maybe that's why he's interested in you."
Zhao Shen didn't understand what was going on, but he felt that what Ji Yunshu said made some sense.
"By the way, how did you find out they were planning to collude with the Mobei people to raid Suzhou?"
The moment Ji Yunshu showed up last night, he was truly relieved.
"I felt something was wrong when I was in the capital, but I couldn't figure out what was going on until yesterday. Suddenly, I realized that everything was going too smoothly. It was as if those clues were deliberately delivered to me."
Seeing Zhao Shen feeling a little annoyed as she spoke, she comforted him, "Don't feel like you should have thought of this earlier. Those people have been meticulously planning this for who knows how long. How could it be so easy for them to think of this?"
Zhao Shen said, "It seems we are indeed in the way. These people went to such great lengths to lure us here, and even exposed their collusion with Mobei in advance."
"It's not a bad thing. My father and eldest brother are at the border, so they'll be fine. We've gained a lot here, too. This time, we can be considered a complete victory."
Zhao Shen smiled and said, "You are right. The emperor will send people to clean up Suzhou. Those people will have cut off an arm of their own."
The two talked about this and had a meal together.
The sun was rising outside, and Ji Yunshu suggested, "Let's go see who General Liu has captured and whether he's found out anything useful."
Zhao Shen naturally had no objection.
In order to save trouble, Liu Rong settled people down in the garrison camp.
The garrison troops had made a serious mistake themselves. Although the person holding the emperor's token said that they would not pursue the matter, they were still uneasy and were very attentive to the people brought by Liu Rong.
Not only did they help search for people in the mountains, but they also helped comfort the people who were captured and forced to work.
As soon as Zhao Shen and Ji Yunshu entered, Liu Rong came out to greet them.
Seeing Zhao Shen bringing a girl to the camp, he felt a little uncomfortable, but thinking that the other party was the emperor's confidant, he didn't say anything in the end.
His face was not looking good at all. He knelt down in front of Zhao Shen and apologized, "It was my fault. Before I could find anything useful, those people took the opportunity and several of them committed suicide."
Ji Yunshu had long discovered that the people in Yama's Palace were like sick people, committing suicide at the slightest disagreement.
She couldn't help but ask Zhao Shen, "Are these people disposable? They'll commit suicide if they're caught. Where do they get so many people?"
Zhao Shen had never heard of disposable items, but he could roughly guess the meaning from the literal meaning.
He chuckled and said, "They were controlled by the poison. Didn't you recruit a killer? He helped a lot in Xingqing. Do you have the antidote for the poison?"
Ji Yunshu spread his hands and said, "Yichen developed the antidote, but I left in such a hurry that I didn't bring it with me."
Yin Ye, who was standing by, interrupted, "Madam, you might have forgotten. The Taoist priest wrote you a prescription for the antidote before he left. I stuffed it in our luggage. It should still be there."
Ji Yunshu smiled and said, "That's great."
Liu Rong, who was standing by, was stunned when he heard what they said. What was the origin of this girl and how could she know so much?
At this time, Zhao Shen said to him, "Next time you interrogate them, just tell them that you have the antidote. Anyone who wants to live can confess everything they know and then take the antidote and leave."
Liu Rong was racking his brains over how to stop those people from committing suicide and pry open their mouths. When he heard this, he immediately went to do it.
Ji Yunshu looked at his back and smiled, "Uncle Liu's youngest son is quite interesting."
Zhao Shen glanced at the boy who was happily skipping away, pursed his lips and asked, "What's so interesting about it?"
Ji Yunshu said, "I remember when Uncle Liu brought him to my house for New Year's greetings when we were little, he even pulled my hair. Now he's grown up in just a few years, and he clearly doesn't like you bringing a girl to the barracks, but he didn't say anything."
Zhao Shen glanced at her sideways: "What girl, don't talk nonsense."
With her Yanlan face, Ji Yunshu doesn't look like a decent girl.
She said indifferently: "What's the big deal if we just say it casually? No one knows our true identities anyway."
She and Zhao Shen strolled around casually and learned about the situation here. They found out that those people had been entrenched here for more than three years.
Three years ago, someone accidentally discovered iron ore in the mountain. Those people colluded with the garrison commander and included the mountain in the scope of the garrison camp.
Then they began to smelt iron and cast weapons.
The commander of the Suzhou garrison was found dead in his room.
The rest of the people involved were either dead or injured.
All they knew was what happened in the mountain, and they knew nothing about the mastermind behind it.
Ever since he knew that Suzhou was just a bait thrown by the other party, Zhao Shen was prepared to fail to catch any important people.
In fact, for them, not losing this time is a win.
He just regretted not catching the masked man.
At this time, Gu Xing came back from the mountains, bringing with him a lot of ragged people.
They were all miners who had discovered something was wrong last night and had fled to the mountains.
There were also a few managers among them.
Gu Xing shook his head dejectedly at Zhao Shen.
Still no one was found.
Zhao Shen knew it was impossible to find him, as there was no telling where the man might be hiding in a cave.
There was no way they would keep surrounding the mountain just to look for someone.
At this time, Ji Yunshu saw a familiar face in the crowd.
It turned out to be Lanting.
Like all the miners, he was dressed in tattered clothes and had something smeared on his face that obscured his handsome features. Although he was a little taller than the others, he was not noticeable at the moment as he lowered his head and hunched his body.
The other party didn't seem to recognize her and hid behind someone, looking timid like everyone else.
The acting is pretty good.
Ji Yunshu thought in his heart.
She didn't say anything, but when she left, she asked Gu Xing to pay special attention without alerting the other party.
The matters here were all handled by someone else. Zhao Shen was concerned about the border affairs, so he took Ji Yunshu on the carriage back to Xingqing City.
After the carriage drove away, Zhao Shen asked, "Is there anything wrong with that person?"
Ji Yunshu flipped the charcoal in the charcoal basin and threw in a few sweet potatoes he had brought from the camp. He smiled and said, "Do you think there's something wrong with him?"
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