There were estimated to be tens of thousands of taels of gold; the scene was very tempting.
"It's not just gold, there's also iron ore."
Xiao Zhixing opened the wooden box in the corner, and inside were pieces of refined iron ore.
No wonder there are so few young and middle-aged people in Beiyuan County.
How many workers have been siphoned off by this secret mining operation?
Qi Danhe's face was ashen; iron ore represented weapons.
That's practically tantamount to rebellion!
Xiao Zhixing stared at him, not missing any expression on his face.
Qi Danhe snapped back to his senses, no longer caring about his dignity, and knelt down with a thud. "Your Highness! This humble general truly did not know!"
Xiao Zhixing snorted coldly and turned to leave. "You don't know? You're the governor, and such a big thing happened right under your nose, how could you not know?"
“A single oversight is enough for His Majesty to take your head.”
She even suspected he was involved.
Qi Danhe scrambled to his feet, drenched in sweat, and chased after him, looking utterly miserable and desperate. "I admit I failed in my surveillance, but I truly had no involvement in this matter, Your Highness, please believe me!"
Back in the backyard garden.
Qi Danhe knelt down again and kowtowed fiercely, "Please save me, Your Highness! From now on, Qi Danhe will obey you without question!"
Xiao Zhixing watched him kowtow several times before saying calmly, "Stop kowtowing. Find the mine first. I'm worried that if we're too slow, the kidnapped people will be silenced."
Qi Danhe got up, wiping away his tears and sweat, "My men will obey the young prince's orders."
Only by thoroughly investigating the matter could he clear his name, so he made every effort to resolve the situation.
This is very strange. Who is it? Is this a rebellion? Think about it, were there any rebellions in Yunping around twenty years ago?
[Historical records are missing, and we cannot pinpoint the exact source.]
However, many people were restless during the late Yin period; could this be a problem left over from that time?
[No, think about it. Mining a mine requires enormous manpower and resources, plus ore refining. Then the gold and iron ore needs to be transported away, and finally, it needs to be forged into weapons. There are too many people involved, yet no one has noticed anything unusual for so many years.]
Therefore, the person behind this has immense power and can control everything.
Based on my experience reading novels, it must be a powerful figure or a powerful family.
[We deduce this from later records, ouch—]
[Forget it, it'll just be marked with asterisks anyway. Let's just watch the show; the young prince will definitely be able to find out.]
Xiao Zhixing pursed her lips. She wasn't confident at all, and she didn't even know what the other party's methods were. But you guys had so much faith in me.
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