Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night for the Wan family.
At that time, Lu Qiqi and Song Yanqing were on their way to the military camp.
This afternoon at the teahouse, I heard a report from the Shadow Guard that Lord Xing of the Dark Prison had finally extracted information from the Tatars.
Back at the barracks, Nineteen arranged for the snacks to be unloaded from the truck.
Lu Qiqi and Song Yanqing then returned to the commander's tent.
As soon as the two entered the tent, they saw Xing Zhi sitting at a low table waiting.
Upon seeing the two, Xing Zhi immediately bowed and greeted the Crown Prince, saying, "This humble general pays his respects to the Crown Prince."
Song Yanqing gave a light "hmm," took a few steps, and pulled out a chair in front of Lu Qiqi's desk so she could sit down.
Xing Zhi clearly understood what he should and shouldn't see, and lowered his head to wait for Song Yanqing to ask him questions.
A moment later, Song Yanqing sat down next to Lu Qiqi and said, "Sit down and tell me what information you've managed to extract from her."
After Xing Zhi expressed his gratitude, he sat down again and said, "Your Highness, one of the Tartars we captured earlier couldn't withstand the torture and revealed some information."
The one who led them into the Great Jin Dynasty was Sudiya, the daughter of the Tatar king.
Upon hearing Sudia's name, the two sitting side by side exchanged a glance.
At the same time, the image of Consort Ning from the Wu family came to mind.
It turns out that Aunt Ning is actually the daughter of the Tatar king, Sudiya!
Xing Zhi rarely inquired about news outside the dark prison, focusing only on his own work.
Therefore, he paid very little attention to the matter of Consort Ning.
Xing Zhi said, "The Tartars said they used the Cen family mansion and the mines as a place to transfer and store silver, and that they would transport it out of the pass when the time was right."
Song Yanqing and Lu Qiqi had already guessed that the silver was hidden in the mine.
The two of them had seen the defense map of the border town.
If the silver could not be transported through the secret passages of the Wu residence immediately, it could be transported out of the pass through the Eastern Camp.
Therefore, there are only two places to hide the silver.
One was a grain depot guarded by the Shadow Guards.
Another type is the mine shafts dug by forced labor.
Because of this incident, An Yi led the Shadow Guards to the mine.
Lu Qiqi said, "Since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, it has been digging mines in the border cities. There are countless mines of all sizes."
"Sir, is there any way to extract the silver and find out where it's hidden?"
Xing Zhi shook his head. "Not yet."
Lu Qiqi was about to suggest that she go to the Dark Prison and personally question the Tartars when she heard Xing Zhi continue, "The Tartars couldn't withstand the torture, and the last one died."
The last one died.
Song Yanqing said, "There are also Tartars among the laborers. They know more or less about the Tartars' plans. We don't need to worry about alerting them."
"Keeping them alive is useless. Tomorrow, have the Shadow Guards send them all to the Dark Prison."
Lu Qiqi was surprised to see a glint of light in Xing Zhi's eyes, as if he were happy.
Xing Zhi suppressed the upward curve of his lips and coughed lightly, saying, "Actually, there is another matter. Although the Tartars did not say it explicitly, I guessed the location of the treasure from their words."
......
In the dead of night, a group of people carrying torches arrived at a tiny mine.
Xing Zhi pointed to the hole in front of him, which was barely big enough for one person to squeeze through, and said, "This should be it."
Everyone stared silently at the mine shaft before them.
An Yi and his Shadow Guards wandered around the mine for a day and a night, searching through countless mine shafts of all sizes.
The only thing I never expected was that it would be this one.
He pointed to the mine shaft and said, "Xing Zhi, are you sure it's this?"
An Yi refused to believe that the mine in front of him could hold a large amount of silver.
Lu Qiqi had no doubts. She looked up at the mountaintop above the mine and asked, "An Yi, does this road lead to the top of the mountain? Are there more mines on the mountaintop?"
An Yi was momentarily stunned by the question, but he quickly recovered and replied, "Reporting to the village chief, this road leads to the top of the mountain, but there are no mines at the top, only a few caves that are a bit larger than this one."
Lu Qiqi looked at the mountain path beneath her feet and estimated that there was enough room for a carriage to pass.
I thought to myself, "Then that must be right."
She said, "An Yi, have someone find the box."
The Shadow Guards were extremely fast and quickly found the box.
Lu Qiqi instructed, "Put a plank into the mine, open the box, and place the plank on top of the box."
After the Shadow Guards did as instructed, Xing Zhi stepped forward and struck the top of the mine several times.
The crowd heard a muffled echo.
After the echo stopped, the sound of stones rolling down the mine could be heard.
Song Yanqing knew what the two were doing, but when he heard the sound of stones rolling down, he instinctively shielded Lu Qiqi behind him.
Therefore, Lu Qiqi could only see the dark mine through the gap left by his arm.
"They're out! They're out!"
Someone shouted excitedly.
"There really is silver!"
An opened his eyes wide and, in the torchlight, saw what had rolled out of the box—the very silver he had been searching for all day and night.
A pile of pure white silver!
When Xing Zhi saw the silver, he knew he hadn't come to the wrong place. He curled the corners of his mouth into a smile, but then received a heavy punch.
An Shi appeared in front of him without him noticing and punched him in the right chest. "Not bad, I should have sent you out to find money."
Xing Zhi was suddenly struck and couldn't help coughing twice. He calmly brushed An Shi's hand away and said, "I didn't expect that you would take so long to find the place, even though you knew it."
These words immediately drew a barrage of sarcasm.
Lu Qiqi couldn't help but laugh when she heard them bickering.
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