Prince Gong and his men quickly left Shanquan Village. The people from Xianwu Island did not pursue them relentlessly. After rescuing the villagers, they stopped at the village entrance.
"Candy, are you alright? How did you get so badly hurt? I'm so sorry we're late and we even lost you." Xingxing rubbed her eyes, feeling very upset.
"Don't cry, Star, Candy is awesome, beat them up..." Candy rolled her eyes and fainted before she could finish speaking.
"Candy, are you alright? What happened to you?" Xingxing asked Candy worriedly.
Zhu Chumo walked over and took Tang Guo's pulse. His voice was steady as he said, "She just fainted. She's quite badly injured and needs immediate treatment and bandaging. Let's carry her inside."
The villagers were very responsive. Upon hearing this, they called on a few uninjured people to help carry the person into the house. The house belonged to the village chief, who was very grateful to the man in white for saving the lives of his entire village and was very warm and welcoming.
Zhu Chumo gave Zhao Guihua a lot of wound medicine and told her how to use it. The wound medicine from Xianwu Island was very effective and could not be bought anywhere else.
Zhao Guihua called Jingjing and Xiaoxiao to help. The Zhou family from Shanquan Village came along this time. Zuoyou Fishing Village wasn't their home; they were just renting it. As long as everyone was safe, it didn't matter where they went.
Since Xingxing said he was coming to find candy, everyone came together.
"My two senior sisters, please stay here and keep an eye on things. I'll go into the mountains with my four senior brothers and I," Zhu Lin said calmly.
Zhu Changge and Zhu Qingruo both knew about the silver mine, so upon hearing this, they naturally agreed and immediately said they would protect the villagers and the Zhou family, reassuring their junior brother.
After escaping from Shanquan Village, Prince Gong became increasingly unwilling to accept his fate and could no longer wait. He had to reclaim the silver mine, and all those white-clad experts and villagers of Shanquan Village had to die for ruining his plans. He couldn't let a single one of them go.
"The Zhou family and the white-robed expert have all entered Shanquan Village, right? Very well. They think I'm a pushover if I don't show my power. Today, I'll show them what death really means." Prince Gong said through gritted teeth, his face contorted with rage.
Steward Gu's heart skipped a beat, realizing that the prince was losing his composure and was about to take a gamble. However, those at the forefront would only be his subordinates; the prince himself would not personally take the lead.
Sure enough, "Old Gu, go find Wu Lianlian right now and tell her to send people to besiege Shanquan Village. No matter the cost, make sure everyone in the village is wiped out before dawn tomorrow. The mining date must not be delayed."
What could Steward Gu do but obey orders? He then rode back to Quanshui Mansion as fast as he could and quickly mobilize all the available personnel to carry out the mission.
As the sun set, Wu Lianlian met with Steward Gu. When she learned that Prince Gong was going to mobilize all his troops to surround and kill the villagers of Shanquan Village, she frowned. "Making such a big commotion is not good for us. If the government finds out, it will be even more troublesome. What's the point of talking about mining? The prince is too impulsive."
This is absolutely insane! It's not too late to make a big splash after you've got the silver mine. The more critical the moment, the more discreet you should be. Why is Your Highness making such a foolish mistake at this time?
"What is Shui Li Niang doing? Why doesn't she try to persuade the prince?" Wu Lianlian was both angry and worried.
"That woman isn't with the prince. It seems something happened in the capital, and she's rushing over to deal with it," Steward Gu replied.
“Your Highness really trusts her. Sigh, now that things have come to this, we can only do as Your Highness says. Take everyone over there. Old Man Gu is back, and I can’t leave.” Wu Lianlian closed her eyes and said.
If she messes things up again this time, she will really end up like Ye Yingtao, all alone. The prince is preoccupied with the silver mine and hasn't mentioned Ye Yingtao since he came from the north.
Ye Yingtao took the initiative to send a letter, asking for her help, saying that the prefect of Nanyang Prefecture had suddenly started investigating her in secret for some unknown reason.
No one knows when that corrupt official started investigating, but now the investigation has reached her. She claims to have hidden herself very well, so how did the prefect realize that her identity was unusual?
At first, Ye Yingtao thought that Madam Zhong was colluding with the prefect to deliberately frame her, but later she secretly investigated and found that things were not as she thought. The prefect discovered her identity not because of Madam Zhong.
Instead, it was about pumpkin seeds that the magistrate of Lishan County started investigating. The magistrate, surnamed Zheng, didn't know where he started, but he investigated from the dilapidated village of Yegou, all the way to the town, then to the county, and finally to the prefectural city.
The magistrate and the prefect then sat down for a chat and discovered that the cases they were investigating had one thing in common: they were all related to the Zhou family.
Ha, that idiot Ye Yingtao, she even asked her how the magistrate of Lishan County and the prefect of Nanyang Prefecture managed to find her. What else could it be? It must be that those two corrupt officials also discovered that the little girl from the Zhou family had a complicated background.
Once suspicions arise, they can slowly trace the clues back to her. However, for now, those two corrupt officials only have suspicions and haven't found any evidence to prove Ye Yingtao's true identity.
So what is that stupid woman still doing in Nanyang Prefecture? Why doesn't she hurry up and escape? Is she waiting for the prefect there to find conclusive evidence and then arrest her and lock her up in jail?
Regardless of what Wu Lianlian thought, Ye Yingtao wasn't in a hurry to escape. She was reluctant to leave the Zhong family mansion too soon. There were many treasures hidden in the secret room of her room, and she had to move those jewels away before leaving.
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Zhu Lin led several senior brothers to investigate the silver mine in the mountains. The area around the silver mine was already guarded by Prince Gong's men, and each of them was a master.
However, when they encountered the group from Xianwu Island, all the experts were just fluff and decorations, and they couldn't stop Zhu Lin and his group at all.
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