Jing Le frowned, a hint of doubt flashing across her face.
Is something wrong here again?
However, no other abnormalities were found.
That means the strange things here are not related to paranormal events.
Emperor Jing carried Jing Le to the house of the aunt who had led the way.
He then calmly finished his dinner under the watchful eyes of Shadow One and the others.
The others secretly breathed a sigh of relief; no problem, they could eat it.
"Shadow Six, go ask that old woman why there are so few men in the village?"
Jing Le rubbed her full stomach and said.
"Yes, Master."
Ying Liu accepted the order and went out into the courtyard, where he found the old woman from before.
"Auntie, if I may ask, why haven't I seen your husband and son? Did they go out to run errands?"
The elderly woman tidying up her things in the yard didn't shy away from the topic and sighed, saying:
"Well, there's nothing wrong with talking about it. My old man and my poor son passed away not long ago."
By the end, his voice choked with emotion.
She even secretly wiped away a tear.
"Auntie, I'm sorry to have brought up your painful past. However, I've noticed that other families are experiencing the same thing. Is there something more to it?"
Shadow Six, however, was on a mission, and despite feeling great sympathy for the old woman, he continued to ask questions.
The old lady seemed to have suddenly found someone to confide in, and she pulled Ying Liu aside and poured out her heart.
According to the old woman, their village has been known as the "widow village" in recent years.
The village has a total of 25 households.
Originally, each household had a large population.
However, starting three years ago, men over the age of thirty began to fall ill and die.
The doctor couldn't find the cause either.
In contrast, few women died.
In the past three years, the village has frequently held funerals, and the once prosperous village has become desolate.
Ying Liu brought the news he heard back to Jing Le and the others.
Is that so?
Jing Le frowned, instinctively sensing something amiss, and further dispersed his divine sense.
After going around in circles, they still found nothing unusual.
[If there's nothing wrong on the surface, could the problem be underground?]
"Okay, I understand."
Suddenly, a thought struck Jing Le, and she let out a cry of surprise.
"What's wrong?"
Emperor Jing put his arm around Jing Le, who almost fell off the stool, and asked in confusion.
He was also curious about what Jing Le had discovered.
"Oh, it's nothing, it's nothing. I just thought of something that might be related to this village."
Jing Le smiled and continued:
“I once heard that there are deep mineral veins hidden underground in some places, and these veins affect the nearby groundwater.”
"People who drink this water will get sick, and the kind that can't be cured."
"Look, isn't this just like this village?"
"Then why are the women and children here unharmed?"
Duan Feibai asked in confusion.
Emperor Jing shared the same doubt and didn't question where Jing Le had heard it from.
"The children are still very young and don't drink much, while the women are mostly women who married into the village from other areas."
They certainly don't drink as much water here as the people who have lived here all their lives."
"Another reason is that they like to drink raw water."
She saw that the villagers drank water directly from the tap.
Jingyue then explained again why water should be boiled before drinking.
"So, when we drank untreated water, we were directly ingesting bacteria?"
Shadow Six was complaining to Shadow Three and the others.
No wonder I had stomach aches for days after drinking water several times; it turns out I wasn't drinking the right kind of water.
"How can we tell there's something wrong with the water here? Didn't they say the doctor came but didn't come?"
Emperor Jing was thinking about how to solve this problem.
"Shadow Six, fetch a cup of water, from the water tank."
Jing Le also wanted to try it out and gave the instructions.
"yes."
A glass of tap water was served shortly afterward.
Jing Le covered his eyes with his spiritual power and carefully observed the substances in the water. These things were invisible to normal people, but Jing Le could see them.
[Sure enough, there's something wrong with the water here; there must be minerals underground. Let me see what kind of minerals they are.]
After confirming this, Jing Le sent his divine sense towards the ground, spreading outwards from the village as the center.
Finally, they discovered an unusual place near the mountains, buried deep underground.
Looking down, the contents came into view for Jing Le.
[Good heavens, this is an iron ore mine, and such a huge one at that. The extracted iron would be enough to completely replace all the weapons at the border.]
Jing Le couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, and Emperor Jing was also startled by the scene she described.
They secretly thought that Jing Le truly deserved to be called the lucky star of the Great Yong Dynasty.
"Father, let's go up the mountain over there tomorrow."
Jing Le withdrew his divine sense and pointed towards the iron mine.
"good."
Knowing Jing Le's thoughts, Emperor Jing naturally wouldn't refuse, as this concerned whether all the weapons at the border could be replaced.
The next day.
After saying goodbye to the enthusiastic old lady, Jing Le and her group headed up the mountain not far away.
After a while, Ying San and the others, following Jing Le's instructions, used their swords to dig a hole in the mountain.
Then they dug down until they found the lump of iron and stopped.
"We've dug something up! It looks like iron!"
Shadow Three sheathed his sword and spoke.
If all ten of them hadn't imbued the sword god with their spiritual energy, even the best sword would have been ruined with this digging method.
"Alright, everyone come out. Yingyi, go back to the capital first and have someone take over here. Fangqi, stay and guard this place."
After seeing what was below, Emperor Jing gave his instructions.
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