Chapter 111 Xisha Iron Mine, Imminent
"How did this person end up in your hands?!" Ji Suxian couldn't believe it.
Yi Buyuan blinked his eyes. "It's not in my hands. It's in the hands of the prophet's confidant."
How could a prince of Quqi have the power to reach out to Yanmen? Dayu is not a sieve.
Ji Suxian frowned.
This matter of Yang Qianmo was like a pie in the sky, and she always felt that something was wrong - why did Qu Qixianzhi know so much about the Yanmen area of Dayu, and why could his trusted subordinates hide for so long without being discovered?
Xiao Qingxu was much calmer. He pondered for a moment, "Is Yang Qianmo in Yanmen City?"
That shouldn't be the case. He and Wanwan plotted against Zhang Jiuquan in Yanmen as their first move. They also suspected that Yang Qianmo was hiding in the city, but they searched the city thoroughly and couldn't find her. Could it be that Wen Qijun's confidants were also capable of divination and the art of Qimen Dunjia?
"To be precise, they are not in Yanmen, but in Xisha Iron Mine."
Xiao Qingxu frowned, "Isn't the Xisha mine being mined?"
The Xisha Mine is located at the foot of Yuanjue Mountain, twenty miles outside Yanmen City. It is the mine where Zhang Jiuqian has been mining iron since he took over as the General of Zhenxi. There must be spies from Xiao Qingji, Xiao Tong, and Empress Langjiang there.
Ji Suxian asked, "The prophet only has one confidant?"
Yi Buyan nodded.
Ji Suxian didn't think about how to bypass the enemy's eyes for the time being, "What token do you use to identify each other?"
Yi Buyan pointed to his face.
Ji Suxian: "Use your face?"
Yi Buyuan: "...It's using my face. I have to go find it myself."
Xiao Qingxu nodded, "There's no time to lose, let's go to the Xisha Mine now."
After all, Yue Zhu is Emperor Chengming's man. He is only being detained temporarily and cannot be hurt or killed.
The matter of returning to Beijing is imminent, and Shang Yuwan's situation is not optimistic. The sooner they act, the better, so as to avoid being discovered by Kyoto and having any handle.
Ji Suxian threw him a medicine bottle and said, "There are life-saving pills in it. There are only six left. Be careful. Bring a few more people with you. I'll be guarding this place, so you'll be fine for now."
"Lu Heying, Cheng Yishui, come with me." Xiao Qingxu looked at Shang Yuwan, "Bai Xiaoye and Ju Gongcheng stay."
"It's up to you. Protect yourself and don't lose your life." Ji Suxian didn't force it. "If you're gone, she won't have an easy life either."
She suddenly said, "Bring Yuan Ji with you."
The guy has been able to hold his position for so many years, and it must be due to more than just his own abilities and Bailipu's support. There might be something else behind it.
Apart from the fact that he was competing with Brother Xiao for his sister-in-law, which was a bit unpleasant, Yuan Ji was now half his own person. If he was asked to help find Yang Qianmo and participate in the revenge of the Shang family, he should be very happy to take his relationship with Shang Yuwan to the next level.
Xiao Qingxu looked at Shang Yuwan deeply, responded, turned around and left with Yi Buyuan, called Lu Heying, Cheng Yishui and more than a dozen guests to rush to the Xisha Mine, and also took Yuan Ji away.
Standing by the window, watching Xiao Qingxu and his group walk away, Ji Suxian turned around, opened the door, and called out softly, "Bai Xiaoye."
Bai Xiaoye came over in response, "What's wrong?"
"Bring Yuezhu here."
"Okay, but you can't bring him here tied up. The censor..."
"Sure, just bring it here."
Yuezhu was brought to Ji Suxian, and Bailipu also followed.
"Commander Yue is the emperor's man, you..."
Baili Pu was speechless when he saw Yuezhu sitting there peacefully.
"Clear the area." Ji Suxian sat on a stool beside Shang Yuwan's bed, watching Yue Zhu sitting in his current position.
"Commander Yue and I have a lot of private things to discuss."
Bai Xiaoye took Bailipu away and asked several guests to guard in the dark and not allow anyone to get close.
After everyone cleared away, Ji Suxian asked, "Commander Yue, do you have anything to say?"
"No."
"Hmph." Ji Suxian chuckled. "Commander Yue, you still know how to seek benefits and avoid harm now. Are you afraid that if you don't talk to me, I'll have someone kill you?"
Yue Zhu said calmly, "Killing me is the same as seeking death."
Although he had submitted his resignation, as long as he still held the title of commander of the Longwu Army, no one except the emperor could kill him openly.
Killing the commander of the Longwu Army is equivalent to slapping Emperor Chengming in the face, and will definitely bring about fatal disaster.
"Since Commander Yue is working for the Emperor, he shouldn't be so bad at speaking."
Ji Suxian leaned forward a little, "Commander Yue, are you deliberately saying some high-sounding words to provoke her and make her almost die because of you again?"
Yue Zhu was stunned.
Ji Suxian smiled, feeling extremely sarcastic.
"On Miss Shang's wedding day, you were ordered to execute the entire Shang family."
"She begged you, she was wearing a blood-red wedding dress, kneeling on the ground, begging you not to kill her second uncle's only bloodline."
"But you still did it, but——"
Ji Suxian's gaze fell on Yue Zhu's hand. "Commander Yue's cavalry skills are well-known, and his archery skills are also the best among his peers. Why did Commander Yue lose his aim at that moment and deviate from the target?"
"Did you think that if you deflected the arrow, she would survive?"
Yuezhu placed his hands on his knees and unconsciously clenched them into fists.
It would be too shocking for the world to know that the dead were reborn. Moreover, Yue Zhu was not as close to his elder brother and master as they were to each other, so Ji Suxian came up with another explanation.
"That arrow of yours only seriously injured her, but you forgot her character and underestimated her sincerity towards you as her master."
On the day when the Shang family was exterminated, Yue Zhu's arrow did miss the target, but Shang Yuwan still died.
Of the hundreds of people in the Shang family, only Shang Mingqi, a child under eight years old, and Shang Twelve, who followed Shang Yuwan to marry and go to Prince Qi's Mansion, survived. After Shang Yuwan's death, Twelve's slave status was transferred to Xiao Qingxu, but Xiao Qingxu quickly returned the slave contract to Twelve, not wanting Twelve to work like a slave for him.
Ji Suxian watched Yue Zhu's expression gradually change and sneered in his heart.
The arrow wound from Shang Yuwan could not kill her, but the person who did it was Yue Zhu, one of the few masters and elders in Kyoto whom Shang Yuwan treated sincerely.
Shang Yuwan had been planning for the Shang family for many years, but the entire Shang family was slaughtered in one day, and the one who did it was his own master. To say that he was extremely angry would be an understatement.
Perhaps Shang Yuwan didn't know that she didn't die from an arrow wound in her previous life, because the moment Xiao Qingxu hurried over after dealing with other important matters, she died on the spot.
"Grief, hatred, resentment, anger... She was so furious that she nearly suffered a heart attack." Ji Suxian concealed the information about Shang Yuwan's death in her previous life. "If I hadn't arrived in time, she would have died."
The more Yue Zhu listened, the paler his face became.
"Today, you told her all that nonsense. Were you trying to drive her to death again? Or did you remember that you're also her master? Do you have the wishful thinking that with just a few words, you can make someone who has sacrificed everything for her family let go of their hatred and become a free spirit?"
"Do you remember what Shang Yuwan said when he woke up? Commander Yue, you have been with the emperor longer than any of us. You might as well ask yourself this."
Ji Suxian asked him, "After Emperor Chengming ascended the throne, did he really consider giving the Shang family a way out?"
Yue Zhu was silent for a moment, and just as he was about to speak, Ji Suxian added a sentence.
"Or did he ever think of letting the Shang family go before he ascended the throne?"
Yue Zhu's expression suddenly changed.
"...What did you find out?"
Seeing him like this, Ji Suxian curled the corners of her mouth and asked, "Commander Yue, do you still remember Madam Lu Xu?"
[Mrs. Lu Xu].
Just as Ji Su finished her idle words, a loud thunder suddenly exploded in the sky outside.
Ji Suxian was startled out of nowhere and suddenly realized that the person on the bed seemed to have some reaction.
"Shang Yuwan? Shang Yuwan?!"
Ji Suxian stood up in shock. She saw Shang Yuwan's eyeballs rolling violently under his eyelids, as if trying to break through something.
Yue Zhu also noticed something was wrong and stood up to take a look.
Shang Yuwan seemed to be struggling with something, but after a moment, she suddenly regained her previous calmness.
A tear of blood slowly slid down from the corner of her eye.
“…” Yuezhu’s hands were shaking.
Ji Suxian was silent for a moment, then took out a handkerchief and wiped away the trace of blood and tears for Shang Yuwan. "Commander Yue, do you want to save her?"
Yue Zhu paused and said, "I don't know any medical skills."
"But you are a member of the Longwu Army."
Yue Zhu was stunned.
"You've been following us for so long, old man. Do you really know nothing? Do you care about nothing? Do you just want to take your people back to Beijing?"
An unknown emotion flashed in Yuezhu's eyes. He seemed to have made up his mind and asked, "What do you want me to do?"
"Take your Dragon Army token and go to the Xisha Mine."
Baijialou did not have much information about the Xisha mines, nor could it be said to be completely correct. After all, although it was Zhang Jiuquan's territory, there must be many enemy spies hiding there.
Ji Suxian asked Xiao Qingxu to take Yuan Ji away, but she was still worried.
She wanted Yue Zhu to go with her to add a talisman to Xiao Qingxu's frail body.
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