Chapter 70 Chaos
She had just seen this thing not long ago.
I didn't expect to meet you again so soon.
The distraction in Chen Chunxing's eyes disappeared instantly. He frowned slightly and asked, "Has he appeared in the world?"
Hearing the meaning behind her words, Xue Yongan shook his head and squatted down as well, saying in a flat tone, "Probably not yet."
The two looked at each other and found that neither of them was surprised, and they roughly understood it in their hearts.
So they exchanged information with each other.
"I asked Yang Yi to check. There's nothing unusual about the old man's house, no secret passages or cellars. The only thing is the old soil under the wall shows signs of renovation... I think these waves of people must be coming for the iron mine."
However, there was nothing under the narrow village.
These days, Chen Chunxing went with everyone to reclaim wasteland and had already turned it over thoroughly.
Actually, it’s normal if you think about it.
The village chief's house has no cellar, but many other families have one.
If there really were minerals underground, they wouldn't have been hidden until now.
"Either he got it from outside, or it never belonged to him."
But Chen Chunxing couldn't understand why an old country man from a poor and dying village would go to so much trouble.
Using treasure as a raft...what's the point?
"If there's no immediate benefit, it means the other party wants far more than this." Xue Yongan hinted, took the stone, and rubbed the rough, dark red surface. "Guess how many stones like this I must have gotten?"
Chen Chunxing sucked his teeth and said, "If you ask that, then it's definitely not something that can be solved with just one or two pieces of money."
Xue Yongan smiled and made a six gesture, "Every piece was searched from the bandits' den."
Chen Chunxing's heart moved.
It seemed as if one could glimpse the bloody storm from his tone.
I became interested immediately.
"Six stones, could there be six strongholds?"
Xue Yongan nodded and explained in detail.
"There's a Boundary Monument Mountain at the easternmost edge of Honglu County. Beyond this, there's an endless mountain range."
"People nearby call it the Nine Peaks and Eighteen Villages."
"As the name suggests, there are eighteen well-known strongholds..."
Chen Chunxing suddenly interrupted him with a wave of his hand, picked up a thin stick from the side, and started drawing a picture on the spot.
"Honglu County is located in the Chiling Pass. To the north, it enters the Southern Jin Dynasty, and to the west, it is occupied by grassland tribes... I have never heard of the east. Those who dare to occupy the land and claim to be the king here simply do not take the army of Xiayuan Kingdom seriously." She clicked her tongue.
"It's really hard to deter villains with its outward appearance of strength and its inward strength of weakness." Xue Yongan said with disdain in his tone.
"You know this now?" Chen Chunxing tilted his head.
"Just look at how desolate this place is, and you'll see how neglected the court was before. Now suddenly changing policy, it seems like they've realized it, but in reality, they're telling everyone that the situation in Xiayuan has changed... If you want to attack, you should seize this opportunity."
The enemy forces will not give you time to develop.
As time goes by, the border will only become more and more difficult to survive.
Seeing Xue Yongan's clear analysis, Chen Chunxing couldn't help but think of Wei Da.
This person is here to get promoted...
If you want to achieve merit in the North, what else can you do besides fighting?
She suddenly sighed, feeling the burden on her shoulders inexplicably become three times heavier.
The two had no sense of belonging to the Xia Yuan Kingdom, so when they discussed the war at this moment, in addition to a little sympathy for the people living on the border, they were more concerned about their own situation.
Xue Yongan is now a county magistrate and is almost tied to the court.
No one would care about the surrender of a seventh-rank official, nor would they believe that he could access important intelligence.
It seems that all they can do is defend.
"Tsk." Chen Chunxing changed the subject with a hint of dissatisfaction. "Let's get back to the point. That Eighteen Villages... you killed six of them?"
"That's about right." Xue Yongan still had a calm expression, as if he had done something insignificant.
Chen Chunxing held his forehead with his hand: "Tell me in detail, how did you investigate the case and find a pair of enemies?"
Nine Peaks and Eighteen Villages.
It doesn't sound like they are unrelated.
"After checking the county government files, I discovered that ever since the imperial court issued the grain loan order, there have been frequent unsolved cases of missing relief grain. So I led my men to investigate various locations and quickly identified the target," Xue Yongan's face darkened, his eyes gleaming with anger. "Actually, the case isn't necessarily difficult to investigate. The key is that no one was willing to investigate before."
Anyway, the victims are just fugitives or disaster victims, and even if they report the case, it will not be taken seriously.
The group of people who came to Narrow Village were also residents of Honglu County. When they saw the local county magistrate personally leading people into the village to check the household registration, they immediately lost their composure and tried to escape before the investigation could reach them.
As a result, it fell into the hands of the constable.
After further questioning, we discovered that there was a second group of people in the forest that day.
So they followed the clues and found the mountains where the other party had fled to.
According to what this group of bandits said, they heard from their "good brothers" that there was a treasure in the narrow village, so they rushed there excitedly.
He happened to see the old man conspiring with others to steal grain, so he got involved.
"It's said that the idea of pretending to be a ghost to scare people was from that good brother, and the white-clothed ghost that descended from it was also his trick. After scaring people away, they originally wanted to take away the food, but who knew..."
Xue Yongan paused.
"A masked man descended from the sky, hurling darts at their vital points. They were no match for him, so they struggled with him and ran away."
Chen Chunxing blinked.
Xue Yongan headed towards the door, "Brother Yang, can you use hidden weapons?"
Chen Chunxing shook his head.
"When he arrived, no one was there... but I can roughly guess who it was... but what does this have to do with the cottage?"
Xue Yongan answered truthfully, "That good brother who can perform magic tricks is the second-in-command of one of the peaks. Unfortunately, I haven't encountered him in my successive sieges of six peaks."
After obtaining six black ores, he knew it was time to go back.
Money can move people's hearts.
He was worried about leaving her far away.
While the two were talking, the water in the pot boiled several times.
Several pots of dumplings and glutinous rice balls were also cooked.
If you wait any longer, the perfect "ingot" will become a paste.
"Let's eat first. After that, you can discuss with Lao Yang how to make this third group show up."
Chen Chunxing picked up the earthenware pot for stewing soup, kicked the wooden door, and immediately summoned a group of people.
"Let me do it!" Diao poked her head out from the main hall and glared at Xue Yongan, as if blaming him for letting her granddaughter do it. "Aren't you afraid of getting burned?"
Chen Mingqiu ran over, picked up two plates of dumplings, and said nonchalantly, "Why did it take so long to cook? What were you two talking about? You didn't do anything inappropriate, did you?"
Since taking the medicine, he has not yet fully recovered, but he can walk without any problem.
He then returned to his bad temper.
Chen Chunxing handed the scalded bowl to Xue Yongan. Hearing this, he slapped his forehead and said, "By the way, who will call Doctor Chang over?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Mingqiu immediately changed his mind from walking to running and slipped away without even looking back.
In the past, the brat only listened to Chen Chunxing, but now the person he least wants to see is Doctor Chang.
It’s nothing, I’ve been stabbed too many times.
Silver needles combined with bitter medicine would make even a tough guy tremble, let alone an eight-year-old child.
When Chen Chun walked out of the kitchen, fine snow suddenly began to fall in the semi-dark night sky.
This is the first snow of the year.
She couldn't help but raise her head in a daze and curled the corners of her mouth.
If God helps me.
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