Chapter 416: Fooling Again
The emperor's uncle left the capital and came to Zhongzhou to look for gold mines?
Xiao Yeyang really didn't know this.
Seeing Xiao Yeyang's bewildered expression, Daohua stood up and ran to her room. After a while, she returned with a brocade box. "Do you recognize this?"
Xiao Yeyang took the wilted weed from Daohua's hand, shook his head, and asked uncertainly, "Is this... a medicinal herb?"
Daohua nodded. "This grass is called thorn grass. It's a medicinal herb. However, it has another little-known use."
Xiao Yeyang's expression changed: "Jingcao, you called this Jingcao?"
It seems that before, Minister Jiang had asked him if he knew where to find some thorn grass, saying that he wanted to make medicine for his cousin Wanying.
Rice Flower nodded: "Why, you know about thorn grass?"
Xiao Yeyang: "I've heard people mention it before. You said it has another function. What is it?"
Rice Flower smiled and said, "Jingcao usually grows around gold mines. Another use of it is to explore for gold mines."
Hearing this, Xiao Yeyang stood up with his eyes wide open. "Gold mine? Are you sure?"
Seeing the peanuts she had just picked up scattered all over the ground again, Daohua was a little dissatisfied: "Why are you so excited?"
Xiao Yeyang quickly squatted down, straightened Daohua with both hands, and asked her to look at him: "Daohua, are you sure you can find the gold mine through the thorn grass? This matter is very important, don't talk about it casually."
Daohua wanted to break free, but seeing Xiao Yeyang's serious expression, she stopped and nodded seriously: "I have indeed seen this statement in the storybook. I was not sure before, but after seeing the Fifth Master and his men, I think it is true. Moreover, the gold mine may be in Ningmen Mansion."
Xiao Yeyang let go of Daohua, stood up, his brows twisted into a knot, and his expression changed constantly.
The emperor's uncle has come out of the capital to investigate in person, so the gold mine story must be true.
However, the Jiang family is also looking for thorn grass, so do they know that thorn grass grows near gold mines?
Thinking about the news from his subordinates during this period, saying that the Jiang family had sent several waves of people to run around in Ningmen Prefecture, wondering what they were looking for.
Xiao Yeyang narrowed his eyes slightly, feeling a little nervous.
The Jiang family is looking for a gold mine? ! ! !
And it was done in private and secretly.
What are they going to do?
Don’t they know that this is a serious crime of confiscating property and exterminating the entire clan?
The Jiang family is now the most distinguished family in the capital. The empress dowager and the queen are both from the Jiang family. Duke Cheng'en and the prince also hold high positions. What else is there to be dissatisfied about?
Xiao Yeyang pursed his lips into a slit. This matter was too serious and he had to inform his uncle the emperor immediately.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
Seeing Xiao Yeyang raising his leg and walking out, Daohua hurriedly called out to stop him.
Xiao Yeyang paused, turned to look at Daohua, then looked at Granny Gu and Master Gu who were looking at him with concern, and said with a smile: "I have to tell my uncle about the gold mine."
Daohua quickly stood up with the peanuts in her hands and placed them on the plate on the table. Then, she looked at Xiao Yeyang with sparkling eyes: "Xiao Yeyang, let me ask you, if I help find the gold mine, will the emperor make me a county lady?"
Hearing this, Xiao Yeyang was stunned: "County Master?"
Daohua was a little anxious: "Why, is it not possible?" Then he snorted coldly, "As expected, those people of Wu Ye never tell the truth. They made me happy for nothing."
Hearing the tone of his young disciple, Gu Jian quickly looked over and said, "Why, do you really think you can find a gold mine?"
Daohua raised her chin and said, "I've always had good luck. I think if I set my mind to look for it, I'm sure I'll find it."
Gu Jian was speechless: "Ningmen Mansion is so big, do you think you can step on a gold mine just by going out?" Xiao Wu sent so many people to look for it but couldn't find it. How could a little girl like her find it?
Daohua was silent for a moment: "You never know what will happen in this world. What if I'm just lucky?" Then she looked at Xiao Yeyang and asked expectantly: "Can you help me ask?"
Xiao Yeyang thought about it for a moment and agreed readily.
He didn't count on the luck that Daohua mentioned, but, didn't he still have him?
He will send someone to look for her later. Once they find her, he will give the credit to Daohua. Combined with the Liuli recipe from last time, the emperor's uncle should not be stingy with the position of a county lady.
If Daohua could really be made a county lady, it would be a good thing for both her and him.
Daohua immediately urged, "Then go write the letter quickly. After you finish writing the letter, we can discuss how to find it. The sooner we find the gold mine, the sooner the emperor's reward will arrive."
She was really looking forward to this reward.
In this era of strict hierarchy, having a noble status will make everything much easier, and you will have relatively more choices and say.
In this way, she can also gain more freedom for herself.
Seeing his apprentice act like he had the gold mine already in his pocket, Gu Jian rolled his eyes and asked, "Why didn't you help look for it when Fifth Master and the others were there?"
Daohua: "I don't believe them. If I really find a gold mine, what if they take the credit for themselves?
It would be different if I told Xiao Yeyang. Even if the emperor was stingy and she couldn't get the reward, the credit would not fall on outsiders.
Seeing that Gu Jian was about to say something, Daohua spoke first, "Master, I know that you and your mother-in-law are old friends with them, but you haven't seen each other for many years. Who knows if they have changed? As the saying goes, you can only know a person's face but not his heart. Of course, I have to be on guard."
"Old friends?" Xiao Yeyang looked at Gu Jian and Grandma Gu in surprise. "Grandma and Master Gu, who are your old friends?"
Gu Jian moved his lips and was about to say something, but Daohua spoke first: "With that Fifth Master."
Xiao Yeyang's expression suddenly became strange. He looked at Gu Jian and Granny Gu with suspicion, his eyes full of inquiry: "Are you an old friend of Fifth Master?"
Gu Jian immediately snorted coldly: "Why, no?"
Xiao Yeyang shook his head: "It's not that I can't, it's just..." It's impossible. How could the emperor's uncle know two old country men?
Seeing the growing doubt in her grandson's eyes, Granny Gu had to speak up: "Once Xiaowu was injured, Xiaojian saved him."
Xiao Yeyang's eyes flickered, not completely convinced: "Where? When did it happen?"
Gu Jian's face immediately darkened: "Are you interrogating the prisoner?"
Xiao Yeyang quickly shook his head: "I didn't mean that, I just have some doubts."
Granny Gu smiled and said, "That was more than ten years ago. Xiao Jian heard that a great doctor had appeared in the capital, so he took me there. Unexpectedly, we met the injured Xiao Wu on the way there. That's how we met."
Daohua frowned with confusion: "Why didn't you tell me when I asked before?"
Granny Gu continued to laugh and said, "It happened many years ago. There's nothing much to say."
Daohua frowned. There was nothing much to say to her, but it would be easy to say to Xiao Yeyang?
Xiao Yeyang looked at Gu Jian and Granny Gu, and seeing that they had the same expression, his doubts were slightly alleviated. But wasn't this too much of a coincidence? Then he asked tentatively, "Do you know the identity of the Fifth Master?"
Gu Jian said unhappily, "Of course I know."
Hearing this, Xiao Yeyang's heart suddenly tightened, but he relaxed again after hearing the following words.
Gu Jian: "Isn't he an official who handles secret affairs for the emperor? Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so badly injured when we met him."
Xiao Yeyang pondered for a moment. More than ten years ago, his uncle was seriously injured while away from home. However, he was still young at that time and only vaguely remembered this incident.
Thinking of Master Gu's excellent medical skills, the curiosity in Xiao Yeyang's eyes gradually disappeared.
Daohua stood aside with her chin resting on her hand, listening. Seeing that Xiao Yeyang didn't ask any more questions, she thought that what her master said must be true. The five masters were probably spies working specifically for the emperor.
"Go and write the letter."
Then, Xiao Yeyang turned around to write a letter, and Daohua hurriedly followed him.
After watching the two children leave the house without further questioning, Gu Jian and Grandma Gu both breathed a sigh of relief.
Having two smart kids at home is also very taxing.
Fortunately, after mixing the true and the false together, I was finally fooled.
(End of this chapter)
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