"Alright, we'll accept these gifts for Zhou Mingxuan on behalf of the Dongdan family!"
Ji Fengyao walked with an air of banditry, her steps unsteady.
Her clever and adorable appearance made Bai Yusheng and Bai Yusu feel even better.
It seems that ever since they met the young lady, they've been in a great mood every day, and their pace has unconsciously become synchronized with hers.
Passersby turned to look:
These three people are crazy. They've turned their backs on their own family and friends.
Meanwhile, Dongdan Shuiyue, who was leaving, quietly transmitted her voice to Dongdan Motong and instructed, "Send a few people to keep an eye on Zhou Mingxuan. Do not make any rash moves before anyone from Yanjing arrives."
"Yes, Miss," Dong Danmo accepted the order and silently called out the names of several people via telepathy.
Those people then left the group one after another, taking a detour to stake out near Zhou Mingxuan or the Bai family.
They returned to the small courtyard that Qian Youying had prepared for them.
Hao Yan, Zhuang Shaoze, and the others who went to Dong Dan's family and He's family mine to gather information have also returned.
"Well, did you see anything?" Ji Fengyao asked as she walked into the house.
"It's just a bunch of cultivators digging for zinc and iron ore in a cave for a few low-grade spirit stones every month. People come and go, it's quite lively," Hao Yan, a tall and burly man, said in a muffled voice. "On the surface, it doesn't seem like anything special."
On the surface, Ji Fengyao sat on the soft couch by the window, looking up at Hao Yan, who seemed simple-minded but was actually very shrewd.
"Yes," came the reply from Zhuang Shaoze, who was standing next to Hao Yan. "On the surface, the He family's mines appear to be well-organized, and the quantity and quality of the zinc-iron ore extracted are quite considerable, as if the zinc-iron ore in the mines has been sifted by the heavens."
"You mean they're faking it, and the actual output of those zinc-iron ore wasn't that high?"
"Yes, miss, and I have observed carefully that these monks are moving zinc-iron ore back and forth to create the illusion of high production."
“This is quite interesting…” Ji Fengyao rested her small hands on the small square table beside her, her thumb and forefinger rubbing her delicate chin.
Even with her extremely high IQ, she was completely baffled by the Dongdan family's perplexing behavior.
Although the Dongdan family pays very low wages, each person only receives a few low-grade spirit stones per month.
But given how stingy the Dongdan family is, would they really let those cultivators work around aimlessly and earn wages for nothing?
This is clearly illogical!
There must be other secrets in that zinc-iron mine besides zinc-iron ore!
"A secret that even the notoriously stingy Dongdan family would go to such lengths to keep hidden, huh..." Ji Fengyao suddenly raised her bright phoenix eyes and smiled in a chilling way: "I'm also very interested. Is there anyone interested in working as a miner with me?"
Night has fallen again.
Ji Fengyao, Bai Yusheng, Hao Yan, and Zhuang Shaoze arrived at the He family's zinc-iron mine in the Monster Forest.
A dozen or so bonfires burned at the edge of the mine, illuminating the mine, which was shrouded in dense forest, very brightly.
A large number of monks moved in and out of the mine shaft, which was three meters wide and four meters high.
But whether the cultivators were leaving the cave or entering it, they were all carrying a piece of zinc-iron ore.
Ji Fengyao could clearly see that the zinc-iron ore carried by the cultivator who came out was larger than that carried by the cultivator who entered the cave.
Moreover, each cultivator who came out took five to eight breaths to place the ore into the mine cart.
The person who had just finished loading the ore and was now carrying it back up was obviously more tired than when they had just moved the ore out.
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