Marriage of the Di Daughter

After learning from the dumb woman that Xue Huaiyuan's former subordinates had been sent to Dongshan, Ye Mingyu ordered the dumb woman to be sent back. Just as Jiang Li thought, because the dumb woman was old and outsiders thought she couldn't speak, Feng Yutang didn't take the dumb woman seriously, and no one noticed when Ye Mingyu's people sent the dumb woman back.

In the room, Jiang Li and Ye Mingyu were still sitting opposite each other. It was already late at night, but they didn't feel sleepy at all. Ye Mingyu looked at Jiang Li and said, "A Li, this is not an easy matter."

Although Ye Mingyu knew from the very beginning that the case of the Xue family was no small matter, after all, it was to reverse the case of the guilty minister, but when the case was reversed and the grievances were cleared, it would inevitably violate the interests of other people. Feng Yutang, the current county magistrate of Tongxiang, clearly Not a good person, what Jiang Li has to do is naturally not that simple.

But what the dumb woman said was far beyond Ye Mingyu's expectations. Feng Yutang dared to so blatantly turn all the former officials into slaves to control the life and death of others at will, which can be said to be very arrogant and cruel. If it is said that there is no big force behind it, Ye Mingyu absolutely does not believe it. Although Jiang Yuanbai is the chief assistant, Jiang Yuanbai is not alone in Beiyan's powerful minister.

Ye Mingyu thought that he did not dare to underestimate the seriousness of this matter, but unexpectedly, he still underestimated it.

Jiang Li looked at Ye Mingyu, saw Ye Mingyu's solemn expression, knew what Ye Mingyu was worried about, and said, "I know, uncle, but I don't intend to give up."

This sentence was what Ye Mingyu expected. Jiang Li went through such a lot of trouble, and even went against Feng Yutang tit-for-tat. Thinking about it, it was not Jiang Li's temperament to retreat so easily. Besides, Ye Mingyu thought that Jiang Li probably knew much more about this matter than himself.

He is a gangster, not as smart as Ye Da and Ye Er, he can't think of any plan to help Jiang Li, so he has to do what Jiang Li says, and try his best to help Jiang Li within his ability.

So Ye Mingyu was only a little tangled up, and said straightforwardly: "In this case, A Li, I don't advise you, what to do next, what to do, you just say, uncle will be with you."

Jiang Li felt warm in her heart when she said this, she said: "Although the dumb woman said that those people are now in Dongshan, but such a long time has passed, I don't know if Feng Yutang and the others have moved them away, or if they are still alive. "Jiang Li paused, and said: "Uncle heard what the dumb woman said. Life in the mine is difficult, and Feng Yutang has the heart to torture them. Ordinary people don't know how long they can last in it."

"What you said makes sense," Ye Mingyu said, "I'll take people on a trip to Dongshan first to see how those people are doing now. Tongxiang is not big, so it shouldn't be difficult to walk to Dongshan overnight."

Jiang Li continued: "Not only that, but if they are really in Dongshan, Feng Yutang must have arranged supervisors in the mine. Uncle's people have to see how many people they have, whether they can avoid them, and not alarm them. If you have to alarm them , Can we take them all down in a short time, so that they don't report to Feng Yutang, and when reinforcements come, it will be difficult for us to think about action."

Ye Mingyu chuckled: "Don't worry, your uncle and I are already familiar with these threatening things."

Jiang Li nodded: "I wonder if uncle can give me an answer tomorrow?"

"So fast?" Ye Mingyu was surprised.

"It's not that I want to embarrass uncle." Jiang Li apologized, "It's because we don't have much time left. After seven days, Xue Xiancheng will be executed. If we can't find enough evidence within seven days to raise doubts, we will stop. Sentencing, everything is in vain."

Ye Mingyu sighed, knowing that what Jiang Li said made sense. If Xue Huaiyuan died, everyone would die, and there would be no point in doing anything else. He said: "Okay, I will do my best once. Ali, when I am not around, you will wait for me in the mansion, be careful."

Jiang Li said: "Okay." She took out a map of Tongxiang that she had drawn before from her sleeve, handed it to Ye Mingyu, and said, "This is the map of Tongxiang that I drew based on what others said before. Take it, uncle, and you can use it when necessary." Use it. I can also draw the map of Dongshan, but I have to wait for my time."

Ye Mingyu took the map, but saw that the drawing was densely packed and marked very meticulously, and he was stunned for a moment. Jiang Li said that she drew it following the Tongxiang that others said, but when Ye Mingyu traveled with the merchants, he knew that such a map, if not someone who is very familiar with the environment, others would not be able to draw it so carefully.

But he didn't say anything, just laughed and said: "Okay, okay, with this, I think our affairs can be half easy. A Li, then I will leave the rest to you. I will go and explain to my brothers first." a bit."

Ye Mingyu went outside to explain to his little brothers, Jiang Li looked at his back, feeling both guilty and moved. Ye Mingyu knew a lot of doubts, but because of her own reasons, she didn't ask anything, and she still trusted herself. This kind of trust was very precious, and she would always remember it in her heart. Since arriving in Tongxiang, Ye Mingyu has been standing by his side to help, and he has to travel overnight again tonight without resting at all. Jiang Li didn't want him to work so hard, but his father was on the other side.

She believed that when she was thinking about countermeasures, Feng Yutang must also be trying to find a way to tell Princess Yongning about the situation in Tongxiang. Once Princess Yongning knows this, she will undoubtedly find a way to get Feng Yutang to stop her, but Jiang Li thinks it is more likely that Yongning will directly let Feng Yutang kill herself.

She and Feng Yutang, the key to this war is time. Whoever is faster will have a better chance of winning. She didn't dare to stop, and couldn't afford to delay for a moment.

"Tong'er, help me grind the ink." Jiang Li said.

Tong'er hurried to the table, and Jiang Li picked up the pen. She once went to Dongshan with Xue Huaiyuan out of curiosity and because Xue Huaiyuan wanted to know what was going on in Dongshan. Although it was only once, she still remembers where she walked. Although today's Dongshan may be somewhat different because of Feng Yutang's "mining", the approximate location should still remain unchanged.

If she drew the location of the Dongshan mine, it would be easier for Ye Mingyu and the others to investigate. However, when Ye Mingyu found out what was going on there, she had to go to Dongshan herself. Those father's subordinates used to get along with them day and night and knew them best. Ye Mingyu couldn't do it if she wanted them to stand up and believe in herself. She had to talk to them in person.

It won't be long, it will be soon.

...

After a stick of incense, Jiang Li gave Ye Mingyu the drawn picture of Dongshan Mountain. Ye Mingyu was not sloppy either. After getting the map, he immediately set off with his troops. Dongshan is not far from here, but you have to be careful when exploring in unfamiliar places.

After Ye Mingyu left, Jiang Li was not idle either. She continued to pick up Xue Huaiyuan's file and read it slowly. Tong'er and Bai Xue advised her to rest for a while. It was inevitable that her body would be overwhelmed if she kept reading. But Jiangli couldn't hear it, she just watched it silently until the cock crowed three times, and she really felt sleepy, so she went to bed, put on her clothes and took a nap for a while.

But it didn't take long after all.

Jiang Li woke up by herself. For some reason, although she was very tired, it was probably because she cared about Xue Huaiyuan and knew that she could not delay even a moment. When she was sleeping ignorantly, she vaguely heard Tong'er whispering to someone outside: "The girl just fell asleep not long ago, and she fell asleep last night when it was dawn. Uncle, let's wait for the girl to rest for a while."

Jiang Li opened her eyes suddenly, stood up from the slum, and saw Ye Mingyu who was busy outside, although his face was tired, his eyes were bright.

Jiang Li's drowsiness was swept away immediately, and without any hesitation, she immediately asked, "Uncle, you are back."

Ye Mingyu and Tong'er realized that Jiang Li had come out, and Tong'er said anxiously, "Hey, girl, why are you up?"

"Yes, Ah Li," Ye Mingyu also said, "Why don't you sleep a little longer?" Their men walk outside all year round, so it's nothing if they don't sleep all night. But Jiangli is still young and a girl, so it will inevitably be very tiring.

"I woke up," Jiang Li asked, "Uncle, how is Dongshan's investigation going?"

When asked about business matters, Ye Mingyu couldn't care less about other things, so he replied, "Ali, I took someone to see it. The dumb woman is right. There are people in the mine tunnel on Dongshan Mountain. But there are people guarding outside. Let's take advantage of the night watch." When I was asleep, I walked to the entrance of the mine, and I wanted to go in, but seeing that the Dongshan cave was too big, we couldn’t find the way, and we were afraid that we would get separated and disturb others, so we retreated first.”

Jiang Li murmured: "That's right, Dongshan Cave's terrain is indeed complicated, and people who don't understand can easily get lost in it. Uncle, it's right for your people to back out in time, otherwise they will get lost in it and get trapped easily."

Her words sounded as if she had often walked in Dongshan and knew the situation inside like the back of her hand. But at this moment, Ye Mingyu didn't notice the strangeness of Jiang Li's statement, but said: "Although we didn't go in, we can be sure that there are indeed people mining gold in the mine. , so I don’t know.”

Jiang Li asked: "How does Uncle determine?"

"Feng Yutang's people are so worthless, we arrived at the mine at night, it's so late, and those miners are still working!" Ye Mingyu was filled with righteous indignation when he mentioned this matter: "This is treating people wrongly, it's really disgusting! "

Jiang Li lowered her eyes, since Feng Yutang wanted to torture those people, he naturally wouldn't make them feel better, but how many of those officials can survive working day and night?

"Can uncle know the approximate number of miners mining gold in the mine tunnel?" Jiang Li asked.

Ye Mingyu said: "I don't know the details, but I guess there are definitely not many."

Jiang Li's heart sank, and she asked, "Why do you say that?"

"Because there are too few guards," Ye Mingyu said, "There are only two people in total. If it weren't for the fact that I am not familiar with the terrain, to be honest, I could knock down these guards and rescue the miners inside by myself. But you Thinking, if there are really many people, how could Feng Yutang only send two people to guard, and he is not afraid of any problems? Unless there are not many people in the first place, two people are enough to guard him, so naturally there is no problem."

Jiang Li was silent for a long time, and said: "Uncle is quite right." In fact, there is another possibility, that is, in the eyes of Feng Yutang, Xue Huaiyuan is already a dying person, and the Xue family has no heirs. Nature has also become an abandoned child. Who can save an abandoned child, anyway, no one will come to rescue them, and it is really unnecessary to send too many people to guard them.

But Jiang Li knew that this might just be something she thought up to comfort herself, what Ye Mingyu said was more likely. But at least, there are still people alive, which is a good thing after all, which means that there is still a chance to find the witness she hopes for.

"Ali, the people have been found now, but the terrain at Dongshan is complicated, and we can't find a way to bring them all out. Also, we can take them away. I'm not familiar with Tongxiang, so I don't know. Where can these people be safely hidden. If Feng Yutang sends people to search, it is easy to find out their whereabouts, after all, Tongxiang is too small."

These words are also true, Ye Mingyu's thinking is not unreasonable.

Jiang Li pondered for a long time, and said, "Uncle Mingyu don't have to worry about hiding people, I have a solution." Although Tongxiang is small, it is not clear at a glance. She and Xue Zhao grew up in Tongxiang and walked through every corner. Xue Zhao used to share those abandoned secret rooms with her as fun things, but now they have really become treasures without others knowing.

Although Ye Mingyu wondered how Jiang Li solved this problem, he never asked too many questions that shouldn't be asked. He has a simple mind and is unwilling to think about too complicated issues, so he said: "Okay, let's not mention this matter for now, but how do we get those people out? If you want them as witnesses, you have to bring them Li Dongshan. Once Feng Yutang knows that you have this plan, or guesses it, he will kill people to silence it, and then we will be busy."

"Uncle Mingyu, the reason why you find it troublesome is not because of the guards outside, but because you are not familiar with Dongshan and are afraid of getting lost in the many mines inside." Jiang Li said: "Leave this matter to me."

Ye Mingyu asked: "What do you mean? Li, what can you do?"

"I'm going to Dongshan," Jiang Li said, "Enter the mine, and I'll bring those officials out."

As soon as these words came out, Ye Mingyu almost jumped up. He said, "Are you kidding me, Ah Li, how could you go in?"

"Yes," Tong'er, who had been listening all this time, couldn't help persuading at this moment: "Girl, this is the first time you have come to Tongxiang. Uncle and master don't know how to get through the mine. It's so dangerous inside, how can you risk?"

"I'm not taking risks." Jiang Li said, "I know how to get inside the mine."

"No," Ye Mingyu said, "It's too dangerous. Besides, how do you know how to get to the mine?"

"Uncle Mingyu," Jiang Li looked into Ye Mingyu's eyes and said seriously, "I said, I know how to get inside the mine."

Ye Mingyu was taken aback.

Jiang Li's eyes are clear and clear, like a stream of water, but the firmness in it turns that stream of water into a hard rock. She didn't lie, he really knew how to walk in the mine.

Ye Mingyu suddenly didn't know what to say. His niece was described as sincere, gentle and kind, but there were countless mysteries about him, and sometimes people felt that they would never be able to get into her heart.

"Okay." After a while, Ye Mingyu said, "But I can't let you in alone, Ari, I want to go with you."

Jiang Li wanted to say something else, but Ye Mingyu waved his hand: "Ali, I know you have your own calculations when you do things, I won't ask you why or what, but I am your family, I can't just watch you take risks. If I were going to enter the mine today, I don’t think you would sit by and watch with confidence.”

Ye Mingyu's attitude was also very persistent.

Tong'er and Baixue looked at this for a while, and looked at that for a while, but neither dared to speak.

After a while, Jiang Li said: "Okay."

When Ye Mingyu heard this, his seriousness was swept away, and he said, "Okay! Ah Li, tell me, when are you going to leave?"

Jiang Li: "Now."

"Now?"

"Yes, just now. Feng Yutang hasn't thought about the official mission yet, but he will soon. Just in case, he will clean up all the things that may be evidence, including the official mission. So we don't In the extra time, all those officials must be brought out as soon as possible."

"But girl, you just woke up..." Tong'er reminded.

"I'm not in the way, Uncle Mingyu, we have to work harder. As long as we take them out and hide them, we can relax for a while."

Ye Mingyu replied straightforwardly: "It's okay, A Li, what do you need, just tell uncle, uncle will never say anything else, just leave!"

Bai Xue and Tong'er looked at each other helplessly. The two uncles and nephews were equally bold and fearless in doing things.

"Then let's go."

...

From decision to departure, it took only half a stick of incense.

Although Ye Mingyu does things rough and regardless of the consequences, but this temperament of doing things when he thinks about it, he will not waste time timidly. This kind of vigorous and resolute behavior coincides with Jiang Li's thinking. A group of people took advantage of the morning to avoid pedestrians and secretly set off for Dongshan.

Not all of Ye Mingyu's troops were brought with him. Some of them had to pretend to be Ye Mingyu to fool the people Feng Yutang sent to watch them.

There were seven people in this group except Jiang Li. After Jiang Li discussed with Ye Mingyu, the other six people waited at the mine gate to meet them. Ye Mingyu and Jiang Li went into the mine to search for the officials. Before that, they had to bring down the guards sent by Feng Yutang, but just in case, they had a special method of sending messages, from finding people to picking them up, it was best to complete it in a stick of incense.

In fact, it is not difficult to meet people, but the difficulty is to find those officials in the mines extending in all directions. After all, there are many mines in it, and I don't know which one they go. The people in Tongxiang don't know the route inside the Dongshan Mine Road, but they know it. Anyone who dares to lead them knows that it is Feng Yutang's territory.

So all the burdens fell on Jiang Li.

This time because of danger, Tong'er and Bai Xue were not brought along. Jiang Li also changed into a man's attire, short sackcloth, black trousers and moccasin boots, and her long hair was tied up and hidden in a hat. She looked like a handsome young gentleman. However, she hid that soft beauty together, bringing a bit of heroic edge.

Ye Mingyu asked Jiang Li: "Ali, don't worry too much. If we can't find them, let's go back and try a few more times. We can always figure out the way. You don't have to take everything on yourself." Ye Mingyu thought, Jiang Li was too concerned about the case of the Xue family. Although she didn't know why, Ye Mingyu didn't want Ah Li to feel sad and blame herself for it.

"Don't worry." Jiang Li smiled at him, "Uncle Mingyu, I won't miss them."

Ye Mingyu was startled, scratched his head, and said, "That's fine."

The distance from Qingshi Lane to Dongshan is not far. Along the way, the carriage followed the path Jiang Li said. Ye Mingyu gradually discovered that the road that Jiang Li asked them to take had no pedestrians along the way, and it was also very remote. Going this way, it is indeed impossible for Feng Yutang's people to discover them. Ye Mingyu felt strange. As far as he knew, Jiang Li had come to Tongxiang for the first time, but Jiang Li was more familiar with Tongxiang than the locals.

Because of this, at the beginning, Jiang Li thought that she knew the way of Dongshan Mine Road as comforting words, but now, Ye Mingyu gradually believed that Jiang Li did know the way of Dongshan mine.

After an unknown amount of time, the carriage stopped. Ye Mingyu said outside: "Ali, we're here."

Jiang Li jumped off the carriage.

Dongshan is in the west of Tongxiang, and almost no one comes here on weekdays. This mountain is not as green and quiet as the usual mountains, but it is terribly desolate. Occasionally, a crow's cry came from the sky, which made it even more desolate.

Jiang Li raised her eyes and looked in the direction of Dongshan.

Then I saw a bare round-headed mountain sitting alone by a dry lake. The rocks on the mountain are jagged, and the whole mountain looks weird, like the head of some kind of monster, which makes people feel terrified when they look at it. Ye Mingyu came here at night before, so he couldn't see the face of the mountain clearly, but now that he can see it clearly, he also feels that his back is hairy. He wanted Jiang Li not to be afraid, but saw Jiang Li staring straight at the mountain, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, not only did not show a trace of No. 1 fear, but he seemed a little happy.

Ye Mingyu suddenly didn't want to say anything.

In fact, Jiang Li didn't feel happy yet, but she really felt kind. When she, Xue Zhaogang and Xue Huaiyuan came here, Xue Huaiyuan wanted to investigate Dongshan's past history, and brought them here once, but they only visited the mountain gate, never entered the mountain.

But Xue Zhao was bold and adventurous by nature, so he sneaked around inside a few times by himself, not only that, but also took Xue Fangfei with him. Although she looks well-behaved on the surface, she is actually not limited by the world, and she is very happy to explore Dongshan's secrets with Xue Zhao. It's just different from those described in those unofficial biographies. They didn't find any treasures, but after traveling more times, she knew exactly what was inside and how the terrain was.

Now Feng Yutang asked people to re-open the mine. At first, Jiang Li thought that the mine inside had changed, but after thinking about it, there were only a dozen or so of his father's staff before. It is not an easy task for more than a dozen people to dig out many mines again. Furthermore, Feng Yutang sent these officials here not to really ask them to dig gold, but to torture them. You must know that gold cannot be mined in Dongshan. This has been known to everyone for many years.

Therefore, the mine tunnels in the cave are still the same in all likelihood. As long as there are no accidents, those people can still be found.

Ye Mingyu asked Jiang Li and the two guards to wait in place first, and he and his subordinates went to "put down" the two guards first, but he didn't know if the other party would have any other tricks. If something went wrong, the guards would take Jiang Li first. escape.

Jiang Li and the guards waited quietly in the grass. While waiting for Ye Mingyu to come back, Jiang Li closed her eyes and recalled the scene of exploring the Dongshan mine with Xue Zhao in the past.

When she was about to recall it for the second time, the guard beside her said: "The third master is back!"

Jiang Li opened her eyes, and what caught her eyes was Ye Mingyu's happy face. Ye Mingyu said: "We put down both of them, and left a few people watching over there. A Li, I'll go in with you first. Wait outside! If there is anything wrong, fire the signal arrow!"

Jiang Li thought, in fact, there is something wrong. She is familiar with the mines in Dongshan, but she can use the cover of the mines to hide in it, but she can't get through without eating or drinking, and she has to come out again to solve the problem. As for Xue Huaiyuan's matter, it is impossible to hide, otherwise, the mine tunnel is an excellent place to deal with bad guys.

Thinking about it, I found it interesting, and couldn't help showing a smile.

This smile fell into Ye Mingyu's eyes. Ye Mingyu thought that he had done a good job, and Jiang Li was very satisfied with his smile, which naturally made him even more proud. He said, "Ali, don't wait, let's go in!"

Jiang Li and Ye Mingyu entered the mine pass together.

It was very dark in the cave, and Ye Mingyu lit the torch to illuminate the surroundings, but he could see more clearly the emptiness and spaciousness inside the mountain. Ye Mingyu looked online and said in surprise: "My dear, this place is really big. It's so big, can you find someone? Where can I find it?"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "It's okay, uncle will follow me." Before Ye Mingyu could continue to sigh, she stepped out first and walked straight forward.

Ye Mingyu couldn't stop him, so he had to hurry up.

Jiang Li guessed right, the path in the Dongshan mine has not changed much. If you want to come, you need to change, and the mine tunnels dug before don't need to be changed. Jiang Li followed her original memory and walked forward, walking all the way, looking at the fresh footprints left behind, as well as the change of wind direction and smell.

The mine tunnel was very deep, and Ye Mingyu was afraid that Jiang Li would go too deep and not find his way back, so he kept making marks along the way. But his marking action couldn't even catch up with Jiang Li's moving forward. Jiang Li walked very fast and firmly, and Ye Mingyu couldn't even stop her.

I don't know how long he walked. Ye Mingyu felt that there were mines all around him, and he couldn't tell what it looked like just now. He really didn't understand how Jiang Li could distinguish these differences. When he was about to ask Jiang Li whether he should quit, the mine Deep in the cave, there was a sudden coughing sound.

Jiang Li asked, "Who's there?"

It's a holiday! I don’t know if everyone is on holiday for the Dragon Boat Festival~ cheer up!