The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

The farmers need to rest, so Jian Yuan and Nalu divide the work and cooperate.

Starting from the 9th hour, Nalu first brought half of the farmers back to eat and rest.

After resting for 8 hours, we took them out to search again, and in exchange for Jianyuan, they came back to eat and rest.

Xu Lai took a tour of the entire city, prepared dry food for them, and then put up tents to rest.

The farmers dug holes everywhere in the castle, but unfortunately they still couldn't dig into the heart of the castle.

However, Jian Yuan's investigative skills brought Xu Lai some unexpected gains.

Gold coins, gold bars, and even gold bricks from ancient times.

Not many parts of the castle have been preserved, but there are actually several well-preserved storage rooms.

The first floor may store various ingredients, but they have long since rotted away, and the only ones that are recognizable are probably petrified and carbonized.

Jian Yuan found a large number of decayed weapons at the same location on the second floor, all made of fine metal and wood.

The wooden part of these weapons is definitely unusable, but the blade part is still very useful to resmelt.

These things should have been very advanced weapons in that era.

Almost every piece that Naru brought back with the farmers was mixed with high-grade metals, either mithril or fine gold.

Then there is the gold found on the third floor. There are hundreds of thousands of gold coins that Xu Lai can use directly.

The remaining gold bars and gold bricks also need to be smelted before they can be used.

However, these things are all hard currency and can be used directly as currency in any market.

The number of gold bars and gold bricks is much greater than that of gold coins. According to Xu Lai's estimate, the gold dug out here alone must be worth more than one million.

According to Naru, although there are no valuable discoveries in the upper reaches of the castle, many basements have been dug out in the lower reaches.

The basement is mostly used for storage, and some nobles will dig secret passages and so on.

Therefore, even if the sky collapses and the earth collapses, many of the basements in the castle will remain intact.

It's just that Jian Yuan and the others are mainly focused on digging for the heart of the castle. Whether they can find the treasure in the basement will have to wait until Jian Yuan comes to report in person tomorrow.

Xu Lai patted Nalu on the shoulder with satisfaction. This young man worked very hard whether he was fighting or working.

I don’t know the time underground. In the blink of an eye, the night passes quietly.

Before going to bed last night, Xu Lai just had a breather with Su Ya.

The anti-rape operation in Qingfeng City went very smoothly. Just in the first step of verifying the confessions, many liars were found.

They may lie for various reasons, and they may not all be spies, but just lying, concealing facts, etc., shows that they are not sincere.

In this part, they must first be stripped of important positions. If the circumstances are serious, the other party's resident qualifications will be deprived.

If the circumstances are more serious, such as not only lying but also passing information to the outside world, then just like those horse thieves, they will be convicted by the magistrate and sentenced to labor punishment.

In addition to verifying the confessions and identifying a group of problematic personnel, Wei Yihong and Lacy also formed interview teams to conduct secret investigations based on the records in the employment report.

It's just that this work takes a long time, and Qingfeng City is also short of manpower, so I'm afraid there won't be any answers in a short time.

Apart from the anti-rape operation, everything else in Qingfeng City went smoothly.

Tahan successfully accepted Bello and the horse thieves he brought, and personally arranged for them to settle in the Mining Town, with Bello serving as the mayor.

They had just settled down last night. At Xu Lai's signal, most of the control of the entire town was transferred to Bello.

This is Xu Lai's reward for Naru and a sign of full trust in Bello.

But except for Bello and his family, no one else could leave the mining town.

Except that they can't leave, the food supply, work and rest time, everything is no different from the humans on the ground. Xu Lai also helped them build a house for free.

Of course, mining for 8 hours in a row is very tiring.

So Xu Lai is allowed to give them a little sweetness, or a reward. Let Bello and Su Ya discuss and decide how to do it.

In addition to bringing more than a thousand horse thieves and more than 3,000 horse thieves' families, Bello also brought nearly 2,000 recruited horse thieves and an astonishing number of various items.

From the previous harvests, both in Qingfeng City and Mingyue City, the warehouses were full.

Therefore, Su Ya simply sealed all these things and slowly opened them up when Xu Lai came back.

Bello thoughtfully prepared a list, but the magic communication was not as clear as the high-definition camera, so Xu Lai only glanced at it roughly.

Gold coins, rare resources, high-end equipment, etc., just counting the zeros at the end was enough to keep him excited for a long time.

In addition to the good news, there are two not-so-good news.

First, on his way here, Bello encountered troops sent by nobles.

Fortunately, when Bello was attacked by Count Aini at his home base, he expected that these nobles would not let go of the wealth he had accumulated over the years.

Although he could give these wealth to Xu Lai, Xu Lai was at least willing to save his life and give his two sons a good background.

So Bello did not take a week off as Xu said.

Instead, he used the fastest time to pack up all the things and people in the lair, and moved closer to Qingfeng City day and night.

Unfortunately, he was betrayed by the traitor and the news leaked.

However, Bello communicated with Su Ya in advance, and Xu Lai happened to leave Tahan and his knights behind, so he was able to successfully bring Bello back.

Count Aini was also very afraid of Xu Lai. Under his repeated orders, his nobles did not dare to initiate a war with Xu Lai.

What's more, it was near Qingfeng City. Once a fight broke out, it would be easier for Tahan to get support.

But Earl Aini was unwilling to start a war with Xu Lai easily, so as not to give Xu Lai an excuse.

But for the betrayal from his subordinates, he was not so scrupulous about revenge.

Another piece of bad news that Su Ya brought to Xu Lai was that Count Aini once again issued a mobilization order, asking all the nobles under his command to send troops.

Even Xu Lai received Aini's mobilization order.

Of course, Count Aini did not receive the support of the temple for this mobilization order.

Therefore, what he issued was just an ordinary mobilization order, and he was only qualified to mobilize his own troops and vassals.

Xu Lai is the baron he made and his direct vassal. He must respond to the mobilization if there are legitimate reasons.

But Su Ya had already helped Xu Lai push him away. Of course, he couldn't send troops to help attack Jimmy.

Even if it was just a random request from a few hundred people, Xu Lai would not agree.

Once these people are sent there, they will never come back.

Secondly, once these people appear on the battlefield, Jimmy will definitely be disappointed with Xu Lai, and may switch sides again on the spot.

The key is that when the reason for Jimmy's betrayal was announced, everyone knew that Jimmy betrayed Aini because of his loyalty to Xu Lai, but Xu Lai sent troops to help Aini attack Jimmy.

After that, who would be willing to follow him?

The reason is simple. Xu Lai had already responded to the war mobilization order before, and only a short time had passed.

According to the law of nobility, although vassals are required to respond to the mobilization request of superior nobles, this can only happen once a year.

If we have to respond every time and meet some upper-class nobles who are free to do anything, then the people below will still be alive.

With this excuse, at least until June next year, Aini will be unable to do anything about Xu Lai.

The purpose of Aini's mobilization must be to attack Jimmy Martell's territory.

The Martell family is also actively preparing for war, and many people in the family are also dissatisfied with Jimmy.

But according to Su Ya, Jimmy didn't send any news.

Even Su Ya was still busy and asked Big Aiboka to organize a team to send a lot of supplies and food to Jimmy in the name of a caravan.

Although the caravan from Big Eboka has not returned yet, the news has been delivered quickly.

Jimmy only said that everything was as expected, and asked Xu Lai to wait with peace of mind and not to act blindly.

Not only did he not ask Xu Lai for support, he actually asked Xu Lai to wait in peace.

What he was waiting for, Xu Lai knew very well. He must be waiting for Jimmy to spread all the evidence and completely confirm the collusion between Count Aini and the orcs.

As long as this is confirmed, everyone on Aini's side will completely lose the people's support in the grassland.

At that time, if Xu Lai took action, it would be justifiable and no one could say anything.

As for Martel's comfort, Jimmy said he was mentally prepared to take the loss.

When necessary, he would gather all his troops and people into the castle, so he was very grateful to Su Ya for the large amount of food sent in time.

Jimmy is willing to use his outer territory to buy time for Xu Lai's reputation.

Xu Lai's instructions were to carry out business as usual, but to be ready to send troops for rescue at any time.

With these two not-so-good news as a base, Xu Lai seemed even more urgent today.

Even before all the digging was completed within the originally scheduled 24 hours, Xu Lai had already begun to mobilize his troops to prepare to blow up Yunzhong City.

But I don't know if it was because the castle had not been repaired for a long time, or if Naru and his friends were too rude, which became the straw that broke the camel's back.

Before Xu Lai had time to order the gathering, the castle in the city that had existed for an unknown period of time collapsed for the second time.

Naru ran fast and was very strong. Even if he was hit by some wall bricks, his movements would not be affected.

But the farmers he brought were not so lucky. Even with Xu Lai's ultimate defense and the blessing of the sacred blood bottle, more than a dozen farmers were killed on the spot.

There were dozens of farmers. Although they were not killed on the spot, they were buried in the rubble.

It's better now. The more anxious you are, the harder it is to leave.

Xu Lai couldn't afford to lose dozens of farmers, and the key man Nalu was still buried inside.

So before Jian Yuan and the others had rested for 8 hours, Xu Lai hurriedly called out and everyone took their guys to dig out people. (End of chapter)