Escape after crossing

At night, Jiang Ziluo changed into a nightgown and quietly sneaked into the mansion. The mansion was heavily guarded, and Jiang Ziluo carefully avoided the patrolling soldiers and approached his target step by step.

Outside a secluded room, Jiang Ziluo heard a conversation coming from inside. He leaned under the window and listened with bated breath.

"The iron ore this time is of high quality. The boss will definitely be very satisfied."

"As long as we deliver on time, we will get paid well."

Jiang Ziluo was shocked. It turned out that the iron ore was transported to another place. She continued to listen, hoping to get more clues.

Just as Jiang Ziluo was listening intently, a sound of footsteps came closer. Without time to think, he quickly climbed up the stairs and disappeared into the darkness.

After leaving the mysterious house, Jiang Ziluo felt extremely heavy. The words she had just heard kept echoing in her mind: "Superior iron ore." These four short words made her fall into deep thought.

She knew very well that ore of this quality would have a wide range of uses. However, if, as she had guessed, all of this iron ore was made into weapons, then the situation would become extremely complicated.

If it is supplied to the army of the country, it is fine, but if the iron ore falls into the hands of the army of other countries, or even into the hands of certain individuals, then the matter will be...

Thinking of this, Jiang Ziluo couldn't help but frowned tightly, praying secretly in his heart that these iron ores would never be used to make any dangerous weapons.

Jiang Ziluo was worried. She was afraid that things would become more and more complicated, and she was even more worried that the forces behind this matter were beyond her ability to contend with.

After Jiang Ziluo returned to the mountain village, he immediately found Mingxi and asked her to find Leng Chenming and tell him about the mountain village. He then asked Leng Chenming to investigate it. At the same time, he reminded Mingxi to be careful and pay more attention to whether there are any suspicious people around her.

When Mingxi and Mingyue stayed near the mountain stronghold to observe the situation, they found that except for the third in command who had captured them and took his men down the mountain after knowing that they had escaped, the leader of the mountain stronghold and other bandits did not make any unusual movements. The bandits who had been sent out before had not sent back any news.

Another very strange thing is that the people in this mountain village did not mine the ore in the back mountain, which made Mingyue and Mingxi very confused.

Jiang Ziluo and Mingyue discussed whether they should leave here first after Mingxi came back. After all, they had already told Leng Chenming about what happened here. They believed that he would definitely send someone to investigate it, and he would also pay attention to his own safety.

The news Mingxi brought back was that this mountain stronghold belonged to the Second Prince, and the iron ore mined was used to make weapons for his own army.

This iron mine was only discovered last year. The second prince used some of the money collected by Wu Shiyong to invest in his own army.

Leng Chenming also told Jiang Ziluo to leave first, and he would bring people to deal with these bandits. After hearing the news brought back by Mingxi, Jiang Ziluo decided to set off again the next day.

The next morning, Jiang Ziluo and the other two packed their luggage and prepared to leave the village. Along the way, they were more vigilant and carefully avoided possible dangers.

When they reached the foot of the mountain, they suddenly encountered a group of people in black. These people had bad intentions and were obviously coming for them.

Jiang Ziluo's heart tightened, and she was secretly on guard. She signaled Mingyue and Mingxi to prepare for the enemy's attack.

However, just as the two sides were about to fight, a shout was heard: "Stop!"

Jiang Ziluo, Mingyue and Mingxi looked in a daze at the men in black who suddenly surrounded them. They saw that each of these men was holding a sword, with a fierce look on their faces, staring at them closely.

At this moment, a middle-aged man in a brocade gown walked out from behind these men in black. He looked up and down at Jiang Ziluo and others with sharp eyes, and then asked.

"Why did you three come down from the mountain? You don't look like bandits." Jiang Ziluo understood the meaning of his words. Although this person seemed to be asking questions, he was actually wary of them.

Jiang Ziluo thought secretly in her heart, her brain working rapidly, and soon she came up with a countermeasure. She calmly replied: "We are on the road, and we spent the night on the mountainside last night. We didn't see any bandits, let alone bandits."

After saying this, she looked at the middle-aged man with a firm gaze, hoping that he would believe what she said.

The middle-aged man looked at Jiang Ziluo, as if trying to determine the truth of what she said. After a moment, he frowned slightly and waved his hand to let the man in black put away his weapon.

"In that case, you can go. However, this area is not peaceful, so you'd better leave as soon as possible." He said in a cold tone.

Jiang Ziluo nodded, pulled Mingyue and Mingxi and turned to leave. After walking a distance, she looked back and whispered, "Looking at their appearance, they seem to have bad intentions! Could they be the people who were captured on the mountain again?"

Mingyue was closest to Jiang Ziluo, so he naturally heard this sentence clearly. He also lowered his voice and replied, "Sir, in my opinion, the identity of the person who was arrested is probably not ordinary! Maybe, if Master Leng hadn't arrived in time, this group of people could have directly cleaned up the entire village."

"That's good! This way, the prince can save himself a lot of trouble." Mingxi responded easily.

Jiang Ziluo and his group quickened their pace and moved away from the mysterious group of men in black. They knew in their hearts that they could not stay in this place for long and had to rush to the next town as soon as possible.

On the way, Jiang Ziluo thought about what had just happened. Those men in black were obviously organized and were very alert to their presence. She was secretly glad that she had responded wittily, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

"It seems we need to be more careful." Jiang Ziluo reminded.

Mingyue and Mingxi nodded to show that they understood.