When Shi Yi thinks about Xianyu, someone always comes to disturb her.

But he still had to find a chance to tell Manager Wei about this matter.

Weidong was awakened by a burst of fragrance, and his stomach growled in protest.

When he opened his eyes, he saw Xie Jiu sitting on the bed with a meat pie in his hand. Wei Dong seemed to have had enough sleep and was in a much better mood.

He sat up, took the meat pie and took a bite while it was still hot, then he finished the whole meat pie under Xie Jiu's gaze.

Xie Jiu was happy to see that he had a good appetite.

Weidong stood up, washed his hands, put on his clothes, and dealt with matters concerning the caravan.

General Xiao brought his personal soldiers into the mountains to hunt today. A group of people walked through the mountains, and when they saw prey, they drew their bows and shot arrows.

It really looks like they are out for fun.

Xiao Jingxing searched every inch of land with his eyes, but found nothing after a whole day. He returned to the general's mansion before the sun set.

Seeing that his grandfather looked unhappy, he entered the study and asked in a low voice, "Grandpa, what happened?"

General Xiao looked at his grandson. Although he was a little young, he inherited the strong character of the Xiao family.

He was the heir to the General's Mansion that he was satisfied with.

Therefore, he did not hide it from Xiao Jingxing and showed him all the news that Zhang Laoliu brought today. This was his conversation with Zhang Laoliu, and he had it all recorded.

Because these things will definitely be reported to the emperor in the future, he must treat them with caution.

Xiao Jingxing's face also turned bad.

"Grandpa, this means General Chen..." he asked in disbelief.

When General Xiao saw that his grandson didn't continue, he began to teach:

"Just listen to what others say, but you have to find out for yourself whether it is true or not. Everything should be based on evidence." People in their position must not listen to one side only.

"Send someone to General Chen to keep an eye on it. The most important thing is to find the mine that Zhang Laoliu mentioned. When you go hunting tomorrow, take him with you."

If Zhang Laoliu leads the way to the mine, then what he says is highly credible. If he fails to find it, then his words cannot be used as strong evidence.

Xiao Jingxing understood what his grandfather said and knew what to do tomorrow.

On the second day, Xiao Jingxing took the lead and continued the hunting game.

Although so much time has passed, Zhang Laoliu is very familiar with this place. Seeing the familiar plants and trees, it seems as if he is still that ordinary patrol soldier.

He is still the Zhang Laoliu who follows people around everywhere looking for snacks.

He saw the crooked tree that he had to pass by every day during his patrols, the wild grass that always bloomed with purple flowers in the summer, and the hillside that he never dared to go to again.

He brought General Xiao there, but there was no entrance where he had fallen in before.

He turned around there several times, then stood still in one place. Zhang Laoliu said firmly:

"It's right here. There used to be a cave entrance right under my feet, but now it's gone for some reason. But I'm sure I fell here."

Xiao Jingxing looked at this place carefully. There was nothing unusual. It looked like an ordinary hillside. He led people to search here carefully.

In the evening, they rode back home in a mighty procession, carrying the prey they had hunted, which seemed to be a good harvest.

Xiao Jingxing placed a few stones on the desk and said to his grandfather:

"The hole was filled in. Although there is no hole there, I picked up a few stones nearby. Aren't they said that minerals are very special? Why can't I see it?"

General Xiao laughed at his grandson's unprofessional words:

"Silly boy, what a fool you are talking about. Have you heard that everyone has his or her own specialty? Just find someone who knows about minerals and you'll know. But don't look for him in the military, so as not to alert the enemy."

It is still unknown how many people in the military are involved with the miners, so we must proceed with caution.

Xiao Jing was in a difficult situation because he didn't know the people outside.

General Xiao patted his grandson on the shoulder and said:

"I'll take care of this matter. I know who to ask." How could he not help when King Dongshan was here? After all, this was their royal family's business!

As for where he is now?

But Zhang Laoliu told him that he was now living in the office with the caravan, so it would not be easy to find him.

General Xiao put the stones into a basket, covered it with a piece of floral cloth, and then asked someone to deliver it to Xie Jiu in the office.

This name was also told to him by Zhang Laoliu.

So when Xie Jiu received the basket covered with floral cloth in the evening, he was confused as to why they came to him again so soon.

There was a letter in the basket. It was not signed or addressed to anyone, but he knew it was for him. When he opened it, he saw a simple sentence on it:

"Please find someone to identify whether these stones are minerals." Xie Jiu knew that these stones must have been found in some suspicious place. To him, they looked like ordinary stones.

Knowing that he couldn't tell the difference, he took the basket and found Weidong, asking him to help him take a look.

Wei Dong was puzzled when he saw Xie Jiu coming in with a basket: "What's in your basket?" Xie Jiu smiled helplessly and lifted the floral cloth to reveal the stones inside.

He said to Weidong, "Look at this stone. Is it ore?"

Weidong put down the pen in his hand, stood up, took a stone, looked at it carefully for a while and said:

"Where did you get these stones?" It looks like a gold mine, but these stones are just worthless ore scraps.

The workshop had bought this kind of scraps, and he had seen them when he was studying. This scrap was of good quality, and if it was given to the workshop, something could be extracted from it.

Without the assistance of workshop technology, these stones would be nothing more than worthless stones.

Xie Jiu touched his nose and said, "It's someone I know. He helped me deal with the horse bandit. Look, the report is coming so soon." He said half-truthfully.

Wei Dong did not ask about his affairs, and even when he knew that Zhang Laoliu was sent out by him, he did not ask proactively.

Now he took the initiative to say it. Wei Dong said indifferently, "Oh!" and then looked at every stone in the basket.

Very conscientious.

He raised his head, looked into Xie Jiu's eyes and said, "This is considered ore, but it's just a scrap with a very low content. If you don't have the technology, you can't extract much gold."

Xie Jiu said in surprise: "You mean this is a stone containing gold." He looked at it carefully for a long time but did not find any trace of gold.

Wei Dong said: "Yes, these stones are the leftovers from the gold mine." This shattered the last bit of hope in Xie Jiu's heart.

He knew what it would mean if there really was a gold mine in the border town.

This matter really developed in the worst direction.

Xie Jiu sat down in despair, picked up the pen that Wei Dong had just put down, and wrote two untidy words on the blank space of the original letter paper: Gold Mine