Dad, we are so stable, should we do something?

"Answer me honestly." Seeing that the boy was still not honest, Tian Zhenwei directly stabbed the knife into his leg and stirred it.

"Ah, ah, I say, I say."

"Humph, I told you to be obedient. If you don't behave, I'll feed you to the ants."

"There is still silver mine that has not been mined out yet. We have been here these past few days to find a way to cover up the remaining silver mine."

"Okay, if you are really dishonest, then do you know why the prefect wants to build these silver mines?"

"We really don't know about this. This is their superiors' business. We are only responsible for doing our job. If we knew too much, we would not end up well."

Seeing that they could not get anything out of the interrogation, Tian Zhenwei and the others stopped asking any more questions and simply asked him to lead the way and see the silver mines.

"In fact, it was behind the rocks in the cave. We didn't have time to move it, so we wanted to use this trick to cover it up first, and then secretly move it away when no one was paying attention."

"Then where did you take all those people? Are they still there?"

"Yes, yes, they are all still there. A lot of people are needed at the smelting site. Most of them have been sent there. It's just that the earliest ones may be gone."

Seeing that he was so scared that he dared not speak, Tian Zhenwei believed that the other party was telling the truth. However, it was not appropriate to go to the other side now. He didn't know how to climb there in the middle of the night. He could only wait until daybreak. Now he could only pray that the people were still safe.

Magistrate Tian has also conducted an investigation here. They were indeed sent by the prefect. One of them is the prefect's brother-in-law. However, he may not be able to bring down the prefect. His brother-in-law did provide a lot of clues. In recent years, the prefect has created a lot of silver that has flowed into the market. As long as we check the markets, we will be able to find clues and then report to the court to punish them.

But the most important thing now is those villagers. My brother-in-law has no information about this part of the news, so he can only wait to hear the situation from Tian Yuheng and the others.

"Sir, what are you going to do with these people?" Gao Xi suddenly came over and questioned County Magistrate Tian.

Magistrate Tian did not respond immediately, but simply said, "We have to wait a little longer. We will report the evidence to the court in the next few days. Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

Gao Xi suddenly smiled and took out a token from his arms. Unexpectedly, the other party was actually a third-rank captain. County Magistrate Tian immediately prepared to kneel down.

Gao Xi immediately stopped him and said with a smile, "Your Excellency, there is no need to be so polite. I am here to help you on the orders of our general. Our general has heard about the prefect's affairs a long time ago, but due to his status, he cannot intervene directly. Fortunately, you are here, so I can be of use now."

"In addition, the weapons you presented to the general earlier were very useful and far superior to those made by the army. You also sent craftsmen to teach the general skills, which moved the general even more."

"I don't deserve it. This is what I should do. We are very happy that the general can use our things and they can help him.

So what are we going to do about these people?”

"Don't worry, we will send people to arrest the prefect directly and deal with them quickly. There is a lot of silver in his mansion, and we can convict him of a serious crime just for this. We can collect other evidence slowly.

Once you have gathered the evidence, you can report this to the court. However, Sir Tian, ​​it would be best if you find someone you trust to deliver the petition for you. You also know that you are being targeted. "

"Ah, I am ashamed that the generals knew all this about me."

"Nothing, it's all that vicious woman who went crazy, it has nothing to do with you."

Seeing Gao Xi calling the imperial concubine like that, County Magistrate Tian didn't dare to respond.

But now with the general's help, the prefect will have no problems.

Tian Yuheng and his men had not yet finished their work, but they sent someone to send the cattle hunter back first, and then went to the county magistrate to inform them of the situation there.

"Sir, why don't you let me bring some people to assist the Second Young Master? I'm afraid those little guys will get wind of something and run away. That would be bad. Besides, there are so many people in their hands. We have to hurry up."

"It's just that we don't have enough manpower. After what happened tonight, I'm worried about my family here." The assassination in the evening just ended a few hours ago. County Magistrate Tian is still in shock and worried about the safety of his family. There are only women and scholars here. If there weren't some people here, they might not be so lucky if another wave of people came.

"Master Tian, ​​don't worry. My people have also come to your county, but they are a little late. They are dressed as ordinary people and I have asked them to go to Grandma's Village tonight."

"Really? Thank you so much, Du Wei. I'll ask the person who came to report the news just now to take you there. It's dark now and I'm afraid Du Wei might take the wrong way." Hearing that many soldiers had come, their strength must be much stronger than those in their county. Although Tian Zhenwei and the others were naturally very powerful, there were some things that this soldier might be better at.

"Okay, thank you very much, sir. I will leave now. Please help me apologize to Miss Xing'er. I have lied to her along the way." After saying this, Gao Xi left.

As soon as the sky turned slightly bright, Gao Xi's men and others arrived. Tian Zhenwei had just packed up and was ready to leave.

"Second Young Master, Brother Zhenwei, I'm here to help you." Tian Zhenwei and the others had already learned about Gao Xi's identity from their brothers who had gone to report the news. Although they felt a little unhappy, they thought about their purpose and realized that it was not a lie, so they let it go.

"Gao Duwei, we will give you the command from now on." Tian Yuheng was very tactful and gave up the position of team leader.

"Okay, then I won't be polite. We came here a few years ago, but I didn't expect it to become a den for these people to harm the people."

After the two parties reunited, the team set out soon. If the cave had not been blown up by those people, they could have walked closer through the cave. They had no tools, and even if they had, digging would take a lot of effort. Now time was tight and they could only take a detour. Fortunately, this mountain was not very high and the road was easy to walk on. It had been sunny these few days and it hadn't rained. If it had rained, the mountain road would be full of mud and it would be difficult for people to walk. I'm afraid it would be faster to dig a cave.

Gao Xi and his men were soldiers as expected, as they moved even faster. They cleared the way for Tian Yuheng and his men as they walked, cutting branches on both sides. Perhaps they also took into consideration that Tian Yuheng was a weak scholar, so even so they did not slow down.

Soon they climbed over the mountain and reached another hilltop. It was obvious that someone had walked here. Gao Xi ordered people to find the small path that those people had hidden.

"Sir, I found it. It's here."

"Okay, let's go from there."

It is called a small path, but in fact it is not small, because they want to use this road to transport silver ore carts. The road is flat and wide. Those people just put a lot of thorns and tree trunks in front of the road to block the way, but this is not a problem for them.

Just as they had dealt with these roadblocks, the people sent to scout ahead came back.