Your Majesty, the princess is fleeing famine with her child!

Xiao Jingyi went outside the village, took out a specially made copper flute and blew it a few times.

After a while, a figure appeared quietly.

"Your subordinate Tianji greets the master!"

Xiao Jingyi put away the copper flute and asked, "Have you finished the tasks assigned to you?"

Tianji replied respectfully: "My lord, I have contacted Commander Zuo."

"Commander Zuo has arrived in Jiangzhou now. He asked his subordinates to tell the master that you can do whatever he wants!"

"Commander Zuo also said that the assassination has made some progress. I will discuss it with the master in detail after I see him."

Xiao Jingyi nodded.

Back then, when Zuo Yan was an obscure figure with nowhere to go, Xiao Jingyi happened to meet him and helped him.

A favor is rewarded with loyalty.

Except for his confidants, no one knew that Zuo Yan was actually his man.

In the past few years, he has been away from the capital and stationed at the border, but he still has a clear understanding of the personnel and court affairs in the capital, and Zuo Yan's contribution is one of it.

"Contact our people and wait outside Fengluo Mountain."

"Notify the other members of the Seven Stars to come here before dawn tomorrow."

"We have big things to do tomorrow!"

Tianji bowed and accepted the order, "I will do it right away!"

"Go!" Xiao Jingyi waved his hand.

Tianji's figure was like a ghost and quickly disappeared into the darkness.

Xiao Jingyi looked up at the starry sky, and a premonition arose in his heart.

Daqi, a violent storm is about to come!

When Xiao Jingyi returned to the courtyard where he was staying temporarily, he coincidentally bumped into Yun Fuling who had just returned from outside.

Yun Fuling knew that Xiao Jingyi had gone out in the middle of the night, but she pretended not to know and asked in surprise, "You're still awake?"

Xiao Jingyi lied calmly, "I couldn't sleep, so I came out for a walk."

He looked at Yun Fuling, "Why aren't you asleep yet so late?"

Yun Fuling explained: "I am worried about the seriously injured villagers, especially Wang Erhe. He just had surgery during the day. Tonight is a critical period, and we must pay attention at all times."

What Wang Erhe needs to pay most attention to after the operation is the inflammation of the wound, which is very likely to be accompanied by a high fever.

Yun Fuling needs to keep a closer eye on her.

As long as the wound does not become inflamed and is able to heal, then even if the operation is successful, the person will be fine.

Yun Fuling seemed to suddenly remember something at this moment and took out a few medicine bottles from the cloth bag she carried with her.

"These medicines are for your self-defense. I have labeled the effects and instructions on the bottle."

Xiao Jingyi took the medicine bottle: "Thank you!"

"You're welcome!" Yun Fuling paused for a moment and then said, "Be careful tomorrow. Ensuring your own safety is the most important thing!"

"Got it." Xiao Jingyi nodded.

"Then I'll go back to my room and rest for a while. I'll go check on Wang Erhe's condition later." Yun Fuling said.

After Yun Fuling returned to her room, Xiao Jingyi also returned to his room.

He looked at the medicine bottles in his hand, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly. His heart seemed to be warm, and there was a comfortable and soothing feeling.

The next day.

After daybreak, the villagers selected by Village Chief Ma followed the people sent by Manager Qian and headed towards the mine.

Xiao Jingyi followed secretly with the Seven Star Secret Guards who arrived earlier.

They walked eastward for about half an hour and arrived.

The mine is heavily guarded outside and anyone entering or leaving is subject to a body search.

Xiao Jingyi glanced at Tianquan and said, "You go in and check out the situation first."

Tianquan is the best at lightness skills and is the most adept at hiding among the few people.

Tianquan nodded and immediately stood up and left.

Xiao Jingyi was outside, carefully observing the situation around him.

Soon, there was movement in the mine again.

I saw more than a dozen large trucks driving out one after another, all covered with black oilcloth.

The car left a deep rut as it passed by, which showed that the things on the car were very heavy.

Each car was guarded by at least four people, and the entire convoy had seventy or eighty people in total.

Xiao Jingyi immediately named Kaiyang and Tianshu.

"You two follow them and find out where this convoy is going and what is being transported on board?"

Kaiyang and Tianshu immediately took the order and left.

After the two left, a long time passed before Tianquan, who had been ordered to go to the mine to investigate the situation, came back.

"Master, I have gone in to investigate. This mine is very deep. Judging from the traces of excavation, it has been mined for at least two or three years."

"There are at least hundreds of miners inside."

"The mine is heavily guarded, with no less than a hundred guards. It's not easy to break in."

"I secretly brought out a few pieces of ore."

Tianquan presented several pieces of ore he brought out.

Xiao Jingyi took it and looked at it, only to see that the ore was red in color.

He recognized at a glance that it was iron ore, and moreover, hematite, which had the highest iron content and huge output.

"How dare you privately mine iron ore!"

Xiao Jingyi grasped the iron ore.

Although he had guessed it in his mind, he still felt shocked and angry after seeing it with his own eyes.

I think the things that were carried away by those dozen or so large trucks earlier were probably all iron ore.

If so much iron ore were made into weapons, it would probably be able to equip tens of thousands of people.

The intention of King Jiangzhou to secretly keep so many private soldiers is obvious.

Fortunately, he discovered all this.

It would be best if we could prevent a catastrophe from happening before the war breaks out.

Xiao Jingyi turned around and told Tian Quan: "Take these pieces of iron ore to see Zuo Yan, tell him the location of the mine and the situation inside, he will know what to do!"

"It is not appropriate for me to get involved in this matter openly. It is best for the Shadow Blade Division to do it."

Tianquan immediately responded yes.

Xiao Jingyi's orders were issued one by one, and everything went smoothly. However, at this time, Yun Fuling was experiencing a lot of unexpected changes.

After Xiao Jingyi left in the early morning, Yun Fuling thought about it and felt that although it was good to respond to all changes by remaining unchanged, one also had to know oneself and the enemy.

So she called Boss Wu and Zhang Sanmu and asked them to get close to the people in the village and find out as much as possible about the situation in the village, how many people there are and how strong their fighting capacity is.

Boss Wu and Zhang Sanmu are both very good at dealing with people, so it is not difficult for them to get some information out.

Even if those people are tight-lipped and we can’t find out anything, it doesn’t matter.

Yun Fuling gave Boss Wu a few more packets of medicine powder and asked them to find an opportunity to put it in the water tank in the village.

She used the excuse of needing water yesterday and had already inquired about the water used by the villagers for drinking and drinking. They would go to a nearby pond, fetch water and store it in water tanks.

Since the people in this village could drug Yun Fuling and the others, Yun Fuling could naturally drug them back.

Besides, no one is more skilled than her in drugging.

Not long after Boss Wu and his companions left, Shopkeeper Hang and Village Chief Zhou suddenly arrived together.

As soon as they saw Yun Fuling, they dragged her into the house.

Shopkeeper Hang closed the door, looking mysterious, "Madam Yun, something is not right in this village!"