In a world where there are more men than women, I am spoiled

"We've confirmed that the counterfeit money is being made in the cave ahead. Why don't we just storm in? Are we still going to stay here and keep guarding it? It's getting dark!"

"Cheng Yan, aren't you the one who likes to resolve things with force? Why are you so calm and still?"

Xun Haoxuan lay on a large tree, staring at the cave in front of him, and said softly.

Cheng Yan glanced at Xun Haoxuan: "We're not taking action because the person behind this silver mine hasn't shown up yet. Once they do, catching them red-handed is the fastest way to get Minghe out of prison."

"If we arrest the people mining inside, and interrogate these guards, wouldn't that prove Minghe's innocence?"

“Haoxuan, you’re right, that works, but what if? What if the people inside don’t know who’s behind this, and they don’t know anything about it? If we alert them, Minghe won’t be able to be rescued in a short time, and my wife will worry again,” Xingchen sighed.

Since it involves the wife's concerns, we can't act rashly, as the wife's side is really hard to control.

"The message from the lord is that after seeing Minghe, the wife was filled with worry and self-blame, and she looked haggard! So we cannot afford to make the slightest mistake."

Xun Haoxuan sighed upon hearing Xingchen's words. He was also anxious to finish things quickly and return to see his wife, forgetting that his wife was most worried about Minghe's situation.

"I understand. Let's keep guarding it then!"

“The person behind this will definitely show up today. The chaos we created yesterday will surely make them restless,” Cheng Yan said.

"They're getting restless. I'm worried they might do something desperate. We've already brought all our manpower over here."

"I had no idea there was a silver mine hidden in the mountains so close to Fengdu."

"Of course, Lord Xun wouldn't know. This silver mine was originally commissioned by the late emperor to be mined by the Zheng family. They mined for more than ten years before reporting to the court that the silver mine was exhausted. The late emperor then sent the Xiao and Li families to confirm it."

"After discovering that there was nothing there, this place was abandoned," Cheng Yan explained.

Xun Haoxuan was surprised that Cheng Yan had explained things in such detail, and looked at him in astonishment: "Cheng Yan, you are a person from the martial arts world, how do you know so much about the affairs of the imperial court!"

"I had someone check the data yesterday. I saw their mining situation yesterday, and it wasn't exhausted. It had stopped for about twenty years, so how come it's started again?"

"It seems there's a lot of something fishy going on here!"

"There is definitely something fishy going on. The Zheng family, which was once full of glory during the reign of the late emperor, gradually fell behind other families because the silver mines were depleted."

"Who owns this land now?"

"After the Zheng family's wife was punished, this place returned to the imperial court for a period of time. Last year, the Li family paid money to buy this land. Moreover, the Xiao family's estate is not far from here." Cheng Yan pointed to the village not far away.

Xun Haoxuan glanced at it and pondered, "The Xiao family was involved too? The Li family was severely weakened after His Majesty's punishment, yet they're still causing trouble like this!"

"Of course the Xiao family was involved; they were responsible for getting this adulterated money out of the country."

"Did they deliberately frame us?"

"I suppose so! That shopkeeper embezzled money so he could buy more jewelry for his wife and help his son marry into a good family."

"But his greed for money was discovered by the Zheng family. The remaining members of the Zheng family resented the wife, so they devised a plan to gradually infiltrate counterfeit money into the bank. They exchanged very little silver, so the shopkeeper didn't notice at all."

"The Zheng family knew about this silver mine, and they even gave it to the Li family?" Xun Haoxuan was astonished.

"It must have been when the Zheng family was being dealt with that they used the silver mine as a bargaining chip, which is why the Zheng family wasn't completely expelled from Fengdu and exiled."

"Cheng Yan, you've investigated such a complicated relationship so thoroughly!" Xun Haoxuan said with an expression of admiration.

He didn't grow up in Fengdu, and his understanding of the aristocratic families in Fengdu was only based on what his uncles told him. Moreover, the power of his Seven Stars Sect was entirely located in the remote border areas deep in the mountains. Apart from a few people, he really didn't have as much information as them!

Cheng Yan felt a little uncomfortable from Xun Haoxuan's praise and coughed to explain, "I didn't find all of this information by myself. Xing Cejun and Cui Cejun also found quite a bit."

"you..."

"Someone's coming!" Xingchen whispered, making a shushing sound.

The three of them immediately headed towards the cave and saw two rows of men in black, with two people protecting them in the middle.

“Xingce Jun, the two people in the middle are from the Xiao family and the Zheng family,” Cheng Yan said.

At that moment, the two rows of men in black heard the person in the middle speaking and immediately began to put stones into the cave entrance. Some even used their internal force to smash the stone wall.

"Oh no, they're trying to destroy the cave."

"Cheng Yan, make your move. Hao Xuan, give the signal to send our men up. The Zheng family and Xiao family members, including the miners inside, must be spared."

"it is good!"

The moment Xingchen finished speaking, she and Chengyan flew towards the cave, while Haoxuan threw a signal flare into the sky.

The men in black immediately noticed them, and the two men from the Zheng and Xiao families waved their hands after spotting Xingchen. Around the cave, circles of men in black appeared, surrounding Xingchen and the other two.

The Zheng family members even shouted, "Go in and kill the miners inside!"

Cheng Yan, Xing Chen, and the other two immediately engaged the men in black in combat. Xing Chen stopped the men in black from destroying the cave, Cheng Yan prepared to capture Zheng Xiao and the other man alive, and Xun Haoxuan guarded the cave entrance to prevent any men in black from entering.

Zheng and Xiao remained calm. They had brought all the black-clad men they had been keeping under control for the past few years. They were numerous and highly skilled in martial arts, and they were sure to kill Su Yueyao's capable husband!

Xingchen and his two companions were hunting down the men in black with ease when suddenly, the miners from the mine came out.

"Kill the miners! Kill them!" the Xiao family shouted.

"Chengyan, Haoxuan, protect the miners!" Xingchen shouted.

After that, the three of them were clearly hampered in their movements, and even Cheng Yan was at a disadvantage.

The miners were terrified by the scene, and some even screamed. The scene instantly descended into chaos.

"You few, go and destroy the cave entrance, hurry!" Seeing their struggle, the Zheng family immediately ordered the men in black behind them.

The men in black received their orders and continued attacking the stone wall in front of the cave. Xingchen noticed their actions and began to stop them.

In front of the mine, stone walls flew everywhere as Xingchen and his companions fought off wave after wave of men in black.

"Haoxuan, did you send the signal? Why haven't you arrived yet?!"

"I just sent it out, why haven't Cheng Yan and Cheng Feng arrived yet?" Xun Haoxuan asked while protecting the miners.

Besides the five people from the Cheng generation who secretly guard Su Yueyao every day, all the others have been arranged to come this time. With their skills, they should be able to get here quickly!

"They must have been held up by something."