It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

On November 24, the 13th year of Jianguang's reign, Governor Fang received a secret report from outside the palace, and left the palace overnight with his private guards, and his whereabouts are unknown.

When Jiang Yan went to the kitchen to get breakfast the next day, she heard several helpers complaining that they had kneaded the dough too much and too quickly the previous day. After a night of rest, their arms were still shaking. Fortunately, there were fewer people eating these days, so they could take a break.

What emergency had occurred that required the dispatch of so many people? Jiang Yan silently speculated in his mind. After much thought, he could only think that Governor Fang's private mine had been raided for such serious attention. Otherwise, even if there was unrest within Heding Prefecture, the garrison would have rushed to suppress it.

According to the laws of the Northern Jin Dynasty, the highest administrative chief of a prefecture was the Inspector, and the highest military chief was the Governor-General. The two coordinated and monitored each other to prevent one from becoming dominant and utterly controlling the country.

However, ever since learning that Governor Fang had been plundering people in Heding Prefecture without scruples, resulting in the fact that there were basically no refugees wandering around in the prefecture, an unusual phenomenon that was completely different from the situation in other prefectures and counties, Jiang Yan was very certain that Commander Lu, the head of the garrison, had long been in cahoots with Governor Fang, and that Commander Lu was most likely also involved in the illegal mine.

She sincerely hoped that the mysterious force that was against Governor Fang and Commander Lu would have smooth sailing in this operation. Of course, she also hoped that she would not be implicated and would be safe and sound, or even safe and sound.

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Deep in the Qinshan Mountains, there was a raging snow and wind. Song Gui led a group of soldiers and fiercely drove away the mine guards and managers who were tied up tightly with hemp ropes with long whips, preventing them from delaying their journey down the mountain.

Jiang Fu and his four companions followed Song San's three subordinates and another fifteen soldiers, responsible for urging the nearly one hundred rescued miners not to fall behind.

Song Gui was an assistant urgently brought from the Southern Qi Prefecture by Song San's subordinates. He temporarily acted on behalf of Song San and was at the same level as Song San.

Two days ago, he heard news from the guards, managers and miners that because the previous batch of miners rioted and fled, the surviving managers and guards were worried about being punished for their poor performance, so they concealed the matter for nearly a month before Governor Fang discovered the abnormality, resulting in heavy losses and increased risks. Since then, he has required newly assigned managers to the mine to report every four days.

Therefore, they had to transfer everyone to the Southern Qi Mansion before Governor Fang realized what was happening and led a team to intercept them.

The governor and garrison commander of the Southern Qi Prefecture were all related by marriage to General Song Tang and were able to provide them with shelter. Song Gui also successfully borrowed twenty soldiers to cooperate with the operation using General Song's handwritten letter.

It was only at this time that Jiang Fu and his three companions realized that behind Song San and others who were dealing with them was the general who had been stationed in Beiting Guard House.

However, they only had four days to find a new route to Nanqi Prefecture through the dangerous mountains, which was very difficult for a group of wounded, hungry, cold and weak miners.

Jiang Fu was in a state of nervousness, looking back vigilantly from time to time to see if there were any pursuers. During this time, he also cooperated with the soldiers to do some cleanup work.

If God blesses us, heavy snow in the mountains will cover up the traces better, which will buy us more time.

He Da, Zhu Xiaohu and Gao Zhuang immediately found their relatives and friends among the miners, and then took turns supporting those who were particularly weak to help them keep up with the team.

Jiang Fu also found the people from Dongshan Village who were abducted on their way home. They were in relatively good condition and could walk around supporting each other.