These residents who were dragged away were soon knelt in a row in front of Uncle Yin's stilt house. A total of more than 20 people were taken away, including men, women, young and old.

Their hands were tied behind their backs, and most of them were pulled out of bed, so their clothes were disheveled and their hair was disheveled.

At this point, these are all trivial matters. They are trembling with fear, not knowing what fate awaits them.

The lights in the stilt house were on. Uncle Yin was drinking tea, and his face looked unhappy. Opposite him was another warlord, the military governor Zaga.

"Uncle Yin is overthinking it. Even if jade ore is found on the hilltop of Miss Shui, it won't be worth much. I heard that you're always staring at it, wasting your time and energy. I don't think it's necessary."

Military Commander Zaga yawned openly, showing no interest at all. He felt it was a waste of time to call him here for such a matter.

"The Jiang and Lu families only had a small number of people coming, which is different from their previous habits. I guess that girl informed them in advance that she had good stones, so they came to investigate. After they arrived and verified that it was true, they immediately took away all the good stones."

Uncle Yin guessed for a day and figured out the whole story.

Military Commander Zaga frowned, then suddenly smiled and gave Uncle Yin a thumbs up.

"Uncle Yin, you are the most vigilant and discerning among the warlords. I think your speculation makes sense."

"But often, things aren't as complicated as you think. Maybe they're busy and have to go back, or maybe the stones at Shui Girl's place aren't good, but they're cheap, so I bought some to make up the difference."

"If that's the case, that's great." Uncle Yin snorted.

Military Commander Zaga looked outside and saw the villagers kneeling on the ground, looking terrified.

"You wouldn't pull them out of their sleep just for these speculations, would you?"

"They are just insects and ants, not worth mentioning." A sinister look appeared between Uncle Yin's eyebrows. He slapped his thigh suddenly and stood up.

"If you can't get anything out of that brat, ask them."

He walked out of the stilt house, and General Zaga followed him, looking bored.

Except for Uncle Yin who has been keeping a close eye on that place, these warlords or wealthy businessmen no longer paid any attention to it after they determined that Shui Girl's mine had no value.

Uncle Yin stood in front of the villagers, a gentle look on his face, and leaned forward slightly.

"As long as you tell me honestly whether there are any good stones hidden on the hilltop of the Water Girl, I will let you go back."

The villagers looked at each other in confusion. They realized that Uncle Yin was still worried about the water girl.

Today, Dan Suo was captured and severely beaten, but no useful information was obtained from him, so he went to find them.

Over the years, they have been deeply oppressed and harassed by warlords and have suffered terribly. Now that they have finally started to live a good life, Uncle Yin is trying to make things difficult for them again.

So they exchanged glances, unable to say anything. They couldn't keep the Water Girl's hand, and their hopes for a better future were gone.

"We are just working here and don't know anything," said a fifty-year-old man.

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier walked over and ruthlessly stabbed his heart with the long sword in his hand from behind.

Seeing him lying on the ground twitching and unable to die immediately, another soldier slit his throat.

The uncle stared with his eyes wide open, and died with his eyes open.

After witnessing this scene, the residents turned pale and some of the timid ones even fainted on the spot.

I had witnessed many deaths when I worked for these warlords before, but this was the first time I had seen such blatant killing.

Military Commander Zaga raised his eyebrows, just because of a guess that Uncle Yin was going to do such a cruel thing.

"It's not that I'm unkind. I've been here for many years and I recognize every face. If you hadn't protected an irrelevant outsider and chilled my heart, I wouldn't have done this." Uncle Yin sighed seriously.

"As long as you tell me the details of the situation on the mountain, I will let you go back to sleep. If you insist on going against me and don't treat me as a family member, there is nothing I can do." Uncle Yin looked very embarrassed.

Military Governor Zaga was present and couldn't help but say something, nodding his head: "Tell me everything you know. If you don't know, I can't force you. The one who can save your lives now is Uncle Yin, not that Shui girl."

The villagers lowered their heads and said nothing.

As long as they don't talk, everything should be fine.

It was the arrival of Miss Shui that made them see hope in life. Today, Miss Shui also set up a waste stone selection area for them. When they took the stones home, they found that they were all raw stones worth several taels or even dozens of taels. If they were lucky, they could even be worth dozens of taels. They were very grateful.

In their eyes, the water girl was like a god who came to save them from the sea of ​​suffering.

How could they betray her?

Uncle Yin sneered again. The soldier walked over, randomly selected a woman in her early forties, raised his machete and chopped her off. The woman's head flew into the bushes in the distance.

The residents were so frightened that their faces turned pale. Even though their legs were tied, they screamed and moved to the side.

"Don't tell me, you all want to die here." Uncle Yin's adjutant shouted loudly.

After witnessing such tragic scenes twice in a row, the villagers' psychological defenses have been broken.

A resident crawled over on his knees.

"I say, I say anything."

"There are indeed many valuable stones on the top of the Water Girl's Hill. Although we haven't seen them cut open, based on basic experience, we can tell that many of them are worth thousands or even tens of thousands of taels."

Uncle Yin narrowed his eyes, and Military Commander Zaga also became interested, and his casual expression disappeared.

After confirming the answer, Uncle Yin looked at General Zaga with a victorious look.

"But I sent people to sneak into her mountain, and the stones they brought back were worth at most one thousand taels. Where did she hide those good stones?"

"I really don't know. We only work in the mountains and have never been to the warehouse area. I'm afraid we should bring some soldiers stationed in the warehouse to ask them."

Uncle Yin stared at him and determined that he was not lying.

He looked at the other residents, who had the same attitude.

"Let them go back and capture a few soldiers." Uncle Yin smiled.

"If you had told me earlier, they wouldn't have died so tragically. After you go back, you can still work for the water girl as before. I will come to you if I need anything. As long as you are obedient, everything will be fine."

The villagers supported each other and went back trembling.

"General Zaga, what do you think now?" Uncle Yin said.

Military Commander Zaga's mood was different from before. Just as the villagers said, there were many valuable stones buried on the Water Girl's mountain, and he also wanted to have a share.

"Uncle Yin is so wise! I admire you so much! That girl was so good at hiding her secrets that she almost deceived me. Fortunately, Uncle Yin exposed her. I am willing to work together with Uncle Yin to eat up those mountains and make a fortune together."

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