Princess Menglang is hard to change, the whole capital is embarrassed for her

It had been two days since they arrived in Mizhou from Northern Xinjiang. Xiao Chenze said to Shen Li in the space, "If we want to know what's going on in the iron mine, we have to go somewhere first."

Shen Li asked, "Where?"

"Mizhou Prefecture Office."

"What are you doing there?"

"Do you remember the time you saved me?" Xiao Chenze asked.

How could I forget?

Shen Li nodded.

He was the first person she saved after she traveled through time.

"That was the time when my father demoted me to guard the imperial mausoleum. I heard something was amiss at the iron mine in Mizhou, so I left a replacement behind and secretly went to Mizhou with two other people."

Shen Li looked at him quietly and listened to him.

"The ore produced by the Mizhou Iron Mine has an extremely high iron content, the highest quality among all the surrounding countries. The iron extracted from it is used to forge weapons that are extremely strong. If two identical weapons are used in a fight, the one from Mizhou will be able to break the other."

"Because of this, the imperial court attached great importance to Mizhou. Not only did they set up a special department to manage Mizhou's iron ore affairs, but they also gave the Mizhou government great authority. In the event of any situation, they could mobilize soldiers from the surrounding military camps with a token to provide protection."

"Also, the people working at the iron mine aren't just locals; a significant number are also prisoners. These two groups are separate and don't work together. But I heard in the imperial mausoleum that if enough money is spent, officials will collude to blend prisoners in with the civilian population, allowing them to slip away at night when work is done."

Xiao Chenze raised his head and looked at the clouds in the space. "Where is this place? Why is there always fog?"

He had never gotten close to the fence and the wolf cub, and he never knew where he could see the outside world.

Seeing that he had agreed to leave Miergan's life to her without saying anything, Shen Li stood up from the stool and waved to Xiao Chenze, "Come here, I'll show you around."

Xiao Chenze followed, and the two of them stepped over the fence and passed through the surrounding wolf cubs. As soon as they got close, Xiao Chenze was stunned, "This...what is going on?"

Through the fog, he saw people moving around outside and could hear their voices.

"I don't know what's going on. It's been like this since I learned this, uh, instant teleportation." Shen Li also looked outside with a calm expression, and said, "Since we will be staying in here from time to time in the next few days, I think it's necessary for you to understand this place so that you won't be frightened when you are not aware of it. Moreover, after you know this, it will be more convenient for you to carry out some plans, such as going to the government office to find that very important thing you mentioned..."

Xiao Chenze looked at the people outside thoughtfully. "I always thought your teleportation was to first bring people to this place you are familiar with, and then from there to other places they want to go. Now it seems that I misunderstood. So, your teleportation is to bring people here, and this place is like a safe cage, you can stay anywhere, right?"

Shen Li hummed and said, "You are right to understand it this way. That's pretty much it."

"That's great," Xiao Chenze's voice suddenly became excited. "Then I can change my plan. Things that I couldn't imagine before have to be re-planned. With this cage, everything is possible. Oh my god, this place is amazing. How did you do it? Is it difficult to learn this? Can you let me meet your master? I also want to become his disciple and learn this."

Shen Li didn't answer and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Why not think of something else? She even wanted to become a disciple, but she didn't even know where the master came from. She also came to this world inexplicably and couldn't go back.

Xiao Chenze looked at it and blurted out, "If only I had met you earlier, you could have brought me in, and I wouldn't have to take the risk and almost lose my life."

Shen Li looked at him and asked curiously, "What on earth did you do in Mizhou last time? Why did you get so badly injured?"

Xiao Chenze's eyes darkened as he looked towards Yunwu, his thoughts returning to those thrilling days. "After I heard about the free movement of prisoners in Mizhou, I felt something was amiss, so I decided to go to Mizhou to investigate."

"My grandfather once told me that Mizhou is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and behind the mountain to the south is the road to Southern Xinjiang. Few people know about that road, but it is very important. When my grandfather was young, he trained in Mizhou and went to Southern Xinjiang with General Fang and Marquis Guanyong from behind that mountain."

"If any of the escaped prisoners knew that route, wouldn't it be easy for them to sneak from Southern Xinjiang to Wuli and other countries bordering Great Zhou? On the other hand, if a spy entered Southern Xinjiang from Wuli and then used that route to reach the Mizhou Iron Mine, what a terrifying thing that would be!"

Xiao Chenze retracted his gaze, squatted down, and touched the wolf cub that was rubbing his feet. He said, "At the time, I thought, since I'm not in the capital, I can quietly go to Mizhou to investigate. No one will know. So I set off with two secret guards. Before leaving, I only told a few people around me what I was going to do. I never expected that the trouble would happen among them."

"One of them was a man whose wife was once the concubine of a relative of the steward of the Duke of Chongguo's mansion. It sounds like it has taken several turns and is unrelated. In fact, it is not right. In fact, something went wrong with him. He told his wife that the master had gone to Mizhou, and then we got into trouble."

"When I went to the Mizhou government office late at night to look for something, we were pursued by assassins. The two secret guards who followed me did their best to hold them back, and I was able to escape. However, I couldn't survive in the forest where you met me. If it weren't for God's protection and your rescue, I would have become a meal for the beasts by now."

He stood up and was much taller than Shen Li. Shen Li had to look up to see him in the eyes.

Then he heard his pleasant voice say, "What I'm looking for in Mizhou is the token that can mobilize soldiers and the iron mine's authentic annual production account books. The last time I came here, I found that the Mizhou governor was a little strange. The token can't be left in his hands, and there are definitely problems with the account books. I can't explain exactly what's strange about him, but before I could investigate carefully, I was hunted down, and all my doubts were put to rest."

"Who sent the assassins to hunt me down? If it was the Duke of Chongguo, why didn't he report me to my father? But if it wasn't him, who else could it be? After all, the news of my arrival in Mizhou was indeed leaked by the Duke of Chongguo. Could it be that the Duke of Chongguo is colluding with some other mysterious and powerful figure? Who is that person?"