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

Wang'er took the water Shen Li poured for him, took a sip, and continued, "Brother Dayong has been targeted by more than one person for a long time. The jailer said he found it strange. How could anyone dare to target Brother Dayong when he has the support of the General of the Cavalry Mansion?"

"Later, I accidentally learned that the Mizhou prefect was a subordinate of the Duke of Chongguo. In order to vent the Duke's anger, they didn't dare to touch the General of the Cavalry, but they dared to touch the people he protected. That's how they set a trap and captured Brother Dayong."

Shen Li frowned.

Wang'er and Xiu'er only knew one side of the story, so there was no need to tell them that the prefect was a spy from the Western Qiang.

Wu Yongguang was not just venting his anger on behalf of Duke Chongguo, he was clearly suppressing the General of the Cavalry's Mansion on behalf of the person behind him whom even Duke Chongguo did not dare to offend.

"The jailer said that there were several people involved in Brother Dayong being sent to the iron mine. He saw us always going over to look for people, especially Sister Xiu'er, who looked so pitiful. He knew that Brother Dayong was innocent, so he couldn't bear it, so he secretly told us everything he knew..."

While Wang'er was saying this, over there, Big Brother Du was grabbed by the neck by the two secret guards and taken to see how Sister Hua died. He was so frightened that he confessed everything he knew.

But after listening to so many things, he didn't know much. The only thing that was of some value was that he heard from others that when Brother Dayong first went to the mine, he was always beaten by the supervisor. Later, it seemed that he had found a brother, and the supervisor restrained himself and didn't dare to hit him again.

When Shen Li heard the news, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It sounds like Brother Dayong is still alive, thank God.

This was all the information they got. There was no point in waiting any longer. Shen Li and Xiao Chenze discussed it briefly and handed Brother Du over to Du Xiuer for discipline, and went to the mining area that night.

Still in the space, this time neither of them spoke.

Miergan was sick, and no one knew what the big black mastiff had given him to eat. He was in so much pain that he kept rolling on the ground and couldn't defecate.

Annoyed by his screams, Shen Li simply fed him some medicine, letting him lie on the ground and fall asleep, which numbed his abdominal pain.

It was night when they arrived at the mining area. It was pitch black all around. Shen Li thought for a moment, threw a sleeping bag to Xiao Chenze, and said, "Let's just stay here for the night. We don't know when someone will come tomorrow morning, so why not just stay here and stay."

Xiao Chenze also knew that what she said made sense, and it was not the first time for the two of them to sleep with their clothes on, so he didn't say much, opened the sleeping bag, took off his outer clothes, and lay down in it.

I was obviously very tired, but I couldn't fall asleep for a while.

Both of them were preoccupied. Xiao Chenze asked, "Shen Li, you haven't slept yet, have you?"

"Ah."

"Tell me, who is this son of the Western Qiang princess that Wu Yongguang mentioned? Why did he stay in the Great Zhou instead of being taken back to Western Qiang?"

Shen Li was silent for a while, as if thinking about his question. After a while, she said, "There are two possibilities. Either it's not safe to go back to Xiqiang, or this person has a very high status in the Great Zhou. The second possibility is more likely."

Xiao Chenze liked her sharp way of speaking and immediately became interested. He agreed, "You're right. Who knows, maybe that person is the one they said even the Duke of Chongguo doesn't dare to offend? But how many people like that are there in the Great Zhou? Who could he be?"

Shen Li said without thinking, "It must be someone close to the emperor."

Xiao Chenze sat up suddenly and stared at Shen Li who was lying there. "You think so too, right? I've thought so a long time ago. The people around the emperor, the generals, are not of the right age. They have to be young. Who could it be?"

Shen Li was so angry that she laughed and said, "You even included my uncle in the review. You are really something. Why don't you include yourself and all the men of your royal family who are of the right age in the review?"

These words seemed to wake the dreamer up suddenly.

Xiao Chenze stared at her blankly, which made Shen Li feel uneasy.

"What's wrong? What did I say wrong?"

Xiao Chenze murmured, "I overlooked one thing."

Yes, he overlooked one thing, the royal family.

The only people that even Duke Chongguo didn't dare to offend easily were the ministers in the capital and the royal family.

Who are the royal children of appropriate age?

First of all, there is himself, followed by the second prince, the third prince, the fourth prince, and so on, as well as other men of the royal family. If you count them up, there are quite a lot of people.

Without thinking, he excluded himself and several princes.

The concubines in the palace had names and were all selected from the children of court officials.

And this man was the son of the Grand Princess of Xiqiang. Who had married the Grand Princess of Xiqiang? And with such a noble status, how could he have kept the matter secret for so many years without a single word leaking out?

who can that be?

The two stopped talking, each thinking about their own things, and fell asleep unknowingly.

When Min'er ran over to lick Shen Li's cheek, there was indeed the sound of people walking outside the space.

Looking through the fog, we could see people coming to the mine early to work.

Shen Li shuttled back and forth in the sky and suddenly stopped in an inconspicuous corner.

She saw Brother Dayong.

That’s not all, she was more concerned about the young man next to Brother Dayong.

The man had a strange face, but apart from his face, his every move revealed a familiar atmosphere.

Who else could it be but my cousin Fang Jitao who I haven't heard from for a long time?

When Shen Li saw the two of them together, a stone suddenly fell from her heart.

Everyone started working, crushing the ore, screening the ore, and transporting the ore.

It can be seen that Brother Dayong listens to his cousin very much. During the work, his cousin was not honest. He kept lying there to bask in the sun and asked Brother Dayong to carry less ore to avoid hurting his shoulders.

The foreman didn't care at all. Shen Li saw her cousin take out a piece of silver from his sleeve pocket and throw it to the foreman who was passing by, "Take it and have tea."

Everyone else lowered their heads, not daring to look. The foreman took the silver with a smile, and came over to sit next to my cousin affectionately, chatting with him while watching the men work.

"The boss said he wants you to be in charge of these people if you're willing."

"I don't want to, I don't care," Fang Jitao said lazily, his hands behind his head, "I'm so free now, I don't want to care about others or worry about them."

The foreman laughed and said to him, "It's only you who has to coax the boss. If it were someone else, they would have been sent away long ago."

Fang Jitao perked up when he heard this. He sat up and looked at the foreman, saying mysteriously, "Tell me the truth. People keep disappearing here. Were they killed by the higher-ups?"