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

Just when I was bored, a petite figure suddenly appeared in front of me.

He was so frightened that he jumped up.

It’s Shen Li.

Fortunately, this is a corner, Dayong is working with his head down, and no one is paying attention to them.

Shen Li grabbed his arm, pulled him, and the two of them entered the space.

Fang Jitao opened his mouth wide.

The surprise of seeing Shen Li had not yet passed, and he unexpectedly saw Xiao Chenze, as well as the wolves and dogs in the base.

What surprised him even more was that there was actually a Northern Di man fainted on the ground.

He surveyed the space curiously. "Cousin, Father always said you could teleport instantly. Was that the skill you just used? Do you always bring people to this place when you teleport?"

This matter is really hard to explain.

Shen Li didn't answer directly, but asked him, "Why haven't you sent any letters home for so long? My family is worried sick without any news from you."

"Don't say anything," Fang Jitao said, "Even if I wrote it, I can't send it to the capital. The method of delivery agreed upon with my father was a secret, and it couldn't be told to Mr. Shi. I'm stuck in here and can't get out, so the plan was cut short."

Turning around and seeing Xiao Chenze, he remembered that he had not yet greeted him, so he hurriedly bowed to Xiao Chenze and said, "Greetings, the eldest prince."

"No need for formalities." Xiao Chenze said.

"Cousin, why are you here?" Fang Jitao turned around and asked.

"I haven't heard from you, so I came to look for you and to investigate what's going on here."

Fang Jitao raised his head and looked around. "Cousin, this place is good, hiding well. Oh, and Dayong from your village is also in this mine. He was framed. You can't let me in and leave him alone outside. They all know that I'm protecting him. If I disappear, those people will definitely ask him where I've been. No, I have to get out. Don't let him get hurt."

After taking two steps, he stopped again and said, "Cousin, you can also let him in."

Then he thought again, "I'm afraid that won't work. If both of us disappear, those bastards from the government will definitely come to the farm to arrest us, and they will also go to Mr. Shi's place to look for me. It's not time to turn over the card table yet. I still have to get out. I can't just leave like this."

Xiao Chenze patted him soothingly, "We were worried about you getting into trouble, but since you're not suffering here, stay for a few more days. Tell me about the situation here, and then we'll have to send you back. We won't see you for a long time, so don't alert the outsiders."

Fang Jitao thought this made sense, so he said without further ado, "There are many people from Western Qiang and Southern Xinjiang in the iron mine area. They disguise themselves as people from the Great Zhou and blend in with the others. They pretend to work during the day, but at night, when the other prisoners leave the iron mine under the leadership of the prison boss, those barbarians stay behind."

"At first I thought they would leave, too. That day, Mr. Shi brought in some wine and meat, and I treated a foreman to a drink. The foreman got drunk and let slip that the barbarians stayed at the mine every few nights. The foreman didn't know why they stayed, and his boss wouldn't let him ask. It's possible his boss didn't know either. Not many people know the reason."

"Besides this incident, I also discovered that there are a few prisoners who don't look like real criminals. They have a strong foundation in martial arts. I inquired and found out that they are on death row, and they should be dead soldiers. I think someone deliberately mixed them in here. I don't know yet whether it has anything to do with the barbarians who stayed here at night. But when my father was almost assassinated, it must have been these people who did it."

"One of them yelled something that day, then changed the subject to something else. Others couldn't understand, but I knew it was the Western Qiang dialect. The Western Qiang have such reach that they can reach this far. What are they planning? This really makes us wary. There's something even stranger. I got drunk with another foreman the other day, and he said he heard his boss say, 'As long as I work honestly and don't ask questions, I'll have a prosperous life once the Third Prince ascends the throne.'"

The third prince?

Xiao Chenze and Shen Li were both shocked.

"Why is there something about the third prince here?" Shen Li asked.

"Yes," Fang Jitao said, "At first I thought I had misheard, but the foreman refused to tell me when I asked again. I finally got him drunk, and then he admitted that he had overheard two supervisors whispering about how everything would be fine after the Third Prince ascended the throne."

"That's all I've found out so far. Oh, by the way, I saw someone I know. I was sleeping in a corner the other day when I suddenly heard a very strange voice. It was half hoarse and half rough, as if someone had cut their throat, and it kept breaking off. I've heard this voice in the capital before. The person was a relative of the steward of the Duke of Chongguo's mansion. I didn't want to alert the enemy, so I lay in the bushes without moving. But guess what I heard?"

Shen Li shook her head, and Xiao Chenze also narrowed his eyes.

Fang Jitao frowned and said, "I heard him actually speak the Western Qiang dialect. They said that the goods need to be processed faster because the master might start a rebellion ahead of time, and we can't let the master's important event be delayed.

Even Xiao Chenze was shocked by the news.

That person was the one that the rescued girl Xing'er mentioned. He was a man with a Beijing accent who had a secret conversation with the prefect Wu Yongguang at night. Unexpectedly, he could also speak Western Qiang dialect.

Was he a Western Qiang? Or was he a Great Zhou person who could speak the Western Qiang language?

Things are becoming more and more confusing.

This person is from the Chongguogong Mansion. Could it be that the noble man Wu Yongguang mentioned is the Second Prince? This doesn't seem right. If it was the Second Prince, there would be no such thing as the Chongguogong dare not offend him.

A sudden thought flashed through Xiao Chenze's mind. How could he have almost forgotten that the Third Prince was here?

Didn’t you just say that the third prince ascended the throne?

What happened in the end?

Who is the noble man in the capital?

"Oh, by the way, they also said that the reason they had to kill the Second Master of the Yao Family was because he discovered the secret of their master's smuggling of iron ore and guessed their master's identity, so they had to silence him."

Fang Jitao slapped his forehead and remembered something. "Those assassins thought no one could understand the Western Qiang dialect. I heard them whispering that day. They seemed to say that the eldest prince had secretly come to the iron mine while guarding the imperial mausoleum. They got the news and thought it was a great opportunity to help their master eliminate his rivals, so they hunted down the eldest prince. They were just one step away from killing him, but I didn't expect him to return to the capital alive. What a pity that opportunity was gone."

He glanced at Xiao Chenze and said, "You were seriously injured last time. It wasn't the collapse of the imperial mausoleum that caused your injuries. It was caused by those Western Qiang warriors, right?"

Without waiting for an answer, he continued, "Tell me, who is qualified to be your opponent?"