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

Yes.

Who would regard the eldest prince as an opponent?

Ask anyone and they will say it’s the Second Prince.

But Xiao Chenze always felt that something was missing.

Shen Li released Fang Jitao from the space and continued to patrol over the mining area with Xiao Chenze.

The results of Fang Jitao's investigation were indeed correct. There were many strange people in the mining area.

No one knew that Shen Li and Xiao Chenze were in the space. When they saw the strange people, they stopped and stopped beside them. They could clearly see what they were doing and hear what they were saying.

They would whisper to each other in Xiqiang dialect, which Shen Li couldn't understand. Xiao Chenze said, "They were talking about transporting the ore out tonight."

These people really did it.

Thinking back to the account books I saw in Wu Yongguang's underground secret room, it turned out that there was such a huge discrepancy between the quantities mined and produced in the mine. That was the trick.

What needs to be investigated now is where the stolen ore went and what did they make with so much iron?

"The two of us can only live in your cage now," Xiao Chenze said after taking a sip of water and staring at the Western Qiang warriors outside, "Thank you for your hard work."

Shen Li said nothing and lowered her head to inject the medicine into Miergan.

Xiao Chenze turned around and looked at her twice, then asked, "What's wrong with him? Can we wait until we take him to Xiqiang before killing him?"

"I don't know either," Shen Li said, "Let's see what happens to him. I'll use medicine to keep him going until we're done."

When he looked up, he saw Wolf Green and Big Black Mastiff squatting nearby looking at him. Shen Li asked unhappily, "Big Black Mastiff, tell me the truth, what did you feed him?"

The big black mastiff began to avoid eyes, and Lang Qing tilted his head towards the shelf beside him with a smile, motioning Shen Li and the others to look.

Shen Li looked up, confused at first, but after a while she suddenly understood, "Big Black Mastiff, you bastard, did you give him that bottle of medicine?"

It was a bottle of colorless and odorless potion, which was originally intended to be used to knock down the people in the manor. Later, Xiu'er and Wang'er came out, and Shen Li found out what happened in the manor, so the bottle of potion was not used.

When Shen Li and Xiao Chenze were in the space, they drank bottled mineral water. She was afraid that Xiao Chenze might drink the wrong thing without knowing it, so she specifically told him not to touch the bottle of potion.

Unexpectedly, the big black mastiff heard it. Because he was guarding Miergan and delayed it from going out to breathe, the guy wanted to knock him down. So when Miergan woke up and was thirsty, he took the bottle of water down and brought it to him.

Shen Li pulled the big black mastiff to her front and slapped it hard a few times. Not feeling satisfied, she kicked it twice.

"If this man dies, I will skin you alive."

The big black mastiff ran to Miergan's head, raised its legs and urinated to express its protest.

They were really tired, so Shen Li and Xiao Chenze fell asleep.

It was getting dark, and suddenly, the wolfhound and the big black mastiff barked at them at the same time.

They were reminding their two masters that the people outside had started to take action.

Carriage after carriage was filled with carefully selected mineral materials. The drivers, escorts, and guards hidden in the dark were all Western Qiang people.

Xiao Chenze's face was serious. He didn't expect that the Xiqiang people's hands could reach so long and so deep.

No wonder Fang Yao almost lost his life here last time.

Following the footprints of the caravan, the group circled several mountains and stopped at the back of a big mountain.

The leader stepped forward with a torch and waved it towards the opposite side.

After waiting for a while until torches were lit on the other side, a group of people finally came galloping over.

After the two sides met, they whispered a few words, and then the caravan continued to move forward following the horsemen.

Xiao Chenze said, "I didn't expect them to be so cautious. That was a secret signal. As long as they match, they can continue forward. If they don't, they can stop right there and figure out the rest later."

"So what did they just say?"

"Nothing, they said things are pretty calm and safe lately, and this batch of goods is almost ready to arrive in Beijing."

"What do you think the goods are they talking about?" Shen Li asked while staring at the convoy outside.

Xiao Chenze was silent for a while before he said in a deep voice, "It's a weapon."

"what?"

Shen Li turned around in surprise and looked at Xiao Chenze, whose face was not relaxed. "How did you know?"

"If the Western Qiang people were only going through so much trouble to refine the ore and secretly sell the iron, it wouldn't be worth it. Besides, they keep saying they want to start a rebellion, and if they want to start a rebellion, they need weapons. What's the point of starting a rebellion without weapons? But where will the weapons come from? This iron ore and the refined materials in the ore are the best raw materials for forging weapons. Do you remember the Peach Blossom Banquet in the palace, when an assassin broke in..."

"remember."

"The palace is heavily guarded, and the inspections for people entering and leaving are the strictest. The weapons were hidden inside in advance. The Peach Blossom Banquet was organized by the Queen, so it's impossible that she or Xiao Haoze got the weapons. She wouldn't do that to herself. She's not that stupid. It must have been done by someone else. This person might be the noble person they've been talking about. We'll talk about this later."

"But after inspecting that batch of weapons, we learned through forging techniques and other craftsmanship that they were from the Western Qiang. With all this information, we finally know they were shipped from here to the capital. No wonder we sent so many people to investigate the Western Frontier, but found no trace of weapons being smuggled across the border. We were overthinking it. They actually forged and prepared the weapons within the Great Zhou. If it weren't for your help, I'm afraid the Great Zhou would have been completely shattered by someone's schemes, and we wouldn't have been able to figure out how it happened."

"Shen Li, you saved the entire Great Zhou."

Shen Li hushed him and motioned him to look outside.

Everyone stopped and saw the lowest valley entrance between the two mountains. Next to it was a huge cave entrance. Inside the cave entrance was bright lights and people were coming in and out.

Follow the convoy carrying the mineral materials in and you will find a different world inside.

After walking for a distance, we came to a place that looked like an underground river. There were several large kilns built along the water, and the mineral materials were unloaded here.

"This is where iron ore is refined," Xiao Chenze said to Shen Li, "Let's go inside and take a look."

Shen Li activated the space and continued to move forward.

As they walked, the two of them opened their eyes wide in shock, stunned and unable to utter a word.

Suddenly, the view in front of me opened up to the cave entrance on the other side.

Outside the cave is another world.

The whole place is a huge natural training ground with many houses built on it. Some of the houses are filled with weapons, while others are filled with soldiers.

Xiao Chenze broke out in a cold sweat.

"Oh my god," Shen Li said, "Who prepared this? It's obvious that they are planning a rebellion."

......

Michigan.

The prefect Wu Yongguang's right eyelid has been twitching recently, which makes him feel uneasy.

Even though so many people came to celebrate his birthday, he looked listless.

During the day, all the officials who came to celebrate his birthday asked why his father-in-law was not there. He said that his father-in-law suddenly fell seriously ill halfway through the journey, and he was worried about it and had already sent someone to meet him.

Only then did everyone understand why the prefect looked so worried. It turned out that he was worried about his sick father-in-law. They praised him even more for his filial piety and admired him more.