noffsinger Chapter 612 Mine
Chapter 612 Mine
Du Mingxian strode forward, and when she arrived at the entrance of her inn, the cloth bundle in her arms had turned into a real child. As soon as she went inside, someone sent by the Crown Prince recognized her and took her upstairs.
Ling Silang had just finished bandaging Wen Yibin's wound when Du Mingxian walked in, and Wen Yibin was still shirtless.
After Du Mingxian came in, Wen Yibin still felt extremely embarrassed. He immediately tried to pull his clothes up, but his injury was so severe that he could barely lift his arm.
However... Du Mingxian, whom he thought would be embarrassed, ignored him completely, not even glancing at him out of the corner of her eye. Her eyes were full of Ling Silang, scrutinizing him from head to toe.
"Are you alright? Are you hurt anywhere?"
Wen Yibin felt somewhat saddened when he saw that Du Mingxian was ignoring him, and slowly and laboriously put on his clothes.
Ling Silang was being held by Du Mingxian. Seeing her nervous expression, he spoke gently, "Your hand is pressing on my wound."
Du Mingxian recoiled as if burned, immediately pulling her hand back, extremely nervous.
"I only injured my arm, it's not serious. My fourth uncle shielded me, otherwise I might not have seen you this time."
Du Mingxian then looked at Wen Yibin, who was looking extremely heartbroken. She didn't quite understand his expression, but she still obediently thanked him, "Thank you, Fourth Uncle, for saving Silang."
“It’s alright, we’re all family. He doesn’t know martial arts, so I’ll protect him more…” Before Wen Yibin could finish speaking, he noticed that after Du Mingxian finished speaking, she stared intently at Ling Silang, clearly worried about his injuries.
Wen Yibin felt heartbroken again. After returning to Beijing, he also wanted his family to find him a suitable match.
Ling Silang quickly explained, "I'm really fine, don't worry."
Seeing the two of them like this, Wen Yibin felt extremely annoyed. "You two go back to your rooms. I need to rest."
Du Mingxian pulled Ling Silang away, eager to see the injuries on his body.
Wen Yibin cursed, "You heartless brat, didn't you see that her fourth uncle was more seriously injured? What's the use of caring about that bookworm?"
The two returned to Ling Silang's room. Du Mingxian reached out to take off Ling Silang's clothes, but Ling Silang stopped her, saying, "I'm really fine, just an arm injury. I've already treated the wound since I got back."
"No, I need to check it myself before I can feel at ease."
Ling Silang couldn't refuse Du Mingxian's request, so he took off his clothes for her to check. When Du Mingxian saw that Ling Silang's arm was wrapped in thick gauze and there were bruises in other places, she felt extremely distressed.
"It's really nothing. I was originally at the back, and I wouldn't have rushed forward. It was my fourth uncle who saved me."
"I'm glad you're alright. I'll go check on Uncle Si in a bit."
“He just finished treating his wound and should be asleep. I also want to rest.”
Du Mingxian hurriedly helped Ling Silang to the bedside, "There's a traitor by your side, do you know who it is?"
"Towards the light."
Du Mingxian had suspected the groom most, but never imagined it was Xiang Guang. "How did you find out?"
“We noticed something was off along the way, so my fourth uncle and I put on a show. Xiang Guang tried to run off to report the news, but we caught him and he confessed.”
"Luckily he didn't know our true identities, otherwise we would have had to wait for a more intense revenge from him."
Ling Silang was also relieved, "Yes."
“Those people were arrested, and the things on the mountain were dealt with. The general took care of those people, so my injured fourth uncle and I came back first.”
"Is it their main village, or the one behind it?"
“Both of them have been arrested.” Ling Silang’s expression turned very serious as he said this. “Most of those arrested were the elderly, women and children; there were almost no men or boys.”
Du Mingxian asked in surprise, "When did you arrest these people?"
Four days ago.
Du Mingxian shook her head. "No, the timing is wrong. I knew there was a traitor among you, so I thought I'd come and warn you. Later, I searched all the way there and saw that the people in that village were still living there."
Ling Silang's expression also turned serious. "Are they still living there?"
"Yes."
“Something’s not right. I’m going to find my fourth uncle.”
As Ling Silang was about to leave, Du Mingxian grabbed him, saying, "There's something else. All the important people you arrested have been released. I saw the village chief on the street."
"The old man's eldest son you mentioned?"
"Yes, it was his eldest son. The others were drugged and killed, but the old man's eldest son survived. I had Xia Yu bring him back."
Ling Silang's expression was grave. "These people are truly ubiquitous. I'm afraid that even if we arrest them, they will still feel safe there and continue living there."
"There must be a reason why they stay in that place, and it's very important."
Du Mingxian and Ling Silang exchanged a glance at the same time.
"mine."
"iron ore."
The two took a deep breath. Du Mingxian felt extremely heavy-hearted. "The county magistrate has already colluded with them. I'm afraid all our actions now are under their surveillance."
"Let's discuss it with Fourth Uncle."
Ling Silang was about to leave when he saw Du Mingxian still holding the child in her arms, and he felt a pang of guilt. "I'm sorry."
Du Mingxian, who was about to take a step, gently stopped, somewhat puzzled. "Why are you apologizing to me?"
"It's bad enough that we didn't have a good life together, but now you have to carry the child and run around with me."
"I'm just here to deliver a message; you'll have to discuss the rest yourselves."
"Thank you." Ling Silang was also a little tired. He wanted to deal with things here as soon as possible and return to the village to spend some relaxing days with Du Mingxian.
The two returned to Wen Yibin's room. Wen Yibin had just finished processing his upset feelings and lay down to sleep when... he saw these two guys who had upset him come again.
With a hint of disdain in her eyes, she asked, "Why are you here again?"
Du Mingxian recounted what she knew, and Wen Yibin's face darkened. In all his years of handling cases, he had never made such a serious mistake.
Those people from the previous dynasty were like rats; they're everywhere.
But this incident also made them realize something: this place had probably been infiltrated by people from the previous dynasty long ago, and their people were everywhere. Even if they did nothing, many people would still be watching them.
“What we need to do now is nothing.” Yi Wenbin looked at Ling Silang. “However, only Mingxian can move around freely.”
Ling Silang understood his meaning and said with some helplessness, "She has a child with her, do you really want her to do these dangerous things?"
"No, I just want her to investigate in the shadows. Don't touch the people who are in the public eye, but give her the people in the shadows so she can investigate in the dark."
"If the two of us pretend to be unaware, those people will lower their guard."