C63

"Do you need me to do something for you?" After the convoy left, Yuwen Tong asked Ling Zhang.

"No need." Ling Zhang said. He believed that his Second Uncle had arranged it so that Jia Yuanling would not be able to live past the border.

Yuwen Tong looked at him once more, and did not say anything more, as though he had already noticed something from Ling Zhang's attitude.

"Let's go to the western mountains." Ling Zhang stood up.

Yuwen Tong left the teahouse with him.

"It will take us two hours to get to the Western Mountain Mine. We'll rent two horses and head there again." Ling Zhang said.

The medicinal field s and the few mines in the Tan Yang were all located far away in the outskirts of the city. Horses were essential transportation and riding tools, and the Horse-shop s were situated near the West Gate.

Before they left the city, Ling Zhang deliberately looked left and right, trying to find Yuwen Tong's elusive guards.

"Find what?" Yuwen Tong asked him.

"You want to go alone with me to the West Mountain?" Ling Zhang looked at him.

Yuwen Tong raised his eyebrows, "I'm more than enough by myself, let's go."

When Ling Zhang thought about the guards whom he couldn't wait to protect for twenty-four hours a day, he didn't think that those people really wouldn't follow.

They got on their horses and left the city together with Yuwen Tong, heading towards the Western Mountain.

"After walking out of this main official road, you will see a fork in the road. The narrow path on the right is the way to Jia family mine." Ling Zhang said.

If he had known that Dao Yuwentong was going to drag him along, he wouldn't have worked so hard to draw out a map.

It was just that it had been a long time since he came to the Western Mountain, and because the Jia family's mines were strictly guarded, he had never gone there either, he only knew the general general location.

After entering the fork in the road, the two of them slowed down, just in case they went wrong or if they met a Jia family, they would not be able to dodge in time.

As they walked further and further away, the only sounds that could be heard were the sounds of birds.

Yuwen Tong suddenly let go of the reins and lightly patted the horse's back with his palm.

Ling Zhang was shocked, and quickly raised his head to take a look.

Yuwen Tong quickly disappeared without a trace.

"Hello." Ling Zhang was stunned, Yuwen Tong did not even bother to greet him, did he want to throw him here!

Just as Ling Zhang was cursing Yuwen Tong, his vision blurred for a moment. Yuwen Tong descended from the sky and landed on the horse in front of him, he turned and said: "It's not far, just a distance ahead and there will be guards. Halt the horse in the forest, I will bring you in."

Ling Zhang's heart dropped to the ground, and then his face darkened, thinking back to how he was worried that Yuwen Tong would suddenly abandon him, causing his entire face to turn cold.

How could Yuwen Tong not sense such obvious anger?

"What's wrong?"

"May I trouble you to inform the marshal in advance if you suddenly disappear next time?" Ling Zhang clenched his teeth and said.

Yuwen Tong understood what was going on, but he felt that Ling Zhang's manner of clenching his teeth was extremely pleasing to the eye, and nodded: "Next time, I will bring you to take a look."

That was not what he meant! As if he couldn't leave Yuwen Tong for a moment. Pfft!

Ling Zhang glared at Yuwen Tong, his face burning with anger.

When Yuwen Tong saw that his face was tainted with a bit of red, the expression in his eyes became darker. He even felt that Ling Zhang's eyes were like they were soaked in water, sparkling bright and clear, with a small fire burning inside.

His heart was also set on fire, causing him to only want to bully the person in front of him again.

But if he really did that, Ling Zhang reckoned that he could immediately turn around and leave.

"Cough, I won't tease you anymore. Come, let's go take a look." Yuwen Tong said.

Ling Zhang took a deep breath, turned his head and took the lead to leave, he was afraid that he would not be able to resist and beat Yuwen Tong up.

Yuwen Tong tactfully did not speak further, and followed.

As they approached the quarry, they heard various noises.

Yuwen Tong stopped in his tracks, his expression serious, "Wait."

Ling Zhang stood still and looked at him.

"Something is wrong in front. I'll lead you there. There are guards up ahead." Yuwen Tong said.

Ling Zhang looked in the direction of the voice and said: "Okay."

Even if he was angry, he would not hesitate to do business.

Yuwen Tong embraced Ling Zhang's waist, "Hug me tightly."

Ling Zhang:...

Suppressing the strange, uncomfortable feelings at the bottom of his heart, he reached out and tightly hugged Yuwen Tong's waist. The next moment, he felt himself soaring into the sky, as if he could fall down at any time, feeling a sense of insecurity.

Yuwen Tong brought Ling Zhang and silently went past the Jia family's guard, and entered the mine.

"Hurry up, hurry up, don't dawdle!"

"You, you, and you, all of you better move your hands and feet!"

Clang! Clang!

Hundreds of miners wearing gray cloth with their waists on their backs were busy in the mine, the entire mine was surrounded by a tight circle of guards. Although these people were wearing ordinary black clothes, from their stance and aura, they didn't seem like ordinary guards at all.

A large hole had been dug out from the cliff face of the open pit, and there were definitely more miners digging inside.

The carts shuttled back and forth within the mine, loading the ore and sending it into the furnace on the edge of the mine. The scorching heat made the temperature around the mine much higher, and many tools were arranged in a messy manner.

At the exit of the mine, there were still some miners who were putting the better quality ores into boxes and lifting them into carriages one by one.

These people had the same characteristics as the Black Man guarding the mines, they were definitely not ordinary guards.

"These are soldiers." Yuwen Tong said.

Lian Qi immediately understood that these were the State Guard.

Two people walked over from another place. When Ling Zhang saw them, his expression darkened, "Jia Zhong and Zhang Chong."

Jia Zhong looked similar to Jia Yin, except that each of them was thinner and fatter, and Zhang Chong's scar was the most obvious feature on his face.

"We are really lucky, we caught up to them the moment we arrived and were trading ores." Ling Zhang said coldly.

Yuwen Tong came here mainly to understand the size of this mine, and he already had a rough idea of how big it was.

It was unknown what Jia Zhong and Jia Zhong were talking about, but they only saw that Jia Zhong was laughing along, and a trace of a sinister expression with unknown meaning surfaced on his face.

Not long after, Zhang Chong and Jia Zhong parted ways, carrying carriage after carriage as they left the mine.

Ling Zhang saw them leave and said: "Leave from here, walk south through the main road and directly reach the back of the State Guard encampment. This is how they travel back and forth, and also disguised themselves.

Yuwen Tong brought Ling Zhang and walked along the road for a while before stopping. Then, he blew a whistle, which sounded very strange and rhythmic.

"I will have my men follow Zhang Chong and investigate their route." Yuwen Tong said to Ling Zhang.

Ling Zhang was slightly stunned, and then let out an "oh".

He did not expect Yuwen Tong to explain it to him.

"What about us now?" Ling Zhang asked him, "Do you want to go back?"

"No, let's go back to the mine and take a look." Yuwen Tong said.

"Return it? "What are you going to do?" Ling Zhang asked.

"Check something." Yuwen Tong said.

Ling Zhang followed Yuwen Tong back to the mines, and coincidentally saw Jia Zhong explaining to a person in charge. Ling Zhang then took a look at the account book, and wrote something down.

"That should be the account book. Good stuff." Yuwen Tong said coldly.

Good stuff? Ling Zhang couldn't react for a moment.

"I have to think of a way to take it and see if it's recorded in the transaction with Zhang Chong." Yuwen Tong said.

Ling Zhang reacted, "This is evidence."

"Smart." Yuwen Tong said.

"Then how do we take it?" Ling Zhang asked.

"I'm not in a hurry right now. If I take it, I'll alert the snake by hitting the grass. Wait here for a while, I'll go take a look first." Yuwen Tong said to Ling Zhang.

Ling Zhang nodded, then brought him to jump onto the tree trunk of another tree, allowing him to sit.

"This is a signal flare. If you have any trouble, just pull this ring." Yuwen Tong handed a small bamboo tube to Ling Zhang.

Ling Zhang took the bamboo tube, and supported himself on the tree trunk to stay steady, "Be careful."

Yuwen Tong raised his eyebrows slightly. This was truly rare, the little hedgehog Ling Zhang would tell him to be careful.

Yuwen Tong jumped down from the big tree, and disappeared after a few leaps.

Ling Zhang held onto the bamboo tube, and did not dare to move.

This place is too high.

An hour later, when Ling Zhang's legs were even numb from the sitting, not only did Yuwen Tong not come back yet, he not only frowned, even if he did not want to, he could not help but think that Yuwen Tong had met with some sort of trouble.

If they were exposed and attacked...

Ling Zhang lowered his head and looked. He calculated the distance between each branch and planned to head down by himself to the mines to check if there were any special movements.

Just as he hugged onto the main trunk and was about to move down, Yuwen Tong's voice rang in his ears: "What are you doing?"

Ling Zhang was shocked, and immediately slid down, "Ah?"

"Be careful!" Yuwen Tong quickly jumped down, caught Ling Zhang who was in midair, and landed.

Ling Zhang's heart skipped a beat. He almost thought that he was going to fall to the ground.

Yuwen Tong put him down, "Why are you suddenly thinking about it?"

"You haven't come back in such a long time. I want to go scout." said. He finally felt safe, but he couldn't stand up straight after stepping on the ground. He subconsciously grabbed Yuwen Tong's arm.

"My feet are numb?" Yuwen Tong said, "Let me take a look."

Ling Zhang saw that he was about to reach out and touch his own legs, wanting to stop him, but Yuwen Tong's movements were faster than him, the warm palm grabbed onto Ling Zhang's legs, and following that, a strange warm feeling spread throughout his body from where Yuwen Tong was about to touch him, his aching legs finally being relieved, and after a while, there was nothing left of him.