Don’t Tell Me He Went To Meet A Celestial Maiden?
The servant quickly responded, about to leave, when Lin Yanan suddenly spoke curiously, “Steward Chen went to find a beauty for me. He said that since I didn’t like the common women on the estate, he would find a celestial beauty.”
Speaking of which, he hasn’t come back in so long, maybe he went to see the celestial beauty himself.
Lord Zhu should hurry and look for him. This Young Master wants to see what kind of celestial beauty has captivated Steward Chen.”
Saying this, he looked at the other party with a face full of expectation.
Seeing Zhu Shichang’s expression change, he knew he had guessed right.
They say there are many messy affairs in the backyard, and he has heard a lot about those high-walled mansions. He only probed with a sentence, and the man’s expression changed.
It seems that Steward Chen is probably involved with someone in this estate, and Zhu Shichang has discovered some clues.
Zhu Shichang’s face was livid now, his hands clenched tightly on his lap. He suddenly remembered the servant’s report a few days ago.
It said that Steward Chen was having an affair with his concubine. Perhaps Steward Chen is going to another bitch’s bed again.
At the thought of that dog thing daring to do such a thing in broad daylight, even when he was around, he was furious, his face turning from green to black.
After a long while, he suppressed the anger in his heart and said expressionlessly, “Since Steward Chen went to find a celestial beauty for Young Master Lin, then forget it, no need to look for him.
If I see him later, just have Steward Chen come and see me.”
Right now, the most important thing is Lin Yanan. He can deal with the matter between Steward Chen and the concubine slowly. They are just a pair of dog men and women, not worth his anger.
If he really takes Lin Yanan to find someone, wouldn’t his act of being a cuckold be known to this man? Where would he put his face?
The servant responded and quickly retreated.
Seeing this, Liuer was stunned, but didn’t say much. She was about to leave quickly when she looked up and met Lin Yanan’s gaze. He glared fiercely at her, leaving her puzzled.
Too lazy to think too much, she directly retreated.
Seeing this, Lin Yanan snorted coldly, muttered a few curses at the ugly maid, but felt relieved in his heart.
Although he didn’t know what Jiang Yimian and the others were going to do, Steward Chen’s disappearance must be related to them.
If Zhu Shichang really goes to look for him, he won’t be able to find anyone even if he searches the entire estate, and he might become suspicious.
He needs to buy some time.
It’s best to make Zhu Shichang unable to react, or to react to the loopholes in his words later.
Thinking this, he smiled and said, “Since Lord Zhu wants to talk business, how can we do without music? Let’s listen to music while we talk, wouldn’t that be wonderful?”
Zhu Shichang was now filled with the thought of which concubine was involved with Steward Chen, and he didn’t really listen to the other party’s words. He simply instructed the people outside, “Do as Young Master Lin says.”
After a while, a girl with a pretty appearance came in carrying a pipa. Lin Yanan casually chose a piece of music, and lazily leaned back in his chair, secretly observing Zhu Shichang.
Seeing the other party’s constantly livid face and absent-mindedness, he felt amused, but also a little worried.
He doesn’t have much time to delay. If Zhu Shichang reacts and goes to find someone, he and a few guards won’t be able to stop him.
Now he can only hope that his helper will arrive soon.
In the mine shaft, Jiang Yimian and several others avoided many people looking for them, shuttling through several tunnels.
Zhao Xiaonian listened to the various chaotic footsteps around him, feeling a little scared for a while. He lowered his voice and said dissatisfiedly, “What are you trying to do? If we are discovered, we will all die.
If you want to die, don’t implicate Uncle Jiang and me.”
Although there is a great chance of dying on the mountain, at least he can live a few more days. He doesn’t want to die now.
Jiang Yimian glanced at him. Seeing that he was genuinely concerned about Jiang Dazhuang, she patiently comforted him, “Don’t worry, nothing will happen. Just follow us closely.”
Zhao Xiaonian wasn’t quite convinced, but he had no other choice.
The mine shaft is in chaos. If he goes back, Uncle Jiang will be discovered, and he might be suspected of trying to escape, and then he won’t have a life left. He can only follow them.
Thinking this, he went to Wang Jinbao and asked curiously, “How did you know there were other ways out? When did you go there?”
In the past half year since he came up the mountain, he had been to almost all the caves in the mine shaft, and he didn’t know about the place Wang Jinbao was talking about, let alone discovering other ways to get out of the mine shaft.
He is now very suspicious.
Wang Jinbao looked at the several caves in front of him, walked towards the innermost one, and said, “You came up the mountain too late, it’s normal that you don’t know.”
In order to go down the mountain, he would always look around for opportunities. At that time, the scale of the mountain wasn’t large, and he found that place early on.
Although the location has changed several times in recent years, every mine shaft has a road connecting to that place, seemingly for convenient transportation of iron ore.
Although he doesn’t know what that place is for, he will always look for that road every time a new mine shaft is opened.
Zhao Xiaonian was startled and looked at the person beside him curiously, “How long have you been here? The longest I’ve seen is two years, it was when I first came up the mountain. Now, they are probably just bones.
Are you here longer than that person?”
Wang Jinbao didn’t speak. He has been on the mountain for more than two years; it’s been three full years. Even the first batch of mines were dug by people from their village.
But in these three years, those more than two hundred people gradually died. The remaining people are too few, they can be counted on one hand.
Seeing that he didn’t answer, Zhao Xiaonian lost interest in inquiring. He carefully followed the group, nervously looking around, afraid of being left behind and caught.
The group went deeper and deeper. The miners they encountered gradually decreased. In the end, even the shouts of those looking for people became blurry.
After walking in this silence for almost a quarter of an hour, they finally arrived at the place Wang Jinbao mentioned.
Several men, bare-chested and with strong muscles, were standing at the corner, leaning against the stone wall and chatting.
There were also many people walking around and checking, clearly a patrolling team.
A constant banging sound, “bang bang bang,” came from the cave separated by a wall, the sound was unusually loud.
Wang Jinbao pointed to the stone wall and whispered, “They are crushing stones inside here. I’m not sure about the cave over there. There is a wooden door blocking it. Every time someone comes out, they close the door quickly. I’m not sure what they are doing, maybe smelting iron.”
Zhao Xiaonian exclaimed softly, “Smelting iron? What are they going to do, sell it to the blacksmith shop to make money?”
If he hadn’t come here today, he wouldn’t have known why these people on the mountain made them dig so much iron ore. He only thought they wanted to exchange it for money.