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Marriage of the Di Daughter Chapter 112 Part 2: Dongshan
Tong’er immediately walked to the table and Jiang Li picked up the brush. Once, due to curiosity, also because Xue Huai Yuan wanted to know the situation in Dongshan before, she went along with him to Dongshan. Though it was only one time, she still remembered the place she went to. Even though the current Dongshan might be somewhat different because of Feng Yu Tang’s “opening”, the places approximately did not change much.
She drew the position of the Dongshan mine, which would enable Ye Ming Yu and his people to investigate a bit easier. However, after Ye Ming Yu could find out the situation clearly in his preliminary investigation, she had to personally go to Dongshan. She had spent time with her father’s subordinates before and understood them well. If she wanted to ask them to stand up and believe in her, Ye Ming Yu would not be able to do this. She must personally talk to them.
No need for a long time, a moment would do.
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After a stick of incense, Jiang Li gave the well drawn Dongshan map to Ye Ming Yu. Ye Ming Yu was not negligent and after getting the map, he immediately brought a group of people to set off. Dongshan was not far from here, but after all, it’s necessary to be careful when scouting out an unfamiliar place.
Jiang Li kept busy after Ye Ming Yu left. She continued to slowly look through Xue Huai Yuan’s case files. Tong’er and Bai Xue persuaded her to rest for a moment as it’s taxing for the body to continuously read the files without stopping. However, Jiang Li did not listen and looked on silently. Only when the rooster called three times did she feel sleepy, settled down and took a short rest with her clothes intact.
In the end, she did not rest for long.
Jiang Li woke up by herself. She did not know why, though she was very tired, probably because her mind was on Xue Huai Yuan, knowing that she could not waste even a moment of time, so even in her dreams, she was somewhat sober and prepared to wake up at any time. In her confused sleeping state, she vaguely heard Tong’er talking to a person outside in a low voice, “Miss has just slept. She only lay down at dawn. Master uncle please wait for Miss to rest for a while.”
Jiang Li suddenly opened her eyes and stood up from the sofa to see the travel weary Ye Ming Yu outside. Although his face looked tired, his pair of eyes were very bright.
Jiang Li’s drowsiness was immediately swept away. Without any hesitation, she asked promptly, “Uncle, you’ve returned.”
Only then did Ye Ming Yu and Tong’er discover Jiang Li walking outside. Tong’er anxiously said, “Ah, Miss, why did you get up?”
“Yes, Ah Li,” Ye Ming Yu also said, “Why don’t you sleep a bit more?” They walked outside all year round, not sleeping for one night did not count as anything. But Jiang Li was still young, moreover, she was a girl, she would inevitably be very tired.
“I’ve woken up,” Jiang Li asked, “Uncle, how’s the investigation in Dongshan?”
Talking about business, Ye Ming Yu no longer cared about other things and immediately replied, “Ah Li, I brought people to take a look and what the mute grandmother said was right; there are people in the Dongshan mine. However, there are people keeping watch outside. We took advantage of the time when the people on night watch to fall asleep before walking to the mouth of the mine. The first time we walked in, we noticed that the Dongshan cave was too big and we could not find the road. We were afraid of getting lost and alarming the people outside, so we first withdrew.”
Jiang Li muttered, “Right, the terrain in the Dongshan cave is indeed complicated. It’s easy for people who are not familiar with it to get lost. It’s correct for uncle and your people to timely withdraw, otherwise, it’s easy to get trapped if you get lost inside.”
Her words were as if she frequently walked in Dongshan and was aware of the circ.u.mstances inside like the back of her hand. However, at this time, Ye Ming Yu did not pay attention to the strangeness of her words and instead said, “Though we did not go in, we are certain that there are people mining gold inside the mine. As for whether they are those officers, we can’t tell because we do not know them.”
Jiang Li asked, “Why is uncle so sure?”
“Feng Yu Tang’s people are too outrageous. We took advantage of the night to go to the mine, so late at night and those miners are still working!” Ye Ming Yu mentioned this matter with righteous indignation. “This is not treating people as human, really too repulsive!”
Jiang Li lowered her eyes. Since Feng Yu Tang had the intention of tormenting these people, he naturally would not let them have an easy time. But how many of those officers could support this round-the-clock working?
“Was uncle able to find out approximately how many people are still inside the mine digging for gold?” Jiang Li asked.
Ye Ming Yu said, “I don’t know the definite number, but I guess there absolutely weren’t many.”
Jiang Li’s heart sank and she asked, “Why do you say that?”
“Because there were too few guards,” Ye Ming Yu said. “Altogether, there were only two people. If it weren’t because we were not familiar with the terrain, to tell the truth, I could have knocked these two people by myself and directly rescued the miners inside. But think about it, if there were many people, how could Feng Yu Tang only dispatched two people to stand guard, wouldn’t he fear problems occurring? Unless there were not many and he felt that two people standing guard is enough, naturally it’s like that.”
Jiang Li was silent for a long time before saying, “What uncle said is right.” Actually, there was still another possibility, which was in Feng Yu Tang’s eyes, ‘a new official brings new officers’, Xue Huai Yuan was already almost a dead man. The Xue family had no male offspring, so these former subordinates were naturally also discarded. What kind of people would expend effort to save people who had been abandoned? In any case, no one would save them, so it’s not necessary to a.s.sign a lot of people to watch over them.
But Jiang Li knew that this possibility was something she thought of to comfort herself. What Ye Ming Yu said was more probable. At least, there were still people alive. After all, it’s a good thing. This meant that there’s a chance for the witness testimony she was hoping for.
“Ah Li, now the people have been found, but Dongshan’s topography is complex. For the time being, we cannot find ways to take all these people out. Furthermore, even if we can take away all the people, I’m not familiar with Tongxiang. I don’t know where to safely hide these people away. If Feng Yu Tang sent people to search, the whereabouts of these people would be very easy to find. After all, Tongxiang is too small.”
This was a fact and Ye Ming Yu’s thought wasn’t without any basis.
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