Chapter 1230: Investigation

Ogedei and the others were escorted back to the government office, and the carriages and other things were naturally pulled back as well. The magistrate of Weizhou City, Zhou Ying, was waiting behind Little Treasure with sweat all over his forehead. When he saw Little Bear and the others return victorious, he hurriedly went forward.

Ogedei, who was being held captive, stopped in his tracks. He looked at Little Bear, who was no longer wearing makeup, and then at Little Treasure. Thinking of the news he had heard about the Great Qi royal family, he immediately laughed out loud. He staggered two steps and said, “So it’s you, so it’s you! Qi Chen, Qi Wenchen! The current Crown Prince. If I had known, if I had known…”

If he had known earlier, he would have abducted Little Treasure at the strategic town. Considering how much Qi Xiuyuan doted on his son, he was sure he’d concede all of his demands.

Instead, he had now become a turtle in a jar thanks to the two children. At this very thought, Ogedei’s suppressed emotions surged again, and he spat out another mouthful of blood.

Little Treasure, who was about to speak, could only suppress the words that were about to come out of his mouth. He gestured for his men to quickly drag away Ogedei, worried that the Great Yuan Emperor would die from excess anger.

Seeing that Little Treasure actually looked down on him so much, Ogedei was even more furious. His blood surged and he decisively fainted.

Everyone in the courtyard fell silent. Little Treasure looked at them innocently. He really didn’t do anything.

‘All the more terrifying, Your Highness…’

The others silently returned the Crown Prince’s gaze. It was Zhou Ying who broke the stalemate and went forward to ask about Little Bear’s well-being. “Are you injured, Your Highness?”

Zhou Ying felt like he was in a dream today, as though thunder was ringing in his ears every other moment. If not for his strong heart, he might not have survived today.

First, a few guards brought a young man over to show him the Crown Prince’s seal, saying that the Crown Prince had personally arrived. Before he could recover from his shock, the Crown Prince told him that the Emperor of Great Yuan had come to his tiny city and that Prince Rong had already gone to capture him…

Zhou Ying was momentarily shocked and furious. He was furious that the Emperor of Great Yuan had treated Great Qi as his backyard and could come and go as he pleased. He was shocked by the audacity of the Crown Prince and Prince Rong. If anything happened to either of them, not only him, but his entire family would also be in trouble. If not for the Crown Prince suppressing him, he would have long brought the bailiffs to help.

Therefore, when he saw Little Bear, he asked him if he was injured.

Little Bear snorted smugly. “It’s just some thieves. A piece of cake.”

Zhou Ying thought to himself that it was fortunate that the Great Yuan Emperor had fainted. Otherwise, he would definitely vomit blood when he heard that. To think the dignified emperor of a country was called a thief!

Little Treasure had something to say to Little Bear, so he instructed Zhou Ying, “Lord Zhou, please make arrangements for the Great Yuan Emperor and his advisors. After all, he’s the ruler of a country and should be given the respect he deserves. Don’t do things that will invite criticism. As for the others, lock them up separately.”

Zhou Ying hurriedly agreed.

Little Treasure led Little Bear to look at the things that had been found. Seeing the gold in the cart, Little Bear pursed his lips and said, “It seems that Great Yuan is indeed very short of money. For such a small sum of money, the Emperor personally took the risk to come.”

“It might not be just this bit of money.” Little Treasure said, “When you went to capture him, I asked Zhou Ying. He said that there were no gold or silver mines in Weizhou City according to the dossier left behind by the Jin Kingdom. The war ended less than a year ago, and even our Great Qi didn’t have the time to explore the mines. How did he know the exact location?”

Little Treasure said calmly, “Since we’ve captured him, we can’t let him become a useless chess piece. Let Zhou Ying treat him well for the next two days. Let’s not meet him first and only do so after we get more leverage. Besides, Royal Father’s letter is almost here. Let’s remove the people from the gold mine outside the city first.”

Little Bear rubbed his fists and said, “I’ll lead the troops to attack personally?”

“You still have to protect me.” Unwilling to let Little Bear go, Little Treasure held his hand and said, “Who knows how many spies he planted in Great Qi? It’s better for you to stay by my side during this period of time to prevent them from rebounding.”

Little Bear thought about it and agreed. He started to follow Little Treasure closely.

Little Treasure had only said that to hold Little Bear back to stop him from taking the risk. After all, war was different from fighting. It was said that the gold mine was easy to defend and difficult to attack. But his words actually came true. For two consecutive days, there were people constantly attacking the government office in secret, wanting to save the trapped Ogedei.

And the noble Little Treasure was the first hostage they chose, so his room was attacked two nights in a row. Although there were guards blocking outside, it was still terrifying. Fortunately, with Little Bear was by his side, no one had been able to hurt him.

It was also because Little Bear was by his side that he had been sleeping well, thus was in good spirits for the past two days. In contrast, Zhou Ying had been wandering around the two of them with dark circles under his eyes, evidently due to insomnia from worrying.

Little Treasure and Little Bear were a little apologetic, so they persuaded him, “Why don’t Lord Zhou change your schedule and rest during the day and work at night?”

After all, no matter how bold the assassin was, he would not dare to come in broad daylight.

How would Zhou Ying dare to sleep? He lowered his head and said, “Considering I haven’t finished what Your Highnesses instructed me to do, how would I dare to sleep during the day?”

Feeling even more apologetic, Little Treasure and Little Bear consoled, “Then Lord Zhou, just work hard for another two days. When the Yuan family army takes down the people in the gold mine, this matter will be almost over.”

The Yuan family army arrived on the afternoon of the day they captured Ogedei. General Yuan originally wanted to personally bring his troops over, but it occurred to him that since the Emperor of Great Yuan was here, Great Qi and Great Yuan might have another fierce battle if something happened. Furthermore, Dading Prefecture was a border fortress and the 200,000-strong army could not be without a marshal. Thus, he could only send his eldest grandson, Yuan Bo, to lead the troops over.

Little Treasure and Little Bear only briefly met the man before getting the scout to bring him to the gold mine.

The people on the gold mine clearly knew that their master had been captured, so they had made preparations in advance. However, even if the gold mine was easy to defend and difficult to attack, they only had about 2,000 people. Yuan Bo brought 20,000 people and only ordered 10,000 troops to surround the gold mine.

Because the two young masters said that there was no hurry, he slowly surrounded and attacked to minimize the casualties.

And today, Yuan Bo had sent back messages twice, estimating that he should be able to take down the gold mine in two days.

As for Zhou Ying, he didn’t stay idle either. He began investigating the gold and silver mines in Weizhou City.

Even though Ogedei had killed all the insiders back then, many people had heard about the existence of gold and silver mines in Weizhou City, especially the old bailiffs who had worked in the Jin Kingdom’s government office. Even if they didn’t know where the gold and silver mines were, they had heard about them. Furthermore, there had been hearsay from the relatives of the mine workers.

After asking around, it became clear.

Little Treasure suspected that Weizhou wasn’t the only place where Ogedei had concealed gold and silver mines, but there could also be instances in other cities and counties. Who knew how many other such teams there were?

He simply used the Crown Prince’s seal to give orders to the prefectures north of Central Capital and south of Dading Prefecture to investigate the gold, silver, and mineral mines in their jurisdiction.

They wouldn’t have known if they hadn’t checked, but once they did, they were shocked. At first, the news from the various prefectures was that there were no gold, silver, or mineral mines in their jurisdiction.

There was such a large area between Central Capital and Dading Prefecture, but none of the 23 counties had gold or silver mines? Who were they bluffing?

Therefore, Little Treasure simply ordered them to ask the veterans from the previous dynasty, and Zhou Ying was put in charge of this matter.

In the past two days, there had been an endless stream of assassins. In addition to having to assist the guards in tracking down the assassins, he also had to deal with the news gathered from various places. Thus, he was very busy.

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