At this time, Hua Jin was leading the small group of Shence Army, ambushing outside the small village at the foot of Yutou Mountain.
She looked at the village below and whispered to Gu Zun:
"They really don't want to move?"
Gu Zun cupped his hands and replied:
"Biaoxia, disguised as an official from the Ministry of Industry, arrived at the entrance of their village and tried to persuade them for a long time, but they didn't even open the village gate."
"Then we can only let them die."
Hua Jin's eyes were filled with cold light as he looked carefully at the village below and considered.
"Look at it, the defenses are not light. Many of them were built after your prince left. There are still a few men wearing armor standing over there. There are soldiers in this village."
"Yes, Madam, this village used to be somewhat concealed, but after the prince left, it became more and more unscrupulous. They even arrested a group of young men into the village a few days ago. Apparently they wanted to wait for Princess Biyue to successfully receive the fish.
After climbing the mountain, we can start mining again.”
After saying that, Gu Zun tightened the sword in his hand and said again:
"Your Highness, I will lead someone to kill you."
"Okay, let's meet in the village!"
Hua Jin stood up, like a red phoenix, flying down the hillside, pulling out her sword in the air and killing the village below.
Gu Zun and his party who were lying on the mountainside looked surprised. They only thought that the princess was here to supervise the battle, but they didn't expect that the princess actually took the lead and jumped down by herself?
"What are you still standing there for? Your Majesty is already here to kill me!"
Gu Zun spoke sternly and jumped down after Hua Jin.
Behind him, a small group of Shence Army, no more than ten people, also flew down one after another.
"You! Who are you?"
The soldiers in the village were the first to see Hua Jin falling on the ground, drew their swords, and were about to slash at Hua Jin.
She smiled and swept away the incoming sword,
"I am the little Princess Li. Today I am here to tell you that Prince Li's Mansion has a rule. No one is allowed to mine the minerals in the North without the permission of the Prince."
"Those who disobey orders will be punished!"
The sword was swung away, and several heads fell to the ground.
More people rushed out from all directions, with their brocade hair and tail flying. When they turned around, ten Shence soldiers landed on the ground one after another, killing generals coming from all directions.
Screams filled the ground, and blood flowed like rivers.
"Mother, I found the young man they captured."
A Shence army kicked open a house, and the sound of chains could be heard from inside.
Hua Jin stepped on the corpse with a bloody sword and stepped forward to take a look. She narrowed her eyes slightly and felt cold air bursting out of her body.
The people imprisoned here can't be called human beings. The strong men who were used as miners all had animal-like braces on their faces, pressing the base of their tongues tightly.
Except for the most basic sounds, they can't say a word, not as good as the original Huaxian Er. The first half of the tongue was hooked, and half of them left, and they could speak with a big tongue.
There was a room full of strong men, and they walked out of the dark and hot house one by one. In order to prevent them from escaping, their hands and feet were chained. They were all in ragged clothes, and they were all black and smelly.
Hua Jin frowned slightly and asked Shence Jun to remove the braces and bracelets for the strong men.
Immediately some strong men knelt down, crying and thanking,
"For the chivalrous woman's life-saving grace, I will repay the chivalrous woman with a grass ring in the next life."
In order to deceive others, Hua Jin did not wear any clothing or jewelry that symbolized her status during the attack on the village. The same goes for Gu Zun and others behind her, who only wore black clothes.
A large number of people were kneeling and wailing around, and some people began to tell their unfortunate experience.
"It's all my fault that little Princess Li said she wanted to recruit coolies to repair the North Land, so we were tricked into coming to a place like this."
"How can she be so vicious? She simply doesn't treat us as human beings."
"I heard that the wages paid to coolies in Prince Li's Mansion were very high, so I agreed to leave. I thought, it doesn't matter if it's a bit hard and tiring, as long as I have the hands and feet to work hard."
"The same goes for me. Who knew that Princess Li would actually trick me into mining jade in a place like this? I'm not afraid of mining. I've been strong since I was a child, but she doesn't treat us as individuals. I,
I...I hate it."
Everyone started talking about their experiences, and Hua Jin's face became colder and colder.
It turns out that the reason why they are here is because of the recruitment of "Princess Xiao Li".
Behind her, Gu Zun stepped forward and shouted:
"Look clearly, who is this person who saves you? She is!"
What she was about to say was interrupted by Hua Jin raising her hand. She lowered her eyes and looked at the strong men kneeling on the ground with their faces full of gratitude to her, and whispered:
"I originally wanted to let you all go back to your homes, but looking at the fortifications in this village, it is obvious that the people who built this village will not give up. You stay here first and help dispose of the bodies on the ground. Let's
Waiting for the people behind the scenes to come to your door!"
After saying that, Hua Jin swung his sword, and the blood beads on Xueliang's sword were thrown away one after another.
Her anger was officially aroused, and the prince's people used her name to recruit workers. This was a naked declaration of war against Hua Jin.
Since there was someone in this village who was responsible for guarding the young men, there was also someone who was responsible for recruiting workers. She waited in the village and first arrested the broker who was responsible for recruiting workers.
Come on, let's fight!
"Empress, Wu Tian has led the city guard into the mountain."
A Shence Army member stood behind Hua Jin and reported in a low voice.
Hua Jin nodded slightly and led the Shence Army around the village. Along the way there were strong men carrying corpses.
Those strong men looked grateful to Hua Jin. Whenever Hua Jin passed by, they would grin at her affectionately.
Soon, all the corpses in the village were cleaned up. Hua Jin looked at the clean villages all around, then looked at the terrain, and praised sincerely:
"This is a good place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and will not be easily discovered by outsiders."
He also ordered the ancient master behind him,
"Open a small gate at the back of the village, let Wu Tian bring the city guards into the village, and leave him alone to go back."
She originally thought that she would destroy the village and wipe out the remnants of the prince's troops in the village.
But it was obvious that the other party had provoked her, and she planned to fight him to the end.
In the city guard camp at the other end of Yutou Mountain, Mr. Huang was walking around anxiously. He didn't know how the city guard army had destroyed the tigers.
There was a little eunuch beside me to persuade me,
"Dad, don't be anxious. My child looks at the strong muscles of the city guards. There should be no problem. If the tiger is eliminated today, the princess will be able to take over Yutou Mountain tomorrow."
"In this way, the prince can start mining immediately, and this time, it is justified."
However, this time the situation was changed from secretly digging Li Yunqing's jade mine to secretly digging Bi Yue's jade mine.
Anyway, the miner belonged to the prince. How could Bi Yue, a princess in purgatory, know these things? When she arrived at the foot of Yutou Mountain, she didn't even think of going up the mountain to check.
Eunuch Huang is responsible for all operations, including hiring miners.
Even Bi Yue couldn't figure out how much jade a jade mine could produce in a year.
In this way, giving Bi Yue one-tenth of the jade dug out every year would satisfy Bi Yue.
Eunuch Huang stopped, sighed, and looked at Yutou Mountain in front of him.
"The closer we get to the foot of Yutou Mountain, the heavier the fog will be, which invisibly increases the difficulty of exterminating the tigers. How many of the city guards have gone? If half of them can come back, let's see, that's pretty good."
The little eunuchs behind them didn't say anything. It was best not to come forward at this time, lest Eunuch Huang arrest their heads and let them go into the mountain to find out what happened to the city guards.