Chapter 137: Encirclement and Suppression

Seeing that two of them had already told what had happened to them, the other workers all told how they were threatened by Meng Zhendong and how they were arrested by him.

The more Wang Qingyuan listened, the more angry he became, he thought that these workers were all willing to help Meng Zhendong do things, who would have thought that they were all victims, and he didn't know how many people Meng Zhendong had harmed by relying on his power.

"Don't worry, this official will definitely tell the emperor the truth of the matter, and the emperor will not be angry with you." Wang Qingyuan firmly told the workers that he must not allow them to be victims twice.

"Thank you, thank you, your lord!" As soon as the workers heard this, they kowtowed to Wang Qingyuan one after another. Wang Qingyuan looked at the workers in front of him who didn't listen to him and kowtowed, and sighed.

These workers are actually a bunch of poor people, and they were caught doing such things in this place.

Fu Qinglian and his soldiers had already come to the halfway point of the mountain and arrived at the entrance of the cave that they had discovered last time. However, Fu Qinglian didn't plan to rush directly into the cave, after all, last time, he saw Meng Zhendong's subordinate Yao Wei here.

Fu Qinglian wanted to subdue Yao Wei first, and once Yao Wei was subdued, the others in the cave would be much easier to deal with.

"Be quiet, don't go out yet, hide on both sides of the cave." Fu Qinglian arranged. When the soldiers heard this, they hid on both sides of the cave entrance, and it seemed that they should be coming out soon, waiting here to catch them.

Fu Qinglian was hiding, he leaned against the mouth of the cave, listening carefully to the movement in the cave.

The familiar sound of wooden cart wheels sounded again, followed by the sound of talking. Fu Qinglian glanced at the soldiers hiding on both sides and signaled them to get ready.

The soldiers would understand, they put their hands on the sword at their waists, and once Fu Qinglian gave the order, they would do it.

The sound from the cave was getting louder and closer, and Fu Qinglian also held the hilt of the sword at his waist. Some of them are ready, and as soon as he appears, they will immediately subdue him.

"Hurry up, don't be lazy!" Someone shouted in the cave, Fu Qinglian heard it, this was Yao Wei's voice.

The wooden cart was already half exposed outside the entrance of the cave, and immediately, Yao Wei and the workers pushing the wooden cart also came out of the cave. Fu Qinglian drew his sword and rushed out first.

Seeing this, the soldiers pulled out their swords at their waists and rushed towards Yao Wei, and Yao Wei saw that someone was stabbing at him, and he also drew his sword to fight.

Seeing this, the workers dropped their things and ran to the sides of the cave screaming. They didn't seem to have martial arts, and they hadn't seen such a scene.

Yao Wei finally saw Fu Qinglian's face clearly in the fight with Fu Qinglian, he was stunned for a moment, Fu Qinglian seized the opportunity and knocked the sword in his hand to the ground, and the other soldiers saw this and took out a rope to tie Yao Wei up.

"King Jing, how did you find out here?" Yao Wei's voice trembled a little, and now that he was scared, since Fu Qinglian appeared here, it means that what Meng Zhendong did was discovered.

"What? It's strange that this king is here? If you dare to do such a rebellious thing, you must be prepared to be discovered one day. Fu Qinglian sneered and withdrew the sword from its scabbard.

Yao Wei lowered his head and didn't speak, he was just one of Meng Zhendong's subordinates, he didn't have the power to decide whether he wanted to do it or not, he just listened to Meng Zhendong's orders.

It's just that he thought that with Meng Zhendong's power, it would not be so easy to be discovered, and it would not be so easy to have an accident.

Yao Wei sighed, since he followed Meng Zhendong, as long as he was found to have minted copper coins in copper mines without permission, whether he participated or not, it would be a dead end, and the emperor and King Jing would not let them go.

"You two stay here and watch over him, and the others will catch all those who ran out, and the rest will go into the cave with the king." Fu Qinglian commanded.

"Yes." The soldiers replied.

The workers who ran away did not run far, but were frightened by the scene of the fight in front of them, ran to the side and hid, and the soldiers quickly arrested them.

Fu Qinglian led the soldiers into the cave, and as soon as he entered the cave, it was flat ground, and after walking a few steps, he saw the downhill road, and he thought that the workers who were mining copper ore were all below.

Fu Qinglian walked down directly without thinking about it, and the soldiers followed closely behind, always vigilant, observing the movements around him.

The slope is not steep, but it is very long, and after walking for a while, I have to turn again, so after a few turns, Fu Qinglian and the soldiers finally came to the place where the copper ore was mined.

The workers were all concentrating on digging copper mines, and they didn't notice that Fu Qinglian was coming with people. No, maybe, they thought Fu Qinglian was Yao Wei, thinking that Yao Wei had come back with someone.

Yao Wei is obviously the supervisor here, and the workers are naturally afraid of him, so they naturally don't dare to look back.

Fu Qinglian made a gesture and motioned for the soldiers to arrest these workers. The soldiers understood, and they all stepped forward and tied up the workers.

When the workers were tied up, they realized that something was wrong, and when they turned around, they found that the person who came was not Yao Wei, but Fu Qinglian, who they had never seen before, so they had a panicked look on their faces for a while.

"Who are you?" A daring worker asked.

"Fu Qinglian." Fu Qinglian didn't go around the bend with them, and directly reported his name.

When the workers heard this, the fear on their faces became even more obvious. Fu Qinglian's name, I am afraid that everyone in the capital knows it, no one knows it, after all, he is the emperor's younger brother and the only prince of Qiguo.

The workers realized the seriousness of the matter, and His Royal Highness King Jing personally brought people here, indicating that this place had been exposed, and it also showed that Meng Zhendong's dirty things had been discovered.

"Take them all out, you guys, stay and watch." Fu Qinglian commanded.

"Yes." The soldiers went out with the tied up workers, and those who were ordered by him to stay were arranged in their respective positions and stood still.

Fu Qinglian walked inside, this mine has been dug a lot, presumably Meng Zhendong has been doing this for a while. Shovels and hammers were scattered on the ground, and it seemed that the workers wanted to keep digging.

There are several wooden carts next to it, and some mined copper ore has been loaded in the wooden cart, Fu Qinglian took a piece and put it in front of him to observe, and found that this copper ore is very pure, it is a rare good copper mine, and I don't know how Meng Zhendong found it.

Fu Qinglian sighed and walked back, at the entrance of the cave, the soldiers tied up the workers and Yao Wei, waiting for Fu Qinglian to come out.

There was no one else in the cave except the workers and Yao Wei, and it was estimated that Meng Zhendong was afraid that too many people would arouse suspicion, and besides, only he knew here, and there was no need to send someone to protect him.

It is precisely because of this that Fu Qinglian will be so smooth. If Meng Zhendong sent guards to protect this place, I'm afraid everything would not be so simple.

"Take them up and down the mountain." Fu Qinglian glanced at the person who was tied up and said.

"Yes." The soldiers took one by one and followed Fu Qinglian to the foot of the mountain.

Fu Qinglian returned to the foot of the mountain and entered the cabin, Wang Qingyuan had been waiting for a long time.

"Lord Wang, you're back, everything is going well?" Wang Qingyuan asked.

"Well, it's going well, everyone has been tied up and brought down, and soldiers have been sent to guard the mine." Fu Qinglian nodded and replied.

"In that case, let's go back to the palace like the emperor to restore our lives." Wang Qingyuan said.

"Okay, take everyone with you and go back." Fu Qinglian commanded.

Except for a few soldiers who were ordered by Wang Qingyuan to stay behind and guard, the others escorted the captured prisoners to follow Fu Qinglian and Wang Qingyuan towards the city.

Fu Qinglian and Wang Qingyuan returned to the capital with the soldiers and captured prisoners, and came to the yamen of the prefect of the capital. Wang Qingyuan had already greeted the prefect Xia Li, so the captured prisoners were all locked up in the cells of the prefect's yamen.

Fu Qinglian and Wang Qingyuan imprisoned the prisoners and entered the palace in a carriage.

"Your Majesty, please ask for a meeting between His Royal Highness and Wang Shangshu." Xiao Yinzi walked into the palace with his head down, and Fu Beixing sat on it, holding a beauty in his arms, while drinking wine.

"Let them in." Fu Beixing put the wine glass down and commanded with a smile.

"Yes." Xiao Yinzi lowered his head and retreated.

"You step down first, I have something to do." Fu Beixing said to the beauty sitting on him.

"Yes." The beauty stood up obediently, saluted Fu Beixing, and withdrew. Fu Beixing sorted out his clothes and waited for Fu Qinglian and Wang Qingyuan.

When Xiao Yinzi took Fu Qinglian and Wang Qingyuan into the palace, he happened to pass by the beauty who was going out, Fu Qinglian frowned invisibly, and the imperial brother started again.

"Brother Lian, Wang Shangshu, but what good news do you have to tell me?" Fu Beixing seemed to be in a good mood, he looked at the two of them with a smile on his face. Meng Zhendong is about to die, can Fu Beixing be in a bad mood?

"Brother Huang, Brother Chen, and Wang Shangshu have encircled the mine and the place where the copper coins were minted, and all the prisoners have been captured, and now there are soldiers guarding them, waiting for the Imperial Brother to deal with them." Fu Qinglian said.

"Okay, great, you two have made great contributions, and when Meng Zhendong's head hits the ground, I will be rewarded!" Fu Beixing patted the table, very emotional.

He has been waiting for this day for a long time, he has long known that Meng Zhendong is relying on his own power to do wrong, but he can't deal with Meng Zhendong because he has no evidence, and now the evidence is conclusive, it is still a big crime to kill his head, see what he Meng Zhendong will do this time.

"Brother Huang, there is also the shop opened by Meng Zhendong in the name of his subordinates, Youyue Pavilion, which sells items in the palace without permission, and now it has human and material evidence, these are all shops opened by Meng Zhendong in the name of his subordinates."

Fu Qinglian took out the note that Wang Shang wrote to him from his arms, handed it to Fu Beixing, Xiao Yinzi took it, walked to Fu Beixing's side, and handed it to him.

"Okay, Brother Lian, you have worked hard, the rest of the matter will be handed over to Wang Shangshu and Dali Temple Qing Ye Ting, you have something in the house, so go back to the house as soon as possible." Fu Beixing knew that Fu Qinglian was thinking about Hua Shenyue, so he deliberately asked him to go home.