An Xu breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and carefully checked his shoulder, there was a thin blood line on his skin, and the blood slowly flowed out, soaking a large part of his shoulder.

Fortunately, the color of the blood is normal, and it seems that this thief has no habit of using poison.

The figure flickered, and the black scorpion also jumped down from the tree, looked at the gray-clothed man lying on the ground, and raised his eyebrows: "I said An boy, it's okay, I have become so strong unconsciously, even I haven't received any news!" ”

An Xu didn't answer, and took out a rope from his waist and tied up the man in gray.

The black scorpion is particularly undisciplined, this time they are a cooperative relationship, but next time it may be, as long as someone is willing to pay, it is guaranteed that he will not blink his eyes and sell An Xu.

It's definitely not a good thing to let him know too much.

"Okay, you've seen enough of the excitement, I'm going back to make a business." An Xu raised his hand and put the man in gray on his shoulder, and the weight of an adult did not put any pressure on him.

"I said that you are now at the end of the day, why don't you find a mercenary group to join, it's always too hard to work alone, with your current ability, how can you be a team leader!" The black scorpion followed behind An Xu slowly.

"Not interested!" An Xu continued to walk forward.

The black scorpion let out a hoarse laugh and said, "What? Still thinking about your little team? ”

"You know, I don't like people making fun of it." An Xu turned his head, glanced at the black scorpion deeply, and when he touched An Xu's gaze, the black scorpion couldn't help but shudder.

"Well, you're just too serious, not fun at all! It's none of my business, I'll go first, and next time there's a good deal, don't forget me! The black scorpion was bored, twisted his body, and slowly disappeared into the shade of the trees beside the road.

"Do you thieves like to play mysteries so much, can't you take the big road well? I'm still bending over to hide, and my ass is exposed! An Xu suddenly shouted into the woods.

"Poof—" The sound of a fall was heard not far away.

……

When Ya Yunling came home from shopping with the two girls, An Xu was already waiting for him in the study.

She was slightly surprised, didn't she ask An Xu to find out the news, why did she tie up a living person and come back, it was so miserable, her face was crooked.

An Xu told his judgment and what had to happen.

Yayun Ling's expression became solemn, she looked at Yun Feng on the side, and said loudly, "What do you think?" ”

"This person is obviously a small character, the rare ores circulating in the black market of Hidden Moon City every month are not a small amount, it is impossible for him to come up with so much money, there must be someone behind him, and it happens to be at this time, this is definitely related to the person who attacked the convoy!"

Ya Yunling nodded: "I think so too, An Xu, you did the right thing, if you let this person run away, things will become very troublesome." What worries me now is that these people are obviously coming specifically for rare ores, and what are they collecting so many ores for? ”

"Instead of worrying about this," Yun Feng said in a condensed voice: "I'm more worried about whether this is also the case in several other mineral concentration areas of Huiye?" ”

As soon as Yun Feng reminded him, Ya Yun Ling also thought of that possibility, and his face became very ugly.

"What are you talking about? How I don't understand at all! An Xu listened to the two of them for a long time, confused, isn't he dealing with the family's problems now, why worry about other places?

"Don't interject, you don't understand!" Yayun Ling glared at An Xu.

An Xu was not happy: "Anyway, I have also contributed, anyway, I am also on your ship, you have to tell me a general situation, otherwise I will lose sleep at night." ”

Just now, An Xu has already obtained the reward experience for this mission, which is not much, only more than two hundred points, probably because the difficulty is not great, and the intelligence is not something An Xu personally inquired about!

This experience wasn't enough to unlock a star mark, so he wanted to keep up with the two and see if he could catch a little more oil.

"Then let me ask you, do you know what these rare ores are used for?" Yakumo Ling asked.

"Everyone knows this, ordinary weapons and armor, with the addition of rare ores, can improve the quality to the fine level. Some particularly rare ores can also be used as alchemical materials. ”

An Xu knows the market here very well, in the market, an ordinary long sword only needs about three gold coins, but a well-grade long sword is at least two digits, which is enough to see the gap.

"I've told you before, Hidden Moon City is one of the largest mining areas in Huiye, and most of the rare ores produced here have to be supplied to the kingdom's army. Originally, with the rare ore production of the Huiye Kingdom itself, there was a bit of a shortage of supply, if such an incident occurred in several regions, what consequences do you say would be triggered? ”

Hearing Yayun Ling's analysis, An Xu was silent, and he finally felt the seriousness of the matter.

I only heard Yayun Ling continue: "There is no inventory in the treasury at all for this kind of resource, and the supply of sophisticated equipment is not available, so the soldiers can only go to the battlefield with ordinary weapons, and the battle that is originally evenly matched is very likely to be lost." In a more serious direction, what if a large-scale war broke out at such a time? ”

An Xu grew his mouth: "No...... Unlikely, right? ”

War is a very scary word, its appearance, always accompanied by famine, blood and even death, Kazuha has not had a major war for many years, the only time is the Red Collar Rebellion, but those rebels never cross the Northern Wilderness Highlands, there is not much intuitive impression on people.

Especially in a city like Hidden Moon City, which is far away from the border, it is probably used to peaceful days.

Yakumo Ling sat on the chair with his legs crossed, supported his cheek with his hand, and sighed: "Ordinary people may not know much about it, the kingdom has been in a very bad situation in recent years, and it is also in a weak position among several surrounding countries. Especially recently, His Majesty's health is getting worse day by day, and if war breaks out at this time, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Only then did An Xu know that the Huiye Kingdom was still facing so many difficulties, he was a little mercenary before, how could he know these doorways, he hadn't even been to the Jade King City, okay?

At this time, he deeply understood a sentence he had heard before: when you are too weak, the more you know, the more you are troubled.

Yes! An Xu felt particularly troubled right now, and he would rather not know about these problems than worry about them all the time.

He managed to squeeze out a smile and said, "These are just your guesses, maybe it's not that bad?" ”

"Yes, now it's better to pray that our guess is wrong, or we'll be in real trouble!" Ya Yun Ling stood up and said to Yun Feng: "I'll leave it to you, take this person down for interrogation, we have to decide on countermeasures as soon as possible." ”

Yun Feng nodded, twisted the gray-clothed man who was still unconscious with one hand, and dragged him out like a dead dog, he had people under him who were extremely good at torture, enough to make this person spit out all the information he knew.

After a while, Yun Feng came back, with a solemn expression on his face, which made both Yayun Ling and An Xu's hearts sink.

"Unfortunately we guessed correctly! Although this person is a marginal person and doesn't know much about it, it is certain that there are indeed people from Qianzeguo behind this matter! Yun Feng said frankly.

Yayun Ling said coldly: "Hmph, no wonder, there is a lack of minerals on the side of Qianze Country, which can weaken Huiye's strength, and at the same time can also arm their army and make up for the vacancy, it is really a good calculation!" ”

"Chisawa country? Isn't that the land of the barbarians in the west? ”

An Xu only knew that there was such a place, but the situation about Qianze Country was not very clear, he had seen a few barbarians, the figure was very tall, an adult barbarian was at least two meters tall, with thick limbs, thick hair, and two huge fangs on his mouth, which looked extremely vicious and looked very scary.

And the barbarians are vulgar and barbaric by nature, extremely warlike, in An Xu's eyes, they are like beasts, once several barbarians clashed with a mercenary team in Hidden Moon City, and injured many people, An Xu still remembers it vividly.

"It's not been a day or two since those barbaric things hit the attention of Hui Ye Kingdom, now that you see the right time, you finally can't help it? Yun Feng, did you ask for any other information? ”

Yun Feng said in a deep voice: "According to that person's explanation, someone found him some time ago and hired him to come to Hidden Moon City to buy rare ores, and these rare ores were quietly sent out of the city in batches, and then transported away by other people. He only said that he had seen the shadows of a few barbarians from afar, and as for the rest, he didn't know! ”

"Really, I know that the barbarians are making ghosts, and these people don't even care about their own country for the sake of money!" Ya Yun Ling slapped the table angrily, his chest rising and falling violently, and he seemed to be angry.

Yun Feng reminded: "Miss, we have to hurry!" If this person has an accident, I'm afraid that soon those people will know that the matter has been revealed, the terrain and environment around Hidden Moon City are too complicated, and once they move, it will be difficult to find them again! ”

"Does he know where the ore is going?"

Yun Feng shook his head: "He is only responsible for the acquisition, and he doesn't know anything else!" ”

"Okay, I know, I'll send someone back to Wangcheng first, let the above check the situation of several other mineral fields, and make preparations early!"

Ba Yun Ling thought for a moment and continued: "I will also notify the city guards here and ask them to help search the nearby area, Yun Feng, you gather all the people who are responsible for taking care of the minerals here, and we will put on a good show!" ”

"Acting?" Yun Feng's eyes lit up: "That's right! How did I not think of that? That's a good idea."