Because he was too hard, after saying this, the emperor began to cough violently.

The noble concubine outside the door heard it, and hurriedly pushed open the door and came in to help the emperor smooth his back.

And Jiang Zhimian and the emperor's words were almost finished, so they didn't let the noble concubine go out again.

Before leaving the Qinsi Palace, Jiang Zhimian whispered to the emperor that he would go back now to find evidence, and he believed that he would find it soon.

The emperor nodded at her and said thank you.

When he returned to the palace, Jiang Zhimian changed his clothes and rode straight to the iron mine.

She was still thinking about how to go to the iron mine to check the more appropriate, but now she happened to take advantage of the Queen Mother's request for a new crystal chandelier, saying that she was going to choose the crystal herself.

In this way, you can enter and exit the iron ore at will.

After arriving at the iron mine, Jiang Zhimian said this reason.

Mei Zhao happened to be there, and after hearing this, he smiled and said, "Why bother the little county lord, if you want the crystal to tell me, I will definitely choose the best one and send it to the palace, the mine is dirty, how bad." ”

"It's okay, I'll go in and pick it myself, maybe I can see other things, and then make more interesting things for the Queen Mother." Jiang Zhimian said perfunctorily.

Hearing this, Mei Zhao couldn't say anything, so he could only let Jiang Zhimian in.

Anyway, Jiang Zhimian couldn't see anything when he went in, he didn't care.

After Jiang Zhimian walked around the mine with a lantern, he only saw some crystals and saltpeter powder on the ground.

Finding clumps of saltpeter is a problem.

It's really strange that the saltpeter was transported from here, but it is impossible to find out where the saltpeter was dug.

Jiang Zhimian was puzzled.

After looking around again, I couldn't breathe in this long mine, so I walked out.

Mei Zhao probably guessed that she couldn't find anything, so she left with peace of mind.

As soon as he came out, Chi Mohan handed over a bowl of tea that had been cooled and handed it to Jiang Zhimian.

Jiang Zhimian was not polite, and drank it with a slurp.

"I can't find it, I went in many times, but I didn't find it, and many of them are like mazes, I haven't seen them on the drawings at all, Mei Zhao said, it's the wrong mine to dig it, so it's not counted." Chi Mohan said.

Jiang Zhimian asked, "Could it be in these?" ”

"It's useless, there's no drawing, and it's easy to find it when you walk in." Chi Mohan said.

Jiang Zhimian really wants to scold her mother ten thousand.

When the chicken thief got up, Mei Zhao was really invincible.

After complaining, there was nothing to gain, and Jiang Zhimian could only go home.

And when he first walked outside the door and got on his horse, he found that the horse refused to go.

When I looked down, I didn't know when a child in black hugged the horse's leg.

Fortunately, the horse was very docile and did not move even after being held by the legs, otherwise the child would have been kicked away.

Rao is like this, Jiang Zhimian was still scared out of sweat, quickly turned over and dismounted, and hugged the child aside.

"Why do you hold the horse's legs, do you know it's dangerous?" Jiang Zhimian asked.

The child was silent, and looked at Jiang Zhimian timidly with two eyes.

"What's your name?" Jiang Zhimian thought that he had scared him, so he softened his voice.

"My name is Xuan'er." The child whispered.

"Xuan'er, can you tell me, why are you hugging the horse's legs?" Jiang Zhimian asked again.

"You're a little princess, aren't you?" Xuan'er didn't answer the question.

Good and dignified, ask yourself what are you doing here?

Although Jiang Zhimian didn't know what this kid was thinking, he still nodded honestly, "Yes, I'm the little county lord." ”

As soon as the words fell, Xuan'er knelt directly in front of Jiang Zhimian, "Little county lord, can you also give me a talisman." ”

Amulet, what the hell?

Jiang Zhimian paused for a moment, and then remembered that in order to fight for the welfare of those miners in front of Mei Zhao, he gave the old lady an iron block, saying that it was a talisman.

This little kid wants one too?

"Don't you want to work, do you have too much work, so you're tired?" Jiang Zhimian asked.

Xuan'er shook her head, "I'm not tired, everyone loves me, I just need to pick up stones outside, but my father, they need amulets." ”

"Are they tired?" Jiang Zhimian asked again.

At this moment, Xuan'er's eyes began to become confused, and she told Jiang Zhimian, "I don't know if they are tired or not." ”

Kindness?

What kind of answer is that?

When Jiang Zhimian wanted to speak again, the guard guarding the door was about to come out.

Jiang Zhimian simply hugged Xuan'er and rode towards the city.

returned to the city, but he was not in a hurry to take Xuan'er back to the palace.

Now that the situation is not clear, it is better not to rush back with Xuan'er, so as not to cause trouble for yourself.

She casually found a noodle restaurant and ordered two bowls of chicken noodles for Xuan'er to eat first.

Watch him carefully while he eats.

If this child was sent by Mei Zhao, he was not a real miner, and even if he looked pitiful, he was pretending.

But Xuan'er in front of him ate very violently, and at first glance, he hadn't eaten so much for a long time.

In the end, I even drank the soup.

Looks like I'm really hungry.

And after Xuan'er finished eating, Jiang Zhimian asked Xuan'er to tell Xuan'er the ins and outs of the matter.

It turned out that Xuan'er and his father and mother fled to the capital, and they were both working in the iron mine, but after his father and mother were called away yesterday, they never came back.

Xuan'er couldn't find it everywhere, so she saw Jiang Zhimian.

Recklessly, he wanted to ask Jiang Zhimian for another talisman, and then told the miner steward that this was given to his father by the little county lord.

For the sake of the amulet, the steward will definitely let his father and mother come back.

"I was called away yesterday, and I haven't come back today, is it out of the mine?" Jiang Zhimian asked.

Xuan'er shook her head, "No, I saw them take my father and mother to the mine, as well as Uncle Yuan and Aunt Zhou, after they went in, they never came back." ”

Saying that, Xuan'er was already so frightened that she cried, "It used to be like this, there are always people who go in and never come out, little county lord, please, give me a talisman, I want my father and mother to come back." ”

Jiang Zhimian smelled an unusual smell.

Those who go in never come back, so where did they go?

These disappeared people may have something to do with those saltpeters that can't be found no matter how you find them, right?

Thinking about this, Jiang Zhimian reached out and touched Xuan'er's head, "I'll find a way to find your father, but you must tell me honestly about the question I ask you next, okay?" ”