boyutpedia Chapter 830 Mask
Chapter 830 Mask
Chapter 830 Mask
As he said this, he handed over another piece of silver.
This time it was a whole ingot of silver, weighing ten taels.
The mother-in-law was startled and quickly pushed the silver back, stretching her neck to look at the door to see if anyone saw it.
Seeing that no one was walking over here, he whispered, "We can't do this. You cured Daniu's leg, and we have no way to repay you. We can stay as long as you want, but we can't take your money anymore."
Ye Wenyan said, "Since we can afford it, we don't need these. Grandma, just keep them! Even if Daniu's leg is cured, he will need to eat some good food to replenish his body. Just consider this as money to replenish his body. This is the first time for my brother and I to come to the west. We feel that everything is new and we want to go around. We are sorry to bother you these days."
The mother-in-law was not a fool. She knew that what the brother and sister said was full of loopholes. She didn't know if there was any improvement in the mountains. In addition, she asked about the situation at the Daniu Mine yesterday, so she could more or less guess the reason.
But she would not say it, let alone ask. People gave her money and treated her son's leg. Wasn't it right for her to pretend to be confused? She just had to tell her daughter-in-law that she must help the brother and sister keep this a secret.
The mother-in-law took the silver and expressed her gratitude profusely. She also asked Gui Niang to go to the city and buy some rice and flour.
Ye Wenyan then told her: "If anyone in the village asks about us, mother-in-law will say that we were just passing by and asked for a place to stay. Since we know some medical skills, we stayed a few more days to help Brother Daniu treat his leg."
The two of them said they wanted to walk around nearby, and they really did. Xiguan Village was quite a distance away from the mine. After they entered the mountain and walked all the way to the mine, they met a few villagers who went up the mountain to dig wild vegetables.
People in border towns are not very curious, because they know that the emperor is far away, and many things in such places are done outside the laws of Northern Qi. For many people in such places, you don't know whether they are from Northern Qi or Guiyue.
If you are too curious, you will know things that you shouldn't know, and if you know things that you shouldn't know, you might be considered unworthy of living. If you want to save your life, it's best to pretend that you are blind or deaf. Only in this way can you survive here for a long time.
So even though Ye Feizhou and his sister looked unfamiliar to them, they would not meddle in their affairs.
The two walked for half an hour, and gradually they could no longer see the villagers. Ye Feizhou then lowered his head and whispered to Ye Wenyan: "Where do you think those 25 carts of iron ore were transported to?"
Ye Wenyan replied: "Nine out of ten times, it was sent to Guiyue."
Ye Feizhou nodded, "I think so too. After all, this place is only separated from Guiyue by Tianshui City, so it is easier to dig a secret passage than other places. I don't know how many years this situation has lasted. The secret passage is very finely built. Not only is it wide enough for a carriage to pass, but the walls are also covered with blue bricks. A secret passage of this scale cannot be completed in one or two years. In my opinion, it would take at least five years to build such a scale."
Ye Wenyan frowned when he heard this, "I'm afraid the original purpose of building that secret passage was not just to transport iron ore."
She looked up at Ye Feizhou and said, "Second brother, if a group of soldiers sneaked into Northern Qi through a secret passage without anyone noticing, would they attack Tianshui City or Chunlan City?"
Chunlan City is a city east of Tianshui City. The location of the two siblings is sandwiched between Chunlan City and Tianshui City. Both cities belong to Baizhou Prefecture and are two important cities in the western part of Northern Qi.
Hearing Ye Wenyan's question, Ye Feizhou understood what she meant. The ultimate purpose of the secret passage was certainly not to transport iron ore, but to transport people. Transport Guiyue's soldiers to Beiqi, and then... "It should be to attack Chunlan City."
He smiled bitterly, "Once the Guiyue people enter this place, Tianshui City will be surrounded and will no longer pose any threat. The people who come in only need to attack Chunlan City with all their strength, and Tianshui City will have another group of Guiyue soldiers to attack openly. Of course, they will also send people to sneak into Tianshui City, open the city gates, and let the Guiyue people in."
Ye Wenyan continued his words, "As long as the secret passage is not discovered, Guiyue can use this route to continuously transport soldiers to Northern Qi. And those iron mines can't be used to make iron pots and shovels for the people of Guiyue. The only use is to make weapons. When the time comes, they will use the weapons made from Northern Qi's iron to attack the Northern Qi people, and they will make money both inside and outside.
Oh, yes, maybe there is no need for the Guiyue people to return to Tianshui City from here to open the city gate. Since the Pingxi King has done such a big business and can send iron ore to Guiyue, then the city gate must be opened by him.
Second brother, why did the king of Northern Qi want to confer such a title on a king with a different surname? "
Ye Feizhou said: "Because their ancestors did make great contributions to Northern Qi. Such contributions were so great that no matter what reward they were given, they felt it was not enough, so in the end they could only be made kings. And their ancestors must have been loyal to the country, so the emperor did not have much psychological pressure to make them princes. It's a pity that after three generations of inheritance, loyalty is no longer loyal in this generation."
The two talked all the way, and after half an hour they arrived near the iron mine.
The iron mine was not heavily guarded during the day, at least there were no restrictions on entry and exit outside the mine. As long as you did not enter the mining area, there were not many soldiers guarding it.
There are many women and children here, and some young people coming and going. Because there are so many people here, people have even spontaneously formed a small market to sell daily necessities. You can buy them with money or exchange them for other things.
Before entering this area, Ye Feizhou took out something and handed it to Ye Wenyan, and he also had one in his hand.
Ye Wenyan was stunned, "Is this... a human skin mask?"
Ye Feizhou grinned, "Don't make it sound so creepy, what human skin? This is silk."
"Oh." She breathed a sigh of relief. "Silk is fine. I have never used this thing. If it is really made of human skin, you must tell me. I would never dare to wear it."
Ye Feizhou laughed when he heard it, "You still have something you don't dare to do? Okay, put it on quickly. If we walk here with this look, people will always look at us a few more times. Putting on this thing to change our appearance can save us a lot of trouble."
There are two masks, one male and one female, both look normal, the kind that you can't even find them among a crowd of people.
Although Ye Wenyan couldn't see what he looked like in this photo, after seeing Ye Feizhou's disguised appearance, he knew how ugly his photo was.
But Ye Feizhou was right. Once you change your appearance, many things will become much easier to do.