Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 615 - 613

Chapter 615: 613

"Are you saying I’m old, girl? And what do you mean by ’experiencing the joy of harvesting’? Do you think I’m a child here to play? I’m here to help with the harvest! However, it’s true that I wouldn’t mind spending my tiredness by going fishing in the river! I’ve never done that in my life! It actually sounds really fun!" The emperor thought back to Shen Chengyao’s words from yesterday, and he too wanted to see for himself whether the fish were as stupid as they were made out to be!

Xiao’er: Still saying he didn’t come to play? Can’t they see how excited he was when talking about how fun fishing would be, his eyes completely lit up?!

In the end, the emperor didn’t follow them, he really wanted to fish, he decided to catch some big ones and bring them back for everyone to eat!

Shangguan Xuanyi, along with Xiao’er and Zhao Yong headed towards the Qi Mountain’s iron mine.

Yang Liu and Yang Mei stayed in the villa to protect the emperor and were responsible for preparing the meals.

The three of them arrived near the Qi Mountain iron mine, and they found a good vantage point on a hill, looking down from halfway up the hill, the mining area was in disarray. Several spots had obviously collapsed, and many people were tirelessly digging. They weren’t mining, they were trying to save people by digging out the collapsed earth!

There were heart-wrenching cries, shouts of fury, the dins of noise were unbearable.

People were screaming while they dug, others were arguing with the guards, and a group of people were shoving around the guards in an attempt to escape.

There were several corpses laid out on a more or less flat piece of open ground.

"There’s been a mining accident! It must be because of the heavy rain these past few days." Xiao’er noticed the grave landslide below and frowned.

Shangguan Xuanyi quickly took out a piece of paper and a charcoal pen, Zhao Yong immediately turned around, slightly leaning forward to provide a writing surface.

Shangguan placed the paper on Zhao Yong’s back, quickly wrote a couple of lines, then took a homing pigeon from his spatial storage, rolled up the paper and put it in a bamboo tube, and let the pigeon fly away.

The three of them continued to observe the scene below, and before long, they heard the sounds of horse hooves.

Three men on horses were rapidly approaching, one of them quickly spotted Xiao’er and the others, he immediately took out his bow and arrow and took aim at Shangguan Xuanyi.

This was an arrow launched with inner strength, a true shot, a hundred paces piercing through!

Even from this distance, Xiao’er could feel its enormous momentum.

At the same time, Xiao’er, Shangguan Xuanyi, and Zhao Yong simultaneously raised their right hands, and they sent a sleeve arrow rushing down towards the three men below, with even greater speed and force.

Finishing, Shangguan Xuanyi stretched out two fingers, and caught the arrow that was headed for him.

Zhao Yong admired, the Sixth Prince’s martial arts have greatly advanced since last year.

Among the three arrows that Xiao’er and the others had shot, two people had been hit and fallen down, only the man who had just shot the arrow narrowly escaped.

They were outnumbered, how were they going to overcome this with just three people? Xiao’er glanced at the mining area below and started to quickly consider their options.

She’s got it!

"Let’s go!" Shangguan Xuanyi took hold of Xiao’er’s hand, planning to head down the hill.

"Wait!" Xiao’er quickly stopped him, then said to Zhao Yong, "Zhao Yong, you go first and stop them!"

Zhao Yong took the order, and using Qinggong, he sped down the hill.

Once Zhao Yong was gone, Xiao’er rushed to a visually obscured area at the foot of the mountain, where she couldn’t be seen by others.

Quickly, she released a hundred tigers from her spatial storage, "My treasures, you all have to listen to my instructions later!"

Even if Shangguan Xuanyi kept his usual stoic face, he was, for the first time in his life, dumbstruck!

When did this girl raise so many tigers in her spatial storage!? It’s terrifying!

Xiao’er saw his expression and laughed contentedly: "Scared silly, huh! Even Brother Shangguan was scared silly, then won’t those people be scared senseless later on?"

Shangguan Xuanyi gave her a glance after hearing this, to be honest, he was also very lookThe dutiful efficiency of these miners had turned the extraction process into a machine-like operation. Regardless of their social class or where they came from, each laborer put forth their best effort with a unified purpose: to gather as much silver as possible in the alotted time.

The work was grueling, but the atmosphere was invigorating. Hearing the rhythmic clinking of mining tools and the movement of rocks, one could easily envision the coins that would soon fill their pockets. A sense of anticipation filled the air. This was the silver mountain - an opportunity for every man to transform effort and sweat into silver coin.

The dutiful efficiency of these miners had turned the extraction process into a machine-like operation. Regardless of their social class or where they came from, each laborer put forth their best effort with a unified purpose: to gather as much silver as possible in the alotted time.

The work was grueling, but the atmosphere was invigorating. Hearing the rhythmic clinking of mining tools and the movement of rocks, one could easily envision the coins that would soon fill their pockets. A sense of anticipation filled the air. This was the silver mountain - an opportunity for every man to transform effort and sweat into silver coin.ing forward to seeing the expressions on those people’s faces when the tiger army arrived!

And then there’s Di Shaowei, who had been pining for a tiger for a very long time, and finally managed to coax this girl into giving him a baby tiger to raise. What’s he going to feel when he arrives and sees this girl commanding a whole tiger army in battle?!

"Let’s go!" Xiao’er took Shangguan Xuanyi’s hand, and the two of them flew down the hill in a flash.

Since they’ve been discovered, they can’t wait for reinforcements any longer!

To avoid another incident like the one where the entire island exploded and sank, they have to go down there this time and rescue some people first.

Zhao Yong was blocking the man who shot at them, and Xiao’er ordered a white tiger to help.

Just from that man’s arrow, which carried his inner strength and was still flying forcefully even after a hundred paces, it was clear his martial arts were very high-level. It wouldn’t be easy for Zhao Yong to block him, to avoid any surprises, Xiao’er naturally sent a tiger to help.

After the two of them came down the hill, they jumped straight into the mining area.

The first thing Xiao’er did was shout, "Comrades! We are here to save you! This here is a private mine, and iron mining is illegal! Whoever helps us fight these traitors will be pardoned of your crimes! The soldiers from the Imperial Court will be here soon, pick up your pickaxes and fight!"

Comrades? What do they mean by that? Are they calling them that? The miners were puzzled.

"Impudent! Who are you two? How dare you cause trouble at the mine! Guards, seize these two and beat them to death!" The mining manager, seeing two unexpected guests decided to call people to apprehend them, they cannot let them escape!

The mine’s guards, hearing this, drew their swords and rushed at Xiao’er and Shangguan Xuanyi.

"Who are we? We are the people who have come to deal with you! You can’t even see something so obvious, and yet your master trusts you to manage this private mine?!" Xiao’er easily dealt with the guard who rushed up and responded with a smirk.

"What I mean to say is, who sent you? This is a public mine of the Imperial Court, intruding on a mine is a crime punishable by death! I suggest you surrender now, then I can at least make sure you die cleanly!" At Xiao’er’s response, the mining manager was puffing with anger! This person has got to be idiotic! Of course, he knows they’re the ones here to deal with him! That was not what he was asking at all!

"It’s clear that your people are no match for me! Why would I want to surrender!" Xiao’er responded with much annoyance, and while speaking, she grabbed a guard and tossed him in front of him as a show of power.

"Also, this Qi Mountain iron mine was reported to the Imperial Court as having been fully exploited half a year ago. In other words, from half a year ago this became a private mine for some people! Privately mining iron is considered treason and is punishable by death!" Xiao’er kicked away a guard who rushed forward, all the while speaking.

There had been a mining disaster and these commoners have been clamoring to get their silver and leave. Now that they knew this wasn’t a public mine, but a private one, they became even more panicked and angry.

This meant that they have been here working themselves to death for half a year, not only are they not getting paid, they don’t even have homes to return to, and they are possibly facing execution. Who would be willing to stay?