Chapter 433: Chapter 408: The Role of Jing Cao_1
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“Third Brother, Fourth Brother, please search these people and see if they’re carrying anything that could prove their identities, or any dangerous items.”
Upon hearing this, the five feigning unconsciousness couldn’t help but twitch their eyelids.
Yan Wentao and Yan Wenkai rolled up their sleeves and set to work.
“Let’s search this one first. Xiao Yeyang specifically sketched his portrait; clearly, this man is the leader,” Daohua pointed at Eunuch An and said.
Yan Wenkai nodded in agreement, “Exactly, look at this one, with his fat cheeks and slick appearance, he’s obviously used to throwing his weight around. The others are clearly his enforcers or bodyguards.”
At these words, Eunuch An’s body couldn’t help but shudder.
The most powerful people in the world are his bodyguards?
Oh heavens, strike him down with lightning!
Then, Eunuch An felt hands searching his body.
Initially, Eunuch An was calm. However, as he felt those hands move from his chest downward, his heart began to race.
Don’t go any lower, don’t go any lower…
Fortunately, the heavens heard his plea, and Yan Wenkai stopped just in time, retrieving a brocade box from his person.
“Big Sister, take a look, what’s this?”
Daohua took the brocade box, opened it, and found a somewhat wilted herb inside.
Yan Wenkai was speechless, “Are these guys out of their minds? Using such an expensive brocade box for a lousy herb, it’s simply a waste of resources.”
Daohua shot a glance at her fourth brother, “Maybe it’s a precious herb.”
Yan Wenkai: “How could that be? I know quite a few medicinal herbs, and I’ve never seen this kind.”As a martial artist, injuries are common, so the Academy also teaches students about medicinal herbs.
Daohua took out the herb and examined it closely; then she began to mull over it, “This herb, why does it look so familiar?”
The five men in the chest couldn’t help but stir at these words, eager to hear more, but they were suddenly interrupted by a loud and careless voice.
“Oh, the herbs in this world all look similar. Isn’t it normal for it to look familiar?”
Daohua disagreed, “How can they be the same? There’s a big difference.”
Yan Wenkai shrugged, “Anyway, I can’t tell the difference.” He said, disinterested, and continued to search the others.
Daohua kept looking at the herb in her hand, frowning in deep thought. Suddenly, her eyes widened, “I know what this herb is!”
Her voice was a bit loud, startling both Yan Wentao and Yan Wenkai.
Yan Wenkai asked impatiently, “What kind of precious medicine is it?”
Daohua: “It’s not just any medicine, well, it is a medicinal herb, but it has an even more important use than that.”
Yan Wenkai expressed indifference, “What use?”
Daohua: “This herb is called Jing Cao. Do you know where it grows?”
Yan Wenkai simply looked at Daohua with a rascal’s indifference, not saying a word, just watching her as if enjoying a show; Yan Wentao, on the other hand, just smiled and watched Daohua without asking questions.
Seeing this, Daohua lost a bit of interest, “Jing Cao prefers to grow near gold mines.”
At these words, Yan Wentao and Yan Wenkai were dumbfounded for quite a while, and the eyeballs of the five men in the chest also moved.
Yan Wentao was the first to react, “Big Sister, what are you implying?”
Daohua pointed to the five men in the chest, “I finally understand why Xiao Yeyang wanted to capture these people without raising alarm. These are gold thieves.”
Her words rang out with conviction, making the corners of the mouths of the five men inside the chest twitch in unison.
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“Hold on, hold on,” Yan Wenkai extended his hand to interrupt Daohua, “Let me sort this out… You’re saying that this grass grows where there are gold mines?”
Daohua nodded her head.
Yan Wenkai looked at the five people in the box, “And they were holding this grass because they were actually looking for gold mines?”
Daohua nodded again.
Yan Wenkai was silent for a moment, then took the Jing Cao from Daohua’s hand, confirming, “Big sister, are you sure that where this grass grows, there are gold mines?”
Daohua was silent, “I’ve read about it in storybooks, it seems there’s such a saying.”
“Storybooks again?!”
Both Yan Wenkai and Wentao were somewhat speechless.
Daohua nodded confidently.
Yan Wenkai: “… Big sister, don’t throw away the storybooks you read in the future, save them for me, I want to read them too.”
Wentao: “Me too.”
Inside the box, Lord Five and his men were somewhat speechless. Weren’t they talking about Jing Cao? Weren’t they talking about gold mines? How had it suddenly turned to storybooks?
After a moment, Wentao spoke, “If these people really came for the gold mines, then this is a big issue.”
Daohua nodded, “That’s why we need to notify Xiao Yeyang quickly to catch these people. If they dare to covet gold mines, what won’t they dare to do?”
She said, looking dissatisfied at Yan Wenkai and Wentao.
“Third brother, fourth brother, I’m not blaming you two, but if I hadn’t arrived in time today, who knows what would have happened to you two. Can you be more cautious in your actions in the future?”
“Last time, you already suffered at the hands of these people, how could you still be so impulsive today? Luckily, there weren’t many of them; if there had been more, we could all have been captured.”
Yan Wenkai scratched the back of his head, “We were provoked, do you know how odious this guy is?” He pointed towards Wei Qi, “This guy lured us deep into the mountains and forests, if it hadn’t been for Brother Qin to come to our rescue, third brother and I would have been finished, killed silently.”
“Seeing him again, how could we not be enraged? Actually, we weren’t impulsive, just wanted to check out the situation. Who knew that as soon as we climbed over the wall, we would be discovered?”
“Since these guys are gold thieves, I and third brother might as well drag them out and give them a good beating.”
Daohua: “Stop it, you’re not government officers. Even if they are guilty, you can’t take the law into your own hands.”
Listening to the three siblings’ conversation, Lord Five and his men were speechless once more.
They really are still children, always missing the main point in what they say and do.
Tell us about where the Jing Cao grows, won’t you?
Daohua stretched her neck to look outside, “We will soon arrive at Taohua Village, once we get past, I’ll send a carrier pigeon message to Xiao Yeyang.”
Yan Wenkai looked at Daohua, “Big sister, how come you can even communicate with the Little Prince through carrier pigeons?” He and the others did not have such treatment.
Daohua replied indifferently, “That’s something Xiao Yeyang left for my master and ancient granny to use, I just borrow it sometimes.” She said, picking up the Jing Cao again, “Third brother, fourth brother, these people came to Ningmen Prefecture carrying Jing Cao, do you think the gold mine they’re looking for could be here in Ningmen Prefecture?”
Yan Wenkai frowned, expressing some doubt, “If there really were gold mines in Ningmen Prefecture, could the locals still be this poor?”
Daohua gave him a disdainful look, “The gold mines belong to the Imperial Court, not the locals.” She paused, “But, it does not quite seem like there are gold mines here. If there were, Ningmen Prefecture’s status among the 15 prefectures of Zhongzhou Province wouldn’t be this low, and our father wouldn’t have been made its Magistrate, so…”
“If there really is a gold mine in Ningmen Prefecture, then it must be a hidden gold mine, one that even the Imperial Court doesn’t know about.”
Listening to this, the five feigning unconsciousness couldn’t help but marvel.
This girl from the Yan Family, her ability to infer from the slightest clue was top-notch.
All of a sudden, Yan Wenkai turned and fiercely kicked the box where the eunuch and the two others were, “These damned parasites. Now that the northern borders are constantly erupting in warfare, many soldiers lack even weapons and clothing to keep warm, yet they dare to carve away at the nation’s coffers from within.”