The legitimate daughter was reborn, and the emperor’s little Jiaojiao went crazy.

Chapter 946: The Gold Mine in Lingzhou is Waiting for Him

Shi Anxia raised her hand lightly, and all the jailers immediately bowed and retreated, leaving only Qiu Zhiyan and Bei Hui on the scene, and the iron chains of the prison door rattled.

Torches cast flickering shadows on the walls.

Just when a glimmer of hope ignited in Jiang Zhongxin's cloudy eyes and his cracked lips trembled as he tried to ask for a promise...

"Jiang Zhongxin!" Shi Anxia suddenly interrupted in a calm voice, her voice like an ice blade that split the foul air in the prison, "You secretly mined the court's gold mine, and you still want to use this information to exchange for your worthless life?"

She suddenly sneered, "Naive!"

Jiang Zhongxin's whole body was shaking violently, and his festering fingers struggled unconsciously on the rack. The trump card he thought could save his life was exposed so casually, just like tearing up a piece of waste paper.

"You were an ambitious general, and you hoped to achieve great things and fight on the battlefield. Ten years ago, you led 300 light cavalry to attack the camp of the Wan Kingdom, and you didn't retreat even after being hit by seven arrows." Shi Anxia suddenly changed the subject, "But... all this changed after you discovered the gold mine."

Gold mines cannot be seen in public. Privately mining the imperial gold mines is a capital crime punishable by the death of nine generations of the family. All gold must be laundered through the black market.

In other words, discovering a gold mine does not mean that it can be mined and circulated at will.

Direct use of large amounts of gold will expose the source of the mine, and the Ministry of Revenue has records of the gold purity, so it must be converted into silver for daily use.

Reselling grain is the best cover to obtain legal silver and cover up the traces of gold circulation.

As a result, Jiang Zhongxin established a black market network and controlled all kinds of people in Lingzhou.

In addition, Shi Anxia checked the files.

One year, there was a severe drought in Lingzhou, leaving thousands of miles of barren land. The imperial court issued three disaster relief orders, but there were still many starving people.

Starting from that year, Jiang Zhongxin secretly withheld grain in the name of disaster relief, using "life-saving food" as bait to drag those desperate officials into the water one by one.

At the same time, he also made friends with these officials, drinking fine wine together, having sex together, spending a life of debauchery together, and living a life of drunkenness and debauchery together.

Later, Jiang Zhongxin repeatedly lied about disasters to the court and succeeded every time.

Lingzhou is far from the capital due to the high mountains and long roads. Even if one uses a fast horse, it would take more than half a month to get there. By the time the imperial court sent people to investigate, he had already ordered people to dig mass graves, bury all the starving people, and then sprinkle lime on them to create the illusion that there was an epidemic.

He arranged the imperial censors who came to inspect to sit in front of the newly built "disaster relief porridge shed" and watch the neatly dressed "disaster victims" receive porridge to express their gratitude.

When the imperial envoys returned to the court, they praised General Jiang highly, saying that General Jiang worked hard day and night, served the soldiers and the people, devoted himself to the cause, and was loyal.

Shi Anxia combined the information she had found and reasoned, and then told the story as if she had seen it herself, "Am I right, General Jiang?"

Jiang Zhongxin was sweating profusely. He looked at the calm-looking woman in front of him in horror, his vision blurring out.

Shi Anxia exploded with a thunderbolt at this time, "You have to thank your sworn brother Song Yuanjiu. If it weren't for him, you would have been caught in the Qingchen Project."

Jiang Zhongxin's power had long since infiltrated the camp of Empress Dowager Jiqing, simply because the empress dowager was strong and the emperor was weak at that time.

Emperor Mingde was being held down by Empress Dowager Jiqing at the time, and Jiang Zhongxin fell over.

But they didn't fall over completely, like a fence-sitter, living on the wall. They lean on whichever side is stronger.

He no longer had any ambitions and just wanted to live peacefully as a local emperor in Lingzhou.

There, he has the final say.

Empress Dowager Jiqing sent someone to contact him, saying that she would take control of the court. Isn't that forcing him to abdicate?

Jiang Zhongxin received him warmly and promised well, but when he turned around, his expression changed.

He would not participate in rebellion, let alone sell out his country to the enemy.

He just wanted to live quietly guarding the gold mine.

He agreed only because he thought that if Empress Dowager Jiqing succeeded, he would have a way out.

Jiang Zhongxin told the visitor that he was willing to lie low and wait for the opportunity to come, and that he would be able to catch the person off guard.

Empress Dowager Jiqing believed it, and in order to protect him as a secret agent, she kept sending people to contact him through a single line.

Later, Song Yuanjiu advised him in a letter not to get involved in the storm and analyzed the situation in the capital.

At that time, Emperor Mingde's reputation was at its peak. Especially when the other countries came to fight, the North Wing was united as one, and amazing and outstanding figures emerged like mushrooms after rain.

Under such circumstances, Jiang Zhongxin would not rush into the camp of Empress Dowager Jiqing.

Especially when he accidentally learned that Empress Dowager Jiqing was colluding with the State of Wan, he became even more determined not to let this old woman succeed.

Once Wan State controls the northern wing, it will be unclear who has the final say in Lingzhou.

Jiang Zhongxin sent someone to assassinate the contact person and cut off contact with Empress Dowager Jiqing.

Empress Dowager Jiqing was deaf and blind, and she thought there was a secret agent far away in Lingzhou at her disposal.

Who knew that this secret bet would win for Emperor Mingde, so he pretended to be deaf and dumb, guarded the border in Lingzhou in an orderly manner during the day, and had sex with officials he was familiar with at night, and was very happy.

Jiang Zhongxin was not even greedy for the credit from Emperor Mingde, for he was afraid that he would be transferred away from Lingzhou if he performed too well.

A hint of coldness escaped from the corners of Shi Anxia's lips, "Am I right in my analysis? You plan to die in Lingzhou for the rest of your life."

Jiang Zhongxin widened his bloodshot eyes and looked at the pampered woman in front of him with fear.

Every word she said was right, even his inner thoughts were analyzed exactly.

He did indeed fool Empress Dowager Jiqing in this way and escaped reckoning, and he did indeed kill the single-line contact and wipe out all traces of his having joined the Empress Dowager's camp.

He watched General Ying, General Hong and others meet such tragic ends, and watched princes disappear one after another.

He secretly thanked himself for stopping in time and turning back.

He finally burst into tears, "I was wrong!"

Shi Anxia laughed at herself.

In her previous life, she actually believed that talk.

I believed that after Jiang Zhongxin lost Lingzhou, he retreated all the way to the capital, and then asked for a counterattack with red eyes. This is the so-called "get up from where you fall."

I believed his impassioned speech even more, "I swear to take back Lingzhou at all costs! As long as Lingzhou is here, I will be here!" He once knelt in front of the palace, with bloodstains on his armor glaring, "The people of Lingzhou are waiting for me, and the loess of Lingzhou is waiting for me."

In fact, it was Lingzhou’s gold mine that was waiting for him…

At that time, Empress Dowager Huizheng was so moved that her eyes filled with tears. She personally helped this "loyal and brave general" to stand up and allowed him to lead 30,000 elite troops back to Lingzhou.

Later, Lingzhou was indeed recovered.

General Jiang worked hard and made great contributions. Empress Dowager Huizheng, taking into consideration his injuries, granted him a house and allowed him to retire in Beijing.

He kowtowed and wept, "Thank you Queen Mother for your grace. I cannot leave the people of Lingzhou, I cannot leave the soil of Lingzhou!"

What a “can’t leave”!

It is inseparable from the gold mines under Lingzhou.

In his previous life, Jiang Zhongxin entered the "Northern Wing Mountains and Rivers Records", which recorded: General Jiang was a native of Lingzhou when he was alive, and a Lingzhou soul when he died. He was brave and good at fighting, and he loved the people like...

Shi Anxia gently closed her eyes. The truth was so unbearable!

When he opened his eyes again, Shi Anxia's eyes were clear, "Tell me, how did you coerce Mr. Song to make him degenerate and join you?"