The Demon Concubine of God

Chapter 169: Gold Mine Secrets Leaked

Baocheng County Lord and Shen Maofeng chatted about gossip in the car for a while, then they remembered the business just now. Shen Maofeng asked: "What is the big deal that the county lord is so anxious to invite me here for? Is it about our gold mine? I heard that there are already several groups of spies who have come to the gold mine to secretly investigate. If they find out that we are illegally mining gold and killing court officials for it, we will be in big trouble."

Baocheng County Mayor's eyes widened as he asked, "Didn't you send someone to send a letter to invite me here?"

There was silence in the car for a moment.

The two mandarin ducks that were hugging each other were suddenly startled.

It's bad! I've fallen into someone else's trap.

Baocheng County Lady's face immediately turned grim and she said, "Who on earth is this? How dare you plot against me!"

Shen Maofeng was afraid. He said in panic, "County Lady...what should we do?"

The Lord of Baocheng County said, "You are still asking me what to do? It must be you who made a mistake. Stop talking nonsense and get out of here right away. Why don't you run away quickly?"

At this moment, Princess Baocheng only hated herself for being a woman. If she were a man, if she didn't have a husband, if this world wasn't so strict and harsh on women?

The wild mandarin ducks in the carriage escaped in panic.

There were waves of horse hoof sounds coming from outside the carriage, coming from far away and getting closer...

"Who's in the carriage? Come out and see me!"

The officer on horseback who was leading the group shouted loudly inside as his subordinates quickly surrounded the carriage.

As soon as Shen Maofeng heard the sound of the people and horses, he concluded that they might be patrolling soldiers.

Shen Maofeng trembled as he looked at the Lord of Baocheng County and begged with pleading eyes: "Lord of the County..."

The eyes of the Princess of Baocheng County flashed coldly. Seeing him like this, she slapped him in the face with hatred.

There was another loud threatening voice outside.

As a last resort, Princess Baocheng had to lift the curtain of her carriage, stick her head out and ask, "Who are you? How dare you stop my carriage?"

Zhao, the commander of the patrolling troops, had naturally seen the county lady who was protecting the city. He was surprised at first, but he didn't have time to dismount. He bowed and replied, "To answer the county lady's question, we are all patrolling troops. We didn't know it was the county lady's car, so we bumped into her. Please forgive us."

The Princess of Baocheng County was very calm. She said, "It's not your fault. I'm a maid. My nephew got a small official position. This is the carriage he bought. I took a fancy to it. I got excited and stayed in it for a while. By the way, don't you patrol the city and work at such a late hour every day? Could something happen tonight?"

Commander Zhao said, "To answer your question, it is true. There is a business that sells leather materials from overseas in the nearby mule and horse market. Have you heard of it? Someone was killed in that business. The whole family was killed overnight, more than 40 people. This case is very serious. The Ministry of Justice and the various government offices related to the case have jointly discussed and asked our military department to conduct a strict investigation in all parts of the capital."

The Princess of Baocheng County was shocked!

At this time, the servants and carriages that had been hiding not far away appeared. Commander Zhao said goodbye and left with his men.

Shen Maofeng secretly looked through the gap and saw that the soldiers had really left. Then he said, "Just left like that? This shouldn't be the case. The method of the person behind the scenes is too low-level."

The Lord of Baocheng County jumped out of her thoughts, spat in his face and cursed: "You idiot! Do you know the identities of those forty people who were killed?"

Shen Maofeng was sprayed with saliva, but he didn't dare to wipe it off. He asked quickly, "What is your identity?"

The Lord of Baocheng County said, "They are the bandits from Mahezi Mountain in Qingshui County. The murderers who killed a prefect, two county magistrates, and a county magistrate in the same night were the hired bandits."

When Princess Baocheng thought of this, she grabbed Shen Maofeng's ear, dragged him out of the car, and kicked him out of the car.

Then the Lord of Baocheng County also quickly dismounted, and while helping the servants to get on her carriage, she ordered: "Go back to the mansion! Go and find Mu Mo for me first."

The carriage of Lord Baocheng sped away.

Shen Maofeng was left lying on the ground wailing, watching the carriage go away.

Perhaps the noise made by the patrolling troops was too loud and alarmed Shen Maofeng's carriage. After the carriage of the Lord of Baocheng County left, Shen Maofeng's carriage and the coachman appeared.

Shen Maofeng scolded the groom, "What are you still standing there for? Why don't you help me up?"

The groom quickly dropped the reins and ran to help Shen Maofeng.

As soon as Shen Maofeng was helped up, he heard a faint laughter coming from behind him. He and the coachman were so scared that they almost died on the spot.

The two heard laughter coming from the carriage, and the next moment, a man lifted the curtain and appeared.

"Fifth brother?"

Shen Maofeng had a look of disbelief on his face. With a hoarse voice and trembling hands, he pointed at the carriage and said, "You...you..."

"I'm speaking for you, Ninth Brother. You want to ask if I've been hiding in the carriage the whole time, right?"

Shen Maofeng was still too shocked to speak.

Shen Yefeng said: "Didn't you notice that this carriage has a spacious high seat? The high seat is a box that can hide people. Fortunately, I have a thin body, so I can hide safely in the box and listen..."

Shen Maofeng was so frightened that his eyes rolled back.

Shen Yefeng looked around, then sat in the driver's seat and said to Shen Maofeng with a smile: "Thank you, Ninth Brother, for telling our Third House the news. You can rest here for a while. I will go home and tell my father."

After saying this, he pulled the reins and the carriage sped away with a clang.

Shen Maofeng watched him run away. It was as if he saw the ill-gotten gains he had guarded for half his life, just flying away like that!

Shen Maofeng quickly pointed at the carriage, signaled the driver to get in, and chase after him.

The two maids who had helped to implement the plan watched all this from the dark. One of them said, "We have completed the matter arranged by the Seventeenth Master. I wonder if he is doing well at the Baiji Noodle House."

Talk about Shen Wen.

First, he had someone tie up the Fifth Master Shen Yefeng and take him away. He yawned, feeling sleepy, and asked Chi He beside him what time it was. Chi He said it was past the second watch. Shen Wen muttered, "It's so late at night, it's a waste of time. Staying up late will make women old, right? Otherwise... let those bastards go this time, and I'll deal with them another time when I have the chance."

Chi He felt that it was inappropriate. He said, "This... we don't care. Didn't the Third Young Master also carefully arrange people? If we just withdraw like this, do you think it's okay?"

It’s not that Shen Wen didn’t want to deal with these people, but he suddenly remembered Mr. Qiu Shui and Mr. Mi. He always felt that something was wrong if he just let them go.

Shen Wen left Bai Ji Noodle House without saying a word.

Chi He followed behind him, thinking that this man was fickle. Didn’t he say he would deal with the person? Why was he doing something else in the blink of an eye?

About a hundred or two hundred meters behind Bai Ji Noodle House is the fur shop.

At this time, there were already officers investigating a case in brightly lit areas.

Shen Wen, who was hiding in the dark, sighed, "I didn't expect the government officials to act so quickly. It seems that we can't sneak in to check at this time."

Chi He said, "Wasn't this arranged by you, Master Shen? How come you forgot about it in the blink of an eye?"

Shen Wen didn't bother to argue with him about this. He asked, "You said that you and your grandfather had fought against that Second Master Mi? Then tell me, what kind of person is this Second Master Mi? Besides robbing houses and torturing handsome men, what other characteristics does she have?"

Chihe shook his head.

Shen Wen asked him to think about it carefully.

Chi He said: "This evil woman is cunning and treacherous. She is the military advisor in the bandit den. She comes up with all the bad ideas. Her behavior is so horrible that it is unheard of. She digs out people's hearts and brains, kills the elderly for firewood and kills children for food. She is very perverted. Don't be fooled by her beautiful appearance. She kills people without blinking an eye."

Shen Wen asked, "You've fought with her before, what do you think of her skills?"

Chi He said: "She is not very powerful, but her moves are unique. She can withstand pain better than most people. Even if a knife is stabbed into her ribs, she will not fall down. Instead, she will kill more vigorously. If she had not only practiced external skills and not internal skills, she would not have been knocked unconscious by my young master's palm."

Shen Wen smiled and said, "Speaking of which, your young master had already used his internal skills, so why did he show mercy to her and not kill her with one blow?"

Chi He touched his head and said, "My master did kill her, but that evil woman was lucky and was wearing a soft armor. It was that treasure that saved her life."

Shen Wen nodded.

The two of them walked back from the corner of the fur store, talking, aimlessly for dozens of meters. The lights were off everywhere, except for the Baiji Noodle House a few dozen meters away. Shen Wen and the others could see people coming in and out of the back door of the Baiji Noodle House. They were all coming out. It was already this late, and the noodle house was about to close.

Just then, the two heard a noise and a woman ran out in a panic, her clothes disheveled and her hair messy.

As soon as the woman ran out, she was caught by a man behind her. With a swishing sound, the woman's back was torn, revealing her underwear. The frightened woman shouted for help, but the man covered her mouth and threatened her in her ear. The woman dared not to call for help anymore.

She was extremely desperate, like a lamb to be slaughtered, she surrendered her body and gave up all thoughts of resistance.

At this time, a few more people came out from the door behind them. Seeing that the woman they had caught did not run away, they all looked very proud.

"What's going on? Aren't these the brothers and nephews of my Shen family?"

The person who spoke was naturally Shen Wen, and the group of people who did evil were Shen Bifeng and his gang.

When everyone saw that it was Shen Wen, Shen Ju, who had been angry all night, immediately opened her eyes.

He was the first to run to Shen Wen, his eyes filled with greed and joy, and he said, "Uncle Seventeen? You...it seems that you have received the invitation I wrote to you. Are you here to keep your appointment, Uncle Seventeen?"

Shen Wen nodded and said, "I certainly received what you said, nephew. You don't know that I came here to wait a long time ago. Who would have thought that after waiting for so long, you didn't come to keep the appointment."

Then he pointed at the sign hanging behind Baiji Noodle House and said, "Look! Isn't that Baiji Noodle House? I walked around the whole street and I found this one."

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other in surprise!

After all the fuss, this idiot was still waiting at the back door.