C96 (1/2)

Inside, Xiao Rui Xuan, who had changed out of his imperial court uniform, was sitting on a low stool with a frown. He looked at a man in his thirties with a goatee as a scholar and asked, ”Mister Zhu, did you find anything?

”Last year's prince told me to have someone keep an eye on Prince An in the north. When they took it from us, we really did discover some tricks behind his back.” The middle-aged man, who was called Mister Jin, held a small piece of paper in his hand, and said with great excitement, ”The scouts reported that Prince An had indeed secretly dug iron ore and recruited a large number of blacksmiths to make weapons.”

”He has the guts to touch the mine at Anshan?” Xiao Rui raised his eyebrows and looked at Mister Jin, obviously not believing the information he had just given them.

However, Mister Jin smiled mysteriously and said: ”As the saying goes, a rabbit doesn't eat grass by the side of its nest, so why would King An touch the mines of Anshan? He intentionally sent people to sneak into Shanxi. ”

”What?” Xiao Rui jumped up in surprise. ”He actually sent someone to Shanxi?”

Shanxi was the territory of Prince Jin.

Once the matter of secretly excavating a private mine was exposed, no one would suspect that he was the distant King An of Liaodong.

On the other hand, they would become the first targets of suspicion.

”Did you send a message to the northwest?” Xiao Rui muttered to himself.

”Not yet.” Mr. Jin shook his head, twiddling the goatee under his chin. ”We just want to hear your opinion, Your Highness.”

Listen to me?

Xiao Rui raised his eyebrows and looked at Mr. Jin, instantly understanding what he meant.

Shanxi was the territory of Prince Jin's estate. If Prince An wanted to transport the iron ore back to his Liaodong without making any noise, he could only take the northern part of the Jin Kingdom.

Moreover, Prince An's mine had been excavated secretly, so naturally, it could not be revealed.

If he were to send someone to quietly intercept him at this time, he wouldn't dare to openly announce it. He could only break his teeth and swallow his blood.

Iron Ores... He also needed it a lot …

Xiao Rui started pacing around the room as well.

”How sure are you, Mr. Jin?” Xiao Rui looked at the lush trees in the yard and seemed to have made a big decision.

It wasn't like they hadn't done this before.

However, he had to consider it over and over again before he tried to intercept King An's Hu in his own territory.

It was because he could not afford to fail!

Mr. Jin pondered for a moment before replying, ”If we fight within Shanxi, I only have a sixty percent chance of success. But if we wait for them to come out of seclusion and then act within the borders of the Great Jin Nation, I have an eighty percent chance of success.”

In the past, as long as they had a fifty percent chance of success, they would attack.

Xiao Rui turned to look at him, smiling, ”Why do you have a higher chance of getting out of your own territory?”

Mr. Jin's usual sly smile appeared on his face: ”Once out of seclusion, they will definitely cross the line! That's a good place to kill people and steal their goods! ”

Looking at the light shining out of Mister Jin's eyes, Xiao Rui knew that the confidence in his heart was even greater than what he had just said.

”Sure, then I'll give him a hand!” Xiao Rui smiled, ”But you will have to wait for me for a month.”

After all, he had just gotten married, and he didn't want to leave Jiang Wan alone in the Prince Jin's mansion. Moreover, he had heard that the new house couldn't be empty for a month.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Jin shook his head and laughed: ”If there is a snow that closes the mountain in September, it would be better not to delay matters. This time, you can stay at home and wait for our good news. ”

Xiao Rui stared blankly for a moment before realizing that Mr. Jin did not want him to go out on his wedding day to ”rob people.”

Therefore, he and Mr. Jin started to study the public information map together.