Chapter Seventy Secret Letter

  "What are you going to do at the coal mine?" Liu Qingyu asked as soon as she arrived at the post house, voicing the question that had been on her mind all along - why did she suggest going to the coal mine?

  "I suspect that the coal is still in the coal field, it's just scattered around." The most important thing is, who would put the coal back into the coal field after it has been dug out? Nobody does that!

  "Why must it be done this way? Isn't...this a bit too much?"

  "Because no one would think that way." Perhaps there was another passage in the coal field, but where this passage led to was unknown.

  "You're going to the coal mine tomorrow, and I'm coming with you!" Liu Qingyao sat down, saying firmly.

  Zi Ruoye was taken aback, tomorrow she didn't plan to bring Liu Qingyou, coal mining was already a highly dangerous job, in the current underdeveloped technology, coal mines were even more hazardous places, who knows if she went in and the mine collapsed. "Liu Qingyou, you wait outside for me, if something unexpected happens, you let Zhao Yu come dig a clear road to rescue me, if after seven days the road is still not cleared, then... you let Zhao Yu send you back to the capital, and also apologize to Yun Ning on my behalf." Seven days was already the maximum limit, it's possible that they wouldn't even survive three days, because there was no water and the air wasn't circulating...

  Liu Qing's body shook, and he hastily said, "What are you doing speaking such ill-omened words! Don't even think about having me deliver messages for you! Whatever it is, go tell Yun Cong yourself! Tomorrow, if you don't let me follow you, do you think you can stop me?" This bastard, what is he trying to do! He's spouting more ominous and frightening words again!

  Zi Ruoye let out a soft sigh, "Liu Qingyou... this is not the time to be playful." Her voice involuntarily became serious and cold, leaving no room for refusal, "Tomorrow you are not allowed to accompany me!" After finishing speaking, she turned around and walked out of the room.

  Liu Qing stared blankly at the door, biting her lip slightly, feeling extremely bitter in her heart, wanting to cry but forcing herself not to let tears fall, "Damn it... don't think I'll give in just because of this."

  After Zi Ruoye walked out of the room, were her last words a bit too much? But if she hadn't said that, Liu Qingyu might have really followed her, and seeing Zhao Yu return, beckoned her to come forward.

  "Master, I've found what you asked me to investigate." Zhao Yu's face was slightly solemn. Today, the prince had her take advantage of the banquet to sneak into the governor's mansion while he was not present. With her martial arts skills, it wasn't difficult for her to enter the governor's mansion in broad daylight. Astonishingly, she discovered evidence of the governor's treason!

  Zi Ruoye raised an eyebrow, originally wanting to let Anying go, but if she let Anying go for no reason, people might suspect something. It's better to let Zhao Yu go. Seeing is believing, hearing is deceiving. "What did you find?"

  Zhao Yu took out a letter from his bosom and handed it over to Ziyue Ye, then he left, "Prince Wang, this is what I found."

  Zi Ru Ye's eyes widened as she read the letter, her eyebrows slightly raised in surprise. The seal on the envelope only added to her curiosity. She hadn't expected this, hadn't expected... and there was an unexpected gain. Quickly, she tucked the letter into her bosom and headed upstairs towards Liu Qing You's guest room.

  She lightly knocked on the door, had just said something serious, didn't know if Liu Qingyou would still care about her or not. As a result, before long, Liu Qingyou came to open the door, his face looking somewhat unpleasant, glanced at Zi Ruoye and then directly turned around.

  "Uh, Liu Qingyou, I have something I need your help with..."

  "Huh? What's up?" Although he was still angry with this bastard, seeing that she had come to ask for his help, his brain hadn't even reacted yet and he already asked what Zi Ruoye wanted to do.

  "Can you imitate handwriting? Make a copy of this letter."

  Liu Qingyou had been practicing calligraphy since he was a child, and although he never mentioned it, his handwriting was indeed exceptional. He could imitate others' styles so well that it was hard to distinguish between the original and the fake. Liu Qingyou took the envelope, opened it with a puzzled expression, but was shocked by the contents of the letter.

  "Don't get excited yet, help me draft it first." Zi Ruoye said with a smile, as if the letter was just an ordinary letter that couldn't be more ordinary.

  "Hmm." A soft response, and Taishou had already prepared the paper, ink, brush, and inkstone inside the room. Ziruo Ye stood beside Liu Qingyou, grinding the ink for her. After Liu Qingyou started writing, Ziruo Ye glanced at the seal on the letterhead, furrowed her brow slightly, and directly carved out a piece of wood from under the pear-wood chair. Since it was available, there was no need to waste it, so she took out a small knife and began engraving the seal.

  Liu Qingyou carefully copied the letter on the envelope, his heart still reeling from the shock. How could that idiot so casually show it to him? Was this trust? That idiot really didn't care about his identity as a man. Liu Qingyou, who had been exposed to various books since childhood, actually had his own views in mind. However, he had learned martial arts to follow Li Yu, but men were not valued in the Zixuan literary and military circles...

  Zi Ruoye's small knife quickly carved the pattern, and in less than a moment, an identical seal was in her hand. Liu Qingyou had just finished writing, picked up the paper to dry the ink, and handed it to Zi Ruoye. "I've written it, take a look, is it okay?"

  Zi Ruoye took a look at it, comparing the two papers. If it weren't for the fact that this one didn't have a seal on it, she really wouldn't be able to tell them apart. "Liu Qingyou, your hand is truly divine!" No matter how you looked at it, whether horizontally or vertically, left or right, you couldn't see any difference. Zi Ruoye put the genuine article away and placed a seal on the fake one, adding a small red dot next to it.

  "Shadow!" a low voice said, and the person wearing black night clothes appeared before them. Liu Qingyou looked at the sudden appearance of the person in surprise, originally someone had been hiding in the dark!

  Looking at Zi Ruoye, his heart slowly calmed down, damn it, so you... walked up and stood beside Zi Ruoye, staring blankly at her profile.

  "Put this letter back as it is." Zi Ruoye handed the same letter to Anying, "Go." She had already sent Anying to investigate earlier, so she let Zhao Yu go.

  "Dead bastard, does it have nothing to do with me that I saw the letter?" Liu Qingyou said lightly, that letter was so important, if he was threatened by someone, wouldn't he leak the contents of the letter.

  "What's the big deal? It's just a letter?" Even if Tai Shou and Hai Yue had some sort of cooperative relationship, that 100 tons of coal still wanted to be transported back to Hai Yue. Hmm...it can't be said that Tai Shou didn't dare to do it either. She guessed it was probably Hai Yue who was behind it all, always stirring up trouble when he had nothing better to do. Qing Lan is currently in a recovery period, so she's probably not going to cause any big waves.

  Soldiers come to resist; water comes to overflow!

  Liu Qing's eyes, as clear and pure as amber, gazed deeply at Zi Ruoye, then he reached out to grab the hem of her clothes and said softly, "This young master won't tell anyone."

  Zi Ruoye was startled by Liu Qingyu's sudden movement and hastily asked, "Liu Qingyu, are you okay?"

  "YOU!" Liu Qingyou glared at Zi Ruoye with anger, he knew that this bastard wouldn't let him off the hook unless she was satisfied! "You're the one who's got a problem! You damned fool! Tomorrow, Young Master Ben is going to take you to the coal mine! Now, Young Master Ben is tired! Get out!" With that, he pushed Zi Ruoye out the door and slammed it shut with a loud bang.

  How did it go around in circles and still end up with Liu Qingyou going to the coal mine with me? Zi Ruoye had a headache...

  The next day, when Ziyue Ye woke up and opened the door, she saw Liu Qingyou already standing at the door. The dark circles under her eyes were a faint bluish-black color. Looking at Liu Qingyou's tired face, "Didn't you sleep all night?"

  Last night, Liu Qingyou was afraid that Zi Ruoye would go to the coal field without bringing him along, so he kept tossing and turning until breakfast time and still couldn't sleep. He stayed up all night and arrived at Zi Ruoye's door just as the sky was lightening.

  "This young master couldn't possibly not have slept all night! He just got up a bit early." With that, he turned around and went downstairs. Just now, he was still worried that the dead mixed egg would open his mouth and let him stay in the post house...

  "Yu Qingyou..." Before he could finish speaking, Yu Qingyou had already gone downstairs, and he hastily followed. Zhao Yu was already waiting for them downstairs.

  "Master, the governor's carriage is waiting outside."

  "Let's eat first. Zhao Yu, you'll come with us later." Usually, they would let Zhao Yu wander around on his own, but not today.

  After eating some breakfast at will, the three of them got on the horse carriage. The young servant said respectfully, "The county lieutenant asked me to come and pick you up first, she'll be here later."

  Zi Ruoye nodded, and the three of them didn't say a word all the way. When they arrived at the coal field, the governor was indeed waiting for them, accompanied by a man whose clothes were dirty all over.

  "Governor, I'm really troubling you." Zi Ruoye got off the car and hugged Liu Qingyou's slender waist. Looking around, at the entrance of the coal mine, which was a cave, "Let's go in."

  The county governor was shocked, she thought Ziyue Ye just came to take a look, didn't expect Ziyue Ye actually wanted to go in, and hurriedly said, "Sir, this coal mine is very dangerous, it's better not to go in." Recently, a coal mine collapsed, killing many workers, the most important thing is that this coal mine cannot be entered.

  "Why not go in? I've never seen a coal field before! With the governor here, how can it be dangerous?" He completely trusted the governor and immediately looked at the person with a black face who was only visible with a pair of eyeballs, and couldn't help but ask, "Who is this?"

  The man, upon noticing Zi Ruoye's gaze on him, involuntarily shrank back beside Taishou. It was then that Taishou introduced, "This is a laborer who will be going to the coal mine, so I've found a laborer to guide the way. To be honest with you, sir, this humble official has never been inside a coal mine."

  "Uh-huh. Having someone to guide us is also good. Then please lead the way." Zi Ruoye looked at the hesitant person, who was a man, and thought that even men were used as laborers in Taigong's household, slightly furrowing her brow. Was this oppression of men common in Ning City?

  "Take him away." The governor said in a bad tone.

  The man slightly shrugged his shoulders, nodded lightly, and walked into the coal field first. When the governor shouted at him, his eyes flashed slightly. Zhao Yu did not follow in, she waited outside as Zi Ruoye said, if something unexpected happened, she could go to rescue immediately.

  Digression

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