Uncle Xu quickly stood up and looked at Rong Ling, saying, “Prince Xie looks up to me too much, but I lack the ability to take on the role of County Magistrate, your kindness is appreciated.”

Rong Ling couldn’t help but squint at Uncle Xu. The former National Academy Sacrificial Officer was once his teacher. Although Uncle Xu only passed as a scholar, it was merely bad luck. His ability and character were quite commendable; no wonder he was the descendant of a scholar.

Actually, Rong Ling’s proposal was akin to a heaven-sent opportunity for Uncle Xu, but Uncle Xu refused, indicating his true loyalty to Feng Qing.

Seeing him like this, Rong Ling couldn’t help but respect him more.

At the dinner table, Feng Qing naturally noticed the light in Uncle Xu’s eyes and believed him to be a capable person.

If the Prince could indeed push for Uncle Xu to become the magistrate, she believed he could achieve great things.

Feng Qing raised her wine glass and toasted Rong Ling, saying, “Then please help my uncle. I thank the Prince here and now.”

Rong Ling saw his Princess Consort rarely lowered her head and asked him to drink, and in a good mood, he accompanied her for a sip, “Alright, this prince will help Uncle.”

Uncle Xu looked at Feng Qing and said, “Qing Qing.”

Feng Qing looked at Uncle Xu and said, “I believe Uncle will achieve something great. As long as you wholeheartedly serve the people and work earnestly, I feel it’s all worth it. I hope Uncle doesn’t let me down.”

Uncle Xu, hearing Feng Qing’s words, immediately got teary-eyed. He raised his wine glass and toasted Rong Ling and Feng Qing, saying, “I, Xu Moshan, promise here that as long as I am in office, I will not fail the people and will do my utmost in my responsibilities.”

The atmosphere at the banquet became particularly lively. When the wine was almost finished, Xu Moshan suddenly remembered something and looked up at Rong Ling, saying, “Prince, I remembered something that I think you should know.”

“Uncle, please speak.”

Rong Ling was in a good mood tonight. Although he didn’t drink much, he was slightly tipsy by now.

An already stunning person, his face stained with a hint of blush, exuded an inexplicably alluring and seductive aura.

Uncle Xu’s tongue was loose from drinking too much and he said with a slur, “Didn’t a mountain at the outskirts of Qinghe County collapse previously? When I led people to search the mountain, I discovered something. Among the collapsed rocks, there seemed to be small iron fragments mixed in.”

“I suspect that beneath the collapsed mountain is an iron mine. When I saw those iron fragments earlier, I wanted to investigate further, but our County Magistrate stopped us and wouldn’t let us continue searching the mountain.”

“Me?”

Speaking to this point, Uncle Xu suddenly let out a burp.

Rong Ling, upon hearing Uncle Xu’s words, was abruptly sobered. His eyes were deep and sharp, filled with contemplation.

If the collapsed mountain was indeed an iron mine, then under normal circumstances, the mountain wouldn’t collapse without human interference.

Iron mines are hard and strongly cohesive. If no one interfered with it, how could it collapse?

So if it is indeed an iron mine, the reason for the collapse must be because someone disturbed it, causing it to be destroyed and collapse entirely.

The Dayan Dynasty has explicit regulations forbidding tampering with iron mines. If citizens or local officials discover the existence of an iron mine, they must report to the court at the first opportunity. However, no one reported the iron mine in Qinghe County to the court.

And yet, this iron mine has been tampered with. Who would be so bold as to dare disturb this iron mine?

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