Dressed as the villain's stepmother

"I……"

Xiao Shi was a little confused at this moment, and he hesitated for a long time without being able to say anything.

"If there is any situation, just tell us directly . There is no need to hide it . If you help those people take care of it now, if it is really investigated in the future, you will not get any benefits."

Jiang Lianzhu looked at Xiao Shi and said, her voice slightly cold.

She had always thought that Xiao Shi would not hide any selfish motives, but now it seemed that her idea was probably wrong. He obviously had more considerations of his own.

"Miss Jiang, it's not that I don't want to say it... it's that I really don't understand those people. I have sent people to investigate earlier, but those people sent out could not come back in the end. .”

Xiao Shi shook his head in pain, unwilling to recall what happened at that time. He was still reckless at the beginning, but later he fully realized the problem and gradually turned a blind eye.

After all, iron ore is dead, but people are alive.

You can't let everyone in the village die just to guard that little bit of iron ore.

"All of them can't come back?"

Jiang Lianzhu narrowed her eyes slightly , with a hint of surprise in her tone .

"Yes, I have photographed more than a dozen people to check, but no one has been able to come back...some even the bodies have not been found, and now no one is willing to go to the iron mine. .”

Xiao Shi nodded inaudibly, and then continued.

"I have also raised this issue with the people above, but I haven't gotten any response. Maybe I thought it was too troublesome to manage , so I just let it go."

Jiang Lianzhu and Liao Yunchuan looked at each other and answered Xiao Shi's words without any hurry.

"Okay, we already know the general situation. If you know anything else, please tell us clearly now. We will naturally go find out tomorrow."

Liao Yunchuan said calmly, staring into Xiao Shi's eyes, and seeing him continuing to shake his head helplessly, he knew that he really didn't know anything this time.

It's not a deceptive trick.

"Master Liao, I only know so much. I really don't dare to hide anything from you now."

"I see . "

After Liao Yunchuan finished speaking, he immediately stood up and left Xiao Shi's house with Jiang Lianzhu.

Xiao Shi arranged a place for some of them to live.

Yang Fei sent a group of brothers to rest early, while he stayed in Liao Yunchuan's house.

"Boss, what kind of situation are we in now? Is it something good done by people from the Western Regions?"

"We cannot speculate rashly now."

Liao Yunchuan directly interrupted Yang Fei.

"No, now that the situation is like this, why are there any rash speculations... I think this is obvious, it must be someone from the Western Region who did it!"

Yang Feixu kept talking for a while , but when he saw that Liao Yunchuan's face looked a little ugly, he was not in a hurry to change his words.

Except for the people in the Western Region who are so courageous, the people in this village must not dare to do this, otherwise they will all suffer when the time comes.

"Okay, let's not mention this matter for now. When we go to the iron mine tomorrow to find out what's going on, the truth will naturally come to light."

Liao Yunchuan pinched his eyebrows in frustration, and then asked Yang Fei to leave his house.

Yang Fei responded calmly, and even when he left, he was still muttering in his mouth.

Must be from the Western Regions .

the other side.

After Jiang Lianzhu stayed in the room for a while, she went to Xiao Shi's side again.

She asked Xiao Shi and several women in the village to help run the medical clinic she opened in Luoshui Town. She didn't have the time to ask him about this during the day, so she could ask him clearly now.

Xiao Shi was sitting in the room with his head dazed . After hearing the knock on the door from outside, he hurriedly got up and opened the door. When he saw that the person coming was Jiang Lianzhu, the smile on his lips froze.

"Ginger girl."

"I'm not here to ask you about the iron ore, I just want to know how my medical situation is. According to common sense, a letter should be delivered to me earlier, but I'm waiting in the capital. I haven’t seen any sign of the letter for a long time.”

Jiang Lianzhu asked straight to the point.

"This... I haven't been to this medical center for some time. It's all taken care of by the women in the village. If you want to ask me this question, I can only take you to their home. Take a walk."

Xiao Shi hesitated for a moment before speaking. He stretched out his hand to Jiang Lianzhu and motioned for her to follow him.

Jiang Lianzhu didn't say much, just followed him.

"When I was managing, the medical center was still operating as usual. Later, because of the iron ore incident , I didn't have much thought to take care of the business of the medical center, so I left the work in hand to I’m Agui’s wife.”

Xiao Shi explained while leading Jiang Lianzhu .

"This Agui's wife is from the county town. I thought at the time that she must be more educated and be able to take care of this medical clinic, so I didn't pay much attention to it."

He then added, explaining the matter clearly, for fear that Jiang Lianzhu would blame himself for these things.

"It doesn't matter, as long as we meet people." Jiang Lianzhu said calmly, "Besides, we should go to the Houshan Iron Mine tomorrow. Can you find anyone here who is willing to take the lead?"

"what?"

Xiao Shi was a little frightened when he heard the word iron ore, and his steps paused.

"Miss Jiang, what you just said is a bit difficult for me. How can it be so easy to find a leader? What's more, so many people died in the back mountain before, and now only those are willing to enter the mountain again. A few hunters."

He had heard people say before that Jiang Lianzhu and Liao Yunchuan had brought a lot of subordinates with them on this trip , and now they suddenly asked him to find a guide, maybe they wanted to recruit someone to explore the road.

"Okay, please help us find one when the time comes."

Jiang Lianzhu did not hear the displeasure in Xiao Shi's tone, and said nothing more after answering.

The two of them arrived at Agui's wife's house all the way.

Xiao Shi first knocked on the door tentatively, and soon a woman ran over and opened the door.

"Daughter -in-law Agui, this is the shopkeeper of the medical clinic you are running. I brought her here because I want to ask you something."

Xiao Shi spoke unhurriedly, first explaining clearly the purpose of their visit.

Agui's wife took a look at Jiang Lianzhu and said, "Okay, you guys can come in and talk."

Jiang Lianzhu followed her to find a chair and sat down. Without any hesitation, she asked straight to the point: "What's going on in this medical center recently?"