Chapter 393
Chapter 393 "Madam Lin"
Blast the mountain? Fairy Sister looked towards the cave in the mountainside, her eyebrows slightly furrowed: "No wonder they've hidden so well. So this is their wicked scheme. All they need to do is bury the gunpowder in the belly of the mountain, and ignite the fuse when the silver cart happens to pass by on the official road. Then there will be a landslide and the sky will change color. Let alone the silver, not many people would survive. This is indeed a brilliant move. I wonder how much gunpowder they have?"
"I'm afraid it's not a small amount!" Lin Wanrong sighed, with a bitter smile: "I made such a big noise in Jining to get the silver, yet these thieves made no sound. I've felt something was strange for a while, but I never expected that they would come up with such a wicked plan. No wonder they can keep their composure. With these few days' effort, they can get as much gunpowder as they want. What's blowing up a mountain cliff to them?"
Ning Yuxi knew that bandits were hiding on the other side, but she never thought they would be so malicious. If they hadn't discovered it in time, tens of thousands of government troops and more than three hundred thousand taels of silver would have been destroyed at once. The thought alone made her somewhat fearful.
"Fairy Sister, do you know how many people are hiding in that cave?" Lin Wanrong asked softly, looking at the cave entrance.
"They are highly vigilant, and the cave has only one entrance, so I can't investigate. But judging by the size of the entrance, if they have indeed hidden gunpowder inside, it can't conceal many people, no more than twenty or so," Ning Yuxi said calmly, her face full of confidence.
Lin Wanrong looked intently for a while; the cliff walls were steep, hard to climb. The cave was on the cliff, a natural barrier, easy to defend and hard to attack, giving off a "one man holds the pass, ten thousand are unable to advance" stance! If the government troops were to attack, success would be unlikely, and it might force the bandits into desperate actions, igniting the fuse. Even if no one was hurt, if the mountain was blown up, it would block the way forward, greatly delaying the progress of the march, something no one wanted to see.
Seeing Master Lin looking around suspiciously, Ning Yuxi gave him a puzzled glance and asked, "What are you looking for?"
"People!" Lin Wanrong said seriously: "Since they are ready and waiting for us to arrive, there should be spies nearby. Fairy Sister, have you seen any?"