Qingying responded and immediately left with the people.
Ye Xiuchen and Jiang Ru were looking for clues on the assassins. These assassins were all dressed in black and had their faces covered, so they were easy to identify.
It's just that they checked many assassins' bodies and found nothing.
Ye Xiuchen frowned and said, "The assassin has no special markings on his body. He should be a raised death guard."
The so-called death guards are people who are extremely loyal to their masters and regard death as home. They don't care about their own life or death, as long as they can achieve their goals.
Once the death guards are caught, they will commit suicide by taking poison, and these death guards have poison pills hidden in their mouths.
Xiao Chengyi's expression darkened. He looked at Wen Qiyu and saw that he had picked up a sword on the ground and was stroking it.
He walked over and asked, "What did you find?"
Wen Qiyu asked: "Where do the weapons in the Nanyue Army come from?"
Xiao Chengyi said: "It comes from the arsenal. The army has an arsenal that specializes in forging weapons. What's wrong?"
Wen Qiyu handed over the sword in his hand and said, "My lord, see if this sword comes from the arsenal?"
Xiao Chengyi picked up the sword and looked at it. The blade was indeed engraved with the armory's emblem. At first glance, it looked no different from the swords used by ordinary soldiers.
But Xiao Chengyi saw that the material of the sword was somewhat different. He waved the sword towards a tree next to him, and the tree was chopped into pieces.
Xiao Chengyi was horrified and said in shock: "This is made of fine iron!"
Mu Yun'an asked curiously: "What's wrong? Is there any problem?"
Xiao Chengyi said: "There is a big problem. There is not much fine iron in the arsenal, and the weapons used for forging are crossbows used by the imperial guards in the capital, not long swords used by ordinary soldiers.
However, this sword is engraved with the emblem of the armory, which is obviously used to hide it from others. In other words, this sword forged from fine iron is a detailed mark arranged by the people behind the scenes in the army."
With that said, he said to Ye Xiuchen: "Look around and see how many swords like this there are?"
Ye Xiuchen nodded and immediately led people to search everywhere.
Xiao Chengyi held the sword and asked Wen Qiyu: "How did you find out?"
Wen Qiyu pointed to the ground and said: "I saw that the sword was broken. Logically speaking, the swords in the hands of the soldiers are the same. Even if the fighting is fierce, the sword will not be broken.
Out of curiosity, I discovered that the weapon with which the sword was broken was actually made of fine iron.
Fine iron is a rare thing. Using it to forge swords can extend the service life of the sword and greatly increase its power.
But because of its rarity, it is generally only owned by royal nobles, but such a precious fine iron sword is left here, which makes people suspicious."
Wen Qiyu also accidentally discovered this sword made of fine iron. This sword was exactly the same as the sword used by soldiers and was generally difficult to find.
Xiao Chengyi's eyebrows sank, and he saw Ye Xiuchen walking over with a stack of swords in his arms and said: "I found them, these are all."
He threw the swords on the ground, there were at least twenty or thirty swords.
Xiao Chengyi looked very ugly: "The fine weapons that the man behind the scenes placed in the military camp are all made of fine iron, so it seems that he must have fine iron ore in his hands."
Ye Xiuchen was shocked: "Iron mine? The ore in Nanyue is owned by the imperial court, and the refined iron mined every year is very little. Is it possible that there is an iron mine somewhere that we don't know about?"
And the people behind the scenes control the iron mine, forge weapons and place people in the army?"
Wen Qiyu said: "I'm afraid this is just a drop in the bucket. Now that we have this refined iron ore, in addition to forging weapons, I'm afraid we can also raise private soldiers."
Xiao Chengyi's face became more and more gloomy as he listened to their speculations. In his previous life, until he led troops to attack Beichen, no one in Nanyue rebelled, except for the orphan of King Jin.