Andrew pressed down on the trembling Elmwood. "Calm down. Your wife is responding to you with firelight. Now you should find a way to let her know that you understand what she means."
With Andrew's reminder, Elm gradually calmed down, and now it was time to respond to Dingxiang.
"Coo coo coo coo coo coo." Elm made many coos in a row, but they weren't random or erratic. He believed that Dingxiang could understand what he meant.
The lilac in the valley below understood. She knew that the bird that imitated the bird's call must be the elm. The lilac was not a sentimental woman.
She knew that Elm must have come here for a reason, and she was thinking about how to see Elm under tight security.
She looked around at the guardhouses, some of which still had flames visible.
In the dim light of the fire, some of the guards in the valley were sleeping, some were drinking ale, and some were on night duty.
One of the guards put down his bowl of ale, saying, "The birdsong is really annoying today."
"Who says otherwise? I'm not even in the mood to record what they're doing," complained one of the guards holding a parchment.
"Why are you still recording that stuff? Can you even keep up? With so many people around, aren't you just making trouble for yourself? Right now, besides you, look around and see who's still recording." The guard, who had just put down his bowl, finished speaking, then picked up the bowl again and took a sip of ale.
"Ugh! Why didn't you tell me sooner? It's so tiring. I won't be writing anything tomorrow either." He said, then threw the things into a corner.
"Yes, you should have done this a long time ago. But you must shoot down all those annoying birds tomorrow during the day, roast them and eat them." Another guard on night duty was also extremely annoyed by the birdsong.
But he wasn't the only one annoyed; Elm, the bird that was making the chirping, was also annoyed. What could he do to see Lilac?
Even if we don't see her, we can still tell her about our plans.
"Does Lord Andrew have any good ideas?" Elm looked at Andrew beside him, though he couldn't see anything.
"Elm, there's no good way. There are too many guards now, and it's impossible to find you like Fir did last time. If we don't want to cause chaos and unnecessary casualties, we can only wait until they transport the ore back and then we can think of something."
They could have just attacked directly, but Ed's goal wasn't to kill. He wasn't a murderous monster; he needed people to mine.
Andrew had also considered that if they continued fighting, it would cause chaos and result in many casualties.
Elm still didn't want to do that. Although the lord didn't want the silver mines, he had already tacitly agreed that the silver ore belonged to Ed.
"Lord Andrew, I've thought of a way, but I don't know if it will work?" Elm seemed to have made up his mind.
"What method?"
"I decided to sneak down into the valley below under cover of darkness later and become a miner."
Andrew was startled. "Elmwood, your method is very dangerous!"
"No, Lord Andrew, they are all new arrivals. The guards may not know all of them, just like when we were here, the guards didn't know us. And I know when they are most lax in their guard."
Elm made some sense, and Andrew was somewhat tempted. If Elm could infiltrate the miners, there would be no need to worry.
Furthermore, the elm tree could send messages to him using bird calls when their guards were most lax, making it easier for them to control the guards.
"Elm, the method is indeed good, but it's also dangerous. Are you really going to do this?" Andrew asked Elm again to confirm.
"Yes, Lord Andrew, I think there's no problem. Once inside, Dingxiang will provide some cover for me, so you don't need to worry at all."
Yu Mu looked down at the valley below the mountain. He was so familiar with everything in the valley; it was as if the past had happened just yesterday.
As he lay on the simple wooden bed, the person next to him asked, "Elm, where are you going?"
Yes, that happened yesterday.
Today, Elmwood has already started mining in the mine in the valley, but his expression is a little strange.
But don't worry, no one will notice in the dark.
"When did this guy arrive?" Some people noticed the elm.
Those people also had doubts, but who cared?