Chapter 89 A Group of Zombies
Of course they had to go to the iron mine, but in order to prevent Lu Wanning from worrying too much, Qi Muchao specifically instructed the people who stayed behind to talk less about these things in front of her.
To prevent her from having wild thoughts.
The next day, Changqing and Song Yu left early in the morning, and Qi Muchao and Changkong also successfully sneaked into the iron mine.
When being brought into the iron mine, everyone had a black hood covering their head, unable to see anything outside. They could only hold on to the shoulders of the person in front of them and slowly move forward.
When they arrived at the place, the hood was taken off, and a small leader with a scar on his face counted heads with a stern face.
As he counted them, he became very dissatisfied with the people he brought back this time. "Why do none of them look capable? Some are as thin as bamboo poles, while others are so sick that they look like they won't make it through tomorrow. How can we go to work when you bring back such people?"
Wen Yan, the one who went out to arrest people, was also displeased. "Old Sun, you are a typical example of someone who talks without any hesitation. Almost all the men in Yanzhou have been arrested, and I only found these by searching the people's homes. If you continue to beat and scold these people and not give them food like before, I will have no place to find laborers for you when they die."
Scarface was also unhappy. "With so many people, the food sent down from above isn't even half the amount. They're all hard laborers and eat a lot. Where am I going to get them food?"
As the two men exchanged a few sentences, the people below began to tremble with fear, and Scarface said a few words to comfort them.
"Okay, just work hard, and when you're done with the mine, you can all go home."
He himself didn't believe what he said, and naturally some of the people below with bad tempers started to make a fuss.
"Bullshit! You've captured all the men in our village. It's been so long, and there's not even a single letter from them, let alone a return."
"Yes, the mother of Shuanzi next door wanted to see him before she died, and she never closed her eyes until she died."
"Let me go back. My child is still sick and I need to earn money to pay for his medical treatment."
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The chattering sounds continued. Scarface scratched his ears and kindly let these people continue complaining.
When he had almost finished complaining, he suddenly drew the knife from his waist and chopped down the person who spoke first.
Blood splattered everywhere, accompanied by screams.
After this time, no one dared to speak again.
The helplessness of arresting people, "I brought these people here with great difficulty."
But every time someone like this would get chopped off, he was obviously used to it, so he didn't say much.
So the people below had to believe it, because if they obeyed obediently, they might still survive, but the outcome of resistance would be the same as that of the man who was now almost torn in two.
Seeing that these people had calmed down, Scarface waved his hand and asked them to follow him.
Changkong quietly moved to Qi Muchao's side. The master and servant exchanged a glance. Changkong was a little worried. "Can you make it? Or should we find a way to slip away?"
Qi Muzhao shook his head, "It's not time yet."
At least, he needs to have a rough idea of what's going on inside the iron mine.
What's more, it's easy to get in, but it's probably difficult to get out.
They were all wearing hoods before they came in and had no idea what was going on outside.
It would be extremely difficult for the two of them to get out alone, not to mention that if they caused any noise now, they would alert the enemy and all their efforts would be wasted.
But even though Qi Muchao had made sufficient preparations, when he saw the numb expressions and tanned, skinny bodies of the people who had been exploited for so long, his pupils still couldn't help but tremble for a moment.
Rather than saying they are numb people, it would be more accurate to say they are a group of walking corpses.
These people seemed to have lost their minds and only obeyed the arrangements and purposes, moving the stones.
Changkong gritted his teeth and cursed inwardly, "These beasts!"
The master and servant were arranged together. Changkong tried to take on the heavier tasks and left the easier ones to Qi Muchao.
He was really worried that his master's health, which had made some progress after being treated with great difficulty by the Crown Princess, would be made worse.
Walking forward with the stone on his back, Qi Muchao glanced around inconspicuously.
After a moment, his sight fell on a young man whose face was covered in dirt but whose eyes were very bright.
Compared with the people around him who had been tortured and numb, the man looked much stronger.
But there were many wounds all over his body.
Some of them even had blood oozing from them.
No processing has been done.
He is lucky.
Qi Muchao walked forward a few steps and saw the man quietly reach out and loosely lift the stone on the back of the older man next to him, relieving some of the force for him.
After a busy morning, when it was time for lunch, there was only watery porridge with a few grains of rice in it and steamed buns that were as hard as stones and mixed with black stuff of unknown origin.
Changkong silently finished the porridge in his bowl, glanced at his master, and said soothingly: "The conditions here are tough, please eat something. We don't know when we can get out, how can we have the strength if we don't eat?"
Qi Muchao pursed his lips and lowered his eyes to look at the black steamed bun in his hand.
His gaze turned to Scar, who was laughing and drinking and eating meat not far away, and the minion in charge of arresting people. His sinister gaze revealed the fate of these two people.
Changkong silently worried about these people in his heart.
Of course, these are just minions who follow others' arrangements. The real instigator is probably enjoying wealth and delicious food in the capital now.
Song Yu and Chang Qing left home early in the morning and returned with a wounded man when it was getting dark.
Lu Wanning didn't even have time to ask before she hurried to treat the man's injuries.
With three sword wounds and the amount of blood loss, it was pure luck that this man was able to survive.
After the wound was bandaged and Lu Wanning went out, she remembered to ask who the injured person was.
Song Yu spread his hands and said, "I don't know. He was going to assassinate the governor. We were watching him from the dark, but we thought he was quite skilled and feared he was someone close to the crown prince, so we rescued him."
Lu Wanning was a little worried, "What if those people find out?"
Song Yu shook his head. "No, judging by the governor's usual behavior, countless people want him dead. For example, the previous governor was kind and had an excellent reputation in Yanzhou. However, rumors say that the previous governor was silenced for trying to report the iron mine incident, and his death was extremely tragic."
"As a result, those who had a good relationship with the former governor will naturally resent the current governor. Plus, he knows how dangerous it is to do something like swinging on a cliff. Even if Changqing and I don't show up, he won't let his guard down."
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