At the end of the path, a group of miners were waiting in formation, with a pile of old clothes in front of them.
"What? Just let me wear clothes like this?"
"It seems like this dress has been worn for at least three or five years, and it actually has a few holes in it. Is it worn by a human being?"
"Little Marquis, please speak up. We are just here to practice, not really to be slaves in the mines!"
These scholars in the capital usually wore rich clothes and ate delicious food. As soon as they heard that they were going to change into such clothes, which no one in the palace would wear, there was an uproar immediately.
Several scholars saw Fang Yun in front of the queue and immediately asked Fang Yun to express his position. You must know that among this group of people, Fang Yun has the highest status and influence.
Dozens of mine soldiers had cold eyes. When they saw this group of soldiers making trouble, veins popped up on their foreheads and they were about to get angry.
"Shut up and change clothes."
Fang Yun suddenly spoke. With just one sentence, nearly a hundred soldiers around him immediately fell silent. Everyone looked at Fang Yun, their eyes full of disbelief. Fang Yun didn't bother to pay attention. Looking at the attitudes of these mine soldiers, he knew that this was
It's a common practice in the mines. After all the hard work, in the end, you have to wear this suit.
Fang Yun quickly changed into the clothes of the mine. With him taking the lead, the others did not dare to say anything. They changed into these shabby clothes one by one.
"The mines have mine rules. If you resist, you will only ask for trouble." The little leader of the mine soldiers shouted, and then said in a cold voice: "Now, all the accompanying slaves, maids, and guards are coming with me.——
Remember, you are here to endure hardship, exercise, and learn, not to put on airs and show off your temper."
"I'll go with them first, and then come back to you after I'm settled."
Peacock whispered in Fang Yun's ear.
"Well, go ahead."
Fang Yun nodded. The peacock was flying high and high, and it was extremely powerful. To her, the rules of the mine were nothing. Fang Yun was not worried at all.
Soon, these servants, maids, and guards were all separated, led by a few mine soldiers, and left. Although these scholars were reluctant, they had no choice.
The leader of the mine soldiers nodded with satisfaction: "Now the residences are randomly assigned. Those whose names are called will immediately leave with the soldiers."
"Fang Yun, Liu Xun, Su Fei, you will form a group of three and come out!"
A soldier took a few steps forward. Fang Yun nodded and winked at Zhang Ying and Zhou Xin, and then followed the soldier with two other soldiers and moved forward.
Thick smoke billowed from the top of the mountain. Everywhere where the smoke rose, there stood a huge cauldron. The fire was blazing under the cauldron, and countless people were busy around the big cauldrons. The sound of forging iron was delicious.
The sound is endless.
Densely packed figures, like ants, were busy in this mine. Fang Yun took a closer look and found that among these mine slaves, there were old people, children, strong men, women, scholars, and warriors.
There were people of almost every status. All of them looked listless and lacked energy.
"Hey, these people are not from the Middle-earth Divine Continent!"
Fang Yun glanced around and immediately discovered that there were many people in the crowd who looked very different from the Chinese people. Some of these people had eagle noses and blue eyes, some had muscles as strong as iron towers, and some had arms.
Extremely long, hanging down, over the knees. Each one is crowded in the crowd, like standing out from the crowd, very eye-catching.
"We, the Great Zhou Dynasty, went on foreign campaigns and captured a large number of enemies every year. It was a pity that these people were killed in vain. The imperial court sent these captives to the mines to be slaves, digging mines, pouring rocks, and exercising for our Great Zhou Dynasty.
Weapons, armor! The so-called people who are not from my race must have different hearts. Don’t be too polite to these alien races. In the mines, the highest death rate every year is these alien slaves.”
The accompanying mine soldier noticed Fang Yun's gaze, smiled, and explained.
"Slaves? You are the slaves! Sooner or later, our army will lead the army to conquer the Great Zhou Dynasty. At that time, all of you will become our slaves!"
At this time, a man from Dihuang who was pushing a mine cart suddenly pushed the cart and roared and cursed excitedly.
"Things that don't know how to live or die!"
The mine soldier glared coldly, but had no intention of taking action.
Snapped!
At this moment, a soft whip several feet long stretched out from the thick smoke. The soft whip rolled up and immediately wrapped around the neck of the Dihuang mine slave. As soon as the long whip was withdrawn, the slave flew high into the sky.
He rose, drew an arc in the air, and landed outside the nearest cliff.
ah!--
The screams came, and then stopped suddenly. There was no more sound.
"Um!"
Fang Yun looked along the soft whip and saw not far away, a mine soldier was slowly retracting the long whip. His expression was cold and his movements were cruel, as if he was doing these things.
All around, the slaves who saw this scene trembled, quickly lowered their heads, and hurried past.
"Don't pay attention to such reckless things. Three gentlemen, go this way..."
…
The Minshan Mountains are towering, like a giant dragon lying on the ground. The Bahrain Mine is just a section of the Minshan Mountains. At the highest point of the Minshan Mountains, there are tents and tents, and heavy soldiers patrolling the mountains. On the edge of the cliff, there are divine crossbows standing all around.
, the arrow points to the sky. The guards are extremely tight.
In the center of these camps, a large hall stands majestically. On the door of the main hall, there are three words "General Hall" written in wild cursive script.
"Hmm? A letter from Madam Pingdinghou of the capital?"
In the main hall, two rows of elite soldiers stood in rows. At the top, there was a dragon and tiger chair. A man with fair skin and no beard sat in it, motionless.
This man looked to be about thirty or forty years old, and he exuded the temperament of a scholar. But when his eyes opened and closed, they flashed with sword-like sharpness, showing his strong martial arts cultivation.
This man's name is Li Yu. There are three main peaks in the Minshan Mountains, each of which is occupied by three generals. He is one of the three generals.
Li Yu was taking a letter from the guard at this time. He looked at the signature and felt a little shake in his heart. He took out the letter paper and Li Yu immediately opened it and read it.
"What, the eldest prince was actually killed?!"
After reading the beginning of the letter, Li Yu was immediately shocked, and an unknown anger surged in his chest. Not many people knew that Li Yu was actually the close personal guard of Ping Dinghou ten years ago. How could he not be furious when he heard that his former master's legitimate son had died?
.
"...The killer is Fang Yun. As long as I kill the second son of the Fang family, I will be transferred out of the mine immediately and re-employed in the army!"
What Mrs. Xianhua revealed in her heart shocked Li Yu.
According to the official system of the Zhou army, once you become a mine guard general, it means that you can only stay in this position forever. You will never be granted the title of marquis or prime minister.
"I have been stationed in the Bahrain mines for ten years. During these ten years, I have practiced hard and my skills are far better than before. All I have left now is an opportunity to make meritorious deeds. Once I am transferred to the army, I will make great achievements in battle and be awarded the title of Marquis.
No problem."
Holding the thin letter paper, Li Yu's heart moved. Li Yu was an ambitious man, and killing the second son of the Fang family in exchange for fame and wealth was extremely attractive to him.
"Li Meng, come here!"
Li Yu suddenly waved. Not far in front of him, a fine captain hurriedly walked over. This man had a slightly fat face, fair skin, and a pair of slightly narrowed eyes, which immediately revealed a shrewd air. This man
He is Li Meng's confidant.
"Among these scholars, there is one named Fang Yun..."
Li Yu half-closed her eyes and only spoke half of her words.
"Don't worry, sir, I understand."
Li Meng understood, nodded and bowed.
Li Yu waved his hand, and Li Meng turned and left.
…
"We have arrived, three gentlemen, you will live here from now on."
The mine soldier led Fang Yun and others to a broken wall, pointed ahead and said. The three of them looked along and saw three dark caves at the end pointed by the mine soldier.
"What! Are we going to live here from now on?"
The two scholars opened their eyes wide and looked at these three primitive caves in disbelief, feeling greatly shocked.
"Well, this is the rule of the court."
The military man nodded indifferently.
"This military master is in trouble."
Fang Yun had been mentally prepared for this. After looking at it, he found nothing surprising. He stuffed a Three Emperors Coin into the soldier who led the way, chose the cave in the middle, and stepped in.
The cave is very large inside, far from being as narrow as it looks from the outside. Inside, there are stone tables, stone oranges, and stone beds. Fang Yun even found an oil lamp and two flints on the table.
"It seems that although the imperial court said that the scholars who went to the mines for training must abide by the rules of the mines, in actual operation, they still gave preferential treatment to the scholars."
Fang Yun unloaded his baggage, came to the stone bed, sat down cross-legged, and quickly started practicing. Time was very precious to him. Every minute and every second meant an increase in strength.
About two hours later, a wisp of wind rushed in from outside the cave, and then the peacock appeared in the cave.
"Is everything settled?"
Fang Yun opened his eyes and asked.
"Well, my place is quite far away from you. You have to be careful during this period. The Pingdinghou Mansion has not taken any action since the last assassination. I feel too calm, something is wrong.
"
"You mean, they will do something in the mine?"
Fang Yun immediately guessed what Peacock meant. Without waiting for Peacock's answer, he immediately realized something: "Yes, Ping Dinghou has a very high prestige in the army. The troops stationed in the Bahrain mine will inevitably be affected. If Ping Dinghou
A letter was sent over from the Dinghou Mansion, saying that if I kill Yang Biao, and if I get some benefits, I'm afraid these people will take action against me."
A strange color flashed in Peacock's eyes: "I didn't expect you to be so deep. However, what you said is very possible. During this period, I will pay attention to it. If there are any enemies, I will secretly deal with them in advance."
Fang Yun nodded. Peacock's methods were more professional than those of a killer. With her strength, she was more than enough to deal with those attacks in the dark.
"I'm leaving first. I won't take the initiative to appear in front of you if it's not necessary." Peacock said.
"Yes." Fang Yun nodded and said nothing more. As soon as his eyes flickered, the peacock disappeared.