novelhk Chapter 654 Mysterious Figure
Chapter 654 Mysterious Figure
By that time, Luo Junhe, Ji Yuntang and the other two would die.
Luo Junhe did not miss the flash of guilt on his face. His eyes flickered slightly, and the knife moved closer to the other's neck. He said sternly: "Why don't you tell the truth?"
Blood oozed from the neck, and the officers and soldiers felt as if their hearts skipped a beat.
He knew very well that if he didn't tell the truth, his head would probably fall to the ground the next second.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly said: "Speak, I beg you to take the sword off my neck a little further away."
Luo Junhe actually held the sword a little further away.
He said coldly: "If you dare to play any tricks, don't blame us for being rude to you."
The soldier swallowed his saliva and said, "The city lord has not told anyone about this matter, and I don't know much."
"I only know that this iron ore mountain range was not discovered by the city lord, but by a subordinate of a big shot in the capital who came to survey the terrain and look for medicinal herbs."
"After that, City Lord Jiang was transferred from the capital to Liangzhoukou. After he arrived, he found a group of trustworthy people and started mining this batch of iron ore."
"This is already our fifteenth mining. In the past, we mined thousands of kilograms of minerals each time and then secretly transported them to the City Lord's Mansion."
"I heard that the city lord has sent someone to deliver the mined iron ore to the capital, saying that an important person wants it. As for who that person is, I don't know."
When the soldier said this, he looked up at Luo Junhe with a dark face.
"Young man, I have told you all the information you need to know. Can you spare my life?"
Ji Yuntang jumped down from the tree, put away the sniper rifle and sneered.
"Save your life, and then let you go and complain to Jiang Wangbei?"
"To tell you the truth, he is already dead. The next ones to die are you, the ones who aided and abetted the evil."
As soon as Ji Yuntang finished speaking, Luo Junhe slashed the soldier's neck with a knife.
An Qi frowned slightly and asked in confusion: "Princess, who is the big shot in the capital that he is talking about?"
Ji Yuntang touched his chin and thought for a while, then said: "Iron ore is used to make weapons. Since it is mined in secret, let's rule out Emperor Jingyang first."
"I think this important person should be someone from the royal family, not the crown prince. He could be the King of Qi, or someone who wants to rebel."
"This man mined so much iron ore. He may have been planning this for a long time."
Ji Yuntang said this, turned to look at Luo Junhe, and said: "Ahe, it seems that we have to be more cautious after we go back."
Jiang Wangbei has been assigned to be the city lord of Liangzhoukou for three years.
That means someone discovered the iron ore mountains here three years ago.
During these three years, he mined tens of thousands of kilograms of iron ore and sent them to the capital.
It is possible that the other party has used so much iron ore to make a lot of weapons.
Therefore, Ji Yuntang felt that it would not be long before a major war broke out in the capital.
What she could think of, Luo Junhe could naturally think of as well.
His intuition told him that the people who mined the iron ore were most likely related to the prince.
What Luo Junhe didn't understand was that the prince was clearly already the heir to the throne, so why did he still resort to such despicable means to secretly build up his own power.
In short, he felt that he really needed to be more careful about this matter and take more precautions.
After the officers and soldiers guarding the Iron Ore Mountains died, all that remained were young and middle-aged laborers who were captured to work.
They knelt on the ground, too scared to even raise their heads, and kept saying that they knew nothing.
Due to long-term exposure to wind and sun and malnutrition, they look very tired and thin.
Ji Yuntang quickly mixed some spiritual spring water with warm water and gave it to them.
"Drink this water to replenish your energy."
Everyone didn't want to drink, but they didn't dare to disobey.
They took the kettle from Ji Yuntang and passed it to the people below one by one.
A magical scene happened. After drinking the water, these people suddenly felt that all their fatigue disappeared and they felt refreshed.
At this moment, they could see that Ji Yuntang and Luo Junhe were here to save them.
They were grateful and quickly knelt on the ground, kowtowed to them and thanked them repeatedly.
"Thank you two gentlemen and young lady for saving our lives. I am grateful to you all."
Ji Yuntang said: "I know that you were all captured by them, and it was not your intention to mine iron ore here."
"City Lord Jiang Wangbei is dead, and the people who arrested you have been killed by us. From now on, you can return to your normal life and live a good life."
More than thirty grown men were collectively speechless when they heard these words.
To them, freedom is so precious.
When they were captured, they tried to escape countless times, but in the end, those who escaped were tortured to a pulp and their bodies were even fed to dogs.
During these three years, they witnessed many lives and deaths, and also saw some new young and middle-aged men being arrested and beaten to death for being disobedient.
Most of the people were frightened by being beaten, and then they pretended to be obedient and worked hard here.
They thought that they would never be able to return home.
Until I met Ji Yuntang and Luo Junhe...
After thanking the three men repeatedly, the men went down the mountain in a group.
At this point, the entire Iron Ore Mountain Range was empty except for them.
Ji Yuntang inspected the entire mountain range and found that less than a quarter of it had been mined.
Three-quarters of the land has not yet been mined.
On the one hand, it is very laborious to dig ore using only manpower and shovels.
Most of the ores are large stones weighing hundreds of pounds. It is extremely difficult to dig them out and transport them away.
Without the help of gunpowder, mining progress would be much slower.
Secondly, there is a shortage of food and water in Liangzhoukou, and most of the workers here do not have enough to eat.
Therefore, they appear to be very powerless when mining.
To put it bluntly, although Jiang Wangbei found a group of people to help him mine, their work speed was very slow.
Moreover, there is no pay for working here, and most people are forced to do it, so they are naturally unwilling to do it.
After taking a quick look around, Ji Yuntang decided to empty the entire mine.
But the prerequisite is that she also needs to blast the iron ore, after all, the capacity in the space is limited.
She couldn't move an entire mountain into space.
Furthermore, the rocks on the entire mountain were too large, and even if they were moved into the space, it would be difficult for her to break them up later.