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Chapter 866 Tracking to the Mine

Jiang Youzhen felt that it was right not to tell anyone about this matter. Even if they were relatives from General Dingyuan's family, there was no guarantee that their interests would be aligned with General Dingyuan's.

That Left Councillor Liu Muyun acts so high-profile, and the emperor is far away here, so maybe he has already colluded with someone.

The next day, Jiang Youzhen changed into a set of local people's clothes, disguised himself as a plain-looking person, and immediately went to wait outside the general's mansion.

She had calculated the time before she came, and there was still about half an hour left, so she had to arrive early for fear of missing it.

"How is it? Has any carriage left during this period?" Jiang Youzhen asked, glancing at the tightly closed corner door.

Qing Lang shook his head. "There is only one carriage for shopping. I have already inquired about it. It is the one that is used for shopping every day."

"Okay! I'll keep an eye on it from now on! You and Lord Fang should hurry up and contact Li Dongsheng!

I don’t know how long I waited, until Jiang Youzhen was almost getting impatient, the corner gate of the general’s mansion finally opened, and then two carriages drove out one after another.

Jiang Youzhen hurriedly drove the newly bought carriage to catch up from a distance. He saw two carriages going out of the city gate one after the other and heading towards the official road.

After leaving the city gate, there were fewer and fewer people on the official road. It was still dark, but it was not a big deal for Jiang Youzhen.

Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people, she knew it would not work if she continued to follow the two carriages or they would discover her. So Jiang Youzhen drove the carriage in the opposite direction at a fork in the road.

After driving for a distance, she listened carefully to the movements behind her. After a while, she stopped the carriage in the distance and used her Qinggong to catch up.

"Prince, the carriage has left. It should not be following us." A man in black clothes approached Prince Yuanming, who was resting with his eyes closed in the carriage and said.

"Have you sent anyone to follow us for a while?" Prince Yuan Ming opened his eyes and asked.

"Yes! We sent someone to follow for a while before returning!"

After hearing this, Prince Yuan Ming finally felt relieved.

The carriage traveled for an hour in total, passing through a valley and a shallow stream before stopping at the foot of a mountain.

"Your Majesty! We're here!"

Prince Yuanming got off the carriage first, and two people also got off from the carriage behind.

"Master Kang, it's in the valley ahead. From here on, you can't take a carriage. You have to walk!"

"It's okay! Let's go!" Young Master Kang nodded.

When the group walked into the valley, they saw a man lying on the ground in the treetops above, observing everyone's movements below.

Their destination seemed far away, Jiang Youzhen performed Qinggong and kept jumping in the direction they were heading. Fortunately, she was almost able to walk on the snow without leaving any traces, and her internal strength was extremely strong, otherwise the two men would definitely hear it.

Following them inside, they suddenly heard a tinkling sound coming from the valley. Jiang Youzhen's eyes narrowed, what is this?

She looked down through the treetops and saw many people in the valley wearing only single clothes pounding the mountain wall. Rocks rolled down and then someone came forward to carry them away.

There were also many supervisors holding whips. They wore thick cotton jackets and shouted at the people working, whipping them from time to time.

"You bastards! How dare you be lazy? Work harder! If we can't mine this area today, I will whip you to death!" The man rolled up his sleeves and whipped those who were working.

One of the whips hit a laborer, who staggered and the stone in his hand fell to the ground. He lay on the stone, and before he could say anything, another whip came at him.

"Puff!" He spat out a mouthful of blood and then fell to the ground motionless.

"Don't play dead, hurry up and do it! Otherwise I will make sure you don't even have any soup for lunch!" The man cursed and swung the whip again, but the person lying on the ground still couldn't stand up.

The people were ordered to carry the person on the ground away, and it was unknown whether he was dead or alive. However, this scene did not cause any resistance from others, as they seemed to have become numb and continued to work non-stop.

Jiang Youzhen frowned. This should be mining. These people are either wanted criminals of the imperial court or bought mining slaves. They have no human rights. Once they come here, they have to work until they die. Moreover, the food they eat every day is worse than pig food. They can't even get full, and they have to do hard labor.

A lot of people died in the mine, so everyone is numb!

"Hey! Stop making trouble, the master is here! Don't offend the master!" A man dressed differently came over. His clothes were more elegant than the man waving the whip, which showed that his position should be slightly higher.

"Sir, my job is to supervise them and make them work hard!" The man immediately ran forward and said flatteringly.

"The master has been urging us to mine the materials quickly. We don't have enough manpower and you are going to kill people. If they are all beaten to death, will you do it?" the lord scolded.

Jiang Youzhen then realized that he was wearing a mask and had used a hat to cover his head and face, so he couldn't see his appearance at all.

"Yes, yes, yes! I dare not do it again!"

At this time, Prince Yuanming and his entourage had walked in from the carriage. They had also covered their faces without knowing when. However, Jiang Youzhen was able to identify their identities from their clothes and figures. Young Master Kang was among them.

"Master!" The supervisors saluted one after another!

"Is this the mining area? Why are there only so few people working? No wonder the speed is so slow!" Young Master Kang glanced around, extremely dissatisfied.

"It's almost over. We haven't found much ore in this mine. It will soon be abandoned!"

Prince Yuan Ming pointed to the house next door and said, "Let's go! Let's go check out the goods. They are all inside."

"You'd better hurry up, I can't wait any longer!"

"Don't worry! It will be done soon." Prince Yuan Ming said as he led Young Master Kang and the others towards the house over there.

Jiang Youzhen immediately got down from the tree and followed quietly. There were many houses here, and she followed the group and walked in, and she could vaguely hear the sound of knocking coming from inside.

She leaned in and listened carefully, and was shocked. She was very familiar with this sound, because her elder brother-in-law Zhao Wei liked to forge weapons, so wasn't this the sound of iron forging?

It's a pity that there seems to be another secret inside. Jiang Youzhen dodged and was about to follow in, but he found that this place was actually connected to a mountain wall with a stone gate in front.

Once here, she couldn't follow them. After all, there were so few people and nowhere to hide, so she could only watch them go in.

After waiting outside for a while, she suddenly heard someone coming and hid in the dark. Through the window, she saw an old woman carrying a tray of food into a room.

The dishes on the tray were quite exquisite, and Jiang Youzhen also saw the delicate food and presentation.

Why would a place like this need elaborate plating? She was a little curious, so she followed him and leaned over to the door to eavesdrop.