Are these people hiding too deeply, or is there another reason?
Countless thoughts flashed through Xiao Lingyue's heart. Suddenly, the man grabbed her arm and pulled her aside.
Only then did Xiao Lingyue come to her senses, and the sounds of movement not far ahead became clearer.
"Trash! Come and work for me!"
"No one is allowed to be lazy!"
"You! And you! Be honest. If anyone dares to be lazy, I will beat him to death!"
"Crack-"
The crisp whipping/striking sound.
In addition, there was also the dissatisfied voice of a man: "Why did it take so long for you two to go to the water? I thought you were dragged away by wild wolves!"
"Hey, haven't you been holding it in for a long time? I was afraid of injuring my brothers, so I deliberately walked farther away."
The two men who had been slacking off earlier laughed.
"I think you guys have been playing with women too much, and your lower body is no longer good, right? Wait for a long time!"
"You're not good enough!" the man scolded with a smile, "How about I go up there in a few days and I'll show you what it means to be really good!"
"Ouch..."
A group of bandits laughed and cursed.
The scoldings and the sound of whips mixed in behind him seemed particularly harsh.
Zhan Beihan and Xiao Lingyue hid in the dark, using the shadows to block them and looked in the direction of the sound.
At this sight, Xiao Lingyue's pupils tightened, and a trace of disbelief flashed in his eyes!
The man's face couldn't help but become a little tense.
The scene that came into view not far away did not surprise them, but it exceeded their imagination.
This is actually a semi-open-air mine!
The veins are tens of meters deep underground. The top and surrounding areas are hollowed out and supported by thick wood. From time to time, broken earth and debris slide down, making the environment dangerous and hidden.
The top of the vein is a large block of giant rock, with an irregular gap forming in the middle, leading to the ground.
The dim moonlight spilled down from the gap, which was forty or fifty meters deep from the bottom of the vein. Even if you raised your neck, you couldn't see the moon clearly.
From Zhan Beihan and Xiao Lingyue's perspective, they can see the entire mineral vein clearly.
The area at the bottom of the mine is very large, with countless wooden supports, fishing nets and other protection hanging next to it, and the stone walls are covered with torches. Every few meters away, there is a tall and sturdy bandit standing, with a big knife on his waist and a sword in his hand.
He held a whip in his hand and scolded him from time to time.
Under the flickering light of the torch——
Xiao Lingyue saw a group of ragged people. They were all men, ranging in age from teenagers to thirty or forty years old. They were all skinny and skinny, their hair was messy, their bodies were covered with large and small bloodstains, and they looked gray and gray.
Like refugees fleeing famine.
Some of them were bent over, holding crude tools, and were working hard to quarry;
Some carried burdens to transport baskets of quarried stones to the trailers nearby;
Some put thick hemp ropes on their shoulders, bent their waists, and struggled to pull the trailer to the side;
There were about one or two hundred people, and everyone was like ants who had been squeezed and trained, working back and forth without even having time to breathe.
There were seven or eight bandits supervising the work standing nearby. If they saw anyone moving a little slower, they would whip him hard.
"Work quickly! Do you want to die if you wait too long?"
"Who dares to be lazy and try it!"
"Hurry up, hurry up!"
The crackling sound of whips kept sounding.
Xiao Lingyue clearly saw that those whips had barbs, and there were blood marks every time they were whipped. Popular "" This chapter has been completed!