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Chapter 535 Shen Yuan is not an ordinary person

He had been here for so long, but he had never seen the Second Master, let alone the master in black.

Because he is a mute, people here are actually a little relaxed about him, and sometimes they will take him with them when they go out to transport supplies.

He left some marks when he went out a while ago. He didn't know whether Ye Ming and the others had returned to Beijing or stayed in Zhaojia Village at this moment.

As for the matter of Zhaojia Village, I don’t know what happened to Zhao Xingjian. He hasn’t sent any news to the second young lady for such a long time. She must know that he is missing.

I don’t know if Ye Ming and others have been sent to find him.

Ye Lei came here following a convoy.

That day he had nothing to do and was planning to go up the mountain to hunt a pheasant to eat, when he suddenly discovered that a convoy had disappeared in a valley.

Then he saw that the leader's face seemed familiar. Thinking carefully, he seemed to be the sixth son of the Minister of War Chen in the capital.

He had seen him before when he attended banquets with the Duke. Of course, it was impossible for those nobles to have any impression of a servant like him.

Young Master Chen Liu, who was far away in the capital, brought his convoy to this remote mountain forest. Ye Lei was naturally very suspicious, so he followed quietly.

Unexpectedly, he encountered a ferocious beast. While he was fighting with it, a few people came and drove away the beast and captured him.

Those people were very strange. They must have something on them. The wild beasts didn't dare to approach them and only bit him.

Thinking of this, Ye Lei touched a torn purse on his body.

It was this kind of thing. After he was captured, someone gave him one, saying it could prevent attacks from wild beasts, and told them to wear it, otherwise if they were eaten by wild beasts, it would be their own bad luck.

After coming here, he realized that there was an iron mine in the deepest part of the Daxin Mountains.

But the place was heavily guarded and surrounded by ferocious beasts, so it was very difficult for him to spread the news, let alone escape.

Ye Lei didn't think too much about it. He was just thinking about how to send the news about the situation here out.

As Ye Lei helped the miner up, he felt sad.

Most of the miners here are villagers from nearby, and there are also some people who came from nowhere and are different from them.

Moreover, they should have some kung fu skills and they are not in the same mine as them.

This side of theirs is Mine No. 2, and that side is Mine No. 1.

Mine No. 2 is populated by villagers from the mountain, with a total of more than a hundred people.

Although they are all miners, they are treated differently.

The work in Mine No. 1 is fast, the food is good, there are many people and they will not be whipped. Some people even have a high status. They and the supervisors seem to take turns mining, sometimes they are miners, sometimes they are supervisors.

The situation in Mine No. 2 on their side is completely different. Not to mention having enough food to eat, it's good enough to have something to eat to sustain life. They are whipped at any time and are not treated as human beings.

Some of them were still plump when they came, but in just a short time, they have all become skin and bones.

Ye Lei knew that the people in Mine No. 1 were those people's own people, and only those in Mine No. 2 were innocent civilians.

He didn't dare to look any longer and helped the man walk towards the mining area.

The man he was supporting was a lame man named Li Niu. Although he had some difficulty walking, he was actually more agile than some normal men, yet he was always beaten.

The masked man in black was led to another place, which was still a mine-like place, but there were exhaust holes on top, and black smoke was slowly coming out. You could vaguely hear clanging sounds coming from inside.

The two did not stay in this noisy place, but went to a warehouse next door.

There were no less than ten people guarding the warehouse, and there were many people watching in the dark. Someone at the door saw the manager and immediately went to report it, and then the door was opened to let the two in.

There was a middle-aged man sitting in the warehouse, wiping a sword. He was in high spirits and swung the sword a few times. The sword was shining coldly and looked very sharp.

Seeing someone coming, he didn't look up, but continued to play with the sword in his hand. The sword was so fierce that it stabbed directly towards the man in black.

The man in black didn't move a muscle. He watched as the tip of the sword was about to pierce his heart, but suddenly stopped in mid-air.

Then the tip of the sword moved upwards and slowly reached the Adam's apple of the man in black.

"Be bold!"

The man in black's voice became slightly hoarse, and as he roared, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, landing on the tip of the arrow and leaving a bloody mark.

The middle-aged man was not frightened at all. Perhaps he felt bored, so he slowly put down the sword in his hand and glanced at the manager beside him. Feng Quan was also smart and immediately took his leave.

After they left, there were only two people left in the entire warehouse.

"Why don't you stay in Xinping County if you have nothing else to do? Why are you running here at this time?"

There was some resentment in the middle-aged man's eyes.

The man in black clenched his fists and looked at the man for a long time before finally unclenching his fists.

"Mr. and Mrs. Shen Yuan recently left Daliushu Village, saying they were going to other places to teach how to make yuba. I asked someone to check, and they did go to other places. But I was still worried, so I came to take a look."

The man in black explained his purpose.

If Shen Yuan were here, he would definitely see that this middle-aged man was his second uncle Huo Xiangxi.

Huo Xiangxi raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Are you afraid that he might have discovered the mine and come here to investigate?"

This is possible.

Although the news that my eldest brother brought from the capital said that Shen Yuan was just a farmer, and a reckless man who only cared about love, and even rejected the emperor's attempts to win him over.

But he always felt that the man was not simple.

Previously, Mor was killed in Black Wind Village. The information he obtained was that Shen Yuan led people to seize Black Wind Village, and Mor must have been killed by the farmer Shen Yuan.

Mori was his most capable general, and his kung fu was unbeatable in the entire military camp.

If Shen Yuanruo was really just an ordinary retired soldier or an ordinary farmer, would he have the skills to kill Mo Er?

He didn't believe it.

"Yes, Shen Yuan is definitely not an ordinary person. Although I have no evidence, my intuition is very sharp."

The man in black nodded and reached out to gently wipe away the blood from his Adam's apple.

Huo Xiangxi glanced at him, his eyes fixed on his mask.

Suddenly he walked forward, reached out and touched the mask.

The man in black stiffened and took a step back uncontrollably.

Huo Xiangxi's hand paused in mid-air, a sneer appearing at the corner of his mouth.

"I just think your mask is a bit annoying. My nephew, the God of War, used to wear a mask like this. There are so many people in the army who rarely know his true face. As his second uncle, to be honest, I'm afraid I might not be able to recognize him if I met him."

Huo Xiangxi sighed and looked away.

The old man protected him too strictly. As family members, they rarely saw each other. He wore a mask both times he returned to Beijing.

"He is dead."

The man in black said solemnly.

Huo Xiangxi chuckled:

"Yes, he is dead. How can a dead person come back to life?"

The man in black ignored what he said and walked towards the large boxes beside him. He opened a box, which was filled with shiny weapons.

There are spears and swords, but the most common weapons are bows and arrows.