Chapter 144 Gold Mine

The mountain road is difficult to walk, and with the heavy snowfall a few days ago, the already hidden mountain road is even more difficult to walk.

Fortunately, Wu Tiezhu often comes here for hunting and is very familiar with it.

An hour later, Wu Tiezhu suddenly stopped.

"Xiao Chen, just climb over the mountain in front and we'll be there."

Ning Chen nodded, and then asked Yuan Long to pass on the order. Everyone was on standby. He, Wu Tiezhu, Feng Qizheng, and Chen Chong... went up to investigate first.

Several people climbed to the top of the mountain.

Wu Tiezhu pointed to the mountain opposite and whispered: "They are in that valley, who knows what they are digging?"

Because the mountains are covered with snow, Ning Chen can't see anything interesting?

He subconsciously stretched out his hand, "Give me the telescope."

Feng Qizheng looked at him confused, "What mirror?"

"Uh...it's okay!"

Ning Chen shook his head and laughed, he was used to it.

However, a telescope is not difficult to make. When I return to the capital, I will try to make one.

"Someone's out!"

Chen Chong suddenly lowered his voice and said.

Ning Chen looked intently and saw a group of people walking out carrying pieces of wood.

There is a river between the two mountains. The water is turbid and flows very fast.

They threw the wood into the river and it floated downstream with the current.

Feng Qizheng said curiously: "What are they doing throwing wood into the river?"

Ning Chen shook his head.

He wondered if this wood was some kind of precious wood?

Ning Chen observed the terrain.

Then he took a few people with him and retreated down the mountain.

"Feng Qizheng, Chen Chong, you lead a hundred people to trace along the river and see where these pieces of wood have drifted to?"

Feng Qizheng and Chen Chong nodded.

"Be careful!"

The two of them agreed, took a hundred people with them, and left quietly.

Ning Chen looked at Wu Tiezhu, "Brother Zhuzhu, is there any way to go around to the other side without alerting the other party?"

Wu Tiezhu nodded, "There is a mountain upstream. The river flows through the mountain. There is a road on the mountain that you can climb over."

"Okay, you lead the way."

Under the leadership of Wu Tiezhu, everyone came to the other side quietly.

"Brother Zhuzi, is there any other way in this valley?"

"No!"

"Sure?"

Wu Tiezhu nodded, "My father and I have gone in before. There are cliffs on three sides, making it difficult for people to climb up."

"Okay, then let's give him a way to catch a turtle in an urn."

Ning Chen waved his hand and rushed towards the valley.

When we arrived at the entrance, a hundred people were left to guard it.

The rest of the people all went into the valley.

After entering, how long did you leave? Another group of people came out carrying wood.

When he saw Ning Chen and others, he dropped the wood and ran inside.

"Get them all for me!"

Ning Chen gave the order and rushed out first. He took off his crossbow and shot an arrow with his hand, hitting a man in the leg.

With a scream, the other party fell to the ground.

"Yuan Long, take them all for me. Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy!"

"yes!"

Yuan Long led people to pursue him.

Ning Chen came to those pieces of wood and looked at them for a long time. They were all ordinary pieces of wood.

"Bring him to me."

Two soldiers dragged over the man who had an arrow in his thigh.

Ning Chen looked at each other, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

"Sir, please forgive me. We are nearby residents. We will cut some wood here and go home to build a house."

Ning Chen laughed angrily.

"The mountains outside are full of wood. You are far away from the nearest and come here to harvest wood... Do you believe this reason?"

"It's now time, it would be good for you to tell the truth."

The man said with pain on his face: "Sir, we are really residents of the neighborhood. We just came to collect some wood to build houses back home."

Ning Chen groaned, walked over, knelt down, grabbed the arrow that shot into his thigh, and pulled it out bit by bit.

"Ah, ah ah..."

The man screamed like a slaughtering pig.

Ning Chen smiled and said, "Do you have any other answer?"

"Sir, the grassroots are really nearby..."

"Okay, okay..." Ning Chen waved his hand to interrupt him and turned to look at Wu Tiezhu, "Are they chasing you and Uncle Wu?"

Wu Tiezhu clenched his fists and nodded with red eyes.

"Are they the ones who entered the village, burned, killed and looted?"

Wu Tiezhu nodded and said through gritted teeth: "It was them. He was among the people who rushed into the village that day, burned, killed and looted."

Ning Chen said oh!

"Cut him!"

"yes!"

A soldier drew his sword from his waist.

The man's face was full of horror, "Sir, I say, I am willing to say..."

"You want to say it, but I don't want to hear it now!"

Ning Chen snatched the knife from the soldier's hand, raised the knife and dropped it.

puff! ! !

The blade of the blade slit the opponent's throat... Because of excessive force, it struck the wood next to it so hard that it made a sound of metal and stone colliding.

Ning Chen let out a light sigh, then pulled out the knife and found a gap in the blade.

"General Ning, this wood is hollow."

Ning Chen hummed, "Come on, smash it open for me!"

Two soldiers lifted a piece of wood and smashed it on another piece of wood.

With a click, the wood split open, revealing golden stones of different sizes.

Ning Chen was surprised, it turned out to be gold ore.

"Xiao Chen, is this gold?"

"This is gold ore, gold is extracted from it... It seems there is a gold mine here."

Ning Chen exclaimed, it was amazing, they actually hid the gold ore in the wood, and then threw it into the river, and let it float downstream... It was both concealed and labor-saving.

Wu Tiezhu was full of anger, "They killed my father and mother, Chuntao and so many villagers just for this gold?"

"The gold mine belongs to the court, they dug secretly, and you caught them... That's why they killed people to silence them."

"You guys, stay here... The rest of you, follow me in!"

Ning Chen led people into the valley.

From a distance, they heard the sound of metal clashing and screams.

When they got closer, they found that the other side had 100 or 200 people.

And most of them were good at fighting.

The ground was littered with corpses, and the air was filled with the smell of blood.

Fortunately, those who fell were all the other side's people.

Ning Chen took off the crossbow and quiver and threw them to Wu Tiezhu, "Do you know how to use it?"

Wu Tiezhu nodded.

"Protect yourself...Everyone, follow me!"

Ning Chen drew his sword and rushed into the battlefield.

He chopped down an enemy with one sword.

Then he swept away a person who rushed over with a sharp whip kick, and then followed him, and before the other party could get up, he cut his throat with one sword.

An enemy swung his sword at Ning Chen.

Ning Chen dodged the opponent's attack sideways, and then chopped off half of the opponent's face with one sword, and a shrill scream resounded through the sky.

The dagger in Ning Chen's left hand went directly into the opponent's throat, and the scream stopped abruptly.

"Put down your weapons and surrender, otherwise you will be killed without mercy!"

Ning Chen roared.

These people know some boxing, but they can't get any advantage in front of well-trained soldiers.

Nearly two hundred people, most of them were killed or injured in the blink of an eye.

"Retreat, retreat!"

Suddenly, someone shouted.

Ning Chen chopped down an enemy who rushed over with a sword and turned his head to look.

The person giving the order was a tall, bearded, and fleshy man.

These people were fighting and retreating.

Ning Chen took a glance and saw that they wanted to retreat into the mine.

"Xiao Chen, it was him... He was the one who killed my father, and he raped Chun Tao..."

Wu Tiezhu roared angrily and rushed over, aiming the crossbow in his hand at the bearded man.

Whoosh!!!

The arrow shot at the bearded man like a spike.

Who knew that the bearded man actually grabbed one of his own people to block in front of him, using his own people's lives to block the arrows.