This is a deep cloud-shrouded mountain, different from the original geography of other places, after a period of excavation, part of the mountain has been left without vegetation, revealing large areas of red sand and white rocks. From a distance, it stands out in the midst of lush greenery.

From a distance in the sky, you can see that there are a lot of people who are working hard, and in this era of relatively sparse population, Sun Xiuqing has not seen so many people gather together for a long time.

It was the people who had been captured by the martyrs, and they had dug a hole in the mountains that was much deeper than a man. Sun Xiuqing lay on the back of the flying beast, took out the binoculars in the package, and carefully checked the movements of those people. But Ohno was more interested in the telescope in her hand than in observing those people.

Ma Yi also held a telescope, and while watching, she discussed with Sun Xiuqing in a whisper.

The approaching Flying Beast caused a brief panic among the people on the ground, but the Overseer's whip forced them to restrain their fear and get on with their work.

What are these people doing? Sun Xiuqing was a little incomprehensible, so she had to ask Ohno to command the flying beast to get closer and closer again and again to observe.

The Overseers in the crowd began to notice someone on the Flying Beast and raised their bows and arrows to shoot at them. There was no way, they had to retreat first.

When they reached the woods where the others had rested, the two little girls began to exchange observations.

"They dug deep pits in the ground, and in each pit there were at least two people working, and they seemed to have dug something out and put it in a clay pot. The people on the ground took the contents of the crockpot to the pond and washed them. ”

"But I don't think they washed anything good, and it's not all stones. Lie went to great lengths to catch these people over, just to dig up some stones and wash them clean? It's not a gem......

Ma Yi's complaint made Sun Xiuqing suddenly think of something: "Could it really be a gem!" ”

Sun Xiuqing actually didn't know how the gems were mined, but he had the impression that this kind of mineral-related should be digging a deep and deep mine hole underground and working under the dark ground, right? Could it be that you can find gems by digging a few holes in the ground?

Unbelieving, she searched the process of gem mining and found ...... It's really that simple.

In the time and space where she once lived, the inhabitants of some high-yield gem countries really enclosed land to dig rough stones in their rice fields and yards, and when they were lucky, they could directly get gems.

"But do the people here love gemstones, too? Mayi, you've traveled a lot of places before, and have anyone exchanged gems with you? ”

Ma Yi shook her head: "The first time I saw gems was in Korean dramas. ”

Sun Xiuqing asked Ohno again: "What about you, do you know who Lie is trading with if he digs up the gems?" ”

Ohno shook his head. Sun Xiuqing made a bold assumption: "I want to ask the developer, he asked me to stop Lie, I guess it wasn't he who instigated it, but he should know who it was." I guess, if not him, is someone he knows, that is, ...... People from my time. ”

Ma Yi was dumbfounded: "What do you mean?" ”

"What else could it mean? It must be some modern person who knows that there is a gem deposit in this place, so he instigates a fierce war, and the captive laborers come to help him mine the gems, and then use the time machine to transport them back to modern times and sell them, then he will not make a fortune! ”

Most likely, that's how it is. Every time a time machine transports items here, then you must bring some "souvenirs" with you on the return trip! Why don't you go to the trouble of going to this kind of place? The person who asked for the gem must be his accomplice, even if he is not a developer, since it is in the same boat, why should she come over to stop Lie? The two of them fell out in black and black?

Sun Xiuqing instantly made up a wonderful show in his brain. Send a message to the liaison assistant: "Those people who are arrested by Lie are mining gems, are you sure you want to stop him?" ”

The other person replied: "Are you sure?" Send photos from the scene to see. ”

Sun Xiuqing was really unsure, but it was too faceless to reply like this, so she chose to be silent. Then he said to Ohno and the others casually: "Ma Yi and I will go to explore again, let's see the situation and then talk." ”

Ono immediately said, "I'll go with you." ”

After speaking, the two glanced at each other, and their feelings were complicated.

Sun Xiuqing did not refuse, and the four of them decided to set off on foot. It's not far from the mines, and the Flying Beast has just caught the attention of the Overseer, and it can't be scared again.

After walking a few steps, Ono suddenly hugged Sun Xiuqing and whispered: "That guy Ono has been very wrong lately, no matter what he says, you have to remember that I found you first." ”

Sun Xiuqing couldn't help but "poof", and replied with a smile: "I know, I must remember what you found first, okay?" ”

Ohno passed by them, and when he heard these cold snorts, his face was full of disapproval.

Ma Yi followed closely with a smile and watched the excitement.

The mountain roads are rugged and almost no roads. After walking for more than two hours, they finally heard the sound of human voices and the sound of shovels hitting stones not far away, and the sound of shovels hitting stones.

Sun Xiuqing motioned for everyone to stop and lowered her voice: "Otherwise, let's arrest someone and ask, what are they doing?" ”

Everyone nodded. Ono rushed to get ahead, and the other three waited in place. After a while, Ono pulled a man with his mouth tightly covered.

Ma Yi was in charge of questioning, and she first comforted the man: "We know that you were captured by Lie, and this time I came to find a way to come and save you." What tribe are you from? We met some survivors, maybe we all knew each other. ”

The man was very flustered, but Mayi's words made him relax a little. He replied hesitantly, "I am from the Akang tribe, and all the men in our clan have been arrested, and I don't know where the women and children have been sent......

Ma Yi turned his head and asked Ohno, "Do we have any people from the Akang tribe?" ”

Ohno thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Yes, the youngest little guy has big eyes, and the thin one is called Xiaodou." ”

As soon as he said this, Ma Yi and Sun Xiuqing both remembered. Xiaodou is the one who always stays in the corner of the crowd, speaks very quietly, and eats the least, because he doesn't talk much, and the two of them don't even know his name.

Ma Yi asked the man again, "Do you know a child named Xiaodou?" ”

The man shook his head, too, there are hundreds of people in a tribe, but there are thousands of people, and they don't necessarily know all of them.

Ma Yi had no choice but to say: "It's okay, in short, we don't have malicious intentions." You sue us, what's your name? What are you doing here? What do you eat, where do you live, and how are you doing? ”

This person said that he was also called Ah Wu, and he had the same name as Ah Wu in the new city, in order to distinguish him, Sun Xiuqing and Ma Yi decided to call him Xiao Wu.

Xiao Wu couldn't help but cry when he said this: "After we were caught here, those people with whips urged us to dig pits and wash stones every day. If you come across a small stone of that beautiful color, or a big big stone, hand it all in. Actually, we don't know why they want those stones, but it seems to be very important to those people, and they don't allow us to be lazy, and we have to start working before dawn until we can't see anything at night. They made a clearing in the woods, and built some straw huts, and everyone slept there at night, and gave us food, but it was really very little, and we never had enough to eat...... I don't have the strength at all, I have to do so much work every day, and I don't give food at every turn...... Many people are sick, some have been beaten to death, people die every day here, I don't want to die, no matter how tired I am, I will continue to do ......"

Everyone fell silent, and in silence, there were occasional beatings and shouts not far away, but whenever any of the captives slowed down or stopped, there was first a burst of whipping. The weak voices of those people begging for mercy were close to his ears, Sun Xiuqing thought for a moment and asked, "Can you take me to see the stones you have collected?" ”

Xiao Wu hesitated for a moment, and said with a pleading expression: "I don't want to go back, please take me away!" I've got that kind of stone here, I can show you......"

As he spoke, he took out a few small crystal clear stones from the cracks in the leather skirt. These are still rough stones, irregular in shape, round and radial, but this does not affect their beauty. Sun Xiuqing picked up one of them and looked at the sun, and the clear light penetrated through it, which was particularly beautiful.

Although Sun Xiuqing did not know any gemstones, nor could she see the merits or value of these stones, it was clear that her inference was correct.

She took photos of the stones and sent them to the developer. She asked a slightly mocking question with a stern expression, a rather provocative meaning, and she said, "Yes, the purpose of the lie is to mine these gems." Are you willing to stop? ”

Sure enough, for a long time, the developer did not reply to her. Sun Xiuqing thought to herself: Whether you agree with it or not, I have to do it.

The four of them took Xiao Wu back, and Xiao Dou's eyes lit up when he saw him, and the totem symbols on their faces were the same, but the two didn't know each other. But this did not affect their happy recognition, and after the two got together, they kept talking non-stop, and their faces showed some joy.

Ohno gathered everyone together to discuss measures to save people. In total, there were only twenty of them, but there were quite a few people supervising the captives, and after a cursory observation, every dozen people in the mine were in charge of a pit, and there was a person watching near each hole, and there were at least hundreds of holes dug here, large and small, and there must be thousands of people here. Although most of them were prisoners, without their knowledge, if they broke in, the captives could only obey the orders of the overseers to deal with them, which would be a complete act of death.

"The best thing to do is to rebel and get the captives inside to cooperate with us." Even Sun Xiuqing, who has never read the book of war and has watched a lot of TV series, it is still okay to come up with ideas at this time, and one sentence will impress these primitive people.

Ohno followed her and asked, "How do you rebel?" ”

"It's the same as rescuing Xiao Wu, let's first quietly get a person out of each pothole, explain the situation to them, and then send them back, let them go back and explain it to others, everyone agrees on a time, and they start together, how about it?"