When these craftsmen heard this, they cried excitedly, knelt on the ground one after another, and kowtowed to Fu Yunzhang.

Fu Yunzhang personally picked up these craftsmen and said: "You don't have to do this, it's my parents' failure to fulfill their responsibilities that caused such a rebellious thing to happen in my jurisdiction." Let's hurry to the cave to check how many people are still there, take advantage of the fact that it is still early, and hurry up on the road. ”

The craftsmen hurriedly stood up and led the way to the cave.

Fu Yunzhang and Wu Dingyuan followed behind these craftsmen, carefully checking the movements around them. The secret guards of the Fu family left a few people outside to guard, and the rest of the people guarded around Fu Yunzhang and Wu Dingyuan, vigilantly observing the surroundings.

Fu Yunzhang walked and walked, suddenly stopped, and said: "Something is wrong, I always feel that the secret guard guarding the cave outside is too poor, this shouldn't be!" With such an important hidden base, how could it be that there were only so many people left? And will they be willing to leave behind craftsmen who are well versed in the key technologies of making weapons? Something is wrong. Oh no, get out of here, those craftsmen are in danger. “

Fu Yunzhang said, his body leaped up, and rushed towards the direction of the cave, leaving everyone behind. The secret guard of the Fu family naturally heard his master's words, and followed closely behind.

Wu Dingyuan didn't follow them as soon as possible, because his body had been badly trampled these days, and although he gradually improved later, his body was no longer as good as before. The reason why he insisted on it was because he had a strong belief in his heart that he must get out alive, plus he had a good physical foundation, so. He's just holding on here. Even if Meng Qingwei tossed him every once in a while, he didn't dare to toss him to death, because the people here were too dead and injured. And count on him to work.

Fu Yunzhang came to the entrance of the cave for the first time, but he didn't rush in, he stood at the entrance of the cave for a moment and listened. It feels too quiet inside, and the silence is a little oozing. He immediately had a sense of foreboding in his heart and hurried in. However, when he saw the scene inside the cave. A cool breath went directly from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, making him speechless in shock for a while.

I saw that in the slightly dim and spacious cave, there were countless corpses on display. A kerosene lamp hanging overhead was still burning, indifferently illuminating the tragic situation on the ground. Some of these craftsmen still had iron tools in their hands, some with bows and crossbows, and some with wooden chisels・・・・・・ but all of them died of black blood spitting from their mouths, and they all experienced painful struggles before they died. The face spasmed and died.

Fu Yunzhang looked at these craftsmen who died tragically for no reason. I was deeply jealous of the Sun family in my heart. What is the background of this Sun family, and he can always destroy all the evidence that is unfavorable to him at the first time. Now, even if it is known that Meng Qingwei has appeared here, it cannot prove that the Sun family is the person behind the scenes. And now that Meng Qingwei is gone, all the people who can testify to the Sun family have disappeared.

And they are also too cruel, how many weapons did these craftsmen make for them? Seeing that there was no use value, he did not hesitate to kill him, were he afraid that these people would reveal the secret of making weapons? Aren't the people outside afraid of leaks?

Just thought of this. I heard Wu Dingyuan's exclamation outside: "Master Fu, it's not good." All of a sudden, these craftsmen are dead! ”

Fu Yunzhang hurriedly flew through the cave and rushed outside. I saw that a few craftsmen who were fine just now had already vomited black blood and fell to the ground, and their deaths were exactly the same as those in the cave.

Seeing that the people behind the scenes were so ruthless, he thought that Wu Dingyuan had also stayed here for a few days, so he hurried to his side and asked, "Old Wu, how do you feel?" Is there something wrong? ”

Wu Dingyuan took a deep breath and felt that the breath in his body was smooth, and it was fine. He thought that he had only been in charge of transporting finished bows and raw materials for the past few days, and had not let him touch bows and crossbows, so he shook his head and said, "I'm fine, because I haven't been exposed to making bows and crossbows." It's just a pity that these craftsmen, the bows and crossbows they make every day are too sophisticated, even the ones made by the Royal Weapons Manufacturing Department of our Daye Dynasty are not as good as they make. ”

Fu Yunzhang breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that these craftsmen might have been poisoned in advance, so they were able to collectively die one after another. So he ordered his guards to bury all the corpses in the cave and the few corpses outside in the big pit they found, and found a few shovels from the cave, filled the deep pit, and finally piled up a grave.

They all stood silently by the grave, all in a sad mood. Especially Wu Dingyuan, he stayed with these craftsmen for a few days, knowing that they were all poor craftsmen and very simple, but he didn't expect to leave his life here like this.

They stood for a moment, then turned and returned to the cave. Because they also want to travel a while the sky is still light, at least find a relatively safe place to spend the night.

Fu Yunzhang led the guards to conduct a thorough search of the entire cave, only to find that this cave was a place dedicated to making bows and crossbows. It's just that the bows and arrows made by the craftsmen here are very different from the bows and crossbows made by the Imperial Armament Manufacturing Division.

Although the people behind the scenes did not leave the finished bows and crossbows, but the scattered parts were placed there, Fu Yunzhang could see at a glance that the bows and crossbows here were not only generally much more than the bows and crossbows of the imperial court, but also different from the bows and crossbows of the imperial court. Because he is not proficient in weapon manufacturing, he can only look at the general situation, and he doesn't know what the finished product is.

Fu Yunzhang asked Wu Dingyuan while checking the situation in the cave: "Old Wu, do you know where there is an exit here?" There must be some other exit besides the one outside, and they have to transport the finished bow and crossbow, right? It's impossible to climb a mountain, right? ”

Wu Dingyuan thought about it carefully, looked at the northeast corner of the cave, and said, "I don't know where there is an exit, but every time Meng Qingwei comes out from that direction, the exit must be there." “

Fu Yunzhang looked in the direction he pointed and saw that it was the northeast corner of the cave, so he led everyone over and carefully looked at the different places on the wall.

This cave was dug out by hand later, and the labor cost must have been indispensable. With the help of the kerosene lamp overhead, you can barely see the uneven soil layer on the wall, and you can't see any obvious difference. However, since every time Meng Qingwei comes out of here, there will definitely be a passage.

So, Fu Yunzhang carefully inspected every protrusion on the wall, tentatively touching it, hoping for a miracle. They could have gone back the way they came, but now that they were here, he wanted to get to the bottom of the cave. (To be continued.) )