Zhou Mingshu and Yu Minzhi did not embarrass Zhong Lei and Fang Tao, Zhong Lei and Fang Tao had gloomy faces and left without saying a word. Zhang Song had already been escorted to the iron-smelting yard by Chen Jia's men.

Zhong Lei and Fang Tao did not follow, and rashly followed, not only could they not help Zhang Song, but they might trap Zhang Song in danger.

Although Zhou Mingshu and Yu Minzhi were not embarrassed, Zhong Lei and Fang Tao both knew that Zhou Mingshu and Yu Minzhi were afraid that they were already suspicious, and they would have to be more careful in the future. And Zhou Mingshu and Yu Minzhi had such a consistent opinion when dealing with Zhang Song today, which made Zhong Lei and Fang Tao very uneasy.

On the way back to their residence, Zhong Lei and Fang Tao both had gloomy faces and no smiles.

"You say, why did Zhou Mingshu ignore Zhang Song's life-saving grace and put Zhang Song into the iron-smelting yard as a slave?" After a while, Fang Tao asked.

"When have you ever seen Zhou Mingshu, who was born in the Shi clan, treat people from poor families as human beings?" Zhong Lei said, "In his heart, he will not think that Zhang Song saved his life, but will think that he and his subordinates planned properly, forcing Zhang Song to save his life." ”

After hearing this, Fang Tao thought about it carefully, and it was really the truth, so he was silent.

"I'm thinking, why did Yu Minzhi agree with Zhou Mingshu this time? Didn't she advocate letting Zhang Song leave Qingsong Valley? Zhong Lei seemed to be talking to himself.

"Yu Minzhi shouldn't really want to let Zhang Song go." Fang Tao shook his head and said, "She should hate Zhang Song from the bottom of her heart, after Zhang Song came to Qingsong Valley, he not only fought against Yu Xinzhi and Chen Jia, but also caused Shen You to lose his life, during this time, Shen You was very close to Yu Xinzhi." ”

"yes, that's it." Zhong Lei nodded in agreement.

The two were silent for a while, and then they were about to return to their lodgings.

"Is it appropriate for us to go like this?" Fang Tao said, "I'm still very worried about Zhang Song, the iron-smelting yard is not a good place, it often kills people." ”

"We just went to that place, can anything come of it? Can we still ask the people in the ironworks to take care of him in front of Yu Minzhi and Zhou Mingshu's people? Zhong Lei asked rhetorically.

Seeing that Fang Tao didn't speak, Zhong Lei said again: "Don't worry, when their people are gone, let's find another opportunity to go over and have a look, even if we can't let the people in the iron-smelting yard take care of Zhang Song more, we can also scare some small people." ”

Fang Yuan nodded, walked to Zhong Lei's residence with Zhong Lei and sat down, and the two were relatively speechless for a while.

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For Zhong Lei and Fang Tao's non-farewell, a trace of anger flashed on Yu Minzhi's face, but at the same time, there was also a trace of helplessness. Zhou Mingshu didn't show anything, his face was calm, as if he was fine.

After the escort reported that Zhang Song had been sent to the iron-smelting field, Zhou Mingshu got up and left.

"Sister, Zhong Lei and Fang Tao are too arrogant, they didn't say a word when they left, this is too much to see, right?" As soon as Zhou Mingshu left, Yu Xinzhi shouted angrily.

"What are you yelling about? If you have the ability, go and encircle the two of them, then they will naturally not be arrogant! Yu Minzhi glared at Yu Xin, and said angrily, "Now in this situation, we can only endure it first, otherwise, once the two of them are forced to take refuge in Zhou Mingshu, will there still be a place for us in Qingsong Valley?" ”

Yu Xinzhi was stunned, and asked him to encircle Zhong Lei and Fang Tao's subordinates, which would be too difficult for him, so he didn't say anything more, but there was still some anger on his face.

"Chen Jia, Xinzhi, during this time, you sent a few more people to secretly stare at Zhong Lei and Fang Tao, and report back to me immediately if there is any abnormality." Yu Minzhi instructed Chen Jia and Yu Xinzhi, "I always feel that something is wrong with the two of them today. ”

"They don't want to betray us, do they? Usually it depends on the two of them to keep their distance from us at all times. Chen Jia said indignantly.

"Don't talk nonsense, Zhong Lei and Fang Tao are still closer to us, and they have supported me more in major events in the past." Yu Minzhi said, "By the way, Xinzhi, Zhang Song has now been sent to the iron-smelting field, and the iron-smelting field often kills, so you usually have to take more care of him." ”

"Okay." Yu Xinzhi smiled when he heard this, "I will definitely take good care of him!" ”

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"Is it true that the ironworks are still dying as often as they used to be?" On the way home, Zhou Mingshu asked Li Mo.

"Yes, in the end, there was a shortage of iron tools in the valley, so the ironworks were urged, and more people died than before, and they were about two-thirds of a tenth of a month." Li Mo thought about it seriously and answered Zhou Mingshu's question.

"Big brother, I don't understand, if you hate Zhang Song and kill him directly, why do you want to listen to Yu Minzhi's woman's opinion and send him to the iron-smelting field?" Zhou Fang had completely lost that calmness at this time, and his face was full of smirks.

"Hmm." Zhou Mingshu glanced at Zhou Fang, and responded dispensably.

Zhou Mingshu actually can't look down on Zhou Fang, although the two are brothers of the same clan. The main reason is that Zhou Fang does not have the open-mindedness, openness, and calmness of the children of the scholar clan, just take it now, when he sees the smiling on his face, where does it look like a little bit of the children of the scholar clan, it is annoying to see it!

After being silent for a while, he suppressed the disgust in his heart, and Zhou Mingshu said again: "My illness is not completely cured. ”

"It's still the eldest brother who is merciful." Although he knew that Zhou Mingshu hated himself, Zhou Fang still patted his ass meticulously.

"But since there are often dead people in that place, Li Mo, you can go and see it when you have time, don't let him die, leave him alive, in case someone in Qingsong Valley has a disease in the future, there will also be a doctor to see." Zhou Mingshu ignored Zhou Fang.

Zhou Fang's sneer shrank and stretched out, and there was no trace of abnormality on the surface.

"Yes."

Li Mo replied loudly, turned around and ordered the people around him to do this.

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In the simple shed of the iron-smelting yard, Zhang Song was thrown to the ground, and he curled up, trying not to let the injured place touch the ground. However, his body was covered with scars, and no matter how much he changed his position, it was very painful, so he kept changing positions.

In this way, Zhang Song is like an earthworm on the hot ground, constantly writhing his body.

The surrounding blacksmiths all looked terrified, and they hadn't reacted from the intimidation of the entourage sent by Yu Minzhi, they all just looked at Zhang Song, letting Zhang Song writhe on the ground, not daring to move a little.

Later, the craftsman who Zhang Song had saved gritted his teeth, walked outside the shed, picked up a piece of wood, and put it beside Zhang Song.

"Engong, you, are you sitting? Be comfortable to sit on. The craftsman whispered to Zhang Song.

Maybe it was more comfortable to sit, Zhang Song nodded to the craftsman, trying to sit up straight. He was only halfway there, and he didn't know that the injury was involved, and he trembled in pain, and he was about to lie back on the ground again.

The craftsman was very discerning, and when Zhang Song couldn't support it and was about to lie on the ground again, he reached out and put it under Zhang Song's armpit, helped Zhang Song up, and sat on the wooden section.

After sitting in the wooden section for a long time, Zhang Song overcame the feeling of dizziness caused by the pain and looked around.

This is probably the most rudimentary shed in the world, not only has no walls on all sides, only a few weak pieces of wood support the roof, and there are several large holes in the roof. Directly opposite the shed was the iron-smelting yard, where smoke was billowing and the pool was half-flowing, half-solidified molten iron.

There were about a dozen or twenty people standing in the shed, only the craftsman who Zhang Song saved was standing next to Zhang Song, and everyone else was far away from Zhang Song, as if Zhang Song was a bad thing, for fear of being unlucky.

Zhang Song sighed, shook his head, and asked the craftsman beside him, "What's your name?" ”

"My name is Iron Striker."

Zhang Song burst out laughing, this laugh caused pain all over his body, and then he bared his teeth again, which looked very weird. A few of the slightly more daring craftsmen had smiles on their lips.

"I know what Zhang Jun laughs at, but I've been called an iron guy since I was a child." The iron guy didn't smile at all, but he wasn't annoyed either, he was just serious.

"Hey, smile, smile, ten years less. You see they're all laughing, don't be so serious. Zhang Song said to the iron guy with a smile, and at the same time pointed to the craftsmen who were smiling at the corners of their mouths.

Those craftsmen were pointed at by Zhang Song, like rabbits targeted by hunting dogs, and their faces changed suddenly. Zhang Song couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw it, but he could understand it after thinking about it.

"Is that all there are in the ironworks? No one else? Zhang Song estimated that he would stay in the iron-smelting yard for a long time, so he took the initiative to ask the iron-striking guy about the situation in the iron-smelting yard.

"That's all there is to it." The Iron Guy replied.

"Are these really the only ones?" Zhang Song was surprised again, "Just you people smelting iron, do you have enough manpower?" ”

"It wasn't just these people at the beginning, there were twice as many people at the beginning of this year." As he spoke, his expression darkened, and he was sad, "There are often dead people in the iron smelting plant, and until now, these people are left." ”

When it came to this topic, all the craftsmen present, both the bold and the timid, all showed sad looks.

"The mortality rate is so high? So why are you still doing it here? Zhang Song blurted out.

After asking, Zhang Song knew that he had asked this question in vain.

Sure enough, the iron guy said: "We don't want to do it either, it's just that we can't help ourselves, we are slaves!" ”

Zhang Song was stunned, Yu Minzhi and Zhou Mingshu were really ruthless, they were treating themselves as slaves, it seemed that even if they didn't want to kill themselves, they didn't want to make a good life.

Zhang Song stood up hard, turned around in place, carefully looked at each craftsman, and said solemnly: "Since we are all involuntarily, then we will work together to improve our working environment and living conditions!" ”

Most of the craftsmen looked numb and did not react. The iron guy was also indifferent, just watching Zhang Song speak.