There are many forests and trees on the mountain, and there are many rocks on the ground, some of which are not easy to walk, but this is not much difficulty for Chu Feng and the three of them, but the speed of going up the mountain is a little slower.

After going up the mountain, it soon became dark, and after nightfall, the three of them continued to climb the mountain, and finally reached the top of the mountain at about a certain hour.

After reaching the top of the mountain, the eyes are open, the mountains here are connected, although the mountains are not high, but endless, under the cover of night, like a dragon sleeping on the earth, the world is silent.

The three of them stood on a mountain peak, looking at the circular valley below, like a disk falling in the middle of the mountains, the valley was relatively flat, and rows of houses were built, although it was already midnight, but the lights were bright, and some people were walking.

Feng Yuerong said: "This military camp is quite big, what do these people want to do when building such a big military camp?"

Chu Feng said: "At this time, those people are still busy, you see over there, there are still many people stationed on that mountain range. ”

Feng Yuerong took out the astrolabe and said, "The spiritual power above that mountain range is a little richer than that of other mountain ranges, let me see what is in there." ”

Feng Yuerong held the astrolabe in front of her, and then looked at the mountain range, and after a while, Feng Yuerong put away the astrolabe and said, "There are really good things there." ”

Xia Yuhan asked, "What is it?"

Feng Yuerong said: "In that mountain range, there is a large amount of celestial red copper mine, no wonder there are people guarding it." ”

Athenite is a relatively rare ore, it is a necessary material for refining some top-level magic weapons and spiritual weapons, it is not easy to see in ordinary times, even if it is an imperial city, the reserves of Athenite are very small, and for some refining sects, the demand for this kind of Athemite is also very large. In the market, only some of the big auction houses will also auction it.

Chu Feng said: "There are so many celestial red copper mines here, no wonder the military camp is set up in this place." ”

Feng Yuerong said: "They shouldn't just be thinking about mining these days of cuprite, you see over there, there are a lot of caves there, just now the astrolabe shows that there are strong aura fluctuations in those caves." ”

Chu Feng released his divine sense, and after sensing it, he said: "There is indeed a strong aura fluctuation there, and the power is very strong, but the life aura is very weak, as if it is controlled by something." ”

Feng Yuerong guessed: Could it be that there are some powerful demon beasts locked up there, or is it a human?"

As soon as Feng Yuerong said this, Chu Feng and Xia Yuhan suddenly thought of something, and Chu Feng was surprised: "Could it be the same as the one I saw in the factory before, those puppets that have been drugged?"

Feng Yuerong carefully sensed the caves and said, "It's likely that they are some puppets, but these puppets are much more powerful than the puppets in those factories." ”

Xia Yuhan said: "I know, Commander Yan asked some information from those people, saying that every half a month, some of the strongest puppets will be taken away, but I don't know where they were taken, and now it seems that they should have been brought here." ”

Chu Feng was puzzled: "What do they want to do with so many puppets here?"

Feng Yuerong said angrily: "There are so many puppets hidden, there must be nothing good, if all these puppets are released, it will be compared to Longan County, even if it is the entire Jizhou, it will be turbulent." ”

Xia Yuhan's face was a little unpleasant, with a worried look on his face.

"Princess, what's wrong with you?" Seeing that Xia Yuhan's face was not very good, Chu Feng asked.

Xia Yuhan looked at Chu Feng and said, "Could it be that something big is really going to happen?"

Feng Yuerong asked, "What's the big deal?"

Xia Yuhan took a deep breath and said slowly: "The imperial court has received some information, saying that my imperial uncle has been doing something in secret, colluding with half of the officials in the central court, and some things that are paid tribute to the imperial city from all over the country every year must first pass through my imperial uncle's hands. Now, we have found such a large military factory here, and it must have something to do with my imperial uncle. ”

Feng Yuerong said: "Now that we have found out, let's hurry up and report to the Holy Lord, and let the Holy Lord send someone to exterminate this place." ”

Xia Yuan sighed helplessly: "Such a large arsenal, it is not that it can be exterminated, there is one more thing, that is, some time ago, my imperial uncle regained some military power, and now in the entire imperial city, except for the Shenji Battalion, even if it is my imperial brother, if he wants to mobilize other troops, he must only obtain the consent of my imperial uncle." ”

In this way, Chu Feng and Feng Yuerong were a little surprised, and Chu Feng was puzzled: "Could it be that even the Holy Lord can't mobilize other troops?"

Xia Yuhan nodded: "Some time ago, my imperial uncle suppressed a rebellion in the south and took over that place, and the army in that place naturally became my imperial uncle's army. Now more than half of the officials in the DPRK and China also support my imperial uncle, so now my imperial uncle has been going around to suppress the rebellion, saying that he is suppressing the rebellion, but in fact he just wants to strengthen his own power. ”

Chu Feng said: "Then how can the Holy Lord agree to let the prince do this, can't he not let the prince go to quell the rebellion?"

Xia Yuhan shook his head: "The affairs of the army in the DPRK and China, when my father was still in power, were all in charge of my imperial uncle, after my imperial brother succeeded to the throne, my imperial uncle firmly controlled the military power in his own hands, and did not leave my imperial brother at all. ”

The affairs of the court are complex and changeable, and it is not that Chu Feng and Feng Yuerong can understand that Xia Yuhan, as a princess, is also for the affairs of the court, and she has broken her heart all day long.

After listening to Xia Yuhan's words, Chu Feng and Feng Yuerong were also emotional, as the king of a country, they were under too much pressure, and they were completely deprived of the right to mobilize military power. Although the two knew that Xia Meng had been dealing with the Holy Lord in secret, they did not expect that things would be so bad.

Chu Feng sighed with emotion: "I really can't imagine that the prince has already mastered such a big power, so what will he do next?"

Xia Yuhan said sadly: "As far as I know, my imperial uncle is now contacting other officials in the court and working together to oppose my imperial brother, although he has mastered the imperial army now, but the city lord of Kyushu has his own army, I think, next, my imperial uncle will contact the nine city lords and win them over, if half of the city lords support my imperial brother, at that time, maybe, it is really time to change the sky." ”

Feng Yuerong said: "Among the nine great city lords, our Feng family definitely supports the saint, as for the other city lords, I don't know what they think." ”

Xia Yuhan looked at Feng Yuerong with satisfaction, Yangzhou Fengjia is the most powerful state in addition to the imperial city, as long as there is the support of Yangzhou Fengjia, that is the biggest hole card, to be exact, Xia Meng does not dare to move Yangzhou Fengjia now, it is because Feng Ziyang is sitting in Yangzhou, Feng Ziyang is the most powerful force to support the saint.

"Miss Feng, I also thank you for my imperial brother, with your Feng family here, my imperial brother can feel much more at ease. ”

Feng Yuerong hurriedly returned the salute and said: "Princess, you don't have to be like this, this is what our Feng family should do, and our Feng family will definitely not allow anyone to disturb the country." ”

After observing the top of the mountain for a while, the three of them quietly descended the mountain, preparing to sneak into the barracks and take a closer look.

After coming down from a gentle slope, the three of them climbed over the wall and entered the barracks, in order to hide people's eyes, Chu Feng knocked out the three soldiers here, and then the three of them changed into soldiers' clothes, dressed up in disguise, and came to the barracks.

It was already the second half of the night, and the hour had come to an ugly hour, but there were still many people in the barracks who were busy, except for some people who were on patrol at night, there were also some ordinary people here, either pushing wooden carts, or picking up pieces of ore from a distance.

Most of these people were taken from other places, some of them were prisoners in prison cells, and now all of them have been captured here to do hard labor and mine the celestial copper mine.

Chu Feng and the three of them walked here cautiously, checking some of the situation, but just after the time of a stick of incense, they were stopped by a person.

"What are you three doing?" said a man dressed as a leader, with a whip in his hand, swaggering over.

The three of them hurriedly stopped, Chu Feng turned around, and said with a smile: "My lord, we are in a bit of a hurry, and we want to go for convenience." ”

The man looked at Chu Feng and the three of them, and scolded angrily: "You know that you are lazy, didn't you see a few more people dead over there, after peeing, hurry up and deal with those few people." ”

Chu Feng asked, "My lord, why did you die?"

The man glared at Chu Feng: "Why is there so much nonsense, hurry up and get to work, and then dare to be lazy, see how I clean you up!"

Chu Feng hurriedly smiled and said, "Do we know, let's go right away, go right away." ”

The three of them hurried towards the place where the man said, where the ground where the copper mine was mined, and some people who were working came in and out, many of whom were sallow-faced, dark-skinned, and relatively thin.

At the entrance of the cave, a person shouted to Chu Feng and the others, "The three of you come here and carry these people out." ”

Chu Feng and the three of them hurriedly walked over, and saw five people lying on the ground, all of them with blood smashed out of their heads, and there was no breath of life anymore.

Chu Feng asked an officer and soldier next to him, "Big brother, how did these people die?"

The man said, "There was a sudden collapse in the inside, and a lot of stones fell on it, and these people were all stoned to death, and there are several inside." ”

Chu Feng was shocked: "Then why are there still people going in?"

The man sneered and said, "The collapse this time is not serious, so the above has spoken, and mining will continue." ”

Chu Feng asked, "Could it be that there have been collapses before?"

The man nodded and said, "It's happened several times, I'm used to it, this time, it's still light, once there was a collapse inside, and more than a dozen people were killed." ”

Feng Yuerong said angrily: "So many people have died, so why are you still letting people go in to mine?"

The man looked at Feng Yuerong amusedly: "This little brother, you are new here, isn't this kind of thing too common, what's the fuss." ”

Chu Feng said with a smile: "We just came here, so we are not very familiar with some things here, and in the future, please take care of this big brother." ”

The man said very righteously: "Don't worry, you can just follow me in a while." Hey, I hope there will be no more deaths in the future, otherwise, there will not be enough people to work, and I'm afraid it will be our turn. ”

Chu Feng asked, "Big brother, is it possible that we will also go in to mine?"

The man was a little worried: "If there are not enough people to work, of course it will be our turn, hey, I hope those guys can catch more people from outside this time." ”

This man said lightly, a little casually, although it sounds a little cruel and ruthless, but it is the truest portrayal here, if no one else can go in to work, then next, it will really be their turn to be the most inferior soldiers.