Chapter 16: The Secret Letter of Fire Paint
Dutou suddenly shouted angrily: "So you forgot all the orders from above?"
"I ...... This...... It's not ......"
"I wonder if Inspector Xing still remembers a voucher?"
"Uh~ Voucher ......" Xing Kaishan asked tentatively: "Is Dutou talking about the secret letter of fire paint?"
"It turns out that the owner of the Xing mine still knows that there is such a thing as a secret letter of fire paint!" Du Tou praised with a surprised face, but his tone was very mocking.
"Yes, yes, look at my brain, how did I forget about it. Thank you so much for the reminder!" Shao Tuo patted his head unconsciously, then stepped forward, took the arrow in Shao Tuo's hand and said: "Your army's black arrow is here, and I hope to present the fire paint secret letter." ”
Du Tou smiled slightly after hearing this, as if he had seen through this sinister and cunning beard. He took out the envelope sealed with fire paint from his bosom and handed it to Xing Kaishan, and at the same time took back the black feather arrow.
"In the second year of the Divine Sect, June, the twenty-third day. Xuanwu Foundry Office issued Jinxi East Mine, ten carriages and horses. 100 men of the Nirong Army were escorted by him...... Accommodations are required from states and counties along the route...... Fang Ming, the deputy magistrate of Jinxi County, is responsible for investigating the case, so there is no need to disturb unless necessary...... Xing Kaishan, the supervisor of the special mine, cooperated with the ......" Xing Kaishan read the content of the letter word by word, and at the same time had a deeper understanding of the old-fashioned style of the Nirong army.
"It turned out to be the Xuanwu Foundry Office and the Nirong Army's transportation army. Everyone, please come in ......" After speaking, he turned his head and shouted: "Ready to load!"
For a moment, the quiet and terrible mine suddenly became noisy. The sound of horses' hooves, whips, doors opened, scolding, rope rubbing, axle creaking......
"The people in the south room are loading, and everyone else is in the house. Shi Zhuang heard Xing Kaishan's order and stood in the middle of the courtyard and shouted.
As he finished shouting, the doors of the five wooden houses on the south side opened one by one.
The first of each wooden house to come out is also the one that looks more savvy.
The five stood in the doorway and counted the number of people to see if the miners in the house were all there. After the inventory was completed, they each took their own nineteen "men" to the mine.
It's not about going down to the mine and mining ore, it's about loading trucks.
For convenience, ore storage warehouses are generally built near mines, and this is no exception.
Ore is not afraid of rain, and warehouses are built only to prevent theft and facilitate better management.
"It's the same as before, one dormitory is responsible for two carriages. The foreman of each dormitory took good care of my subordinates, and I couldn't go anywhere except to load the car! Even if I had to pee, I had to pee in my pants. Strong stood behind them and ordered loudly. "Do you hear that?"
"Yes!"
The sluggish crowd gave an extremely neat answer.
Soon, ten wagons came one after another, driven by the coachman. They were parked in two rows in front of the warehouse, and the miners were also busy.
One by one, they may move, or carry, or roll, or carry, or two people with sticks, and three people with baskets......
Each of them is desperately carrying stones, for fear of a little slack. It seems that using every bit of strength in their bodies is what they should do, otherwise they will be sorry for the "hearty" breakfast.
A few horsemen were not surprised to see it, after all, they belonged to the Xuanwu Casting Office, and they usually went to the mine to pull stones, and the miners were naturally not uncommon.
But the Nirong army was not so calm, and they saw a familiar shadow in this group of glazed-eyed, confused miners.
The same desperate for survival.
They fight with their lives for the country, for their families, for their mission, and for their love, or they are simply miners who fight hard for a full meal, for their wives and children at home to have a full meal.
What is the difference?
But surprise to surprise, they don't want to get involved in it, after all, they haven't seen what the miners have just eaten, and they don't know how the miners are abused. All you can do is to feel more insignificant and look at it twice......
While they were busy pouring ore, a man in tattered clothes sneakily ran from the back of one dormitory to the back of another.
Like a little lamb that won't turn its head, it just runs over without looking at it. The terrible thing is that no one has even discovered his existence.
Shi Zhuang was busy taking care of the miners, Xing Kaishan and Shao Tuo were busy laughing and didn't see it, and none of the 100 Nirong Army noticed it, which was really strange.
"That'...... Isn't that Erhan? Why is he outside?" In a wooden house in the back row, a young miner couldn't help but mutter through the crack in the window when he saw the man in a ragged shirt running by.
An older middle-aged man in the same room changed his face when he heard this, and he went down to pull him barefoot without shoes.
The middle-aged man whispered and said eagerly: "Shh~ Don't look at it, this is not our business." ”
As he spoke, he pulled him back to the earthen kang.
The dark light of the room could not hide the dark color of the kang burned. The quilt was so wet that it condensed into a mud scab, and it exuded a musty smell mixed with sweat.
Even though it was so messy, they still lived here day after day. It may seem unavoidable to others, but it is indispensable happiness for them.
I don't know if he was afraid of someone to see it, or if he acted subconsciously, the man in the ragged shirt paused behind the wooden house for a moment and then shifted his position again. Or do you not look at the straight hook and run over......
But this time it was not so lucky, and the first time he showed his head, he was seen by a Nirong army's transport army.
However, the Yunjun did not make a noise, but rode to the side of the head of the capital very calmly, and whispered: "Behind the third wooden house in the north-west, there are people. ”
After hearing this, Du Tou glanced at the wooden house, but did not speak. As if he hadn't heard it, he continued to observe the miners.
The subconscious move of the head was an unintentional move. But it scared Yin Yuhan and Yin Luoluo, who happened to be hiding in the wooden house.
The hut was none other than the mine's kitchen.
The two women hid here before the army came, and they didn't dare to show their heads after that. In the end, it was two female dependents, and they didn't dare to take this risk.
Especially after the murder of the officers and soldiers who insulted and killed the officials' wives back then, it made these two identities that were inconvenient to intersect even more tense.
"Sister, they've found us! What should I do?" the timid Yin Luoluo thought that Dutou had discovered the existence of the two of them, and couldn't help but shout in panic.
This shout made Yin Yuhan, who was not very nervous, become anxious.
She frowned and grabbed Yin Luoluo's hand helplessly. "Shhh~ Don't shout. They didn't come, what are you afraid of! Not to mention ......."
"What's more, what?" Yin Luoluo, who thought he had some life saver, asked anxiously without waiting for Yin Yuhan to finish speaking.
"What's more...... And your brother-in-law is here! he won't ......" was halfway through the sentence.
Yin Yuhan, whose heart was hanging in the air, didn't know how to comfort Yin Luoluo, so he was frightened by the black shadow he accidentally glimpsed, just outside the window on the north side of the kitchen.
She didn't see whether it was a person or a ghost, but she was still so frightened that she pulled Yin Luoluo into her arms. In the end, it's a sister.,Even if you subconsciously react when you see a ghost.,It's the first time to protect my sister.。
"Who's there?" Yin Yuhan said as he stood up and called his sister behind him.