Chapter 13: Mine Tricks
After tasting the oiled tea, Fang Ming was born with the idea of wanting to survey the mine. So he asked to go outside on the grounds that the food was not ready.
Xing Kaishan naturally didn't dare to stop it! Hurriedly smiled and agreed. and also asked Fang Ming if he needed to accompany him, but Fang Ming refused.
Fang Ming, who came out of the house, felt a sense of comfort in his body, but the aroma of oil-coated tea made him a little uncomfortable. Because the smell is a little weird, irresponsible, it has a smelly, smelly smell.
It's not that Fang Ming wiped his mouth and didn't admit it, but the smell was really a little stinky. It was the same stench that Fang Ming had smelled when he first approached the mine.
It's just that now it's mixed with the light fragrance of tea and swallowed into the stomach.
Fortunately, these smells seemed to have some magical power, which made him feel refreshed, otherwise he would really not dare to touch the tea leaves again.
At this time, in addition to wanting to study the mine, the most important thing is that he wants to meet Zhao Tiehan and see what kind of person this younger brother Zhao Da sacrificed his life to maintain.
Fang Ming stood in the open space in front of the house and looked around, and found that most of the oil lamps outside the wooden house where the miners lived had been extinguished, so the entire mine looked like a different scene, from the original dark yellow to blue black.
The sunset on the other side of the mine that can no longer be covered indicates that a new day is quietly coming.
The mine is like a towering wall, covering most of this splendor, and Fang Ming is like an ant under the wall, carefully calculating his plan to move the mountain day after day.
"The few tufts of hay halfway up the mountain should be the oiled tea they are talking about!" Fang Ming said to himself as he looked at a few hay swaying in the wind in the cracks of the rocks on the mountainside. "Do you really want to stay up all night and climb the mountain?"
After speaking, he looked at the quiet wooden houses again, and smacked his lips helplessly: "The miners are still sleeping, Zhao Tiehan seems to be unable to see him for a while, so he can only use this time to go to the mountains for a walk, just warm up." β
In this way, Fang Ming stepped on the stone road that extended in all directions, passed through the densely packed wooden houses, and slowly walked towards the mountain in front of him.
However, after walking a few steps, he suddenly remembered one thing: Xing Kaishan said that there is no grass around the mine! Since there is no grass, which vegetable garden did Shi Zhuang go to?
An inexplicable uneasiness suddenly germinated in Fang Ming's heart. He couldn't help but have pictures in his mindβpictures of coming here, talking and communicating with everyone here. It's clear to every expression, every word, and the action they make when they say it......
"Hello adults! The small one is called Hou Biandan, and the fat man is called Zhu Bench. β
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"The villain's name is Xing Kaishan, and he is the owner of this mine. This big brother is a masonry in the mine, and his name is Shi Zhuang......"
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"My name is Shaotuo, and I am a blacksmith in the mines. β
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All of the images are moving at a very slow pace at the same time, and for a moment it feels fleeting.
He just remembered everything, to the beat of the drum that his heart was pounding and beating. Until I feel that my eyes are swollen and black, I can no longer see anything in front of me.
He felt the world spin for a while and then he fell heavily to the ground, and then two people walked over with slow steps......
"It's really looking for death by yourself, it's good to know the county and don't do it, it's a lot of trouble to come here!"
"Mine owner, you don't really want to kill him, do you! We have a hard time getting rid of the previous trouble, and if we die another magistrate......
"Do you think I want to, if I did, I wouldn't just give him tea!" After a pause, the voice paused for a moment, and then continued: "Let him lie on the bed, and wake him up when we have gotten the stones away." Hopefully, he'd better not wake up early and bump into our good deeds. β
"Then what about Zhao Tiehan and Chen Ergou?"
"As usual, it's still a mining disaster!"
"What about Zhu Bench and Hou Biandan?"
"Don't you think that group of horse bandits in Nanshan is a bit rampant?"
"The subordinates understand ......"
As soon as the two voices finished their conversation, a woman walked over with quick steps: "What are you doing?" I have obviously asked Shi Zhuang to deal with Zhao Tiehan and Chen Ergou, why are you still doing it. Do you have to let me remind you of the cause of death in the last magistrate of Jinxi County?"
"Don't worry, you won't die if you don't go that far. Even if he really got to that point, he could only blame himself for not coming at the right time. The same voice, still paused for a while and continued: "If you don't come early, you won't come late, so I chose this time." If the good deeds of the man above are ruined, the whole mine will have to be buried with them. β
"That's not ...... Can you ......" The woman thought for a moment and gave in: "That...... All right...... Don't die anymore. β
"The damned still have to die, otherwise the dead ones will have no meaning. β
"My lord, if Zhao Tiehan is killed now, will Zhao Da ......know about it?"
"I can't hide it if I want to, do you think the magistrate is here to see the scene? He came for Zhao Tiehan, and the black medicine egg actually has this kid's share, so we have to deal with this scourge quickly. β
"That ......"
"Don't ask, it's a mining disaster...... Also, hurry up and find a room in the county to hide, so that the people in the mine don't see it. The main thing is not to let that group of people see it, otherwise we will not even have a choice. β
"Okay, I'll carry him away......"
A few people made Fang Ming's life and death plan clear in a few words, and even more than Fang Ming, all the people who blocked their progress became damn stumbling blocks, and they were all planned.
They fiddle with them like marionettes, thinking that wherever the mine can be seen is their territory, they are even more fearless.
It's just that they would know that there is more than one pair of eyes staring at this moment and listening to all the conversations clearly.
In that wooden hut not far away, a miner who was woken up by the sound of a fall witnessed what had happened.
The other pair of eyes is even more subtle. It was so obscure that even Fang Ming might not be able to detect it.
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When the sun in the eastern sky slowly climbed up the hillside, it rose flush with the mountain. Shao Tuo carried a gong and played the most dry voice in the early morning of the mine.
He knocked as he went, waking up the sleeping miners. Every time I pass by a wooden house, there is a sound of waking up and waking up.
In the past, they should have dressed quickly and come out to report, but today no one went out. It's like they've been discussed in advance.
And the next shouting of Shaotuo explained the reason why the miners did not go out.
"It's still the old rule! Stay in the house and wait for the dumplings to be handed out to you later. Don't look at anyone, don't ask anyone. Be careful when you look at a knife in your eyes and a stone in your mouth. Shao Tuo shouted menacingly.
"Ma Yu'er, who works hard, the military master rewarded him with silver, and he ate meat buns at night. I don't understand the work, I get scolded, and I not only go hungry at night, but I may also have to be whipped. Hear me!"
Shao Tuo almost howled out the last sentence.
But no one responded.
"Good! That's it. When you should be deaf, you will be deaf, and when you should be dumb, you will be dumb!"