Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Underground Mine
Arnss sat on the ground and stared blankly at the lake, "Difficult, could it be that a huge diamond like a mountain was turned into stone by this lake?" ”
Nerissa shook her head, "The mountain is so high, and this lake can't fly, how is it possible?" Holding his cheeks, he thought, "It must have rained before." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Huh? Rain also has this magic? ”
"Idiot, are you? It's not a diamond at all, it's a diamond forged from a stone! Finally the king wore out his patience, and Nirissa scolded with sharp teeth!
"Forgery?" Arnes muttered to himself, and suddenly drank righteously, "This is simply impossible, since the discovery of diamond veins in this country, I have carefully studied all kinds of diamonds, and I have also identified countless gemstones, although I dare not say that I am a master of gems, but I am definitely an expert." I have carefully examined these diamonds, and they are indeed diamonds, how can they be forged with stones? Moreover, the hardness of these stones is so far from the hardness of diamonds that even if they are faked, it is impossible to forge them with this kind of stone! ”
As he spoke, Arnes picked up a stone that was half diamond and half mountain stone, and took off a diamond ring from his hand. The diamonds on this ring are real diamonds.
First take the gem on the diamond ring and scratch it on the mountain stone, a deep and obvious scratch, and then take the gem on the diamond ring to scratch the other half of the diamond, leaving no trace at all, extremely hard.
"How could this be faked?" Arns would not believe such a ridiculous statement anyway.
"I also want to know how it was faked." Nirissa frowned, and she had no clue at all.
"Hurry up!" Suddenly, there was a shouting from the forest.
Syllable! The loud sound of whips made Nerissa and Arns look at each other, how could there be people in such deep mountains and forests?
Unaware of the situation, Nirissa pulled Arnes into quiet hiding, and shortly after the two hid, a group of soldiers in armor and spears came out of the forest.
"Soldiers of the palace?" Arnes recognized the armor at a glance, and there was no doubt that it was the King's guard. His eyes were full of doubt. "They are not in the palace, what are they doing here?"
Nirissa hurriedly put her finger to her mouth, "Shhh ...... "If you are discovered, I don't know what will happen, so be careful."
Then, following behind the soldiers, a group of men and women dressed in coarse linen clothes followed out one after another, about twenty or thirty years old, all in the prime of life, and saw that their hands were tied to a rope, as if they were escorting prisoners? Behind this group of people was another group of people with their hands tied, about twenty or thirty people. At the end was another group of palace guards. Strangely, these people with their hands tied were wearing strange makeup on their faces, some were mice, some were orangutans, and some were horses......
Arns's mouth opened wide in jaw-dropping, his chin almost fell to the ground, fine beads of sweat on his forehead, and he muttered a little nervously, "What about them?" ……”
Nirissa hurriedly covered Arns's mouth so that his voice would not attract the attention of the soldiers.
I saw that these two teams of guards escorted those men and women to this withered yellow mountain, and actually opened a hole in a hidden place!
Under the shocked gaze of Nerissa and Arns, the men walked into the hole. After waiting for a long time, after making sure that there was no problem, Nerissa breathed a sigh of relief and let go of the hand that was covering Arns.
"Are all those people prisoners? This is your prison, huh? But it's really strange in your country, not only to build prisons in such barren mountains, but also underground? Nirissa wiped Arns' hand on Arns's clothes in disgust, and said disapprovingly.
Shaking his head, "It's not a prisoner, those people are ordinary citizens of the Zadret Kingdom, maids in bakeries, butlers in diamond dealers...... They are all good people who do their duty. Arns's brow furrowed.
"Huh? Then how could they be brought here by the soldiers of the royal palace? He still tied his hands, and his clothes were dirty and poor, and he looked like a prisoner no matter how he looked at it. Nerissa looked at Arns's expression, raised her eyebrows, and the corners of her mouth twitched with delight.
"I, I want to go and see it!" There was silence for a moment, clenching his fat fist, Arns's head raised, his gaze determined.
"Well, I knew it was the result." Nirissa slapped her face, sighed, and said dejectedly, "Really, even if the gem dream is in vain, you have to ask for trouble, you wouldn't be greedy if you knew it." ”
Finding the entrance to the cave that the soldier had just opened, a gust of wind blew out of the cave, black and bottomless, Nerissa swallowed, "Are you sure there won't be a monster popping up here?" Or are there ghosts? Arnes didn't care at all and got in, and Nerissa had to keep up.
This cave is very long, and you can feel that you are going underground, and the steps under your feet are not carefully repaired, as if you were rushed out. The walls were also wet, at first they were yellowish rocks, but they gradually became harder.
Looking at such a one-way street that didn't even have a fork in the road, Nerissa was full of worries, if the guards inside came out, or if there were guards behind her, she would definitely be caught. But now that the arrow is on the line, there is no turning back.
Sonor! Sonor!
The further down I went, the louder the sound of tinkling metal striking in my ears, and the shouting and whipping of the guards could be heard. Nerissa suddenly realized what the hell was going on.
Suddenly, a huge underground cave in front of him stretched out, as huge as a square, several feet high. On the opposite side of the wall, there are large and small caves that extend somewhere, yes, like a huge anthill. The whole cave was full of people who came and went, like the people who had just been escorted, coarse linen clothes, dirty and poorly dressed, many barefoot, carrying stones, and digging hard rock with hoes and shovels.
Syllable! "Move quickly, move quickly!"
The palace guards with leather whips and leather boots supervised the work, and a whip was struck a man's body, but a bitter wail did not win the sympathy or mercy of the guards, but intensified, a whip was whipped down, the man rolled on the ground in pain, and the basket full of stones on his shoulders was scattered on the ground.
"How dare you lie? Don't get up and work for me! Don't play dead on me! With deep eyeshadow and purple lips, the guard's face was fierce and vicious, like an evil demon. As far as the eye can see, every guard is like this, as if he has been painted with makeup.
The men and women who were working around looked at the man in orangutan makeup helplessly and sadly, closed their eyes, and continued to busy their work.
The beaten man's eyes were deeply sunken, his eyes were listless, and his chapped lips looked like he was drinking very little. Even though his face was dirty from the work, like the guards, the man's face was painted with makeup, but not ordinary makeup, but the face of an orangutan.
"Roar, roar, roar!" It seemed that even the sound of the shouting had changed to that of an orangutan, and the man who had been whipped carried stones with his hands and feet like an orangutan, wailing like an orangutan, and rolling on the ground like an orangutan.