Chapter 20 Mines
Typos and omissions have been fixed
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Yushan is divided into east and west, the east is where the Dawuqing cemetery is located, the mountains are full of lush scenery and beautiful fairyland, and the west is the Xie Jia Dan mine, the mountain rocks are bare and the grass does not grow like hell, a mountain beam separates the two sides, separates different scenery, and also separates different identities.
Lowly miners are never allowed to set foot in the land of the sacred witch.
The two small workers stepped forward quickly, stretched out their hands to push away the dense grass on the edge of the cliff, and a hole that only one person could climb through was revealed.
The back of Yushan is the Dan mine, after a hundred years of mining, there are countless caves in it, zigzag through guò everywhere, so it is not impossible to penetrate the whole mountain caves in this way, but such caves are extremely rare and extremely dangerous because they are penetrated.
The burly Yushan Mine Supervisor, who was in his forties, stepped forward with a black face, and he bent down and grabbed a handful of soil at the entrance of the cave, and his angry black face could also be seen to be red.
"Seal the hole for me!" He yelled, pointing at the two small workers and scolding, "There are miners sneaking in, are you all waste?" ”
The two workers didn't dare to make a sound, hurriedly stepped forward, raised the hammer in their hands and smashed it into the hole.
With a bang, the entrance to the cave collapsed and rocks piled up.
It collapsed in two or three strokes, which shows how fragile the hole is, and how dangerous it can be for people to crawl through it.
The overseer was still thundering.
"Someone, follow me to search for that person, find that person for me!" He roared menacingly.
The surrounding mine guards turned around and ran in response, and the grass and trees were flattened where they passed.
"Find that man, find out and fill in the mine! Look who could have dared to be so bold! ”
The voice of the Grand Overseer continued.
Xie Roujia couldn't help frowning, and Jiang Ling was also thoughtful.
"Fill the mine." She muttered, "My grandfather and my uncle are mine-fillers. ”
In the huge mine, when the collapse occurs, people jump in, first, to block the collapsed place with flesh and blood, and secondly, to sacrifice to the mountain god to appease the anger of the mountain god.
Sometimes this sacrifice was voluntary, a voluntary sacrifice to save more people, and sometimes it was forced, punishing those who offended the mountain gods.
Catch that guy to fill in?
"Is what he said true or false?" Xie Roujia couldn't help but ask Shao Mingqing.
"Do you think it's necessary for Supervisor Liao to joke with a lowly miner?" Shao Mingqing said.
Although she had never been to the mine, Xie Roujia also knew the status of the overseers in the mine, and for them, the miners were like ants, and there was no reason why they could be trampled to death, let alone when there was a reason.
Xie Roujia frowned.
"Who told you to be nosy?" She said.
Shao Mingqing turned his head to look at her with a solemn expression.
"Nosy?" He said, "Miss Roujia, have you forgotten what I came to Yushan for?" ”
Xie Roujia was stunned.
"I came to Yushan to take care of the Dan mine, miners are not allowed to leave the mine without authorization, let alone enter Yushan, this is a rule that has been passed down, mining is very dangerous, you must be cautious, the rules must also be followed, lest you anger the mountain god and cause a mining disaster, and now I find that someone has infiltrated Yushan, isn't this something I have to take care of?" Shao Ming said righteously, "Do you think that I came to Yushan to walk a horse to walk you?" ”
Come to Yushan to take care of Dan mine, not to walk a horse to walk you?
Oh he still remembers this!
If he hadn't said it, she wouldn't have remembered! Still putting on a serious appearance here to scare children?
What else is it called walking a horse to walk you? I even treated her with the horse!
"Stinky boy!" Xie Roujia raised her hand and gave Shao Mingqing a slap on the shoulder.
Shao Mingqing was unprepared to be beaten forward.
"You girl!" He glared and looked back.
Before the words fell, the chief overseer over there hurried over, facing Shao Mingqing, he lost his fierce and vicious expression, and changed his smiling face.
"Young Master Cousin, please too." He said with some respect, "You have seen this person, and I want you to testify." ”
Shao Mingqing nodded with a sigh, and was about to take a step, but Xie Roujia grabbed his back and dragged him down.
He glared back.
Xie Roujia also glared at him with a bit of warning.
"Young Master Cousin?" The chief supervisor asked puzzledly, his eyes falling on Xie Roujia and Jiang Ling.
This, are they the maids of the young master of the Shao family? It's weird to dress up.
"Let's go." Shao Mingqing retracted his gaze and said.
The chief overseer turned and walked away first.
"You are not allowed to identify him." Xie Roujia said in a low voice, "If he is a miner, doesn't he know the rules?" Risking violating the ban and walking through a dangerous cave must be a last resort. ”
Shao Mingqing looked back at her and smiled.
"Miss Roujia." He said, "Is it because we have to do things that we don't have to do? ”
Xie Roujia was stunned.
Shao Mingqing leaned over and lowered his voice.
"Not even your husband."
Xie Roujia raised her hand, this time Shao Ming took precautions early in the morning and dodged her palm.
"Let's take a look at this daring miner." Shao Mingqing said loudly, turning over with a smile.
Seeing them leave, Xie Roujia raised her feet and was about to chase after her, but Jiang Ling hurriedly grabbed her.
"Miss, why are you going?" She asked.
"I'm going to the mine." Xie Roujia said, looking at the people who were leaving.
Although Dan Sa has brought great wealth, Dan Mine is not a good place.
"Miss, are you worried about Young Master Cousin? I don't think he'll really point out the man who stole the fish. Jiang Ling said.
Xie Roujia smiled.
"Yes, I know." She said, "Because he just said that he had to do something he had to do and be responsible, not that he had to do something wrong." ”
Taking responsibility for one thing is not the same as being responsible for the wrong.
"Then why are you still going? Master Cousin will definitely come to tell you the result, let's go back. Jiang Ling said.
Xie Roujia looked at Shao Mingqing who was surrounded by the crowd, this person, although his speech is sometimes difficult to hear, but he is a smart, thorough and kind person, why did he cause the Xie family to overturn?
In that life, she was like a nightmare, a nightmare, a nightmare, and she was terrified, she couldn't see anything, so this time, she wanted to see everything clearly.
Look at Shao Mingqing, look at Brother An, and see for yourself.
"No, I just want to check it out." She said, raising her feet and chasing in the direction where Shao Mingqing and the others left.
Jiang Ling shouted twice, seeing that Xie Roujia had already run away, listening to her words with a wave of her hand.
"You go back first, don't worry about me, I can do it myself."
In the mine at noon, there is not an inch of grass and trees to block, and the huge valley is a funnel that is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, the autumn sun shines straight down, and there is no reflection at all, the gray ground reflects the sunlight, and the upper and lower are white, turning the valley into a big baking tray, not to mention going in and walking, even if you look at it a few times, you feel hot.
Shao Mingqing squinted and looked ahead, as if he noticed something and turned back suddenly, he saw Xie Roujia standing at the mouth of the valley.
"Why are you here?" He asked, turning back.
Xie Roujia's gaze looked inside, and her expression was shocked.
"This is the mine." She muttered, "It looks completely different from the top of the mountain." ”
Looking down from the top of the mountain, I feel that this mine is very small, without the slightest oppression, but now standing in it, it is I who looks small, and then looking up at the surrounding valley, the huge cliffs, the pale cliffs are awe-inspiring and shocking.
There were bursts of trumpets and scolding in the valley, as well as the sparkling movement of cars and horses, lively and noisy, and full of life.
"Don't walk around, it's dangerous." Shao Mingqing said.
Xie Roujia sighed, and she didn't know whether she heard it or not, and the person raised her feet and walked inside.
"Call me all the people! Don't pull any of them down! Come here! ”
The shouts and curses of the overseers rang out in the mine.
A group of more than a dozen people on the mountainside was slowly descending with boulders on their backs, taking one step at a time with the trumpet, but soon noisy footsteps came from below.
"Assemble assemble! Let's all go down and assemble! Hurry up, hurry up! The overseer shouted.
Gather now?
As soon as the marching procession stopped, everyone raised their heads.
Hurry up?
It's simply impossible for them to be fast, unless it's to unload the boulder.
"My lord, we are about to go to the bottom, and then we will be lenient...", the leader of the miners said with a pleading, and before he could finish speaking, the overseer threw up his whip and whipped him on the arm.
The miner's body shook, because the trumpet stopped, the sustenance of devotional devotion disappeared, without the mental support of the trumpet, the tired body was overwhelmed, coupled with this sudden whip, his body was crooked, his feet staggered, and the man rushed forward.
The man who followed him let out a muffled roar, and slammed his shoulders into the boulder he was carrying with the boulder on his shoulder, and the two boulders rolled aside, and the man fell to the ground, narrowly avoiding the boulder.
The fall of the two people in front of them made the whole team feel like they had lost their support, and one by one the boulders fell, and people also fell, but fortunately no one was injured.
The mountainside was dusty and wailing.
The overseer, who jumped to the side to dodge the first boulder as it rolled down, covered his mouth and nose with his hands.
"Hurry down the hill and go down the mountain." He shouted.
The miners looked at the boulder that had fallen to the side, and then at the foot of the mountain, which was not too far away, with a sad face.
The boulder did not reach the bottom of the valley, and today their work is in vain.
However, these things did not matter to the overseer, and it was none of his business to do it in vain, but it was related to him that the orders conveyed from above were not carried out in time.
"You shit, get out of here." He raised his whip and flung it down.
The whip slashed their heads and covered their faces on the people who were kneeling on the ground, and everyone ducked and begged to get up in a hurry, and stumbled down the mountain.
The miners in the team who had just stepped in to avoid being hit by the boulders were left behind, their dark skin mixed with dust and sweat in the sun, and he looked down the hill with a little hesitation in his eyes, and took advantage of the overseer's scolding in front of him, and suddenly turned around and ran quickly to the other side of the mountainside.
On the rugged mountain road, his body was brisk, and he disappeared after three or two strokes.
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Crossing a crossing...
It still has to be after ten o'clock, everyone goes to bed early and gets up early to watch. R1152