【0123】An open-pit mine under the stars
In addition to these three men, there are more than a dozen miners held here.
Basically, everyone is no one else, if Qin Yuesheng didn't come to save them, it is estimated that in less than half a month, these people would have to die of exhaustion under this underground, and no one even knew if they died.
The mine is more than two feet high from the ground, and ordinary people can't climb up without corresponding tools, and on weekdays, there are special supervisors outside to supervise, so it can be said that these miners basically have no chance to successfully escape.
But with the arrival of Qin Yuesheng, the overseer has been killed by him, and there are no guards, so the door is naturally wide open.
One by one, the miners were brought up from the underground of the mine, and these poor people who had seen the light of day couldn't help but shed tears of excitement.
Originally, they all thought that they would stay underground forever in this life, but they did not expect that they would see the sun one day again.
"Thank you. ”
"Thank you. ”
Qin Yuesheng waved his hand and said, "Don't be so polite, you can't be considered completely dangerous at the moment, after all, we will still be in the Meteorite Mountain." ”
"Isn't Eungong going to leave?" asked a miner.
Qin Yuesheng smiled: "I have to find Liu Zhizhang before I can leave, where is the main vein of the gold mine mined by Liu Zhizhang, who of you knows." ”
A group of miners, you look at me, I look at you, they all shook their heads blankly.
They are all just ordinary people, and it is already the limit to know that Liu Xian's illegitimate son Liu Zhizhang is secretly leading people to mine gold.
Just when Qin Yuesheng was about to let them stay here and look for it nearby, a miner suddenly said: "When I was standing in the mine to pee, I heard Liu Zhizhang say something about the land of stars before leaving, and transferring more people or something. ”
"The Land of Stars?" Qin Yuesheng raised his eyebrows.
The reason why Meteorite Mountain is called Meteorite Mountain is because there was once an extraterrestrial meteor that fell here, and that meteor was called a celestial star by the people, which is a very valuable clue.
"The guards here have been killed by me, and they should be safe for the time being, so you can stay here for now, and then come and take you away when I return. Qin Yuesheng made an explanation, and then left this place.
More than a dozen miners have been given the long-lost freedom, and they no longer need to stay in the dark underground to mine non-stop every day, which will naturally start their own venting of the sulking in their hearts around the hut.
Thinking that they were about to leave Meteorite Mountain and return home, everyone's hearts were excited.
Not long after.
In the distance, there was a sudden sound of rustling in the dense forest, and it was suspected that someone was approaching.
The miners immediately looked in the direction where the voice came from, looking forward to whether Qin Yuesheng had returned.
But the next figure that walked out of the forest, they were very unfamiliar, it was not Qin Yuesheng, but a man who had never seen it before.
He only had one arm, and his whole body was murderous, and his clothes were stained with blood.
As soon as they saw this person's appearance, all the miners immediately sensed that something was wrong, and they all ran back to the wooden house, took out various tools, and put on a vigilant posture to look at the one-armed man who was slowly walking.
In an instant, he moved.
At a very fast speed, this person rushed directly in front of a miner, grabbed the other party's cheek with one hand, and immediately pinched the miner's face bone hard.
There are no fancy moves, some just pick on the death hole and kill with one blow.
After a dozen breaths, the ground was littered with the corpses of miners.
Some had their throats pinched off, and some had a bloody hole in their chests.
Some of their heads were torn off their necks, and some of the heavenly spirit covers were smashed.
There are different ways to die, all of them are fatal with one hit.
Wu Shuai looked around, and suddenly asked himself in the air, "How can I find him?"
There was no sound to respond to him, so Wu Shuai nodded with satisfaction and ran straight in a nearby direction.
Coincidentally, when Qin Yuesheng left, he walked in this direction.
......
The place where the celestial star fell is located in the deepest part of the Meteorite Mountain, which can be said to be the primeval forest of the primeval forest.
As far as Qin Yuesheng knows, many worldly masters and reclusive masters like to live in this kind of place quietly.
After climbing over several undulating mountains and climbing a strange peak as steep as a cone, Qin Yuesheng stood on the top of the peak and looked into the distance.
I saw the mountains covered with clouds and mist, and in the distance higher mountains stood on the horizon.
If you put it anywhere else, this scenery is already a must.
But......
But in front of the cobblestone, whose size could be felt even from a long distance, all the spectacle vanished.
In front of this cobblestone, the nearby peaks are all more than a head shorter, which shows how big it is.
From a distance, the cobblestone stands out like a green pearl embedded in the mountains.
"This is the Celestial Star. Qin Yuesheng said shockingly.
The Land of the Stars, where the huge gold mines are located.
Qin Yuesheng didn't pause, he immediately jumped down from the side of the mountain, relying on the stasis ability of the Lingyan Body Method, he stepped on a treetop steadily when he landed, and rushed quickly in the dense forest towards the direction of the Heavenly Star.
......
There are countless strange people in the world, and they all have the essence of a certain industry and a partial door.
What these people are doing may not be considered the mainstream righteousness, but as long as they are used well, they can also burst out with unimaginable effects.
People who have feng shui can find the dragon vein and distinguish the treasure.
There are divination and fortune-tellers, who can know the future and measure the heavens.
There are people who go down to the tomb to find the tomb, you can open the imperial tomb and steal the secret treasure.
Liu Xian, as the assassin of Yangzhou Mansion, has hundreds of disciples, all of whom are strange people.
Among them, the 'earth master' Fang Xuanling is the most special, this person is good at finding ore and distinguishing veins, and has discovered a lot of iron ore veins and copper veins for Liu Xian, but they were all reported to the imperial court by Liu Xian, and asked the imperial court to send someone to manage the mining, but he did not dare to interfere at all.
In Datang, iron ore, salt, and gold are all resources that are strictly forbidden to be mined privately, and daring to move is a major crime.
The celestial star fell in the meteorite mountain, I don't know how many years, its surface is covered with all kinds of plants and trees, if you wait for thousands of years, it is estimated that no one will be able to see that this thing was once an extraterrestrial star.
At the foot of the star, an open-pit mine is very conspicuous, dozens of shirtless and strong men with leather whips patrol the mine, and the hard workers who dig and transport ore will immediately be whipped severely as punishment if they show signs of laziness.
In the middle of the mine, a wooden tower with only one path to the tower was erected, which could be used by the guards to keep an eye on all the laborers in the mine, as well as to rest.
The wooden tower has two floors, and at this moment, there are a large number of sword-wielding guards standing at the entrance of the first floor, and looking at the appearance of their temples are high, they should all be masters.
"Young master, the recent harvest is really good, eight hundred catties of gold ore. An old man with a beard smiled and shook his fan.
In front of him, a young man was lying comfortably on a bamboo chair and rocking, and two young girls were fanning him and feeding him grapes.
This person is Liu Xian's illegitimate son, Liu Zhizhang.
It is also the lewd thief who everyone in Qingyang City is afraid of, and everyone can't wait to devour their flesh and bones.
"Don't always tell me the good news, something bad. Liu Zhizhang said lazily.
"In the past three days, because according to your order, young master, we have reduced the sleeping and eating of the laborers, and all the time saved has been put into mining, although we have obtained a lot of gold ore, but we have exhausted more than twenty laborers. ”
"That's bad news. Liu Zhizhang didn't care: "This person is worthless, if he dies, he will go to the vicinity of Meteorite Mountain to catch some more farmers to make up for it, and instantly tie up their charming wives and good-looking daughters to me." ”
The old man's face couldn't help but show a trace of worry: "Young Master, this Qingyang City is not Yangzhou Mansion after all, we are secretly operating, and it is difficult for adults to reach out to help us, will it be too dangerous to loot the surrounding farmers so frequently." ”
"What are you afraid of, we are not no one in Yangzhou Mansion. Liu Zhizhang turned his head and smiled at the man sitting in the corner who was hugging a woman kissing and hugging: "You said yes, Lord Xiang." ”
I saw that person was actually the city defense captain of Qingyang City, Xiang Quan.
"Hehe, Liu Gongzi went to arrest people, recently the people in the yamen said that there were a lot of strangers in Qingyang City, and the adults from Chang'an were tracking them, and they had no time to pay attention to these small things about the loss of the population, you just arrest them, and when the time comes, I will push them all on the heads of those strangers, and I will ensure that there will be no major problems." ”
"Hear me, that's reliable. Liu Zhizhang looked at the old man: "This time, go catch more people and come back, don't follow up the goods." ”
There was no way, so the old man had no choice but to respond: "I know, young master." ”
"Recently, the situation in Beijing has been a little unstable, the Son of Heaven has not been to the court for five days, and the big and small officials in various places have some opinions in their hearts, plus there have been droughts and locust plagues in Shuzhong one after another, and there is a serious shortage of food, and the imperial court has not allocated much grain, so there must be some changes. ”
The old man nodded again and again: "The little one understands." ”
There were nine people in the room.
In addition to Liu Zhizhang, the old man, Xiang Quan and the three women, there were also three guys who were silent and had never spoken from beginning to end.
One of them was a young man in a blue robe.
The remaining two are all powerful men, these two people look mediocre, but in fact they are amazing, they are Liu Xian's personal guards specially assigned to Liu Zhizhang.
Two internal force realm heavy martial artists.
This configuration is not without luxury.
Liu Zhizhang asked the middle-aged man who was reading a book, "Mr. Fang, have you arranged everything over there?" ”
The young man raised his head: "One hundred catties of black powder have been distributed, and they can be used at any time." ”