Han Qi stumbled into the crowd, and before his eyes could see the situation inside, he was handed a bucket over, and subconsciously took it into his hand, and a person took his hand and said, "Follow me." Flash"

He followed the man forward with a deep foot and a shallow foot, and his eyes began to slowly adapt to the darkness in the cave, and the man said: "My name is Wu Wei, you call me Wu Da like them, I have been here for a long time, I know a little bit of everything, and if you don't understand anything, ask me." Our thing is also very simple, it is tiring, and it may not be suitable for it when you first come, but it will be good after a long time. ”

"How long have you been here? What the hell is this place, and who are they?" Seeing that Wu Wei was still good at talking, Han Qi had the courage to ask.

"How long have I been here?" Wu Wei was stunned for a moment, and his pace slowed down: "I don't know the time, but it's definitely not short, it should be ten years." Every spring, there is a lot of water down here, and if you can't work, you live outside the cave. ”

"What kind of mine is this, such a big scene. Now that the Son of Heaven is Shengming, they dare to arrest people by force? ”

"Be quiet, there are guards in the corners, let me tell you, this seems to be a gold mine, they have been mining for decades, just to hide from the government, otherwise it will definitely be taken away by the emperor, this mine is said to have been discovered in the previous dynasty, but it has been well hidden, and we people were caught in the hardest and most tiring work."

"Ah, I'm going to do it too?"

"Of course I'm going to do it, let's boil it slowly, I don't know if I can get out alive."

As he spoke, he came to a hole in the ground that went down, and there were two ladders side by side, and someone came up with a bucket at one end, and someone went down with a bucket on the other. Han Qi asked, "What is this?" ”

"This is what we have to do, drain the water out of the mine, otherwise the miners won't be able to do their work." Wu Wei patted Han Qi's shoulder and said, "Look at your fine skin and tender meat, you are also a person who has never worked at home, you are a sin." Look, the hole here is up, and the hole over there is down, don't do it back, go to work now. ”

There's no way, just do it. Han Qi put away his tears, scolded Wang San in his heart, and began the tragic life of a miner. After a few runs, I felt that my arms and legs were not the same as my own, sore, painful, but unfortunately I couldn't stop, there were people staring at them in the corner, and there were people counting them in the place where the water was poured. One by one, they gritted their teeth and persevered, silently shouting: Come on, I can't bear it alone.

He also knew why he kidnapped these passers-by to work, the main thing was that this work was too hard, and it was estimated that no one would do it. Flashing, but if there is water in the mine, you can't dig the mine, this is a gold mine, how much money will be lost if you don't dig for a day, and if there is demand, there will be supply, so some people think of this crooked idea to make money.

"My lord, it's been a few days, when are you going to destroy this workshop?" Wang San was also anxious, Han Qi was arranged by him to go undercover, what if there were three longs and two shorts, how to explain to his family.

"It's not time yet, wait two more days." Li Dongsheng worked hard to write, and did not raise his head.

"I'm afraid that after a long time, Han Qi will have an accident." Wang San said eagerly. "The person we arranged hasn't seen his person for a few days."

"I know, but there's no way, the situation is not in our favor right now. Didn't you notice that there were a lot of people watching us near the county office? Li Dongsheng said: "I just let the wind out, and it caused such a big movement, you said that if we go to the workshop to arrest people, how many people will stop us?" Just a few of us how to get out? I don't want to end up like my predecessor, Kim County. At that time, the case was not solved, and it was killed by others. ”

"Alright, my lord, what are we going to do?" Wang Sandao.

"You have taken a good look at the place for me, all the people in the salt field have been transferred out for me, all the food must be purchased by myself, and after it is cooked, let the dog try it first, be careful." Li Dongsheng said: "Now is the most dangerous time, we must be extremely careful, don't underestimate the mentality of some people and dogs jumping off the wall." ”

Pain is Han Qi's only feeling, the maternal relatives of the Wang San family have been greeted by him ten thousand times, he walked barefoot on the ground with a bucket, he walked on tiptoe in pain, he was from the north, and now he is soaked in water every day, his feet are already soaked a little rotten, I dare not imagine what the feet of those who have been working for a long time will be rotten. Walk slowly, I don't know that someone in that corner gave him a whip, if it is on the leg, stained with water, it is even more painful, and at first he wants to retaliate back, and now he just wants Wang San and them to save himself, and the life is really unbearable.

There are still three shifts here, twelve hours a day, every day when Han Qi walks out of the cave, he will take a big breath of fresh air, glad that he has survived another day, but his companions have become corpses, completely lifeless, and have been numb from torture.

On the first day of the lunar month, the day when the dripping water turns into ice. Everyone was warming up in the county office, and the officials and the head catchers were lying in their respective positions, and at this time, Jin Rong arrived: "My lord has an order, saying that there is something to be dispatched and the inspection will be called." ”

"Steward Jin, you have to go out on such a cold day."

"That's it, the water dripping into ice outside, who wants to go out."

"Adults don't understand us either."

"Don't talk nonsense, give you a quarter of an hour, and the adults are about to go. Don't drop the chain at this time. Jin Rong looked at Peng Lian, who came in a hurry, and said, "Lord Peng, the county magistrate also told you, the matter will be handed over to you here, I will inform Lord Gao." ”

Peng Lian's face was also ugly, and he nodded and said, "I'll arrange it." ”

Hurriedly gathered at the gate of the county government, and a group of people walked out of the city. At the gate of the city, he saw Liu Hong, and he took a few people to see Li Dongsheng's team of men and horses and smiled: "Where is Li County going on business on such a cold day?" Is there such a big noise? ”

"It turned out to be Lord Liu, and I heard that there was another case of missing pedestrians outside the city, so I organized people to go to see the scene." Li Dongsheng arched his hand at him on his horse.

"What? Something happened to be missing again? Liu Hong looked shocked: "It hasn't happened for a long time." I wonder if this official can go and see it? Anyway, I'm also in charge of the state prison. ”

"Adults are going, that's the best, I'm just a shallow learner, and I still lack experience in handling cases." Li Dongsheng glanced at Peng Lian: "Lord Peng patted his chest a few days ago and promised that he would make progress in this disappearance case, but you see that there will be another case in a few days, how can you believe you?" ”

"What the lord said is that the lower officials know that they are wrong." It's still embarrassing to be blamed by your boss in front of so many people.