Li Deqian is a young craftsman, and he generally does not come to the mining area to supervise, but Xu Zhen insists on coming, and he has no choice but to do it, but as soon as he enters the dusty mining area, Li Deqian becomes excited, and he himself often goes out to find ore veins, and he is no stranger to the mining area.

Xu Zhen has only been to the diamond mines in Africa in this life, but diamond mining and screening are very different from ordinary mineral deposits, although the mining technology of Datang has been very developed, but after all, it is dozens of levels worse than modern times, so Xu Zhenxin was a little depressed, and hesitated for a long time before walking to the pit.

The leader of the overseer of the mining area is a thirty-year-old captain Chen Wang, who has a good relationship with Li Deqian, and he heard that Xu Zhen is just right, so he can't help but be a little contemptuous, but after Li Deqian whispered a little, this Chen captain was in awe, and even looked at Xu Zhen with a much more polite gaze.

Xu Zhen didn't bother to pay attention to these, he just came to look for pyrite, he didn't like the tactful little lieutenant, and his words were lackluster, Chen Wang didn't care, and the sons and daughters of this battalion were scattered to all corners of the mining area, urging the mine slaves to prevent riots.

Chen Wang has always wanted to climb the big tree of Li Deqian, but he was very enthusiastic and personally led the way in front, and intimately ordered someone to get a clean and wet cloth, and everyone covered their mouths and noses, and then entered the mine.

The flow of people in and out of the mine is continuous, and there are more mine slaves carrying buckets back and forth to suppress the dust and mist, otherwise the torches in the mine will detonate the dust and mist, and the consequences will be unimaginable.

The miners in the entire cave were like walking corpses, unclothed and withered, and were called like cattle, and the overseers behind them flicked whips on their bodies and faces from time to time, making it unbearable to look at them directly.

Caesar, who had been silent all the way, snorted coldly in a low voice: "Hypocritical Tang people! ”

Li Deqian's face was pale, and he didn't dare to say much, Xu Zhen found that there was a strange person in the northwest corner, this person was neatly dressed, full of complexion, full of energy, although he was wearing a military uniform, but he commanded a small group of miners in an orderly manner, forming a small team, and the work efficiency was surprisingly high.

The small group was in good spirits, not as lifeless as the other miners, and even the Overseers were polite to them.

Chen Wangnai, a veteran for many years, knew that this team had a lot of relationship with Li Deqian, and when he saw Xu Zhen's interest in this small team, he also pretended to introduce casually: "This person's name is Zhang Jiunian, and he can be regarded as an old man in the mining area, with a good temper, profound knowledge, and affection, and his physical strength is not bad, so let him act as a slave head, which can be regarded as making the best use of things." ”

Xu Zhen's brows furrowed, this Chen Wang is not a blind stream who is illiterate, using "making the best use of things" to describe Zhang Jiunian, rather than "making the best use of his talents", it can be seen that he does not regard these mining slaves as human beings in his heart, and Xu Zhen's impression of him is a little worse.

Li Deqian was a little surprised when he heard this name, and turned his head and asked, "Zhang Yungu's chief retainer Zhang Jiunian?" ”

Chen Wangjian attracted Li Deqian's idea, and nodded a little proudly: "It's the chief of the Zhang family!" ”

Xu Zhen felt that the name Zhang Yungu was somewhat familiar, but he was not from a historical background after all, and he couldn't be familiar with too many side details, but fortunately, Li Deqian was shrewd and explained in a low voice in his ear: "This Zhang Yungu is a character, since the Youzhou Governor's Office, Zhizhong Shu Province, and the beginning of the sage's accession to the throne, he has been satirized in "Dabaozhen". The sage Jiazhi gave him a silk tie and gave him an official hat of Dali Cheng. ”

"With such majesty, why did the chief retainer become a mine slave?" Xu Zhen asked with interest.

"At that time, there was a Hanoi native Li Xiaode, who was demagogic with rumors and rumors, Zhang Sicheng investigated his prison, saying that epilepsy should not be treated, but the imperial history of Wan Ji investigated his feelings, and the saint was furious, and the temple was beheaded in Dongshi, and his family was convicted and exiled here as a slave..."

As Li Jing's eldest son, Li Deqian is naturally familiar with the story of the temple, and as soon as this remark came out, it attracted Chen Wanghao's compliments, but Xu Zhen's attention was all focused on Zhang Jiunian, this person is not simple...

When the Overseer saw the captain go down to the mine in person, he hurriedly came over to greet him, Xu Zhen took out the pyrite the size of a pigeon's egg from his arms, and the Overseer frowned and thought about it, and called Zhang Jiunian over.

Zhang Jiunian is in the prime of life, burly, quite a martial arts master, even if he has lived as a mining slave for many years, he has not been able to make it dusty, and when he saw the pyrite, he couldn't help but secretly glance at Xu Zhen, and then bowed his head to report, saying that there is indeed a small deposit of this kind in the depths of the mining area.

Xu Zhen was overjoyed when he heard this, and was about to let Zhang Jiunian lead people to mine, but at this time, a soldier stumbled in from outside the mine, and shouted in a long voice: "Urgent!" Urgent! Captain Chen, Tuguhun's firewood raided the barracks and has already charged in! ”

This soldier was covered in blood, and there was a feather arrow stuck in his shoulder, but Chen Wang's face was difficult to look at, exposing the military situation in public, once these mining slaves took the opportunity to riot, the entire camp would not be able to be saved!

Li Deqian also broke out in a cold sweat, at this time they were deep in the mine, if the camp on the ground was occupied by the enemy, they would become turtles in the urn, and none of them would want to run!

Xu Zhen also scolded in his heart, and quietly looked around, the miners were still operating insensitively, but Zhang Jiunian's small team slowed down the work at hand, Xu Zhen looked up, and just met Zhang Jiunian's eyes, and a smile appeared on the corner of the latter's mouth!

"Oops... Follow me in a moment..."

Xu Zhen vaguely guessed something, quietly pulled Li Deqian, and whispered in his ear, the latter's face was like dirt, and he moved behind Xu Zhen quietly.

The soldier who reported the news thought that he had made a meritorious service, but he was slapped to the ground by the captain, and roared like a lion: "These barbarians only know how to herd sheep, you are afraid of eggs!" Get out of here, don't let people die here! ”

As soon as Chen Wang gave the order, the overseers cracked their poisonous whips and began to drive the miners to the ground, which could not only prevent them from rioting, but also push these lowly miners to the front line to be cannon fodder, which was a good strategy to kill two birds with one stone!

The mine slaves had already been beaten and scared by the overseers, and as soon as the whip sounded, they quickly gathered into a stream and walked towards the exit of the mine like a sheep, while Zhang Jiunian led his small team to blend in with the flow of people, but intentionally or unintentionally lagged behind.

Xu Zhen pinched Caesar's palm, the latter was an assassin dancing on the tip of the knife, how could he not feel the blood in the mine?

Halfway through, more than a dozen bloody soldiers rushed in, saying that the sneak attacker was Tuyuhun's Murong Division, and the number was unknown, as if they were going to level the entire mine camp!

Chen Wang's heart was horrified, the overseers drew their knives one after another, and the miners finally realized their future, staying in the mining area, maybe they could still survive, once they were caught up on the ground, they would face the inhuman Tuguhun firewood!

Xu Zhen has always deliberately fallen behind, secretly paying attention to the movements of Zhang Jiunian's handful of people, and as expected, when Chen Wang and the overseers drove away the mining slaves, Zhang Jiunian took his small team and took advantage of the chaos to flash into the mine next to him!

"If you want to live, follow me!"

Xu Zhen immediately made a decision, and said to Li Deqian in a deep voice, the latter had already regarded Xu Zhen as the backbone, and the current situation was chaotic, even if he went out to the ground, he could only fight with Murong Ministry's Ah Chai to the death, and when he heard Xu Zhen's call, he hurriedly followed.

From Zhang Jiunian's gaze, Xu Zhen saw unwillingness, forbearance, and wisdom, and his intuition told him that a person like Zhang Jiunian would never let himself and his brothers die of exhaustion in the mine, let alone die under the poisonous whip of the Overseers!

In fact, it is true, for this escape plan, Zhang Jiunian has been swallowing his anger for so long, and has been secretly digging secret passages, even if there is no surprise attack by Tuyuhun Murong today, in the near future, he Zhang Jiunian will leave here with his brothers!

The three or four overseers behind the palace were constantly urging those mine slaves forward, and the light in the mine was dim and the flow of people was chaotic, but it was the best time for Zhang Jiunian to plan in advance!

The brothers got into the secret passage one by one, he stayed behind and counted the number of people, twelve people were no more and no less, they were all martial arts masters who followed Zhang Yungu back then, and after experiencing the hardships of enslavement and epidemics, they were all elites.

Just as Zhang Jiunian moved the sealing stone over according to the pre-plan, intending to seal the entrance of the secret passage, a face appeared behind the gap in the sealing stone!

"Let me in, or no one will be able to leave!"

Xu Zhen's face was cold, his hand gently supported the flying knife belt around his waist, Zhang Jiunian's right hand subconsciously touched out a stone knife made of obsidian, but when he heard the scolding of the overseer in the mine, he gritted his teeth, and finally let Xu Zhen and the three of them in.

"Boom!"

Zhang Jiunian used his hands hard, and the sealing stone finally covered the entrance, and the brothers in the secret passage also lit the preset torches in time, and the secret passage that was half a person high was very narrow, but it was not difficult to kill Xu Zhen and the three of them.

These retainers of the Zhang family are all from the Wulin rivers and lakes, all of them are good men who lick blood with knives, and they can stay in the mining area for three or five years without losing their strength, which shows how strong the foundation of the flesh is.

They had been plotting this escape for a long time, spending three years digging tunnels alone, and in order to avoid the Overseers' surveillance and supervision, they had to let one person in and dig at a time, and the dirt was scattered among the others in the other corners of the mine.

However, now, just when they wanted to take advantage of the chaos to escape, they killed Xu Zhen and the three of them, these three people can make the captain Chen Wang and Yan Yue guide the way, it can be seen that the status in the army is not low, such a person follows him, how can Zhang Jiunian and his brothers escape with peace of mind?

But the young man in front of him can see through their painstaking plan for many years, and he can keep up, which shows that this kid is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

The brothers took out their own weapons one by one, although most of them were rough guys sharpened from ore, but they were all skilled, and there were many of them, Li Deqian's face turned pale at the moment, and he exclaimed with shortness of breath: "You dare to escape the punishment privately!" ”

As soon as these words came out, he realized that under the current situation, the three of them were in the mouth of the tiger, and hurriedly covered their mouths, their eyes full of horror.

However, Xu Zhen was extremely calm, and he stared at Zhang Jiunian directly, because he knew that Zhang Jiunian was the leader in charge of affairs.

"There are chaos outside, even if you can get out of this secret passage, how can you escape after you get on the ground?" Xu Zhen asked in a deep voice, making people feel that he was not an officer in the army, but like a prison escape slave like them.

Zhang Jiunian held the stone knife tightly behind him, his eyes exposed a fierce light, and he smiled: "I didn't know how to leave, but now I know, with you, an official in my hands, I can't leave?" ”

Their plan has only reached the step of digging through the secret passage, and the follow-up plan has not yet been prepared, but the people from the Murong Department came to raid, obviously the best time, and after missing it, they don't know how long they will have to wait, and they are worried that no one outside will answer, but they didn't expect Xu Zhen to send it to the door by himself.

But Zhang Jiunian knew that he could see from Xu Zhen's eyes that the other party was not the kind of fool who sent him to death, and sure enough, Xu Zhen snorted coldly and said: "This brother, you also think too highly of me Xu, don't say that I am such a small team, even if you arrest Captain Chen Wang, the sons and daughters in the army will not necessarily let you go." ”

When the man heard Xu Zhen say this, his heart was also clear, and his eyes couldn't help but dim, but Zhang Jiunian pressed down the stone knife in the man's hand, and asked Xu Zhen with a straight face: "I don't know what kind of escape plan Chief Xu has?" ”

Xu Zhen smiled, grabbed Li Deqian's shoulder, pushed him forward, and smiled at Zhang Jiunian: "This Li Deqian official will be a young craftsman, and he will be a hostage, and he will definitely be full of weight, if it is not enough, he is Li Jing, the Duke of Weiguo, I don't know if you dare to do it!" ”

The secret passage suddenly fell silent, Li Deqian looked back at Xu Zhen in disbelief, he couldn't imagine that Xu Zhen would sell him at all, but Zhang Jiunian's forehead slipped sweat, he looked at the corners of Xu Zhen's mouth with a sly smile, looking at the other party's unfathomable age completely incommensurate with his age, he felt that the secret passage became no longer stuffy, but felt a little cold.