It was 400 years since the founding of Great Chu and 6 years since Xuande.

The sky is falling with fire, and the earth is sinking into landslides.

The demons are dancing.

Bandits are rife.

The great kingdom was shattered overnight.

Same.

The county seat of Yongfeng in Si'an County was captured by thieves.

The head of the city was changed to the banner of the king.

The former Yongfeng County officials and officials were all thrown into prison, and their relatives sat together.

Flick of the fingers, six years.

……

Gray and dark.

The fog is cold, and it is clammy and cold.

The dark and dreary earth undulated, and miners in torn cotton jackets, like ants, held iron picks in their hands, clanged to mine ore.

This ore, known as 'iron-weary', has a blackish-brown color and is extremely hard, but its toughness is average.

With a heavy blow with an iron pickaxe, it shattered into pieces the size of a fist, and a small black liquid like grease oozed from it, emitting a fishy smell.

"Whew~"

"Whew~"

"Whew~"

Chen Jichuan held an iron pickaxe, panting like a cow.

Every time you make a move, you have to use all your strength.

Pieces were smashed on the body, on the shabby cotton jacket that exposed the small half of the arm. The iron-disgusting grease splashed with a fishy smell has long been stained and stinks.

Day after day of toil, all day long in contact with iron ore and these smells, I have become accustomed to it.

Sometimes chiseled.

Take a break from time to time.

It took half a day to barely knock down the small half bamboo basket, but even this small half basket also has hundreds of catties.

I did a long day of heavy work.

Sore arms.

Soreness in the waist.

Chen Jichuan's remaining strength can only carry a hundred or ten catties.

Carry the bamboo basket on your back.

It was so heavy that he had to bend over and bend over.

The heavy life of a miner made Chen Jichuan, who was only eighteen years old, look vicissitudes, and he looked a little older than the middle-aged man in his thirties in his previous life.

Every day, when the fog is a little lighter, Chen Jichuan has to go to work.

Wait until the fog is thick and the cold is unbearable, and then you can go back.

Day after day.

Years.

From the age of twelve, for six years, Chen Jichuan's body was destroyed. It's not just that it's a disease, it's more because of this hellish environment-

The fog is hazy and the humidity is too heavy.

Every night, there is a dull pain in the joints of the body, making it difficult to sleep.

And so it goes.

In a few years, the whole person will be completely wasted. Even if he can return to the normal world in the future, he will be sick all year round.

That's it, it's still light.

If they were treated as human beings and let them mine these ores to death like when they first came in, Chen Jichuan would not have survived to this day.

This place, which is privately called the 'black prison' by the miners, has buried many dry bones over the past six years.

Chen Jichuan's father, second uncle, third uncle, eldest brother, second brother, third brother.....

All of them died of exhaustion or sickness here.

Six years later.

The 'Black Prison' has also changed its owners several times, with a lot of mission clearance and a lower mortality rate.

Chen Jichuan and his younger brother Chen Shaohe were lucky to survive.

But it's just a lingering breath.

……

"Old Five."

Chen Jichuan glanced at Chen Shaohe, who was working hard beside him.

"Fourth brother will wait for a while, and it will be soon." Chen Shaohe snorted hard, panting.

Jingle bell.

Wielding an iron pickaxe, he doesn't lift his head, and he is quite familiar with his work. Talking to the fourth brother Chen Jichuan, although he was a little tired, his tone was brisk, and he was obviously not numb.

Chen Jichuan looked two years younger than him and looked old like him, but in fact he was only sixteen years old, Chen Shaohe, the fifth old, would always think of six years ago from time to time.

back then.

The family is still in Yongfeng County, Shi'an County.

Father, second uncle, and third uncle are all on errands in Yamen, although they are only officials, they have deep roots and have close contacts with large households and local tyrants in the county.

It's a snake on the ground.

The Chen family is not a good stubble.

In the smelly dung tank of the yamen, even a mouse was black-hearted, and there was no white feather.

The Chen family is the same, like most of the officials and officials, they don't do less than they lack morality.

Chen Jichuan was reborn, although he has Su Hui, but he is soft-spoken and young, so he can't stop or change it at all.

I thought that after I grew up, I would find another way out.

How did he expect that he was just twelve years old, and the huge Chu State would fall when he said it, and Yongfeng County, where he was located, was also captured by thieves.

The officials and servants of the yamen were all thrown into prison.

and even their close relatives will sit together.

Thereupon.

Chen Jichuan, who was only 12 years old, was imprisoned before he had time to show his ambitions. Immediately afterwards, he was sent to the 'black prison', and since then there has been no daylight.

But he lived a lifetime after all.

In his previous life, he had a happy career and a lot of money. Even if you don't count the large amount of compensation and insurance for his death in a car accident, the eighteen properties in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou alone are enough to support his parents for the rest of their lives.

Just reborn.

Chen Jichuan was still a little worried, and when he thought of his parents sending a white-haired person to a black-haired person, his heart twitched for a while.

But eighteen years have passed.

Everything was washed away.

In its place, there is the joy of being resurrected after death.

Even if it is so unfortunate now, at least it is a second life, and I don't know how many rich and powerful people can't imagine it. Not to mention, before he was twelve years old, his family was wealthy, and no one dared to mess with him in Yongfeng County, and he was like a little bully.

Chen Jichuan is content.

But.

The younger brother Chen Shaohe is only 16 years old now. In his previous life, he had just graduated from junior high school, but he had already spent six years in the 'black prison'. Watching his relatives die one by one, his life was gray to the extreme.

"One man does evil."

"The whole family suffered."

If this is put on other people, in the previous life, Chen Jichuan, an old and angry young man who is not correct in his three views and is 'jealous and hateful', will only applaud and applaud.

But on my own body, this taste-

"Fourth brother."

Chen Shaohe didn't know what the fourth brother was thinking, he knocked off the last piece of ore and threw it into the bamboo basket, didn't stand up at once, and looked up at Chen Jichuan.

This sixteen-year-old boy is not as strong as Chen Jichuan after all.

"Come on."

Chen Jichuan came back to his senses, holding the bamboo basket with both hands and pulling it up, Chen Shaohe borrowed his strength, and then stood up.

Two brothers.

Chen Shaohe was in front and Chen Jichuan was behind, helping to hold the bamboo basket of the fifth child in his hand and walking to the supervisor's office.

Along.

Not only Chen Jichuan, not only Chen Shaohe.

There are other miners as well.

Either carrying a bamboo basket alone, or carrying a burden, or two people carrying it together.

"Shiro."

"Little Five."

Many acquaintances of the miners also greeted each other with a smile when they saw the brothers.

Also miners.

The same fishy smell, the same dusty flutter.

Don't dislike anyone.

"Uncle Wang."

"Brother Zhao."

Chen Jichuan also smiled one by one.

The days of the 'black jail' are hard, but over the years, most miners have become accustomed to it.

There are still days to live.

You can't be miserable all day.

And.

The adults outside this 'black prison' also gave hope-

As long as you do it for ten years.

And the performance appraisal of each decade shall not be less than 2,000 catties.

You can get out of the black prison.

Ten years is not short.

But it's always a rush.

For example, Chen Jichuan and Chen Shaohe, the first batch of miners who came in, this rush is even more visible to the naked eye.

And because of this.

Now most of the miners are looking forward to the 'black prison' not to change owners again, otherwise there will be new 'adults', and I don't know if this rule will work.

It's ridiculous that-

Chen Jichuan also thinks so.

……

The supervisor is located in the North District Mine.

Chen Jichuan and Chen Shaohe were busy all day, going back and forth twice, each carrying 210 catties of ore, which can be regarded as completing today's task. The extra ten catties of fractions, which add up to a lot, whether it is used for rest or exchanging grain, vegetables, oil, salt, and meat with the mine supervisor yamen, are all excellent.

Get the bamboo chips.

The two brothers hurried back, discussing what the overseer had just said.

"Fourth brother."

"There is still mining in this mine, how can we change to other mines?"

Chen Shaohe was a little strange.

The mine they are currently in is mostly an open-pit mine, which is easy to mine and there is no danger of collapse of the mine, which is considered a good job.

If you move to another mine, it may not be safe.

Chen Jichuan also felt weird.

The overseer didn't explain to them, but just asked them, the miners in the north area of Mine 19, to gather early tomorrow morning and go to the new mine together.

"It could be that someone new is coming in and making way for them."

Chen Jichuan couldn't think of any other possibility.

In this 'black prison', there are mostly the kind of smelly 'iron ore', and I heard the newcomers who came in before say that this 'iron ore' can be smelted into 'iron ore', although it is too rigid and easy to break, but it is excellent for making arrows and spear heads.

In the Black Prison.

In addition to iron ore, I haven't seen normal iron ore, silver ore, and gold ore -

Maybe there are other minerals.

But Chen Jichuan has never seen it, or the adults outside the 'black prison' have not thought about mining.

So.

It is unlikely that the ore will be changed.

That's the case.

Changing mines, most likely is to make room for newcomers.

For six years.

Although Chen Jichuan is in the 'black prison' and does not know the changes outside, he also knows that the chaos is still continuing, order has not been fully restored, and there are major wars all year round. At the beginning of every war, there were always prisoners of war, and many of them were relegated to the 'black prisons' to serve hard labor.

Open-pit mines are easy to mine.

The newcomers have just come in, and most of them are mining open pit mines. It is easy to adapt, so as not to kill and hurt too much.

"Newcomer?"

"Could it be that the Black Prison is going to change masters again?"

Chen Shaohe sighed and looked at the fourth brother with some concern.

"It's useless to worry about this."

Chen Jichuan shook his head and looked at Chen Shaohe, who was a little hunched over and slightly old-looking: "Go back and pack your things." Remember, no matter what mine you go to tomorrow or what happens, don't take the lead. ”

"I know."

"The rafters that come out rot first."

Chen Shaohe nodded in response, and then squeezed his eyebrows at the fourth brother, and said sneakily: "Only if you have a life can you have a future." ”

When Chen Jichuan saw it, he immediately smiled.

The fifth child was born in the family of a black-hearted official, and grew up in the cold and desperate 'black prison', and his closest relatives died one by one. If you let it go, your heart will be dark, and you will be doomed to despair about life.

Fortunately.

Chen Jichuan had seen a lot of immortals and fantasy in his previous life, and he had tirelessly told Chen Shaohe about it over the years.

In one mysterious story after another, there are countless 'private goods'-

Guide people to goodness and shape the three views.

and deliberately described the protagonist as a native and born in hardship, but he was tenacious, and finally the opportunity came and the time came, and he soared into the sky.

Many of them are protagonists who only emerge in their twenties and thirties.

There is even a lack of seventy or eighty existence.

This is to give 'chance' and 'luck' enough time, so that Chen Shaohe will not despair no matter what age he is.

It turns out.

The results are remarkable.

Even in the 'Black Prison', Chen Shaohe always has hope in his heart, dreaming of being like the protagonist in the story, shining after suffering.

Use these afflictions as trials.

Even.

It's not just Chen Shaohe.

These fictional stories are also inspiring Chen Jichuan, and the help to Chen Jichuan is no worse than Chen Shaohe.

Chen Shaohesheng has few things to come into contact with, and is easy to be fooled, shaped, and motivated.

And Chen Jichuan -

It's because it's 'through rebirth'.

"If you don't die, you will always come out."

"To live is to hope!"

Chen Jichuan seemed to inspire Chen Shaohe, and as if he was admonishing himself, he stood up straight, and his dark eyes shone brightly: "Flowing water does not compete for the first, what is fought for is endless!" ”

……

Early the next morning.

The fog cleared slightly.

Chen Jichuan and Chen Shaohe packed up their belongings and rushed to the Yamen of the North District Mine Supervisor.

It is said to be a 'family belongings', but in fact there are only two quilts, which are sewn from the padded jackets on my father's body.

It was also the brothers' most prized possession.

Besides.

There are also very few necessities such as bamboo baskets, iron pickaxes, iron pots, and chopsticks.

As for the grain -

Outside the 'Black Prison', a batch of old rice, oil and salt, vegetables and even meat will be brought in every ten years.

There is a ration of aged rice, oil, and salt.

But vegetables and meat are not given in vain.

The ore that exceeds 2,000 catties every ten years, totaling the 'wages', can be used to buy vegetables and meat, although it is disproportionate, and very little can be bought, but for the owner of the 'black prison', there can be a lot of more ore.

It's a great deal.

Motivational work can be much more efficient than purely compulsory work.

This account is not difficult to calculate.

Chen Jichuan and Chen Shaohe are young and have little strength, they are tired and tired every day, and they can barely complete the task quota in ten years.

There is very little surplus.

Even if there is.

It should also be kept for backup when you have a headache and brain fever.

Therefore, there is not much surplus food in his hands, no vegetables, only two salted fish, which are rare and delicious, wrapped in a washed rag by Chen Shaohe and hidden in the pocket containing the old rice.

The two hugged the quilt tightly, and the bamboo basket behind them made a loud noise.

When I arrived.

The miners of the North District have already arrived.

When the time arrived, there were not many people, and it was very inconspicuous.

There are a total of 10 sub-districts in the North District.

Chen Jichuan and Chen Shaohe were in the North Second District, finding acquaintances in their own districts, standing in a queue, waiting for everyone to come over.

No one in the room spoke.

Most of these miners are acquaintances with each other, and they can chat whenever they want, so there is no need to gossip at this time.

Chen Jichuan hugged the quilt and carried the basket on his back.

Nor do they speak.

By the time the miners in the North District arrived, the open space in front of the 'Acting Mine Supervision Yamen' that had been leveled out by Chen Jichuan and his miners two years ago was already full.

There are fifty columns in total.

A total of five hundred.

The 19th Mine has four districts, east, west, north and south, and there are enough 2,000 miners.

Of course.

This is a full quota.

Although the miners in the black prison have died less in the past two years, there are still people who die every month, and they are rarely replenished in time, so every mine prison is rarely full.

Chen Jichuan waited quietly.

After the people are all together.

About half an hour later, someone finally came.

The crowd began with a commotion, then fell silent in an instant. Chen Jichuan tried to straighten up and look, and saw a dozen or so armor soldiers in black armor and armed with blades walking out of the mine supervisor's yamen, and his heart tightened.

These armor soldiers are the force of the 'Black Prison'.

Nearly 10,000 miners were suppressed.

In the past two years, there were miners who had just entered the black prison and lured hundreds of people to storm the mine prison, and they were killed by these black armors. In that battle, it was just a dispatch of twenty black armor.

"Black Armor."

"What is worth the Black Armor?"

Chen Jichuan was secretly puzzled, and he became vigilant in his heart.

The prestige of the Black Armor.

Chen Jichuan is not the only one who knows.

This can be seen from the fact that as soon as the black armor came out, there was no more subtle sound on the field.

Chen Shaohe stood in front of Chen Jichuan, glanced at Hei Jia, and immediately lowered his head, firmly remembering the fourth brother's advice: "Don't let people see the light in your eyes." ”

Silent in my heart.

Keep your head down.

After the black armor, several more figures in robes came out. This is the mine supervision official, and the leader Chen Jichuan doesn't know, but standing in the middle age later, Chen Jichuan knows that it is 'Feng Mo', the warden of the North District Mining Bureau. Behind him, there were also the clerks and recorders of the North District, as well as the ten overseers who often dealt with him.

The adults of the North District Mines Department are here.

The one who can stand in front of Feng Mo must be the big man of the mine supervisor.

These people come out.

The faces may or may not be obvious, but there is a more or less disgusted look.

Chen Jichuan and these miners deal with iron-tired ore all day long, and their bodies are extremely fishy. I don't think it's the same smell between each other, and I can't feel it. But these adults sat in the yamen all day long, all of them were noble, and they were cold to face the miners, and they were immediately smoked.

Where will there be a good face.

Without saying a word, let the overseers lead the districts to set out.

Silence all the way.

The grown-ups are far ahead.

Miners are in the middle.

Twelve black-armored guards left and right, front and back.

Half a day later.

According to the footsteps, there should be twenty or thirty miles of land. Along the way, as far as the eye can see, all are black and oppressive mountain rocks.

The mountains are black.

The road is yellow.

Plants and trees are rare.

It's hard to see other colors.

Only when the stream and river flow can you see a touch of clarity, which makes people relieve the depression in their hearts a little.

This way.

Out of the Nineteen Mines.

When the fog was a little thicker, we arrived at a place where there were dozens of thatched huts.

Chen Jichuan thought that this was the destination.

As a result, hundreds of people squeezed all night, and then set off again the next day.

Hurry during the day and rest at night.

Walked for half a month.

It was estimated that it was five or six hundred miles away from the Nineteenth Mine, and finally stopped.

New Mine –

It's here.

……

"This is the new mine?"

"It's so high."

"A lot of caves."

After days of hurrying, the miners were also a little tired. When they saw their destination, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

So is Chen Jichuan.

Like the other miners, he looked up at the towering mountains that did not rise to the top, and at a glance he saw that there were caves on the cliff face. From the bottom of the mountain, you can't see the inside of the cave clearly.

But you can see it.

On the cliff wall, climbing ladders climb and fall down from the mouth of the cave. With such a steep cliff, I don't know who has the ability to fix the climbing ladder.

"Are you going to let us go into this cave and mine?"

Chen Shaohe also saw it, and couldn't help but whisper to the fourth brother.

This cliff is so high and steep that even if there is a climbing ladder to fix it, if you are not careful when climbing, you may fall to pieces. It would be even more dangerous to carry the mined ore on its back.

"We'll find out later."

Chen Jichuan motioned to Chen Shaohe not to speak.

The hearts of the miners present were apprehensive, and they inevitably buzzed with discussion.

Then.

'Feng Mo', who was originally in charge of the North District Mining Bureau, frowned slightly, and shouted loudly: "Quiet! ”

Drink with a snort.

For a moment, there was silence.

"What a loud voice."

Chen Jichuan thought secretly in his heart and looked at Feng Mo.

Seeing that Feng Mo's eyes were like eagles, he glanced at the crowd coldly, and when he saw that no one spoke, he said coldly: "From now on, you will live in these caves, as long as you can find twenty pieces of this ore, you can go out." ”

As soon as this remark came out.

There was almost another commotion on the field.

Isn't what these miners want most is to get out of the black prison?

When Leng Buding heard Feng Mo mention it, he was inevitably excited.

Fortunately, Feng Mo's appearance was terrifying, and there were twelve black armors beside him, which shocked the miners, so he was secretly happy and did not make a sound.

"Get out?"

Chen Jichuan looked at Feng Mo.

In his hand, I saw that it was a fist-sized, indigo-colored stone. The stone looked pitted and numb, and it didn't know what it was for.

Feng Mo took the ore in his hand and let everyone see it clearly.

Chen Jichuan tried to look at it and keep it in his mind.

"Twenty bucks."

"Out of the Black Prison."

Thinking of Feng Mo's words, Chen Jichuan felt both hot and uneasy in his heart.

What's hot is -

God knows how much he hates the black prison and wants to get out.

Now you only need to find twenty of those ores to get out, maybe it's a shortcut.

What's unsettling is that—

……

"These adults are all shrewd, and the Black Prison Miners are obviously insufficient, how can they let us out so easily?"

Chen Jichuan trembled, climbed the ladder to a cave, and then told Chen Shaohe what he had just thought.

"It's certainly not a good thing."

Chen Shaohe is not stupid and sweet, and knows that there is no good thing in this world that falls from the sky.

There was also a worried look on his face.

But.

"Man is a sword, I am a fish."

"You have to pick up this pie if you don't pick it up, and you have to eat it if you don't eat it."

Chen Jichuan was weak in his heart, "We don't have a choice." ”

I don't have a choice.

You can only take one step at a time.

Chen Jichuan and Chen Shaohe walked into the cave.

The cave is seven or eight meters high and winds deep, and it is not known where it leads. Chen Jichuan took out a piece of fluorescent stone from the bamboo basket. Radiating light, it illuminates the surrounding three or five meters.

According to newcomers who have entered the 'black prison' in the past, this fluorescent stone was originally very precious, but two years ago, a new mining area was discovered in Muhua County next door, and this fluorescent stone was produced in it, so it gradually became popular.

The cave is dark and lightless.

It was dark and damp, and ordinary torches could easily be extinguished, so they were given fluorescent stones.

Chen Jichuan scratched a few times at the entrance of the cave, indicating that this cave has an owner.

And then go inside.

One foot deep and one foot shallow.

There was a lot of standing water in the cave, which was much colder than outside.

Chen Shaohe couldn't help but shiver and wrapped the padded jacket on his body tightly.

"Let's get started."

"It's not cold when you move."

Seeing this, Chen Jichuan didn't go inside.

It's in place.

I took out an iron pickaxe from the bamboo basket and looked at the rock walls on both sides, and finally decided to start with my feet. According to Feng Mo, the kind of ore called 'spirit ore' is actually an associated mineral of iron-disgusting ore, which is extremely rare, and is hidden in iron-disgusting ore. But it is necessary to crush the iron-disgusting ore little by little to find the spiritual ore wrapped inside.

It's pretty much the same as ever.

Moreover, the work of carrying ore is exempted, and there is not much quota. As long as you can stay in this mine, there is no punishment for doing nothing.

It looks too pleasant.

But the more this happens, the more furious Chen Jichuan's heart becomes.

Don't dare to be lazy.

"Finish it early."

"Get out early."

"You can't stay here much longer."

Chen Jichuan said solemnly at Chen Shaohe.

"Understood." Chen Shaohe responded, brandished an iron pickaxe, and took the lead in changing.

Chen Jichuan also started drying.

For a few days.

The two of them smashed a lot of iron ore, but they didn't even see the shadow of the spirit mine. I thought it would be easier not to carry the ore on my back, but I didn't expect it to be even more tiring.

In the past, when the fog was a little thicker, I would call it a day.

Now I sleep until midnight, and I can hear the tinkling sound coming from the other caves.

Apparently they all wanted to get out earlier.

One day.

Two days.

Three days.

Time passed.

Whether it was Chen Jichuan or Chen Shaohe, they didn't find even a piece of spiritual ore.

On the contrary, the body gradually went wrong -

Disgusting.

Retching.

Fatigue.

All kinds of symptoms made Chen Jichuan more and more uneasy in his heart.

Until the twelfth day of entering the cave, Chen Shaohe's unprovoked nosebleed made Chen Jichuan completely panic-

"Radiation!"

"There's definitely radiation here!"

Chen Jichuan's eyes were scarlet and bloodshot.

Chen Shaohe covered his nose blankly, and there was an indescribable feeling in his heart: "Fourth brother, am I going to die too?" ”

Although he is young, he has seen a lot of life and death.

Now it looks like I'm going to die.

There is no fear.

It's just a little reluctant.

I can't bear the fourth brother, and I can't bear the beautiful things that the fourth brother told him.

Such as marrying a wife, such as flying to the sky.

He wanted to marry a virtuous wife who could give him a lovely boy.

He wanted to fly to the sky, to the white clouds that had been blurred in his memory, to see the sky, to see the earth, and to blow the wind.

That must be beautiful.

"If I die, the fourth brother will be left alone."

Chen Shaohe covered his nose, looked at the panicked fourth brother, and couldn't help crying.

Crying and crying.

Only then did I find that the nosebleed had stopped.

“……”

Chen Shaohe wiped the nosebleed, let go of his hand, and found that there was no more blood.

Now.

Suddenly a little embarrassed, he looked at the fourth brother in a sneer, feeling that he was really embarrassed by the way he cried just now, and was worried that the fourth brother would talk about him.

"It's normal to have a nosebleed when you're on fire."

Chen Jichuan also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and smiled at Chen Shaohe.

But at the bottom of my heart, it was not much easier.

It was preceded by nausea and retching.

This time it was a nosebleed.

How many more days?

Chen Jichuan helped Chen Shaohe sit on the raised stone, which was covered with hay and a quilt: "You rest first." ”

Then turn around.

Take an iron pickaxe and smash it desperately.

There is a black armor squatting under the climbing ladder, and there is no way to escape. The only way now is to find twenty pieces of spirit ore as soon as possible and let Chen Shaohe go out first.

"Fourth brother."

"I'm fine."

Chen Shaohe was embarrassed to rest, stood up, and continued to crush the mine.

It's time for the fog to get thicker again.

Chen Jichuan and Chen Shaohe walked out of the cave and went to report to the supervisor.

Arrived at the foot of the climbing ladder.

Chen Jichuan glanced at it casually and found that there were many fewer people coming tonight. As soon as the overseer counted them, sure enough, there were originally 478 people, but now only 454 people came, and there were 24 people less.

"Your Excellency."

"My dad is tired, the ladder is too high, and if he comes down again, he will fall to his death."

There are also people in the North Second District where Chen Jichuan is located who did not come.

Chen Jichuan looked at the person who spoke out and recognized it as Li Ming. Li Sanshui, who didn't come, was his father, and the father and son didn't know what they had done and were arrested, and they stayed in the North Second District for two years, and they looked kind on weekdays.

Right now.

Li Ming smiled at the supervisor's money.

Qian Lai ignored him-

Syllable!

Raising his hand was a whip, which was thrown on Li Ming's face, leaving a bloody mark.

"Ahh

It hurts so much.

It's too sudden.

Li Ming was knocked to the ground all of a sudden, covering his face and screaming.

Other miners in North 2 were also frightened.

In the old days.

This 'money comes' is tepid, and I haven't seen him lose any temper. This time, he didn't say a word, and he raised his hand to fight, which was really scary.

"In the past, in the nineteenth mine, miners like 'Qian Lai' also had performance appraisals, and they had to complete a certain amount of tasks every month, so they didn't want to beat and scold the miners for nothing, otherwise there would be less iron ore to collect, and his face would be disgraceful and even punished accordingly."

"But now—"

Chen Jichuan smiled in his heart, becoming more and more cold.

"Let Li Sanshui come down quickly."

"Fall to death, or I will be whipped to death, you can choose one!"

Qian Lai rolled his whip and looked at Li Ming with a sneer on his face.

"I-"

"I'll go."

Li Ming dared to protest and hurriedly went to find Li Sanshui.

It's not just Li Ming.

It's not just Li Sanshui who didn't come.

There was a noise at the foot of the mountain, and after a while, chickens and dogs jumped for a while-

Fall silent.

Not much.

In the silence, I heard the sound of 'bang' and 'bang' again, which startled everyone.

Chen Jichuan and Chen Shaohe glanced at each other: "Fell to death!" ”

Knowing that someone must have fallen down the ladder.

With such a high cliff, there is no reason to survive if you fall down.

"Daddy!"

"Big brother!"

Faintly, you can hear a cry coming from the foot of the mountain in the distance.

Chen Jichuan's heart was cold.

I don't know when I and Chen Shaohe will fall to death like this.

Cranky.

The overseer is gone.

Among the miners, 10 of the 24 people who did not come this time fell to their deaths.

The remaining fourteen were inspected by the overseers and eight were taken away.

Li Sanshui in the North 2nd District is one of them.

Chen Jichuan could see clearly that Li Sanshui was tired, and a large piece of gray hair had fallen out, which looked a little funny. The money came to make him stick out his tongue, and there were blisters on his tongue, which looked like a symptom of mouth sores.

"Hair loss."

"Canker sores."

Chen Jichuan saw Li Sanshui's symptoms, and was even more sure of his previous guess: "Radiation!" ”

……

Back to the cave.

Chen Shaohe was a little scared: "Listening to Li Ming, his father was nauseous, retching, and then had a nosebleed seven or eight days ago, and he only began to lose his hair in the past two days, and he couldn't lift his energy." ”

"It's fine."

"Daddy Li is old, and he can't bear the tiredness."

Chen Jichuan knew what Chen Shaohe was thinking, and comforted him.

But he cheered up and continued to work hard to crush the mine and find the spiritual mine.

Chen Shaohe saw.

Silent.

Follow along.

But he knew in his heart that he was afraid that in a few days, he would be like Li Sanshui, with hair loss and blistering tongue, and then-

……

Three days have passed in the blink of an eye.

In these three days.

More and more miners are experiencing various symptoms -

These include, but are not limited to, nosebleeds, hair loss, mouth ulcers, skin ulcers, coughing up blood.

Some even had a fever all over their bodies and burned to ashes; Some of them were chilled and turned into a lump of ice.

Panic spreads.

Some people could not bear it, ran away without permission, were blocked by black armor, and hanged themselves on the cliff.

Someone gave up on himself, jumped out of the cave, and was freed.

More often than not, they were seriously ill, stumbled and fell, or were taken away by the overseers, and did not know where to go.

Chen Jichuan didn't want to escape.

I don't want to fall to my death.

I don't want to be taken away either.

So he worked harder and looked a little crazy.

Chen Shaohe's nosebleeds are becoming more frequent and more frequent. Knowing that time is running out, I chatted and joked with the fourth brother all day long, recalling the past and looking forward to the future.

I also worked harder, just thinking that I could help the fourth brother find a few more spiritual mines before he died.

The seventeenth day of entering the cave.

Chen Shaohe covered his nose with one hand.

He had another nosebleed.

Holding an iron pickaxe in one hand, he slammed down on a piece of iron-disgusting ore the size of a millstone—

Boom!

The ore shattered, and a cyan ore rolled out of it.

Only the size of a baby's fist.

Potholes, numbness.

"Spirit Mine!"

Chen Shaohe was stunned for a moment, then he was ecstatic, picked it up and staggered a few steps, and then went to find Chen Jichuan: "Fourth brother, I found a piece!" ”

Chen Jichuan looked up.

At a glance, they saw that the indigo ore in Chen Shaohe's hand, which was smaller than the one that Feng Mo had shown them at the beginning, was also overjoyed.

This was the first spiritual ore they had found.

There was a start.

There is hope.

"It's only nineteen bucks."

Chen Jichuan's mouth was relaxed, but his heart was full of bitterness.

Chen Shaohe didn't notice it, he happily covered his nose and handed it to the fourth brother with the spirit mine, hoping with his eyes: "The spirit mine is so difficult to find, I don't know if it's weird, fourth brother, you can take a look." ”

The indigenous boy listened to a lot of stories that Chen Jichuan told him.

At this moment, I think back to the episodes where many protagonists have made their careers, and I can't help but look forward to it. He knew that he was going to die, but he had hope, and he would not give up until the last moment of his life.

I thought it was so scary.

And the adults in the mine supervisor attach so much importance to the spiritual mine, and feel that there may be a cattiness, maybe there will be a life-saving turnaround.

"Weird?"

Chen Jichuan took the spirit mine, and smiled bitterly in his heart: "What else can be weird, I'm afraid that dizziness and nausea are all caused by the radiation of this spirit mine." ”

I thought to myself.

looked at Chen Shaohe's hopeful eyes again, and couldn't bear to pour cold water on Chen Shaohe.

He also knew that the fifth child was afraid that he would not be able to survive. All he can do is make him happy in the last days.

My heart was moving, and I was ready to say something to appease.

But I never thought about it—

……

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