"How long have you been working at the Binotta Mine?" Zhang Heng then asked the waiter to bring two more glasses of wine to the miner opposite.

"I've been working in the Binotta mine for five years, but in the middle of the two years I changed to other jobs, loading and unloading cargo at the docks, which was a little easier than in the mines, but with less income, and two years later I had my fourth daughter and needed more money, so I went back to the mine." The older miner said, and then pointed to the younger miner next to him, "He is my nephew, he only went down to the mine with him this year, he is a good boy, he never complains about his work." ”

"Well, when did you start stopping work this time?" Zhang Heng then asked.

"It was about half a month ago," the old miner struggled to recall.

"16 days ago, to be exact," his nephew added, "we went to work in the morning as usual, but the overseer told us that something had happened, the mine had collapsed, and we couldn't start work until it was cleared, so we had to go home and wait for news." ”

"Did you go to the mine after the incident?"

The old miner and his nephew looked at each other, "We said we could help clean up, after all, our wages are paid daily, and there are many mouths waiting for dinner at home, and we don't know how long the union will stop, and we can resume work sooner, but the overseer won't let us in, even if we say we don't need to be paid, but he told us that the slaves can handle this matter completely, and we don't have to worry, but now...... We've been out of work for two weeks, and we've had to do odd jobs here and there for those two weeks, and if it weren't for the gold you gave us, we'd be ready to go into debt. ”

"Did anything unusual happen before you stopped working, or did anyone you didn't normally see come to the mine?" Zhang Heng leaned his back back and changed to a more comfortable position.

"Cobb's eldest son, Clarsa, he didn't like the mine and us, but a few days before the incident, he suddenly went to the mine to inspect, and we saw him talking to the overseer for a long time, avoiding the others, and the night before the collapse, there was nothing in the mine, and there was no rain that night, so the next day everyone was surprised by the collapse." Old Miner Road.

"And then, is there anything else worth noting?"

So far, what the old miner has said has only proved from the side that the collapse in the Binotta mine is indeed very man-made, but it has not provided any clues related to the mastermind behind the scenes, so Zhang Heng will have to go back to visit Crasse or Cobb again.

The old miner shook his head, but then Zhang Heng noticed that the young miner had a look of hesitation on his face when he heard this.

"If you don't think the money is enough, I can pay you three more gold coins." Zhang Heng added weight.

"Oh no, you misunderstood, you gave us two gold coins just for asking, we can't ask for more, I didn't say it before because I didn't want to cause trouble to the person who told me about it." Young miner tract.

"Huh?"

"I have a friend who belongs to the Cobb family...... Servant. The young miner muttered.

"Slaves?"

"Yes, she actually heard something a few days before the shutdown and told me, but I didn't tell anyone else, and I told her not to tell anyone else."

"Don't worry, you can get my assurance, and we won't leak what you told us to anyone else, right?" Zhang Heng looked at Dai Kius, who immediately nodded again and again, with a serious expression.

"I've always had a very strict mouth and never talk nonsense."

"Well, I trust you." The young miner finally made up his mind and said, "A week before the incident, someone visited Cobb in the middle of the night, and the two of them spent almost the whole night in the study, plotting something, and in the middle of calling someone to pour water, and it was at that time that my friend heard Cobb say, this matter is too dangerous, you can get a higher price or something, and the visitor replied that it was just a delay in the casting of the bronze statues, and no one would know, and then my friend went out. ”

"Did your friend see the visitor's face?" Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, she told me, mainly because she was so impressed, she said that the man had a red birthmark on the left side of his face, like a flame."

"Heh, that's narrowing the scope all at once." Zhang Heng said, "There are not too many people with red birthmarks on their faces in the city of Rome, and there are not too many people who dare to do anything to the bronze statue, I believe it is not difficult to find out." Then he took out two more gold coins and threw them to the young miner, "Your reward, don't refuse, you have done me a great favor, this is what you deserve, I have nothing else to ask, you can go." ”

The young miner collected the money, thanked Zhang Heng again, and then left the tavern with his uncle.

On the other side, Daichius showed a worried and embarrassed smile on his face, he put down the wine glass in his hand with some uneasiness, and asked Zhang Hengdao, "...... Is it involved in something? ”

"What do you think?" Zhang Heng asked rhetorically.

"I'm just a small character, why would this kind of thing fall on my head." Daikius complained with a bitter face, "How could anyone be eyeing those bronze statues, what are the benefits of delaying the delivery of the work besides pit me?" And this is a statue of His Majesty the Emperor, who dares to get along with His Majesty the Emperor? ”

Zhang Heng was noncommittal, "It's too late to talk about this kind of thing now, if you don't want to take the blame, you can solve the matter with me, you also heard his words, you should also know some people in the Senate, do you know who has a red birthmark on their face or someone who has a red birthmark on their face?" ”

"In the Senate, there should be no one with a red birthmark on their face...... As for his subordinates," Dachius frowned, "in my capacity, I have limited access to the senators, but I have a friend who is a lobbyist who specializes in contacting parties for the passage or rejection of a proposal, and he has seen almost everyone, and if the visitor to the red birthmark does exist, my friend should know who he works for." ”

"Very well, then let's go visit your friends." Zhang Hengdao, drank the wine in the cup, and threw down six copper coins as a wine fee.

And he was relieved to hear that he could finally leave the southeast district, but at the same time he also felt a little strange, because after such a long time, no one had come to trouble them, was this still the southeast city that had snatched Fabino's engagement ring and beat people down at the same time?