Chapter 72: Returning from a Snowy Night (15)
Don't you dare! He let out a low roar like a trapped beast, and his gaze seemed to tear Xu Chusheng apart. The appearance of gnashing teeth is really no different from a beast.
In fact, in all fairness, he is a filial son. If it weren't for the revenge of his father, he wouldn't have killed someone, let alone been threatened with a handle.
In fact, what Xu Chu said was right, he was really forced to do so at the beginning. But later, he was entrusted by the men in black to prevent the village laborers from escaping, and also prevented people from entering the mountains to find clues, often whipping or even beating people half to death. At first, he couldn't do it, but after a long time, he felt a strange pleasure.
Watching the people who used to be cold and sarcastic to him begging for mercy under his feet, he couldn't be more proud in his heart.
In fact, if it weren't for the lack of manpower in the copper mine, he wouldn't have been able to kill everyone, and maybe everyone in the village who had a holiday with him would have rotted to death in the ground.
But no matter how ruthless he is, he is always thinking about his mother, otherwise he would not have thrown away the new house in a hurry for fear of implicating his mother.
"What don't I dare, you dare to kill people and destroy corpses, why don't I dare to let your wife know your crimes?" Xu Chu said hatefully, "You said that officials protect each other, and those who are officials are all corrupt people, so how good are you?" Not only did you kill your wife, but you didn't even let go of the babbling children, is your mother a human being, and everyone else is a beast? ”
Xu Chu frowned and looked at him, and said coldly, "We have already found out where that copper mine is, such a complicity in the crime, do you think the government will not send a large number of troops to encircle and suppress?" ”
As she spoke, she gestured to He Tiezhuan to look up at the several murderous guards behind Xiao Qinglang, and continued to deceive: "I just pity your old lady, and I have to suffer with you at a great age, if not, how can I talk to you more?" The left and right people get both stolen goods, and only one torture and killing of your daughter-in-law is enough to be killed. ”
"If you say it now, maybe Lord Huang will open up the net and block it in front of your mother. At the very least, I will tell her that the old man is working hard for the yamen, and it will also make her feel a little more comfortable for the rest of her life. Otherwise, once your crime is revealed to the world, I will quietly find a place for her in the world! ”
Although Xu Chu did not explain the case in detail, Xiao Qinglang had already roughly guessed the ins and outs. Although the murderer in front of him is hateful, in the final analysis, he was coerced because of ignorance, and then distorted his heart, making a peasant man who should have been honest and simple become a murderer like today.
The noise fell, and it was not until he completely realized that he had no choice that He Tiezhuo was suddenly deflated, gritted his teeth and said, "I said! ”
The interrogation then went extremely smoothly.
And Xiao Qinglang and his entourage also knew that there was a fake cave not far from the front of the mine, which was used to confuse outsiders. Further on, in addition to the traps he had set, there were many secret sentinels.
In fact, most of the time, no one watched the dark whistle, because the traps he set up were basically there to go and never return, and once they fell, there would be boulders and iron blocks falling from the sky and falling directly on the top of the head.
Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu got the drawings of where the trap was, and then handed He Tiezhuan to the officials and others brought by Huang Xianling. After the arrangements were made, the two of them got up and called the young general who had just arrived today to lead the troops to the mountains.
Of course, the two hidden passages built in the mountains where the copper mine is located were also watched by Wei Yan as soon as He Tiezhuo spit out.
In this way, the troops were divided into multiple routes, and Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu were left with only Wei Guang and the two guards on the bright side to follow. The rest are all soldiers brought by the young general of Yunzhou.
Xiao Qinglang's face was gloomy, he took out the short sword from his sleeve and handed it to Xu Chu, and said with concern: "This is dangerous, follow closely, don't be alone." ”
Seeing this, Xu Chu shook his head slightly, raised his head and stared at his calm eyes, and said solemnly: "I carried the autopsy knife with me, compared to the weapons next to me, this is the thing I am most familiar with............
Hearing this, Xiao Qinglang was stunned, but soon relieved. He knew in his heart that what Xu Chu said was true, and he simply stopped forcing her to accept his kindness. In his position, he never knew how to put himself in his shoes, but when he met Xu Chu, he understood more and more what it was difficult not to be strong.
At this time, the night snow will stop, and everything will be silent, and in addition to the sound of footsteps, there will only be the sound of the wind in the whole mountain forest. The mountain was silent, Xiao Qinglang walked calmly and calmly in front of Xu Chu, and his body was like nothing blocking the biting cold wind for her.
The snow on the mountain seems to be heavier than in the village, and now it has fallen in a thick layer on the tips of the branches.
Xu Chu lowered his eyes slightly, following Xiao Qinglang's footsteps, and felt extremely relieved with every step he took. It was as if the official boots with black on a white background and dark lines in her eyes without hesitation carried a kind of traction that she trusted.
In the silence, she looked up slightly, and saw the back that was thick enough to cover the wind and snow. The sensation was subtle and sour, something she had never felt before. Even when she had an autopsy with her father in the mountains, she had never felt the rippling emotions now.
Slowly, she completely submerged herself in the shadow of the lantern hitting the snow. She let out a slow breath until she heard the chickadee cry in front of her.
Xiao Qinglang raised his hand to signal everyone to slow down, then took the map to check it, and after a while, he sneered: "Let people directly bypass the mechanism and directly attack the mountain." ”
"But ............" Xu Chu hesitated, what about the children in the village and the prime of life?
Xiao Qinglang shook his head, glanced at the surrounding environment, and then lowered his voice and said: "The front is a signal from the secret guard, he did not find children near the copper mine, and there are only a few laborers in the copper mine at the moment, and the rest are bandits in black clothes and black faces. ”
Sure enough, as soon as his voice fell, a shrill chirp of chirps was heard.
Just when Xiao Qinglang coldly scolded everyone to attack, suddenly a loud noise came, followed by a shaking of the ground and mountains. Xu Chu, who had been paying attention to him, stood unsteadily, and rushed forward directly, but he didn't want Xiao Qinglang to take a step ahead of her and hug her and roll over a few times. Between the lightning and flint, I saw a burst of cold arrows flying by, shooting at the position where Xiao Qinglang rolled over.
Fortunately, there were not many cold arrows, and even if some soldiers were injured, they were not injured in the vital places.
After waiting for the cold arrow, Xu Chu slightly pushed away Xiao Qinglang, who was half pressing on him, and asked, "Lord Wang, are you okay?" ”
There were no outsiders at this time, and she was not worried about revealing Xiao Qinglang's identity.
Xiao Qinglang shook his head, got up straight, and then pulled Xu Chu up. Because of the difference in the mountains, coupled with the roaring vibration and explosion, everyone can't help but think that the mine has collapsed. Therefore, after bypassing the trap at this time, the group did not dare to delay, and hurriedly gathered towards the place of the mine.
"Let people chase down the dark tunnel, which is the place where they usually transport copper ore, and they will definitely not set traps." Xiao Qinglang saw that there was still smoke in the mine, and listened to the secret guard who was hiding and watching to say that those black-clothed men had led a group of stumbling laborers to escape to the dark tunnel. Therefore, he did not hesitate to open his mouth to order.
At this time, the mine was almost blown up, but fortunately, those people did not look carefully in their hurry, so the entrance to the collapsed mine was only half blocked.
Xiao Qinglang stepped forward in person, and sure enough, as soon as he entered the entrance of the kang cave, he saw a few scattered copper coins. In the furnace behind it, there seemed to be clumps of copper ore.
A few people stepped forward, and the guard touched it for a moment first, and then arched his hand and said, "It's still hot." ”
Just as they were about to turn around and exit, Xu Chu's pupils suddenly constricted, and he suddenly stopped.
If she read it right, there seemed to be half a leg bone in that messy place!
Suddenly, she saw that she turned her eyes to the hot furnace again, and regardless of the surprise of others and the scorching temperature of the flesh, she directly stepped forward and pushed open the iron lid on the furnace. In just a moment, a pungent smell of burnt skin and flesh gushed out, and people like Xu Chu, who were used to corpses, were all shocked and retreated.
"Crazy brute!" She gritted her teeth, her eyes red.
At this time, Xiao Qinglang's face also turned cold. Even if he didn't come forward to confirm it himself, it wasn't hard for him to guess what was going on.
"The two of them are in a group, and they search the neighborhood to see if there is any life." Xiao Qinglang looked around, and he couldn't see it really in the dark. Even though he had a lantern in his hand, he couldn't see anything ten steps away.
The rest of the soldiers gave up their hands and scattered to look for them. Wei Guang and the other two guards were left behind to help drag out the corpse that was still intact in the furnace and lay it flat on the ground.
However, just when several corpses were dragged out, not to mention Xu Chu, even Wei Guang's seven-foot-tall men had red eyes.
Wei Guang scolded, and smashed his fist on the furnace, and only the hot joints were red and did not come back.
And Xiao Qinglang's face was also extremely ugly, and he looked at Xu Chu who was guilty and painful without saying a word, and saw her kneeling in front of those young corpses, trembling and not knowing how to start.
"There's still ............ over here There is still ............ breath" Suddenly, several exclamations came from the cave.
Xu Chu didn't care too much, got up and lifted the corner of his skirt and stumbled over. In the darkness, I saw a few soldiers carrying lanterns and pulling out several huge stones. And under the stone, there were three adult corpses huddled together.
The living person mentioned by the soldiers was a child guarding the chest of the three corpses, and the child was seen to close his eyes tightly and unconsciously let out a moan/moan like a gossamer.
Xu Chu hurriedly stepped forward and saw that the corpses did not appear stiff, but the stiffness caused by the sudden contraction of muscles before death.
"Rub the arms of the three of them softly." Xu Chu knelt on the ground and moved hard, and sweat began to overflow on his pale face in a moment. Sweat dripped into her eyes, making her eyes sour and uncomfortable, but she didn't care.