Chapter 123: The Pyroxene Mine
Half an hour ago, the head of the guards found Xiao Xuan, who had just gotten up: "Xiao Xuan, Lao Han's body is in a bit of a condition today, and he can't take people down the mine anymore." As for you, take over Lao Han's work, deliver breakfast, and then take them down to the mine, and go to the pyroxene mine to the east. ”
"Yes." Xiao Xuan agreed without hesitation, and at the same time quickly cleaned up and walked towards the kitchen where the prisoners were cooking.
"Are they ready to do it?" Back in time, when Zhang Yuan saw Xiao Xuan, almost at the same time as Zhang Yuan's brows furrowed, the voice of the plug-in spirit sounded in his head.
"Well, I don't know, I guess it's going to be done." Zhang Yuan nodded, but he wasn't very sure, after all, Xiao Xuan didn't have a few words written on his face to do it, at most, before going to the mine, it was unusual to suddenly change someone to deliver food.
"It's time to eat! Hey? Xiao Xuan looked at Zhang Yuan, who was the first to come over, and was a little surprised, which made Zhang Yuan touch his nose a little embarrassed. Originally, Zhang Yuan didn't want to reveal his identity as a prison bully in front of Xiao Xuan, but as a few days ago, all the other prisoners stared at him first, waiting for him, the boss, to eat first.
"Uh, huh?" Zhang Yuan didn't know what to say, so he could only raise his hand to say hello with an embarrassed smile.
Xiao Xuan was just a little surprised that Zhang Yuan was a prison bully, and at this time he also came back to his senses and hurriedly handed Zhang Yuan the porridge that he had already added.
"Eh, why did you bring us food today?" Zhang Yuan held the bowl and asked suspiciously, he had to ask this matter clearly. In fact, he didn't really believe that Xiao Xuan would harm him, but it was not ruled out that Xiao Xuan was kept in the dark and acted as an accomplice without knowing it.
"Lao Han is not feeling well today, so the chief asked me to come, and I will take you down the mine in a while."
"Oh, that's right." Zhang Yuan didn't say much, turned around and left with the porridge. Now that Zhang Yuan has obtained enough information, isn't the "chief" in Xiao Xuan's mouth the head of the guard who wants to harm him, and it is impossible for him to change Xiao Xuan without any intention. Of course, it is not ruled out that Lao Han was indeed scared enough by himself and did not dare to take him to the mine, but to be honest, Zhang Yuan did not believe in this reason.
"How's that, any ideas?" The Plug-in Spirit asked.
Zhang Yuan shook his head and said, "Not for the time being, it seems that I can only take one step at a time." However, I feel that Xuan Zijun was also used, and he should not have been involved in dealing with me. To be honest, I still haven't figured out what that old Han and Xiao Xuan's swapping positions had to do with their plans, and I can only intuitively guess that this is a precursor to their move. ”
"You really believe that guy out there." There was a hint of ridicule in the words of the Outer Spirit.
"After all, I think he's worth trusting." Zhang Yuan replied, "Of course, this is also intuition, what I believe most now are Xiao Xuan and Tietou, and their first impression to me is sincerity, so I can't help but choose to trust." ”
After Zhang Yuan finished explaining, he began to enjoy breakfast quietly, but enjoying these two words is indeed a bit of a luxury for the quality of breakfast here, but it is already very good to eat without sitting on the cold floor in prison. Zhang Yuan thought while eating, he was in prison now, so the spirit of the plug-in could talk all the time, if he went out, would it be difficult to listen to the spirit of the plug-in communicate with him.
Breakfast time was over quickly, and soon after Xuan Zijun put away the bowl, he came back with a team of neatly dressed guards, who had come to work in the mines with the slaves this time. Zhang Yuan originally planned to shrink into the crowd and walk, but the other prisoners didn't think so, the boss didn't just have to be the first when eating, he should also go to the front when it was time to work.
Under the gaze of the prisoners, Zhang Yuan had to get up and walk towards the door, and the three people led by Tai Meng immediately followed behind Zhang Yuan. When the four of them walked in front of Xiao Xuan, the prisoners in the cell walked out one after another, and the guards with armor and swords outside the cell were watching the prisoners talking and laughing, which was a very serious task.
After all, since they began to work as overseers, they have never met a prisoner who dared to rebel. Prisoners who are chronically undernourished and engage in manual labor pose no threat now, even if they used to know how to do magic. And the overseers who faced them ate and drank well every day, whether it was physical strength or magic power, they were fully replenished, not to mention a body of fine armor.
The one who kept the slaves most closely at was Xiao Xuan, who was wearing a simple guard attire, and seeing his nervous appearance, Zhang Yuan felt sweaty. Zhang Yuan, who really couldn't stand it, couldn't help but move a little closer to Xiao Xuan, and said, "Hey, I said don't be so nervous, take it easy, otherwise it will make me nervous." ”
"I, I'm not nervous, ah, I'm really not nervous." Xiao Xuan shook his head vigorously, and although his voice was trembling, he still didn't admit it at all.
"Hahaha, don't be afraid, we're all watching from the side, what's there to be afraid of?" An overseer who was laughing next to him heard the conversation between Zhang Yuan and Xiao Xuan and joined in. When the other overseers heard his words, they all laughed wildly unabashedly, and their laughter was full of mockery, making Xiao Xuan's whole face red.
The overseers didn't seem to be joking enough, and Zhang Yuan suddenly felt someone tap him on the shoulder behind his back: "Hey, boy, look here." ”
The moment Zhang Yuan turned around, a dazzling glare occupied his field of vision, and he subconsciously raised his arm to block his eyes. This damn lightsaber technique was a bad joke by a certain overseer, and Zhang Yuan could even hear an overseer talking to Xiao Xuan: "See? That's how to deal with these scumbags. ”
With Xiao Xuan's character, he would definitely not tolerate his colleagues wantonly harming slave laborers, so he immediately fought back on behalf of Zhang Yuan: "How can you treat him like this, he hasn't done anything!" ”
"Hey, hey, calm down, okay? We didn't do anything to him, just a friendly hello. The overseers laughed again, Zhang Yuan's gaze had not yet recovered, but the hand in front of him had turned into a clenched fist to show his anger.
Xiao Xuan saw that Zhang Yuan had not suffered any actual damage, so he could only stop arguing, and this little episode only ended with Zhang Yuan and Xiao Xuan's forbearance. Under Xiao Xuan's leadership, a group of prisoners and the overseer in charge of guarding soon walked to a mine.
Looking around at the prisoners lined up in front of him, Xiao Xuan took a deep breath and said aloud to the prisoners, "Now I will start to preach the precautions for entering the mine to work. This is an electric pyroxene mine, and active water and fire elements are strictly prohibited in the mine, including but not limited to drinking water, open flames, minerals containing elements, etc. All persons are to be given access to drinking water only outside the mine, and only with the tools assigned to them, and if a spark is discovered during the mining process, it is to be stopped immediately and reported to the ......"
Xiao Xuan was talking, Zhang Yuan felt that someone next to him touched his arm, and turned his head to see that it was his little brother Taimeng. Tai Meng attached to Zhang Yuan's ear and whispered: "Boss, you don't have to listen carefully, every time they talk the same, Lao Han sometimes doesn't even talk about letting us go to the mine directly." ”
Zhang Yuan shrugged, after all, it was the first time he had heard it, and he hadn't heard the cocoon in his ears like other prisoners. The other prisoners really didn't listen very carefully at this time, and they all lowered their heads deeply, while the overseers next to them laughed loudly, even overshadowing Xiao Xuan's preaching, and from time to time some gossip clearly reached Zhang Yuan's ears.
Xiao Xuan preached very seriously, but it made Zhang Yuan feel like he had memorized the lines, and it could be seen that Xiao Xuan was very nervous, but fortunately, there were no mistakes and forgetting words. After talking for about five minutes, Xiao Xuan thought about nothing else to mention, and arranged for the prisoners to go and get tools.
After Xiao Xuan finished speaking, the spirit of the plug-in began to chat with Zhang Yuan again: "Did you listen to what he said, there can be no open flame or other fire elements in it, and there can be no water in it." ”
Zhang Yuan took the mine hoe distributed by the overseer, and nodded while walking towards the black hole hole: "I heard this, but it's a pity that Taimeng's goods are talking next to him, and I can't hear the rest clearly." But what does it have to do with open fire, I don't know fire magic, and as long as drinking water is solved outside the mine, there will be no problem. ”
"No, you can't just think about it, are they going to make a fuss about it?"
"Whew, that makes sense." Zhang Yuan held his chin and thought about it, "But how are they going to set fire or release water, if the water is less, it is estimated that there will be no violent reaction." I just looked around and didn't see any natural currents, and if they poured water into it slowly, everyone would have time to get out. Thinking about it this way, the only way to do this is to use fire attack to kill the entire mine and me in it at once. ”
The Plug-in Spirit also agrees with Zhang Yuan's judgment: "I also think it will be fire, and I don't know how they will put it in the depths of the mine." If you only ignite the fire at the entrance of the cave, first, the thunder and lightning elements at the entrance of the cave are scarce and have no effect, and second, it will not affect the place where you work. ”
"Well, that's right. When I go in a while, I check the walls, floors, or ceilings around me for anything suspicious. But Brother Hang, will they not be so complicated at all, maybe someone will directly stab me in front of me and kill me at that time. The cave looks so deep that it's not easy to hide a corpse. Zhang Yuan carried the hoe and looked back at the other prisoners behind him who were receiving tools.
"Then I suggest you stand closer to the others, that iron head looks very reliable, Tai Meng forget it, I always think he will be a genius when he is a second or fifth boy. As for Xuan Zijun, at present, you can't confirm whether he will be the other party's accomplice, no, it is better to say that he is not credible until the doubts about why he appears. ”
"Okay, I'll keep an eye on getting close to the big troops." Zhang Yuan nodded and followed the other prisoners into the mine.