Chapter 6: The Man Behind the Scenes

The more I learned from Hu Jingda, the more I felt that he would never be as simple as a master, and in my judgment, what he knew would never be what a country master could know; Although I was very interested in his true identity, I did not inquire about it, everyone has more or less secrets, as long as I think he is a person worthy of deep friendship, and I am amazed by his character and knowledge.

The thing that made me doubt his identity was because he told me a very shocking news, and such news is absolutely top secret, such news must be in the hands of the top forces in this world, but Hu Jingda knows such news, and he told me, I think Hu Jingda also recognized me as a confidant.

I really didn't expect that although I had a few friends in the previous world, I really didn't have such a deep friend, but I met such a friend in this Sumeru realm, in this hopeless mine; Fellowship with Hu Jingda has also been some solace for me in this mine, and I have at least one friend who is suffering from the same hardships.

Hu Jingda also seems to know this mine very well, according to him, the ore we mine is a very cherished spar mine, this ore refined into a spar ornament is very expensive, popular in the upper aristocratic circles, ordinary people simply can't afford this kind of spar ornament, it has also become a symbol of luxury for the upper class.

I have been in this mine for half a year, but I still don't feel that the ore in this mine has decreased, this mine is so big, and the amount of ore mined is rare, but such a mine is a private mine, it belongs to the Xiao family, one of the ancient martial arts families of the Guwu Empire, these are all Hu Jingda told me, can know such news can be seen that he is not an ordinary person.

What surprised me was that such a large mine was a private thing, could it be that the royal family of the Guwu Empire was willing to let such a big piece of fat flow into the mouth of the Xiao family?

In addition to the most powerful Tang Li Emperor in the Guwu Empire, there are three ancient martial arts families, the Xiao family is one of them, according to Hu Jingda's news, the three major families are also not to be underestimated, but as one of the three major families, the Xiao family is the strongest, and the other two families can not be compared with the Xiao family at all, and the strength of the Xiao family can actually compete with the royal family, but in terms of relationship, the Tang Li royal family is the king, and the Xiao family, one of the three major families, is still a minister, For this reason, even the Tang Li royal family did not dare to offend the Xiao family, one of the three major families.

After knowing this, it is not strange that such a large mine is owned by the Xiao family, and at the same time, I have more of a sense of powerlessness, the Xiao family is so powerful, I have no chance to escape anyway!

The rulers of the Xiao family occasionally come to inspect the mine, and each time it is a young boy, and all the miners here except Hu Jingda and I don't even know who this mine is, let alone know this son.

None of them knew the person behind the scenes who arrested them for mining, but Hu Jingda knew him, but this son-in-law was a second young master of the Xiao family, named Xiao Huan.

According to Hu Jingda, as one of the three major families, the Xiao family will never make such coercive mining behavior for the sake of face, and the Xiao family is even more disdainful of doing so, even if the Xiao family really needs many workers to mine, it will definitely be to openly recruit miners, will pay a labor fee to the miners, and it is completely voluntary, and the Xiao family really does not lack this money.

Regarding the current situation, Hu Jingda guessed that this was completely the personal behavior of the second young master of the Xiao family, but the Xiao family handed over the management of this mine to the second young master to take care of it, but now the villagers in the village have suffered, and the second young master of the Xiao family sent someone to arrest them for mining, there is no humanity at all, and several miners have been exhausted to death in the past six months.

Although Hu Jingda guessed this, I didn't fully agree with it right away, I think whether it was really the order given by the second young master, or the private behavior of his subordinates, remains to be investigated; But the next moment, Hu Jingda immediately overturned my point of view, he thought that if there was no order from the second young master, why did he see the situation of his subordinates whipping the workers when he came but did not stop it, just glanced at it coldly, based on this alone, it can be concluded that it must be the attention of the second young master of the Xiao family; When Hu Jingda said this, I immediately realized that this is indeed the case, and the disasters we suffered were completely due to this second young man of the Xiao family.

The second young master of the Xiao family will stay here for three or four days every time he comes to the mine, to see the progress of the mining of the ore, there will always be some flattering people around him, they patrol the place where we mine ore, those who usually whip us miners and nod their heads in front of the second young master of the Xiao family, it is really a dog-legged look, the second young master of the Xiao family seems to enjoy these flattering mustaches and horses very much, he will praise the people on his side from time to time, and the people on his side are praised and talk more hard about the achievements of ore mining, As much exaggeration as we can exaggerate, but those of us who contributed to the work in their mouths have been replaced by how they supervise the work day and night, how hard they work, hearing these words, we can only curse them in our hearts, we dare not show any actual signs, dare to declare it, do not need to think to know that what awaits us will be whipping, or even being whipped to death.

I don't know how to make a head on such a day, I have thought of countless ways to escape, but none of them will work, those overseers are around us all the time, people have three urgency, even when it is convenient to be followed.

Knowing that all of this was done by the second young master of the Xiao family, I already hated this young master in my heart, watching the miners who were together day and night die one after another due to overwork, I had no way to stop all this except praying for them in my heart, even my own life was in their thoughts.

I suddenly felt that I was so weak, in this dimensional world, the strength was so strong that an ancient family like the Xiao family could exist in this Eastern Realm without fear of imperial power.

According to Hu Jingda, the Xiao family has a very mysterious ancestor, whose strength has reached the top level of martial arts in this world.

Although the dynasty of this world uses both civil and military skills, but to ensure that the family inheritance will never decline, it still has to rely on profound martial arts achievements, and what is even more terrifying is that the powerful martial artists can use their profound skills to delay the aging of their bodies and play a role in prolonging life, it is said that the mysterious ancestor of the Xiao family is now more than three hundred years old, and his skills can be seen to be profound; It is because of this mysterious ancestor of the Xiao family that the current Xiao family sits firmly in this eastern realm and does not decline.