Time has temporarily rewinded more than an hour ago.

In the pit of the back mountain, Hong Xu trembled and crawled out of the dark mine with half a basket of iron ore on his back.

As the proud son of the sky in the past, Hong Xu has always been known for his suaveness.

But now he is unkempt, and the clothes on his body are torn into strands of cloth, and he can barely cover the vital parts, which is not even as good as a beggar.

After leaving the mine, he still had to drag his heavy steps out of the alley to the hall of the mine.

This is where iron ore is acquired.

Hong Xu carefully poured the stones in the basket onto a wooden pallet, and someone came over and pulled them a few times, and then shouted.

"Twenty-eight third-class ores, and thirteen second-class ores."

Hong Xu was anxious when he heard it.

These ores were excavated by climbing into the deepest part of the mine despite the danger, and each piece was of good quality and worthy of quality.

Although Hong Xu also knew that if there was no benefit, these stone collectors would never give the ore a high-quality grade.

But you can't rate the stones you dug up with great difficulty as second or third.

But he didn't dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction, but instead stepped forward with a smile on his face, nodded and said.

"Third Master Sun, look at how good this stone is, can you lift it up ......."

Before the words fell, this Sun Sanyang slapped his hand, and the nose of Hong Xu, who was fanned, instantly flowed blood.

Then Sun Sancai scolded angrily: "Blind your dog's eyes, do you still want to wait for this broken stone?" No matter how dare you talk nonsense, don't even think about this level! ”

"Yes, yes, the third master is angry, the third master is angry, it's me who is too talkative!" Hong Xu slapped himself vigorously.

"Hmph, that's pretty much it." Sun San nodded with satisfaction, and then casually threw over a wooden card.

Hong Xu hurriedly took it, and then left with a smile on his face.

Holding this wooden card, Hong Xu exchanged for more than a dozen black buns that were dry and hard, and even dogs didn't eat them, as well as a little salt and oil.

This is all the results of Hong Xu's risking his life and working hard for two or three days.

Although it was pitiful, Hong Xu still carefully figured it out, turned around and walked towards his home.

It is said to be a home, but it is actually a hollowed-out cave, and a piece of broken wood is blocked at the entrance of the cave, which is considered a door.

Inside, a fishy smell came to my face, which was disgusting.

Naturally, there was no light in the house, but by the light that came in through the doorway, I could barely see the scene in the cave.

There was a haystack against the wall, on which was a man lying on it, and a young man was waiting beside him.

When he saw Hong Xu come in, the young man stood up and shouted in a low voice.

"Brother!"

"Hmm!"

Hong Xu answered, handed over the things in his hand, and then came to the haystack.

"Daddy! How do you feel? ”

Lying on the haystack is none other than Hong Shouchang, the head of the Hong family who once dominated the storm and has been in charge of the lifeblood of Dancing Elephant City for many years.

It's just that today's Hong Shouchang, where is there still a little bit of the domineering he used to be.

I saw that at this time, he was skinny, and the skin on his body was ulcerating in a large area, obviously to the point of running out of oil and drying up.

When he heard the shouting, Hong Shouchang finally woke up from his semi-comatose state, and when he saw that it was his son, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"How?"

Hong Xu was silent for a moment, then shook his head, "Although I feel that the poison in my body has loosened a little, it still hasn't been completely unraveled." ”

Hong Shouchang was a little disappointed when he heard this, but he quickly regained his spirits.

"It's good to have a little looseness, at least it means that my previous guess was right, so from today onwards, the medicine that was dispensed to me will still be taken by you." Hong Shouchang said.

"But Father, your body is ......." Hong Xu was a little anxious.

Hong Shouchang waved his hand hard, "Needless to say, I know my body best, even if I don't have the poison in it, I don't think I will live for a few days." ”

"It's better to give you all this precious medicine now, as long as you can unravel the poison on your body, there is hope of escaping, then our Hong family will not be the last one!"

Hearing his father's words, Hong Xu only felt that his heart was heavy.

He and Hong Shouchang were both captured by the people of Qingzhuling and Lian Shizong during the last war, and then captured into this mine.

After these years of torture, the Hong family died, and in the blink of an eye, only him, a distant cousin, and his father were still alive.

And because of this series of changes, especially the sudden backlash of Qingzhuling, it has dealt an extremely heavy blow to Hong Shouchang.

He regretted what he had done all the time, thinking that he was deceived by his immediate interests, but he did not see clearly the wolf ambition of Qingzhuling, so that he suffered this catastrophe.

Coupled with the harsh environment in the mine, Hong Shouchang soon fell ill.

It stands to reason that with Hong Shouchang's strength, even if he falls ill, he should not reach the point of running out of oil so quickly.

The bad thing is that they are the Hong family.

In order to put an end to hidden dangers, Lian Shizong poisoned the Hong Yang family and even anyone in the Dancing Elephant City who had some martial arts.

Every day the pit will provide these people with an antidote.

But the dosage of this antidote is calculated very accurately, one can only give you the strength to work, but it is simply wishful thinking to completely unravel the poison on your body.

And in order to let his son escape, Hong Shouchang resolutely cut off his share of medicine and gave it all to Hong Xu, hoping that in this way, he could unravel the poison and escape from this demon cave.

That's why Hong Shouchang's body is ulcerated in a large area, which is caused by poisoning.

As if seeing Hong Xu's sadness, Hong Shouchang smiled freely.

"Okay, your father and I have enjoyed everything in my life, and it is my deserved retribution to end up in this fate, I have no complaints about this, I just hope that you can escape, and it can be regarded as leaving a root for our Hong family!"

After these days of hardship, Hong Shouchang has long thought about it.

"Well, I understand Father!" Hong Xu nodded.

At this time, Hong Shouchang had already seen the slap marks on his son's face and the blood stains on his nose, and sighed secretly in his heart, but did not ask.

In this dark pit, being beaten is simply commonplace, especially for these people, because they used to be in a high position, but now after falling into the dust, many people will deliberately come to humiliate them in order to satisfy the perverted desires in their hearts.

"Have you seen anyone from the Yang family in the past few days?" Hong Shouchang asked.

"I've seen Yang Sansi once, and now the Yang family is left with him, I heard that his sons are dead, and even that Yang Zisong is unbearable and has committed suicide."

Speaking of this, Hong Xu was embarrassed.

He still remembers the scene when he and Yang Zisong had a good time.

At that time, he was the eldest of the Hong family, he was the son of the Yang family, how noble his identity was, and how carefree his life was.

But now, the high-spirited son of the Yang family is like a dog, and he has died in this mine that has not seen the light of day all year round.

But vaguely, Hong Xu was actually a little envious of this Yang Zisong.

It's good to be dead!

At least you won't have to suffer this sin again when you die!

Hong Shouchang was also silent after hearing this, and he sighed faintly after a long time.

"In the past, the Dancing Elephant City was headed by the three families of Hong Yang and Song, but now it seems that the Song family who left first had the best end!"

Hong Xu was speechless.

To be honest, he also complained in private.

complained that Hong Shouchang should not be consumed by the desire for profit, and colluded with Qingzhuling.

complained that he shouldn't join forces to destroy the Song family.

In the end, it ended up like this.

But looking at Hong Shouchang, who has been running out of time, he can't say any of these words.

Just as the father and son fell silent, there was a faint commotion outside.

Hong Xu was stunned.

"What's going on?"

As he spoke, he wanted to go out and have a look, but Hong Shouchang grabbed him, and then said to the young man: "Hong Xi, you go outside and see what's going on!" ”

"Yes!"

The boy named Hong Xi ran out, but after a while, he ran back again, his face full of panic, and he stammered.

"Uncle, Brother Xu, there are a lot of people gathered in the hall outside, and I heard that it seems that there is a fight on the other side of the front mountain!"

Hearing this, both Hong Shouchang and Hong Xu were surprised.

Because for them, the situation could not have been worse.

It's all mixed up with this virtue, is there anything else to care about?

Especially if there was a fight in Qianshan, it was very likely that there was infighting between Qingzhuling and Lian Shizong.

That's great!

Just as they were excited, there was even more chaos outside, and the sound of fighting could be heard.

This time, Hong Shouchang didn't stop Hong Xu again, but pushed him up from the side of the bed.

"Quick, it's already chaotic outside, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, hurry up!"

"Father, I'll carry you away!"

"Bastard, it's all this time, are you still so kind to a woman? You'll only kill the two of us like this, it's not a pity for me to die, you should run for your life! Hong Shouchang shouted anxiously.

Hong Xu knew that what his father said was the truth, so he could only run out with Hong Xi in tears.

After they left, Hong Shouchang struggled his last breath, slowly got up from the haystack, and then rubbed to the edge of the cave.

When he peeked out through the crack in the door, he saw countless miners rushing out with their hoes.

At the same time, someone shouted loudly: "Follow Zhao Shaoxia!" ”

"Zhao Shaoxia is here to rescue us!"

Zhao Shaoxia?

Hearing this name, Hong Shouchang was a little puzzled.

Where did a Zhao Shaoxia pop up?

At this time, he felt a burst of blackness in front of him, a sharp pain in his chest and abdomen, and knew that he had reached the last moment, but he still forced his eyes to look into the distance.

Then he saw in the far hall a heroic young man standing with a sword, and several corpses lying at his feet.

I don't know if it's because of the return to the light or what, Hong Shouchang actually recognized this young man at a glance.

Zhao Ya!

It was the guard leader of the Song family at the beginning, and he was also the one who messed with himself and Qingzhuling who almost lost his efforts.

It turns out that the Zhao Shaoxia that people shout in their mouths is him!

Seeing this, Hong Shouchang suddenly smiled.

Fate!

Sometimes it's just ingenious.

At the beginning, he and Zhao Ya were on the same page, and they couldn't wait to kill them as soon as possible.

But now his son has to rely on his help to escape.

Laughing and laughing, Hong Shouchang cried again.

Everything is irretrievable.

He knew that this young man who shined at a young age would never let go of himself and the Hong Yang family.

He only hopes that his son Hong Xu is okay.

The sharp pain in his body gradually faded away, and he lay on the ground, the brilliance in his eyes slowly dissipating.

Hong Shouchang died.

Die in guilt and remorse.

Zhao Ya didn't know this, but his eyesight was so sharp, so he still recognized a few familiar faces from these crowded mine slaves at a glance.

For example, Hong Xu, such as Yang Sansi.

But he didn't pay attention.

At this time, it was not the time to talk about these grievances, he looked down at Sun San, who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowing frantically to himself.

"A few of you guys come over and kill him, and then I'll take you away!" Zhao Ya said in a deep voice.

These originally menacing miners wilted in an instant.

Because most of them were ordinary people in Dancing Elephant City before, where did they kill people.

In addition, this Sun San was brutal by nature, and there were dozens of mine slaves killed by him, how could these people dare to move under the prestige.

But Zhao Ya didn't move, because what he wanted was to let these miners get bloody.

Otherwise, they will always passively follow behind, but they don't know how to resist.

Zhao Ya wanted a group of wolves that could follow him to kill, not a pack of docile sheep.

In the midst of this short silence, Hong Xu suddenly squeezed out of the crowd and walked over.

Of course, he had already recognized Zhao Ya, but he still walked out resolutely.

"Zhao Shaoxia!" Hong Xu clenched his fists and arched his hands.

Zhao Ya nodded slightly.

"Are you going to do it?"

"Yes!"

"Let's get started!" Zhao Ya said lightly.

Without the slightest hesitation, Hong Xu picked up a mining hoe next to him and walked in front of Sun San.

Sun San's whole person was paralyzed by fright at this time.

Seeing Hong Xu walking towards him, he was even more frightened and trembling.

"Hong Shaorao......."

The words behind him were not spoken, and Hong Xu picked up the mine hoe and slashed it on Sun San's head.

The sharp tip of the hoe directly cut through Sun San's head.

Sun San didn't even snort and fell to the ground and died.

Hong Xu threw away the mine hoe and wiped the blood stains on his face, "Zhao Shaoxia, the person has been killed!" ”

Zhao Ya's eyes flashed with a look of approval that was not easy to be noticed.

In the end, he is a young master from a wealthy family, and he still has the ability to kill decisively.

Then he looked at the men again.

"You guys, come up and make up for these corpses one by one!"

In a hurry, this is the only way to stimulate their blood as much as possible.

Soon, there were several more bloody corpses on the ground.

Looking at these miners again, although they are not full of murderous faces, they are at least much calmer.

Then Zhao Ya ordered: "Okay, I will leave later, and you will rush out together, can you do it?" ”

"Yes!"

Hong Xu did not hesitate at all, and nodded first.

He knew very well that if he wanted to survive, his only chance was to follow Zhao Ya's orders.

The rest of the people naturally nodded their heads one after another.

Zhao Ya glanced at him and these scrawny mining slaves, and knew that many people had been squeezed to the brink of collapse, not to mention rushing out to kill people with him, it was estimated that he would be exhausted to death after running a few steps.

So he came to the place where the supplies were stored in the hall, and smashed the fence with one palm, revealing the rice, flour, grain and oil inside.

"Hurry up and eat, and come with me when you're done."

Hearing Zhao Ya's order, these people dared to step forward, but they were afraid of Zhao Ya's threat, so no one dared to rob it, and they all honestly picked up things and devoured them.

Hong Xu remembered his father, so he secretly asked Hong Xi to go back to Hong Shouchang with two white-flour steamed buns.

But after a while, Hong Xi came back, and then shook his head at Hong Xu, and said with a sad face.

"Uncle is gone!"

Hong Xu's face turned pale, but he didn't shed tears.

Because he knew it was sooner or later.

If he hadn't wanted to save up some more antidote powder for himself, my father would have died a long time ago.

He could only hold back his tears, thinking about what would happen later.

And after everyone had eaten almost, Zhao Ya ordered someone to bring the explosives for mining.

Speaking of which, it is worth mentioning that there are already explosives in this era.

It's just that the power and nature are very unstable, so it can only be used for mining.

This often blows people out.

When the explosives were stacked, Zhao Ya took the miners out of the mine.

At this time, Zhao Ya realized that after these years of torture, less than one in ten people survived.

In the huge Dancing Elephant City, except for those who escaped by luck and stayed in the city to survive, there were only two or three thousand people left.

There is nothing impassioned about the speech.

Because he believes that anyone who wants to live knows how to choose at this moment.

So he just ordered someone to light the fuse.

After a loud bang completely blew up the iron mine, he led the people to rush to the front mountain.

This is the source of the loud noise that Fu Tingyuan and the others in the front mountain heard just now.

At this moment, looking at the mining slaves rushing all over the mountains, Fu Tingyuan's face also changed dramatically.

Not because of these rabble, but because of Zhao Ya, who is the leader.

Because he could see at a glance that the sword-wielding young man who rushed to the front actually had a half-step five-realm cultivation.

What's going on?

Why did a half-step five-realm level master suddenly pop up again?

Who is he?

Countless thoughts flashed in Fu Tingyuan's heart in an instant, but his body reacted faster than his brain, and he got out of the way with one body.

He planned to avoid the edge for the time being, and at the same time step up the regulation of qi and blood, so as to remove the poison from himself as soon as possible.

It's best to let this sword-wielding boy fight with the people of Lian Shizong first, so as to consume the strength of both sides.

But the people who refine the Shizong are not stupid.

As soon as they saw the menacing situation on the other side, how could they be willing to be the big boss, and they also dodged one after another.

For a while, a road actually flashed in front of Zhao Ya.

Zhao Ya sneered in his heart.

He naturally guessed what these people meant, but there was no need to hide it at this time.

He suddenly stopped and stood in front of the people from the two camps of Qingzhuling and Lian Shizong.

(End of chapter)