Chapter 47: The Fourth Basement Floor
Countless miners walked out of the mine, took some spirit stone raw ore to the steward to exchange for silver taels, and went to the small market not far away.
Han Yu was curious, and was about to walk in to take a look, when suddenly there was a commotion beside him, and then he saw seven or eight sergeants wearing black strong uniforms and holding swords on their bodies, and when they saw Han Yu, they surrounded him.
These sergeants all looked hideous, and their bodies were also murderous, and the blood stains that had not dried could be faintly seen on those blades.
"What do you do!"
When the man at the head saw Han Yu's appearance, a trace of vigilance suddenly flashed on his face, and the murderous aura on his body slowly overflowed.
Several sergeants around him also faintly surrounded him, Han Yu took out the tokens that came in and out, the hideous face of the sergeant was immediately retracted, and they took a few steps back, and the sergeant headed by him had a hideous scar on his face, and said to Han Yu respectfully: "It turned out to be the Immortal Master, and I hope to forgive the sin!" ”
"It's okay, don't blame those who don't know. Seeing how cautious you are, isn't it peaceful here?"
Han Yu was kind and pleasant, revealed what had just happened, and easily put the token into his arms.
Just now, Han Yu looked at these sergeants and found that these people were all warriors in a hundred battles, and they could pick any third-rate master who could be defeated. And the person who was the leader just now faintly has the strength of a second-rate master.
Seeing that he didn't blame, the military man thanked him again and again, and immediately smiled bitterly when he heard Han Yu's question: "Master Immortal, the miners are all gangs and factions, and they often fight for their heads in the mine. We don't care about the things in this well, if we go back to this surface, we will be responsible for the small. ”
Han Yu frowned when he heard this, it seemed that the water in this mine was not shallow, but he said with a smile on his face: "Don't be an immortal master, I am a strategic envoy of Jian'an City, and I am also a rough man in the army, just call me Lord Han!"
The military man immediately changed his words, and secretly surprised in his heart that this Lord Han was really good at talking, and immediately flattered a few words, if he could befriend the immortal master, it would be a big matter related to the future!
Han Yu also pretended to be bold, and the relationship between the two of them became a little more cordial after a few words. Han Yu heard that they were all from Frost City, and that the leader was a trap general, named Li Sheng, who had been sent here to maintain law and order here.
Han Yu took this opportunity to ask him about some things, Li Sheng has been in the mine for more than a year, he knows everything in the mine very well, and he has to answer Han Yu's questions.
"You're rewarded!"
Han Yu took out a small spirit stone from his arms and threw it over, but he didn't expect Li Sheng to take it and show a bitter face.
"Lord Han, this spirit stone is useless to me and us, if you go outside to rest and are found out, you will lose your head, your lord, you better keep it!"
Li Sheng smiled bitterly and shook his head again and again and handed over the spirit stone, Han Yu quietly put it in his arms, and took out another silver ticket.
"General Li, this is a silver ticket of two hundred taels, the ticket number of Dadetong, and it will be redeemed when you see the ticket. Han Yu stuffed the silver ticket into Li Sheng's hand.
This time, Li Sheng was not polite, put the silver ticket into his arms, and became more and more respectful to Han Yu, and said respectfully: "I'll take Lord Han to the immortal master to report it!"
The group went directly to the mine, and Li Sheng took Han Yu to the underground layer of the mine and walked back and forth, and came to a dim cave with a small stone house built inside.
Along the way, Han Yu was memorizing some routes, but Rao is memory was a little swollen, and this mine cave was like a maze.
This hut has a faint spiritual power floating in it, and it can hardly be felt without exhalation, and the area is not large, only three or four zhang in size, and the nearby miners are basically walking around the road, and they don't dare to walk in front of the door at all.
"Your Excellency, come here, we will wait here. Li Sheng politely said to Han Yu.
Han Yu walked to the stone house and was just about to knock on the door, when an old voice came from inside: "Come in!"
Han Yu's heart sank, and he lowered his head and pushed the door in, and a sloppy old man stood in the stone house.
The old man's hair was white and gray, he was wearing a shabby robe, his face was wrinkled, his cheeks were scarred, and his cloudy eyes were slightly narrowed, he looked like a dying old man, but he exuded a powerful spiritual pressure on his body.
This old guy is not simple, although the spiritual pressure on his body is not as strong as that of the monk surnamed Zhuji, but it is far more than that old Dao, Han Yu guessed that this person is a monk of the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, and it is hopeless to see the age of this person.
Han Yu was even more careful in his heart, walked to the old man's side with a very respectful face, bowed slightly, and said in a low voice: "Junior, meet Immortal Master Tai!"
The old man was also looking at Han Yu, and nodded with a smile: "The transmission note above has already been said, you kid still have some ability, escort the important prisoner to come, and He Shao will also reward you with ten spirit stones?"
When Han Yu heard this, the vigilance in his heart suddenly rose, and he said with a sad face: "The junior went to the sundries to receive ten spirit stones, but the filial piety was given to Immortal Master Yin, and there were only two dozen fire talismans left on the little one!"
When the old man heard this, the smile on his face suddenly closed, and he asked coldly, "The ten spirit stones were taken by that kid?"
Han Yu nodded, the old man cursed a few words, and his smile all fell, looking at Han Yu's poor and sour appearance, there would only be spirit stones issued in the next year.
"That's it, you go to the spirit house on the fourth floor underground to cultivate!" the old man waved his hand impatiently and drove Han Yu back.
Han Yu's face changed, and he begged bitterly: "Elder Tai, when the sundries are distributed in the coming year, the little one must honor your old man..."
The old man's eyes were full of indifference, Han Yu begged hard in exchange for a little sympathy, and drove away: "When you have a spirit stone in the next year, you will come to find the old man!"
Han Yu pleaded a few more words, and seeing the indifference on the old man's face, he could only leave the stone house with a sad face.
"Sure enough, it's a poor ghost!" the old man snorted coldly, "I hope this kid won't die too quickly, at least for a month." ”
Han Yu walked out of the stone house, and Li Sheng saw Han Yu's sad expression, and hurriedly gathered around to ask.
"General Li, what's going on with the fourth underground layer of this vein?"
The grief on Han Yu's face just now was half pretended, he didn't want to be targeted by that old monster. Just now, as long as he took out the spirit stone, the old guy would definitely notice him.
Li Sheng's face changed when he heard that the fourth floor of the underground floor changed, and he said with some sympathy: "Lord Han, the fourth layer of this vein is the tiger's den of Longtan!"
"What do you say?" Han Yu's heart sank and he asked.
Li Sheng asked his subordinates to go to the ground first to maintain order, found a random stone and sat down, and sighed: "Lord Han must also know the origin of the miners, right?"
Han Yu nodded, these miners were all summoned from the major cities, and the City Lord's Mansion had exhausted all means in order to get them together as soon as possible.
"The miners entrenched on the fourth floor are all murderers who don't blink an eye!" Li Sheng sighed and continued, "Those four floors are bloody places, where fights often occur, and hundreds of people often die!"
Han Yu also understood when he heard this, his yamen in the south of the city also imprisoned many felons, all of them were thorns, there were big thieves, flower thieves, robbers, ruffians, and even some soldiers.
"Alas!" Han Yu sighed, thinking that if an ordinary second-layer Qi refining monk broke into that thief's den, he would definitely be torn to pieces by that thief.
Li Sheng had some sympathy in his heart, the four underground floors were drudgery, there were not only murderers but also the mine rats, and this day was not comfortable.
Han Yu smiled bitterly and asked, "I don't know if General Li has a blade to take advantage of, I don't have an inch of iron, I'm afraid I won't be able to control that group of murderers!"
"I can help with this little favor. Li Shenggang accepted the silver ticket, and now he felt a little guilty, patting his chest and agreeing.
Han Yu directly took out a gold bar and forced it into Li Sheng's hand, Li Sheng asked Han Yu to wait and walked out.
Han Yu watched Li Sheng leave, sitting on the stone in a daze, he thought for a moment again, trying to sense the aura around him.
It is worthy of being the land of mineral veins, and the aura here is even richer than when the sun did not rise in Jian'an, except that it is slightly dark and damp.
After feeling the aura, Han Yu was thinking about dealing with that group of murderers like this, otherwise he would not be able to stabilize his cultivation by using hanging gall when cultivating.
With the gold bar to open the way, this Li Sheng came quickly, and returned in less than half an hour, carrying a wrapped strip of cloth in his hand.
"This is the same knife I used in the last battle, it was forged from fine iron, and it was extremely sharp!" Li Sheng untied the strip of cloth and explained to Han Yu.
Han Yu took the treasure knife and used the sword technique that he had already practiced, and Li Sheng, who was standing on the side, praised: "My lord is a good knife technique!"
Han Yu asked Li Sheng a few more words, took the treasure knife on his back and said goodbye, and soon came to the entrance of the second floor according to the guidance.
When I got to the second floor, I found that it was even darker and damp, and all kinds of mines were criss-crossed, so I asked the soldier who collected the ore and came to the next floor.
Han Yu inquired that there were soldiers on duty in this mine for 100 days, and there was still order in the mine, but at night, with the evacuation of soldiers, it would completely become a place outside the law.
Han Yu followed the guide to the fourth floor, and met some miners on the way who looked at him with bad intentions, but Han Yu ignored it and came to the stone house on the fourth floor.
The air on these four floors was dark and damp, but the stone house was the same as the outside world, the air was fresh and dry, and Han Yu noticed that some mysterious charms were carved on the stone house, which was likely to be the key to resisting moisture.
The cottage was simply furnished, with a table and a small bed, and a fist-sized pearl of the night resting on the table, emitting a soft white light.
There is also an illustrated book on the small table, explaining the use of this hut, it turns out that the monk who guards the array has long expected that there may be mortals to harass him, as long as he puts two spirit stones into the bird's beak at the door, it can emit protective light, and it will last for half a year if it is saved.
The corners of Han Yu's mouth twitched, there was no shortage of spirit stones in his storage bag, but taking them out now would definitely attract the attention of the old man, wouldn't it be obvious to tell him that there was a big secret on him?
If the old man had been spied on, he would have died in this dark vein, and there would be no bones left.
"I can only deal with that group of murderers!" Han Yu muttered to himself.
He sat cross-legged on the bed and rested for a while, and after about half an hour, a soldier knocked on the door and brought food, and his eyes showed a hint of sympathy before leaving.
The meal was also hearty, Han Yu ate a few dishes, wiped his mouth, and at this time he heard a whistle, and the soldiers on duty left one after another.
Night is falling!