dhibooks Chapter 49 Chapter 49
Chapter 49 Chapter 49
Under the leadership of Yang Chong, Yue Yin and Gong Que came to the last fork intersection again, but the difference was that this time they no longer walked on the left side, but went up the mountain on the right side.
A group of people surrounded the palace and came to the intersection of the mine. The owner of the mine was a middle-aged man who seemed very shrewd. After seeing them, he went all the way to meet them.
After some hypocrisy, the person in charge respectfully took Gong Que and Yang Chong to check several main places in the mine, and at the same time explained to them the function of each place, what the workers did, and kept It is emphasized that the environment they live in is safe, and there have been no major accidents in the past few years.
Gong Que looked around while listening, and also randomly called a few workers to ask a few questions, but found nothing unusual, and the mine seemed very normal no matter where it was.Gong Que did not go into the mine where the ore was mined, after all, it was being mined inside, no matter what Yang Chong said, he would not let Gong Que enter a place that might be dangerous.The place that the group watched the most was the smelting and casting of iron ore. Although it was a severe winter, the workers beside the furnace were still sweating profusely, and their faces were reddened by the reflection.This mine not only mines ore, but also has a smelting and casting workshop near the mine. The mined ore is directly transported to be smelted and cast into iron, and then put into storage.
On the surface, this is a very normal smelting workshop. As expected, the workers in it are basically the common people of Qianzhou City. It seems that they are indeed voluntary to work and receive wages, and they have not been treated badly. However, Gong Que always felt that this mine was not so simple, although he couldn't tell why.
When Gong Que followed Yang Chong and the head of the mine to check the situation, Yue Yin did not go with them, but found an excuse to come out alone.Yueyin looked around by himself, and found that the mine was really big, basically occupying half of the mountain, with all kinds of equipment, and the workers were doing their duties in an orderly manner, of course, that's the case. The existence of supervisors is still indispensable.
Yue Yin looked at the supervisors who were sitting or standing aside, and a doubt flashed in his mind, because those supervisors were all Lianjiazi at first glance.Logically speaking, it's nothing to be a Lianjiazi, but judging by their number and positions, they seem to be overly vigilant, giving people a feeling that they are not trying to keep the workers inside from being lazy, but to keep outsiders from being lazy. What an exception.Yueyin suppressed the doubts in his heart, and slowly came to their warehouse boundary, but before Yueyin could go any further, someone came forward to stop him.
"Who are you? You can't get close here at will. Let's go." The guard was not too rude, probably because he was told that a high-ranking official came to inspect today, so he didn't dare to slip up.
Yue Yin showed curiosity with a smile on his face: "You two little brothers, what are you doing inside?"
"The inside is used to store the smelted and cast iron. It will be shipped in a few days. You can't be careless. You should go elsewhere." The guard brother didn't think too much, and explained a few words to make Yue Yin faster leave.
"Oh, is that right? Excuse me." Yue Yin replied lightly, and walked away slowly. He observed the surrounding environment from the corner of his eyes, and found that the guards here were not as strict as usual. A few guards and many people were ambushing in the dark, Yue Yin could feel their aura.
This trip to the mine did not make any major discoveries, and the mysterious disappearance in Qianzhou still made no progress, and Dongzi was still missing.
After going back, both Gong Que and Yue Yin felt that there should be a problem with the mine, and it shouldn’t be so calm on the surface, but they couldn’t tell what the problem was, so the final result was that Gong Que and Yue Yin reunited one night. It appeared near the mine once.
In order to deceive others, Yue Yin and Gong Que changed into night clothes and blended into the night.
At this time, the two were hiding in the bushes, observing the situation outside, and waiting for an opportunity to enter.
The place Yue Yin doubted the most was the warehouse he came to during the day. He felt that there must be something tricky in such a tightly guarded place, so the two planned to find out whether the heavily guarded warehouse was really hidden. heaven and earth.
Although it is night and the wind is blowing, the guards in the warehouse are not uncommon. Occasionally, people with torches pass by to patrol.
Yue Yin and Gong Que also stayed in the bush for quite a while, even though they both practiced martial arts all the year round, they felt a little cold after squatting in the cold wind for so long.
Gong Que turned his head with little movement, shook Yue Yin's hand with his hand, and whispered: "Is it cold?"
Yue Yin didn't look back, but shook Gong Que's hand: "It's not cold. Let's do it, it seems that they are going to change shifts."
Gong Que turned his head and glanced down, the patrolling people had just passed by, and the guards at the door were handing over. "Let's do it." Gong Que said.
The two left the bushes, and quietly followed behind the two people who got off the shift.
"Oh—it's really cold today, but fortunately we don't have to keep vigil today." One of them rubbed his hands and let out a sigh.
"Yeah, hurry up and go back and rest." Another person echoed angrily.
Yue Yin and Gong Yu exchanged glances, quickly sneaked behind them, and brought down the two guards with a knife in one hand.
"Hurry up and change into their clothes." Yue Yin said while doing his hands.
Gong Que laughed: "Do you think they will freeze to death if they just lie here for a few hours?" Although Gong Que asked, there was no other emotion in his eyes at all, and he changed his clothes neatly.
"You won't die from the cold, let's go." Yue Yin quickly put on his clothes.
When they came out again, they were dressed like the guards at the door, except that the two of them were obviously taller than the others.
The two walked into the warehouse with their heads slightly lowered, and handed the token around their waists to the guard's eyes.
The reason why the two of them dared to go in so blatantly was because when they observed in the bushes, they found that people wearing the same clothes would go in with tokens every once in a while, and they didn't see the same people for a long time. people come out.
Sure enough, the two guards let them go as soon as they saw the token, without even asking a question.
After Yue Yin and Gong Yu came to the warehouse unimpeded, they found that there were no people in the warehouse they had seen before, only piles of cast iron glowing coldly in the middle.
This phenomenon made the two of them puzzled for a while. They did see those people go in and did not come out, but now there is no one inside. This is obviously illogical. There is definitely something wrong with this place.
Unless, there are other exits here!
As soon as this thought came to Yue Yin's mind, he turned his head and looked at Gong Que, and then saw the same thought in Gong Que's eyes.Then there must be some kind of secret channel here, and the two of them tacitly began to explore both sides, carefully tapping and observing every place.
After the two groped the walls, they still found nothing. They looked at the door vigilantly, and found that no one came in, so they began to check the place where the cast iron was piled up. There must be something wrong here, but they haven't found it yet. .
Yue Yin suddenly stopped and began to observe this not-so-small warehouse. Since there is no trap on the wall, could there be some secret passage underground?Yue Yin walked to the depths of the warehouse, squatted down, and began to tap the ground softly.Before knocking on many places, Yue Yin felt something moving under his feet, Yue Yin immediately dodged to the side, covered his figure with the high pile of cast iron, and then motioned for Gong Que to hide too.
The two held their breath and listened carefully to the underground movement over there.
The ground that Yue Yin had just stepped on began to move slowly to the two sides, and a staircase extending downward gradually appeared in the middle, and the sound of chaotic footsteps began to be heard in the tunnel, and a person ran out from inside.
I thought that the people who went in before were about to come out, but Yue Yin found that the one who came out was not the guards wearing the same clothes as them, but Dongzi who had been missing for several days!
Dongzi ran up from the tunnel in some embarrassment, looking extremely flustered, Yue Yin could clearly hear many other footsteps coming from the tunnel, and those footsteps were obviously chasing Dongzi.
Without waiting to think too much, Yueyin stepped out and dragged Dongzi in, and hid in the darkness again.
Dongzi was so frightened by being dragged so suddenly, he immediately opened his mouth and wanted to shout, but fortunately Gong Que quickly covered Dongzi's mouth with his hand, and Dongzi's shout was blocked in his throat like this.
"Hush—" Yue Yin raised a finger to his mouth, signaling Dongzi to silence, "It's me."
Dongzi was pressed by the palace and covered his mouth, his eyes were wide open in horror. After hearing Yue Yin's voice, he carefully identified the face in front of him, and finally recognized that it was the face in his teahouse that day. The handsome young man stopped struggling immediately, and changed from a terrified look to a surprised one.
Not a while after Yueyin dragged Dongzi in, a group of people ran out of the tunnel, apparently chasing Dongzi, and rushed towards the door.
Gong Que let go of Dongzi, estimated the number of people who ran over just now, and added the number of people ambush outside and secretly, and felt that it would be difficult for him and Yueyin to take such a Dongzi who was not good at martial arts out.
As soon as Dongzi was let go, he whispered in surprise, "Master, why are you here?"
"It's a long story, let's go out first." Yue Yin said while quickly analyzing their current situation.
There was already commotion outside. The gatekeepers didn't see anyone running out, so they understood that people were still hiding in the warehouse, and immediately surrounded the warehouse. What they didn't know was that Yue Yin and Gong Que were also inside. stay.
Someone has already come in at the door and started searching. Their hiding place will be discovered soon, and a method of escape must be decided quickly.
Feeling the sound of footsteps getting closer to them, Gong Que turned his mind, pointed to the tunnel and said, "Let's go in first."
Yue Yin immediately understood Gong Que's thoughts. Since the road in front of him was blocked, he turned against them, went back the same way, and then looked for a chance to escape. Since Dongzi came out from inside, he should know the way.
Yue Yin pulled Dongzi to follow the palace: "Let's go!"
The three of them got into the dark tunnel together, and the noisy search sound behind them got farther and farther away.
Gong Que took out the fire pocket on his body and lit it, lighting the way ahead.
Yue Yin looked around the tunnel in the dim light. Although it was too dark to see the whole picture, he could tell that the tunnel was very spacious and several people could pass through it at the same time.The road is also very strong, and it can be felt that it has been used for a long time, and there are dull footsteps when stepping on it.
Only then did Yueyin have time to turn around and ask Dongzi, "Dongzi, what's going on here? How did you escape?"
Dongzi had just been rescued by Yue Yin, and with the previous contacts, he trusted Yue Yin very much, even though Yue Yin was wearing the same clothes as that group of people now. "I was caught here a few days ago. I was panicked at first, but when I thought of my aunt still sick in bed, I slowly calmed down and kept thinking of a way to escape." Dongzi followed closely and groaned, Slowly talk about his experiences in the past few days.
When he was first caught here, he was indeed very scared. When he woke up, he found himself in a strange place with several people guarding him.He had no idea what was going on until he was cast out to work with others and saw familiar faces who had been missing before.
When Dongzi saw the familiar or unfamiliar people outside, but they all spoke the same accent, he understood that all the missing people in Qianzhou City were here, and it was not white fox revenge, but strangers.
Those who work here are all dull-eyed, they only know that they are working numbly under the urging of the guards, and they don't even know how to be afraid. Dongzi understands that it's because they can't see hope in this dark place. .
After working for a day, Dongzi figured out the ins and outs of the matter, and then began to think of ways to get out. Everyone here was arrested like him, but the guards in Qianzhou City became stricter and stricter. The consciousness is also getting stronger and stronger, and it is very difficult to catch people again.Dongzi tried to talk to the guards, expressing that he was willing to join them and help them go out to trick people out so that they could arrest him, as long as they didn't lock him up here to work, and gave him some money to support his family.At the beginning, no one paid any attention to him. Later, they saw that Dongzi was indeed a bit clever, and it was really difficult to arrest people now, so they were slowly moved by Dongzi's proposal.
But they couldn't trust Dongzi all at once, so they asked Dongzi to do some things first under supervision, so Dongzi gained some freedom, and this little freedom gave Dongzi a chance.
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