Chapter 236: Shanzhong Mine 2

Our current location is on a cliff about ten meters high from the ground. There are a small platform at the entrance of the cave, with some relatively short shrubs growing on it, but it is enough to block the entire entrance.

But below us is a large valley, and now there are blazing torches everywhere in the valley, illuminating the valley that was originally turned black because of the darkness, like daytime.

There are many people busy in the valley now, and from the clothes of the people closest to us, we can see that these people are coolies. Every certain distance, there are some men wearing the same clothes as we just saw, holding whips in their hands and sabers hanging around their waists. The whips in their hands fall on those coolies from time to time, and the screams we hear in the hole come from this.

In the valley, there are many simple factories, and thick smoke is coming out of the chimneys of these factories, while some people are transporting some things into these chimneys with thick smoke.

"Look at it!" Jian Rufeng next to him suddenly said, then pointed to a factory and said, "It seems different from some other things."

I looked in the direction of his finger and stood a factory at the foot of the mountain not far from us. After comparing with some other factories, I found the difference from those factories.

The first is the size. Compared with other factories, this factory looks much smaller. According to my estimate, it is only more than 200 square meters. Moreover, the factory is not ventilated on all sides like other factories. Almost all of this factory is made of stone. Except for a few holes that are very high from the ground and are a bit like windows, from my direction, there is only a small hole on this side that is leaning against the mountain wall.

The second is the location. The general factory building is a distance from the mine caves opened on the mountain, but this one is very close. From the perspective of it, it looks cleaner than other factories, and there are several watchtowers around it.

The third is that on the guards, there are only a few guards standing outside the rest of the factory. In addition to the watchtowers around, this factory is almost called a circle of guards outside the factory. On this side leading to the mountain wall, there is a guard every few meters. However, in other places, they are not holding whips but knives.

After carefully identifying it, I turned my head and asked, "What do you think?"

Jian Rufeng thought for a while and said, "If the old man said that right today, the mine here should be a gold mine. Judging from the guards there so tightly, it is very likely that it is the place where gold is refined in the end. Then the warehouse they used to hide gold may also be in the mountain we are in now."

I nodded and said, "I have the same idea as you. And you see, there are a lot of workers here, except for the villagers in the mountain village, there may be people from other places. Now the only thing we have to think about is how to get in?"

Jian Rufeng was slightly stunned and asked in confusion: "Want to get in?"

"good!"

I turned my attention to the workers who were working hard and said, "If we checked as an official, I can guarantee that I would not be able to find anything. Moreover, the prefect of Jiangzhou is likely to have an affair with this gold mine. He will do everything possible to obstruct us. For the sake of the present plan, only if we sneak in can we find out the real cause of the matter!"

"But……"

Jian Rufeng also turned his eyes and said, "It is impossible for us to sneak in now. The defense below is so tight, it is really difficult to sneak in without knowing it!"

I was also a little discouraged. Although I found this passage, it was more than ten meters high from the ground, and there were no barriers below. Moreover, torches were lit everywhere here, so we would be protected by a group of people as soon as we landed. So this hole just gave us a hidden place to observe.

"The head of the family! There is still a road here."

Just as we were worried about how to get in, a sound of dark teeth came from the next year.

Now there are only two people lying side by side at the entrance of the cave, and Jian Rufeng and I just blocked the entrance, and the Mingya behind them could only wait. They have trained their skills to see things in the dark, so compared to Jian Rufeng and I, their eyes see more clearly in the dark, and their sight is farther away. So after extinguishing the fire note, they can see things that we cannot see, so some of them can find another hole.

After hearing Mingya's shout, we immediately retreated with Jian Rufeng. Under Mingya's leadership, we found another hole in a recessed place. After the fire broker was lit, we also found that this hole was different from other holes, that is, the hole wall looked smoother than other holes. I also found a place that seemed to be blackened by smoke at the hole. I touched it with my hands, and then looked at it with the faint light of the fire broker. Sure enough, there was something black on my hand.

I felt happy and said, "Go! Go in and take a look."

After saying that, he took the fire note from Jian Rufeng and walked in first.

At first, the entrance of the cave only allowed one person, but then it gradually became wider. Now the direction of the cave is going downward. At the same time, there is no wind blowing in front of us, but I don’t feel bored.

After walking about a few dozen feet, the terrain suddenly became flat and the entire hole suddenly became wider, giving me the feeling that we had just walked into a room from a corridor.

We took a look at the faint firelight and saw that it was basically the end, and there was no other way out.

At the same time, we also saw the arrangement here clearly, including stone tables and stone beds. It seems that someone had lived here before, but we don’t know this person from time to time.

Originally, I thought I had found a passage to allow us to sneak in, but I didn't expect that I came into such a hole. Now, this hole is not only used for rats to be used as rat nests, but we really don't know that there are other uses.

I took the fire note and looked around the stone chamber again. After confirming that there was no other exit, I spread my hands at Jian Rufeng and said, "Let's go! It seems that we have returned empty-handed today."

Jian Rufeng nodded, waved his hand and said, "Go back!"

We had just taken two steps when suddenly a crisp impact sound came from the stone wall, as if some metal was colliding together.

"Who?" Jian Rufeng roared and pulled out his weapon with Mingya. Then he carefully looked around.

After the metal sound, a sound of whipping on the body came in again, and there was also a verbal abuse: "I beat you to death and call you accidentally!"

There were still screams of screams as the whip appeared.

I heard the sound that someone made some mistake, which made the person next to me unhappy and beat him up.

"Uncle! Just be fine! Don't beat him. He is a ignorant person. Just bypass him this time!"

At the same time, a whole pleading sound and a muffled groan came.

But the man seemed to have no intention of stopping, and the whip still fell down without listening.

"Okay!" A slow voice came in, "Just teach some lessons. If you beat me to death, then there will be someone doing things?"

"yes!"

After this sound, the whip stopped.

"Thank you, sir, thank you!" The man who had just pleaded with mercy quickly said, with pain in his words. It seemed that he had also been whipped a lot in order to protect the person who made the mistake.

"Pack up the things and everyone goes down!" the calm voice ordered.

"Yes!" After agreeing neatly, there was no sound. It seemed that he was packing things, but the sound was too small and could not be transmitted.

After the sound stopped, I waved my hand and whispered: "Put down the weapon!"

Mingya did not answer, but carefully put away his sword and tried not to make any sound.

I moved my steps carefully and came to the edge of the cave wall. I was extremely happy. Now I was almost certain that on the other side of the stone wall, it was very likely that the warehouse of this gold mine was the warehouse. Because based on the clarity of the sound, I could even judge that the stone wall was not thick. They didn't know why when they were building this vault, they didn't dig a little more. If they dig a little more, the cave would be discovered.

At this moment, I couldn't help but have an idea in my mind. Even if I can't grasp the evidence, I might as well act as a gentleman on the Liang Dynasty, transfer all the gold here to him, and then hand it over to the treasury. You must know that the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty was the biggest stolen agent. If I gave it to him, I guess no one could get it back. Of course, I still have to keep some hard work.

I put my ears on the wall, so that I could hear the slight metal collision sound from the opposite side, very crisp

After the voice stopped, someone said, "Master Qi, everything has been cleaned up!"

"You guys go out!"

Then there was a chaotic sound of footsteps, followed by a crisscrossing iron doors.

I thought there was no one on the other side, and I felt a little disappointed. I was about to leave my ears off the wall, but I didn't expect someone on the other side to say, "Sir!" The voice was the person who had been giving orders just now, with a hint of flattery in his tone.

"Hmph! How many times have I told you, what should I call me? Don't you know?" A voice snorted coldly, his voice low and a little hoarse.

"Yes! Yes! The villain understands! It's Mr. Lin!"

"Don't talk about this, how much gold do we have here now?"

"Your Majesty Lin, there are about 300,000 taels here now, and there are 1 million taels of silver."

"Not bad!" The voice clearly showed a hint of joy, and said, "Tell the people below to hold on, the King of Thailand is waiting for the gold, but you must not make any mistakes!"
Chapter completed!