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Chapter 7 Unpreventable

As the sky brightened, the mine became lively, and the miners came out of the shed one after another to work hard for a day. This has become their habit. Every day after dawn, these people who have lost their freedom and dignity will automatically come out of their residence without being urged, because they can be punished less.

Xu Jinghong walked back and forth between the mine and the ore storage shed as in the past, sending the ore on that side to that side, so that the people around him could not see anything strange. But in fact, 80% of his spirit fell on Hu San, who stood high and waved the whip in his hand. Because he doesn't know when and how the other party will attack him, he must be on guard at all times, especially when approaching the other party to prevent him from killing him without saying a word.

However, after a period of time, Hu San didn't even look at Xu Jinghong, as if there was no such thing at all. However, Xu Jinghong is moreware. These days, Hu San has been looking for trouble to target himself. Today, doesn't the sudden change of sex just show that there is a ghost in the other party's heart? So whenever he approached Hu San, his muscles collapsed. Once he really wanted to attack himself, Xu Jinghong would immediately fight back, and he would not die.

In fact, Xu Jinghong still has some fanfare, and the vegetation is full of soldiers, because Hu San has not intended to attack him at this time. Instead, he turned a blind eye to the surrounding situation because he was thinking about how to do it. After all, he is not a fool. He is also a bully in his hometown before coming to the mine. He is also a little cunning. He knew very well that he was just a knife in the hands of Gao Jiu and the people behind him. If he really killed Xu Jinghong in full view of the public, the first thing the other party wanted to eradicate was himself, and there were well-founded reasons.

Although the miners in the mine are humble slaves, the government has not deprived them of their lives, in other words, they cannot be killed at will. Of course, this is just saying so on the table. It's hard to say it secretly. And Xu Jinghong can make those big shots dare not do it clearly with the help of small people like themselves, which shows that things are not simple. And once they really kill him, in order not to let the people who protect him get into trouble, these people will naturally not spare themselves.

It is precisely because of such a layer of scruples that Hu San has never dared to do it easily, but is waiting for an opportunity, preferably a little accident, so that Xu Jinghong will die in an accident. In order to achieve this, he even secretly tampled and stole the tools Xu Jinghong used to carry the ore, just to make him do it with his bare hands, thus exhausting him and even giving him the idea of suicide. Unfortunately, Xu Jinghong survived, and now Gao Jiu has urged him again, so he must find a proper way to deal with it.

But after thinking about it for a long time, I still have no idea. Although Hu San said confidently in front of Gao Jiu before, in fact, he had no idea. He just said that to avoid being harmed by the other party. He is very clear about his situation. If nothing really can be done, the other party may not be able to allow himself to live, and he has nothing*.

Hu San's heart, which is in dilemma, becomes tighter with the passage of time. He doesn't want to die. Just then, a trusted miner suddenly came over and lay down in his ear and said a few words. As a foreman who helps the pipeman manage this area of hundreds of mining slaves, Hu San also has his own cronies, which can facilitate his management. However, because it was too big, he did not tell these people about it, so these people still just stared at their errands conscientiously.

Now that man has come to do his duty: "Third brother, there is a problem with a shaft over there. I'm afraid it will collapse. Do you want to find a few people to strengthen it?"

Hu San was thinking about how to deal with Xu Jinghong at this time and was not seen the flaw. He didn't listen to the other party's words and said impatiently, "You can do this matter. Don't come to me for a big deal..." At this point, his face suddenly changed and he woke up: "What are you talking about? If there is a problem with the shaft over there, it may collapse?

The man looked at Hu San strangely, but still nodded and said, "Yes, the vertical over there..." Before he finished speaking, he saw that Hu San had quickly strode in the direction he pointed. He was very excited, which made him even more strange: "What's wrong with Sange today? I was shocked that something happened to this shaft. You don't have to be so panicked?"

This mine located on the boundary of Yunzhou is rich in silver ores, that is, those ores that need to be transported from the cave by miners. However, in addition to the silver ore most needed by the Song Dynasty, it is also accompanied by some more valuable gold ores. And the location of these gold mines is not in the mine, but in the sporadic shafts. Miners need to go down to the wells several feet deep and extend inward before they can start their work. It can be said that this work is the most tiring and dangerous, because after all, it is underground, and disasters such as landslides may occur at any time, and the people inside will have to be killed or crushed to death.

However, compared with the silver mine, this gold mine is too expensive, so they will not give up no matter how dangerous it is. Therefore, the shaft is the most valued by those foreman and plumbetters, and often send a confidant to keep an eye on it. However, Hu San's reaction after hearing this was too fierce, which made others a little strange.

Hu San quickly came to the shaft and circled around the entrance of only five feet. After a few times, he could be sure that the well was indeed unsafe. As long as he continued to dig in it, it was likely to cause the soil to sink and collapse. As an old man who has been in this mine for five or six years, this experience is still very reliable, and this bad news is the best opportunity for him now.

Hu San narrowed his eyes and thought about it for a while before he said to his relatives around him with a tiger face: "Your eyes are dazzled. There is nothing at all, but you said that this shaft is going to collapse at any time. What a waste!"

"I..." The man wanted to defend himself, but found that Hu San was looking at himself. He immediately understood what the article was in it, and immediately said, "What the third brother said was that the villain's eyes were wrong."

"Well, find a few miners to continue digging. This is where the gold is produced. You can't stop because of such a small thing." Hu San nod his head with satisfaction, and then pointed to Xu Jinghong and said. He is very clear about the style of this cronin, and he is best able to figure out people's intentions. As soon as he sees what he is referring to, he will call people according to what he refers to.

"Yes, let's arrange it." Sure enough, the man called Xu Jinghong and others in front of him: "You guys exchange with them and go mining from today on. Remember, this is an opportunity for you by the third brother. If you do it well, your position here will be extraordinary in the future. With that, he pointed to the tools on the ground.

Because there are tens of thousands of miners in the mine, and there are no more than hundreds of guards. In order to prevent their violent (river crabs) chaos, in addition to sending special personnel to stare at them, they also strictly control the tools in their hands. In addition to the necessary digners, more people can't get this kind of tool with great lethality. Now Xu Jinghong needs to wait to go down the well to allow them to take these tools.

Xu Jinghong took a look at Hu San. Although he didn't know what had happened before, from the sudden change of the other party, there must be some conspiracy in it. Unfortunately, the status of both sides is high and low now, and it is impossible for them to refuse such an order, otherwise the other party will find sufficient reasons to attack themselves. So after taking a breath, Xu Jinghong went into the shaft with another miner.

Seeing that they all got into the well, Hu San was relieved. Presumably everything would be done soon, and his responsibility was also minimal. Because the safety of the shaft is left to the trusted person in front of him, and he is the most responsible once something goes wrong. For my own life, I have to let you unlucky guys die with him!" After taking a last look at the shaft, Hu San turned around and left the dangerous place.

In the shaft, everyone has gone down to the bottom and then walked along a small and short passage. These people have been used to the work changes in the mine, so they are completely unprepared for anything. Only Xu Jinghong has fallen behind because of uneasiness. He looked carefully at the situation around him and was careful of possible changes at any time, but on the surface, he could not see any problems at all. After all, this was the first time he went down to this shaft.

Just as Xu Jinghong was staying outside, the miners inside had already moved. They have been completely numb, and as long as the manager or foreman says a word, they will follow the order.

The sound of jingle seemed very loud in the sealed space, and the sound was constantly reflecting in the middle of the well wall, which made the movement bigger. Finally, it shook the loose well wall. Some gravel and sand kept falling like this, and some hit the head and back of Xu Jinghong, who was about to go in. .

Xu Jinghong's mind suddenly thought of the conversation between Hu San and the two who had overheard before, and they once mentioned the destruction of a mine. It was only because I thought it was almost impossible at that time that I didn't think about it carefully, and now it seems that this is their real method.

"It's not good!" After a brief loss of distracting, Xu Jinghong was shocked. As the shovel in his hand crossed the straight wall at the mouth of the well, he shouted inside, "Come out quickly, this mine is going to collapse!" And with his shout, the stones on the mine fell down faster, and then the whole shaft fell directly after a loud noise...

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