Chapter 1295

"Step on step..."

In a remote and desolate town, seven or eight people dressed as bodyguards rode high horses and surrounded a young man into the town. This kind of scene is too rare for such a remote town. It immediately attracted the curious eyes of many nearby townspeople, wondering where it was from.

Zhou Dacheng had a horse belly, which made the horse in his crotch a few steps faster. He was half a horse behind Nangong Yue, who was dressed in blue men's clothes. He said, "the world Young master, if you go further along this road for more than a mile, it will be the post station. " The 100 elite soldiers they took on this trip were temporarily stationed three or four miles away from zhenzikou. If there is any change, they can send out a signal bomb in time to recruit people.

Nangong Yue nodded and looked at the surrounding environment.

This small town is sparsely populated. The houses and streets around it have not been repaired for many years. The passers-by along the way looks sallow and thin, and their clothes are mostly patched. This is obviously a poor town.

Nangong Yue eyebrows a pick, according to Zhou Dacheng said, siglaishan mine scale is not small. Generally speaking, such mines will recruit miners from the nearest villages and towns. The people in these villages and towns will have a livelihood and their life will be better. But here

Suddenly, there was a commotion in a room dozens of feet away in front of me. Several big men were dragging a thin boy out of a room.

The boy screamed into the room: "Dad! Mother

Then, a couple in their thirties came out with each other's help. Next to them was a thin boy, who cried pitifully: "big brother! Don't take big brother

Nangong Yue and his party could not help but stop and look in that direction.

Zhou Dacheng frowned slightly. Is there any royal law here? In broad daylight, there are still people who dare to rob people in the street!

Zhou Dacheng looked at Nangong Yue and was about to move forward. However, he saw the man of the couple step forward. His eyes were red and he begged to the big men: "I regret it! I'll give you back the money. Please don't take my dog's leftovers away

One of the tall and strong men snorted contemptuously. He took out a piece of paper written on it in his arms, and said scornfully, "you have signed this deed of sale. Do you have a clear look? It's a dead contract! Do you want to sign the contract again? " With that, he deliberately looked around and said in a loud voice, "the death contract is here. Even if we sue the government, we are reasonable!"

Zhou Dacheng did not go forward. The other side said it was right. Since he had signed the death contract, even the government had no right to interfere.

The woman burst into tears with excitement: "dog remnant! My dog remnant

Several big men disdained the poor couple and dragged the boy named gouzuo to leave.

"Ah --"

a long sigh came from the roadside, and a gray haired old lady sighed and shook her head: "this family is too upset! Even if the family is poor again How can you sell people to places like that?! I don't know how to die

Nangong Yue's eyebrows move. Does this aunt know something?

She gave Baihui a wink, who was dressed as a man. Baihui understood immediately, turned over and dismounted, walked quickly to the old woman, and asked, "Auntie, do you know the origin of those people? Why are you so overbearing? "

The old lady looked at Baihui as if she was a little girl dressed up and looked at the bodyguards accompanying her. She knew that these people were either rich or noble, but after all, they were from other countries, and no matter how respectable they were, they could not be the masters of those people.

The old lady hesitated for a moment, or kindly reminded: "that's the person from Fangjia mine. I often come to our town to buy people and work as a miner in the mine. I still sign a death contract. Old lady, you are a stranger. You'd better avoid them. "

Nangong Yue, two or three Zhang away, naturally heard it. He frowned slightly, but didn't say anything.

The party went on. After a cup of tea, they arrived at the post station in the town.

In this kind of small town, the post station seldom receives passing officials or messengers. It is empty.

As soon as he saw Zhou Dacheng show the post ticket of Zhennan Wangfu, Yi Cheng was so shocked that he could hardly understand why such a big man suddenly came to their remote country.

There were not a few rooms in the post station. The post Cheng ordered people to grudgingly prepare one upper room for Nangong Yue, and several rooms for the escort.

After a stick of incense, there were several more people in nangongyue's room. In addition to Zhou Dacheng, two dark guards, Xiao Ying and Xiao dark, who appeared and disappeared, were also called.

Nangong Yue looked around the crowd, his eyes fell on Xiao Ying and said in a deep voice, "Xiao Ying!"

"My subordinates are here." Xiao Ying put away his usual carelessness, and respectfully clasped his fist to answer the way.

"I'm afraid you'll have to go to the mine this time." Nangong Yue's eyes were half narrowed, and there was a flash of light in his eyes.

Before she came, she guessed that there was something wrong with the mine here. Today's scene confirmed her guess in her heart. General mines and their surrounding villages and towns are mutually beneficial. Most of them employ miners. After all, mining is hard work. It can be exchanged for some young and powerful miners in a few years. It is much cheaper than buying a person by death contract.Unless There's something shady about this mine!

What's more, from the old lady's words just now, it's even more obvious that many people have died in the mine

If you want to investigate the truth, there is only one way to explore the tiger's den.

The situation in the mine is not clear. The task this time naturally has certain risks. Nangong Yue thinks about it and decides to let Xiao Ying explore it.

At this time, Nangong Yue could not help but feel a little lucky. Fortunately, she left her grandfather, sister Xia and thrush in the post station of Hehe town before she came to siglaishan by a detour.

Hearing this, Xiao Ying's eyes lit up and immediately understood the implication of Nangong Yue. He said excitedly, "princess, are you letting your subordinates sell yourself?" The excitement in his eyes and voice seemed to be impatient. "That's a good idea. I haven't tried to sell myself to bury my father." As he said that, his thief Xi Xi's eyes looked at Xiao dark. Xiao dark's heart sank, and his face was as black as the bottom of a pot

Xiao Ying and Xiao dark look at each other quickly. Nangong Yue was in a heavy mood. He was amused by them. Even the atmosphere in the room was much lighter

Xiao Ying and Xiao dark soon retired quietly.

The room was quiet for a moment. Nangong Yue took a sip of the tea cup and put it down again. His eyes were slightly heavy, and he said slowly and meaningfully, "it's time to meet the county magistrate here next."

Nangong Yue's voice had just dropped, and there was a sound of footwork in the corridor outside. He followed Ren Zi into the room and said, "childe, Wang Xiancheng has already arrived. Just downstairs, will you bring it now?"

Time is coincident, Nangong Yue should.

After a while, Ren Zinan came in a hurry with a middle-aged man dressed in a county magistrate's robe. The Wang county magistrate was already sweating and could not hide his nervousness.

No matter what else the county magistrate had on hand, he had to put it down for a while. He came here in a horse drawn carriage. He felt uneasy: in this remote and remote place, he was the highest official he had ever seen, but he was also the magistrate of the neighboring town!

"This way, my Lord!"

Ren Zinan politely invited the other party into the room, but Wang Xiancheng stayed outside for a moment and wiped the sweat on his forehead. Then he carried his robe and crossed the threshold.

There were four people in the room. The most striking one was a young man who looked fifteen or sixteen years old. He was sitting at a mahogany round table in a blue robe. Behind the young man, there were two pretty boys, all of whom were waiting.

The young master drank the tea carelessly, frowned, put aside in disgust, and said, "what kind of tea is this! Is it human? "

One of the boys quickly stepped forward and said respectfully, "young master, would you like to make a pot of Pu'er tea we brought this time?"

The young man waved his hand, and the boy immediately went out of the house and crossed with Wang Xiancheng, who had entered the house. But the young man didn't even look at Wang Xiancheng.

Wang Xiancheng looked at the last person in the room. It was a tall middle-aged man in his forties. He had a black face. Judging from his fierce momentum, he was a general in the army. I'm afraid that he had been through the battlefield for a long time. However, such a person and object could only stand in front of this young man.

Zhou Dacheng, of course, was Zhou Dacheng. He clasped his fist at Wang County Cheng, and then introduced, "Lord Wang, this is our childe." He was deliberately vague.

"Yes, sir."

Wang Xian Cheng bowed respectfully and thought in his heart that since he was holding the token of Zhennan Wangfu, it must be the person of Wangfu. It's said that shiziye is still fighting in Yanding City, so there are few who can be called childe. As far as he knows, in addition to the second son Xiao Luan, the prince also has several nephews. He doesn't know who is coming today.

"No gift." Nangong Yue said carelessly that he didn't mean to ask the other party to sit down.

Naturally, Wang Xiancheng did not dare to have a slight word. He asked politely, "I don't know if you are looking for a lower official, but what's your order?"

Nangong Yue shook the folding fan in his hand, opened the door and asked, "Lord Wang, is there a mine on siglaishan beside your town?"

Wang County Cheng was stunned. He didn't expect that the other party came to ask the Fangjia mine. But the mine is the property of the Fang family. It is the property of shiziye and Xiaoer's grandfather. If the visitor is Mr. Xiao, why should we ask him, an outsider

Wang Xiancheng had some doubts in his mind, but he still replied: "childe, the mine in siglaishan is the Fangs' mining industry, specializing in the production of iron ore, which is owned by the fangs The miners are responsible for mining, and the officials don't know much about the mines. " Of course, Wang Xiancheng knew that the fangs bought some young people to sign death contracts in the town. However, the fangs had a big family and a great career, and they were the in laws of Zhennan Wangfu. How dare he say anything. Moreover, the government has no way to intervene in this matter. The death contracts are tantamount to buying people a cheap life.

Nangong Yue seemed to smile rather than smile. He didn't miss the hesitation on the face of Wang Xian Cheng, but he didn't take it seriously. He said, "Mr. Wang, this young master came to siglaishan to worship his father..." With that, she coughed and coughed stiffly on purpose. She changed her mouth and said, "it was ordered by the army to purchase iron ore. The military affairs are in a hurry. Please go and call the manager of Fangjia mine to me!"Wang Xiancheng, of course, heard what Nangong Yue said. He felt a storm in his heart, "it's Fengfu..." Does the other party want to say "it was ordered by my father"? That is to say, the other party is Xiao Er childe of the palace! Is it possible that the second young master wanted to make a contribution in front of the Lord, so he didn't have a master of prescriptions and came here in such a bold way

The more Wang Xian Cheng thought about it, the more he thought that was the case. He thought of the rumors about the second master Xiao that came from the war with Baiyue last year. He thought he was the truth.

Looking at Wang Xiancheng's face changed several times, the lily behind Nangong Yue almost didn't smile, and secretly held a tear of sympathy for Xiao Luan, who was far away in Luoyue city.

Wang Xiancheng didn't dare to be slighted. He wiped the sweat on his forehead and said in a hurry Please wait a moment, young master. I'll send someone to pass on. "

After Wang Xian Cheng saluted, he went downstairs for a while and sent people to Fangjia mine to look for someone. This is a matter between the royal family and the Fang family. Wang Xiancheng really doesn't want to get involved in it. He hopes that when Deng Guanshi of the Fang family comes, he can retire.

When he was waiting, he didn't expect to see Mr. Deng walking around from the second floor of the County Hall.

"Childe," Wang Xiancheng hurried forward, "you are..."

Nangong Yue stroked his sleeve and said, "I'm so upset that I'll go out for a walk first. When the fangs come, let him wait for my son here. " He said, of course.

Wang County Cheng secretly complained: I heard that the second childe Xiao was ridiculous. I thought that nine out of ten sentences were exaggerated, just like the previous rumors about the prince's dandy. I didn't expect that this young master Xiao was really a young childe.

Wang County Cheng only got a way: "young master, let me accompany you around?"

Nangong Yue didn't agree. He left on his own, and Wang Xiancheng quickly followed.

People surrounded Nangong Yue and walked aimlessly everywhere. As he walked, he complained to Wang Xiancheng from time to time: "Lord Wang, is your town too boring? There is no restaurant, no temple fair, no dim sum shop, and no peddler on the road... "

Wang Xiancheng had no choice but to smile.

At this time, there was a lot of noise in front of me. I saw a few people around the road, whispering, and I didn't know what they were looking at

"Eh?" Nangong Yue picked his eyebrows and said to the lily, "Xiao He, go and see what happened there?"

"Yes."

Lily took orders to go, flexible into the crowd, and then quickly drilled out, low browed back and said: "childe, there are people selling their bodies there to bury brother." Lily thought of what she had just seen, and tried to smile, stiff all over.

"Sell your body and bury your brother?" Nangong Yue struck his palm with the handle of his fan with interest. His eyes lit up and said, "do you want to go over and see who the beautiful lady is..." With that, she had strode in the direction of the crowd.

"Gong..." Baihui deliberately makes the expression that wants to talk but stops, endure even harder.

Wang County Cheng also quickly followed the past, and gave two yamen a wink.

Two yamen soldiers rushed forward to open the way for nangongyue. When the common people saw the officials, they naturally avoided and failed.

In the center of the crowd, three big men were standing in front of a straw mat, the tallest and strongest in the middle. With a wave of his big arm, he said in a loud voice, "I'll buy it!" He looked around the people and said, "I bought it!" That tone seems to say who dares to rob me!?

For fear of offending these people, those people did not dare to watch again, and they all scattered. Wang Xian Cheng frowned when he saw the man who claimed to be the tiger Lord. He was afraid that the second young master Xiao would quarrel with each other.

There was a man lying on the straw mat in front of the three big men. The man was covered with a large gray linen cloth, which outlined the outline of the body and made people shiver.

Behind the mat, there was a young man in rags on his knees. His hair was a little messy, and his cheek was covered with a lot of ash. However, we could still see that it should be less than 20.

The tiger master nodded with satisfaction, but Nangong Yue snorted: "I thought I was a pretty girl, selling myself to bury my brother. How could I be a smelly man! boring! How boring

The tiger master also saw Wang Xiancheng beside Nangong Yue. He was also worried that the young childe from where would rob him. Now he is relieved.

Afraid of slow will change, he quickly raised his hand, the attendant beside him quickly handed a piece of paper to his hand.

The tiger master squatted down and said to the youth forcefully: "you don't want to sell your body and bury your brother? Do you want to sign it now? "

The young man hesitantly looked at the full contract and asked, "I don't know how many years I want to sign it? Can you give me... "

Before he finished speaking, the tiger said impatiently, "Why are you asking so many questions? I will help you bury your brother! "

At the same time, his attendant gave him a fingerprint when he was not paying attention.

These people seem to be well-trained or used to it. After a while, a carriage came clattering. Behind the carriage was a huge wooden cage, in which there were five or six men, and the young man was impolitely locked in.While being pushed forward, the young man called: "my brother I have to bury my brother

"Don't worry, since you have signed the deed, I will bury my brother for you." He gave a look to the attendant, who immediately wrapped the straw mat and carried away the body. Isn't it just dealing with a body? What's the trouble!

Looking at the direction of the carriage, Nangong Yue opened his fan again, turned his head to Wang County Cheng and said, "Lord Wang, your town is too poor? Why do so many people sell themselves There are iron mines in this town. Don't you cheat me? Zhaofeng town and Ruixiang town are also rich in iron and copper. As far as I know, they are very rich. "

Wang Xiancheng laughed bitterly. The reason why other mining towns are rich is that the mines have made the local people have a livelihood and have brought about other industries. However, the fangs are in charge of everything in their mines

Wang County Cheng could not say what he had suffered. He could only say, "young master, I dare not deceive. There are indeed iron ores on siglaishan, and they are very rich. Nearly 100 trucks of iron ores are transported out every month. " If the iron ore is not abundant and the excavation is not enough, why should the fangs buy people to the mine!

Nangong Yue raised his eyebrows. In this way, the siglaishan mine is rich in minerals. It seems that he is doing other activities in the name of the mine. In other words, the secret of siglaishan is probably the mine itself

Nangong Yue thought and looked forward. The chariot was turning right, and then he couldn't see it.

The carriage, escorted by several men and horses, left the town all the way to the western suburb of the town. After four or five miles, several mountains appeared in front.

The men who were locked up in the carriage showed a look of uneasiness and fear. The carriage was quiet, and there was no sound at all. Xiao Ying curled up in the corner also showed an uneasy look. He looked around, but the corners of his mouth made a strange arc at an angle that no one else could see

"Are these new arrivals?" At the foot of the mountain, a big man at the gate looked at the people in the carriage, glanced at them casually, and then opened the iron gate and put the carriage in.

The carriage continued along the winding mountain road, and you could see a man dressed as a yamen servant in a hurry to another direction

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