The moonlight was like water. It leaked from the straw seam on the top of the shack and sprinkled on Wang gaoqiu's ragged sack blanket. The ragged corner of the blanket exposed no white cotton. It was sad and cold.
Wang gaoqiu couldn't sleep. Thinking about what Han San said in the daytime, the whole person was a little restless.
Because the elder brother of the same clan is a general in the guard, Wang gaoqiu knows the benefits of this title.
They don't kneel at the sight of officials, don't accept grain on four or five acres of land, and officials have to visit them during the new year's festival. They also send their nephews and nieces to the martial arts school. No one in ten miles and eight townships envies them, even the Jinshi county magistrate.
If only I could find special gold.
Unfortunately, this is a broken coal mine. There is no gold, not to mention the special gold that can be knighted.
If only I hadn't been trapped in this broken coal mine, I could look around. There might be this gold at the mountains of our Lao Wang family.
Watching a chance to be knighted, Wang gaoqiu regretted it.
"Save..."
There was a sudden cry for help outside the shack.
Wang gaoqiu was stunned. Someone ran away and was caught back?
The coal mine is located in the northernmost part of the Rouran prairie, which is beyond the jurisdiction of the imperial court. It is deserted for hundreds of miles. There is no door to escape.
Those unscrupulous thieves in charge of the coal mine can catch those who escape by riding a horse and running around.
Everyone who didn't get back was killed.
Thinking about the tragedy of the last miner killed, Wang gaoqiu was even more upset. The good opportunity to be knighted ruined these black hearted maggots.
The sound of footsteps outside the shack was noisy. There should be many people.
The cry for help, the sound of knives cutting into meat and the sound of blades hitting made Wang gaoqiu sleepless.
Is this a fight between black heart maggots?
With this in mind, Wang gaoqiu poked out his head and looked around. He wanted to see if he could steal a horse and escape. With a horse, the black hearted maggots would not catch up with him.
That's a chance to be knighted.
Wang gaoqiu thought like this. As soon as he got up from the ragged bedding, he saw two men in black carrying knives coming into the door of the shack.
"What are you doing?"
When the man in black raised his sword, he pointed to the king's high hill and asked.
Wang gaoqiu was startled. He slipped back into his blanket and stammered:
"I, I, I'm in a hurry."
"Endure"
The man in black snorted coldly and pointed to the rest of the people in the shack.
"Give me a good sleep. Who dares to come out? Be careful of your head."
Then the man in black turned and went out. After a while, the same voice sounded in the nearby shack.
Wang gaoqiu didn't dare to go out again. He retracted into his quilt and thought about the people in black just now. Their voice seemed wrong, which seemed different from the black heart maggots.
Han San, who was awakened by fright, swears:
"Shit, these grandsons have just cut people. There's still blood on the knife."
Wang gaoqiu noticed that a few black blood drops were scattered on the ground where the man in black stood just now. From a distance, it seemed to laugh at Wang gaoqiu's boldness.
With an uneasy mood, Wang gaoqiu slept in a ragged quilt for an unstable sleep, and almost died of urination.
The next day, with permission, Wang gaoqiu was the first one out of the shack, ran to the hut, opened his pants and put comfortable water.
Out of the thatched cottage, Wang gaoqiu saw Han San holding a job and two dens in his hand.
"Where did your grandson do it?"
Wang gaoqiu asked in surprise, these black heart maggots are always only for one meal. Where did Han San get his grandson.
Han San looked at Wang gaoqiu and scolded:
"Grandson, don't hurry to get your share. The old man is kind-hearted and let me eat in the morning."
Send food.
Wang gaoqiu ran to the shack. He went late, but he had nothing to eat.
Looking at the people in black, Wang gaoqiu was very strange. How strange these people look. They are different from our Han people, Rouran people and Tule people.
After receiving the Wotou and drinking the soup, Wang gaoqiu followed Han San and was driven up the coal mine.
"Hey, Han San, these people don't look like us."
Han San looked around and said in a low voice:
"Nonsense, those are northern snow barbarians. Look, we don't want to die in the future. I'm afraid it's impossible."
Wang gaoqiu was stunned. It's impossible not to die?
How could this happen? I still haven't got the title of Lord. I haven't married my daughter-in-law to inherit my family. How can I die.
When the party arrived at the coal mine, a man in black stood in front of a group of miners with a piece of yellow coal.
"Look for this kind of coal. If you find it, you will be rewarded."
After giving orders, the men in black dispersed and drove the miners up the mountain to look for coal.
The morning passed quickly, and a large group of miners found only a piece of coal called by the man in black.
Wang gaoqiu looked up at the sky. If he couldn't find it in the afternoon, he wouldn't be able to go back in the evening. Looking at the importance that people in black attach to the coal, it's impossible not to die.
"Eat, eat."
The voice of the man in black sounded on the flat ground.
Looking down, Wang gaoqiu saw that the man in black carried several large barrels and put them on the flat ground. The heat in the barrels was obviously something like rice soup.
"If you die, you have to be a full ghost yesterday."
Wang gaoqiu muttered and climbed down.
Soon, the miners lined up, and Wang gaoqiu led two Wotou and a bowl of soup.
Sitting on a stone, Wang gaoqiu drank the soup and chewed the Wotou. His heart was full of sobs. He changed the manager of the mine and his life was better all at once.
You must work hard in the afternoon and try to find a piece of yellow coal.
After a busy afternoon, Wang gaoqiu found a similar piece and gave it to the man in black.
The man in black rewarded Wang gaoqiu with a soft Wotou on the spot.
With the reward, the miners became more motivated. In one afternoon, six miners found yellow coal.
In the following days, a group of miners were excited to find the Yellow coal.
That night, Wang gaoqiu woke up in the middle of the night and saw Han San hiding in his quilt with a yellow coal.
This is a soft head.
Wang gaoqiu slipped out and grabbed Han San's coal. Just about to scold Han San, Han San made a quiet gesture to Wang gaoqiubi.
"I don't think it's coal."
Han San's words stopped Wang gaoqiu at once. This is not coal. What else can it be.
Taking the coal from Wang gaoqiu's hand, Han San pointed to the yellow spots on it and said:
"I doubt it's gold."
Han San's face glittered with excitement, and his tone was full of pride:
"I heard those snow people say that this is gold."
Snow people?
Wang gaoqiu looked at Wang gaoqiu strangely. Are those people really snow people.
Han San glanced outside the shack and said hoarsely:
"I've been in Xueman's territory before. I've seen these grandchildren. I've heard them speak Xuezu dialect. Damn it, a tune."
An idea suddenly flashed through Wang gaoqiu's mind:
Why do the snow people want to dig gold in the territory of our Han country? Aren't they afraid that the Lord will send an army to collect them?
At this moment, the sound of fighting suddenly sounded outside the shack, and the sound of horses neighing continued.
"The gang of mine managers came back."
Han San blurted out, wrapped the ragged hemp around him and looked at Wang gaoqiu:
"If you want to live, follow me."