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"I'm really curious about what happened in Lingyang. Please let the old man make it clear," he said

The old man glared at him unhappily, "why don't you listen to me, young man? What can you do if you know? Can you still care about it? Listen to the old man and go

Dongfang Su said with a smile, "I've been a child with this temperament. If I don't understand everything clearly, it's just like waking up. I can't eat and sleep. It's really uncomfortable."

The old man shook his head again and again. Seeing that Dongfang Su didn't mean to leave, he had to compromise, "OK, I'll tell you, but you have to promise me that you will leave immediately after hearing this, and there will be no delay for a moment."

After Dongfang Su nodded, he looked at the sky full of floating clouds and said slowly, "everything has to start from that gold mine. It's true that all evils and greed are the first." The old man sighed, and the wrinkles on his face were a little deeper than just now. "Do you know the annual output of gold and copper in Lingyang?"

Dongfang Su thought carefully and said, "I used to go to Jinling City to do business. Once I had wine with a petty official. I overheard him say that Lingyang produces about ten jin of gold a year and several hundred jin of copper a year."

"Ten jin, several hundred jin..." With a pathetic smile, the old man lowered his head and took a few puffs of dry smoke. He said in a deep voice, "although I don't know the specific figures, I can be sure that the annual gold yield of this gold mine is at least 50 Jin, and the copper yield is more than 1000 Jin. Moreover, it's all excellent yellow copper, and occasionally red copper or even red copper."

"Fifty Jin?" Dongfang Su stared at the old man in disbelief. He could hardly believe his ears. He knew that there was something wrong with the output of Lingyang gold mine, but he never thought that the difference was so great. These people are really bold.

The old man said with a sneer, "I'd better forget about this number. Do you know why there are so many good fields that nobody ploughs? Because they've been hauled to mine. " Then the old man said sarcastically, "if you want to meet people, go to the mine, where there are people all over the mountains, as many as you want."

Dongfang Su's face was gloomy and said, "so they have been deceiving the imperial court?"

"If you don't cheat the court, how can you be greedy?" The old man sighed deeply, "every year, they will call many strong men to dig mines. Although it's a little hard, it's OK to pay money and manage food. But since three months ago, everything has changed. They start to dig mines crazily, day and night, and they don't stop digging. There are constantly people who have accidents or even die because of excessive fatigue, but they still ignore it and even become worse Li. Some people want to leave, but they control the mine, forbid anyone to leave, and at the same time, they constantly arrest people to dig, even teenagers, which makes people panic. "

"After digging for so many years, the mine has been full of holes and may collapse at any time. The workers have told them about this for a long time, but no one paid attention to it. They just wanted the gold in the mountain. Last month, a small collapse happened in the mine. I heard that many people were buried alive in it. It's miserable. "

Dongfang reckons that three months is almost the time when they found gold in Weishui. It should be because local officials are worried about the gold mine and want to dig more gold before the accident. These people should be killed!

"In three months, none of the people who have entered the mine have come back. Who dares to go? But if it's not, they'll come to catch it, and they have no choice but to escape here. " The old man spat out a incomplete cigarette ring and said in a sad voice, "if you are not forced to leave your hometown, who is willing to leave?"

After a moment's silence, the old man urged, "I've told you all you want to know. Let's go."

Dongfang Suo pressed down his anger and nodded: "thank you, old man. I'll go first and see you next time."

The old man shook his head and said, "don't come here. This place is not for people. I I'm just waiting to die. " He looked at the empty and deserted fields with unspeakable sadness in his eyes.

At this time, several people in short black coats came running over. Seeing these people, the old man's face changed greatly, and the cigarette pole fell on the mud. He was too busy to pick it up. He eagerly pushed dongfangsu, "go! Let's go

After a change of heart, Dongfang guessed the origin of those people, "are they mine people?"

"Yes." The old man answered in a hurry and urged: "take your people with you quickly. Don't be watched by them. Hurry up!"

While they were talking, the group of people had already run to the front. Half of them continued to run forward, and the other half stopped. One of them looked up and down at dongfangsu with a pair of triangular eyes, and said unkindly, "where did you come from?"

The old Han Dynasty replied, "he is a passer-by, so he's gone."

"I asked you, old man?" The man stared at the old man with a bad face. After the latter lowered his head in panic, his eyes turned and fell on Dongfang Su again, "what are you talking about, dumb?"

"I'm a silk merchant. I want to do some business in Lingyang." Hearing this, the man was immediately happy, "that's just right. Come with us. My brother will take you to a good place to make sure that you have a lot of money."

The old man couldn't bear to be trapped in the mud of the mine. He endured his fear and said, "he's not from Lingyang. Let them go."With a cold face, the man kicked the old man to the ground and raised his whip. He said in a vicious voice: "old man, if you dare to talk more, I'll kill you now!"

Dongfang Su quickly picked up the old man and yelled, "is there any royal law in your eyes? How dare you hurt people in public?"

The man laughed, looking at dongfangsu's eyes like looking at a fool, "hurt people in public, who saw, who?"

"The chief didn't hurt anyone. It was the old man who fell down."

"That's it. We've all seen it."

The people who came with him echoed and confused right and wrong face to face.

Dongfang suogui is the son of heaven. He is not respectful when he meets him. He is so angry that he wants to argue with them. The old man holds him and whispers: "don't argue with them. It's useless. Try to leave."

"Leave?" Hearing the old man's words, the man grabbed his collar and said: "it seems that you are really impatient with life. Well, I'll give you a ride." Then he waved the whip hard. If it fell on the old man, he had to draw out a bloodstain. Dongfang Su was quick, grabbed the whip and stared at him coldly, "what do you want to do?"

Although Dongfang Su disguised himself as a civilian, he had been in a high position for a long time. Suddenly, an invisible dignity came out of his cold face, which made him dare not move for a while. It took him a long time to calm down. Thinking that he had just lost his state in front of the bottom, he immediately became angry and pulled back his whip. "I'm going to kill him today. Why do you want to stop him Why not

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