Wonderland

Chapter 5 Xiao Lin Murders

After thinking about it, he dismissed the idea.

First, he wanted to know the amount of rewards for over-completing the task. Second, he didn't know if anyone would come in to check. If it was found that the ore was hidden, he had to understand it first, and then decide whether to use the excess in the future. The ore is hidden, in case that the month is unlucky and not enough ore is dug to complete the task.

After he figured this out, he continued to dig. The next day, he took the bamboo basket and walked outside. Anyway, this month has been completed. He wanted to hand over the task in advance and have a good rest for two days. After taking a bath, Xiao Lin felt like he was about to shed his skin after not taking a bath for a month.

On the way out of the mine, Xiao Lin was cautious, holding the pickaxe tightly in both hands, always prepared for any unexpected danger. Xiao Lin was very nervous along the way. When he first came to the mine, Sun Fang from Bailiantang told them. However, it is possible to kill people and seize mines. Although Xiao Lin does not know whether it is considered that Bailiantang has acquiesced in the legitimacy of such a thing, he is certain of one thing, that is, such a thing must have happened. , and it happens a lot.

This made him miss Xiao Shi a bit. After all, if he and Xiao Shi were together, then the probability of self-protection would be much higher. After all, Xiao Lin is only 12 years old now, and his physical strength and height are far inferior to him. Those adult miners.

After thinking about it, he still stopped, took out the largest piece of hematite from the bamboo basket, and put it into his arms against his belt.

After walking halfway, Xiao Lin turned into a main mine. At this moment, two kerosene lamps suddenly lit up. Several figures appeared in front of him, and his heart sank to the bottom.

A few figures approached Xiao Lin, and Xiao Lin only saw clearly at this moment that there were five people blocking the road. Arriving at Xiao Lin, his beard suddenly split open, revealing a mouth full of yellow teeth.

"Haha, after waiting for a long time, I finally got someone." The other four also had ferocious expressions on their faces. The most important ones were all adult miners. Teens.

"What do you guys want to do?" Xiao Lin took a step back with a terrified expression on his face.

"What do you want to do? Boy, are you new here? You don't even know the rules?" A man next to the bearded miner walked up, patted Xiao Lin's frightened pale face, and smiled slyly. said.

"I just came last month, yes. What are the rules?"

"Oh? It turned out to be really a chick, Wang Ji, tell this little brother the rules of our No. [-] pit." The bearded miner grinned and said to the miner beside him.

Wang Ji was the miner who slapped Xiao Lin in the face, he sneered when he heard this, and said to Xiao Lin: "Boy, you are lucky, you entered our No. [-] pit, and the No. [-] pit is our Xiang Kun Xiang San. This mine is also the first shovel of soil dug from the third master, so every miner who enters the No. [-] mine must pay a certain amount of road money every month according to the usual practice.”

"Road money?" Xiao Lin was very surprised. He heard this word from the big head miner in the cafeteria more than half a month ago. At the time, he didn't understand what it meant. Now that Wang Jiyi said it, he immediately understood. Come here, the emotional road money is the hematite that needs to be paid for crossing the road. This is an obvious road robbery.

Wang Ji snatched the bamboo basket behind Xiao Lin, weighed it in his hands, and showed a surprised expression on his face: "Oh, boy, you can do it, and you can finish the amount of an adult miner just now. These hematites probably weigh more than 50 kilograms."

Hearing this, Xiang Kun was very surprised: "You boy is really lucky, he seems to be a good seedling, leave [-] catties for him, and use the rest as road money."

Hearing Xiang Kun's words, Xiao Lin's face turned pale and bloodless. Although these people did not snatch all of his ore, leaving only [-] pounds meant that he would be hit with [-] whips. Twenty whips could definitely kill him.

He looked up at several people with hatred in his eyes.

"Crack." A slap slapped over, Xiao Lin staggered back several steps, his face was burning with pain.

"Kid, tell you, everyone who digs in this No. [-] pit must pay half the road money every month, otherwise we don't mind digging another pit in this mine and burying you." Wang Ji's face was gloomy, and murderous intent loomed in his eyes.

Xiao Lin was startled, he restrained the hatred in his eyes, sighed softly, gritted his teeth, and fell silent.

"Good boy, you have a bit of a tolerance that can bend and stretch. I appreciate you very much, but I appreciate it, and the rules cannot be broken. Everyone has to pay [-] catties of hematite every month. This is a line, I want to cross it. There is only one way to this line, that is, the life is left, and the body is passed."

"Can I go?" Xiao Lin knew that no matter how hard he tried, there would be no results. Everyone here was stronger than him, and he could only seek his own death if he fought hard. Besides, he still had thirty pounds of weight. The hematite ore, together with the piece he hid, should weigh about 35 catties. There are still two days left. Feeling a little uneasy, he kept praying in his heart that these guys would not find the ore hidden on his waist.

"Wang Ji, go and search to see if there is any hidden iron ore."

Xiao Lin's face turned pale when he heard Xiang Sanye's words, and there was a look of despair in his eyes.

"Ah~" Just as Wang Ji walked towards Xiao Lin with a sneer on his face, a scream suddenly came out.

Xiao Lin saw a figure suddenly rush out from the side hole, approached the person behind Xiang Sanye, and then took two breaths to enter the hole again, and the bamboo basket beside the person was gone. trace.

Seeing that his own people were under black hands, and even the hematite with a bamboo basket was taken away, Xiang Kun was instantly furious, his beard exploded, he cursed a few words, and then turned to Wang Ji who was beside him. Said: "You stay here, the three of you come with me, I must find that guy and strip him alive."

After he finished speaking, he led people into the mine where the figure had entered.

Wang Ji's face was pale with fright, and he glanced at his companion lying on the ground with a trembling corner of his mouth. It was obvious that he was stabbed from behind by a knife at the position of his heart, and the whole chest was soaked with blood, but this man was not dead yet. , maybe the knife didn't go directly to the heart, but even so, he just lived a little longer.

Xiao Lin, who lowered his head, had a flash of murderous intent. If they really detained him with more than 20 kilograms of hematite ore, even though there are still two days left, the hope of completing the task is still very slim. He saw the miners being flogged with his own eyes. , Every blow can bring up a terrifying bloody cut, really a dozen whips go down, not to mention my small body, even an adult man can't stand it.

From the corner of his eyes, he glanced at Wang Ji, who was still swearing. The silent Xiao Lin suddenly burst into flames. The iron pick in his hand was pierced into Wang Ji's heart with a cold light.

This pickaxe, Xiao Lin used almost all his strength, and most of the pickaxe was inserted into it.

Since Wang Ji was standing beside Xiao Lin, he didn't have time to react. The moment the pickaxe pierced into his heart, his eyes widened, and his face was full of unbelievable expressions. The older child dared to kill himself. He lowered his head hard and saw the dark red blood seeping around the tip of the pickaxe on his chest. His eyes went black and he completely lost consciousness.

Seeing Wang Ji's unwilling expression, Xiao Lin's face turned pale. With trembling hands, he pulled out the iron pick and wiped off the blood on Wang Ji's clothes. This was his first murder. He tried hard to convince himself that it was It's self-help, if you don't kill him, if you really lose the ore, you will be whipped to death.

Xiao Lin took a deep breath. He took out a dagger and a few pieces of silver from Wang Ji's arms. He suddenly thought that there seemed to be a small grocery store next to the third-floor attic, which should be convenient for miners to buy some supplies. , Thinking of this, he stuffed the broken silver into his arms.

Xiao Lin, who was about to leave, suddenly saw the miner who had been stabbed, looking at himself in disbelief. Although he was covered in blood, he was not dead.

With a sigh in his heart, Xiao Lin walked in front of this person.

"Anyway, you're going to die, so I'll give you a ride, and it will save you a little pain." After speaking, Xiao Lin grabbed the dagger stuck in his heart behind him without hesitation, and pulled it out. A stream of blood spurted out, but Xiao Lin was well prepared and did not stand in front.

The man's eyes froze for a moment, his eyes were open and he was completely breathless. Seeing that the man was breathless, Xiao Lincai also took out a few pieces of silver from him, carrying a bamboo basket on his back, and quickly walked towards the outside of the mine. .

Xiao Lin's heart was beating wildly all the way. He felt that his hands were constantly shaking, but his brain was unusually calm. He was thinking if Xiang Kun returned to see Wang Ji and that person. When he died, would he doubt his own head and how he should deal with it.

On the road behind, although there were also a few miners walking out of the mine, there was no murder to seize the mine. It seems that the biggest overlord of this No. [-] mine is the third master, which makes Xiao Lin even more. He was a little nervous, but he didn't regret doing it, because he knew that if he didn't dig enough ores needed for the mission, he himself would be tempted to kill people for ore.

When he got out of the mine, it turned out to be night. He looked up at the slightly pale eastern sky, and walked towards the thatched hut with a bamboo basket on his back.

There were no Bailiantang disciples to collect mines at night, so he had to wait for the day and returned to the thatched hut. There was still no one there, which made him smile bitterly. It's been almost a month since he came here, and he didn't even know who his roommate was. I don't know, but he let go of his dangling heart. The dagger that killed Wang Ji was still in his arms. Although it had been wiped, there must still be blood stains left.

(End of this chapter)