Heaven's Formula

"This is the manager's barracks, and outsiders are not allowed to enter according to the regulations. Have they all obtained permission from the Affairs Bureau?" Although Zheng Ming moved away, he still asked.

"Hey, you said you are my friend, so you are still an outsider. Why, can't you trust Uncle Deng?"

"How could it be? But these people are very natural, they don't look like people from the county."

"We are from other places." The leader said, it really didn't sound like a local accent.

"Yes, yes... friends from other places." Uncle Deng patted him on the shoulder, "Don't worry, they have all obtained permission, otherwise they won't be able to enter the gate of the mining area. There are guards there."

"Can you show me the license?"

"It's all at the guard post at the gate, so as not to lose it. I said you kid, don't ask questions, go into the back room and pour tea for everyone. I bought some good dishes today." Uncle Deng said half of his voice He suddenly rose up, "Wait, where are you going with your clothes on?"

"I'll go to the guard post to have a look. It's stipulated that you should carry this thing with you. I'll help you carry it so you don't worry about losing it. Whether you're entering the mine or the barracks, you need permission—"

The voices of the colleagues stopped abruptly.

Huo Ying only felt the blood pouring down, he saw a sharp knife protruding from Zheng Ming's back, the tip of the knife reflected the dim light of blood.The leader held him tightly against his chest, causing him to twitch slightly, but he couldn't make a sound.

"Master Chai, this..."

"He's too verbose and we're pressed for time."

"Oh, it's a pity." Uncle Deng shook his head, turned around and walked into the house, "Mr. Huo, are you still there?"

Huo Yingyi, a scholar who has never seen such a scene, took two steps back and sat down on the ground, "You, you..."

He didn't notice until everyone entered the house that they all had weapons on their waists.

"Don't panic, they are all from our own people, sent by the imperial court." Uncle Deng stretched out his hand to pull him up, and comforted him, "You should know that Princess Guangping has rebelled, right?"

"I..." Huo Ying didn't know what to do for a while, taking down the Baisha county government office and replacing it with the branch affairs bureau would indeed be suspected of treason, but everyone is willing to accept it, right?At least none of the locals did not applaud.

He remembered that Uncle Deng also participated in the celebration.

"I heard from Zheng Ming that you are a scholar, right? Scholars naturally hate such things as treason, but they usually don't dare to say anything." Uncle Deng took the key of the warehouse from the wall and threw it into his hand. Knowing that you have big ambitions in your heart, and you are always talking about serving the country and the people when drinking, now is your chance."

"Opportunity?" He asked in a daze.

"Cracking down on rebellion and helping the imperial court and the Privy Council, isn't this the right time to show that the country is for the people? The Baisha Mine provides the iron materials needed by Jinxia City. If it can stop its production, it will be a great contribution." Deng Shudun After a pause, "Of course you don't need to be afraid of the retaliation of the conspirators. After doing this, they will escort you and me out of Shenzhou to settle in Shangyuan City. If I become a rich man, you can also become an official in Gyeonggi .”

"Really?" Huo Ying asked subconsciously.

"Of course, they have already sent my whole family there. If you help Uncle Deng, they promise to do the same to you."

While the two were talking, the dozen or so people in the room had already changed into uniforms, which were exactly the same as those of Jinxia's army.

Obviously this group came prepared.

The panic gradually receded, and Huo Ying suddenly realized that Uncle Deng was not the only one who decided to serve the court.For example, there are usually five to six guards at the gate post. They can come in silently, and they must be supported by someone inside.

Going to be an official in Gyeonggi... To be honest, this temptation was infinitely great for him. If he hadn't been unable to pass the Jinshi exam, he would not have settled for the second best and chose to apply for the recruitment in the Bureau.He thought he could make a big splash in the General Administration, but he was sent to Baisha County in the end. Huo Ying thought it might be a good choice to leave.

Besides, can he refuse?

The point of the knife that pierced Zheng Ming's back was still lingering in his mind.

"Is the talk over?" The middle-aged man called Mr. Chai said expressionlessly, "We have to hurry up."

"Give me some time - only he knows how to open the warehouse."

Huo Ying turned his head to look at the other party, "What Uncle Deng said is true? Can I go to Gyeonggi to be an official?"

The leader touched his bosom and threw a bamboo tube to his chest.

He opened the lid of the cylinder, and besides a roll of gold leaf stuffed inside, there was also a document of appointment and dismissal—official title and name columns were blank, but the seal had already been affixed. "The specific official depends on your contribution."

The answer is self-evident.

Huo Ying took a deep breath and put the bamboo tube into his arms, "What do you need me for?"

"Open the warehouse, we need to pick up a few things."

"Only tools for the mine are kept there. Destroying them will have little effect on mine production."

"But there's gunpowder among these tools, isn't there?" said Uncle Deng with a grin.

……

Under the night, the Baisha Mine was pitch-black. In order to avoid being discovered by the guards, the group did not even raise the torches, relying on the dim moonlight to find their way.

The warehouse is just to the west of the yard. It is an old two-story brick building with no windows on all sides. The only entrance and exit is a huge sliding iron door.

While on the way, Uncle Deng's words lingered in Huo Ying's mind.

There is only one way to use gunpowder to interrupt the production of the mine—they want to blow up the mine and completely seal the entrance to the mine.

It is almost impossible to re-open these passages in less than ten years.

In terms of effect alone, this approach is indeed once and for all.

But they don't seem to have considered a problem.

What should Baisha County do?

This county was established precisely because of the Baisha Mine. Many residents living in the county have been miners for generations. They have been bound to the mine almost all their lives. If the mine is gone, can Baisha County survive independently?

The answer is probably no.

These 8000 people had to leave their hometowns because of this.

The question is, besides Jinxia City, who else is willing to accommodate so many refugees?What's more, if Princess Guangping fails and is killed, whether Jinxia City can maintain the current practice is a problem.

The warehouse has arrived.

Huo Ying took out the key and hesitated, "Does gunpowder have to be used? If the mine is destroyed, what will the thousands of residents of Baisha Mine do?"

"What are you talking about? What you and I are doing now is to fight against treason! Without the stability of the country, how can there be personal peace!" Uncle Deng frowned and said, "This matter will be recorded in the annals of history in the future, you Don't you want to leave your name in the book?"

"We are all working for Daqi, and in the end it will benefit the people of the world." Master Chai added in a deep voice behind, "You should be able to distinguish between thousands of people and millions of people, which is more important."

"I see."

Huo Ying inserted the key into the lock hole and turned it four times in sequence - this special secret lock needs to open four bolts in succession before the iron door can slide open to one side.

With a light click, the iron door moved slowly, revealing a thin gap between it and the wall.

"Push it for me—the door is too heavy for me to open alone."

Immediately, three or four people approached the door, pushing hard together.

At this moment, Huo Ying pushed Uncle Deng back violently, causing him and Master Chai to bump into each other, and he turned the key to the wrong angle, causing the last bolt to be lowered again.

There was only a dull bang, and the sliding iron door suddenly stopped.

At this time, the gap between the door and the wall was just enough for him to pass sideways.

Huo Ying clings to the wall and squeezes into it desperately.The middle-aged man also lifted Uncle Deng, drew his sword and stabbed at him.

With a numbness in his waist, he finally passed through the crack of the door and fell to the ground in the warehouse.

Chapter 416 Flame

"Are you crazy! Open the door!" Uncle Deng shouted from behind.

Huo Ying struggled to get up, and limped towards the second floor.

"Boy of the Huo family, I think you don't want to die!"

"My lord, he broke the key crookedly!"

"Get a stick to pry open the door—"

The voice was gradually left behind by him. At this time, Huo Ying had only one goal, which was to go to the second floor and ring the alarm bell there.

This warehouse is equipped with alarm facilities.

Although its original intention was only to warn of riots or mining accidents inside the mine, and the sound could not be transmitted too far, but if it sounded in the middle of the night, it would definitely attract the attention of the security team and even the Jinxia garrison.

Huo Ying thought very clearly that if the other party could bribe the guards of the post and Uncle Deng, they might have tampered with the security team, but it was easy to bribe one person, and it was almost impossible to bribe everyone without leaking the news.This is also the reason why they only had contact with Uncle Deng in the manager's tent, but he and Zheng Ming didn't know about it.

Based on these reasons, it is extremely risky to get the attention of the security team by yelling for help on the road, but switching to a copper bell is much more reliable. As long as the twenty or thirty people stationed in the mine are not all bribed, someone will always notice what happened here.

Huo Ying felt that his thoughts had never turned so fast before.

It's as if all the energy is used to think about countermeasures.

It's ridiculous, if you can put so much effort into your studies, why worry about not getting a Jinshi?

He ran all the way, went straight up the stone ladder to the second floor, slammed open the wooden door of the room where the bell was hung, grabbed the rope in his memory, and yanked——

The rope slipped down quietly.

Huo Ying was stunned.

Where is the clock?

He raised his head, the top of his head was pitch black... he couldn't see anything.However, the rope has fallen to the ground, which can only mean one thing-someone came here earlier and cut the rope.

These plans of his... all turned into shattered bubbles.

Suddenly, a violent dizziness came to his mind, causing Huo Ying to almost fall to the ground.He shook twice, stretched out his hand to support the wall, only to realize that he was panting so badly that he felt like he couldn't breathe.

what happened.

It is said that scholars are weak, but that is for Zhou Dacai and Chen Gongzi.When he was at home, he had to do some physical work every day. When he arrived at the Baisha Mine, he didn't run away with the craftsmen of the Machinery Manufacturing Bureau. Weakness had nothing to do with him... that's right.

He took away the palm that was holding his waist, and the palm was wet.

Not only that, even the corners of the clothes seemed to have become greasy.

Didn't it just pierce the fur, he thought.

—Otherwise, how could you not feel the pain?

……

Even the bolts on the iron door cannot withstand the repeated prying of a few wooden sticks.

The warehouse door was finally pushed open completely, and the group of people could finally light the torches and search for the target of this trip.

"I didn't expect to be set up by a brat." The leader, Chai Rong, looked around the warehouse and ordered with a cold gaze, "If anyone finds him, remember to notify me."

He originally wanted to wait for the man to enter the house before killing him.

Now he doesn't intend to let the other party die easily.

Don't let the other party cry and beg for mercy, the depression in my heart is really hard to get rid of.

"My lord, I probably know where he is." Uncle Deng lowered his head slightly.

"Oh?"

"There was a bronze bell hanging on the top of this building, which can be used to warn the four directions, but... I dealt with the rope yesterday, and it looks the same as the original, but in fact the other end is no longer on the bell."

"You have a heart." Chai Rong grinned, it was indeed the best choice to use this person as a breakthrough, and his vision of seeing people was still accurate.Even if the Jinxia people have an army under the mine and a guard stationed on the mountain, as long as they find the weakest point in the line of defense, they can still gallop freely. "Take me to see."

When the two came to the bell room, they didn't see Huo Ying, but saw blood all over the place.

Following the blood trail, they found the Jinxia city reserve official in a corner.

Half of his clothes have been stained with blood, showing a rich dark red.His chest was still heaving slightly, proving that he was still alive, but death was close at hand.

Tsk, Chai Rong spat secretly, it seemed that his sword stab was too deep.

Now even if he stabbed him with a knife, this person should not be able to utter any heart-piercing screams.

"Hey, look at you. After reading books all your life, you can't even understand a big truth." Uncle Deng shook his head, "Is the sage book taught you to help the rebel?"

"No... the same..." Huo Ying said in a low voice.

"What's the difference?" Uncle Deng frowned.

He lifted his chin slightly and looked at the two of them, "When he said that he was for the common people, his expression was different... Now I finally understand why listening to the great talent of Zhou... and listening to Mr. Xia say such words, why do I feel the same? It’s the same thing that’s being said differently.”

This question has troubled Huo Ying for a long time.

But now he has an answer.

When Zhou Sheng mentioned the common people in the world and pleaded for the people, he was talking about others.

His demeanor was exactly the same as this Master Chai.

No matter how big the scope of the common people is, they are not in it.

As for that Master Xia... Huo Ying only met him once or twice in the training class, but every time he mentioned Minsheng, that Master seemed to be telling his own story.

No matter how small the scope, he did not set himself aside.