Stealing the Pen: Kirin's Primordial Lotus

"Old man, is this good enough for you?"

"Not only are you nimble, you're also quite skilled. Why didn't you think about fighting on the front lines when you were young?" Mr. Qi threatened the old man while looking at the corpses on the ground in front of him.

"You are such a joke. Look at my age, and then look at my arms and legs. Their arms are thicker than my waist. How can I beat them?"

The old man huddled aside and gestured to Mr. Qi Ba about his and the people on the ground.

"Don't you have a room full of hot weapons?"

"I picked them up. How could I use them? I am just an honest farmer."

"Old man, just tell us the truth. After all, not everyone can pick up those guns and supplies. You should know these people."

Zhang Qishan walked around inside and came to the old man.

"Sir, you really love to joke. I don't know these Sakura people. I just happened to run into them and picked up some of their things."

"Old man, you knew them even though we didn't tell you who they were. And you still say you don't know them?" Mr. Qi looked at the old man who was still lying, rushed up to him, pointed at him, and said in a pretentious manner.

Zhang Xishan poked the old man's back shoulder with his gun from behind.

"My dear good man, my dear good man, this is not a joke, please let me go." The old man was hit by the gun and instantly knelt on the ground with his hands on his head.

"Then just tell the truth."

The old man slumped on the ground, thinking for a long time, sighed, and said slowly, "Gentlemen, I told you not to kill me."

"Don't worry, as long as we know what happened, we won't kill you."

"Actually, this story starts from my father's generation."

"To make a long story short, don't waste time."

"Sir, this is not something that can be explained in just a few words."

"Okay, Lishan." Zhang Qishan stopped Zhang Lishan, "Old man, please speak slowly."

"At that time, I was only six or seven years old. My father was the only person in this area who knew a little bit of Sakura language, so the people of Sakura Country invited my father to serve as an interpreter."

The old man sat on the ground and recalled what happened in the past.

"I have only seen those people from a distance, on that mountain over there."

"My father told me that the people from Sakura Country somehow found out that there is a treasure buried in that mountain."

"At that time, the people of Sakura Country hired young people of our generation to work in the mines at high salaries."

"We are so poor here that we can't even smell the smell of meat all year round. The people from the Sakura Country gave us too much money, so we just gritted our teeth and did it. Everyone's family is indeed better off than before."

"At least my family can have a piece of meat or two from time to time, and tear off a piece of cloth to make a new piece of clothing, instead of having to worry about my father wearing it, mending it for my brother, and then my brother wearing it before I wear it."

"However, we all know that those people are not good people. They are always asking them to work. Dead bodies are carried out every day. They only give a few taels of silver as compensation to the families whose dead bodies are found."

"But at least we still have some money to live on. If we save a little, it will last us a year or two."

"Later, no one knows what happened in the mine, but the group of people from Sakura Country blew it up, and few of the people working inside came out alive."

"I don't know how my father got out later, but he never mentioned anything about what happened in the mine."

"I only found out about it later, when my dad got drunk."

"Old man, what on earth happened in the mine that required it to be blown up?" Zhang Qishan was moved when he heard that the mine had exploded.

"My father was drunk that day. He kept saying things like, 'Monster, don't kill me, I didn't mean it.' But I don't really know what he meant."

"This happened so long ago that I don't remember it very clearly."

"After that group of people from the Sakura Country left, our area was settled down. However, the elders in the family took out the money those people had given them and sent the younger generation to the city to make a living."

"Until a few years ago, that group of people came back and forced us all into the mines. I just learned a few words of Sakura language from my father, so I was not forced to do hard labor by them."

"Then one night, the mine exploded again. When I woke up in the middle of the night, I saw a train heading somewhere unknown. But I went there late and only saw the back of the train. As for what was on the train, I don't know."

"This is all I know. Gentlemen, can you please let me go?" The old man begged for mercy from the leader Zhang Qishan.

"Old man, can you take us to the place where your father escaped?" What Zhang Qishan was most concerned about was how to get into the mine.

"Well, I don't know where my father ran away from. I was at home at the time, and my father suddenly rushed in."

"Then please ask the old man to take us to the entrance of the mine."

Zhang Qishan raised his foot and walked out of the house. Zhang Yishan pointed his gun at the old man and asked him to lead the way. Qi Baye had been following Zhang Qishan for a long time and persuaded him with a bitter face, "Master Buddha, you have heard it all. The mine has been blown up and no one knows where the people came out. Let's go back."