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Yunshan Coal Mine.

The largest coal mining site in Langguo is located in the depths of Yunshan Mountain, covering a vast area. After nearly 50 years of mining, even a miner who has lived in it for many years will get lost in the intricate mine tunnels.

Yunshan Coal Mine is different from other coal mines. It does not use miners, but only miners. Although the difference is only a word, it is the difference between heaven and earth, life and death.So this place is also known as the black prison with the deepest crimes, the darkest, the cruelest, and the most dead people in Lang Country. You can only see people going in here, but you can't see people coming out.

Most of the people who worked here were criminals from Langguo, and some were sold as miners.

This underground dark world has its own rules of survival. The coal mine jailers rarely go to the mines, and only guard the periphery.The management of the coal mine is completely handed over to the underground powerhouses.

The survival rule here is very simple to say, that is: you hand in the specified amount of minerals, and you will have food, water to drink, winter clothes to shelter from the cold, and lighting.Otherwise, you have nothing.And since three years ago, another rule has been added to this five-hundred-foot-deep coal mine, and this rule has become the hope of all miners.

To find a special mineral source—spiritual stones, as long as you collect [-] low-grade spiritual stones, or more than [-] middle-grade spiritual stones, you can leave the coal mine and see the light of day again.If you can get high-grade spirit stones, you can leave the mine immediately with just one.

The miners didn't know what Lingshi was at first, but after someone collected it, they realized that it was a mineral similar to jade.The hope of escaping from the sky is growing in the hearts of the miners. Similarly, for this hope, the underground competition is gradually escalating.

There are many coal mines, but how many spirit stones can there be?

Those who collected the spirit stones were often killed before they could turn in the spirit stones.And when a sufficient number of powerhouses wanted to hand in the spirit stones in exchange for freedom, the powerhouses naturally began to compete for each other.

Gradually, the weak miners no longer rely on spirit stones to leave the mine. They can only hope to dig out spirit stones to exchange more and better food and daily necessities with the strong who govern them.In this way, as long as they don't meet someone under the jurisdiction of another strong man, at least they can save their lives.

When Chuanshan was pulled down from the carriage, he could smell a strong stench of mules, horses and donkeys and all kinds of manure, and he could also hear the grunting of mules and horses.

The black cloth that blindfolded his eyes was lifted, Chuan Shan blinked his eyes, waited for a while to get used to the light here, and then found himself standing in front of a deep cave.It was very dark, I don't know if it was bad weather or it was getting close to evening.

There is a very open space in front of the cave, and there are rows of donkey and horse sheds on the left and right.Animals such as donkeys, horses, and mules are tied up in it, and there are quite a few of them. A little further away, there are many wooden sheds and houses, which seem to be for people to live in.

There are a lot of empty baskets and wooden boxes on the open space in front of the cave, there are traces of being dragged on the ground, and a small amount of cinders are scattered around.

Is this a coal mine?Is this the prison where the Lang people will imprison and torture him in the future?Chuan Shan's eyes darkened.

"Go! Don't dawdle!" Someone behind him pushed him.

Chuanshan staggered and almost fell because of his push.

In the carriage that was completely confined, he had just endured three hours of pain caused by the corroding body of the skull fruit. Although his body was weak now, for the next three hours, he could act like a normal person for the time being. This is the pattern he found out on the way he was sent here.Within two days, he was tortured to death by the ubiquitous pain. If it wasn't for the hatred supporting him, he really wanted to hit his head to death.

According to Ming Juezi, the national teacher of the Lang Kingdom, even if he dies after eating the skull fruit, his soul will be tortured and never be able to escape, but who knows what will happen after death?

But I will definitely not seek death, I must live and get out of here alive!

Quickly kicking the protruding weakness away, Chuan Shan swore in his heart.

The two guards behind him looked at him with cold and numb eyes, and pushed him forward.The farther you go, the farther you are from the sun.

"You're new here, come here first."

Chuan Shan turned his head, and two guards escorted him to the edge of the mine, where a pot of fire was rising, and a few iron sticks were put in the fire.

A prison guard in his 40s lazily leaned on the armchair by the brazier, without blinking his eyelids, he said, "Is there any respect?"

Where did Chuanshan get his filial piety, his voice is not good enough, he can't even speak.

"Search."

With an order, the two guards who were guarding Chuanshan immediately searched Chuanshan's body. After searching for a long time, they found nothing.

"Bah! Poor! You don't even have a penny." The middle-aged jailer on the chair stood up cursing, "What's the number?"

"Xin character two seven nine."

"Oh? It's been two to seventy-nine since I haven't been here for half a month. Isn't that 21 short, and the word Xin is full?"

Hearing what the jailer said, Chuanshan was secretly speechless.If there are three hundred people hanging under each heavenly stem, A, B, C, D, E, Ji, G, Xin, Ren, and Gui; Xin ranks eighth, doesn't it mean that there are nearly 400 people in this coal mine? Work here?Even if some died over the years, there should still be quite a few people in this mine now.

"Yeah, during this period of time there were many casualties, and less minerals were handed over. No, another group of people was sent over."

"Press it." The middle-aged jailer in his forties suddenly said.

Two guards pressed Chuanshan tightly, and one of them directly grabbed his hair knot, forcing him to lift his face.

Seeing the middle-aged jailer take out a red-hot soldering iron from the brazier, Chuanshan knew what they were going to do, but he didn't have the energy to struggle at all. In fact, it was useless even if he struggled.

The middle-aged jailer laughed, "I don't have money for filial piety, do you? Then let the uncle teach you. When you meet someone in the future, if you know how to bow down and say hello to the uncle, the gift money you should give should not be less. You can tell that you are a no-nonsense person." Parenting, I will teach you a good lesson on behalf of your parents!"

"It stings." The soldering iron moved a little in the water, making a piercing sound.

Holding up the soldering iron that was emitting white smoke, the middle-aged jailer chuckled and pushed down the soldering iron without even giving him any time to prepare himself.

"Zi!" Immediately, there was a smell of burnt flesh on Chuanshan's left collarbone.

"Oh!" Chuanshan struggled desperately in pain, with veins appearing on his face and neck.However, he was pressed down tightly and could only hold his head up, exposing his fragile neck.

"Don't worry, it's just the word 'Xin', and the numbers 'two, seven, and nine' haven't been branded yet. Let's take your time, you're the only one today, don't worry."

Before Chuanshan lost consciousness, he superimposed the grinning face of the middle-aged prison guard with the face of Ming Juezi, the teacher of Langguo...

When Chuanshan woke up again, he was already half lying and half sitting in a wooden cart. There was a rope in front of the wooden cart, and he didn't know where he was going to be sent.Except for a circle of dim yellow light from a horse lantern hanging on the wooden cart, there was darkness all around, and only dampness and stuffiness accompanied him.

The wooden cart seemed to be descending obliquely.

"Crunch, crunch."

The rope swayed slowly, and the animal in front of him, whether it was a mule or a horse, pulled him a little bit deeper into the ground.

I don't know how deep and wide this mine tunnel is. Because of the dim light of the miner's lamp, Chuanshan felt a sense of despair that he would always be trapped in it and never climb out again.

Chuanshan shook his head, driving out the sense of despair that could swallow up people's desire to survive, and forced himself to observe the surrounding environment.After the eyes got used to the darkness, they could vaguely see some caves that seemed to extend around the mine.The narrow mine road that I thought was narrow was not as narrow as I imagined. The three-person wide wooden cart he was riding in could probably walk two or three side by side, and the height was about ten feet according to visual inspection.

"Are you awake? It's good to wake up, lest people take off your clothes when you get downstairs."

Chuan Shan raised his head, and the burnt skin on his neck was pulled, causing him to hiss and gasp in pain.Just now he noticed that there was someone beside him, but the other party didn't speak, and he didn't intend to take the initiative to pay attention to him.

"Are you still angry?"

Chuanshan barely made a sound to answer.

"Mute?"

Chuanshan shook his head.

"Here, this is a good thing, take a sip, maybe you can save your life." The man in the shadow handed over a skin bag.

Chuan Shan reached out to take it, no matter what it was, he raised his head and took a sip. "Well!"

"How about it? Is it strong enough? This is the authentic Erguotou. I paid a lot of money for the ancestors above to help me get a bag. Bring it, you want to drink it for a second time."

Chuanshan didn't know where this place was. The national teacher of Langguo who forced him to eat the skull fruit only smiled grimly at that time, saying that he would send him to hell for a stroll.After that, he was escorted into a car and escorted here in a closed way.

At the entrance of the cave just now, those who escorted him sent him in without any explanation.But according to his own observation just now, he guessed that this place should be a coal mine.

Although he didn't know the situation here, but seeing that this man was responsible for picking him up and getting spirits from the "ancestors" above, he thought that this man's status here should not be low, so he squeezed , also squeezed out a grateful smile to the man, and then handed the wine bag back to the man.

Not to mention, with just such a sip of wine, the burning sensation burned from his tongue to his stomach, and the torn wound in his throat was irritated, but it really made him recover a lot.

"Hey, boy, it's pretty strong. I, Ding Laosan, picked up a lot of people. Nine and a half out of ten passed out all the way. They were branded by King Ma Yan and woke up in the main mine. you are the first."

"Ding..." It really is a mine.

"Ding Lao San." The man revealed his face from the darkness and sat down beside Chuanshan.

This is a grey-haired thin old man, who looks much older than Chuan Shan's guess, very thin, but very energetic, and his eyes are still clear.He is of medium height and is dressed in a short jacket. The exposed skin on his face and hands is covered in black stains, and his original appearance cannot be seen.

Chuanshan cupped his fists in respect to him, the old man smiled and wiped his face with the cloth towel tied around his neck.

"Xin Erqijiu, isn't it? There's still a while to go to the end, I'll tell you the rules here and some common sense, it will be good for you to listen more." Ding Laosan was looking at him in Chuanshan, but also in his heart Weigh this young lad.

It can be seen that he does not have the despair and depression of ordinary people after being sent here, nor does he have the confusion and listlessness that most people have. Instead, he calmly looks at the surrounding environment and remembers to give him face when he is injured. , I couldn't help but think highly of him by two points.

The bloody smell from Xin Erqijiu's body was very strong. This bloody smell not only refers to the injuries on his body, but also the atmosphere.Ding Laosan has been in this mine for nearly 20 years. What kind of vicious person has he not seen?He could tell the difference between those who had killed and those who hadn't.

And the young man in front of him still had an evil spirit, he had only seen this evil spirit on a few people, and it turned out that those few people were all murderous monsters without batting an eyelid.

So Ding Laosan sold two favors. He is old, and he still has some status in the mine because of his familiarity with the mine's terrain and the people above him.But these years, since the appearance of Lingshi, the division of forces in the underground has become more and more sinister. As an old man, compared with those masters who can speak with fists, he can only use favors to tie people's hearts.

Chuanshan did not disappoint him, and expressed his gratitude in a timely manner, pretending to listen attentively.

"Boy, no matter what kind of person you were and what kind of glorious past you have had, it will no longer have any meaning here. Unless you can know the people above, or your family can bribe the ancestors above and transfer you to Get up there and work, otherwise it's all just talk.

"But seeing that you were punished by Ma Yan Wang when you came in, you have no way to get in there. Now that you have come down, you have to remember the rules below. Unless you want to die, it is a different matter. You are Lang Chinese?"

Chuanshan hesitated for a moment, shook his head, and looked at the old man secretly.

Ding Laosan didn't seem to mind which country he was from, and said casually: "There are people from all over the world. Criminals, captives, slaves, people from countries you have never heard of, there are people here. You may It’s strange that this is not the prison coal mine of Langguo, how could there be people from other countries. This is a long story.”

Ding Laosan took a sip of wine cherishingly, and seemed not at all worried that the animals in front of him would go the wrong way, and continued: "This is called Yunshan Coal Mine, and no one knew that there was such a huge treasure hidden under Yunshan. I remember that was 50 years ago, when I was very young, I remember that at that time a load of firewood could be sold for [-] yuan in China. Think about it, a load of firewood costs [-] yuan, not all the trees on the mountain Was it cut off? That's right, Langguo had been on fire without salary since then.

"After that, the firewood in the country became less and less, and more and more people and animals froze to death in winter. No matter in the grasslands or in the mountains, people and animals froze to death everywhere. After that, in Langguo, it was almost impossible to survive. At that time, a Taoist priest came and brought a bag of things to present to the then king. This thing is this stuff.”

Pointing at the exposed mine wall, Ding Laosan said, "At first we called it charcoal, because it is clearly a stone, but it can burn like coal. Later, I don't know who called it out, maybe it was the Taoists, and gradually This thing is called coal.

"The address of the coal mine at the foot of Yunshan Mountain was told by the Taoist priest and the first generation of Lang Kingdom's national teacher to the then ruler. Some sources of coal mines have also been found in other places. But this has always been the largest coal mine in Lang Country, and also the largest black prison.”

When Chuanshan heard this patiently, the wooden cart stopped.

This is a fairly large space.Chuanshan suspects that he has come to the underground kingdom.

Ding Laosan gave Chuanshan a hand, and the two got out of the wooden cart. Ding Laosan pointed to the mine road extending in all directions ahead and said, "Here, this is the fork. Each mine has different people who take the lead to work in it." , it’s best not to go into other people’s mines unless necessary, unless you have the ability to come back alive. Both sides are places where people live, and all of us live here. Remember, the higher the status here Those who live are closer to the periphery; otherwise, they are all in the back.”

Chuanshan looked around with the dim light. This place is a little brighter than the mine that came down just now.

There are wind lamps hung on some pillars around.The outline of this big hole is vaguely outlined.

I saw that the big hole looked like an irregular inverted funnel, with an arched top and quite high; the surroundings were trapezoidal and climbed up layer by layer.Each floor has either wooden houses or cave-like dwellings.The end of the funnel was dark, so I couldn't see what was there, but there must have been people there.

Around this cave, which seems to have been packed into a small town, there are wooden squares supporting the walls everywhere, and obvious girders can be seen in some places.There are a large number of clear drag marks on the ground.

Many coal baskets, wooden carts, wooden boxes, and tools are neatly placed around the street.Chuanshan thinks it is strange to use the word "street" here, but it is the only word that can properly express the situation here.

The most amazing thing is that there is a layer of black smoke over the entire cave, which seems to be coming from the homes of the residents.

"It's the soot that everyone cooks and burns. There are flues and ventilation holes on it, and the smoke can go out through the flue. Surprised, isn't it? This is the result of nearly 50 years of hard work by all the miners. I heard that the mine At the beginning, the slave dug on it, but later he hollowed out and fell down, only to find this big hole.

"40 years ago, this place became a prison where you could only enter and cannot exit. It was built as a prison cell. Later, some accidents occurred and many people died. The jailers did not want to come down. Slowly, here It’s up to the miners themselves to fix it like this.”

Ding Laosan patted the mule's head, turned it in one direction, whipped his whip, and the mule walked back slowly along the same path.

Chuanshan noticed that the mule's eyes were covered with a black cloth.

"Beasts are also afraid. Newly arrived animals will not come down even if they are covered with black cloth. They have to be whipped to death." Ding Laosan noticed his gaze and said with a smile.

"Let's go, your place is a little ahead."

"Ahhh!" A scream came from a distance, but was quickly silenced.

Ding Laosan acted as if he hadn't heard it, and as he walked, he introduced the terrain here to Chuanshan, as well as what forces were in the mine, who were their leaders, and some people who needed special attention.

And these are exactly what Chuanshan must know, to suppress the fear of the future, and listen to the old man's explanation with 12 energies.

There were people walking around on the street, and there were also people in twos and threes hiding in the dark and not knowing what they were doing.

"This is almost like a small town. You can only exchange some necessities here, whether you use coal, coal essence, or spiritual stones. Some stone tools and even some rare stones can also be exchanged here. Things. In short, everything can be exchanged here, including your flesh and blood and your life.”

Lingshi?Chuanshan was sure he had never heard the word before.

As if seeing Chuan Shan's question, Ding Laosan said: "You don't understand a lot of things when I tell you now, but you will know when you collect them. There are many things in this mine, from the most common lignite, Rare coal essence, amber, jade, including some extremely rare beeswax and spirit stones are also available. To put it bluntly, spirit stones are top-quality jade, and some top-quality beeswax are also called spirit stones. Anyway, as long as those priests What I want is the spirit stone."

After a pause, Ding Laosan glanced back at Chuanshan, and said casually: "Lingshi is divided into upper, middle and lower grades, and novices can't tell the difference. If you find something similar to jade, you can bring it to me. I will give you something of equivalent value, at least I will not lie to you, and I will not kill you to occupy the spirit stone. I will not talk about other details. Someone will take you to mine tomorrow morning, and he will explain in detail on the way I'll listen to you."

Ding Laosan didn't hide anything here, anyway, he didn't say anything about Lingshi, and Xin Erqijiu would know about it when he was here for a long time, so why not sell the favor today.

Chuanshan nodded to show he knew.

Along the way, many people greeted Ding Laosan, but no one paid special attention to the tall Chuanshan, and at most cast a glance at him.

"Here, there are a lot of people coming and going. Maybe if you come in today, you will be reincarnated before the end of the night. It's a common thing." After introducing the power distribution here, Ding Laosan sighed.

At this time, someone suddenly ran over from the side road, and Chuanshan took a step back in time to get out of the way.

The person who came scratched his head and smiled shyly at him. He couldn't see what the man looked like with his dark face, but his teeth were quite white when he smiled.Average height and lean.He was wearing a ripped cotton jacket with a straw rope tied around his waist, and a pair of gray cloth trousers that exposed his ankles.Chuanshan noticed that the man didn't wear shoes, and his bare feet were black.

"Third Lord."

Someone called out, it seemed that he saw Ding Laosan running over on purpose.

Ding Laosan turned his head, glanced at the person who stopped him, frowned and said, "What's the matter?"

The visitor lowered his head, rubbed his hands, and said in embarrassment: "Third Master, last time I handed over a piece of coal essence, Eighth Master said that he would bring me two catties of bacon, but it has been ten days, and I have gone to Eighth Master several times , Ba Ye said it for two days at the beginning. I went to him yesterday, and he said that the piece of coal essence I handed over was not good, and I could only exchange it for one liter of rice. Look at this...?"

"One liter of rice is a lot of coal essence. There is a war going on up there. Do you know the price of rice at this time?"

The visitor was dumbfounded.

"Did Lao Ba exchange the rice for you?"

"Changed."

"That's all right, why are you here looking for me?"

"Oh..." The visitor lowered his head and reluctantly left.

Ding Laosan snorted, looked at the man's back and said disdainfully: "Eat, eat, eat! I want to eat all day long. There are more than 400 people in this mine, and he is the most greedy and can eat! I bought something and exchanged it for food. I can’t walk when I see meat, and I deserve to be cheated!"

Chuanshan was speechless and unwilling to comment further.In his opinion, that person's status and strength in the mine would also be related to the fact that that person would be scolded by Mr. Ding and prevaricated by that eighth master.

If this person is strong enough, even if he eats in different ways every day, no one will dare to say anything about him.After all, what else can people pursue in such a ghostly place?

After the little episode, Ding Laosan took him to a ladder that was still some distance from the tail of the funnel, barely in the middle.

"Here, this is where you live. Originally, you should live in the innermost place, but I see that you are injured. It just happened that this place was vacated last night, and there are still some belongings in it. It's also a coincidence that you came, as long as you wait half a day later, This place will be taken over."

Chuanshan bowed his hands to the old man to express his gratitude, without saying anything.

"Is your injury okay? If you can't work tomorrow, you won't be able to get food and water, let alone other things. Medicine is more valuable than anything else here."

Chuanshan nodded, indicating that he could do it.No, can it work?According to the rules here that Ding Laosan told him just now, this is a self-reliant world. No one will meddle in their own business and distribute their rations, and no one will be idle to do stupid things to save people. On the contrary, the mines here The slaves still wish that someone would die.

Because if someone dies, then everything in that person can be first come, first served.Sometimes people even kill people here for a cloth coat or a pair of shoes.So even if he only has half his life left tomorrow, he will get up and go to work.

Ding Laosan said some things that need to be paid attention to, left a candle generously and left.

Chuanshan lit the candle with the flint given by Ding Laosan, and carefully looked at the place where he was going to live.

This is a cave with a depth of about [-] feet. Judging from the number of steps, it is probably a little lower in the middle of the cave. In a row of caves, he is at the outermost side, next to the stairs that come up. People who live on this floor would walk past his door.Not a great location, but better than living in a low, damp funnel tail.

The height inside the cave is just a little higher than his head, so he doesn't need to bend down hard every day to get by.

In order to prevent the cave from collapsing, wooden squares are used to prop up the surrounding walls. The walls are solid soil layers containing rocks.It is strange to say that this large cave used for living is not far from the mine, but the walls here do not contain any cinders.But if it weren't for this, it wouldn't be possible to live here.

Looking at the corner on the left, there are some old straws and some old cotton wadding left by the predecessors. This is probably the bed.

Opposite the bed was a row of rough dug-out shelves, on which stood a chipped jar.Between the shelf and the bed, there was a large rock with irregular surroundings on the ground. Chuanshan guessed that it should be a table, and there was a stove beside the shelf.These are all in this cave.

Chuanshan turned around, well, there wasn't even a door.

In order to save the candle, Chuanshan blew out the candle, and suddenly, the cave was dark.

Maybe because I have reached the temporary place to settle down, the tense nerves in my brain can't help but relax a little.After relaxing just a little bit, he immediately felt overwhelmed, his legs softened, and he knelt down and sat on the bed.

While telling myself in my mind: I can't fall down, I can't just lose consciousness like this.To survive.Must survive!Slowly fall onto the bed.

Closing his eyes, looking at the uncovered door, Chuanshan gritted his teeth, bent over, took off his shoes and stuffed them under the straw.Just such a movement made him sweat profusely, and the bones all over his body hurt like they were misplaced.

Really couldn't bear it any longer, and no matter how hungry his stomach was growling, Chuanshan rolled himself into a ball without taking off his clothes, and just fell asleep like this.