Chapter 191 Mine accident, tragic situation of Hong and Yang families

Chapter 191 Mine accident, tragic situation of Hong and Yang families

The time is temporarily set back to more than an hour ago.

In the back mountain mine, Hong Xu tremblingly climbed out of the dark mine carrying half a basket of iron ore.

As the proud son of heaven and the eldest son of a wealthy family in the past, Hong Xu has always been known for being charming and suave.

But now, he was disheveled and his clothes were torn into strands of cloth, barely covering his vital parts. He was worse than a beggar.

After leaving the mine, it was still not over. He still had to drag heavy steps out of the tunnel and into the hall of the mine.

This is the place where iron ore is purchased.

Hong Xu carefully poured the stones in the basket onto a wooden pallet. Someone came over and pulled it a few times, and then shouted.

"Twenty-eight pieces of third-grade ore, thirteen pieces of second-grade ore."

Hong Xu became anxious when he heard this.

These ores were dug out from the deepest part of the mine regardless of the danger. Each piece was of very good quality and could be considered a fine product.

Although Hong Xu also knew that these stone collectors would never rate the ore as high-quality if there was no benefit.

But you can’t rate the rocks you finally dug out as second or third grade.

But he did not dare to show any dissatisfaction. Instead, he came forward with a smile on his face, nodded and bowed.

"Master Sun, look at how good this stone is. Can you lift it up..."

Before he finished speaking, Sun San raised his hand and slapped Hong Xu in the face, causing blood to flow from Hong Xu's nose in an instant.

Then Sun Sancai scolded angrily: "You are so stupid, how can you still wait for this piece of stone? If you dare to talk nonsense, you won't even be able to get this rank!"

"Yes, yes, third master, please calm down, third master, please calm down, it's me who talks too much!" Hong Xu kept slapping himself.

"Hmph, that's pretty much it." Sun San nodded with satisfaction, then threw a wooden sign casually.

Hong Xu hurriedly took it and left with a flattering smile on his face.

Holding this wooden sign, Hong Xu got a dozen dry and hard black buns that even dogs wouldn't eat, as well as a little salt and oil from the person who distributed supplies.

This is the total result of Hong Xu risking his life and working hard for two or three days.

Although it was pitifully small, Hong Xu packed it carefully and turned around to walk back to his home.

It's said to be a home, but it's actually just a hollowed-out cave with a broken piece of wood blocking the entrance, which serves as the door.

Once inside, a smell of fishy smell hits your face, which is disgusting.

There were naturally no lights in the room, but with the light coming from the door, I could still barely see the scene in the cave.

I saw a haystack against the wall, with a man lying on it and a young man waiting next to him.

When he saw Hong Xu come in, the young man stood up and shouted softly.

"elder brother!"

"Um!"

Hong Xu responded, handed over the things in his hands, and then came to the haystack.

"Dad! How do you feel?"

The person lying on the haystack was none other than Hong Shouchang, the head of the Hong family who had once been all-powerful and had been in charge of the lifeblood of Wuxiang City for many years.

But today's Hong Shouchang doesn't have any of the domineering power he had before.

At this time, he was as skinny as a stick, and the skin on his body was ulcerated in large areas. He had obviously reached the point where he was exhausted.

When he heard the shouting, Hong Shouchang finally woke up from his semi-conscious state. When he saw that it was his son, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"How about it?"

Hong Xu was silent for a moment, then shook his head, "Although I feel that the poison in my body has loosened a little, it is still not completely released."

Hong Shouchang looked a little disappointed when he heard this, but he quickly became inspired again.

"It's good to have a little looseness. This at least shows that my previous guess was correct, so from today on, you can still take the medicine distributed to me." Hong Shouchang said.

"But father, your body..." Hong Xu was a little anxious.

Hong Shouchang waved his hand with difficulty, "Needless to say, I know my body best. Even if there was no poison, I probably wouldn't survive for a few days."

"It's better to give you all this precious medicine now. As long as you can remove the poison from your body, you will have hope of escaping. Then our Hong family will not be considered the last one!"

After hearing his father's words, Hong Xu felt his heart heavy.

He and Hong Shouchang were both captured by people from Qingzhuling and Lianshi Sect during the last war, and then taken into this mine.

After these days of torture, everyone in the Hong family died. In the blink of an eye, only he, a distant cousin and his father were left alive.

Because of this series of major changes, especially the sudden rebellion of Qingzhuling, Hong Shouchang was dealt an extremely heavy blow.

He regretted what he had done all the time, thinking that he had been blinded by the immediate interests, but failed to see clearly the ambition of Qingzhuling, which led to this catastrophe.

Coupled with the harsh environment in the mine, Hong Shouchang fell ill quickly.

Logically speaking, with Hong Shouchang's strength, even if he fell ill, he shouldn't have run out of gas so quickly.

The bad thing is that they are members of the Hong family.

In order to eliminate hidden dangers, Lian Shizong poisoned the Hong Yang family and even everyone in Wuxiang City who had some martial arts skills.

The mine will provide these people with an antidote every day.

But the dose of the antidote is calculated very accurately. One dose can only give you the strength to work, but it is simply wishful thinking to completely remove the poison from your body.

In order to allow his son to escape, Hong Shouchang resolutely cut off his share of the medicine and gave it all to Hong Xu, hoping that in this way he could undo the poison and escape from this devil's cave. .

That's why Hong Shouchang's body suffered from extensive ulcers, which were all caused by poisoning.

Seemingly seeing Hong Xu's sadness, Hong Shouchang smiled casually.

"Okay, your father and I have enjoyed everything in my life. This end is the retribution I deserve. I have no complaints about this. I just hope you can escape and give us a flood." Leave roots in the family!”

After these days of suffering, Hong Shouchang had already thought about it.

"Well, I understand, father!" Hong Xu nodded.

At this time, Hong Shouchang had already seen the slap marks on his son's face and the blood stains on his nose. He sighed inwardly but did not ask.

In this dark mine, getting beaten is a common occurrence, especially for people like them. Because they once held high positions, but now they have fallen into the dust, many people will deliberately humiliate them to satisfy their perverted desires.

"Have you seen anyone from the Yang family in recent days?" Hong Shouchang asked.

"I met Yang Sansi once. Now he is the only one left in the Yang family. I heard that all his sons are dead. Even Yang Zisong couldn't bear the humiliation and committed suicide."

Speaking of this, Hong Xu couldn't help but sigh.

He still remembered the scene when he and Yang Zisong had a drink and had a good time.

At that time, I was the eldest son of the Hong family and he was the young master of the Yang family. His status was so noble and his life was so free.

But now this high-spirited young master of the Yang family died like a dog in this mine that has not seen the light of day all year round.

But vaguely, Hong Xu actually envied Yang Zisong.

It would be nice to die!

At least you won't have to suffer this sin anymore after you die!

Hong Shouchang also fell silent after hearing this. It took him a long time before he sighed quietly.

"In the past, Wuxiang City was headed by the three families of Hong Yang and Song, but now it seems that the Song family who left first will end up with the best fate!"

Hong Xu was speechless.

To be honest, he had complained privately.

He complained that Hong Shouchang should not be obsessed with profit and colluded with Qingzhuling.

She blamed him for not joining forces to destroy the Song family.

It ended up like this.

But looking at Hong Shouchang, whose time was running out, he couldn't say any of these words.

Just as the father and son fell into silence, there was a faint noise outside.

Hong Xu was stunned.

"what happened?"

As he said this, he wanted to go out and take a look, but Hong Shouchang grabbed him and said to the young man: "Hong Xi, go outside and see what's going on!"

"yes!"

The young man named Hong Xi ran out, but ran back after a moment, with a face full of panic and stammering.

"Uncle, Brother Xu, there are a lot of people gathered in the hall outside, and I heard people say that there seems to be a fight in Qianshan!"

After hearing this, both Hong Shouchang and Hong Xu looked surprised.

Because for them, the situation can no longer get worse.

If you have become so virtuous, is there anything else you should care about?

Especially when there was a fight in Qianshan, it was likely that there was internal strife between Qingzhuling and Lianshi Sect.

That would be great!

Just as they were excited, there was even more chaos outside, and the sound of fighting was heard.

This time Hong Shouchang did not stop Hong Xu, but pushed him up from the bed.

"Quick, there's chaos outside. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Run!"

"Father, I will carry you on my back!"

"Damn it, it's already this time, are you still so kind to a woman? You will only kill the two of us. I will not regret my death. You should run away for your life!" Hong Shouchang shouted anxiously.

Hong Xu knew that what his father said was the truth, so he could only run out with Hong Xi in tears.

After they left, Hong Shouchang took his last breath, slowly climbed up from the haystack, and then walked to the entrance of the cave.

When he looked out through the crack in the door, he happened to see countless mining slaves rushing out with mining hoes.

At the same time, someone shouted loudly: "Follow Young Master Zhao!"

"Shao Xia Zhao is here to rescue us!"

Zhao Shaoxia?

Hong Shouchang was a little confused when he heard this name.

Where did a young master Zhao appear?

At this time, he felt blackness in front of his eyes and a sharp pain in his chest and abdomen. He knew that he had reached the last moment, but he still forced his eyes open and looked into the distance.

Then he saw a heroic young man standing in the distant hall holding a knife, and several corpses were lying at his feet.

I don't know if it was a flashback or some other reason, but Hong Shouchang recognized this young man at a glance.

Zhao Ya!

It was the guard commander of the Song family who was the one who almost ruined all their efforts in Qingzhuling and himself.

It turns out that the young man Zhao that people call him is him!

Seeing this, Hong Shouchang suddenly laughed.

What fate!

Sometimes it's really clever.

Back then, I and Zhao Ya were in the same situation, and I wanted to kill him quickly.

But now his son needs his help to escape.

But Hong Shouchang smiled and cried again.

Everything is irreversible.

He knew that this young man who had made a big splash at such a young age would never let him go, nor would he let the Hong Yang family go.

He just hopes that his son Hong Xu will be fine.

The severe pain in his body gradually faded away, and he lay on the ground, the brilliance in his eyes slowly dissipating.

Hong Shouchang died.

Die in guilt and regret.

Zhao Ya didn't know this, but his eyesight was so sharp that he could still recognize a few familiar faces among the crowded mining slaves at a glance.

For example, Hong Xu, such as Yang Sansi.

But he ignored it.

This was not the time to talk about these grievances. He lowered his head and glanced at Sun San, who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowing crazily to him.

"You guys come here and kill him, and then I will take you away!" Zhao Ya said in a deep voice.

These originally aggressive mining slaves instantly became weak.

Because most of them were ordinary people in Wuxiang City before, and they had never killed anyone before.

In addition, Sun San was cruel by nature, and dozens of mine slaves were beaten to death by him. How could these people dare to move under such prestige?

But Zhao Ya didn't move, because what he wanted was to let these mine slaves get their blood.

Otherwise, they will always passively follow behind without knowing how to resist.

What Zhao Ya wants is a group of wolves that can follow him to kill, not a group of docile sheep.

During this brief silence, Hong Xu suddenly squeezed out of the crowd and walked over.

Of course he had recognized Zhao Ya, but he still walked out resolutely.

"Young Master Zhao!" Hong Xu cupped his fists and raised his hands.

Zhao Ya nodded slightly.

"Are you going to do it?"

"yes!"

"Then let's start!" Zhao Ya said calmly.

Hong Xu didn't hesitate at all, picked up a mining hoe next to him and walked to Sun San.

Sun San was completely paralyzed with fear at this time.

Seeing Hong Xu walking towards him, he was even more frightened and trembling.

"Hong Shaorao..."

Without even saying the words "life" behind him, Hong Xu picked up a mining hoe and chopped off Sun San's head.

The sharp hoe tip cut directly through Sun San's head.

Sun San fell to the ground and died without even humming.

Hong Xu threw away the mining hoe and wiped the blood on his face, "Young Master Zhao, the man has been killed!"

Zhao Ya's eyes flashed with a hint of approval that was not easy for others to detect.

After all, he is a young master from a wealthy family, and he still has the ability to kill decisively.

Then he looked at these people again.

"You guys, come up and take care of these corpses one by one!"

In a desperate situation, this is the only way to stimulate their bloody spirit as much as possible.

Soon, there were several bloody corpses on the ground.

Looking at these mine slaves, although they are not full of murderous looks, they are at least much calmer.

Then Zhao Ya ordered: "Okay, I will tell you to leave later, and you will rush out together. Can you do it?"

"able!"

Hong Xu took the lead in nodding without any hesitation.

He knew very well that if he wanted to survive, his only chance was to obey Zhao Ya's orders.

The rest of the people naturally nodded.

Zhao Ya glanced at him and these skinny mine slaves and knew that many of them had been squeezed to the brink of collapse. Not to mention rushing out to kill after him, they would probably die from exhaustion after running a few steps.

So he went to the place where supplies were stored in the hall, and shattered the fence with one palm, revealing the rice, flour, grain and oil inside.

"Eat quickly, and come with me after you finish."

After hearing Zhao Ya's order, these people dared to step forward, but they were intimidated by Zhao Ya's power, so no one dared to grab it. They all picked up the things and ate them hungrily.

Hong Xu missed his father, so he secretly asked Hong Xi to go back to find Hong Shouchang with two white-faced steamed buns.

But Hong Xi came back after a while, then shook his head at Hong Xu and said with a sad face.

"Uncle is gone!"

Hong Xu's face turned pale, but he didn't shed any tears.

Because he knew it would be a matter of time.

If he hadn't wanted to save more antidote powder for himself, his father would have died long ago.

He could only hold back his tears and think about what to do later.

After everyone had eaten enough, Zhao Ya ordered people to bring in explosives for mining.

Speaking of which, I have to mention that there are already explosives in this era.

However, its power and properties are very unstable, so it can only be used for mining.

Even this often blows people away.

After the explosives were piled up, Zhao Ya took the mining slaves out of the mine.

Only then did Zhao Ya realize that after these days of torture, less than one out of ten people survived.

In the huge Wuxiang City, apart from those who luckily escaped and stayed in the city to survive, there were only two to three thousand people left.

No impassioned speeches.

Because he believes that anyone who wants to survive knows what choice to make at this moment.

So he just ordered someone to light the fuse.

After a loud noise completely blew up the iron mine, he led the people and rushed towards the front mountain.

This was the source of the loud noise heard by Fu Tingyuan and others in the front mountain just now.

At this moment, Fu Tingyuan's expression changed drastically as he looked at the mining slaves rushing over the mountains and plains.

Not because of these rabble, but because of the leader Zhao Ya.

Because he could tell at a glance that the knife-wielding young man who rushed to the front actually had half-step to the fifth realm.

what happened?

Why did a half-step fifth-level master suddenly appear?

who is he?

Countless thoughts flashed through Fu Tingyuan's mind, but his body reacted faster than his brain and he jumped out of the way.

He planned to avoid the sharp edge for the time being and at the same time regulate his energy and blood so as to relieve himself of the poison as soon as possible.

It would be best to let this knife-wielding boy have a fight with the people from the Lianshi Sect first, so as to consume the strength of both parties.

But the people in Lian Shizong are not stupid either.

When they saw the menacing attack from the other side, even if they were willing to be taken advantage of, they all dodged away.

For a moment, a road suddenly appeared in front of Zhao Ya.

Zhao Ya sneered in his heart at this.

He naturally guessed what these people meant, but there was no need to be secretive at this time.

He suddenly stopped and stood in front of people from the Qingzhuling and Lianshizong camps.