Longevity starts from strengthening internal organs

Chapter 191 The Mining Change, The Tragedy of the Hong and Yang Families

The time temporarily returned to more than an hour ago.

In the mine in the back mountain, Hong Xu tremblingly climbed out of the dark mine with half a basket of iron ore on his back.

As the proud son of the past, the eldest son of a wealthy family, Hong Xu has always been known for his suave manner.

But now he is unkempt, and his clothes are all torn into strips of cloth, which can barely cover his vital parts, he is not even as good as a beggar.

After leaving the mine, it was still not over, he still had to walk out of the tunnel with heavy steps, and came to the hall of the mine.

This is where the 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.

"28 pieces of third-class ore, 13 yuan of second-class ore."

Hong Xu became anxious when he heard this.

Regardless of the danger, he crawled into the deepest part of the mine and dug out these ores. Each piece is of good quality and can be considered a high-quality product.

Although Hong Xu also knows that if there is no benefit, these stone collectors will never rate the ore as a high-quality product.

But you can't rate the stones you have dug with great difficulty as second or third class.

But he didn't dare to show the slightest dissatisfaction. Instead, he came forward with a smile on his face, nodded and bowed and said.

"Master Sun, look how good this stone is, can it be lifted up..."

Before he finished speaking, Sun San raised his hand and slapped Hong Xu's nose with blood in an instant.

Then Sun San cursed angrily: "Blind your dog's eyes, you still want to wait for this broken stone? Don't even dare to talk nonsense, don't even think about this waiting!"

"Yes, yes, third master calm down, third master calm down, I am talking too much!" Hong Xu kept slapping himself.

"Hmph, it's not too bad." Sun San nodded in satisfaction, and then casually threw a wooden sign over.

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

Holding this wooden sign, Hong Xu exchanged a dozen dry and hard black buns that even dogs would not eat, as well as a little salt and oil from the place where the supplies were distributed.

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

Although it was pitifully small, Hong Xu still picked it up carefully, turned around and walked to his home.

It is said to be a home, but it is actually a hollowed out cave, and a piece of broken wood is blocked at the entrance of the cave, which is considered a door.

Entering inside, a smell of fishy smell hits the face, making people sick.

Naturally, there was no light in the room, but with the light coming in from the door, the scene in the cave could still be seen clearly.

I saw a haystack near the wall, with a person lying on it, and a young man beside him was waiting.

When he saw Hong Xu coming in, the young man stood up and shouted in a low voice.

"elder brother!"

"Ok!"

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

"Father! How are you feeling?"

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

It's just that the current Hong Shouchang doesn't have the domineering spirit of before.

At this moment, he was as skinny as a stick, and the skin on his body was festered on a large area. It was obvious that he had reached the point where he was exhausted.

After hearing the shout, Hong Shouchang finally woke up slowly from the semi-conscious state. Seeing 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 still hasn't been completely released."

Hong Shouchang was a little disappointed when he heard the words, but he soon cheered up again.

"It's also good to have a little looseness. This at least shows that my previous guess was correct, so from today onwards, you will still be able to take the medicine assigned to me." Hong Shouchang said.

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

Hong Shouchang waved his hands with difficulty, "Needless to say, I know my body best. Even if I don't suffer from the poison, I probably won't live for a few days."

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

Hearing his father's words, Hong Xu felt a heavy heart.

Both he and Hong Shouchang were captured by people from Qingzhuling and Lian Shizong during the last war, and then captured in this mine.

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

And because of this series of great changes, especially the sudden betrayal of Qingzhu Ridge, Hong Shouchang was dealt a heavy blow.

He regretted all the time what he did in the past, thinking that he was blinded by the interests in front of him, but he didn't see Qingzhuling's wolf ambition clearly, so that he encountered this catastrophe.

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

It stands to reason that with Hong Shouchang's strength, even if he fell ill, he shouldn't be exhausted so quickly.

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

In order to prevent hidden dangers, Lian Shizong poisoned the Hong and Yang families and even all those with martial arts skills in Wuxiang City.

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

But the dose of this antidote is calculated very precisely, one dose can only give you the strength to work, but it is wishful thinking to completely detoxify 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 would be able to unravel the poison in him and escape from this devil's den .

That's why Hong Shouchang's body festered extensively, and it was all caused by poisoning.

As if seeing Hong Xu's sadness, Hong Shouchang smiled.

"Okay, your father, I have enjoyed everything in my life, and this end is the retribution I deserve. I have no complaints about it, but I just hope that you can escape, which is a blessing to us." Leave a root at home!"

After these days of hardships, Hong Shouchang had long 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, and he sighed inwardly, but did not ask.

In this dark mine pit, being beaten is a common occurrence, especially for people like them, because they used to be in high positions, and now after falling into the dust, many people will intentionally humiliate them to satisfy the perverted desires in their hearts.

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

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

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

He still remembers the scene when he and Yang Zisong had a drink and chat.

At that time, I was the youngest of the Hong family, and he was the son of the Yang family, what a noble status, and how happy life was.

But now this high-spirited young master of the Yang family died like a dog in this mine that never sees the light of day.

But vaguely, Hong Xu was somewhat envious of this Yang Zisong.

Good to die!

At least you don't have to suffer this crime after you die!
Hong Shouchang was also silent after listening, and he sighed quietly after a long time.

"In the past, Dancing Elephant City was headed by the three families of Hong, Yang and Song, but now it seems that the Song family who left first has the best end!"

Hong Xu was speechless.

To be honest, he also complained in private.

Blaming Hong Shouchang for not being greedy for profit, he was in cahoots with Qingzhuling.

Blame him for joining hands to destroy the Song family.

In the end it ended up like this.

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

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

Hong Xu was taken aback.

"what happened?"

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

"Yes!"

The boy named Hong Xi ran out, but came back after a while, stammering with panic on his face.

"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 on the front side of the mountain!"

Hearing this, both Hong Shouchang and Hong Xu were surprised.

Because for them, the situation couldn't get any worse.

It's all mixed up with this kind of virtue, is there anything else to care about?
Especially when there was a fight in Qianshan, it was very likely that there was an internal strife between Qingzhuling and Lian Shizong.

That would be great!

Just as they were excited about it, 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.

"Hurry up, there's already chaos outside, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, hurry up!"

"Father, I'll carry you on my back!"

"Bastard, it's this time, are you still so benevolent? You will only kill the two of us, I don't regret my death, you run 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 with tears in his eyes.

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

When he looked out through the crack of the door, he happened to see countless miners rushing out with mining picks in their hands.

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

"Zhao Shaoxia is here to rescue us!"

Zhao Shaoxia?
Hearing this name, Hong Shouchang was a little puzzled.

Where did a Zhao Shaoxia pop out?

At this time, he felt blackness before his eyes, and a sharp pain between his chest and abdomen. He knew that he had reached the last moment, but he still forced his eyes to look into the distance.

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

I don't know whether it was because of the backlight or some other reason, but Hong Shouchang recognized this boy at a glance.

Zhao Ya!

It was the guard leader of the Song family back then, who also messed with himself and the person who almost gave up all his previous efforts in Qingzhuling.

It turns out that Zhao Shaoxia that people are calling is him!
Seeing this, Hong Shouchang suddenly smiled.

Destiny!
Sometimes it's really clever.

Back then, Zhao Ya and I were in the same situation, wishing we could kill him sooner rather than later.

But now his son has to rely on his help to escape.

But with a smile, Hong Shouchang cried again.

Everything is irreparable.

He knew that this young man who shined brilliantly at such a young age would never let him go, nor would he let Hong and Yang's family go.

He just hopes that his son Hong Xu is okay.

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

Hong Shouchang died.

Die in guilt and remorse.

Zhao Ya didn't know this, but his eyesight was so sharp that he recognized a few familiar faces among the crowd of miners at a glance.

Such as Hong Xu, such as Yang Sansi.

But he ignored it.

This was not the time to talk about these grievances, he looked down at Sun San who was kneeling on the ground and kowtowing madly at him.

"A few of you come over and kill him, and then I will take you away!" Zhao Ya said in a deep voice.

These originally aggressive miners instantly withered down.

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

In addition, Sun Sansheng was brutal, and dozens of miners were beaten to death by him. How dare these people dare to move under the power.

But Zhao Ya didn't move, because what he wanted was to make these miners bloody.

Otherwise, they will always follow behind passively, but they don't know how to resist.

What Zhao Ya wanted was a pack of wolves who could follow him to kill, not a pack of docile sheep.

During this brief silence, Hong Xu suddenly pushed his way out of the crowd and came over.

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

"Young Xia Zhao!" Hong Xu clasped his fists together.

Zhao Ya nodded slightly.

"Are you going to do it?"

"Yes!"

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

Without the slightest hesitation, Hong Xu picked up a mining hoe beside him and walked in front of Sun San.

At this moment, Sun San was paralyzed with fright.

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

"Hong Shaorao..."

Hong Xu picked up the mining hoe and chopped it on Sun San's head without saying the words of fate.

The sharp point of the hoe directly cut through Sun San's head.

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

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

Zhao Ya's eyes flashed a color of approval that is not easy to be noticed by others,

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

Then he looked at these people again.

"You guys, come up and mend these corpses one by one!"

In desperation, this is the only way to arouse their blood as much as possible.

Soon, there were several bloody corpses on the ground.

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

Then Zhao Ya ordered: "Okay, I say go later, and you all rush out together, can you do it?"

"can!"

Hong Xu nodded first without any hesitation.

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

The rest of the people naturally nodded.

Zhao Ya glanced at him and these skinny miners, and knew that many people had been squeezed to the brink of collapse, let alone rushing out to kill people with him, they would probably die of exhaustion after just a few steps.

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

"Hurry up and eat, and go with me after eating."

After hearing Zhao Ya's order, these people dared to step forward, but they were frightened by Zhao Ya's majesty, so no one dared to grab it, and they all picked up things honestly and ate voraciously.

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

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

"Uncle is gone!"

Hong Xu's face turned pale, but he did not shed tears.

Because he knew it was a matter of time.

If he didn't want to save up some 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 someone to bring in explosives for mining.

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

It's just that its power and nature are very unstable, so it can only be used for mining.

Just this often blows people out.

After the explosives were piled up, Zhao Ya led the miners 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 Dancing Elephant City, except for those who escaped by chance and stayed in the city to survive, there were only these two or 3000 people left.

No impassioned speeches.

Because he believes that anyone who wants to live knows how to choose at this moment.

So he just ordered someone to light the fuse.

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

This is the source of the loud noise heard by Fu Tingyuan and others in Qianshan just now.

At this moment, looking at the miners rushing all over the mountains, Fu Tingyuan's complexion also changed drastically.

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

Because he could tell at a glance that the knife-wielding boy who rushed to the front actually had a half-step five-level cultivation.

what happened?

Why did another half-step five-level master pop out suddenly?
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 sharpness for the time being, and at the same time step up the regulation of Qi and blood, so as to get rid of the poison in himself as soon as possible.

It's best to let this young man with a knife fight with the person who refined Shizong first, so as to consume the strength of both parties.

But those who practice Shizong are not stupid.

Seeing the menacing approach from the opposite side, how willing to be the one who was taken advantage of, also dodged away one after another.

For a moment, a road flashed in front of Zhao Ya.

Zhao Ya sneered at this.

He naturally guessed what these people meant, but he didn't have to hide it anymore at this time.

He stopped suddenly and stood in front of people from the two camps of Qingzhuling and Lian Shizong.

(End of this chapter)