Fairy Tree

After thinking about it, he gave up the idea.

Firstly, he wanted to know the number of rewards for overfulfilling the task. Secondly, he didn't know if anyone would come in to check. If it was discovered that he was hiding the ore, it would be bad. He wanted to know clearly first, and then decide whether to use the excess in the future. The ore is hidden in case you are unlucky and don't dig enough ore to complete the task.

After thinking about this, he continued to mine. The next day, he carried the bamboo basket and walked outside. Anyway, this month was completed, and he wanted to hand in the task in advance and take a good rest for two days, and take a shower by the way. Taking a bath, Xiao Lin felt like he was about to shed his skin after not taking a bath for a month.

On the way out of the mine, Xiao Lin was cautious, holding the pickaxe tightly with both hands, always prepared for sudden dangers. Xiao Lin was very nervous along the way. When they first came to the mine, Sun Fang from Bailiantang told them However, killing people to seize mines is also possible. Although Xiao Lin doesn't know whether this is Bailiantang's acquiescence to the legality of such a thing, he is certain of one thing, that is, such a thing must have happened. , and it happens quite a lot.

This made him miss Xiao Shi a little. After all, if he and Xiao Shi were together, the probability of self-protection would definitely be much higher. After all, Xiao Lin is only twelve years old now, and his physical strength and height are far higher than those of others. Get those adult miners.

After thinking about it, he stopped, took out the largest piece of hematite from the bamboo basket, and put it into his arms close to his belt.

After walking halfway, Xiao Lin turned into a main mine, and at this moment, two kerosene lamps suddenly lit up on the side, and several figures appeared in front of him. His heart suddenly sank to the bottom.

Several figures approached Xiao Lin. Only then did Xiao Lin see clearly that there were five people blocking the road. The leader of them had a beard that almost covered the lower half of his face. A pair of triangular eyes kept turning and looking. When Xiao Lin arrived, his beard suddenly split, revealing a mouth full of yellow teeth.

"Haha, I've been waiting for a long time, and finally I'm here." The other four people also had ferocious expressions on their faces. The most important ones were all adult miners. The leader looked to be forty years old, and the other three youngest ones were also older. Thirties.

"What...what do you want to do?" Xiao Lin took a step back with a look of horror on his face.

"What do you want to do? Boy, are you just here? Don't you even understand the rules?" A man next to the bearded miner walked up, patted Xiao Lin's frightened and pale face, and smiled sinisterly. said.

"I just came here last month. What are the... rules?"

"Oh? It turns out you are really a young man. Wang Ji, tell this little brother the rules of our No. 3 pit." The bearded miner grinned and said to the miner beside him.

Wang Ji was the miner who slapped Xiao Lin on the face. After hearing this, he sneered and said to Xiao Lin: "Boy, you are lucky to have entered our No. 3 pit. The No. 3 mine is our Xiang Kun Xiang San." This mine is the site that Mr. San is responsible for, and this mine is also the first shovelful of soil dug by Mr. San. Therefore, every miner who enters the No. 3 mine must pay a certain amount of road money every month as usual. "

"Toll money?" Xiao Lin was surprised. He had heard this word from the big-headed miner in the cafeteria more than half a month ago. At that time, he didn't understand what it meant. But now that Wang Ji said it, he immediately understood. Come here, the emotional road money is the hematite you need to pay when crossing the road. This is a clear road robbery.

Wang Ji snatched the bamboo basket behind Xiao Lin and weighed it in his hand, with a surprised expression on his face: "Oh, you can do it. You can actually finish the work of an adult miner when you first come here. I'm afraid these hematite stones weigh more than fifty kilograms."

Hearing this, Xiang Kun was very surprised: "Your boy is really lucky. He seems to be a good prospect. Leave him thirty pounds and use the rest as travel money."

Hearing Xiang Kun's words, Xiao Lin's face turned pale and bloodless. Although these people did not take away all his ore, leaving only thirty kilograms for him meant twenty whippings. This Twenty lashes would definitely kill him.

He looked up at several people, his eyes filled with hatred.

"Pa." A slap came over, and Xiao Lin staggered back several steps, his face burning with pain.

"Boy, let me tell you, everyone who mines in this No. 3 pit has to pay half of the road fee every month, otherwise we don't mind digging another pit in this mine and burying you." Wang Ji Yin's face was sullen, with murderous intent lurking in his eyes.

Xiao Lin was shocked. He suppressed the hatred in his eyes, sighed softly, gritted his teeth, and fell silent.

"Good boy, you are quite flexible and flexible. I admire you very much, but appreciation is appreciation. The rules cannot be broken. Everyone must pay twenty kilograms of hematite ore every month. This is a line. If you want to cross it, There is only one way along this line, and that is to leave the life behind and pass through the body.”

"Can I leave?" Xiao Lin knew that even if he tried his best, there would be no results. Everyone here was stronger than him. If he fought hard, he would only seek death. Besides, he still had thirty kilograms of weight. The hematite ore, plus the piece he hid, should weigh about thirty-five kilograms. There are still two days left. If it doesn't work, go back and dig for two more days, trying to get the full amount of hematite ore before handing in the task. , he felt a little uneasy, and he kept praying in his heart that these guys would not discover the ore hidden in his waist.

"Wang Ji, go search and see if there is any hidden iron ore."

Xiao Lin's face turned pale when he heard Mr. Xiang's words, and there was a look of despair in his eyes.

"Ah~" Just as Wang Ji was walking towards Xiao Lin with a sneer on his face, a scream suddenly came out.

Xiao Lin saw a figure suddenly rush out from the branch hole next to him, get close to the person behind Mr. Xiang, and then rush into the branch hole in two breaths, and the bamboo basket next to that person disappeared. trace.

Seeing that one of his people had been tricked and a bamboo basket of hematite was also taken away, Xiang Kun was furious, his beard exploded, he cursed a few words, and then said to Wang Ji beside him Said: "You stay here, you three follow me, I must find that guy and skin him alive."

After saying that, he led the people into the mine where the figure rushed in.

Wang Ji's face turned pale with fright. He glanced at his companion lying on the ground with a trembling look. It was obvious that a knife had been stabbed in the heart from behind. The whole chest was soaked with blood, but this man was not dead yet. , maybe the knife didn't penetrate directly into the heart, but even so, he just lived a little longer.

Xiao Lin lowered his head and flashed murderous intent in his eyes. If they really detained more than 20 kilograms of hematite ore, even though there were still two days left, the hope of completing the task was still slim. He had seen with his own eyes that the miners were being detained. Every whipping can leave a terrifying bloody gash. It can take more than a dozen whips. Not to mention my small body, even an adult man can't bear it.

Glancing at Wang Ji who was still cursing from the corner of his eyes, Xiao Lin, who was silent, suddenly became furious, and with a cold light, the iron pickaxe in his hand drove hard into Wang Ji's heart.

With this pickaxe, Xiao Lin used almost all his strength, and almost half of the pickaxe head was inserted.

Since Wang Ji was standing next to Xiao Lin, he didn't have time to react. The moment the pickaxe dug into his heart, his eyes widened with an expression of disbelief on his face. He never imagined in his wildest dreams that one and a half The older child dared to kill himself. He lowered his head hard and saw the dark red blood seeping out from around his chest and around the tip of the pickaxe. His vision went dark and he completely lost consciousness.

Seeing the unwilling expression on Wang Ji's face, Xiao Lin turned pale. He pulled out the pickaxe with trembling hands and wiped the blood off Wang Ji's clothes. This was his first time to kill someone. He tried hard to convince himself that this was It was to save himself. If he was not killed and the ore was taken away, he would be whipped to death.

Xiao Lin took a deep breath. He took out a dagger and a few taels of silver from Wang Ji's arms. It suddenly occurred to him that there seemed to be a small grocery store next to the three-story attic, which should be convenient for miners to buy some supplies. , thinking of this, he stuffed the broken silver into his arms.

Xiao Lin, who was about to leave, suddenly saw the miner who had been stabbed, looking at him with disbelief. Although his body was covered in blood, he was not dead yet.

Xiao Lin sighed in his heart and walked up to this man.

"You are going to die anyway, so I will give you a ride and save you a little pain." After saying that, Xiao Lin grabbed the dagger stuck in his heart behind his back without hesitation and pulled it out. A stream of blood spurted out, but Xiao Lin was prepared and did not stand frontally.

The man's eyes froze, his eyes were open and he was completely dead. Seeing that the man was dead, Xiao Lin took out a few taels of broken silver from his body, and quickly walked out of the mine with a bamboo basket on his back. .

Xiao Lin's heart was beating wildly along the way. He felt that his hands were shaking, but his brain was unusually calm. He was thinking about what would happen if Xiang Kun returned and saw Wang Ji and that person. If he dies, will doubts come to his head? How should he deal with it?

On the road behind, although there were a few miners walking out of the mine, there were no murders to seize the mines. It seemed that the biggest overlord of the No. 3 mine was Mr. Xiang, which made Xiao Lin even more worried. He was a little nervous, but he didn't regret doing this, because he knew that if he didn't dig enough ore for the mission, he would also kill people to seize the ore.

When he came out of the mine, he saw that it was dark night. He looked up at the slightly white eastern sky and walked toward the hut with the bamboo basket on his back.

There were no disciples from Bailiantang to mine at night, so he could only wait for the daytime. When he returned to the hut, there was still no one. This made him smile bitterly. He had been here for almost a month, and he didn't even know who his roommate was. He didn't know, but he was relieved. The dagger that killed Wang Ji was still in his arms. Although it had been wiped, there must be residual blood stains.