The prince is very cruel

Chapter 338

Tang Xianger's face turned red, almost bleeding, and she sat up suddenly.

"Hmm..." She looked away, hummed helplessly, and then ran out of the tent.

Guan Ning sat there, gritting his teeth. Even as strong as he was, he felt a little embarrassed...

A quarter of an hour later, the two of them finished packing.

"Brother Guan, please eat something." Tang Xiang'er's eyes were shy, but she forced herself to remain calm.

"Okay." Guan Ning took the steamed bun and said awkwardly, "Ahem, by the way, just now, I..."

Tang Xiang'er interrupted and lowered her head and said, "It's okay, Brother Guan, I believe you."

She pursed her lips and added in her heart, "Brother Guan, no matter what you want to do, I am willing."

Guan Ning cleared his throat and smiled: "Okay."

"Then eat quickly and then set off."

"I just took a look. There are wheel tracks and traces of mining around. I guess it's not far from the mine."

"Okay!" Tang Xiang'er obeyed and took a small bite of the steamed bun. She glanced at Guan Ning again, but was caught.

Her ears suddenly turned red with shame. The blushing of a young girl is more real than anything else in the world.

Soon after, the two set out along the wheel tracks, looking for the mine and Shengqi.

The whole process is not difficult.

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

Boom!

As we got closer, the sound of iron hitting boulders became clearer and clearer. When the carriage rushed up the hillside, a huge mine came into view.

"hiss!"

Tang Xiang'er couldn't help but gasp, covering her mouth with her hands. Her big almond eyes were filled with surprise: "Brother Guan, there are so many people!"

Guan Ning was also shocked.

As a time traveler, he had seen everything, but such a grand scene still shocked him.

In a mountain pit, at least several thousand laborers were shirtless, bent over and sweating, constantly hitting stones. The densely packed scene was not only shocking, but also made people's scalps tingle.

Is this the ancient mine? Purely relying on manpower!

The mountain range had been hollowed out by them, sinking at least three meters into the ground! Furthermore, there were at least hundreds of large holes in the distance, and the entire mountain range was riddled with holes.

Those forced laborers were almost all skinny. The excessive workload had made them neither human nor ghost, and they would not live long. Some of them even worked with shackles on their feet, and even the water they drank was muddy. The visual impact this caused to Guan Ning was enormous!

Snapped! !

A loud explosion, accompanied by the screams of the corvées, brought Guan Ning back to reality.

He was an old man who was so tired that he could not work anymore. He had white hair and just took a few breaths. Without doing anything, he was whipped and his blood was all over his body.

The practice of killing the chicken to scare the monkeys made those who were suffering from the hard labor dare not raise their heads and could only work hard for their lives.

"That old man is so pitiful!" Tang Xiang'er's face looked ugly and sympathetic.

Guan Ning couldn't help but frown. This was not a mine, it was clearly a Shura field.

It seems that TV dramas in later generations are still too conservative... In ancient times, a large-scale construction or mining project would often cause thousands of people to work themselves to death... and the government didn't care. Human life was worthless, and the nobles controlled everything. This is true!

He couldn't bear it, but he was helpless. He could save one person, but could he save the whole world, an entire era?

Besides, he himself is now in a difficult situation and can hardly save himself.

"Who is there?"

"How dare you, a bold lunatic, trespass into the mine!"

Suddenly, two loud roars brought Guan Ning back to his senses.

I saw a group of burly men from the mine rushing up from a distance. Their clothes were obviously different from those of the corvée laborers. They should be the thugs guarding the mine.

Wow!

There were about thirty of them, surrounding them.

Guan Ning didn't run away, but stood in front of Tang Xiang'er and forced a smile: "Everyone, calm down."

"My wife and I were passing by this place and got lost. We followed the sound and came here to ask for directions."

"Ask for directions?"

"Don't you know that this is the mine of Zheng family in Xingyang? Do you want to die by breaking in here?!" A bald man walked out and shouted with a ferocious face.

They don't look like people from a prominent family at all, more like a group of bandits.

Guan Ning still smiled and said, "Gentlemen, I didn't mean it. Please forgive me."

"Hmph, excuse me?"

"You look like a sneaky kid, so you're not a good person. Come with me to see the master!" The bald man shouted, "Catch him!"

"Brother Guan!" Tang Xiang'er exclaimed.

Seeing that the other party was so domineering and wanted to capture him just because he had strayed in, Ye Li frowned for a moment, but he did not resist. Instead, he realized that this was an opportunity!

"Don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive!"

"Everyone, I'll go with you." Guan Ning looked scared.

"Hmph, then hurry up!" The bald man shouted, showing off his power by relying on the Xingyang Zheng family's reputation. It was estimated that he had done a lot of evil in his daily life.

boom!

Guan Ning was pushed hard, but he remained silent and kept smiling.

Tang Xiang'er held Guan Ning tightly, and the two of them entered the mine under the threat of dozens of people.

This mine is very large, and it is surrounded by thugs and lackeys. Without a guide, there is no way to get in. Along the way, Guan Ning's eyes are like an eagle, silently scanning every corner he can see.

Shengqi's body shape is different from that of ordinary people, so it is not difficult to find him.

But unfortunately, nothing was found.

The corvée labor here is very hard. The men range from those in their twenties to those in their sixties. They are all skinny and covered in wounds. There is only numbness and despair in their eyes. They are completely different from Shengqi.

"what!!"

Suddenly, Tang Xiang'er screamed and rushed into Guan Ning's arms without any warning.

"What's wrong?" Guan Ning came back to his senses.

"Dead, dead..." Tang Xiang'er's face was pale and she pointed forward in horror.

In the stone pit on the side, I saw a skinny old man who had lost all vital signs, his mouth was wide open, his heart had stopped beating, his face was sunken, with only his cheekbones bulging. He looked so pitiful!

It's obvious that he died of exhaustion from long-term labor.

"It's just a dead person, what's the fuss?"

"Come here, drag him away and throw him into the mass grave!" The bald man snorted coldly, looking indifferent, as if just a cow or horse had died.

Guan Ning frowned and covered Tang Xianger's eyes.

Then he tried to probe: "Sir, are you going to throw it directly into the mass grave?"

"His family won't come to claim the body?"

"Come and collect the bodies?" The bald man sneered, "Do these worthless people still need to be buried?"

"Let their families come, and we'll have to pay for the burial. Wouldn't it be more convenient to just throw them in a mass grave?"

"Hahaha!" The other thugs burst into laughter.

A hint of coldness flashed in Guan Ning's eyes. Such unscrupulous people exist in every era, but he did not show it on his face: "So, do many people die here normally?"

The bald man scoffed, "Don't be afraid, kid!"

“Though many will die, those who obey will not die.”

"This old man is old and can't do it for long. A young and strong man like you should be able to do it for a few years." He looked dim.

Guan Ning tried again, "Since you are old, why did you come?"