Chapter 1212: Trouble at the Mine (Extra update, seeking monthly tickets!)

"Actually, a month ago, Pixia still sent troops to invade. I heard that a village in the east was looted, not to mention chickens, ducks, cattle, and sheep, even living people were snatched away, regardless of old, weak, sick, or disabled, not one was left."

Hearing this, He Lingchuan raised his eyebrows: "Snatching people?"

Snatching people in war is not uncommon, and population is also a resource. But why did Pixia want to do this? Dong Rui pointed to the east: "Could it be the desolate village we passed by earlier?"

Judging from the ruins, that village was indeed attacked suddenly.

"Right, that is Cotton Village, not far from Jishi Village."

"Not two days later, Pixia also came to snatch Jishi Village." Speaking of this, Jiang Lishui still had lingering fears, "Fortunately, we were prepared, relying on the mine tunnel to organize the miners to counterattack, dragging for half a day. Later, the Boss Situ army heard the news and rushed to repel the Pixia people."

Pixia dared to attack the industry of the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce! Dong Rui directly cursed a dirty word.

If the Pixia people succeeded, the first mine of the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce in the Flash Gold Plain would be aborted before it was operated.

"We sent silver and grain to the Boss Situ army as thanks, so now the relationship between the two sides is quite good." The Gunshi mine now has to rely on the protection of the Boss Situ army, and the two sides are interdependent.

He Lingchuan nodded. Entering in chaos is easy to build a relationship with local power.

As long as the Boss Situ family can hold on, the prior layout of Ding Zuodong and Jiang Lishui will soon be able to taste the sweetness.

"The power of Yangshan will soon extend here. By then, whoever finds you will have to reason well." He gave Jiang Lishui a reassurance, "This process won't even take half a year."

Jiang Lishui was overjoyed: "That's great! The Island Master is wise."

In troubled times, force is the basis of self-protection.

If the guards of the Yangshan Archipelago can station here to guard the safety of the caravan and the mine tunnel, he won't have to worry about it! He has definitely secured this gold-plated qualification.

"Continue to talk about the trouble here."

Jiang Lishui hurriedly calmed down: "At that time, we handled the procedures, recruited people from sixty miles away to mine, and the early investment spent more than a thousand taels, and the progress was smooth. Tools arrived, mine tunnels were cleared, people went down, and the mined ore was screened and processed, and two workshops were built, and several sets of equipment were assembled. After busy for almost two months, and repelling the Pixia invasion in the middle, everything was on the right track, and the Gunshi Valley mine could finally produce ore normally."

Gunshi Valley produces high-quality ore, but it has been abandoned for several years, and there are many collapses in the mine tunnel, which is labor-intensive to clear.

The food, clothing, and housing of hundreds of miners are all expenses.

"As a result, at this time, the mine is haunted!"

Dong Rui grabbed a handful of peanuts and cracked them with the two monkeys: "Tell me in detail, tell me in detail."

Jiang Lishui didn't know who this person was, but he could follow the Island Master, he must be a powerful character. "About thirteen days ago, two miners went down the pit and didn't come back. The next day, their companions found them in the pit, and they were already dead, but there was no injury on their bodies, just haggard, blue faces, and their skin and flesh were a bit shriveled."

Listening to it, it sounds like a fox demon making trouble?

"Two days later, three more died strangely. This time it was not in the mine tunnel, but in the house where they lived." Jiang Lishui shook his head, "Someone greeted them that night and saw them return to the house with their own eyes. As a result, the next morning, not a single one came out."

"Died in their sleep?"

"Yes." Jiang Lishui continued, "A few days ago, the handyman we hired went to the forest to cut wood and burn charcoal, and his companion went to the river to fetch water. The sky suddenly darkened, and the companion didn't come back for a long time. He rushed to the river and saw one handyman lying face down in the water, and the other squatting on the shore motionless."

"There was fog by the river that day, and he seemed to see a strange thing condensed on the back of the handyman, a small mass."

"He wanted to get closer to take a look, but the fog mass was disturbed and condensed into a ghost face and pounced on him." Jiang Lishui swallowed his saliva, "This handyman was scared to death, and came back to shout."

He sighed long: "First Pixia invaded, now we encounter ghosts eating people, the miners are scared to death, and dozens left that day, and the rest dare not go to the water or go down the mine. Sigh, this is really..."

Mining cannot stop, otherwise he will not be able to supply the Yangshan Archipelago. In the past few days, Jiang Lishui has been so anxious that his mouth is about to blister.

He Lingchuan asked him: "What method did you find?"

The people he sent shouldn't sit and wait for death.

"I found someone to set up a barrier in Jishi Village and several villages where miners live." Jiang Lishui said, "So no one has died since then, but the formation has traces of being touched, and this is not a long-term solution... Two guards have some supernatural powers and went to the mine tunnel once, but didn't find anything."

"So these ghosts have been here, just can't enter the village?"

Jiang Lishui coughed: "After the incident, Granny Li, who cooked for us, said that this was the Heavenly Venerable sending his men to collect people. We asked why, and it turned out that these things happened twenty years ago, and the villagers built a temple for the 'Heavenly Venerable' and offered incense, and it didn't come again."

Heavenly Venerable? This title made He Lingchuan's heart move.

Dong Rui was full of interest: "Why did the Heavenly Venerable come again?"

"Granny Li said that the villagers ran away, and we didn't offer sacrifices when we came, and we angered the Heavenly Venerable." Jiang Lishui pointed to the north, "About sixty or seventy miles north of here, there is a Screaming Forest, no living beings allowed, it is said that the Heavenly Venerable lives inside."

Oh, it's the Screaming Forest again? He Lingchuan raised his eyebrows.

"Screaming Forest, hehe, isn't this a coincidence?" Dong Rui slapped him on the back: "You and the ghost king are destined."

He Lingchuan hadn't found trouble with it yet, but it came to stir up Yangshan's industry first.

Dong Rui smiled again: "Then you just continue to offer sacrifices and it will be over?"

"Offered, offered after the first death." Jiang Lishui was also very pragmatic, it was best to settle things peacefully, "But it's useless. Although three sacrifices were offered, the miners still disappeared one by one. And we heard from the patrol that this is not the only place where people died, more than a hundred people were eaten by ghosts in the surrounding villages and towns."

So this is not a problem that Jishi Village brought upon itself.

"It seems the Heavenly Venerable is very angry." Dong Rui touched his chin, "Where is Granny Li?"

"After this incident, we didn't dare to let her cook anymore, and she was very dissatisfied." Jiang Lishui stood up, "Island Master, please follow me."

It's February 1st~ It's the beginning of a brand new month~ Seeking monthly tickets!

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