HLnovel Chapter 214 The Prince's Favorite
Chapter 214 The Prince's Favorite
As soon as the stone entered, her mind followed and looked into the space.
Sure enough, there was a large piece of gold on the stone.
Lu Qingqing whispered to Qin Lang, "There's gold on the stone. Use your body to block it. I'll collect all the stones around it!"
Qin Lang squatted beside Lu Qingqing, half-straightening his waist, protecting Lu Qingqing while she collected the gold.
Lu Qingqing first collected all the larger stones nearby into the space, and then began to collect smaller stones.
When they had collected almost all the information, the two began to move again.
Because the cave was choking, the rest of the people in the mine rushed in all at once, picked up a stone and ran out, wishing they could stay in the mine as little as possible.
Because of the poor visibility, no one noticed anything unusual.
Seeing the others moving stones out, Lu Qingqing was afraid that gold might be exposed on any of the stones, so she silently sped up.
When she had almost collected all the stones on the ground, she looked at the wall.
Unfortunately, there was nothing to be found on the wall.
When Lu Qingqing went out with everyone, there were no people at the mine entrance.
When the supervisors saw that they had all come out, they waved their hands and asked them to return to their posts and continue working.
Lu Qingqing wiped the dust off her face and noticed a small pile of stones in the space, with occasional golden spots on them.
Just thinking about the gold that can be found here makes me walk more energetically!
After dinner, Lu Qingqing called Qin Lang out, and the two found a secluded place and entered the space.
Qin Lang was responsible for raising the hammer and smashing the stones, while Lu Qingqing was responsible for picking out larger pieces of gold from the pile of rubble.
Soon, the gold nuggets picked out filled a small box.
Looking at the golden nuggets inside, both of them smiled so hard that their teeth were showing.
An hour later, the two of them left the space.
In the following days, the newly mined soil in the mine produced more gold than before.
He Baotou is cheerful every day now, and there are more wrinkles at the corners of his eyes from laughing.
He tried hard not to let the supervisors and miners tell anyone, but his own expression gave it away.
Time quickly came to the end of the month.
He asked about the other foremen and learned that there were still two less foremen, so he became secretly alert.
In the past few days, He Baotou arranged the supervisors to be on guard far away in the west, and also had several meals and drinks with the officials.
But after thinking about it, I still feel uneasy.
He also hid the gold particles in the house in a more secluded place, for fear that they would be stolen.
But for several days in a row, no one came to grab it.
Seeing that it was time to hand over the gold tomorrow, He Baotou was almost restless on this last day.
In the afternoon, I finally heard the shouts from the supervisors outside:
"Someone is here to steal the gold, hurry up and grab your stuff!"
He Baotou quickly moved the things in the house to the door, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the door was blocked tightly.
Then, as if he was worried, he moved the cabinet beside the kang away.
Seeing that the wooden cover of the cave entrance was tightly locked, I felt relieved.
He glanced towards the door and saw that no one was coming, so he moved the cabinet back.
Outside, Lu Qingqing looked at the group of people running towards her.
All the men who came this time were armed with weapons and looked very powerful.
The supervisors were shouting at the top of their lungs, directing the miners to rush up.
Lu Qingqing hurriedly called out to the people in the team around her, and at the same time pulled Qin Lang and ran quickly towards the teleportation platform.
This time, He Baotou did not show up, and the supervisors could not fully command the miners.
In addition, the scene was in chaos and no one noticed them.
At this time, many miners began to flee in all directions, unlike the previous time when everyone fought desperately.
Soon, Lu Qingqing pulled Qin Lang under the platform.
Lu Tianming, Master Yan and others were running behind, and seeing this, they hurriedly followed in.
A group of people were lying under the stage, staring outside with weapons in their hands.
At this time, a life-and-death fight was going on outside.
This time, there were more people calling than before, and soon many people were injured and fell down.
The women were also looking for places to hide. Little Girl, who was not far away, spotted Lu Qingqing under the stage with her sharp eyes.
Chuntao held her daughter in her arms and ran towards this place quickly.
Lu Qingqing quickly made room for the two to come in.
At this time, the man who came from outside had already gained the upper hand.
They did not steal the soil, but went straight to He Baotou's house with a clear goal.
At this time, no one dared to step forward to stop it.
The men who came to fight successfully arrived at the door of He Baotou's house and banged on the door with a loud "bang bang" sound.
Inside the room, He looked at the crumbling door, his heart in his throat.
The door didn't hold open for long. Soon the men took it down, pushed aside the objects blocking the door, and rushed into the house in a large crowd.
He Baotou was so frightened when he saw the people rushing towards him that his legs were shaking, but he still pretended to be calm and said:
"I am a son of the prince's family, and my brother is a favorite of the prince. If you dare to hurt me, not only the prince, but also Lord Jiang will not forgive you!"
The group of miners seemed to have received orders long ago and ignored their leader, just rummaging around the house.
Seeing this, He Baotou breathed a sigh of relief.
He quietly moved towards the door, but before he could go out, he was stopped by someone.
When He Baotou saw the stick in the man's hand, he had to take a few steps back.
At this moment, he heard the sound of a cabinet being moved and turned his head sharply to look.
I saw several men had already discovered the hole and were using tools to smash the lock.
When He Baotou saw this, his heart sank. He just hoped that the officials he had arranged would come over quickly!
Seeing the padlock being smashed open, several men crawled into the cave.
Soon, there was a cry of surprise from inside:
“So many boxes!”
He Baotou watched them carry the box out and move it to the door.
Finally, the sound of horse hooves was heard outside.
He Baotou almost cried, the rescuers finally arrived!
The men who were still moving boxes in the room naturally heard the noise.
These big boxes are all locked, so they can't be moved far.
So, the men just carried the small boxes and ran out.
The officers and soldiers waved their whips and beat the men away. The leading officer looked at the still frightened He Baotou and said:
"Lao He, my brothers and I rushed here as soon as we heard the news!"
He forced himself to calm down and said with a smile:
"Thank you brothers for your help this time. I'll treat you all to a meal at the tavern tomorrow night. I'll definitely thank you all!"
The officers then laughed and rode away on horseback.
As soon as the officer left, He Baotou's face became gloomy.
The people who came to rob this time really went too far!
In the past two years, there have been many cases of gang leaders fighting with each other in Jingou.
They all agreed to it and just snatched some soil or the things hidden on the miners' bodies.
Every time there was a robbery, the lowly miners below were the ones who got hurt.
This is the first time that someone has gone straight to his house to rob it, like today.
It seems that the new mine has attracted attention!
He waved to several supervisors with bruised faces and noses who had rushed over, and directed them to move the boxes back.
At the same time, he was secretly wondering which leader was coming this time.
Among these bosses, in addition to Cui Laowu, there is also Wang Quan. The influence of these two people in the palace is no less than his own.
Apart from these two people, I’m afraid no other boss would dare to offend me like this!
Thinking about the small box that was stolen, He felt more and more painful.
The gold grains inside were all collected by him for a long time, and they were enough to honor his brother this year!