HLnovel Chapter 206 Hidden Gold
Chapter 206 Hidden Gold
At this time, an injured miner came over:
"Hey, my brother has a head injury. Can you give him some medicine?"
He Baotou finally came back to his senses and looked at the man and said:
"Of course. My brothers have risked their lives for us in Donggou. I can't do such an unjust thing. Brothers who are injured, go get some medicine from the counter!"
After saying this, he looked at the miners standing or sitting nearby, with a look of sorrow on his face:
"Hey, brothers, you've all been through a lot this time. We've all been injured to varying degrees. Let's stop for the day and have a good rest! Tonight, I'll treat everyone to a meat dinner to replenish their energy!"
As he spoke, He turned his head to look at the dead person on the ground and wiped away his tears:
"Looking at these lost brothers, my heart aches like a knife. I really wish I could take their place!"
He raised his head and patted his chest:
"For these lost brothers, if you have relatives, please come and receive five taels of silver. If you are alone, please tell me if you know their hometown. When things get better outside, I will personally deliver the silver to their families and ensure that you brothers are not treated unfairly!"
Looking at He Baotou's singing, reciting, acting and fighting, Lu Qingqing felt that it was a pity that he didn't go to perform.
It seemed that some people in the crowd actually believed it and came forward to comfort He Baotou.
Soon, the injured were helped back and given medicine to apply on their wounds.
The dead were buried in graves dug by acquaintances or roommates.
This time, paper money was scattered in the cemetery again, and accompanied by the crying sounds beside the graves, the lives of these people came to an end.
After this gold robbery incident, He Baotou's mood improved for a few days.
Soon, his face became gloomy again and big blisters began to appear on his mouth.
It's simple. It's almost the end of the month, and the amount of gold we need to pay is still a long way from the required amount.
In the past two days, He Baotou has been wandering around the shore every day, staring at the people in the river in deep thought from time to time.
The people who were working felt He Baotou's mood, and when he came around, they all worked honestly.
That morning, Leader He came with a large number of supervisors.
Following behind the supervisors were the men who were mining in the cave.
Lu Qingqing's heart tightened, not knowing what was going on.
Every time there is a fight like this, some people die.
He walked to the shore, and the supervisor behind him put the bag he was carrying on the ground. When he opened it, he revealed many small cloth bags of various styles.
In an instant, some people in the crowd changed their expressions.
These are the gold particles they hid!
At this time, He pointed at the bundle on the ground with a gloomy expression.
"I've told you more than once that you're not allowed to hide gold in this ditch, but there are always some people who think they're smart and just don't listen! Now that the gold has been found, will you come forward on your own, or will I have someone pull you out?"
At this moment, I heard a "plop" sound not far behind me.
Lu Qingqing looked back and saw a man who was so scared that he fell into the river, his face pale.
He Baotou sneered and turned back to signal his men to bring the man up.
Two supervisors went down and dragged the man out of the river. The man was so frightened that he could not stand and was dragged ashore alive.
He turned his head and looked at everyone, sneering:
"If you come out on your own after I count to three, I can spare your lives! If you wait until I send someone to find out, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
As he spoke, He turned his head and glanced at the people on the river bank.
"one!"
Lu Qingqing turned around and looked at the people around her, mainly at the people in her own team.
The people nearby didn't look panicked, so she breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Tianming had reminded everyone before, so if anyone in the team had hidden gold, they should have kept it.
At this time, no one came out.
"two!"
As He Baotou's voice sounded, some people could no longer bear it and started walking towards that place with pale faces!
"three!"
Before he finished speaking, four or five people were already running towards He Baotou's position.
He looked up and saw that only seven people had come up, while the supervisors had dug out a total of nine small cloth bags containing gold particles from the house.
He looked at everyone coldly:
"I've already given you a chance. Since you don't know how to cherish it, then let's investigate!"
Then he said to the seven people coming up:
"Find your own!"
The seven people immediately stepped forward, quickly found the cloth bag where they had hidden the gold, and took a step back, waiting in fear.
At this time, there were only two lonely small cloth bags left in the bundle on the ground.
A supervisor came forward behind He Baotou and told him the room where the two cloth bags were found.
A supervisor immediately called someone to identify the location that was found.
Someone in the river fell to his knees with a plop, kowtowed to He Baotou and begged for mercy:
"Boss, I know I was wrong. Please forgive me this time. I have really been bewitched this time. Please forgive me this time for the fact that I worked diligently and paid a lot of gold!"
Seeing that He Batou remained indifferent, the man quickly opened his shirt and explained:
"Boss, a few days ago, those guys from Xigou came to rob the gold, and I rushed forward to protect it. Look at the wound on my back!"
As the man was speaking, the supervisor came down and dragged him up.
He turned his head to look at that person, and forced a smile on his face:
"I know you've made contributions to our Xigou, so when I found the hidden gold, I didn't hand you over. I think I've been very considerate of our brotherhood, what do you think?"
After saying this, He turned his head away from the man and said to the crowd:
"There's only one left!"
Seeing this, the supervisor stepped forward and shouted out the location of the last room.
This is the house where the last group of people who entered the valley lived!
Lu Qingqing was shocked, thinking that someone in the team was careless and forgot to hide.
As I was looking around, I saw a woman from the family that had come to Jingou before. Her face was pale and her body was trembling slightly.
Seeing that no one stepped forward, the supervisor was about to call for someone to check, when the woman also stepped forward.
The woman's legs were shaking and she was dragged up by the supervisor trembling.
Without waiting for the woman to beg for mercy, He turned around and walked towards the wooden shelf.
Seeing this, the supervisors behind also escorted people towards the wooden rack.
He turned his head and looked at the crowd, a sad expression on his face:
"Guys, I really don't want to see this happen. So many lives have been lost in this ditch for gold! You could just turn in the gold you find and earn a living, but you have to take such a risk!"
As he spoke, He took two steps forward and pointed at the gold particles in the bundle and said:
"Everyone knows that gold is a good thing. I like it very much, but who can take it out? This golden ditch has been open for more than a year, and no one has ever been able to take the gold out alive!"
After these words were spoken, the crowd fell silent.
He looked up and forced a smile:
"I won't punish the seven of you who confessed earlier. All you need to do is hand over the same number of gold particles to me by the end of the month. Of course, if you can't, don't blame me for punishing you according to the rules!"
After hearing this, the seven people breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time they began to worry about the gold again.
They have no say in the gold vein. If no gold is produced in the next few days, they will not be able to escape the punishment.
Those who are quick-witted have already started to have evil thoughts.
At this time, He turned his head to look at the remaining two people, and the smile on his face faded a little.
"Don't you two take me seriously? If that's the case..."
Before he could finish, the two men knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
"Boss, please forgive me this time. I'm willing to pay more gold particles. On the last day of the month, I'm willing to pay 20% more than before. Please!"
After hearing this, the other woman also began to beg for mercy and offered to pay more gold grains.
He Baotou sneered, picked up the cloth bag that the man had hidden, weighed it, and said:
"You mean you can hand over so many gold particles within four days? Fine, then I'll wait and see! If not, you know the consequences of lying to me!"
The two men nodded repeatedly in agreement, just wanting to escape this disaster first.
He signaled the supervisor to let go of the two men and smiled at the crowd watching:
"Guys, don't be like these people. Just follow the rules and we'll all be fine. What do you think?"