It was not until the evening that the sky had completely darkened, and the three of them came back with a tired body, Ning Junliang was the king of Xianyi after all, he rarely worked, and this time the mine really killed him.He ate a few bites casually and went back to the room to sleep, and Chi Mubai was also exhausted and didn't say a word.And Qi Zhao finally persevered until the end, ate all the things that Shen Qiqi had made, and then cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks before going back to rest, while Chi Mubai sat silently after eating, and Shen Qiqi also knew that it was because he was too tired."
Do you think I'm too tired to speak?"
Chi Mubai saw that Shen Qiqi was preparing something to sleep on, so he spoke, his face didn't look good, and his face, which had always been smiling slightly, was now covered with dark clouds."
Brother Mubai, I'm really ashamed of you, you, as the king of a country, want to go down to work for me, I'm really sorry, you should be very tired, I'll prepare things, you can sleep."
Shen Qiqi even prepared the water for washing his feet for eating wooden boards, but he didn't know what he could do to maintain Mubai, he could only do whatever he wanted, but Chi Mubai shook his head, and the tears in his eyes were not tired, but helplessness and sadness."
No, Huanyan, it's just the two of us at this time.I want to tell you that what I feel is not tired, but hatred for myself.If I could have paid more attention at that time and stopped the emperor and the queen from doing such a thing to Cheng Xiaoxiao, maybe Cheng Xiao would not have made such a stone mine.I went down to the mine today and saw that those miners were working too hard, their faces were white, and many of them were coughing often, they said that they were deceived by Changsun Mountain, and their families were also watched, so they could only work here.I didn't expect that there was such a place in Qinglan Country, I originally thought that I had already managed it very well when I was regent, but now it seems to be a joke.What's even more ridiculous is that I see them in such pain and I can't get them out.I didn't dare to let them know my identity, they all sympathized with me, thinking that I was deceived by Changsun Mountain again, they all said that I was so young and strong, I should think of escaping and taking my family away to fly away, many of them gave me food today, hoping that I could maintain my strength, I didn't know what it was like to eat those steamed buns.So I'm not disgusted that what you make is not delicious, it's just that I ate a dozen steamed buns today and I wasn't hungry at all. ”Chi Mubai's face was full of wry smiles, patting her knees and hating and dissatisfied with herself in her heart, what she said was completely from her heart, and she didn't know how to comfort Chi Mubai."
Those miners are willing to work here.Not because of Cheng Xiao's high salary, but because their families are all being watched by Changsun Mountain?
”Shen Qiqi tilted her head slightly, and even her family members saw Chi Mubai's painful expression, and she thought of the reason why Chi Mubai couldn't use the army to rescue those miners."
Yes, it is said that Changsun Shan went to a certain place and recruited the whole village Zhou, and it was very good at first, I heard that everyone has something to do, and it is very easy.And here it is.The men were left behind to work in the quarries, and the women and children were placed under house arrest somewhere to be monitored, and with their wives and children as hostages, how could the miners escape?
Even if you don't have a salary, you won't run away. ”Chi Mubai originally thought that he would enter the stone mine by himself, and after seeing the clear shape, he could even launch an army to destroy the stone mine and rescue the miners, but when he proposed in a tentative tone that after he escaped, he would ask the people from the government to rescue them, and all the miners strongly objected, because they didn't know where their families were imprisoned, and if they were rescued from the stone mines, their families would inevitably die, and they would rather die themselves than suffer their families, so they finally warned Bai at the end of the day.
If he does escape, take his family with him.Don't bother them, they would rather sacrifice themselves than have their families sacrifice for them."
The so-called rat trap.Those miners hated Cheng Xiao and Changsun Mountain, especially Changsun Mountain, it is said that Cheng Xiao handed over the salary to Changsun Mountain for distribution, and Changsun Shan deducted a part of it and then handed it over to the miners' families, this situation is still told to me by an elderly miner, today I got into a fight with them, I used internal force to work and was not particularly tired, I also especially helped several people who seemed to be in poor health, just to listen to the situation from their mouths, they are all very talkative people, I know a lot from their mouths. ”Chi Mubai was depressed not because he was tired from work, but because he felt very uncomfortable when he saw those miners, these were the people of Qinglan Country, they should have lived a leisurely life in their own villages, instead of coming here to see the light of day."
Chu Qing, I feel very useless, I haven't been able to protect my people."
Chi Mubai's eyes were full of self-blame and guilt, Shen Qiqi comforted him softly, changed the topic and talked about some unimportant things with Chi Mubai, Chi Mubai slowly relaxed in Shen Qiqi's gentle voice, and soon fell asleep.Shen Qiqi asked Chi Mubai to sleep on the bed and covered her with a quilt, she saw a familiar black shadow flashing outside the window, he looked at Chi Mubai, put his hand under Chi Mubai's nose to make sure that his breathing was even, and fell into a deep sleep, he walked to the door, opened the door gently, and then quickly closed the door, the black shadow outside the room was Qi Zhao."
Why haven't you rested yet?"
Shen Qiqi felt that it should be very tiring, he followed the track Lily Ning Junliang to do a day's work in the live situation, and just now Chi Mubai had no intention of saying that Ning Junliang was a little lazy, Qi Zhao did all his work, Qi Zhao should be asleep, why did he appear here?
And she saw that Qi Zhao's movements were extremely careful, and it was obviously necessary to avoid Cheng Xiao, who lived in the middle of the courtyard, and Cheng Xiao let them live on both sides just to spy on them."
While Cheng Xiao hasn't come back yet, I have something to tell you.I lost contact with Zhang Yao, I don't know where he was at this time, I also asked the county king, and the county king also said that he had no contact with Zhang Yao, I don't know if he came to Shuilan City and lost contact, or if he didn't come to Shuilan City at all, he brought the antidote that the people of Shuilan City needed, could he be intercepted halfway?
”Qi Zhao was very anxious, he had been paying attention to Zhang Yao's news these days, but there had been no news, and he had no way to tell Shen Qiqi."
When was the last time you contacted him?"
Qi Zhao thought about it, it was three days ago.Shen Qiqi thought about it in his heart, calculated the distance and Zhang Yao's ability, he should have arrived in Shuilan City three days ago, and when he suddenly pulled her out, he pushed her back to her and Chi Mubai's room, and said softly in Shen Qiqi's ear: "Cheng Xiao is back, go in quickly." ”() The eldest princess: Regent, ask for a hug