Chapter 9: Evening Remnants

After the conversation, Qiu Shuyu led Tang Jie and Zhang Taixu up the mountain.

The Shimen faction had arranged a rich lunch for Tang and Zhang in the faction, and entertained them graciously.

After drinking for three rounds, Tang Jie also gradually understood some local conditions.

There were originally three sects of cultivating immortals in the area of ​​Yongsui Mountain, but since the discovery of the ore vein, the Shimen sect became stronger and gradually suppressed the other two sects, and one of them was even forced to leave this place. It's just that with the depletion of the mine veins, the good days of the Shimen faction are coming to an end.

At the banquet, Qiu Shuyu sighed even more when he mentioned this, and said to Tang Jie: "Relying on this mine vein these years, the Shimen Sect has indeed gained a lot of benefits. But in order to protect the mine vein, it also offended many villains. Back then Yuhua The faction wanted to steal the mine, but our Shimen faction fought three battles with them, and countless disciples were killed and injured, and even I myself suffered heavy injuries, so I was able to defend this mine. The heart of my Shimen faction, the Moonwashing faction, can be learned from heaven and earth!"

The Yuhua faction was the one that was forced to leave by the Shimen faction. Tang Jie knew that the Shimen faction had indeed fought several battles with the Yuhua faction. As for whether it was for guarding the mines, it was hard to say. Judging from the actual situation, it is more like a struggle for control of the Yongsui Mountain area.

And from the point of view of the Xiyue faction, it doesn't matter who keeps the mine, anyway, it only needs to give them 80% of the income. Even if the Yuhua faction really took over the ore veins, it would only take the Shimen faction's share, and they would not dare to wipe out the Moonwashing faction's share even if they were too brave. Therefore, even if the Shimen faction is fighting for the mine, it is not fighting for the Moonwashing faction, but for themselves. What Qiu Shuyu said was just to show his loyalty and take the opportunity to ask for a price.

Sure enough, after speaking, Qiu Shuyu said: "However, I heard recently that the Yuhua faction is not dead-hearted and has been waiting for opportunities to retaliate. Now that the mine veins are about to be exhausted, it may be difficult for the Shimen faction to maintain the current family business in the future, and it is bound to shrink. It’s about giving these thieves a chance.”

Said with a look of sighing.

Tang Jie was amused in his heart, and said: "A defeated general is not brave enough to speak, and he is by no means an opponent of the Shimen Party. Headmaster Qiu is too modest."

However, he did not reveal any words that could be caught by Qiu Shuyu.

Seeing that the other party was unmoved, Qiu Shuyu could only smile awkwardly and said nothing.

After a while of drinking and eating, Tang Jie wiped his mouth and said: "I have eaten, let's get down to business. Please also ask the head teacher to take me to the mine."

Qiu Shuyu hurriedly said: "My lord, why worry, play in my Shimen School for a few days before going to see it."

Tang Jie shook his head: "No, I still have something to do, and it's best to finish it today."

As he spoke, he stood up.

Seeing his resolute attitude, Qiu Shuyu could only agree. Before leaving, Qiu Shuyu stuffed a mustard bag to Tang Jie. Tang Jie opened it and saw that it was full of spirit stones. The estimated value was no less than 100,000.

Tang Jie smiled, but returned the mustard seed bag.

Qiu Shuyu hurriedly said: "This is just a wish from the Shimen Sect, and there is absolutely no intention of buying it."

Tang Jie just shook his head resolutely, Qiu Shuyu could only take it back, and took him to the mine vein.

The Lingshi vein is located at Baile Peak in Yongsui Mountain, only five miles away from Shimen Peak. Qiu Shuyu, Tang Jie and others flew all the way, and soon came to the mine, and saw people crowded in the mine from a distance.

Qiu Shuyu was about to land there, but Tang Jie smiled and said, "Don't worry them, I'll check the situation first."

Hearing what he said, Qiu Shuyu could only nod his head in agreement. The crowd fell far away and approached on foot.

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The entrance of the mine is always the busiest place.

A middle-aged scribe with three mouse whiskers was sitting behind a desk. In front of the desk was a long line of ragged miners holding pickaxes. Some of them were only in their teens. teenager.

Everyone still carried a basket, and the miners took out pieces of jade-colored stones of different sizes from the basket, which were Lingshi. These are just rough stones, which need to be polished and processed before they can be used. Even so, through the thin stone coat, one can still feel the energy fluctuations contained in them.

The miners handed over the rough stone to the middle-aged scribe, and someone beside him stepped forward to weigh it.

"Twenty-four catties of low-quality ore, and one catty of medium-grade ore, you can get two cents and nine cents of silver." The middle-aged scribe said, counting out some copper coins and handing them to the other party.

The miner was dissatisfied and shouted: "This medium-quality piece obviously weighs two catties, how can it become one catty?"

The middle-aged scribe snorted coldly: "Shut up, useless thing, if you make too much noise, I'll let you go!"

Lingshi mines are also divided into quality. According to the standards set by the six major factions, they are the top, middle and bottom grades. This is also the standard for collecting ores. Among them, low-grade ore is the cheapest, and only one qian for every ten catties of rough ore is given.

In Xiujie, ten catties of low-grade rough stones can yield approximately one low-grade spirit stone, and the price of one low-grade spirit stone is around two hundred spirit coins. Even if the black market price is not considered, the conversion ratio is one to two thousand.

This is the difference between a cultivator and a mortal. Between immortals and mortals, the former will always exploit the labor of the latter.

Searching for spiritual mines is extremely tiring and dangerous. The mines are never safe, and there are always various risks hidden in them. Even cultivators will often encounter unpredictable disasters when they enter. Leave it to mortals. For most poor families, mining is dangerous, but the benefits are not low. If they are lucky and get one or two good mines, they may get rid of the fate of poverty, so they are willing to take risks to go to the mines, but even so, they will still suffer from exploitation from all sides.

The middle-aged scribe's deduction is one aspect, and the mine foreman's deduction is also indispensable.

Under normal working conditions, it is not a problem for miners to get an average of five renminbi a day, but after three deductions and two deductions, there are often only two or three renminbi left.

At this moment, the miner knew that he had nothing to do with each other, so he could only leave angrily. The miner was followed by a young man who also carried a mine basket, and when he came to the scribe's case, he turned the mine basket over, but a lot of rough stones rolled out.

It can't be seen that this kid is thin and weak, but he dug out a lot of mines.

When the scribe saw it, he smiled unprecedentedly: "Remnants, today's harvest is not bad."

The boy just looked at the scribe coldly and didn't speak.

The scribe's face suddenly sank, the person who weighed beside him hadn't spoken yet, the middle-aged scribe said: "Ten catties for the inferior grade, and I will give you a penny for silver."

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar among the crowd.

Even with the naked eye, the rough stones poured out by the young man can be found to be at least 30 jin, and two of them have a special luster, which is obviously of a medium variety, but they were all wiped off by the middle-aged scribe in one bite, and they were only considered as low-grade ten jin. This is so dark that it cannot be added.

A miner behind said angrily: "This is simply no way for people to survive."

"Who said there is no way for people to live?" The middle-aged scribe snorted coldly: "One penny is at least enough for his brothers and sisters to eat and drink for three days. If you offend Mr. Jin, you can live until now." There are not many people. Xi Canhen, you should go back and think about it carefully, and send your sister to Mr. Jin as soon as possible, and things will turn around. Otherwise, I can collect your mine with a penny today, but tomorrow I will I may not even give you a penny!"

But the young man just gave the middle-aged scribe a cold look, and said, "Wu Heixin, you are dreaming."

"What did you say?" The middle-aged scribe was furious.

He presided over the collection of mines in this mine. He has always been greedy for ink, and he doesn't know how much hard-earned money the miners have stolen. He has long been known as a black-hearted scholar, but no one has dared to speak of him to his face. Unexpectedly, he was called out by the young man, furious in his heart, and wanted to teach the boy a lesson, but then remembered the young man's reputation, knowing that he was bold and never afraid of death, he had worked with the foremen a few times in the mine Fight to gain some prestige. Nowadays, those foremen who specialize in exploitation are not very willing to provoke him, and the search for him is the least, which is why they can hand over more ore every time.

I am too close to this kid now, if I really want to fight against myself, let's bear with it.

The middle-aged scribe thought and glared at him, the young man had already left with the money.

Seeing that the young man was far away, the middle-aged scribe shouted: "You bastards are blind? Didn't you see that kid insulting me? Why don't you take him down!"

Several big men with round waists and thick shoulders behind him rushed towards the young man at the same time.

Seeing this, the boy named Xi Canhen turned his head and ran away. Seeing that he was going to run, several thugs chased him even more closely. Just as he was about to catch up, the boy suddenly dodged and grabbed an iron pillar beside him, and his body was thrown into the air. Turning around, he kicked a strong man in the face head-on.

This roundabout kick was so powerful that it knocked the strong man down to the ground.

The boy landed lightly, turned around and ran again, suddenly grabbed a small stone platform beside him, threw it backwards, and smashed it on the foot of another strong man. Of the four strong men chasing him, there were only two left, but this block also put the young man in a dangerous situation.

A burly man grabbed the boy first, and said with a sinister smile, "Good boy, let's see where you are going this time!"

Unexpectedly, before he could finish his sentence, he saw the young man turning around and a second dragon grabbing the pearl, poking him in the eye. The blow was urgent and ruthless, with the attitude of trying to gouge out his eyes, the big man in pain covered his eyes and yelled wildly, retracted his hands and backed away.

At the same time, another strong man punched the boy in the back.

The young man staggered and fell out from the beating by the strong man, with blood dripping from his mouth, the black-skinned strong man embraced the young man with his arms wide open, his arms bound the young man like iron hoops, and he couldn't move anymore, and kept tightening , It seems that he wants to strangle the young man.

The two strong men who had been taken earlier here also came up to meet them, their angry looks almost tore the boy to pieces. At this moment, a ray of brilliance suddenly flashed on the boy. At the same time as this brilliance was rising, the arms of the strong man holding him were stretched open, and at the same time, the boy flew up his legs and kicked at the two people who were coming, and knocked them down with another kick , bumping his head back, hitting the bridge of the nose of the strong man hugging him, the painful man wailed and covered his face.

The four of them were all hit on their faces. At this moment, they covered their faces and screamed in pain, which made people dumbfounded.

The young man walked back to the middle-aged scribe at this time, and said coldly: "Wu Heixin, before Mr. Jin kills me, I can actually kill you first. So..."

He beckoned to the scribe, the middle-aged scribe trembled for a moment, and offered back the embezzled silver.

The young man looked at the silver, nodded his head in satisfaction, and said, "For the sake of collecting the mines, I won't knock you out."

"What?" The middle-aged scribe was stunned, and the young man had already punched the middle-aged scribe in the stomach, causing his face to deform from the pain.

Wu Wenshi twisted his face and said, "You... hello..."

He hissed and shouted: "Guard, guard!"

Several miners have already pushed the young man: "Remnant, go away, you have committed a crime by hitting Wu Heixin, and the iron guards guarding the mine are coming."

The boy nodded, turned around and ran away.

Out of the mine, two black-armored puppets appeared, they were Xuanjia pawns of the Xiyue Sect.

Along with the Xuanjia pawn, there was also a Shimen sect disciple who saw the young man and snorted coldly: "Xi Remnant, it's you again, you really can cause trouble."

With a wave of his hand, the two Xuanjia soldiers had already chased after the young man.

Seeing this, the young man turned his head and ran away, his speed was extremely fast, he couldn't catch the two Xuanjia soldiers for a moment.

The Shimen sect disciple gradually showed impatience in his eyes, he took out a large sword with no edge, pinched the imprint and pointed at the young man: "Go!"

The big sword screamed in the air and chased after it.

Although this sword has no front, it has a mighty force. Once it hits it, even a stone can be smashed into powder, and the boy will never survive.

Seeing this, the young man was also shocked, but no matter how he tried to dodge, he couldn't dodge in the end. Seeing that he was about to be killed by the sword, suddenly his eyes blurred, and a figure appeared in front of him.

A hand that appeared across from the front grasped the Wufeng Great Sword. It was powerful and steady.

The boy narrowly escaped death, he was already lying on the ground panting.

Only then did he find a young man standing in front of him, looking at him with a smile.

"Who are you, how courageous!" The disciple of the Shimen sect was very annoyed when he saw someone trying to destroy his spellcasting.

Just as he was about to go forward to teach him a lesson, he saw a few more people appearing, the first one was the Shimen disciple who was watching in a daze on the spot.

He first rubbed his eyes to make sure that he was not mistaken, then he pushed the Jinshan upside down and knelt on the ground like a jade pillar, and shouted: "Disciple Chu Junyu has met the head teacher, the second uncle, the third master, and the fourth uncle!"

When the call came out, everyone around was petrified.

Was it the headmaster of the Shimen sect who arrived in person?

For those mortals, a respected person like Qiu Shuyu is no different from a god-like existence.

In the next moment, there was a sound of hula la, and the crowd fell to their knees one after another.

Then I heard two bangs.

However, those two puppets were still chasing the young man, and Tang Jie punched him flying. By the way, he shut down the control circle of the Xuanjia soldiers, making them unable to move. stop."

That Chu Junyu blushed for a while, and said angrily: "Who are you, how dare you..."

"Shut up!" Qiu Shuyu scolded: "This is the envoy of Xiyue, Mr. Tang Jie Tang, and he is not polite."

"Ambassador Xiyue?" Chu Junyu was taken aback, and hurriedly said to Tang Jie, "I have seen Mr. Tang."

Tang Jie Shi ran over: "You don't need to be too polite, it looks like you're quite busy."

Chu Junyu hurriedly said: "Don't dare, it's really that these troublemakers are too fond of causing trouble, they know to make trouble all day long, and if there is no thunder, they will repeat themselves at every turn."

Tang Jie nodded: "If there were no thunder, I would agree to repeating this at every turn. The more crowded a place is, the easier it is to cause trouble. This is true."

Chu Junyu was overjoyed to hear that he agreed with her.

"but……"

This just made Chu Junyu's heart sink to the bottom immediately.

Tang Jie said leisurely: "Is it really the way to solve the problem without distinguishing between green and red, not asking right from wrong, and ignoring the root cause?"

Chu Junyu and the middle-aged scribe were already trembling with fear. What Tang Jie said was clearly saying that the middle-aged scribe was the root of the problem.

Sure enough, some active miners shouted after hearing this: "That's right, it's Wu Heixin who exploits us every day, scrapes the ground, and is extremely unscrupulous."

Then Wu Hei was shocked, thinking that this was bad, and was about to ask for forgiveness, but Tang Jie raised his hand: "I am not Master Qingtian, and I am not here to investigate the lives of miners. If you have any grievances, don't shout at me." .”

As soon as these words came out, everyone felt chills again, but Wu Hei was relieved, and even Qiu Shuyu couldn't help but praise Tang Jie for his ability to handle affairs and not to exercise power.

In fact, the case of detaining miners can be found everywhere, and it may not be unusual here.

There must be moths in the warehouse of rice grain; there must be rats in the warehouse full of grain.

As far as the Xianjia Shangpai is concerned, the servants are not honest, and corruption of ink is inevitable. That being the case, instead of looking for one that is not greedy, it is better to find one that is useful, not to mention that there are other magical uses at critical moments.

This Wu Xiucai is flexible and easy to use. He never forgets to make offerings every year, so he has been using it until now.

Although Tang Jie was not in charge of the affairs here, but because of his envoy's face, Qiu Shuyu would definitely not protect Wu Xiucai and offend Tang Jie for a mortal, but he must despise his excessive justice in his heart.

Now that Tang Jie didn't do this, Qiu Shuyu's affection for him increased greatly.

"However..." Unexpectedly, Tang Jie added these three words in a drawn-out tone.

As soon as these words came out, Wu Heixin was startled, but even Qiu Shuyu couldn't help but smiled wryly, thinking you can't speak well, kid? Can you stop panting so much?

Tang Jie said: "In any case, the miners are also the people under Wenxin's rule, and they are protected by my Moon Cleansing Sect. If the people's life is too poor, wouldn't it also appear that my Moon Cleansing Sect is incompetent?"

As soon as the big hat came out, everyone's expression changed.

Tang Jie said again: "Furthermore, if this kid is greedy, he must have a lot of money. If we send someone to investigate, we will find that the family's wealth is huge..."

He didn't go on, Qiu Shuyu already understood what he meant, and laughed loudly: "What Mr. Tang said is, in fact, sometimes you have to give an explanation to the people. I will re-appoint another person to take up the post of mine collection later. As for this person?" , look back and check how many benefits he has received, and just give him a fine and confiscate it."

Then he lowered his voice and said: "The young master has done a great job in discovering corruption and giant moths for my sect. I must be grateful."

As he spoke, he stretched out three fingers, which meant that after copying Wu Xiucai's house, 30% of the profits would go to Tang Jie.

Tang Jie smiled and did not speak.

This time, he accepted the money unceremoniously.

Then Wu Xiucai's face changed drastically: "Headmaster Qiu, you can't!"

He collected mines for the Shimen faction these years, although he gained a lot of benefits, a considerable part of it was given to the Shimen faction and Zhang Taixu and others, but now Qiu Shuyu wanted to collect all of it for him, which was equivalent to making him accept everything. sin.

He didn't know that in the eyes of the Shimen sect, people like him were like pigs, who could be slaughtered when they were fattened up. Most of the benefits obtained from the mine will be handed over to the Xiyue faction, and the benefits obtained by Wu Xiucai can be all owned by himself.

From this point of view, he, Wu Xiucai, is a useful tool. Through him being greedy upwards and sucking marrow downwards, the Shimen sect can get a lot of extra benefits, but at best they will be charged with lax supervision instead of being punished. The Xiyue faction believes that it is the dedication that Tanmo should have.

The arrival of Tang Jie just made Wu Xiucai unlucky earlier. Without him, this pig would still have to be killed sooner or later.

Now that Wu Xiucai was dealt with, Tang Jie came to a group of miners and said loudly: "I, Tang Jie, was ordered by the Xiyue Sect to investigate the mine. Well done, you can get a reward of one hundred taels of silver."

As soon as these words came out, many people were moved immediately, and they expressed that they could be a guide, and the young man from before also stood up. He was right next to Tang Jie, so it was convenient for him to speak, and he said directly: "No one is more familiar with this mine than me, but if you want to use me as a guide, I have one condition."

Tang Jie looked at the young man: "I just saved you, and you negotiated terms with me?"

The boy's face was flushed red: "I don't want your money, but I want you to promise me one thing. There are many forks in this mine, and there are many dangers. No one is more familiar with it than me. If you don't believe me, ask them. Who mines the most here!"

If he said that you asked them if I was the most familiar, most of the miners would shout that I was no worse than you, but when he called out who had mined the most mines, all the miners immediately fell silent. Obviously, in this matter, no one Comparable to teenagers.

Tang Jie nodded: "It sounds like you are really talented, what do you want?"

The young man boldly said: "The young master of the Jin family has taken a fancy to my sister and wants to take her as his concubine. You must be a great person. I want you to help me deal with the Jin family."

Tang Jie turned his head and asked loudly, "Who are the Jin family?"

Zhang Taixu replied: "There is a mortal family in this area. There are many shops in the nearby towns run by his family. They have raised some thugs, including a spiritual master. They are quite powerful and well-known in the local area. A tyrant."

Although this last sentence is a bit superfluous, it is aimed at Tang Jie's needs.

Tang Jie nodded, turned to the young man and said, "I can only guarantee that he won't get your sister, and you also have to promise me one condition."

The two men made conditions for each other so much that they became addicted.

The boy asked: "What conditions?"

Tang Jie had already taken the young man aside, leaned into his ear and whispered, "Let you open the treasure or cheat book of Yumen."

As soon as these words came out, the young man's expression changed drastically, and he immediately realized that the man in front of him had spotted the clues to his attack when he was besieged by the four strong men. If people knew that he could cultivate, he would be ruthlessly robbed and murdered. Thinking of this, Tang Jie's face was full of fear.

Tang Jie still looked at him with a smile, as if telling him that he would not take away his treasure, but would only exchange it.

The young man settled down, and finally said: "Then I have to add a condition."

This is really adding conditions and adding flowers.

Tang Jie asked: "What?"

"Teach me how to cultivate immortality."

"It's not difficult, but it also depends on the value of the thing. The higher the value, the more I can do for you."

The young man secretly stuffed something into Tang Jie's hands.

As soon as he got this thing, Tang Jie's heart trembled, and he asked in a low voice, "Where did you get it?"

"In the mine." The boy replied, "But only I know where that place is."

Tang Jie nodded, and put away his things calmly: "The matter of cultivating the Tao is on me."

"What about the Jin family?"

"There will be no more Jin family."

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