Dad, we are so stable, should we do something?

Chapter 140 Silver Team

"No, we generally don't change people. Even if we do, we still have to check the token. These are necessary procedures every time you pick up the goods."

"So after they pick up the goods tomorrow, what are you going to do with the people here? Have they told you yet?"

"This, this"

"Hurry up and tell me. If you don't, I'll slice your meat piece by piece and let you watch it roast."

"I say, I say, sir, please spare my life. I am just a servant. How dare I disobey you? This is really not what I want to do."

"Stop talking nonsense and tell me what to do."

"After we collect them tomorrow, we will kill them with poison, burn them to death, and finally seal them with stones."

After saying this, the man immediately hugged his head, fearing that Gao Xi and the others were going to beat him to death.

"This idea was thought up by the adults, not by us little ones. We have a family and if we don't do it, we will be the ones to die. Please have some mercy, adults." After the tall one said this, the others immediately begged for mercy.

"Leave one person to lead us to deliver the goods tomorrow. If you do a good job, I will spare your death depending on the situation. If you dare to ruin our business, I will let you know what it means to live a life worse than death, understand?" Gao Xi shouted to threaten the managers.

"Sir, let him go. He is the oldest among us. He is usually the one who negotiates with the people on the other side. We just need to follow him."

Several managers pointed at Liu Da, the tall, slightly plump man who had been fighting against Gao Xi at the beginning. Although the others also wanted to go, they were more afraid of losing their lives. They knew that no one was killed on their hands and their crime was not punishable by death. The one who died was the one in charge, and they were only accomplices who followed orders.

After questioning, Gao Xi had them all locked up, and left half of them here to watch over them, while sending the rest back first, and the other half would come back tonight after resting.

Since Tian Yuheng had no martial arts skills, he was directly arranged to lead the people back to the county town first. There were about one or two hundred people in this group. They had been sent here before. Other miners said that some of them died of illness, and some disappeared for unknown reasons. They were probably dead.

In short, a lot of people have been replaced in the past few years, and now there are only one or two hundred people left. If Tian Yuheng and others had not come, I am afraid that even these one or two hundred people would not be left.

Tian Yuheng first arranged the people to live near Grandma Village and paid the villagers to send some food over. However, he was worried that it would affect his plans for the next morning, so he did not send them back immediately.

Tie Qi helped Tian Yuheng and his men find a location in an open small forest. A dozen or twenty people formed a group, most of whom were from the same village. Dozens of people were arrested from one village, and now only a dozen or so have returned. I wonder how sad the people will be when they see this.

"Are there people from Grandma Village and Xiaoniu Village here?" After everyone was settled, Tian Yuheng came over and asked people from various places.

"I, I'm from Xiaoniu Village. My father is the village chief. I'm Ge Changming, the youngest in the family."

"What about your brothers?"

"They were gone when I arrived." Ge Changming couldn't help crying as he said this.

Tian Yuheng saw him crying, came over and patted his back to comfort him, "Don't be sad, at least you can come out alive now, Ge Cunzheng and the others will feel better. Ge Cunzheng said that your mother has always missed you, I will take you back tomorrow, and this time it is thanks to Ge Cunzheng's help that we can find you so quickly.

Fortunately, we are not late. "

Tian Yuheng still had some lingering fears. If they had arrived a step later, none of these villagers would have been left alive.

"Do you have any family members of the cattle hunter?"

"Yes, it's that little kid. He was sick before, but luckily he survived, otherwise they would have buried him alive." Ge Changming pointed to a thin boy in another team. He should be only about 10 years old, but he looked a little haggard.

"Okay, I'll go talk to him and put his mind at ease."

This time I was able to come here thanks to Hunter Niu. I didn't expect that he also had family members here. He didn't say anything at the time.

After Tian Yuheng found the hunter Niu's child, he spoke a few words to him briefly and comforted him, then came back to find Ge Changming.

"Brother Changming, do you remember who the people were who took you away? Did they tell you who they were?"

"No, we only know that they must be government officials, and they are higher than the county magistrate, and they may be related to the prefect. But we don't have any evidence. It's just that when some people were taken away before, everyone reported to the prefect, but it was useless, and it caused more people to be arrested."

"Okay, so have you always been in this mine, or have you been somewhere else before?"

"We have always been here, but I remember some time ago when they said they needed more manpower, they transferred other miners from somewhere else. They didn't look like they were from the village near us. After a while, they left. So I think they may have other mines."

"Are there any people from other counties among you?"

“No, all of us were arrested in the last one or two rounds from various counties. But when I arrested people, there were a lot fewer people from our county. Most of them were from other counties.”

Ge Changming pointed to the teams in front of him and said, "Those three teams are all from other counties. The two teams near me are from Shu County. The rest should be made up of several counties. I can't remember clearly."

"Okay, thank you very much, Brother Changming. You should have a good rest first. We will be back tomorrow. Please be patient."

"We understand, don't worry, Mr. Tian."

The miners might have been accustomed to following orders after staying in the mine for a long time and did not react much. Only a few villagers from Grandma Village wanted to go home directly, but were held down by Tieqi and his men. So they gave up the idea and thought that they could go back tomorrow and just stay outside for another day tonight.

Almost all the people who stayed in the mine were Gao Xi's men, and Tian Zhenwei also brought a few brothers to stay and help.

As requested by Gao Xi, County Magistrate Tian sent Tian Da, Tian Er and others to the city to secretly monitor Prefect Yan, fearing that Prefect Yan might get wind of the matter and run away early, and if his belongings were moved, it would be difficult to obtain substantial evidence against him.

Unexpectedly, they tracked down the team that was delivering the silver. They did not recognize them as the team at first, but they felt that their carriage was a little strange. The horses were moving so slowly, which was obviously unreasonable. Moreover, they were not checked when they entered the city.

"Tian Er, take someone with you to check it out. I think there's something wrong with that carriage. I'm afraid it might be the one delivering silver."

"Okay, I'll go right away." After saying that, Tian Er brought a yamen runner and secretly followed the silver delivery team.

Tian Da was worried that they would affect the county magistrate's search for people, so he sent his men back to inform the county magistrate to send some more people over secretly.