Chapter 248 - Chapter 248: Discovering a Gold Mine on the Jade Spiritual Mountain
Chapter 248: Discovering a Gold Mine on the Jade Spiritual Mountain
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Just as You Qisheng was thinking of a way to deal with Chu Tianbao, his advisor rushed over and told him shocking news.
A gold mine had been discovered in Woqian Town!
The advisor didn’t know if it was true or not. In any case, there were people spreading rumors that sounded very real.
Whether it was true or not, it would do him no harm to tell the governor.
You Qisheng’s eyes suddenly lit up. Even if the rumors were fake, he could use this to destroy Chu Tianbao’s current house!
You Qisheng laughed sinisterly. He suddenly thought that if the gold mine was real, not only could he take revenge and report it to the Eldest Prince, but he could also make a great contribution!
In this way, no one could compare to his status in the Eldest Prince’s eyes.
You Qisheng immediately instructed his subordinates, “Go and arrest all the people who spread the rumors now. I want to interrogate them carefully.” Soon, the group was arrested.
They hurriedly shouted that they were wronged. They really did not know if there was a gold mine. It was all Luoda’s bragging.
Luoda was so frightened that he hurriedly explained. Wang Qi from Lintian Village had taken some gold lumps for him to purify. Eldest Luo had helped people purify silver for many years and was knowledgeable. He knew that these were raw gold stones.
After Emperor Ling Hui ascended to the throne, Wang Qi was released. He was so poor that his pants were full of holes. How could there be a kindred soul rewarding him with raw gold? Therefore, he guessed that Wang Qi had discovered a gold mine in Woqian Town.
He was even secretly planning to follow Wang Qi to dig for raw gold next time. In the end, he got drunk and couldn’t hold back. He bragged about this and it drew You Qisheng.
After You Qisheng heard Luoda’s words, his heart was pounding. He had a feeling that this was very likely true.
He suppressed his excitement and hurriedly ordered, “In two hours! I have to see Wang Qi! ‘
At this moment, Wang Qi and Wang Chang were drinking in the brothel and asking 10 girls to serve them.
The procuress’s face was flushed as she closed the door for them. After a while, a group of armed officials barged in.
The guests downstairs shouted in panic. The procuress hurried forward. “Sir? What’s wrong?” Could she have been caught evading taxes?
The leader ignored her and asked someone to search the place. The procuress wanted to stop them, but she was pushed away by the other soldiers. She screamed.
After a while, the drunk Wang Qi and Wang Chang were captured out of the room by the officials.
They had had enough of being in jail. When they saw the officials, their legs went limp from fear. They hurriedly begged for mercy. “Sir, we didn’t commit any crime!”
The soldier did not speak much. ‘Take them away!’
They were carried to You Qisheng.
You Qisheng stared at them. They were surrounded by torture devices, which looked especially terrifying.
Wang Qi was afraid of being tortured and being imprisoned again. His leg injury was caused by resisting the bullying of his cellmates in the prison.
Wang Chang’s body was fine, but the humiliation he suffered was even more unforgettable.
You Qisheng placed a basin of charcoal in front of them. It was a red-hot iron, scaring Wang Qi and Wang Chang until their faces turned pale. They begged for mercy. “Sir, please spare my life!”
You Qisheng picked up the soldering iron and smiled eerily. “I heard that you discovered a gold mine?”
When Wang Qi and Wang Chang heard this, their expressions became as though they were constipated.
You Qisheng raised his eyebrows. ‘You’re not telling me?” The branding iron in his hand seemed to be about to burn their faces in the next second.
The scorching temperature made Wang Qi and Wang Chang, who wanted to bury this secret in the ground, confess.
“Sir! We’ll talk! We’ll talk!”
You Qisheng’s eyes lit up as he urged anxiously, “Tell me quickly!’
After Wang Qi and Wang Chang were released from prison, they immediately went back to look for their parents.
In the end, they found out that they parents had both died from illness in the latrine at the corner of the village. Their younger sister and Lin Chenghai had committed adultery and became his concubines. However, they allowed their parents to be wrapped in straw mats and casually buried in the Jade Spiritual Mountain.
Wang Qi and Wang Chang were furious and found Lin Chenghai’s house.
Lin Chenghai had killed his own son and was released because of the world’s amnesty.
As soon as he arrived home, he was beaten up by the Wang brothers.
Old Master Lin and Madam Lin had screamed out loud, but no one came forward to help. Who asked their family to be so unkind?
When Lin Chenghai seduced Wang Mingyue, the Wang brothers were sentenced to be executed after autumn. That was why they dared to act so recklessly. Unexpectedly, King Chu took down the Yan Kingdom so quickly.
Lin Chenghai wailed, “She seduced me first!”
Wang Mingyue carried her child out of the inner room. Her mother-in-law snatched the child away. “Your brother is back. Then get lost with him!”
Wang Mingyue’s eyes widened. Where could she go?!
Their family did not even have an acre of land now.
Wang Qi and Wang Chang sneered. “You want to throw us away after using us? There’s no such thing as taking advantage of others in the world! Give us the money! Otherwise, I’ll go to the government to sue you for raping a woman!
Mingyue didn ‘t have anyone to call the shots in the past, but her brother is still alive now! Without the betrothal letter and our approval, where did you get the guts to let her be a concubine?!’
On the surface, they looked like good brothers, but in fact, they had long made up their minds to sell Wang Mingyue, this heartless and unfilial dog, into the brothel.
Old Master Lin and Madam Lin were shocked. They wanted to refute, but they could not.
Lin Chenghai did not want to enter the prison anymore, nor did he want to see Wang Mingyue.
Nothing good had happened since he touched Wang Mingyue.
He gritted his teeth. “How much do you want?”
Wang Chang gestured with his finger. “20 taels! ”
Old Master Lin cursed, “In your dreams!” Which villager could have 20 taels?
Wang Chang sneered. “Then use your grandson as compensation. Your grandson can be sold for a few taels.”
Old Master Lin was so angry that his heart ached. ‘That’s our Lin family’s child! ”
Wang Chang’s eyes darkened. “That came from my sister’s stomach. If you want it, you have to buy it with money!”
Wang Qi said, “Brother, don’t waste your breath on them. We’ll report it to the officials now! ”
When he heard that, Lin Chenghai immediately cowered and hurriedly asked his father to pay.
How could Old Master Lin have so much money? In the end, he could only give them five taels of silver and mortgaged four acres of land to Wang Qi and Wang Chang before they stopped.
Wang Mingyue did not want to leave but was forcefully taken away by the Wang brothers. She was sold to the brothel immediately after. They even instructed the procuress to accept the worst guests for her.
Wang Mingyue could not believe it. She shouted loudly, but what greeted her was a beating from the procuress. That night, she was drugged and received five guests.
The Wang brothers bought a coffin and returned to move the graves for their parents.
As they cried that they would definitely avenge their parents, they carefully dug up the bones. When they reached the bottom, Wang Chang suddenly saw a shiny golden lump.
Wang Qi also saw it. The two brothers looked at each other, picked it up, and bit it. They realized that it was a golden lump!
They were so excited that they held back their shouts. They thought that their parents’ spirits had appeared in heaven. After hurriedly kowtowing in thanks, they picked up the shovel and continued to dig. They kept digging out some scattered golden lumps.
There were impurities in the golden lump that needed to be purified before it could be used. Wang Qi found Luo da and lied about being rewarded by a kind person.
However, they were seen through by Luo Da. The news accidentally spread and
You Qisheng captured them over.
After You Qisheng confirmed that the Wang brothers had indeed dug up a golden nugget and that it was not far from Youjia Village, he was ecstatic and immediately gathered people to head to the Jade Spiritual Mountain..