The next night, Feng Xiaojia said to Feng Jia: "Father, I really can't stand it anymore."
Feng Jia said calmly: "Please bear with it a little longer."
This is their daily conversation.
These two people have this conversation almost every day, venting the negative energy in their hearts.
But today, Feng Xiaojia is probably not just complaining.
He said to Feng Jia: "Father, my eyelids always twitch today. People say that the left eye jumps for wealth and the right eye jumps for disaster. My right eye twitches badly. Is something bad going to happen?"
Feng Jia said: "That's not true, is it? Who said such nonsense?"
Feng Xiaojia said: "The banished immortal said it."
Feng Jia said: "The kind of person who banishes immortals talks nonsense. Do you believe what he says?"
Feng Xiaojia sighed: "I don't know what's going on, but I feel particularly uneasy today."
Feng Jia breathed a long sigh of relief: "Go to sleep. The fact that we, father and son, can escape here is because of the good will of heaven."
Feng Xiaojia could only nodded and closed his eyes.
That night, Feng Jia fell asleep quickly, but Feng Xiaojia tossed and turned and never felt sleepy.
By the next morning, he was yawning profusely.
After eating, bathing, and changing, they were driven down the well with whips.
Feng Xiaojia felt that he was simply an animal.
It was dark and eerie underground. Feng Xiaojia stood in the tunnel and felt like he had entered the underworld.
The supervisor's shout came from behind: "Hurry up, hurry up, what are you waiting for?"
So Feng Xiaojia carried the basket and went deep into the mine with Feng Jia.
They, father and son, worked as a team, using pickaxes to knock down the coal and put it into baskets.
After the car arrives, load it on the car.
Everything went well at first.
Suddenly, Feng Xiaojia heard a horrified cry from afar.
He said to Feng Jia: "Father, there seems to be some movement."
Feng Jia was stunned for a moment, listened attentively, and said with a blank expression: "Motion? What noise? I didn't hear it."
Before he finished speaking, there was a strong tremor in the ground, and then the tunnel above his head collapsed. It was dark for a moment, except for the miner's lamp overhead.
Feng Xiaojia was so frightened that he cried.
Feng Jia also looked confused. After a while, he said to Feng Xiaojia: "This may be the legendary landslide."
Feng Xiaojia asked: "Father, what should we do now?"
Feng Jia took a deep breath and said, "It doesn't matter, let's find a way."
He clenched the pickaxe in his hand and said to Feng Xiaojia, "Don't we still have this?"
This coal mine was dug out by us miners with pickaxes, and we will definitely be able to dig it out.
Feng Xiaojia said: "But we have nothing to eat or drink."
One sentence reminded Feng Jia, and he said to Feng Xiaojia: "Turn off the miner's lamp on your head. We will only use one, just a little light. Now the two of us will start digging while we still have the strength." , dig this place out as soon as possible."
Feng Xiaojia said oh.
Feng Jia encouraged him and said: "Don't panic, people outside must be digging, and they are looking for us. Maybe we can meet after a while."
Feng Xiaojia nodded vigorously.
…………
At the same time, workers were fleeing the mines one after another.
They found Wang Ka and said out of breath: "It's caved in. There's a landslide below."
Wang Ka frowned and said, "Why did it collapse?"
The workers couldn't tell, so they said to Wang Ka: "Someone is trapped underneath, it's Feng Jia and Feng Xiaojia."
Wang Ka snorted: "It's the two of them. I have an impression of them. The old one is not young anymore. He works very slowly. After being whipped a few times, he even complained to me."
"As for that Feng Xiaojia, he is young and energetic, doesn't like anything he sees, and wants to challenge me all day long. Haha, he is not a good thing."
Worker:"……"
They said to Wang Ka: "If we go to rescue now, these two people may still be saved."
Wang Ka looked at them and said faintly: "What did you say? Rescue? Who to rescue? Why to rescue?"
The workers were all confused: "No...are you going to save people?"
Wang Ka said faintly: "Oh, go rescue people. Don't worry about rescuing people. I have a special search and rescue team here, and everything will be arranged by then."
Then he dismissed the workers with a wave of his hand.
After the workers left, someone came over and said to Wang Ka: "Do we really want to send out a search and rescue team?"
Wang Ka said: "What kind of search and rescue team will be sent? Do we have a search and rescue team?"
The man said: "But just now you said..."
Wang Ka said: "I just lied to them. Don't you even know this? No, are there such naive people in our Ping'an Coal Mine? If you don't know, you will think you are a black miner."
The man laughed dryly and said, "So... Feng Jia and Feng Xiaojia, aren't we going to rescue them?"
Wang Ka said calmly: "The efficiency of the mine has not been very good recently. If we don't save them, save some money. Anyway, they are all heinous sinners. Their death will be beneficial to the country and the people."
This person: "..."
He coughed dryly and reminded Wang Ka: "But... these Feng Jia and Feng Xiaojia were personally told by the Prime Minister. They seem to be somewhat important. They seem to come from Feng Quli's house..."
Wang Ka said: "So what? Whether these two people are dead or alive is not a matter of our words? Don't the prime minister and the censor want to meet them in person?"
The man nodded and said, "It makes sense, it makes sense."
At the same time, Feng Jia and Feng Xiaojia were still working hard to mine.
They encouraged each other while digging, waiting for Wang Ka to rescue them.
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Xianyang City.
royal palace.
Wang Wan was a little restless.
Recently, he felt that the position of prime minister was becoming increasingly unstable.
In the past, when Huaiguzi didn't come, Wang Wan could do whatever he wanted in the court, but now... well, it's really getting worse day by day.
All of a sudden, inexplicably, I'm in debt.
He is no longer so favored in front of His Majesty.
I borrowed money from Shangjun Courtyard and opened a small coal mine. I want to make some money, pay back the money as soon as possible, and regain my freedom.
However, this coal mine is not easy to work. The cost of employment is getting higher and higher, and many safety measures must be added. The daily mining volume has never been able to increase, and it seems that this is actually a loss.
Fortunately, his distant relative Wang Guan killed a group of illegal workers.
Black work is good. Just like a slave, they only know how to eat and work, no wages are needed. Since the use of illegal workers, the coal mine has instantly turned a profit.
Wang Wan felt that this Wang Guan was really a capable person.
However, now the black coal mine that Wang manages has become a worry for Wang Wan.
What's wrong with Zhao Teng? He wants to thoroughly investigate the coal mine. If he keeps investigating like this, won't he be blamed for it?
Others have outdated coal mine facilities and weak safety awareness.
But it was different for me. I actually hired illegal workers.
These illegal workers are just ordinary people, most of them are important criminals that the court wants to arrest.
This is simply fatal.
What's even more terrible is that Wang Wan is trapped in the palace and cannot send news to the outside world.
However, there really is no sure path. Huaiguzi actually invented the telephone, and the telephone was stretched from the palace to the outside.
If you use the phone to convey messages, isn't it possible...
Wang Wan couldn't help but feel elated when she thought of this.
Use Zi's spear to attack Zi's shield.
Huai Guzi probably never imagined that he would actually use his invention to escape.
So, Wang Wan walked to the door of the alchemy room.
Wu Jiao was standing at the door, looking at Wang Wan with a smile: "Hello, Prime Minister."
Wang Wan nodded and said, "What are you doing here?"
Wu Jiao said: "The villain is ordered by the banished immortal to look after the phone here. If anyone wants to use the phone but doesn't know how to use it, the villain will teach him."
Wang Wan hummed and said to Wujiao, "I want to use the phone."
Wujiao said enthusiastically: "My lord, please, my lord, please."
Wang Wan nodded with satisfaction.
Apart from anything else, Wang Wan was very satisfied with Wujiao's enthusiasm.
After arriving at the alchemy room, Wujiao brought a chair and asked Wang Wan to sit down.
He poured Wang Wan a cup of tea and served a plate of grapes, and said to Wang Wan: "People who call for the first time often talk a lot because of their novelty. One call lasts for two or three hours, so they will have dry mouth. dry."
"So according to the banished immortal's instructions, we prepared grapes and tea. The prime minister can moisturize his throat while he is on the phone."
Wang Wan snorted.
Wu Jiao added: "If the Prime Minister calls for more than two hours, we will provide meals. Does the Prime Minister like to eat stir-fried vegetables? Or simply eat some exquisite pastries?"
Wang Wan frowned and looked at Wu Jiao warily: "Are these teas free?"
Wujiao said: "It's free, don't worry."
Wang Wan asked curiously: "Free? Huaiguzi actually has free things?"
Wu Jiao said: "There really are free things."
Wang Wan said: "Then after I make the call, can I take away the tea and cakes?"
Wujiao shook his head: "That's not okay. Only the person who made the call can eat it."
Wang Wan was worthy of being a prime minister. He reacted immediately and said to Wu Jiao, "Do you want money on the phone?"
A mysterious smile appeared on Wu Jiao's face.
This smile made Wang Wan's heart tremble.
Wu Jiao said: "Master Prime Minister, you are really amazing. Among so many adults, you are the only one who has thought of this."
Wang Wan said: "So, is there a charge for making phone calls?"
Wu Jiao said: "Yes, there is a charge for making phone calls. So these pastries and tea are gifts and can be free."
Wang Wan said: "Telephone, how much is it?"
Wujiao said: "One piece of gold for a quarter of an hour."
Wang Wan: "..."
Isn't this too expensive?
Then, he began to deeply sympathize with those courtiers.
These days, Wang Wan saw a lot of courtiers. They thought the phone was a novelty, so they came in to make calls and talk on the phone with their families.
If the caller hadn't been so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes, he wouldn't have let it go.
Wang Wan said to Wu Jiao: "Fortunately, I only have a few words to say, and it won't take more than a quarter of an hour."
Wu Jiao smiled: "That doesn't matter. If it's less than a quarter of an hour, it will be counted as a quarter of an hour."
Wang Wan: "..."
He glared: "Are you so shameless?"
Wu Jiao coughed dryly and said, "How can this be shameless? It is said that in the hometown of the Exalted Immortal, this is how the fees are charged."
Wang Wan nodded: "As expected."
He said to Wujiao: "How do you use this phone?"
Wu Jiao said: "You just have to dial it. Someone will tell you over there."
Wang Wan said oh and pressed a red button as Wu Jiao said.
A few minutes later, a woman's voice came from over there: "Who are you looking for?"
Wang Wan said: "Look for the steward of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Wang Jia."
The woman over there said: "Okay. Please wait a moment. I will send someone to call him right now."
Wang Wan asked Wu Jiao, "Should I put down the phone?"
Wu Jiao said: "The Prime Minister feels tired from lifting it, so he can put it down."
Wang Wan said oh and put the phone down casually.
But he suddenly remembered something and grabbed the phone tightly.
He said to Wu Jiao: "If I put this phone down and call again after a while, will it count as two times? Will I have to charge two yi of gold?"
Wu Jiao laughed dryly: "The Prime Minister is really smart. He deserves to be the leader of all officials, and I admire him."
Wang Wan: "..."
Damn it, who is this?
So, he waited anxiously.
It's almost here in a quarter of an hour.
Fortunately, Wang Jia's breathless voice came from the phone: "Master, what happened? A few days ago, a young eunuch said that you were left in the palace, but he refused to tell the reason. Now everyone in the house is worried. I’m very worried.”
Wang Wan said: "I am pressed for time. To make a long story short."
He glanced at Wujiao and said, "Can I make a phone call alone?"
Wujiao nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, of course."
Then Wu Jiao exited.
After Wu Jiao was released, Wang Wan breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that he could finally speak freely.
However, he still said to Wang Jia very vigilantly: "Is there no one else around you?"
Wang Jia hummed: "No, I am the only one in this room."
Wang Wan hummed and said to Wang Jia: "Send someone immediately, take the fastest train, to find Wang Guan and Wang Ka. Let the two brothers prepare immediately, the court is going to investigate the black coal mine. "
Wang Jia was startled and said, "Will it be found on us?"
Wang Wan said: "Yes, it will definitely happen. Therefore, we must be quick."
Wang Jia responded and said: "Yes, I will do it immediately."
Wang Jia said and was about to hang up the phone.
Wang Guan stopped him again: "Wait a minute."
Wang Jia asked curiously: "What's wrong?"
Wang Wan said: "I still have some time, not even a quarter of an hour. You go to the house and call my favorite concubine. I have a few words to say to her."
Wang Jia: "..."
Master, what's wrong? Why does it feel... weird?
