Chapter 416 Silver Mine Collapse

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of several people did not just look ugly, but turned black.

The tall man couldn't wait to ask, "Master Jiang, why do you say that? We don't have any money left."

Although the other people didn't say anything, they all stared at him, really not wanting to hear bad news.

"I guess there's still some loose silver. This is a private mine, and it must have collapsed before. So, those people's goal is to abandon this silver mine."

"These people are so hateful. They have decided to give up the silver mine, but they still come to rob us." Ye Lang frowned, his eyes wide open, and said irritably.

The others looked at each other, and the tall one spoke up: "Master Jiang, you are our chief officer, and we trust you when you are away, but since the brothers are here, we want to go down and take a look."

Although the others did not agree, their eyes revealed the same idea.

Jiang Hongyu looked at them one by one. Some of them puffed out their chests, while others avoided his gaze.

"I brought you all out, and I hope to take you back." As soon as Jiang Hongyu finished speaking, the "tall guy" opened his mouth to speak.

"Zhang Kai, let me finish first," Jiang Hongyu waved at him, "You're all here. If I don't let you go, I guess you won't be willing to do so. You can discuss among yourselves and send someone down."

"Let me warn you first, the mine tunnel below is narrow, so be careful."

He originally wanted to tell the "fatty" not to go down, but he was afraid that it would cause misunderstanding, so he let a few people make the decision directly.

Ye Lang took a step back and said, "I believe what Master Jiang said, so I won't go down."

The others hesitated, and Jiang Hongyu sat on the ground and shook his arms.

"You don't have to worry about me, and you don't have to worry about Ye Lang."

Ye Lang wanted to say something, but Jiang Hongyu asked him to sit on the ground.

The others no longer had any concerns. After some discussion, they decided to let the most agile and thinnest "Little Three" go down.

Jiang Hongyu drew the terrain they had just explored on the ground with Xiao Sanzi, and repeatedly reminded him: "The terrain below is complicated. You must be careful when you move. Don't knock on the wall casually to avoid causing vibrations."

Xiao Sanzi knew that he meant well, and besides, this concerned his life, so he listened very seriously.

Jiang Hongyu finished drawing the picture and reminded him to be careful before agreeing to let him go.

Xiao Sanzi bowed respectfully to Jiang Hongyu before slowly crawling down from the cave entrance.

The rest of the people lost their previous leisure and gathered around the cave entrance, staring intently, afraid of missing the figure of Xiao Sanzi.

From time to time, they glanced at Jiang Hongyu who was sitting next to them, not knowing whether they should hope that there would be money down there or that Jiang Hongyu had not lied to them.

Time passed little by little, the sun was high in the sky, and the few people were hungry, but they did not dare to leave.

Xiao Sanzi took longer to enter the cave than Jiang Hongyu. Jiang Hongyu, who had been calm, returned to the cave entrance and frowned.

He was worried that the third child would be disobedient and wander around inside, and he was afraid that he would be left behind.

"Master Jiang, maybe the third child found the silver, so he came out late?"

Fatty whispered.

Although everyone was looking forward to this, as the sunlight became stronger and stronger, several people began to feel uneasy.

"Jiang, Lord Jiang, why don't you go down and take a look again."

Someone whispered.

Before Jiang Hongyu could say anything, Ye Lang was dissatisfied: "What are you talking about? Didn't you just say you wanted to go down and take a look yourself? Lord Jiang said it was dangerous, and you let him go down again."

"We all followed Lord Jiang out here."

Although Zhang Kai lowered his head while speaking, he kept staring at Jiang Hongyu out of the corner of his eye.

Jiang Hongyu narrowed his eyes, and no one knew what he was thinking. Ye Lang and Zhang Kai were about to quarrel.

"Alright, we're all brothers, why are you arguing?" Jiang Hongyu pulled Ye Lang and said to Zhang Kai, "If you're really worried, you can go down and take a look."

Several people were a little confused. Jiang Hongyu meant for them to go down.

"But, Lord Jiang, didn't you say it was dangerous down there?" Zhang Kai asked back.

"Yes, it's very dangerous down there. You're all worried about Little Sanzi, so naturally you want to go down and take a look." Jiang Hongyu nodded, "But I remind you to go one area at a time to avoid any danger."

The others were silent and avoided Zhang Kai's gaze.

Although they all came from the capital and had a good relationship, there were dangers in the mine. Lord Jiang said that there was not much silver down there. Xiao Sanzi had been down there for so long and had not returned yet. What if they went down and could not come up?

Zhang Kai was so angry that he wanted to stamp his feet, but Jiang Hongyu stopped him: "Keep quiet, Xiao Sanzi is still downstairs."

Zhang Kai gently put down his raised foot and looked at Jiang Hongyu with some embarrassment.

"Master Jiang, do you think I'll be in danger if I go down now?"

Jiang Hongyu looked up at the sky, calculated the time, and said with a grim expression, "Little Sanzi has been down there for over half an hour."

Zhang Kai has the best relationship with Xiao Sanzi, and he was about to go down after hearing this.

"Wait, I'll go down first." Jiang Hongyu finally decided to go down by himself.

Although these people had just doubted him, they were right in saying that he brought them out, and he must have hoped to bring them back.

Everyone's face was filled with relaxation and joy, as long as they didn't have to go down.

"Xiao Sanzi is back." Ye Lang, who had been paying attention to the cave entrance, suddenly spoke.

Several people immediately helped to pull Xiao Sanzi up.

Xiao Sanzi was covered in dirt. Before he could say anything, the ground began to vibrate and collapsed not far behind him.

"It collapsed?" This thought popped up in everyone's mind.

Xiao Sanzi's face was as pale as paper. He looked back at the collapsed area, his lips trembling, his legs and feet weak, and he could no longer stand.

If he had come out a moment later, he would have been crushed underneath.

"Xiao Sanzi, what is going on?" someone asked impatiently.

Everything was fine when Lord Jiang went down just now. How come he caused the silver mine to collapse after going down?

Xiao Sanzi's lips trembled and he didn't say anything.

"Okay, Xiao Sanzi was frightened and can't speak for a while. Let's go to another place and eat the dry food we brought. Then see if there is anything else on the island. If there is nothing, we will go back first." Jiang Hongyu stopped everyone from asking questions. Xiao Sanzi's face was really ugly.

Everyone was helpless and could only support Xiao Sanzi as he walked out.

They had just walked a short distance when the ground behind them collapsed continuously. Within a few breaths, several large pits appeared behind them.

Now, it wasn't just Xiao Sanzi's legs that were weak, everyone's legs were a little weak. If they had walked slower just now, they would probably have been buried in the pit by now.

"Hurry up." Jiang Hongyu urged and ran quickly to the beach to find Ye Mingzhu.