The second level is also very simple, it's just a matter of checking again.

There are only two levels in total.

Zhao Ji and the emperor took a rough look at the two checkpoints and found that there were about fifty inspectors in total.

Moreover, each of these people carried a weapon, either a knife or a sword.

Obviously, these people were all sergeants or soldiers in the town.

Only the governor can mobilize these troops.

Soon they were taken to a very remote place where there were some simple wooden houses in the open area.

"The fifteen of you will live in one house." The supervisor said casually, looking at the not-so-big wooden house in the distance.

Zhao Ji and the emperor widened their eyes. You know, fifteen people are a lot, but the wooden house looks like it can accommodate five people.

Fifteen people were crammed in at once, what a density... but there was no way to be picky now.

Because just after the supervisor finished speaking, everyone except Zhao Ji and the emperor started walking towards the wooden house.

Helplessly, Zhao Ji and the emperor looked at each other and could only signal each other with their eyes.

Two random people followed the large group toward the cabin.

The cabin was very simple, without any furniture, and was just an empty space built temporarily.

There were only fifteen straw mats inside, and they were very simple and shabby.

Zhao Ji picked up a straw mat and opened it. There seemed to be some sweat stains and some black stuff on it, but he couldn't tell what it was.

The emperor refused to take it, but Zhao Ji was afraid that the emperor would be discovered, so he forced the emperor to take a straw mat.

Although the emperor's straw mat was better than Zhao Ji's, it was also tattered and dirty.

The emperor pursed his lips with an uncontrollable look of disgust on his face. If the wooden house had not been poorly lit and was very dim, the emperor's expression would have been seen by others long ago.

Zhao Ji stepped forward and patted the emperor's arm: "My straw mat is ready. I want to go out to pee. Do you want to come? You must have been holding it in all the way, right?"

Since the two met, there has been no time for private conversation, and no time for Zhao Ji to understand the emperor's situation.

Now that these people have finally started to settle down, Zhao Ji had no choice but to take this opportunity to get the emperor out.

There are no toilets anywhere in this mine, they are all scattered everywhere.

So no one cared where they went to pee. Zhao Ji took the emperor to a remote and open place, hid behind a tree and started chatting.

"Your Majesty, why are you here... Do you know how scared we were when we saw that your room was empty in the inn?"

Zhao Ji's tone was very serious. The emperor's departure without saying goodbye completely disrupted the plans of Zhao Ji and his colleagues.

The emperor knew he was in the wrong, and his eyes were a little evasive: "I just want to understand what the situation is... After all, we can't just listen to one side of the story!"

Zhao Ji took a deep breath and tried hard not to curse out loud. After all, this was the emperor. If he really pointed at the emperor's nose and cursed, it would be difficult to deal with.

"Then how did you sneak out? Why didn't the guards notice you?"

Zhao Ji must find out how the emperor managed to get away with it, so that he can guard against the emperor's trick in his future arrangements.

As expected, the emperor told Zhao Ji everything about how he escaped without any suspicion.

It turned out that the emperor took advantage of the guards changing shifts and pretended to go to the toilet, then took the opportunity to slip away.

Zhao Ji tried very hard to suppress his anger.

But now the emperor has become cowardly after seeing the true situation of the mine.

"Lord Regent, what should we do now? Is there any way to get out? I think I have a general understanding of the situation here. Given this harsh environment, this governor is doomed to die!"

The emperor said it lightly, but Zhao Ji was furious when he saw the emperor like this.

Zhao Ji's eyes turned and he decided to teach the emperor a lesson.

"In fact, I have lost contact with those guards. Originally, the guards and I came out to look for your Majesty. I wanted to take a look at the job recruitment site to see if your Majesty was there. I only planned to come over to take a look, but I didn't expect to be caught by this supervisor."

"I was thinking of playing the trick and fooling the supervisor first, but I didn't expect to see you, Your Majesty, so now I'm in a bit of trouble!"

"The difficulty lies in the fact that we were too surprised when we saw Your Majesty. Although I left a secret code for the guards, they may not be able to break through these two barriers and find us!"

"If there's a big commotion, I'm afraid we'll miss the big fish completely!"

Zhao Ji deliberately threw the difficult problem to the emperor, and sure enough, the emperor was overwhelmed when he heard about this situation.

In a moment of panic, the emperor asked Zhao Ji helplessly, "What should we do now? We can't stay here forever. If we can't find us, will the guards come here?"

Zhao Ji also pretended to be worried, looked at the emperor and said, "For now, we can only wait here!"

"If those guards really didn't find our whereabouts, they would definitely come here to search!"

Hearing what Zhao Ji said, the emperor felt a little relieved, but procrastination was never as easy to implement as he had imagined.

It was afternoon when they entered the mine and it was already dark. The emperor and Zhao Ji originally thought that the earliest they could start work would be tomorrow.

But they never expected that the supervisor would gather all these people together late at night.

Taking advantage of the moonlight, Zhao Ji looked around and saw about two hundred people, all of them were pale and thin. They were probably here for the half tael of silver.

Some of them looked particularly numb. Zhao Ji guessed that these people must have been working for a while.

"There are new people here, so I want to emphasize again that although we are mining during the day, we cannot do nothing at night and waste this time!"

"You mine during the day, and you need to transport all the waste soil produced by mining at night. I will give each of you a shovel and two of you a wheelbarrow. You will form a team and each of you will take on a small hill. Whoever finishes first will go back to sleep!"

The supervisor said it lightly, but if you want to be clear, you will quickly guess that this job is probably not easy at all.

Since they are teamed up in pairs, the emperor will naturally be with Zhao Ji.

When each of them came to the hill they were responsible for with a shovel, they were dumbfounded.

The waste soil piled up from the mining was as high as a small hill, not to mention that they were in groups of two and each of them had a small hill, which meant two small hills of waste soil.

"Can we really finish the transportation in one night?"

The emperor had never seen such a scene before and was stunned.

Since Zhao Ji wanted to play a good trick on the emperor, he certainly couldn't let the emperor do nothing.