Chapter 417 The Island Sinks
Ye Mingzhu was at the beach. When she heard the noise coming from the island, she immediately stood up with an expression of surprise and confusion on her face.
This noise seems to be a collapse. Could there be something wrong with the silver mine on the island?
She immediately ran towards the island and met Jiang Hongyu who was rushing over.
"Are you okay?"
"Are you okay?"
They both asked at the same time, and breathed a sigh of relief: "I'm glad you're okay."
Seeing that Ye Mingzhu was fine, Jiang Hongyu thought of the box of silver bars and said quickly, "Wait here, I'll be back soon."
Ye Mingzhu looked at the direction he was running and guessed that he was going to move the silver bars.
She ran a few steps and then gave up. Jiang Hongyu was too fast for her to keep up with.
On the other side, Ye Lang guessed that Jiang Hongyu was going to find Ye Mingzhu, so he led everyone slowly towards the beach.
But he always had a feeling that the ground beneath his feet was vibrating.
He turned to look at Zhang Kai: "Zhang Kai, do you feel the ground beneath your feet vibrating?"
Zhang Kai supported Xiao Sanzi and shook his head when he heard this: "I don't think there is anything wrong. I guess it was caused by the collapse just now."
Ye Lang asked two people in a row, and they both said it was nothing. He had no choice but to suppress the doubts in his heart and just asked everyone to speed up.
Xiao Sanzi's condition has improved a lot, but everyone's mood is a little low. They came with full of confidence, but not only did they not get the silver, they also collapsed the silver mine.
Although Jiang Hongyu said that the silver mine was dangerous, who could have imagined that the silver mine would collapse right in front of them.
"Xiao Sanzi, what did you see when you went down there?" someone asked anxiously.
Xiao Sanzi took a breath, motioned Zhang Kai to release his arm, and turned to look at him. "It's just like what Lord Jiang said. The roads are narrow and difficult to walk on. The walls are covered with traces of digging. I followed Lord Jiang's instructions and explored all the roads, but I didn't find even a single silver light."
"Then why did you go down there for so long?" the man asked again.
"You don't believe Xiao Sanzi?" Zhang Kai looked at the other party, his fists ready at his side.
The other party was not intimidated by him at all and said loudly: "I believe that you can't ask. Didn't you ask Lord Jiang just now? Lord Jiang can ask, but Xiao Sanzi can't."
After he said that, he glanced at Ye Lang beside him.
These are Jiang Hongyu's confidants. If they dare to say anything inappropriate, Ye Lang will definitely tell Jiang Hongyu.
Zhang Kai also saw his eyes and knew that he was trying to provoke. He wanted to explain to Ye Lang, but Ye Lang was just concentrating on walking, as if he didn't hear their argument.
"You guys, stop arguing." Xiao Sanzi suddenly spoke, his face pale, as if he had thought of something bad.
"I took a side road, and there must have been a landslide there. I saw a flash of silver light, and when I got closer, I saw that there were two people inside, already dead."
Xiao Sanzi didn't say anything else, as the descriptions of the two men were really terrifying.
Now that he thought about it, the two men didn't seem to be trapped underneath, but he couldn't explain why they appeared there and died miserably.
The reason why he came out late was that he was frightened and took the wrong path in a panic. It took him a lot of effort to find his way back.
He looked a little guilty, and someone noticed and asked directly, "Xiao Sanzi, did you really not find any silver down there?"
Xiao Sanzi shook his head vigorously and couldn't even keep a bitter smile on his face.
"After I found those two bodies, I was so panicked that I almost couldn't get back. How could I have the energy to look for silver?"
"Oh, what a pity." Everyone thought so, but they didn't dare to say it out loud for fear of making Xiao Sanzi furious.
"Xiao Sanzi, do you know what happened with the landslide just now?" the same man asked.
"Dongzi, what do you mean by asking so many questions? Don't you believe Xiao Sanzi?" Zhang Kai was really annoyed and punched Dongzi.
"Zhang Kai, Xiao Sanzi hasn't said anything yet, why are you angry?" Dongzi was not to be outdone and responded directly.
"Okay, we are all brothers. You can talk if you have something to say, but what's the point of fighting?" Ye Lang tried to stop them.
He didn't care if a few people talked a little, but he couldn't use violence. It would be bad if anyone got hurt. Besides, the guilt on Xiao Sanzi's face was too obvious just now, and everyone present saw it.
Xiao Sanzi is now covered in dirt, and it is impossible to tell whether he has hidden any silver. However, there is newly mined silver in the silver mine, and they also want to refine it, so he guessed that if Xiao Sanzi didn't find the silver, then the landslide was related to him.
"I, I didn't do anything." Xiao Sanzi's words were simply "here is the silver here but there is three hundred taels of gold".
Now, even Zhang Kai couldn't save his words, and he realized that he had said the wrong thing.
"I, I just saw a pickaxe inside, so I dug it twice casually." Xiao Sanzi's shoulders shrank and he spoke in a low voice.
"Lord Jiang has told you it's dangerous down there, yet you still dare to go down and mine. You're really brave." Ye Lang really admires Xiao Sanzi, a typical person who values money over life.
"I didn't do it on purpose. I just tried it. Who knew I didn't dig up anything? But when I first came up, everything was fine, right?" Xiao Sanzi didn't want to take the blame for the silver mine collapse.
"That's because you are lucky." Jiang Hongyu walked over from outside.
He had just found the box and moved it onto the boat. He hadn't seen anyone leave yet, so he came here.
When the third son heard Jiang Hongyu's voice, he immediately became much more honest: "Master Jiang, I didn't mean it."
Jiang Hongyu glanced at him, then looked at everyone and said loudly, "I told you after I came up here that there's nothing left in the mine. It's also very dangerous and could collapse at any time. Even if Xiao Sanzi dug a few times, at most he would have accelerated the collapse of the silver mine."
"Little Sanzi came with you from the capital. You should be thankful that he was lucky enough to get out of that silver mine."
"You still have the mood to dwell on these things now? Haven't you noticed that there's something wrong with the ground beneath your feet?"
When he said the last sentence, the expressions on everyone's faces changed, and they all felt it, as if the aftermath of the mine collapse had not yet passed.
"Hurry back to the boat! If the island sinks, all of us will be left behind."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone rushed to the beach quickly.
Ye Lang looked at Jiang Hongyu: "Master Jiang."
"I'm just trying to scare them. This island won't sink for the time being. Let's leave quickly." Jiang Hongyu whispered, and Ye Lang immediately quickened his pace.
Frightened, they hurried and quickly boarded the boat.
The boat was slammed by the sea, and Ye Mingzhu looked puzzled: "Why? I feel like the boat is shaking wrongly. That island seems to be sinking?"
The others followed the direction of Ye Mingzhu's finger and their faces turned pale.
The island is literally sinking.
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