You Can Consider Us Your Rescuers
Wang Jinbao carefully wiped something from his hands, smiling and explaining, “This is a Peace Talisman my wife prayed for me.”
Having said that, he treasured the Peace Talisman and hid it in his bosom, looking at the two people curiously and asking, “Who are you?”
They were definitely not government officials. He had long known that the Pingjiang County Magistrate was corrupt and in cahoots with the people on this mine, and wouldn’t care about their lives or deaths, much less come here to tell him that his parents and child were still alive.
He just didn’t know how his younger sister was doing. When his younger sister went to her maternal grandparents’ home, she wasn’t taken up the mountain and escaped a disaster. He didn’t know if she was still at her maternal grandparents’ home.
Jiang Yimian thought for a moment before saying, “You can consider us here to save you.”
Although their main purpose was to find Jiang Dazhuang, having received the old man’s warning, she had to bring this man down the mountain safely.
As for the other people on the mountain, she and Lu Cijian would do their best to help them get down the mountain safely.
Wang Jinbao merely chuckled bitterly. He didn’t hold out any hope of escaping, but these two people brought him good news, making him excited. His numb heart felt like it had come alive again.
He smiled and said, “Anything you want to know, I’ll tell you everything I know.”
Since these two people could sneak in alone, they must have some strength. He didn’t think these two people came for him; it must be related to the iron mine on the mountain.
No matter what they wanted, he would help them.
Jiang Yimian simply said, “Do you know Jiang Dazhuang? He was also brought up the mountain.”
Wang Jinbao carefully recalled the people in his mind, thinking for a long time before shaking his head, “I don’t know. There are too many people on the mountain, and I really can’t remember.”
What he didn’t say was that many people died, almost every day. Some died as soon as they came up the mountain. He didn’t even know what they looked like, so how could he remember their names?
Jiang Yimian nodded. Although she was a little disappointed, she also knew that there were too many people on the mountain for anyone to remember everyone.
Her mind suddenly became chaotic. Thinking of Wang Fengqin made her mind even more muddled.
Lu Cijian suddenly said, “What about Liu Changsong? The man who successfully escaped from the mountain about half a month ago.”
Jiang Yimian finally snapped back to her senses and quickly looked at him.
She had forgotten about Liu Changsong. This man had only escaped half a month ago, and the miners on the mountain must have known about it.
Wang Jinbao nodded and then shook his head, “I did hear people mention the person who escaped half a month ago, but I heard that he was killed by the people on the mountain. I don’t know if his name was Liu Changsong.”
Chen Dagou said that some time ago, someone befriended Brother Zhao, hoping to get food, but unexpectedly, that person tried to escape. The people on the mountain quickly found him and threw him to the wolves.
The miners were all saying that the man died terribly, and many who had thoughts of escaping gave up, fearing they would be dismembered and fed to the wolves.
He had heard a few words at the time and didn’t take it to heart. He was surprised that the man actually managed to escape.
Jiang Yimian nodded, “It’s him. He had someone with him who was injured. Do you know where they are?”
Wang Jinbao thought for a while before nodding and saying, “I know. I’ll take you there, but I’m not sure if they’re still in the same place.”
The mine workers were assigned different overseers, and the mining location was also different every day.
He had only seen those few people half a month ago, and hadn’t seen them for a long time.
The reason he remembered Liu Changsong was because Chen Dagou kept talking about him, saying that the guy was too fawning, even more fawning than him, almost groveling to those people like a real dog.
He had seemed quite normal before, but in just a month, he became close friends with Brother Zhao and the others, which made Chen Dagou incredibly jealous, and he would scold him all day long.
After hearing so much, he paid more attention to them and found out that the half-dead man hadn’t been thrown to the wolves.
Jiang Yimian immediately relaxed and followed Wang Jinbao forward, her steps a little unsteady.
Lu Cijian silently followed behind her, knowing that Jiang Yimian must be a little flustered and couldn’t calm down, so he carefully paid attention to the surrounding sounds.
The three walked through several caves and finally arrived at a secluded small cave.
They met many miners along the way, but they carefully avoided them and didn’t let them notice.
However, because there were too many people, they still bumped into a few groups of people. Before they could make a sound, Jiang Yimian and the other person knocked them unconscious and dragged them to a secluded place without oil lamps.
Jiang Yimian tried to look into the small cave. Because it was too dark and there were no oil lamps, she couldn’t see the situation clearly, only hearing a barely audible breath.
Seeing this, Wang Jinbao patted himself down and finally found a tinder. The dim light illuminated the secluded small cave.
Jiang Yimian finally saw a man lying on a pile of dry grass.
He was an unusually emaciated man. His exposed legs and arms were skinny, only bones remaining. His body was covered in bloodstains, and blood seeped from the place where his wound was wrapped in rags. He looked extremely miserable.
Jiang Yimian quickly stepped forward and saw that he had his eyes tightly closed, his messy hair covering his face. Although he looked very different from the person in her memory, she still recognized him.
This was Jiang Dazhuang.
She quickly reached out to take his pulse, confirming that there was still a faint pulse. She breathed a sigh of relief and quickly checked his wounds.
Just as she was about to reach out, she heard a terrified voice, “Who are you? What do you want? Let go of Uncle Jiang.”
With that, a dirty young man rushed over. Just as he was about to push Jiang Yimian, Lu Cijian grabbed the back of his collar.
Angrily, he shouted, “Let me go! Let me go! Who are you? Don’t you dare hurt Uncle Jiang!”
Jiang Yimian found the boy’s shouting annoying and had no time to coax him. She casually threw a handkerchief to Lu Cijian, signaling him to gag the boy.
Lu Cijian looked at the handkerchief, silently put it away, tore off a piece of cloth from his clothes, and stuffed it into the boy’s mouth.
Zhao Xiaonian was furious and struggled to spit out the thing in his mouth, but his hands were held behind his back, and he couldn’t move much.
Seeing this, Wang Jinbao said, “I’ll go out and watch for you.”
Although this place was secluded, there was no guarantee that no one would come to slack off. If they were discovered, it wouldn’t be good.
Especially those overseers, they would certainly eagerly spread the news, and then it would be dangerous.
Lu Cijian nodded, glanced at the person who was still struggling in his hand, pretended not to see, and focused his gaze on the pile of straw.
The man’s eyes were tightly closed, his face was excessively pale, and his clothes were stuck to his wounds, causing him to frown.