Qi Ning thought that this little minion was likely to be the strong man who had disappeared in the village before, but the minion said: "The villain originally lived on the edge of the Huai River and had a group of brothers..... Sell some illicit salt to make a living.....! ”

Qi Ning was stunned, thinking that this guy used to be a salt seller.

"When the Qinhuai War started, the displaced people were everywhere, and business was not good." The minion said: "We have been taking salt from the Eastern Qi people, and later.... Later, the smuggler told us that there was a good deal that would make a profit and not lose money, and asked us if we could do it. ”

"What kind of deal?"

"He said that he helped us find a job, five taels of silver a month, no worries about food and housing, and we can save sixty taels of silver in a year." The minion said: "But the construction period is five years, and after five years, I will pay another hundred taels of silver, and it will be four hundred taels of silver in five years, even if I am in the capital, I can buy a house." We can't do the work of private salt, and we have such a good thing, we ..... Naturally, we gladly accepted, so a group of a dozen or so of us, under the arrangement of the smuggler, got on a boat, and when we got there, there were already sixty or seventy people there, and then ..... And then it went all the way to the island. ”

Qi Ning was even more vigilant in his heart, and asked, "You mean, many people on this island were recruited by private salt merchants from Eastern Qi?" ”

"My boatload of sixty or seventy people must have been hired by a smuggler of salt." "After we went to the island, we were separated, and then the people on the island told us that we should not ask too much on this island, not say much, let us do whatever we want, and before the five-year construction period has expired, no one should think of leaving." There was a hint of fear between his eyebrows: "Whoever wants to flee without permission will be severely punished." After two months, two people couldn't stand the life on the island and wanted to escape, but they were caught and ..... Then in front of us, the two men were cut off their hands and feet, and they waited until the blood dried up before they died, and then everyone knew that it was terrible, and they ..... I didn't dare to think about it anymore. ”

Qi Ning was shocked in his heart, not because of how cruel the punishment methods on this island were, but because this island had something to do with the people of Eastern Qi.

He originally thought that the minions were the villagers who had been robbed, but now it seems that he was deceived to the island, if this island is controlled by the Jiang family, and these minions on the island are provided by the Dongqi people, that is to say, the Donghai Jiang family has colluded with the Dongqi people in private.

If that were the case, the situation would be very serious.

Qi Ning pondered, and said in a low voice, "Uncle, should I say it..... The villain who should say it has said it, and I beg you..... Give me the antidote..... ”

Qi Ning snorted coldly, withdrew the cold blade, pointed to the corpse lying on the ground, and said lightly: "Rip off his outer clothes." ”

The minion was stunned, not knowing Qi Ning's intentions, Qi Ning's face sank, and the minion didn't dare to disobey, so he could only go over and quickly tear off his companion's clothes, only then he looked back at Qi Ning, but found that Qi Ning was already standing behind him like a ghost.

"As long as you are obedient, I promise you will live a long time." Qi Ning said in a low voice: "Pick up this corpse and throw him into the canyon, aren't you very good at doing such a thing?" ”

The minions felt cold, but they still honestly carried the corpse of their companion, and went straight to the edge of the canyon, to the edge of the cliff, and then pushed the corpse of their companion into the canyon, which was extremely deep, and the corpse fell without the slightest sound.

When he came back, he found that Qi Ning had changed into the clothes of his companion, a little surprised, looked at Qi Ning's face, but found that it was a face around forty years old, and his heart was secretly strange, just listening to Qi Ning's voice, he was only in his early twenties, but he didn't want to be so old, he naturally didn't know, this moment of effort, Qi Ning not only changed into clothes, but also put on a mask, the mask given by Zhong Ya was extremely practical, and it was extremely simple to use, which won Qi Ning's heart.

"You lead the way, I'll go in with you and have a look." Qi Ning smiled slightly: "If everything goes well, within four hours, I will naturally give you an antidote." If you don't think you want to live anymore, I can't do it. ”

The minions were surprised: "You..... You want to go in? Hurriedly said: "Uncle, it's better for you to leave early, this island is full of their people, once discovered, you can't run if you want to." ”

"You're just worried that I'll be caught by them, and you'll be implicated." Qi Ning sneered: "So you'd better pray that I can come out smoothly and not be discovered by them." ”

The minions were helpless, thinking that this person was really bold, and he didn't know what the way was coming, seeing Qi Ning mouthing at him, he could only go over and lift the stretcher in front, Qi Ning raised it in the back, and said in a deep voice: "Let's go!" ”

The two carried the stretcher and walked along the path, nervous, but Qi Ning was unusually calm.

Qi Ning walked forward, while observing the movement around him, walked for a while, turned to another overgrown path, but there was a stone wall on the side, only walked less than twenty steps, to a big rock, the minion stopped, looked back at Qi Ning, saw Qi Ning's knife-like eyes were staring at him coldly, did not dare to hesitate, picked up a stone from the ground, and knocked on the rock three times.

After three sounds, a crunch was heard, and the rock moved, moving away like a sliding door, and soon a black hole was revealed.

Qi Ning saw it in his eyes, but he was also quite surprised in his heart, he knew that this must be a trick of the mechanism.

The art of the mechanism is definitely an extremely elaborate and complex technology, and it is not easy to form a channel and lay a mechanism in the mountain, not only to have sufficient financial and human support, but also to meet the ultimate technology.

To be able to build such a huge fortification on Haifeng Island, the manpower and material resources invested are of course an extremely large number of words, and the evil intentions contained in it are even more appalling.

The East China Sea Division has been stationed in the East China Sea all year round, and often sends warships to patrol the sea, but he doesn't know anything about the movements on this island, Qi Ning really doesn't know whether it is the incompetence of the East China Sea Division, or the ability of the master behind this island is too great.

The two carried the stretcher and entered the hole, and the corridor inside was quite wide, and each of them lit an oil lamp.

The oil lamp is in a trance, the shadow is also erratic, there is quite a bit of cold air in the Yongdao, and after a while, there are three forks in the road, and the minions don't look at the other two Yongdao, turn straight left, and move forward along this Yongdao for a while, Qi Ning saw other Yongdao from time to time on the left and right, and his heart was even more surprised, the passage in this mountain looks like a spider web, crisscrossing and crisscrossing, if you are not familiar with the path, it is easy to get lost in it.

Moving forward for a while, he suddenly heard the sound of hurried footsteps, and several figures came over, Qi Ning took advantage of the dim light to find that the people who came were all wearing short shirts and shorts, but their faces were covered with black cloth scarves, and they lowered their heads slightly, and those people approached, and the person at the head had already said to the minions in front: "Hurry up, hurry up, the ghost bell is ringing, hurry up and go to the ghost king hall to gather." "Not too long-winded, a few people hurried over.

The minions were stunned, Qi Ning was about to ask, but several people came out of the corridor not far in front, all of them were masked, and their steps were in a hurry, at this time, a "ding ding" bell rang, but it came from above, Qi Ning looked up, and found that not far from the front, there was a delicate bell, at this time the bell was shaking gently, but the sound was very crisp.

Those few people hurried by from the side, and they didn't look at Qi Ning, they looked very hurried.

The minion in front of him sped up his speed, walked forward for a while, turned into a road, and then turned into a narrow stone house, Qi Ning saw that there were two stone beds in the house, very simple, covered with bedding, an oil lamp lit in the corner, and a smell of rot emanating from the house, the minion put down the stretcher, and then turned around and said with a bitter face: "Uncle, let's.... We're going to the Ghost King Hall, if we don't arrive for a long time, then.... That's no joke. ”

"Ghost King Hall?" Qi Ning frowned and said, "What happened just now?" ”

"The villain doesn't know, but ..... But as soon as the ghost bell rings, something big happens. The minion lowered his voice: "I'm afraid I'm going to die again!" ”

"Dead people?"

The minion took two masked towels from the box in the corner and handed them to Qi Ning: "Uncle put them on first, let's hurry over, there are many people there, only count the heads, you pretend to be Huanggang ....., that is..... It's the guy who died, and no one would recognize it. ”

Qi Ning let out an "oh", took the masked scarf, also covered his mouth and nose, and asked in a low voice, "Do you want everyone to be masked?" ”

"The villain said before that there are seven or eight teams here, each performing their own duties, and no one can inquire about each other on weekdays, nor can they talk together." The minion explained: "When we gather, we are all covered, and we don't let the other teams see their faces, since the ghost king has ordered this, let's just listen to him." ”

"Who is the Ghost King?"

"He is the owner of this island, but he is rarely seen on weekdays, and he doesn't often appear unless there is a major matter." A little strange: "At this time, I don't know what happened." He didn't dare to delay, quickly walked out of the stone room, and when he looked back, he saw Qi Ning thoughtfully, and greeted him, and Qi Ning followed.

When passing through the Yongdao, there are stone rooms on both sides from time to time, Qi Ning knew that this should be the place where the group of people stayed, and there were also six or seven stone rooms on the left and right of the Yongdao, two people in one room, that is, more than ten people.

The smell was muddy, and although there were oil lamps hanging on it every other way, it still seemed dim and indistinct, and the faces of the other people would be a little blurry when they were five or six paces away.

The group of people on this island are like rats living underground, and they don't see the light of day, Qi Ning thought to himself, no wonder someone once wanted to escape, such a living environment is really unbearable.