The imperial tomb is located in the southeast of Kangdu 230 miles, located at the foot of Qixia Mountain. The feng shui of this place is excellent, it is also the place where the emperors of Dakang have buried their bones, the surrounding mountains rise and fall one after another, and it looks like a long dragon from a distance, and it is called Wolongling by the people of Dakang again, and it is named because of the shape of the mountain.

When Hu Xiaotian arrived here, it was already dusk, hiding in the dense forest and looking through the gaps in the branches, he saw thousands of coolies transporting stone and wood on the loess avenue in front of him. During this period, there were many coolies who fell to the ground due to physical exhaustion, and immediately some guards rushed up and raised their leather whips and clubs to beat them. Hu Xiaotian sighed in his heart, Dakang Guoyun has really come to an end, the people are hungry, and they will be forced to come here to build the imperial tomb, once their patience reaches the limit, an unpredictable storm will break out.

Hu Xiaotian's purpose here is only for Murong Feiyan, this area is hilly, and there are no fierce beasts, he patted Xiao Ash's buttocks, and said in a low voice: "Xiao Ash, you are waiting for me here, I will come when I go." He didn't call any helpers to come, after all, he didn't want others to know about coming to see Murong Feiyan.

Xiao Ash snorted, understood Hu Xiaotian's words, and went to the grass in the forest to graze with unhurried steps.

Hu Xiaotian quietly took off his outer robe, changed into the shabby clothes prepared in advance, and took advantage of the twilight shrouded in the team of carrying the stones, and everyone used a rolling wooden pad underneath to push a boulder that was three feet square to march up the hillside, with dozens of people pulling in front and dozens of people pushing up in the rear, relying on the rolling of the log to move the boulder little by little.

The two guards kept walking around the boulder, and when they saw someone lazy and rushed up, they would whip it. One person scolded: "If these untouchables don't fight, they won't work, the construction period will be delayed, the emperor will blame it, and you will all die." ”

The coolies were going to breathe fire in their eyes. Apparently resentful of these brutal guards to the extreme. Because of the chaos of the scene, people kept falling and people coming up to replace them, so no one noticed Hu Xiaotian's joining.

At this time, a thin middle-aged man beside Hu Xiaotian fell to the ground because of his lack of body, and he was found by the guards as soon as he fell. The guard rushed up viciously, raised the leather whip in his hand and whipped it at the middle-aged man, and a figure pounced on it, shouting, "Don't beat my father!" ”

But a young man rushed up in time to block the middle-aged man's body, and the leather whip snapped! The whip hit the young man's body, and immediately tore the clothes on his back, revealing the muscles of his back, and a blood-red whip mark was shocking.

The soldier said angrily: "Bastard, you dare to block it!" He raised his whip again. Immediately the second whip was whipped.

Hu Xiaotian frowned, he really couldn't look at it.

At this time, another guard also rushed over, raised the wooden stick in his hand and hit the father and son, the young man did not care about protecting his father, and the later guard was extremely heavy, and the wooden stick smashed on the young man's body with a bang. He still didn't seem to feel the evil anger in his heart, so he raised his wooden stick and aimed it at the young man's head and smashed it, if this stick was implemented. The young man was at least a bloody one.

When Hu Xiaotian was about to intervene to stop it, a thick arm stretched out from the oblique stab. Block the stick that fell with all its might, and with a click, the stick broke from it.

Everyone looked over, but saw a middle-aged man in his thirties blocking the wooden stick in time.

The guard said angrily: "Damn! Luo Shifeng, you dare to meddle as a stonemason? "It turns out that the middle-aged man is Luo Shifeng, the leader of the stonemasons here, because this huge rock is difficult to transport. So he and a group of stonemasons were called in to help.

Luo Shifeng smiled and said: "Adult, this kid is not sensible, you don't care about villains, you can't be as knowledgeable as him." ”

The guard snorted coldly: "Get out!" What are you? What qualifications do you have to speak in front of me? If you dare to stop me again, believe it or not, I'll arrest you all? ”

A lazy voice rang out: "Your Excellency, you might as well arrest us all." But if that's the case, who's going to carry the big rock? Do you want to do it yourself? ”

Everyone raised their eyes to look, but saw an ugly young man talking there, this person was the transformed Hu Xiaotian, he used internal force to change the shape of facial muscles, although the people around him felt that he was very strange, but everyone came from all directions, every day someone died, every day there will be new coolies to add in, and it is normal not to know.

The guard held half a wooden stick and stared at Hu Xiaotian viciously: "What are you?" How dare you meddle? ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "The small one is just a coolie, of course he can't get into the eyes of adults, don't say that he will arrest us all, even if we all kill us, we don't dare to resist, but this will inevitably delay the emperor's construction period, and the emperor is probably not the only one who lost his head under the emperor's anger, right?" ”

Although the two guards were brutal, but when it came to scheming, they couldn't help but start to show timidity in their hearts when they heard Hu Xiaotian's words, of course they weren't afraid of this group of hard labor, but if they really delayed the emperor's work, they would definitely not be able to afford it.

At this moment, a knight rushed to this side, and seeing that the costume should be a small leader, he shouted from afar: "Why did you stop?" If the emperor's deadline is delayed, can you afford it? Don't you want your head anymore? ”

The two guards hurriedly smiled and bowed their heads to apologize, but turned to the hard worker but it was a different face, and said viciously: "Why don't you hurry up and work?" ”

Everyone gathered around the boulder again, Hu Xiaotian happened to be walking with the stonemason Luo Shifeng, and when the two worked together, Luo Shifeng said in a low voice: "What is this little brother called?" ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "Huo Yuanjia! ”

Luo Shifeng said: "Brother Huo just came out of righteousness, and his courage is commendable, but these guards have a fierce temperament, and if they offend them, they will not have good fruits to eat in the future." ”

Hu Xiaotian said: "These people are all foxes and fake tigers, why don't they go to the battlefield to kill the enemy if they have the ability?" What else can ordinary people do but bully us? ”

Luo Shifeng sighed and said, "What Brother Huo said is that we ordinary people are too bitter. ”

The boulder moved slowly and approached the construction site, and there were more and more guards patrolling back and forth, and Luo Shifeng was worried that he would be seen talking to them, so he stopped talking. As night fell, a bonfire lit up around the site, and they struggled to move the boulder for another hour to get it to its designated location. This group of coolies was exhausted, Hu Xiaotian didn't feel anything, he kept observing the surrounding situation, hoping to find Murong Feiyan.

Because the construction period is very tight, so the work will continue at night, their group of coolies are allowed to rest for two hours, the coolies go to eat, Dakang is everywhere in the food shortage, and this is no exception. Hu Xiaotian looked at the bowl of crystal clear white rice porridge, and even found out how many grains of rice there were in it, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, such a harsh living conditions and such a hard work to be completed, the situation of these migrant workers is really miserable.

The father and son who were beaten just now sat by the bonfire, and the father gave the rice porridge in his hand to his son: "Chunsheng, you eat!" ”

The young man named Chunsheng shook his head and said, "Dad, I'm not hungry, you can eat!" ”

Luo Shifeng sighed, and a group of people came to sit down by the campfire.

The young man named Chunsheng said in a low voice: "Master Luo, if we continue like this, we will definitely all die here, a total of sixty-seven of our villages have been arrested, and now only six are still alive." ”

The coolies all sighed, apparently completely cut off hope in their hearts.

Luo Shifeng said in a low voice: "Everyone should be careful when they speak, in case it reaches the ears of those officials, it will be a big trouble." ”

Chunsheng said: "I'm not afraid of any trouble, staying here is either starving to death or dying of exhaustion, both horizontal and vertical, it's better to escape." ”

Luo Shifeng looked around vigilantly, and saw that some guards were observing this side, and hurriedly reminded everyone not to speak, several people picked up their rice bowls and pretended to drink porridge, and when the guards' attention shifted to other places, Luo Shifeng dared to speak, and he said in a low voice: "You said it lightly, where to escape?" The world is as black as a crow, where is it not the same? ”

Everyone said, "Brother Luo, what do you say?" We'll all listen to you. ”

Hu Xiaotian sat there and listened, always felt that the atmosphere tonight was a little wrong, these coolies have been squeezed to the brink of collapse by the Dakang Dynasty, and now there is only one fire left, as long as someone lights the fire, it will inevitably form a prairie fire, its momentum is unstoppable, only in its side can you really feel the bitter hatred of these coolies for the Dakang Dynasty.

Luo Shifeng looked around again, and said in a low voice: "If you escape alone, you will inevitably die, but if we gather together, it will be different." ”

Hu Xiaotian's heart sank, Luo Shifeng was clearly instigating this group of coolies to rebel, although Hu Xiaotian sympathized with these coolies, but the purpose of his coming here was never to participate in a peasant uprising, but to find Murong Feiyan and take her out of the predicament.

Someone said: "Master Luo, you can take us to do it, instead of staying here and waiting for death, it is better for us to fight a bloody way to escape." ”

Luo Shifeng looked at Hu Xiaotian at this time and said, "Why didn't Brother Huo speak?" ”

Hu Xiaotian knew that if he didn't express it, it would inevitably arouse everyone's suspicions, so he sighed and said, "I don't want to stay here and wait for death, but my brother is still here, if I escape, what will he do?" He glanced around again and said, "With so many well-trained guards, we can't be their opponents. ”

Luo Shifeng said: "We have tens of thousands of people, and they only have more than a thousand people, even if one person spits on them, they can drown them." ”

The more Hu Xiaotian listened, the more frightened he became, Luo Shifeng had obviously planned to rebel for more than a day or two, and I hope that the day they set for the uprising was not today.

Chunsheng said: "Master Luo, you just need to say hello, I will be the first to do it with you!" ”

Luo Shifeng smiled: "How can I have that ability, but ......"

At this time, a guard in the distance pointed in their direction and said, "You! Come out! ”

Everyone was startled, and looked in the direction that the guard was pointing, and their eyes were all focused on Hu Xiaotian.

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