48 Hours a Day

“How long have you been working at the Pinota mine?” Zhang Heng then asked the waiter to bring two more glasses of wine to the miner across the street.

“I've been working at the Pinota mine for five years, but in the middle of the two years I changed jobs, loading and unloading cargo at the pier, working a little easier than at the mine, but earning less, and two years later I had my fourth daughter, who needed more money, and went back to the mine.” Older miners, later pointing to younger miners around, "he was my nephew and only went down with him this year, a good kid, never complained about burying his head. ”

“Well, when did you guys stop working this time?” Zhang Heng continued.

“Time was about half a month ago," the old miner tried to recall.

“Sixteen days ago, to be exact,” his nephew added, "we went to work at the mine as usual in the morning, but the supervisor told us that there had been an accident, that the mine had collapsed, that it could not be started until it had been cleaned up, and that everyone had to go home and wait. ”

“Did you go to the mine after the accident? ”

The old miner and his nephew looked at each other and said, "After all, we can help clean up our wages. After all, we have a lot of mouths at home waiting to eat. We don't know how long the stoppage will last. If we can resume work earlier, we can resume work earlier, but the supervisor won't let us in. Even if we say no, but he tells us that slaves can handle this completely, we don't have to worry about it, but now... we've stopped working for two weeks, and we can only spend a few days everywhere. If you hadn't given us the gold coins, we'd be ready to borrow. ”

“Did anything unusual happen before you stopped working, or did someone you never met go to the mine?” Zhang Heng leaned back against her back and changed into a more comfortable position.

“Cobb's eldest son, Clasie, did not like the mine and us, but a few days before the incident, he suddenly came to the mine to inspect it, and we met him and the supervisor for a long time, avoiding others, and the night before the collapse, there was nothing in the mine, nor was it raining that night, so the next day everyone was surprised about the collapse.” Old Miners Road.

“And then, is there anything else worth noting? ”

Until now, what the old miners have said only proves from the side that the collapse of the Pinota mine is indeed very man-made, but has not provided any clues about the behind-the-scenes messenger, so Zhang Heng has to go back to Clasie or Cobb.

The old miner shook his head, but then Zhang Heng noticed that the young miner smelled hesitation on his face.

“If you don't think it's enough, I can pay you three more gold coins.” Zhang Heng added weight.

“Oh no, you misunderstood, just asking you gave us two gold coins, we couldn't ask for more, I didn't say it before because I didn't want to cause trouble to anyone who told me about it.” Young miners.

“Hmm?”

“I have a friend who is a servant of the Cobb family.” Young miners swallow vomit.

“Slave? ”

“Yes, she actually heard something a few days before the shutdown and told me, but I didn't tell anyone else, and I told her not to tell anyone else. ”

“Don't worry, you'll get my word, and we won't divulge what you told us, will we?” Zhang Hengwang turned to Daikius, who nodded his head immediately and took his face seriously.

“My mouth is always tight and I never talk nonsense. ”

“Well, I believe you.” The young miners finally made up their mind, and they said, “A week before the incident, someone visited Cobb late at night, and they stayed in the study for about a whole night, conspiring to do something, and in the middle of the night they called for water, which is when my friend heard Cobb say it was too dangerous, and you came up with a higher price or something, and the visitor replied that it was just delaying the casting of the bronze statues, and nobody would know, and then my friend went out. ”

“Did your friend see the visitor's face?” Zhang Hengyang raised his eyebrows.

“Yes, she told me, mainly impressed, that the man had a red birthmark on his left face, like a flame. ”

“Well, that narrows it down a little bit.” Zhang Hengdao, "Not many people in Rome have red birthmarks on their faces, and not too many people dare to attack the bronze statue, I'm sure it's not hard to find out.” Then he touched out two more coins and threw them at the young miners, "Your reward, don't say no, you did me a great favor, you deserved it, I don't have anything else to ask, you can go. ”

The young miner took the money and thanked Zhang Heng again before leaving the tavern with his uncle.

On the other side, Daegius had an embarrassing smile on his face. He put down the glass in his hand with some anxiety and asked Zhang Hengdao, "Are we... involved in something? ”

“What do you think?” Zhang Heng questioned.

“I'm just a little bit of a character, so why is this happening to me?” Daegius complained bitterly, "How could anyone have targeted the bronze statues? What good is the postponement besides pitting me? And this is the statue of His Majesty the Emperor. Who wouldn't dare cross with His Majesty? ”

Zhang Heng couldn't resist, “Now it's too late to say this kind of thing. If you don't want to back up the pot, you can solve it with me. You heard what he said. You should know some people in the Senate. Do you know who has red birthmarks on their faces or who has red birthmarks on their faces? ”

“No one in the Senate should have a red birthmark on their face... As for my men,” Daegius frowned, "in my capacity, the elder I have access to is limited, but I have a friend who is a lobbyist who specifically contacts the parties for the adoption or rejection of a proposal, he has seen basically everyone, and if this red birthmark visitor really exists, my friend should know who he works for. ”

“Well, then let's go visit your friends.” Zhang Hengdao drank the wine from the glass and threw down six copper coins to pay for the wine.

And Daegius was relieved to finally get out of the Southeast Side, but at the same time he felt a little strange, because after all this time, no one had bothered them. Is this still the Southeast Side that took Fabrizio's engagement ring and beat people to the ground?