Survival begins with Red Dead Redemption 2

Chapter 20, Chapter 20, The Boy in the Basement, Saint Denis
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The cigarette had burned out, and the remaining ashes were blown away by the wind, leaving only two cigarette butts thrown on the floor, shaking with the ups and downs of the train.

Dai Ping'an looked at He Xi'an, and He Xi'an also stared at Dai Ping'an. The two looked at each other, like an old shepherd dog confronting a ferocious wolf. Then, the shepherd dog lost.

Just as Hosea said, he was already old, and he couldn't even find the way ahead of the sheep, so he could only rely on the wolf in front of him, even if he was a wolf.

"I'll be watching you."

This is the last struggle an old man can make.

After finishing speaking, Hosea turned around and was about to leave. Dai Ping'an's voice sounded behind him:
"Instead of staring at me, why don't you look at that Hardy Smith Valentine, that mayor of Lacy, it's not as simple as you think."

"Mayor Lacy? What do you mean?"

Hosea hesitated for a moment. He wanted to ask the other party again, but Dai Ping'an had already passed him and walked into the carriage.

Hosea frowned, and the wrinkles on his face became heavier...

The rhythm of the train is very monotonous and boring, just like the scenery outside the train window. At first, I thought it was interesting and could look at it more, but after watching it, it became numb with the rhythm of the train.

In his previous life, he was lucky enough to take a train from Sichuan to BJ for four days and three nights with hard seats. He still remembers the sour feeling.But that was running around for the sake of living, and there was nothing he could do about it, but this trip now was for the sake of his uneasy feelings.Some things not to do will make you toss and turn and worry about sleepless nights, while some people will not die, but they will make you sleepless.

But people always sleep, so those things, those people will follow you in your dreams and haunt you until you die.

The vibration of the train stopped woke up Dai Pingan who didn't know when he fell asleep. It was already dark outside the window. It turned out that the train had left New Hanover and arrived at Rhodes Town in Lemoyne.

Saint-Denis is located in the eastern part of Lemoyne State, and the town of Rhodes is located in the western part of Lemoyne State. It is a necessary place to take the train from Valentine to Saint-Denis.This is a small town in the south that is old-fashioned and formal on the surface, but full of undercurrents and corruption behind the scenes.The train will stay here for two hours, and will not continue until the coal car ahead is full.

Josiah planned to go to a bar in Rhodes Town for a drink, and to inquire about some news by the way. Javier and Bill also wanted to go, but Hosea stopped him, who didn't want to make trouble.Dai Pingan didn't want to get off the train at first, so as not to cause trouble, but he suddenly remembered something, and finally followed Josiah under the angry but helpless gaze of Hosea.

Although it is just a small easter egg that is triggered immediately in the game, it also means a living life here.Now that you pass by, you can't pretend you didn't see it, just treat it as a good deed for this trip to Saint-Denis.

The bar in Rhodes is located on the other side of the town on the east side. To get there, you have to go through the whole town. Many tourists will buy something on the way, which is also a successful sales method.

Dai Pingan didn't follow Hosea to any bar, but lost track of him when he plunged into the crowd on the way.Josiah's beard turned up in anger, but in the end he could only give up.

On the streets of Rhodes Town, Dai Pingan lowered his hat and walked among the passing crowd. Soon he saw the signboard of a shop, and then turned and turned into the alley next to it.

Compared with the bright lights on the street, the alley is very dark.Dai Pingan searched for a while before finding what he was looking for. He leaned against the wall next to him, lit a cigarette, and waited.

"Hey! Hey! Is anyone out there? Can you hear me?"

The voice came from Dai Ping'an's feet.It was a window used for ventilation in the basement of the nearby shop, and a pair of hands were tightly grasping the railing on the window.

Dai Ping'an squatted down, and he saw a pair of eyes, a pair of angry, anxious and helpless eyes, seeing someone outside, there was a glimmer of hope in these eyes.

"Please, save me! Get me out, I've been locked up here for a long time." Those eyes anxiously asked Dai Ping'an for help.

"Why are you locked up here?"

"I~ I don't know, this boss is a lunatic, please save me!"

Dai Ping quietly looked at the eyes in the window, without speaking, the cigarette on his mouth was burning, the smoke rose, spread in front of Dai Ping's stern face, and disappeared into the darkness.

Perhaps sensing that the atmosphere was a little off, after some hesitation, the owner of the eyes finally told the truth.

"The owner of this shop is a lunatic. His son had an accident some time ago, so he locked me up. He said I look like his son. Please, help me, he is a madman!"

"How long has he locked you up?"

"One week."

"A week? It's been a week. Your family and friends haven't come to look for you before they found out you were missing? How many people have come and gone here in a week? How many people have you asked for help? There are also police officers in the town. Bureau, did no one call the police?"

"I……"

The people inside fell silent, and Dai Pingan didn't speak, just waited quietly.

"The owner of this store is~ from the Gray family, and the police station here is also from the Gray family. They are a gang, and no one dares to take care of this matter. As for my family, they, they..." The person hesitated, finally gritted his teeth and continued:

"They took money from the shop owner, so they didn't care about me. But I~but I really can't stand it, he is a lunatic!"

"So that's how it is," Dai Ping'an seemed to have expected something, and his tone did not have any waves:
"And do you hate them? Your family, they seem to have abandoned you."

"I~I~I don't know! They're not easy either, I just..."

The voice inside became smaller and smaller, and finally could not be heard at all.Hearing such an answer, Dai Ping'an was not surprised at all, he asked the people inside to step back a few steps, he wanted to see clearly.

The people inside took a few steps back. In the dark basement, Dai Ping'an could only see some silhouettes.So Dai Pingan dropped the cigarette butt, struck a match, and flicked it in.

The match struck a meteor in the darkness, fell into it, and then the flames rose.

With the faint light of the match, Dai Ping'an could clearly see the environment in the basement.This is a well-decorated children's room, the walls are covered with colorful wallpapers, and the corners are filled with various toys, wooden horses, bells, dolls, everything, and the owner of these things is indeed a thin and thin man. , a grown boy with a delicate face.

The reason for talking about boys is because the people inside are not very old, only about seventeen or eighteen.I say it is an adult because people at this age should already be sensible and start to earn money to work, instead of wearing pink children's clothes and playing house on a wooden horse and dolls in this room.

At this time, the boy was looking at Dai Pingan with a begging face, tears washed away the white makeup on his face, and an iron chain protruded from the corner of the wall, tightly locked on his ankle.

The match went out.

At that moment, a hallucination appeared in front of Dai Ping'an's eyes. The locked boy suddenly turned into another boy. The same money, the boy who said he would earn money to go back to build a big house for his mother.

The boy was also helpless.

that boy is crying too
That boy was also named Dai Ping'an.

"Stab!"

Dai Pingan struck another match, this time without any hallucinations, so he lit another cigarette.The Red Rocket cigarettes were a bit harsh, and under the stimulation of the pungent smoke, Dai Ping'an's tone was calm and scary.

"Can you use a gun?"

"I will!" The boy's tone revealed excitement.

"Ok."

While talking, Dai Pingan unfastened the cowboy revolver around his waist, and checked the status of the bullets and firearms in the lower magazine.

"There are six bullets in the gun. You can call the boss down and threaten him to let you go; you can also kill him with a single shot after he gets down, find the key to untie the chain; you can also break the chain and escape directly. .The train to Saint-Denis will leave in a moment. If you catch the train, I can help you pay for the ticket. Of course, you can wait until everyone is asleep tonight before doing these things."

While talking, Dai Pingan put the pistol at the window, where the other party could get it.

"I've left the gun here, you can choose the way you want to go!"

Dai Pingan stood up. The boy was a little surprised. He reached for the gun, held it in his hand, and stretched his head to see the people outside, but he couldn't see anything.

In the darkness, a word came from afar:

"People, you must rely on yourself!"

More than an hour later, Dai Pingan rushed out from the dark alley and followed the crowd back to the train.Josiah had gone back a long time ago and was complaining to the others.Dai Pingan took two bottles from the wine brought back by Josiah, ignored the two pairs of "sorrowful" eyes, and sat back in his seat.

The whistle sounded and the train set off again.

When the train left the station and passed through the small town of Rhodes, Dai Pingan took a sip of wine.Nothing happened, nothing happened, everything went smoothly.

Maybe I plan to do it again tonight, Dai Ping'an thought in his heart.

Just like that, Dai Pingan drank wine in one sip, and fell asleep unknowingly accompanied by the sound of the "Boom Boom" train.

"Brother Jin Xi, you know a lot. If only I could be like you, I can earn more money and go home to build a big house for my mother!"

"Everyone help, we are all the same, we are all from the Qing Dynasty!"

"Please, save him, he's not dead, really, he's not dead! Don't throw him out, he's really alive!"

Someone is crying, who is it?

Oh, it turned out to be Dai Pingan.

A seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy ran over in the heavy rain, wading through the mud. He came to the front and took out something from his arms, which were two boiled corns that were still warm:

"Brother, I stole this from the kitchen for you. Eat it quickly, it's still warm."

"Eat at ease. Didn't you say that as long as you have something to eat, your illness will be cured? You should eat it quickly. Don't worry, Ah Guang in the kitchen has a good relationship with me. I borrowed these things from him of."

Dai Pingan spoke excitedly, not caring about the pain from the wound on his face, but he didn't pay attention, the broken nose started to bleed again, dripping onto the corn.

"It's a pity that I can't help you get the wine. The wine is only available from the foreign guards, but don't worry, I will steal it for you when I find a chance."

"Brother, hurry up and eat it. If you don't eat it, it will be cold. Don't worry, I can get you something to eat tomorrow."

"I have already interceded with the uncle of the fellow countrymen's association, and the uncle said that he has also interceded with Mr. Yang, and will find a doctor for you in a few days..."

In the dimness, Dai Ping'an's voice became smaller and smaller, but after a while, Dai Ping'an came again, this time he was trotting, like a little mouse who had just finished stealing oil, his joy could not be concealed .

"Brother~Brother~Brother, look quickly, follow the place you said, there is really gold there, it's a gold ring, there are two of them."

"With these, I can exchange food for you. Two rings, one for food, and one for wine with Mr. Yang. Your body will recover soon."

"Ah Guang saw it just now and wanted this ring. How could I give it to him? He still wants to snatch it, hmph! Regardless of his age, he can't beat me at all!"

Dai Ping'an wiped his nose which was just a few days old, with a smug expression on his face...

When the sun rose again the next day, the people who woke up from their dreams looked excited.Ahead of the train, on the horizon where the sun rose, there appeared several columns of smoke from the chimneys of the Saint-Denis Iron Works.

Saint Denis, finally here.

After getting off the train, Josiah took them to find a hotel to stay in first, and turned a corner halfway, and rented a few horses from a local stable for transportation.Although trams and horse-drawn carriages provide services in the city, people who are used to riding horses still feel that it is safer to have a horse.

Riding a horse on the street, Dai Ping'an's appearance attracted the attention of many people, many of whom whispered and pointed at him.In order to avoid bringing in the police and causing unnecessary trouble, Dai Pingan had to lower the brim of his hat at the prompt of Josiah, dismounted from his horse and walked with his head bowed.Sure enough, fewer people noticed him.

While leading the horse, Dai Pingan secretly looked at the city of Saint-Denis.

Saint-Denis is a port city. As a gateway city to North America, the trade route of Saint-Denis has been running for more than a hundred years.At the same time, it is also the largest, most prosperous and most modern city that Dai Ping'an has seen since he came here.This bustling city is also a melting pot of diverse cultures.Merchants, celebrities, sailors, workers, beggars and thieves lived here side by side, but the general principle was maintained - west is expensive and east is cheap.

In the west of Saint-Denis, there are not only grand theaters and large squares for public entertainment, but also luxurious city halls and police stations.And the southeast part of the coast is where workers and civilians gather. The environment there is relatively poor, with mixed dragons and snakes, and even fewer police officers patrolling.

And the place Josiah took them to was a small western-style building facing the port on the southeast side of St. Denis.

　Thanks to nine editors, Penglai's recommendation

　　Thanks to the free rushB for voting for the monthly ticket

　　Thanks to Huahuz, thanks to the old popsicle from the radiation wasteland, thanks to the infatuated me, thanks to Fusheng Fanmiao, thanks to the perfect leaf, thanks to the great engineering warlock Skuri, thanks to rushB for Bai, and thanks to Xingshi for the recommendation ticket

　　
　
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