The Republic of China Conspiracy Records

Chapter 109 Fisherman’s Pride (3)

Ji Mingmei also saw water emerging from the bottom of the boat, her face turned pale with fright, and she looked at the boatman for help.The boatman held the penny tightly, with a heavy face, and said, "Do you know what the locals call this river? They call it the Nai River. It is said that if there are criminals in the boat, the boat will not get out. Only the guilty Only by jumping off the boat can the boat leave safely."

As he spoke, he looked at the people in the cabin and asked: "The boat started to leak, which means there are criminals on board. So, among you, who is the guilty person?"

I was shocked when I heard the words, he finally tried to meet him.I'm already [-] to [-] percent sure that he drove the boat here on purpose.Ji Mingmei and I didn't know about this beforehand, but the other four were waiting for the boat on the pier, so did they know?

I quickly glanced at the expressions of these four people, and found that they had different expressions, some were terrified, some were in a daze, and some were calm, but none of the four had any unexpected expressions on their faces.My heart trembled. They all knew that there would be accidents when they got on this boat, but they all sat on it without hesitation.

So, they actually boarded the boat to die!
No wonder they all looked sombre and absent-minded all the way.What's ridiculous is that Ji Mingmei and I didn't know what kind of grievances there were between them, but we sat up because of curiosity.The boat is full of dangers at this moment, even if no one forces us to jump off the boat, I am afraid that it will eventually capsize in the middle of the river.

I was thinking about everything, when a person sitting near the bow said in a shy voice: "I... I am guilty."

Everyone turned to look at him, and the boatman asked, "Oh, what's your crime?"

The man's throat slid up and down, and he seemed a little speechless.The boatman didn't urge him, and after a while the man finally said, "About 20 years ago, I... I kidnapped a person."

It turned out that he was a human trafficker!Ji Mingmei and I showed disgusted expressions at the same time, and Ji Mingmei even shrank towards me, staying away from him.The boatman nodded to the man, signaling him to continue.The man licked his dry lips and went straight on.

His name is Zhao Yi. Almost 20 years ago, there were wars all over the country. It was not easy to survive in troubled times, and one had to work hard to survive.But no matter when there is no shortage of business in the Fengyue place, many poor families gritted their teeth and sold their daughters in.

In this case, although the girl knew it was a fire pit, she had to jump into it with her eyes closed for the sake of the family's livelihood.There are voluntary ones, and naturally there are involuntary ones.At that time, together with a group of people, he found an abandoned mansion in one place, pretended to open a silk reeling factory, and posted a notice saying that he would recruit female workers and pay wages in addition to three meals a day.

It was not easy to have a full stomach in those days, so many families sent their girls to their door one after another.It didn't take long for them to gather more than ten young women.They told the girls' families that the silk reeling factory had one day off in January, and they could come to pick them up on that day.But other than that, no door-to-door harassment is allowed during the rest of the time, otherwise people will be kicked out.

This is their usual saying, one is that it is easier to make people feel at ease by setting a rest day, and the other is that no family members will come to the door during this period, which is convenient for them to act.At that time, they were waiting for the successor to come to hand over the money, but at this moment another woman came to the door suddenly, saying that she wanted to do a part-time job for only ten days and half a month, and hoped that the owner would take it in.

At that time, they had already planned to stop, but seeing that the woman was quite attractive, and she was not accompanied by her family, they pretended to be embarrassed and agreed to her.The woman called herself Wan Er, which meant a slight smile.Zhao Yi took her into the backyard and asked her to stay with the previous women.

When Wan'er entered the room, she found that the girls were all idle, but three meals a day were provided on time.She may have seen some of the world, but she felt a little suspicious at the moment, so she asked about silk reeling.Zhao Yi told her that because the silkworm cocoons transported from other places had not yet arrived, it would take some days before work could start, so she could just rest assured.

Unexpectedly, these words not only did not comfort Smiling, but made her even more suspicious.Because even if you work hard these days, you may not be able to fill your stomach. Now you can eat and drink without doing things, which is obviously abnormal.She talked about this with the girls in the same room, and felt that something was wrong about it, and it was best to find a chance to leave.

But those girls were all frightened of hunger, and now they had no worries about eating and drinking. No one wanted to pay attention to her, but said that she was too suspicious.Wan Erjian couldn't move them, and there was nothing she could do, so she had to wait until nightfall to sneak out of the room by herself, looking for a chance to leave.However, the abandoned house that Zhao Yi and the others were looking for was quite large, and she couldn't find the way out after wandering around, instead she got lost in the house.

That night, there was only a crescent moon in the night sky, which was raised in a deep boudoir. Although it didn't mind showing its face in public, there were always a few dark clouds acting as the old parents, preventing it from throwing glances at the world.Therefore, the light in the house is also bright and dark for a while.Wan'er groped all the way under the faint moonlight, and when she was passing a corner, she suddenly found a mulberry tree planted in the corner.

The size of this mulberry tree is far beyond normal, the trunk is as big as several people hugging each other, and the branches and leaves are scattered on it, although it is sparse, it is extremely lush.It's just that the night is gloomy, and the mulberry tree also looks like it is showing its teeth and claws, which is quite scary.But at this moment, Xinyue took a chance to escape the control of the dark clouds, poked her face out, and the house lit up instantly.

Wan Er looked at the mulberry tree again in the light of the moon, and was wondering why the mulberry tree was so huge. At this moment, she discovered something even more unbelievable—the trunk of the mulberry tree was slowly wriggling holding something.This thing is white and fat, with many folds on its body, it looks like a big white bug.

This is actually a silkworm.

There is nothing strange about silkworms. The strange thing is that this silkworm is extremely huge, and its entire body is almost the size of an adult.This is simply sensational. When Wan Er suddenly saw this scene, she was completely frightened. There was only a voice in her heart shouting wildly, this silkworm has grown into a spirit!This silkworm has become fine!

She hid in a corner and shivered, her legs were so weak that she had no strength to escape.And she didn't dare to cry out, for fear of attracting the giant silkworm's attention by making a noise, she had to cover her mouth desperately.The giant silkworm slowly climbed down from the tree trunk, and at the moment it got down from the tree, it seemed to turn its head and look at Er.

Wan'er's heart beat violently, and she almost beat herself back a step.Just when she was about to cry out uncontrollably, the giant silkworm turned its head away again, and crawled around a corner in another direction, going nowhere.She almost collapsed and was about to collapse to the ground.At this moment, a hand was placed on her shoulder suddenly.

This was so sudden that Wan'er couldn't bear the fear in her heart anymore, she cried out hysterically, causing the moonlight to rippling in shock.The man scolded behind her: "You don't sleep in the middle of the night, what are you doing here?"

It was Zhao Yi who spoke.Wan'er turned her head to see him, although she knew that he had no good intentions, but at this moment her heart was surprisingly calmed down.She took her hand from her mouth, put it on her chest to comfort her throbbing heart, and spoke after panting for a long time.

She told Zhao Yi what she saw the giant silkworm just now, Zhao Yi naturally didn't believe it, scolded her to deceive the public, and asked her sharply why she appeared here.She didn't dare to tell the truth about their malicious intentions, so she could only casually say that she was in a hurry to get up at night outside, because she was not familiar with this house, so she came all the way here.

Zhao Yi scolded her a few more times, telling her not to wander around again, otherwise she would be kicked out of the silk reeling factory, and she would not earn a penny.Smiling and reassuring, Zhao Yi took her back to the room and told her to sleep quickly, saying that the silkworm cocoon might arrive at any time, and she had to be mentally healthy to do things.

There are not so many beds in the room, and the girls all sleep on the floor.Wan'er returned to her bunk, and not long after she lay down, she heard a slap from outside. She thought it was broken, and Zhao Yi locked the door, probably because she was afraid that someone would escape in the middle of the night. his source of income.

However, at this moment, she had no choice but to lie down in bed, thinking about the giant silkworm she saw just now.Ordinary silkworms are no more than an inch long, but the giant silkworm is several feet long, looking like a fat man crawling.Without thousands of years, I'm afraid I can't grow such a body.

Therefore, this giant silkworm should have at least a thousand years of Taoism.She shivered, and suddenly felt that the whole house was full of eerie.After experiencing such a thing, it is naturally impossible to sleep again, so she kept her eyes open to accept the ravages of fear, praying that the sky would be brighter soon.

But fear is the stumbling block of time. She clearly felt that countless hours had passed, but the sky had not yet dawned.But at this moment, a shadow came from outside the window, she was so frightened that she opened her mouth and bit the quilt, her whole body bowed up, as if she could be ejected at any time.

The shadow was so huge that she could see it through the window. The thing was wriggling and slowly walking past the window.It didn't come into the room, Smiling comforted herself, when she suddenly raised her eyes, she saw a lot of spider silk knotted on the beams—or maybe it was silk, she wasn't sure.

Could it be that there is also a giant silkworm hidden on the beam of this house?She was terrified by her own thought, always thinking that the giant silkworm on the beam would hang down to her side along the roof beam.She didn't dare to look at the roof anymore, and hid herself in the quilt, covering her head with sweat, not daring to lift the quilt.

After an unknown amount of time, the roommate came over and patted her quilt, and she realized that it was finally dawn.Nothing happened that night, she was lucky and at the same time a little strange, could it be that the giant silkworm was just imagined by her own suspicion?

People are always courageous during the day, she got out of the quilt, but the change of expression on her face startled the girls in the same room, thinking that she had seen a ghost in the middle of the night.She didn't dare to talk about what happened last night, and she just evaded a few words in the face of the girls' inquiries. She made up her mind to explain to Zhao Yi that this day laborer would stop working by herself and would leave immediately.

At this time, Zhao Yi's accomplice came over and opened the door, and she followed everyone out of the room nervously.After leaving the house, she learned that the silkworm cocoon would not arrive today, and she became more and more sure that there was something wrong with these people.But the other girls were very happy, because they could have one more day of leisure if the cocoons didn't come.

Just as they were chatting together, Zhao Yi came.There are four people in their group, and one of them will be selected every night to watch the night in case anyone escapes.It was Zhao Yi who was watching the night last night, and he probably went back to rest around dawn, so it was another person who came to open the door for them just now.

Even Zhao Yi has come out right now, but the other two people have not appeared yet, they must be still asleep.Seeing this, Zhao Yi was a little annoyed, and was about to go over to wake them up, when suddenly someone yelled hysterically.The cry was extremely abrupt, as if the caller was suddenly scared off by something.

Wan'er couldn't help shivering, and her heart tightened.As soon as the shout sounded, she knew that the night last night was not as peaceful as she thought.Everyone trembled when they heard the sound, and Zhao Yi immediately led another person to the place where the sound came from.Seeing this, the others naturally followed behind.

Zhao Yi and the other four did not live in the same place, because the courtyard was quite large, so the four of them each occupied a wing room, which happened to guard the four directions of the house.This was originally arranged by them to prevent people from escaping, but in fact this arrangement also dispersed them.

At this moment, they were rushing to the wing room where one of them lived, and before they got there, they could see the door was wide open.The yell just now was obviously full of fear, so Zhao Yi and the other man drew their knives from their waists.Zhao Yi turned around and saw that Wan'er and the others followed, and told them to stay where they were and not to go any further.

(End of this chapter)