Abyss Express

Chapter 7dixes② Omen·Omen

There are many people who use the happiness of youth as the price of success.

——Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The iron nails hammered into the sleepers, creating a deep crack.

The expression on the worker's face turned ugly and he looked around in panic, fearing that others would find out.

This sleeper was soaked in crystallized anthracene oil and was made of birch wood. Although it was not a very precious thing, it was not something he could afford to pay for, if the foreman knew about it.

"Hey" the worker patted the old man's shoulder and handed him a water bag, "Old man Li, would you like some drink?"

"Stand away! Stand away! It's hindering my work!" Old Man Li felt like he was being electrocuted, and he couldn't help but push away the five taels of gold from the same team.

He didn't have much strength in his body, so he just pushed and squeezed, and his shoulders felt sore and painful after touching five taels of gold——

——He couldn’t remember when he became so weak. Maybe it was from the beginning of summer, when the sun became more and more fierce. He got up early to move wood at the dock, and went back and forth between the railway construction team and Sanyang Port in Efei County. Over time, his hair became thinner. She lost all her skin, and her skin became tanned and shiny.

"If you don't want to drink it, then drink it!~" Wu Liang Jin pretended to push away with a playful smile, leaving some thin noodles for Old Man Li - everyone knows that this old man has a daughter at home, who is a good age for a girl to be married at the age of sixteen. .

The gravel ballast pierced into the straw sandals, and the hot rocks and stones made the soles of the feet turn red——

——Old man Li didn't respond. He just stood there frozen, wanting to wait until the five taels of gold left. When no one came to see him, he pulled out the nails and sent the piece of wood away.

Speaking of losing money, these sleepers are worth sixteen small oceans each, which is also the price of six kilograms of rice. Go twenty miles north of Efei County and arrive at the Du Mansion. Six kilograms of rice can be exchanged for Jiangdong refugees and a wife. .

He didn't want to pay for the injustice, he always had to find a way and be clever.

"Hey! Five taels of gold!"

Hearing the old man shouting, he had already prepared to sit down and rest for five taels of gold. He found a shady stone by the shade of the railway tree and squatted down - just in time to see a black line extending from the sleeper between the old man's legs.

The two of them worked in the same work group, and they both looked like dead wood turned into ghosts, with dirt hidden in the wrinkles on their faces.

"explain."

Old Man Li: "I think if you raise fish at home, the pond should be dry due to the weather this year. During the busy farming season, I will help you harvest and thresh the rice, and you can go and work on the fish pond with your brothers and sisters." ”

"You help me?" Wuliang Jin was a little confused, but he soon felt relieved. When you are convenient with others, you always have to negotiate some conditions. Old man Li must have something to ask for.

Old Man Li continued: "I got into trouble because of this sleeper."

With that said, he moved his legs, exposed the iron nails completely, and showed Wu Liangjin the complete cracks on the sleepers.

"Oh." Wuliangjin stood up immediately, with a cold expression on his face and the same tone: "What a disaster."

Old Man Li then said: "Sue to the county magistrate, I"

Five taels of gold rolled up his sleeves and interrupted enthusiastically, "Don't think about it anymore. The soldiers will give you five lashes first and then ask you how the nails were set."

Old Man Li had no long clothes to protect him from the sun, only a short coat. Standing in the sun, he felt very passive——

——It seems that telling this news to your classmates is not a wise move, but it puts the blame in other people's hands.

"Hey - I won't talk nonsense outside, don't worry." Wuliangjin changed his face and explained with a smile: "But if you want to see the official, you will definitely not be able to escape if you get beaten."

Old Man Li swallowed his saliva and asked nervously: "Do you have any idea?"

"There is no other way." Wuliangjin sat back again, leaning on the stone with his head in his arms.

Old Man Li asked: "Is it okay to just pay a fine?"

Five taels of gold: "Not necessarily."

Old Man Li: "Not necessarily?"

"Yesterday, there were also some workers who wanted to escape and ran southeast from Efei County." Wuliangjin picked up a piece of dogtail grass and held it in his mouth and muttered: "It was also the time to build the railway. Help - I was originally a waterman, but then I don’t know what happened, but this kid went to Wulong Cave. "

"The Sichen official of the textile workshop caught him and handed him over to the county government. The boy said that he was going to see the mountains and rivers and wanted to draw pictures."

"In the end, I still wanted to escape. Everyone knows it."

"Lingguang Buddha is dead. There are newspapers and photos."

Five taels of gold has not read many books, and the previous sentence does not follow the next sentence.

"This kid just wanted to run to the southeast and join the foreigners. But he refused to plead guilty. The county magistrate had no choice but to deal with the major general and give Huo Ziying an explanation - if he is not punished, wouldn't everyone be able to do it? Run to Wulong Cave?"

"The foreman of Cardinal South's Sixth Group took over the job and bought two sleepers and asked this boy to nail them so that they would crack."

Speaking of this, Old Man Li's heart sank, and he finally understood what this meant.

Five taels of gold continued with a smile: "Now everyone has gained all the stolen goods. He has been convicted of sabotaging military supplies and breaking laws and disobeying orders. He will be beaten thirty times and taken to prison to await the fate of the Major General."

"It ended up hitting sixteen boards, which made him vomit blood."

"The county magistrate gave me some advice and asked the county magistrate what he meant."

"But it didn't stop. Maybe the dead are more useful than the living - if he hadn't died, I'm afraid there would have been a lot of trouble. Who told him to escape? He shouldn't, he shouldn't, and he can't escape."

"The man who died after hitting twenty boards was a credit to the county magistrate. The major general was really angry when he found out about this, but after seeing the bloody corpse, he felt that this was done well."

At this point, Wuliangjin started dancing.

"Twenty ingots of gold were sent from the military plane! I don't know how many pieces the secretary, county magistrate and Dian Yi divided among them, but the one who made the plank had to do the work of the executioner on the red platform, so he must have divided some - that night I I saw brothers rushing over next to Yihong Tower to congratulate Master Tingzhang."

"I don't want to run away! I didn't run away!" Old Man Li felt anxious and seemed frightened.

"I must know! I must know!" Wu Liangjin couldn't help but persuade him: "Old man, don't be anxious. Since I saw it, I will definitely testify for you. You just broke the sleeper and had no intention of defecting."

Old Man Li nodded, still seeming uneasy. He thought that this matter could be big or small, light or serious. It was the county magistrate who had the final say on whether he would be convicted or not. If someone was unhappy, how much would his life be like? ?

"Five taels of gold! If you want to help me, I will harvest the rice! I can finish all the six acres of land by myself!"

"Hey!~" Wuliang Jin shook his head and refused quickly: "Old man, don't talk about this thing, okay?"

"Then" Old Man Li always felt uneasy, "What do you mean?"

"Introduce me to your daughter? Why don't you say something nice?" Five taels of gold came to Old Man Li, took out a small cigarette pouch from his long coat, and began to roll cigarettes for the old man.

Old Man Li felt a chill in his heart - so what did you mean?

But can my daughter really be entrusted to this guy? Five taels of gold is not much younger than the old man, and his daughter has to call him uncle when she sees him.

This guy seems smart and clever, but he is not a down-to-earth person. He is also ugly, with almost all his hair falling out, and a mouth full of yellow teeth. After running away from two wives, there is no more suitable woman to marry in Efeu County. He glanced.

The old man hesitated again and again and nodded.

"I'll talk to her, I'll talk to her."

Wuliangjin's face was squeezed into a ball of chrysanthemums, and he said with a smile: "Then you must make it clear. I will help you reason with the foreman. Someone who understands people and the world, is simple and simple, not just a sleeper."

"Yeah" the old man nodded.

Wuliangjin changed the subject: "But, old man, think about it, if your daughter can't reach an agreement and becomes unhappy - I don't know what to do with this matter. I feel empty in my heart and can't say anything." No, I’m not smart anymore.”

"Yeah." The old man thought it was nothing, so he asked for five taels of gold to get things done - as for the subsequent reward? If you can afford it, naturally do it!

"I'll take you to pay compensation and admit your mistake!" Wu Liangjin perked up, dismantled the sleepers, and strode to the workshop with his coworkers.

Entering the wood processing shack, there are workers working hard everywhere. The sound of sawing and gasping came one after another. There was the smell of rotten wood flowers in the air, and there were also coughs.

Five taels of gold found an old carpenter who was missing three fingers and asked casually.

"Fried devil, where is the foreman?"

The old carpenter was huddled next to the eaves, oiling the sleepers, and pointed in the direction.

The two of them followed the guide and walked over, and saw a six-foot-tall tall man sitting in a rocking chair and enjoying the cool weather by Songbo Lake.

Wuliangjin took the lead in showing the sleeper and shouted——

"—Foreman! I found a sleeper!"

The foreman slowly turned his head and suddenly woke up when he saw the cracks on the sleepers.

"What did you say?"

Wu Liangjin was full of nonsense: "I found a sleeper. It was sun-exploded and cracked. It's not useful. I'll bring it here for you to see."

"You mean," the foreman sneered, "this nail cracked before it was driven in?"

There are still holes carved by iron nails in the sleepers, and the scars in the wood cannot deceive anyone.

"Where!?" Wuliangjin pretended to be crazy and said: "It split before it was penetrated!"

Foreman: "Don't talk nonsense, did you hit me?"

Wuliangjin suddenly started to panic, and instead of identifying him immediately, he looked at Old Man Li.

Old Man Li immediately whispered: "When I talk to my daughter, I must make it clear."

"I did it." Five taels of gold's thoughts immediately became clear, "Foreman, the oil you used to brush it is not good, please get some tung oil!"

The foreman did not give Wu Liang Jin any chance to explain——

——He waved his hand, and the soldiers who were resting in the workshop shed immediately came to fetch him.

"Hey!?" Wuliang Jin still didn't understand what happened: "Hey?! Hey!"

He was held by two soldiers, looking around, trying to explain something.

"Hey?! Foreman? Hey! I'll pay some money! Sixteen cents! I have it!"

Half an hour later, the county magistrate happily ordered someone to pick up a steaming corpse and rush to the Major General's Mansion.

Old Man Li didn't have the chance to hear the court verdict, and he didn't come back with five taels of gold until late at night. When he returned home, he saw his daughter doing laundry and sitting by the well. She was still fine - and he breathed a sigh of relief.

When he arrived at his post the next day, Old Man Li received twenty cents, which was originally two dollars. He asked the foreman to separate them thoughtfully - he didn't understand why he got the money, and everyone was talking about something. But he couldn't understand.

It seems that the five taels of gold may have died, because both the foreman and the fubing master received the money, and the county magistrate must also have received the money. The 20 cents Xiaoyang in Old Man Li's hands should also be the reward for proving the crime of escape.

The whole process went naturally. There were many unspeakable but incredibly smooth cooking processes - five taels of gold seemed to have turned into a pot of human flesh and just disappeared. As he himself said, the county magistrate took it to the young general in exchange for gold.

A little bird gradually appeared in the scorching sun——

——It swooped down all the way to Axe Mountain, and it was the powerful spirit body of the goddess Io.

[Heavenly Grant] fell into the political center of Danqiu Kingdom and into the mansion and garden of Yu Datong.

When he was born with a strange vision, the warlord leader had already been waiting at the sun viewing platform with many alchemists and disciples of Emmanuel Buddha.

The lark stopped among many ritual vessels, and finally chose the same cloisonné enamel Heqing three-color tripod, and tapped the cultural relic gently with its beak.

The disciples at the altar did not dare to neglect the gods, and immediately raised the pot and cauldron and sent the elixir to their heads.

A hand stretched out from [Tianshi]'s belly, and that was another Faye Florsalin who came back to the world.

She was like an immortal descending to earth and falling into this cauldron——

——The king of Danqiu Kingdom shouted loudly.

"Meet the gods!"

There was a sound of copper pipes around the pavilion, chanting bursts of Sanskrit sounds.

The green smoke of incense lingers, and the thick fog gradually forms a dense fairyland.

[Tianshi] took an elixir and stuffed it into the body of the traveler who failed to solve the mystery of the womb.

The holy blood of Meng En soon took effect, and Faye Frosalin took another life. She climbed up from the cauldron, and with the support of her disciples, she tried her best to maintain an elegant posture and slowly walked back. Prominence Tower - This was the sacrificial site used by Judah to perform miracles.

Next came the ceremony to resurrect Judas. [Heavenly Grant] once again showed its power, and a newly created man crawled out from the bird's chest. After feeding the elixir, Judas also came to life in embarrassment.

The two looked at each other, neither willing to take the initiative to speak. In the eyes of mortals, they were aloof gods.

But in fact, these two characters were beaten to death by the Nameless Doe, and they were barely reincarnated by the power of King Xin's soul.

Commander Yu was a little embarrassed. He didn't want to tell bad news. Making reports with leaders was an art, but at this moment, he really couldn't make up a few good words.

"Lingguang Buddha, you are finally back."

"What do you have to say? Keep it short." Judas covered his head, feeling a headache, "I need to rest."

"The outside world is spreading news of your death!" Commander Yu said worriedly: "You seem to have been killed by foreigners."

"What?" Before he finished hearing the words, Judas' expression changed. "What did you say?"

He didn't expect the bad news to come so quickly. It shouldn't take long for [Tianshi] to fly to Danqiu Kingdom, only three or four days at most, but the battle report from Daoheng County reached here earlier!

"This is a newspaper from Jiangdong. A salesman brought it to the Tonghe Umbrella Factory. After several rounds of circulation, it must have been seven days since the news reached me."

"Seven days?!" Judas said in surprise.

"Yes." Commander Yu began to emphasize his own job and wanted to claim some credit: "The people in the territory were in panic all day long. After the rumors spread, there were defecting thieves everywhere - they secretly sabotaged and engaged in mischief everywhere. If you are passive and slow in your work, I will ask my subordinates to execute these unruly people!"

Judas was shocked: "Executed to death?!"

Commander Yu continued: "Not only execution! We also need to find ways to convict people and confiscate their homes! How can we forgive those who don't believe in Lingguang Buddha? How can we let them go?!"

Judas was surprised and said, "Search the house?"

Commander Yu Datong continued: "I also want a reward! I said that Lingguang Buddha can turn stone into gold. Anyone who informs and provides clues about the defector will be rewarded with five taels. Those who are caught and handed over to the Yamen will be rewarded with ten taels. - Local County Those who are sentenced to death by the Yamen will be rewarded twenty taels."

Judas was still in a state of shock——

——To be honest, his mind is still confused compared to that of Denzi. His mind has to adapt to the transformation of the holy blood and the integration of the spirit body. There is no way to understand what Commander Yu said, let alone accept this. Warm greetings and gift package.

On the other hand, if the news about "Judas is dead" came back seven days ago - then it means that this newspaper has already been typeset and printed, perhaps half a month ago, and the template has been prepared in Sendai. The printing factory has finished processing!

"Wood! Wood Plunk! You are so despicable!" Judas gritted his teeth and raged - but there was no use being angry in this game.

He was so angry that his hair stood on end and his eyes were red. When he heard Commander Yu's rhetoric about cannibalism being extremely efficient, he felt it was extremely ridiculous.

Now is the time when we need to appease the people the most. Commander Yu has no idea what Danqiu Kingdom is going to face——

——Now is the darkest moment when it is most necessary to unite people's hearts. If there is only foreign aggression, he can still rely on the geographical advantages of Ax Feng Mountain to continue the second half of the tug-of-war with Ao Rui Mingde.

The Anonymous are fighting away from home, they have no mass base, no material supplies, and they will always run out of bullets.

As long as this natural danger is maintained, Danqiu Kingdom still has millions of lives that can be burned and can be used as support.

"You are so despicable! You are so despicable!" Judas broke his guard.

Commander Yu repaired the broken wound, picked up the newspaper and handed it over: "Lingguang Buddha, look! It is indeed despicable!"

That was a freeze-frame photo of the last corpse of Judas, decapitated by unknown soldiers.

There are other small tofu pieces on the newspaper page, all of which are close-ups of Judas’ corpses. Different Judas have been transformed by elixirs, and they all have similar faces——

——These corpses are carefully arranged and artistically staged, and vividly tell many absurd and curious stories.

But the ending, without exception, is death, death in different ways, cruel and inhumane.

One of the tabloids had the title "Many people trade their youth for success, but this bald donkey failed." The content of the newspaper was quite explosive. Judas's body had its head shaved, and its bloody buttocks were pointed at the camera.

[According to a report sent by Sendai Prefectural Bowen Newspaper reporter Index from Raihoku Port in Daoheng County——]

[——Lingguang Buddha was active in the area of ​​Aizong Mausoleum recently. This demonic monk was so crazy and evil that he bullied the murloc cub and molested the murloc grandma. He was shot dead on the spot by a righteous man who was unwilling to reveal his life. ]

[The Emmanuel Buddha took off his pants when he was about to die. This shameless bitch wanted to sell his hook to make a living, but there was no chance! Justice never comes late, it should come early every time! ]

[Every Shambhala crowd who saw this news! See clearly! He also has another name, Judas! ]

[He has never been from Shambhala, he is not a deity from Chabon, he is a fugitive that we foreigners want to catch! ]

[This is the butt of Lingguang Buddha, believe it or not, it is here! ]

"There's more! There's more!" Commander Yu was very interested and took another newspaper from his disciple. Different from the Bowen Morning News, it was the Dionysian Newspaper in Dongma Port - or Gloria's property.

There are various versions of rumors and weird photos. Perhaps no one cares about what is true and what is false. For Shambhala, its information has lagging properties and the circulation of information is also very behind.

This has also made the process of verifying facts among township people extremely difficult and slow.

However, this collection of street stall stories was approved by various southeastern ministries and appeared in newspapers, which was almost a devastating blow to Judah. A strong impression has been deeply planted in people's hearts. He was killed——

——Even if he could survive, he would have been killed many, many times.

He was abused and tortured in various different ways, and he was completely dead!