Chapter 4 Death Row Train
The night in the wilderness came especially early, around nine o'clock in the evening, and it was already completely dark. The remote route is more desolate than imagined, and the night is like a black cloth, wrapping the surroundings tightly. The rumbling sound of the train was the only movement around, and the faint light at the top added a gloomy atmosphere to the train.
Although the road was a little bumpy, a few people were eating and chatting, but it was not so boring. Fortunately, Wang Yuehan talked a lot, and there were constant topics along the way, and the four of them had an understanding of each other in a short period of time.
"Tell you," Wang Yuehan patted his chest and said, "Once there is a fierce beast, you have to stand far away, my move 'Splitting Bones' doesn't have long eyes, don't hurt yourself." ”
"Is it your turn to make a move?" Xiao Yinning hurriedly poured cold water, "By the time you find out, Brother Yundui will already have dealt with the fierce beast!"
It's not once or twice that the two of them have raised the bar, and Wang Yuehan didn't say much, "Anyway, I can remind everyone." ”
Yu Fei took over the conversation: "But to be honest, Yun Dui's insight is not ordinarily strong, this is really not bragging." ”
"Of course, Brother Yundu's spiritual power comes from the goshawk, and just thinking about it, you know that the reaction ability is different from ordinary people. Yin Ning added.
"It's okay," Qin Yunwan smiled embarrassedly, "My eyesight is indeed a little better than others. ”
The four of them chatted happily, and then they remembered that they still had a task to do - to patrol the prisoners.
"Are we going out on patrol?" Yin Ning reminded everyone, "Have you seen the carriages containing prisoners at the end before?"
In the afternoon, Qin Yunwan and Wang Yuehan made a round, and Wang Yuehan immediately put on a gloomy tone: "Let me tell you, I went over there just now, and the side is really gloomy, some rooms don't even have doors, and those death row inmates are staring at us, which is simply infiltrating." Wang Yuehan described it vividly.
"What, some prisoners don't have doors in their rooms?" Yin Ning felt a little incredible.
Qin Yunwan looked at Yin Ning a little scared, "Yes, this car is really dilapidated, but their hands and feet are shackled by thick shackles, don't even think about running." ”
"Sister Yufei, let's go take a look later. Yin Ning always felt that since he came to the car, he had to be responsible, and the two boys inspected in the afternoon, and he always had to patrol around.
"I'll come here and take a look in a while," Yu Fei happily agreed.
"I'll go with you," Qin Yunwan said.
"No, no," Yin Ning immediately stopped, "Look at that guy", after speaking, he looked at Wang Yuehan opposite, "He must think that I am scared to death, maybe you are really afraid." ”
Wang Yuehan began to use a gloomy tone again: "Those prisoners are looking at you directly." ”
Immediately, Yu Fei and Yin Ning held hands and gradually walked towards the rear of the train, the lights here were obviously dimmed, the train was bumpy back and forth, and sometimes the feet were unstable.
The train is indeed a little dim, the lights flicker on and off, as if they can break at any time, and most of the carriages passing by are dark, and if one walks through here, one might really be a little scared.
"The prisoner carriage is right in front," Ms. Yu said.
Walking to the middle of the first carriage, Yu Fei motioned to Yin Ning: "Look." ”
I saw that there was indeed no door in the room on the left, and I could directly see the people inside: black and white prison uniforms, hands and feet were heavily shackled, and they were cuffed together with the beds. I saw that the man was in his fifties, sitting on the bed, his face expressionless, and there were obvious scars on his skin.
"Hey, since you are a heavy prisoner, you must have made an unforgivable mistake, but looking at the way you look now, you are still a little distressed. Yin Ning couldn't bear to look at it anymore, "I'm afraid that I have been tortured before." ”
"I'm afraid they've been forcibly stripped of their spiritual power. Do you know that since our train is going to escort them to such a far place, it means that they must be very dangerous heavy prisoners, and in order to ensure the safety of the escort, they may be drained of their spiritual power. ”
"Being forcibly drained of spiritual power is the greatest shame of the Holy Spirit, isn't this equivalent to the soul being deprived alive day and night," Yin Ning said.
"That's right," Yu Fei continued, "under the combination of spirit and body, the spirit is stripped away, and part of the memory is also taken away to a large extent, if this person is not strong-willed, it is likely to become a walking dead." ”
"Why should a good person make mistakes, how many people want to be the Holy Spirit, but they don't have the opportunity, and some people get this power, but they don't cherish it. ”
"When you have some special abilities, you have unlimited advantages over ordinary humans, and it is likely that you will be opportunistic and deviant in some aspects, and not everyone has such strong self-control. ”
"yes. ”
The two of them supported each other in the dim light, looking at these prisoners as if they were exactly the same, basically there was no spiritual world anymore, like a shell, at the mercy of others, waiting for death to come.
Slowly, the two men came to the last car of the train.
"Sister Yufei, did you hear any sound?"
"I think I heard it, it looks like music?"
Following the source of the sound, the two men came to the back of the carriage. Sure enough, it was the sound of music playing, and this music came from the last room.
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Remember / There was a time
The wind blows through the hills / Sets off layers of heat
A popsicle / is a carefree paradise for kids
A ballad / Calms the streamer of midsummer
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Those days / The war is turbulent
Walking people / in a hurry
Even if you have nothing / Still have hope
With a strong faith / in exchange for a glimmer of light
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Your arm / is my haven to linger
Hold off the flames of war / Let me make waves
I give myself ruthlessness / Give the style back to time
But it can't withstand the mulberry field canghai / Ren hope turns into disappointment
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Yu Fei stood outside the door and didn't come back to her senses for a long time.
"Sister Yufei", Yin Ning touched Yufei with her arm, obviously she was fascinated by what she heard.
Yu Fei came back to her senses, "I'm sorry, I fell into it when I listened to it," Yu Fei sorted out her emotions, "This is a song I used to like very much, writing about anti-war and love." ”
"Oh, is it the prisoner playing music?
"Probably, he is already a dying man, don't you even give him this power," Yu Fei was even more curious, "Let's go over and have a look." ”
The two of them gradually came to the door of the room, and looked through the small window on the door.
In the room sat a young lady, in her mid-thirties, with her back straight, sitting upright beside the bed, with an old-fashioned music player at hand, from which music flowed slowly.
Suddenly, the woman noticed that there was someone at the door, turned her head slowly, and met the two people outside the window. For a while, the two of them didn't know what to make, but the woman showed a very peaceful smile, and shook the music player in her hand with her hand, as if she knew that the people outside were attracted by this.
The door was hidden and not locked. Yu Fei slowly opened the door, even Yin Ning was startled, and hurriedly grabbed her, but Yu Fei still insisted on going in.
"Hello, it's getting night, please don't play music," even though she was facing a death row inmate in front of her, Yu Fei's tone was very polite.
"People say that people have many thoughts before they die, and sometimes, all they need is a song, and many scenes will appear in front of me like a marquee, so I have nothing else to ask for, just to ask to be able to carry this thing with me, to talk about comfort. ”
Yu Fei wanted to leave after speaking, but she still hesitated, she turned around and said to the woman, "This is a song that I used to like very much." ”
"Oh?" the woman's eyes lit up, "I didn't expect to meet my soulmate, this is an anti-war song, not so many people have heard it, I didn't expect you to like it." ”
"Well, I also overheard it once, and I was slowly touched. ”
The woman, neither in appearance nor in appearance, did not seem to look like a prisoner, her skin did not have the vicissitudes of captivity, her eyes did not have the sadness of lovelessness, and her manners and sitting postures were very elegant, if it were not for the shackles and prison clothes, she would be like a noble lady from a famous family.
"Love, sometimes it is also a bond," the woman said first.
Yu Fei didn't know how to answer, so she nodded silently, "How do you say this?"
"Say it casually," the woman replied, then smiled silently.
Yu Fei felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, firstly, she thought of the past that she didn't want to remember, and secondly, she felt that she had been informed of her thoughts, and she felt a sense of being perceived.
The woman also seemed to get a glimpse of Yu Fei's state of mind, and first told her own story: her husband was a holy spirit who had been killed for a long time, and he was executed for breaking the rules.
"At least I won't fall to this point," Yu Fei said coldly, but considering that this sentence might hurt people, she cast a kind smile.
"It doesn't matter," the woman really didn't care, "I don't ask anyone to understand." ”
The lights were dim, and the small cell could only accommodate a few people except for a bed, but in this small cell, Yu Fei and the woman talked a lot. From his own emotional experience, to the anecdotes on the battlefield, from music appreciation and sharing, to his experience and principles. Yin Ning, who was on the side, just listened silently, and she didn't interrupt, because she had never seen Sister Yu Fei reveal her heart to others like this, and she didn't expect Sister Yu Fei to have such an unrelieved wound in her heart. Sometimes fate is so self-evident, even if it's just because of a song, two people who don't know each other can connect.
The woman called herself Aunt Fang, and they didn't know why, because she was not that old, but she spoke of herself like an old woman.
"Aunt Fang," Yin Ning, who had been listening, spoke, "There is a question I have always wanted to ask, but I am embarrassed to ask, that, when death is in front of you, what is your mood?"
"Do you think I look scared?" Aunt Fang said, "Shall I tell you a story about my recent experience?"
"Well, you say. ”
Aunt Fang sorted out her thoughts and told them about her scene in Lansui City Prison. "Actually, I would have been sentenced a long time ago. It was in the prison, even darker than here, and that night the guard told me that the time had come for the execution. ”
Aunt Fang continued: "When death really came, to tell the truth, all thoughts were lost, infinite reluctance, my hands and feet were handcuffed, and two guards grabbed me and walked on the road to death. In order to exaggerate the atmosphere, Aunt Fang also deliberately explained the details very clearly, "Turning into the corridor, it was the most desperate road I had ever walked, the corridor was very long, there were three lights on it, the third light was obviously not working, flashing, crumbling, and suddenly the third light went out, maybe it was broken, it was so bad that it seemed that the last hope was also extinguished." Until I came to the end, there was a large door, and I was staring at it, and suddenly there was a crack in the door, and a man came out, with a heavy weapon in his hand, ready to execute me. ”
"I knew that my time of death was coming, but at this moment, a guard came running up and said that I had made a mistake and that I should be escorted to the northwestern prison for execution. However, now that I think about it, it is better to have a break at that time. Therefore, we always say that it is better to forget about it, but when it really comes to death, we will still be afraid and reluctant. ”
Yu Fei and Feng Yinning didn't say a word, looking at Aunt Fang, sympathy arose.
When he came back to his senses, Yin Ning spoke: "Sister Yufei, what time is it, we have to go back." ”
Yu Fei just pulled out of the story just now, and Aunt Fang also urged the two of them, it is better to go back first, don't let others worry, if you let others know that you have been alone with the death row prisoner for so long, it is also a dereliction of duty.
Yu Fei got up and pulled Yin Ning away, and before leaving, Aunt Fang said, "I hope you can come to accompany me again." ”
Turning right from the cell, I came to the dimly lit inner porch of the carriage, which was not well lit, only the roof of the car emitted a faint light.
"Sister Yufei, don't you think this woman is a little special, not like a dying person at all. ”
"Who's to say that a prisoner must be vicious, and if she could, I would like to ask her what she has offended. Yu Fei replied.
The third section went to the second section, and the second section went to the first section, "Does the execution path that Aunt Fang said look like now?" Yin Ning said, "It was dim in all directions, and only the lamp above gave a faint light. ”
"Don't scare yourself," Yu Fei said, "why don't you say that there are three lights here." ”
Yin Ning looked up, it was really! The three lights flickered.
Suddenly, the third light went out!
The two of them stood up suddenly, and it was really such a coincidence that they ran into the scene described by Aunt Fang. Yu Fei pulled Yin Ning and was about to continue walking. The door in front of it moved! The crack in the door slowly opened, and a hand reached out, holding a heavy sharp weapon in the hand.
"Ah!!h
The door opened instantly, and Wang Yuehan immediately ran out from behind the door, "What's wrong?!What happened?"
Qin Yunwan was also behind, lifting his weapon spear, "What's the situation!?"
"No.. It's okay", Yu Fei didn't know how to explain, "A person suddenly appeared and was taken aback." ”
"Where have you been? Why did it take so long, we thought something had happened to you. ”
"Oh... It's nothing, we just met the prisoner for the first time, and we were more curious, so we stayed a little longer," Yin Ning replied with a stammer.
After a false alarm, Qin Yunwan took everyone back to their bunks, and before leaving, Yu Fei glanced thoughtfully at the back carriage.