Chapter 982: Temptation
After struggling, the shipyard slapped the river and hit the boatmill connected to it, making a soft 'clang' sound.
I don't know if I was afraid of making a movement, which attracted the attention of the regulators, but there were obviously people in the shipyard next door, but they didn't dare to say a word, compared with the hot war drums and shouts in front of them, it seemed to be a dead silence.
Several women in the cabin were choking back tears, waiting in fear for the turmoil in the hull to subside.
The 'meow' screaming white cat gradually calmed down under the woman's very patient comfort.
When everything was quiet, the woman holding the cat continued:
"After General Zhang retreated to Shenzhuang, Li Guochao led his troops to arrive."
Shen Zhuang is rich in the world, and everyone knows it.
The people here are rich, and the city is full of food, money, etc.
"In addition," the woman holding the cat suddenly said something that surprised Song Qingxiao:
"Li Guochao was also instructed by the masters, saying that Shenzhuang is an excellent place to raise dragons, if you capture this place and ascend the throne here and become the emperor, you can build an immortal foundation, and the bloodline can be passed down for thousands of generations, from generation to generation."
When Song Qingxiao heard this, she couldn't help laughing.
"So half a month ago, Li Guochao's team besieged this place."
Since the Li Guochao incident, although it has attracted many people to flee with their families in the early days, this group of people is just a rabble, and Li Guochao must not only fulfill the promise he made back then to 'share the land and grain', but also maintain such a large team, except for burning, killing and looting.
After a long time, the people complained that he was desperate and was bound to take Shen Zhuang.
"There is not much food in the team, and Li Guochao is extravagant."
He was born in poverty since he was a child, but he proclaimed himself the king of heaven and was not willing to be poor all his life.
Once powerful, life is poor and luxurious.
Most of his subordinates like him, and they are extravagant and wasteful of food, and they have been besieging Shenzhuang for half a month, and with the shortage of food, the morale of the army has been weakened.
"So since two days ago, the fighting has become more and more intense, and some people have begun to discuss killing the sisters of the Red Battalion in order to get through this difficult period."
Therefore, the candidate concubines in these shipyards regarded the Red Camp as hell, and the power of these inspectors who supervised the slaves was unimaginably great.
They control the lives and deaths of these women, and a single word can send them to hell.
Behind their backs, everyone wanted to compete for favor, strive for the opportunity to get Li Guochao's favor, enter the Yellow Camp, and become a person on the top.
But at the same time, he was afraid of making too much noise, and did not attract the attention of Li Guochao, but attracted these extremely difficult supervision inspectors.
"The man you killed was very promising." The woman's eyes fell on the corpse that was trampled by Song Qingxiao, revealing eyes that were both disgusted and hateful, but also mixed with fear:
"He has relatives, he is a close minister of Li Guochao, and the whole family is very valued-"
Now that he is dead on this ship, if someone finds out, I am afraid that the people of the entire shipyard will be affected.
She didn't say the rest of the words, but the others apparently thought of the consequences and began to sobble softly.
The women who were still talking to each other harshly when Song Qingxiao came in before stopped arguing at this time, and the atmosphere of despair began to spread in the cabin.
The youngest woman clasped her knees, curled herself into a ball, and cried:
"I don't want to go to the Red Camp, I don't want to go to the Red Campβ"
"I am the one who has served the king."
"There are so many people who have waited on the king, and the king has long since forgotten who you are. Otherwise, why don't you be crowned a lady and let you live in this ship? β
The women didn't make peace for more than a minute, and then they started attacking each other again.
When the youngest woman heard this, her eyes turned red with anger:
"It's better than you, old people, things that no one wants......"
The woman holding the cat looked at this scene with a sneer, with a bit of sarcasm in her eyes.
"Stop arguing, are you trying to bring in more people?"
As soon as she finished saying this, the girls who were still arguing were suddenly silent.
But after a while, he still seemed to be very unconvinced:
"I don't blame you? If it weren't for your cat's meow, where would you have caused such a big commotion? β
"That's it!"
"According to me, people can't live anymore these days, let alone feed cats with food and clothing? It's better to kill the cat, and everyone will share the food and fight the tooth sacrifice, which can not only fill the stomach, but also eliminate disasters and solve disasters......"
"Shut up!"
As soon as the woman holding the cat heard the idea of everyone talking about the white cat she raised, she suddenly lost her cool as if she had been touched by the scales.
Everyone began to quarrel with each other, although they lowered their voices, their expressions were hideous and fierce, and their words were vicious, as if the other party was their own enemy.
They actually knew that it was Song Qingxiao who really attracted the supervision of the inspection.
Even killed the man, and she was the one who caused the trouble.
But as soon as she came, she showed her strength to suppress the women, so that this group of women didn't dare to blame her at all, and even turned over the old accounts between the quarrels, and didn't mention her for half a sentence, which made Song Qingxiao a little speechless.
"Alright, stop arguing."
She scolded, and the girls who had hated to kill each other with their eyes suddenly stopped.
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"This is the Yongqing River, grab the corpse and throw it into the water."
When the girls heard this, they were stunned:
"Throw into the river?"
Song Qingxiao bowed slightly, and the woman holding the cat hesitated:
"Won't anyone find out about it?"
"Who's going to find out?" Song Qingxiao glanced at her and asked rhetorically.
Recently, the war has dragged on, and there are countless corpses in the river, so one of them is thrown into it, and it is mixed into the pile of corpses, and as long as everyone keeps silent, it is impossible for anyone to find out about it.
"But, but ......," the youngest woman stammered, "this man has an extraordinary background, and his relatives are close ministers of the king's sideβ"
Before she finished speaking, Song Qingxiao showed a faint smile:
"There are so many people on board."
There are more than a dozen boatyards where these women are imprisoned alone, not to mention the three battalions of yellow, white, and red.
Managing so many people is something that one person can't do.
The so-called relatives said that at most, they would use this identity to seek some convenience, and it was impossible to pay attention to the life and death of this person thoughtfully.
"What's more," she stepped on the corpse with one foot, her legs slightly apart, her upper body leaned down, and she made eye contact with the tearful girl kneeling on the ground:
"Relatives are also useless, when a person is alive, this person is a relative, and when he is dead, he is just a corpse."
Loose hair fell from the sides of her cheeks, casting a shadow on her cheeks:
"During the war, so many people die every day, and one or two people are missing, no one will notice it at all."
Song Qingxiao's words were extremely tempting, especially for the few women who were desperate at this time, more like a life-saving duckweed in despair:
"As long as you don't say it, no one will know that he died here."
She softened her tone and coaxed:
"A few of you carried the body out, quietly threw it into the river, and then came back to clean up the place, even if someone pursued it afterwards, but the river had already washed away his body, who could find out the clues?"
At that time, everyone will have a share in throwing the corpse, and this matter will become a secret in everyone's hearts, and each other will be tight-lipped and naturally safe.
Several women were immediately tempted by her, and when they heard this, they even felt that it made sense, and they couldn't help nodding their heads again and again.
The expression of the woman holding the cat changed slightly, as if she was a little surprised, and as if she was a little stunned and regretful, but this emotion quickly disappeared and turned into a trace of excitement.
"In that case, we need to act quickly."
She hugged the cat in one hand, and walked over to the head that was twisted off by Song Qingxiao, and gritted her teeth with hatred and lifted the head by the hair.
There was still surprise on the face of the human head, as if he didn't expect that he would die in Song Qingxiao's hands so soon.
"Hurry up and ......"
She was actually still a little scared, and the cat in her arms made a terrible cry of 'meow, meow' when she lifted her head.
The woman's hand trembled incessantly, causing her to hold the cat a little tightly, but she still clung to the white cat, fearing that if she let go, she would lose it.
The other women were very scared, I don't know if it was because of the fear of throwing the corpse, or because of the fear of this person's remains, even if they agreed with Song Qing's words, no one dared to muster up the courage to touch the corpse that was trampled by Song Qingxiao.
Even if the woman holding the cat urged, several people kept crying, biting their lips and shaking their heads, not daring to get up.
"At this time, there is no one to help you." Song Qing supported her thighs with her elbows, and looked coldly at several women with desperate faces:
"The only one who can help you is yourself."
Her words were so cold that several women wept helplessly.
"The more indecisive you are, the easier it is to be spotted."
She tilted her head and clearly saw the look of panic in the girl's eyes:
"It's better to start early, there is still a chance of life."
After Song Qing finished saying this, the woman holding the cat lowered her head, pressed her cheek against the cat's head, and held the human head in one hand, without making a sound.
"You are human beings, not military quartermasters." Her tone was not hurried, but what she said made several women who were still crying stunned:
"It's your misfortune to be in troubled times, but even so, there are ways to live. People don't treat you as human beings, so you need to treat yourself as human beings, and remember that you are not just numb and resigned to fate. β
She stepped on the corpse under her feet, and smiled:
"You see, he's not as terrible as you think, in fact he knocks him down with a single blow, and he's very vulnerable."
What scared them was only the system of bullying women established by Li Guochao.
He suppressed the will of the women and made them lose their desire to resist.
I'd rather hate each other, but I can't have the courage to fight to the death.
They spy on each other, they are not only victims under the Li Guochao system, but also become supporters, and they are fierce in their words between each other's attacks and beatings, but they are unwilling to work together, this kind of resignation is more terrible than anything else, corroding the hearts of this group of women.
Until this time, Song Qingxiao's unexpected intrusion broke this strange balance.
"If he doesn't die, he will seize you and throw you into the Red Camp."
And now that he's dead, if someone finds out, the worst outcome will be the same - "In that case, why not fight it?" β
Song Qingxiao's words gradually poked the hearts of several women, causing the originally frightened women to begin to waver, and their faces showed a look of struggle.
"So be it." Song Qingxiao sighed softly, "You carry the body out and throw it into the river, if it is found and the matter is revealed, anyway, I killed the person, and it has nothing to do with you, and then all the crimes will be put on my head, and you will never be implicated." β
As soon as she said this, the girls suddenly seemed to have great worries and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Now, come and carry the body."
Song Qingxiao saw their reactions in his eyes, couldn't help pursing his lips, and kicked the corpse under his feet again.
The girls were still a little scared, but fortunately, they were no longer crying and crying like before.
After a while, the youngest woman mustered up her courage and crawled in the direction of Song Qingxiao.
As soon as she moved, several others followed suit, tentatively grabbing the corpse's arm.
After death, the body is extremely heavy, but this heaviness cannot be compared with the fear in the hearts of several people.
Once the girls decided to do it, there was no way out, and even with all their strength, they lifted the headless corpse up.
The woman holding the cat looked up at everyone, and then at Song Qingxiao in a daze, and there seemed to be a flash of water in her eyes.
"Sister Jo'er, see if there's anyone outside."
After deciding to do this, several people finally regained their composure, and one of them called out to the woman holding the cat a little uncomfortably.
The woman holding the cat was obviously not used to being called so, so she answered with some twists, lifted the curtain and went out to take a look, and then said softly:
"No one."
The boat was close to the river, and there were boathouses on both sides, but fortunately, the women in the other boats did not dare to go out easily, for fear that breaking the 'rules' would cause trouble.
Therefore, several people made such a movement, but no one dared to come out to check.
The corpse was carried out by several women, and was thrown into the river smoothly with a 'poof'.
I saw that the rippling waves of the water quickly devoured the corpse, as if the shadow that had been shrouding the hearts of the women all the time dispersed as the corpse was thrown into the water.
The woman holding the cat threw her head into the water as if venting her anger.
In the sound of splashing, the already reddened river waves swallowed up the human head, and the river water hit the human head downward, and soon disappeared without a trace.
"So, is it that simple?"
The woman holding the cat threw the head away, her face was still close to the cat, and muttered.
Her body shook like everyone else, but there was no indescribable lightness in her words.
"How hard can it be?"
Song Qingxiao's voice sounded from behind them, and several people were taken aback and turned around in a hurry.
"The hard thing is just to break the fear in my heart and take the first step, not the process of doing things."
As long as you break the magic barrier you have set up for yourself, everything will naturally be much easier.
When the women heard this, they were stunned, and the woman holding the cat lowered her eyelids and covered the look in her eyes.