17 Heavenly Punishment - A 004

Guo received a notice early this morning and went to the second floor of the park canteen for a meeting at 10 o'clock in the morning. The canteen is in the administrative office area, a low-lying area at the foot of the mountain. This structure is determined by the nature of their enterprise, "the dead are great", at least in this place, the good places are reserved for the dead, the role of the living is to serve these deceased people, and the balance of yin and yang has its own reason.

The canteen is located in the center of the administrative district, the area is not large, a total of two floors of more than 400 square meters, usually when there is nothing to do, the upper and lower two floors are used as a restaurant for eating. If there is any event, the second floor is temporarily turned into a meeting room or a small auditorium. Today, the person in charge suddenly wanted to hold a summary meeting here, and everyone was a little caught off guard. I was going to go home from work, but I had to curse in my heart while arriving at the venue early with everyone. When Guo Sanri arrived in a hurry, he found that the conference room on the second floor was already full of people, and there had to be a hundred and eighty number, not to mention a hundred and eighty. This really surprised him, there were so many people in the park who usually didn't even look like a figure. How does he know, how can such a large cemetery be taken care of by less people, but everyone is not like him who works here 24 hours a day, and he can go back after the work in his hands is over, as long as there are no problems with the work, the time is relatively free. For example, in gardening, as long as the flowers and plants in the garden are arranged and pruned according to the change of seasons, no one asks you what you have to do every day. Another example is cleaning, because the park is on the mountain, half of it belongs to the natural scenery, so there is no need to clean a large area of leaves, and if there are no special requirements for the tomb, it is generally arranged by the family members to take care of themselves, they only need to keep the main road and some public facilities clean and tidy. There are not many opportunities to meet in person due to the time of day and place of work. But in such a large park, all aspects are added together, and one hundred and eighty people still need it. In addition to Guo Sanri, it is also necessary to commute to and from work on time, and according to the normal work system, it is the sales and customer service part. But they are all based in the city, so there are fewer opportunities to interact with people in the park. As for the management and finance, although there is almost one person and one office in the administrative building of the park, it is rare to come here when there is nothing to do. There are a few days a month when you can come over and make a show, and you can take a turn, which is already very good, and you are more serious and responsible. Most of the time, I spend my time working with the beautiful women and handsome guys who sell them in the office buildings in the city.

Looking at this audience, the few people who have met and the stage, except for the person in the chairman's seat who has a relationship when he recruited himself, the others are complete strangers. This was the first time that Guo Sanri felt crowded and restrained after doing this job.

Just as he was about to sit down on an empty chair at the door, he saw the leader on the rostrum beckoning to him and pointing to an empty seat in front of him, as if asking him to sit on the empty seat in front of him. Guo Sanri looked left and right, and made sure that there was no one else behind him, who should be greeting himself, so he walked over with a confused face. Not long after sitting down, under the signal of the person in charge of the meeting, everyone quieted down and waited for the leader to speak: "Now our President Liu, make an evaluation and summary of everyone's performance during this time, and also point out the direction for everyone's future work......", as a large series of nonsense from the person in charge of the meeting came to an end, the leader who sat in the chair and waved to Guo Sanri cleared his throat and was ready to speak. This made Guo Sanri a little surprised, he never thought that his little security guard, at best called "administrator", was personally recruited by a company CEO. It's actually that he doesn't know enough about the situation. Just from the members of the association, you can see that the whole enterprise is composed of two parts. Part of it is management and some more civilian work, which has certain requirements for the education and quality of personnel, but it is based in the urban area. The other part is the daily maintenance work of the park, mainly to maintain some flowers and plants and maintain environmental hygiene, as long as you can be competent for the job, there is no requirement for academic qualifications or anything. Most of them were farmers in the neighborhood who had nothing to do at home and happened to come to work in the cemetery. There is not a lot of communication between this area and the outside world, they are all local farmers who deal with small and fields, the treatment given by the park is good, the work is easy, and it is naturally the best of the best, selected, and there will be no problem for them to complete this work. But there is one other post, that is, Guo Sanri, the "little security guard", one must require that the age is not too big, and it also needs to have a certain temperament, which basically eliminated the nearby villagers, and now the rest of the villages in the remote places are all old, weak, sick and disabled, and those who have some ability and younger people have gone to work in big cities, how many people are farming at home. Another point is even more terrible, that is, you also need to manage more than a dozen surveillance videos to have a simple understanding of the computer, which basically does not need to be considered in the nearby villages. Because of these two reasons, before Guo San came, this position had been empty for more than half a year. But you can't not do the work because there is no special person, there are people, there must be someone to receive it, so before that, several leaders with drivers are on duty in turn, this decision is issued by Mr. Liu personally, in order to show democracy, he himself has to take turns for three or four days a month, but he has never been here for a day, although everyone does not like to do it, but there are always those who love to pat on the back, and they are hard to top. In this short period of time, the matter was resolved, but after a long time, the leaders who sat in the office stopped doing it, and came to the person in charge of the personnel department one after another, and scolded him. But scolding and scolding, people still can't recruit, Mr. Liu himself feels that this is not a long-term solution, and the management of an enterprise can't take turns to look at the door all day long. Is it so difficult to recruit a "doorman"? He really didn't believe in this evil and decided to deal with it himself. In fact, after finishing speaking, he himself regretted it, if he couldn't find a suitable candidate, wouldn't he slap himself in the face? But after the leader of an enterprise speaks, he will change his hexagram, which will become a system. The person in charge of the personnel department was so happy that he was about to jump up, and everyone scolded him like a rice bucket in the past six months, this time Mr. Liu came to catch it in person, and see what else you guys were talking about, and then they all honestly went to see the gate and lost their temper. But it's still the old saying, it's up to people to make things happen, ability is one thing, it's really not good if you're not convinced by luck, Mr. Liu met Guo Sanri, who was stunned, and the matter was successfully resolved. The person in charge of the personnel department has not eased up, everyone's ridicule and accusation against him has passed in an instant, and it has become a vigorous pursuit of Mr. Liu, "There is really no thing that Mr. Liu can't solve...... "How else can Mr. Liu make the enterprise so big......", "It's so capable......", this time the sycophants are saved from drafting, and it does solve everyone's practical problems, and everyone knows that the person in charge of the personnel department knows that it no longer makes sense to scold him, and he will be in the company in the future. I can only be a man with my tail between my legs.

18 Heavenly Rebuke - A004 (2)

With Mr. Liu's cough, everyone's thoughts were pulled back to the venue.

Below, we want to commend the recent outstanding personnel, the first is "Guo Sanri" comrade, he not only completed his own work conscientiously and responsibly, but also beautified the park in his spare time, solved some of the problems in the sweeping project, and turned his hobby into the motivation for work, everyone should learn from him, we can see the bits and pieces you pay for the enterprise, so the company leaders decided together to reward Comrade Guo Sanri with 5,000 yuan in cash to encourage. Next, the heads of each department will announce the winners of their departments. ”

This paragraph not only confused Guo Sanri, but also thought about the few potted vegetables he planted at the door of the monitoring room to save money, and the grass seeds he planted to help Old Man Zhou, and he actually let himself get a bonus, haha, this is really going to be transferred. More than he was surprised by the leaders of various departments, although Guo Sanri won the award, everyone knew in advance, but the general award-winning personnel were announced by the head of the department, although his department is not easy to define, but issued by other departments, just report back, I didn't expect Mr. Liu to personally award, but also sent as much as 5,000 yuan. In the future, their amount cannot be much less, each person also needs more than 3,000 yuan, and there are an average of eight or nine winners in a department, which is also an expense. What's more, the money is borne by each department itself, and the people in charge are dripping blood in their hearts, and the monthly bonus is gone, who can be willing. After a few eye contacts, it was agreed that the money would be recovered from the HR department. This once again illustrates the truth that soft persimmons are used to pinch, especially when you can get benefits, there are too few people who really care about the life and death of others, and it is already good to be able to stay on your lips. No matter how insignificant the benefit is to yourself, you should actively participate in it, because it proves that you are the one who makes the profit, not the one who is divided, which is very important in a business.

With the cheerful atmosphere, the conference came to an end. Everyone's joy is from the bottom of our hearts, you must know that this year's prize money is nearly double that of last year. Of course, Guo Sanri didn't know anything, and he was still glad to be able to come to such a good company. Under the infection of the elated emotions of most people, the clouds in the sky seemed to glow red, and slowly the sky began to turn red, not an illusion, but really turned red. The red light of the sky came from the side of the mountain, all the leaders who participated in the meeting walked out with Mr. Liu, looking at the fire with bursts of smoke on the other side of the mountain, everyone did not have much worry, behind the mountain is a river, the river is very wide, the water is very large, it can be said that it is the mother river of the city, which feeds the whole city, so no matter how big the fire is, it will not burn here.

"The land that Mr. Liu spent a lot of money to hire candidates for is really a treasure of feng shui."

"That's right, the company's summary meeting coincided with this fire, does it indicate that our company is prosperous and wants to ......?"

These two sentences obviously didn't shoot in the right place, and before they finished speaking, they were stopped by a sharp look from Mr. Liu. The two were suddenly a little embarrassed, and they were also a little resentful of each other. The former blamed the latter for not answering, and the latter blamed the former for not having a good timing and ignoring each other. When the company is big, the interpersonal relationship will be very complicated, and the pessimist does not have to be pessimistic, maybe one day he will seize an opportunity and become prominent again; Optimists don't have to be overly optimistic, and they may one day stumble and annoy people.

There was a lot of chatter in the crowd, but Mr. Liu, who was standing on the steps, had his own judgment in his heart. This fire can't burn itself, but such a big fire city must attach great importance to it, and he is the elected representative of the city, can he stand by and watch at that time? After so many years of contact, my ideological consciousness has not grown. If the emergency team comes to see themselves here, they have to be stationed if they don't say well, and there are no other large-scale enterprises nearby, and today they happen to have all the personnel, hundreds of numbers, and then they don't have to do anything else, not necessarily use them on the fire, but it is natural for other aspects to contribute, and the fire control is good, if the control is not good, there is no need to mention the commendation or something, all kinds of cost losses, can you reach out to the leader in the face of difficulties? We can't share our worries and bear difficulties in special times, and we can't increase our troubles. So after thinking about it for a long time, Mr. Liu decided to take these management and clerks who could not actually help the fire, first return to the city, evacuate the population density, and then tell Guo Sanri that they work in the park and actively cooperate with the relevant departments. A group of management and civilian staff then left in a hurry in several cars and buses.

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The gardening that was left behind was surrounded by the cleaning uncles and aunts and Guo Sanri. Don't say that this look is really Guo Sanri, wearing a white shirt and glasses, he looks like a leader. But Guo Sanri is also curious, you don't need my guidance, why don't you go home and surround me, think about it again, after all, there is such a fire on the other side of the mountain, Mr. Liu said to him again when he left, as if he could decide this matter, but he himself knew that he was a "little security guard" He could decide a ball. But at the moment, he can't ignore it, so he also followed Mr. Liu's example, cleared his throat and said: "In this way, everyone will go to their respective posts according to the normal schedule, and the leaders of each group will stay and be the emergency team and go back with me, in case there is anything to do with someone else, everyone else will go back." In fact, Guo Sanri didn't know what position he was, but he didn't need to know it, it was all arranged before him. The matter was explained clearly, and he took more than 20 team leaders back to the monitoring room with only a dozen square meters. This once again made him feel that there were too many people working silently behind this seemingly empty and tidy park. There are more than 20 people in the slightly narrow room or squatting, or standing There are not so many chairs for them to sit on and really can't sit down, but everyone is not bored, staring at the small screens, which are the main crossings of their daily work, they are very curious, they have not paid attention to walking there every day, what is this thing for? They don't know that this is called surveillance, the picture inside can be saved, the role is to protect them, to be honest, this place except them, no one seems to want to come, but this is a unified requirement of the city, uneasiness is not designated to work, Guo Sanri gave them a proper explanation.

In the evening, a group of firefighters came, seeing that their leaders were not there, only one security guard was in charge, borrowed a few shovels and some fire-fighting facilities and left, Guo Sanri also took the initiative to ask if these people were going to go with them, and they refused to see if there could be anything else, so they all dispersed and went home.

20 Heavenly Rebuke - A004 (4)

The fire burned all night, and when Guo San got up early the next day, he saw that the entire cemetery was covered with a faint layer of wood ash. There were still small puffs of black smoke coming out of the mountain, but the flames were no longer visible, and it was estimated that they would be completely extinguished by the afternoon. I don't know if there are any casualties, it seems that the economic loss should not be small, thinking of this, Guo turned on the TV on the third day, he rarely watches the news, and he doesn't know which program is more timely and objective. But what he didn't expect was that the fire was reported by all local stations and broadcast on national channels, and so far, there were no casualties, and the fire was effectively controlled. The cause of the fire is somewhat complicated, the national channel broadcast that it is still investigating, and after the local media visited the site, the information transmitted back was that the fire started naturally, but the picture was full of fire and smoke, and there were no photos of the fire point and some details. However, there is a Nature Discovery Channel, which reports more completely and in detail, but it is a little unbelievable. According to reports, the fire started in a valley, and the cause of the fire was a lightning strike, but the location was quite strange, it was an ancient tree sticking out of a cliff, and it was pointed out that there was a suspected unknown object on it that first suffered a lightning strike and caught fire, and then ignited the ancient tree, and the falling sparks fell on the dead branches of the valley, and the fire spread rapidly, eventually causing a forest fire. What's even more rare is that a lot of live photos were released in the show, and the picture was relatively clear. A 7,8-meter-long ribbon object hung on the tree, blackened, and the ancient tree was burned beyond recognition, and an expert in the program team was very convinced that the ribbon object was a snake. Guo Sanri also felt that it did look like a snake, but how could a snake hang on a tree in mid-air, and how could it suddenly be struck by lightning and caught fire. There was no rain on the day of the fire, which Guo Sanri was impressed by, they were holding a summary meeting of the company at the time, and for the first time in their lives, they also won a cash reward of 5,000 yuan for the first time, the sky was bright and he was in the same mood, not even a dark cloud, and it was too strange to be struck by lightning on a sunny day. His questions were also raised by other experts present in the show, and endless arguments followed, and the show became uninteresting and boring. Guo Sanri turned off the TV impatiently, watching the black smoke on the other side of the mountain gradually become smaller, and it should not be long before the rescue operation will be over. Since the fire was almost extinguished, and there were no casualties, it didn't matter if it was a snake that died, there was no point in arguing too much. At this time, a bean-sized raindrop hit the tip of his nose, and the sky rained heavily without warning, and the rain became very heavy in an instant, and the mountains in the distance gradually became a little blurred.

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In the evening, the rain gradually decreased, the fire on the other side of the mountain was basically extinguished, no smoke came out again, the heavy rain also washed the park new, the rows of tombstones were clean and neat, and the road was spotless, it seems that tomorrow the cleaning aunts do not have to work more for this fire. Just when Guo Sanri's mood became refreshing due to the heavy rain, a black car slowly drove in the distance, and it seemed that it should have set off from the city when the rain was still falling. Now that the sky has begun to darken, the cemetery where Guo Sanri is located is theoretically open to the public 24 hours a day, but usually after two or three o'clock in the afternoon, few people come back. Is there anything special about this person today? I saw a white-haired old man walking down alone, and the driver did not get out of the car with him. The old man walked towards the monitoring room, if in the past, when someone came over, Guo Sanri would take the initiative to go over and take the family members of the deceased to the predetermined tomb, but today this situation is a bit special, and he really didn't understand what was going on for a while. What is this old man here for? It doesn't look like saying goodbye to a loved one. So when the old man walked this way, he hurriedly greeted him, bowed and asked, "Do you need any help?" The old man looked at him and opened his mouth, as if he had something to say, but he didn't know how to open his mouth for a while, and after a while, he seemed to clear his mind and said, "I'm going to put something in the tomb." This sentence is really a little confusing, it is said that the tomb is to put things, but there seems to be no choice in what can be placed, is it that this old man bought the cemetery for other purposes? Seeing Guo Sanri stunned and looking at himself, the old man knew that he might not have made his meaning clear, so he explained that his family had chosen a cemetery for him here, and he wanted to put some of his things in it, but he had never been here before, and wanted Guo Sanri to help lead the way. Although it is a little strange to say this, Guo Sanri basically understands, people are old, some things have been used for a long time, and they naturally have feelings, and they are reluctant to leave their side, so they want to take it all the time, and the prevailing style of funeral in ancient times originated from this, looking at the old man's firm eyes, Guo Sanri readily agreed. The tomb purchased by the old man's relatives is located on the side of the second phase of Park A, and it takes more than 30 minutes to walk through it normally, but the two of them have nothing to say all the way and only take more than 20 minutes to arrive. A marble baffle half a meter square was covered with a half-meter square on it, and there was not a word on the tombstone, but the old man was in a trance. Guo Sanri looked at this situation, and it was estimated that this marble was too heavy for people of this age, and he should be worried about how to move it. So he stretched out his hand to help, but the old man waved his hand, as if he was thinking about something, as if he hadn't figured out something too much. "Young man, do you think what you took with the dead is still his?" was suddenly asked such a question, Guo Sanri didn't know how to answer for a while, and thought about it: "If according to traditional culture, the funeral things still belong to the owner of the tomb." "Yes, yes, yes, this is a funeral!" The old man seemed to be talking to himself, and as if he was responding. Guo Sanri also felt funny, and thought, if you don't know that it is a funeral, what are you doing in a hurry to send it here? Then he said: "If you like it too much, you are really reluctant, you can put it in first, and I will open it for you." "Reluctant?!" The old man seemed to have heard some joke, but he couldn't laugh, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times and then regained his calm, turned his head to look at Guo Sanri and asked, "Is there a fire in front of this mountain in the past few days?" Guo Sanri was asked a little inexplicably by this old man's heavenly and underground sentences, so he told the old man everything he knew in the past few days and the current progress, lest he remember what to ask for a while, and when the person is old, you can't be too serious with him. Guo Sanri talked about it in general, and felt that the two of them were just standing in front of the tombstone and talking, which was a bit too strange, so he wanted to let the old man finish the matter first, and if he was really interested, he could talk to him carefully when he walked back. Unexpectedly, after the old man listened, he hurriedly told Guo Sanri that he didn't need to move the marble baffle first, and he wanted to go over the fire on the other side of the mountain to have a look. Looking at the already dark sky, Guo Sanri was a little hesitant. Seeing this, the old man also felt that his request might be a little excessive. But he has decided that he must go over to see it today, and the reason is naturally not to say to the young man in front of him now, but he is not a person who has to make inches and rely on the old to sell the old when others are good at talking, so he said: "That's it, young man, as long as you promise to take me there, you can accept the 1,000 yuan first, no matter what happens, I don't need you to be responsible." This made Guo Sanri a little embarrassed, he was originally just because it was getting late, and the old man was so old, it was really inconvenient to enter the mountain, I didn't expect this old man to be so resolute, people may have a special feeling for the mountains and rivers of their hometown when they are old, and if they insist on not taking the old man into the mountain, it will be a little unkind. So Guo Sanri reluctantly agreed, he didn't plan to ask for the money, but the old man insisted that this was what he deserved, Guo Sanri had no choice, so he had to accept two hundred, and the matter was settled.

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The two left the cemetery and climbed up the path. Guo Sanri had been controlling his pace, originally thinking that he might need to rest a few times halfway, but the old man's physical strength really surprised him, and he followed him closely, without any intention of stopping. In this way, the two of them, one young and one old, staggered and walked for more than half an hour, and finally arrived at the valley where the fire started. The fire had already been extinguished, and there was still a cordon painted in white ash on the ground, and the air was filled with a pungent chemical smell, which should be a fire-fighting spray. The valley was empty, and from time to time there were a few mechanical vibrations and human words in the distance, probably still putting some finishing touches. Looking at the deep valley bottom, Guo Sanri couldn't help but feel a burst of fear in his heart, this valley is not big, it is only half a football field, but it is bottomless, and the four walls are steep, it is more like a huge "deep pit" than a valley. The fire was ignited in the middle of the cliff, and the fire should have spread upwards and affected the trees around the "deep pit", and it should have been a thrilling scene to imagine that this place was like a torch spewing out fire snakes and burning everything around it. The fact that this fire was extinguished in such a timely manner should have a lot to do with the heavy rain. They were not at the scene at the time, thinking that the widespread fire had been brought under control, with only a puff of smoke left, which should be extinguished soon. Now it seems that the smoke should come out of this valley, looking at the terrain and the depth of the valley, if there is no heavy rain, it is possible to burn for a few more days or a few months, Guo Sanri can't help but feel more cordial to the heavy rain in his heart.

While he was still feeling emotional, the old man had climbed to the edge of the "deep pit" and leaned down against a stone to look down. This frightened Guo Sanri into a cold sweat, and hurriedly stepped forward to support the old man, telling him to be more careful, if this once it falls, no one can find it.

The upper part of the valley had been blackened by the fire, and there was not even a single grass left, and the already steep cliffs were now as smooth as a shovel, and it was impossible for anything to walk up and down along it. In the second half of the valley, the damage is not so serious, the vegetation is still lush and lush, and there is no bottom in sight, and if something really falls, let alone find, it is unlikely that it can go down. On the bare cliff, there is also an ancient tree that has been mostly carbonized, and a black ribbon-shaped unknown object hangs on it.

Looking at Guo Sanri's frightened expression, the old man was full of smiles. Guo Sanri was stunned and a little strange, was this old man stupid, or was his expression really so exaggerated just now. When I thought that I was a young man and made a white-haired old man laugh, it was really not very long-faced, and I straightened up with some annoyance and was about to take the old man back. The smile on the old man's face did not fade, he reached out and took out something in his arms, a purse the size of a fist, and threw it out. All this happened too suddenly, and before Guo Sanri could figure out what was going on, the purse had already drawn an arc and fell downward. At this moment, a sudden gust of wind blew up from the bottom of the valley, blowing a gap in the purse, and a gem the size of a duck's egg with a blue light slipped out of it and fell to the bottom of the valley, but the purse fell under Guo Sanri's feet with the wind.

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All this that happened in just a few tens of seconds made Guo Sanri a little overwhelmed and stunned. After a while, he picked up his purse and walked towards the old man. At this time, the old man seemed to have just finished a competition or had just completed a difficult task, and he was slumped on the rock, just like the old man who was walking like a fly, and his whole body was full of energy. Guo Sanri walked to his side and said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "You are old, you came all the way over, you won't just want to skim a glass ball of more than ten yuan!" The old man looked at him with a smile and said a little tiredly, "No, it's a real gem." Although he had been prepared, Guo Sanri couldn't help but be taken aback after hearing the answer. If it was a real gem, even if he didn't understand it, but judging from the luster and size just released, it was a rare treasure that made many rich people bankrupt, and it was thrown under the cliff by this old man without hesitation, could it be that there was something wrong with this old man's brain? But Guo Sanri carefully observed, and if he had to say that one of the two people was not clear enough, he thought that person must be himself. Decent dress, resolute eyes, and wise face, there is nothing that can make a normal person have a trace of disrespect for this old man, but things are very unreasonable, a respectable old man threw a "family heirloom" down like this, if it is not his own hallucination, how should all this be understood! The old man seemed to see Guo Sanri's confusion, nodded at him, and let him sit next to him, with a sigh, the old man slowly opened his mouth: "Young man, this is a very long story, if you want to hear it, I can tell it to you, it can be regarded as a burial ...... for 'it'."

That was before the liberation, and the old man's grandfather was a local smelting official in the Qing Dynasty. It is said that it is an official, but it is not much different from the ordinary people, there is no sedan chair, there is no mansion, and the local smelters go into the mountains to mine together, and everything has to be asked about every detail, although the official is not big, there are many things in charge. And the "deep pit" they are in now was originally the largest mine in the area. There are several surrounding villages where villagers make a living from mining all year round.

One day, when a villager was mining, he came across a new mezzanine that was very different from the previous mining layer, the stone was hard and the color was blue, so he reported it to the old man's grandfather. After learning about the situation, a smelter who has been mining for a living for generations thought that there must be some treasure in it, so he asked for his three sons and dozens of villagers to take the initiative to go to the mine to dig for it. Originally, this was an open-pit mine, and it was not dangerous to mine layer by layer along the surface, but in order to find treasure, they had to dig a new layer of rock in the cliff wall, which was equivalent to digging another hole in the cliff wall. The mountain is complex, and no one can be sure that there will be an accident if they dig like this, but in the face of the blue gems that have been mined one after another, everyone can't care about these things for a while. The color and quantity of the gems are astonishing, and they are so easy to mine that it is as if someone had buried them in advance and waited for them to dig them, leaving the otherwise hard mountain to become unusually soft. After being mined for more than half a year, the gems that had been unearthed one after another suddenly disappeared. The soil quality has not changed, it is still the blue stone layer, but no matter how much you dig, you can't dig up the gems. At this time, the cave body has been hundreds of meters long, everyone is unwilling to dig forward dozens of meters, but it is still the same, it is all miscellaneous stones, it turns out that the large pieces of blue gems that appeared, not even a star and a half, others have to give up, but the Yehu and his three sons still insist on continuing to mine, and they can't persuade them, so they go. In this way, the four of them dug for another two or three days, and things finally changed, a complete cyan rock was blocked in front, the color was slightly darker than those miscellaneous stones before, and what was even more surprising was that it owed a rough gem of about half a meter in the middle, which they had never seen in nearly a year, and how big a gem was such a large rough stone to break! In the past, the rough stones they found were only the size of a fist, and the largest did not exceed the mouth of the bowl, and the top quality was only the size of a copper coin after being processed into gemstones. Most of the people who started the mountain were a little superstitious, and suddenly faced with such a large piece of gemstone, everyone had no idea for a while. If this is the last gem that God has given to this mountain, should we mine it back, "We can't afford such a great blessing." "Some old people were afraid of what effect he would have on the mountain and didn't want to touch the stone. But most people can't bear to bury the excavated gems again. In the end, everyone discussed and decided to break the rough stone and dig out the gem without moving the boulder, so that although some losses may also damage the gem, it is better than nothing at all. Kaishi is a technical job, Yehu is not at ease with his sons, decided to do it himself, with a little cracking of the rough stone, a fist-sized blue gem is displayed, in the old Yehu a hammer carefully knocked down, with a glimmer of light, a blue gem that almost completely fell off, held in the hands of the old Yehu, this is simply incredible. Before everyone could make a sound, the ground shook, and several boulders on the top of the cave fell silently, and everyone else was unharmed, except for the old farmer who was crushed under the whole body, and the hand holding the gem remained outside.

24 Heavenly Punishment - A 004 (8)

The gems that Lao Yehu exchanged for his life were offered in the ancestral hall of the village. People from several other surrounding villages coveted it, but no one had enough reason to take the gem away from it. After a long time, people slowly accepted it, and no one thought that the gem should leave here, as if since ancient times, there was such a jewel in that village, and that gem belonged to that village, everything was so natural, and no one would mention this matter again, only remember that there was such a village, there was such an ancestral hall, and there was such a jewel.

The people of the village would go to the ancestral hall every morning to make a stick of incense, and then the door of the ancestral hall would be locked, and there would be nothing else special, and it would not be opened again for a day.

One morning, everyone came to the ancestral hall to offer incense as usual, but found that the gem embedded in the idol had disappeared at some point, leaving a deep pit that was larger than the original. The originally silent hall suddenly boiled, and the villagers could not accept a statue of a god without gems standing solemnly in front of them. Under the leadership of the patriarch, they all rushed out of the main hall and searched for the surrounding mountains and forests. Finally, the person who stole the gem was found under a mountain stream, it was a villager in this village, surnamed Wu Chi, he was responsible for the vigil that day, in people's impression, people have always been very honest, it is difficult for everyone to imagine that he can do this kind of thing, he was already dead when he found it, he may have accidentally fallen down and died when walking at night in the middle of the night, but some people think that this is a "curse" and deserves it. Anyway, the gem was found, and everyone felt that it was not appropriate to embed it back into the idol, and two people had died in the village for a gem. This is a big deal in a small closed village, and if the court reports it, it may have to suffer a lawsuit, and the crime of "private mining" is said to be detained.

In China's pre-feudal society, people did not need to be very capable, especially ordinary people, and the most important thing was to be obedient. As for this statement, it is naturally not nonsense, it is all refined from the classics and used by the emperor. The most important task in the emperor's heart must be "stability", so that his country can be passed on to all generations. Therefore, no matter whether it is a state, a county, a county, or a village, as long as you have a mess, you will be punished, and it is not an exaggeration to cut off your head. At that time, whatever "mining documents" you come up with, and say that you have been working for generations, and that you have done it according to the law...... it is all nonsense. Who told you to bother Lafayette, Mu Min just kept the whole dynasty quietly. Of course, the death of two people in such a small place is not as loud as a fart for such a large empire as the Qing Dynasty, but whether this fart is reported or not is decided to be on the little smelting official of the old man's grandfather. Therefore, after consulting with the patriarch and others, the old man's grandfather decided that this gem would be kept by him first, and if there was any accountability from the imperial court in the future, he would explain it to the imperial court on his behalf. Although everyone is a little unwilling, but after all, the gem is still at the door of the house is still their own thing, besides, people say "custody" on behalf of the people, not private possession, so the matter is decided.

But if the gem was taken home like this, it would be too ostentatious once the information was spread, and after thinking about it, the old man's grandfather decided to put the gem with a widow in the village first. The widow's man had been in trouble in the mine not long after she had crossed the door, and had been in love with the old man's grandfather for many years, and had been treating her like a side room, a separate courtyard, and it was safe to keep her there. But people's hearts are complicated, and the world changes, and because of this, this strange gem has devoured the life of a young woman.

25 Heavenly Rebuke - A004 (9)

The gem sat on the young widow's side for years. Until one day, the son of the old man's grandfather, who is also the old man's father, got engaged to get married, and wanted to get the gems back on the day of the big day. But what people didn't expect was that on the day she went to get the gem, the little widow was like a crazy child, and she didn't let anyone get close to the gem, and she didn't let anyone take it. If a few big men can't even do this little thing, how can they have the face to meet the old man's father when they go back, and they won't be able to gain a foothold in the mine in the future. Thinking of these people, they gradually became angry, and pushed the little widow down in the pushing, but they didn't expect that when they fell, their heads hit the steps, and the people fell to their deaths. Several big men were also dumbfounded, but the incident had already happened, and there was no way to do it, so they had to carry the people and the gem back together. Still preparing for a happy event, no one expected this to happen. I can't take care of it so much now, so I quietly buried the little widow, told the neighbors that she died of illness herself, and continued to do lifelong things for the old man's father. But after such a fuss, everyone's hearts are not so happy, there is always that trace of shadow, everyone feels that there is something wrong with the gem, and the faint blue light seems to reveal a cool air. In just a few years, 3 people have died on this gem, and all of them were accidents. It's hard to explain, but everyone thinks that this seemingly beautiful gem doesn't seem to bring good luck to those who possess it, but to kill them. Some people even directly said that a rare treasure like this should not appear here, and mortals do not have such a big aura to hold it. And its appearance was too strange back then, I remember that many old people did not agree with the mining at that time, for fear of touching the mountain. In reality, it was true, and soon after it was taken out of the cave, the entrance to the cave collapsed, blocking the entire cave. After that, there were often smelters who went to the mines, and heard a sound coming from the cave. Sometimes big and sometimes small, it sounds rustling, some like the sound of the wind, but not very much, and gradually few people are going to the mine from this side. But even so, the matter is not over, the mining area that has been mined for more than ten years has suddenly dried up, and a layer of stone is loess, and even a little bit of ore can not be dug out. This situation is rare in mining areas, and generally speaking, the depletion of a rich ore is gradual, and it is rare for the ore to disappear suddenly in a cliff like this. In the past, there were always people who joked that the essence of the earth was sucked away by something in order to dissipate their grievances, but today it seems that this gem is the condensation of the essence of the earth, and the mortals who possess this gem must suffer "heavenly damnation". The old man's grandfather told his father, "Hide this treasure in one place, and do not come near it until there is anything to do, and do not take it out in front of anyone." "Despite this, all kinds of rumors about gemstones have been spread, and what everyone longed for in the past is now avoided by everyone, and no one even wants to mention it directly, but when they talk about some other things, they tacitly exchange glances with each other, and that is it.

26 Heavenly Rebuke - A004 (10)

A few years later, the old man's grandfather died, and the family and official position were passed on to the old man's father. But gradually, the nearby mining areas were dried up one after another, and there was not much ore mined in a huge area. The old man's father exchanged the savings of several generations of his family for several large tracts of land, and the surrounding villagers followed suit and began to learn to cultivate the land. A mining area has gradually become no different from an ordinary village, but from time to time you can learn a little about the mining from some old people or a few steles, and there is no difference in the rest.

Time has been extrapolated, everything in the world is changing, the feudal empire is gradually disintegrating, and some young people with more ideas and foresight are working hard to change this society with their enthusiasm and blood. One day, the old man's house was smashed open by a group of people, and the old man's father was pushed out and placed under the big tree at the head of the village like some county officials and mansions, and the gem found in the house became ironclad evidence of his guilt. How can ordinary people have this kind of treasure, this is all the exploitation of the common people under feudal privileges. In response to loud appeals, they began to push and shove the old man's father and called on the villagers to report the evil deeds they had suffered over the years. The villagers stood numbly, to be honest, they didn't know what these people were doing, but they also felt that the world seemed to be changing, so although many people were very familiar with the old man's father, no one came up to help him along the way, let alone untie the rope for him. Now these young men have their braids cut and wear strange clothes, and they have pushed out all these officials in the yamen and tried them one by one. Sometimes they applauded, but more often they looked numbly, and as they do today, they didn't react too much to whether they knew them or not. A small number of applauded because those officials did have too much evil for the common people to hate, but such officials often ran faster than anyone else, and more of them were caught by those who felt that they could do something for the Qing Dynasty, or who didn't feel that they had anything to do with themselves like the old man's father, and didn't plan to escape. But no matter what they thought, they were doomed to disappear with this feudal empire. The old man's father was sentenced to death for the existence of this gem, and disappeared into the long river of history with the young people in the hustle and bustle.

At that time, the old man was still young, and many things had been forgotten, but the gem and his father were still fresh in his memory. Not long ago, at an international auction, the old man recognized the gem, which at that time was believed to have been inherited from a noble family abroad. But strangely enough, there are also a lot of legends attached to it about how evil it is. The old man knew that it was not evil, but that it might carry too much for mortals to bear. With his connections in the collecting world and other people's concerns about the gem itself, the old man managed to get it and put it in his private collection, where he remains to this day.

After hearing the old man's speech, Guo Sanri couldn't help sighing, for this gem, and for these people and things related to gemstones. But this gem didn't seem to bring any bad luck to the old man. The old man smiled faintly and said, "Maybe it's because you want me to bring it here, maybe it's because I've been in contact for too short a while, or maybe it's because I'm meeting you today, not someone else." Guo Sanri didn't understand the old man's words, so he picked up the old man and walked down together. As they walked back, they saw that there were many people going up the hill again, as if they were not wearing the same uniforms as the previous firefighters, and there might be more large-scale follow-up construction work to be done.

This night, Guo Santian, had a good night's sleep and slept soundly.

Conclusion: There are 10,000 kinds of things, and the area is based on size, number, weight, and what is the order; All things belong to the way of heaven, and the way of heaven is divided by quality, but how to distinguish the quality of all things, in the way of heaven, all things must have their domain, and the controllable domain is equivalent to their quality, which is called the way of heaven, if it is violated, it must not be held;