Chapter 504: Rich and Rivaling the Country
The punishment of hell is far more cruel and painful than the punishment of earth, and it is never-ending.
Zoe took me on a tour of the Frozen Hell, which corresponds to the Lava Hell that the Hellbringer took me through, the same hell I've been to, both of which are the heavens of ice and fire.
I whispered to Zoyi, "How can I get out of hell?" ”
Zuo Yi said lightly: "As long as the hell messenger agrees, you can leave at any time." ”
I secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and she said again, "Teacher Yuan, do you want to know the harshest punishment in hell?" ”
"The harshest punishment? I wonder what it will be? I agreed, and Zoe said, "Then you have to be mentally prepared!" ”
Zoe led me back in the direction I came, and as I passed the icy lake, I saw the souls of the onlookers excreting in the water.
"The humiliation in hell after death may be less than the humiliation in the world, after all, you can avoid your relatives and friends!" Zuo Yi said lightly.
We came to an abyss, and she grabbed my hand and led me into a tunnel through which I appeared in a bustling city.
I didn't expect such a bustling city in hell.
I asked Zuo Yi, "Is this an illusion?" ”
Zoe replied, "It's an illusion to you, but nothing could be more real than that for a family in this city." ”
She walked me into the city, where the honking of cars and the hustle and bustle of people showed the bustle and bustle of the city.
I looked back and saw that we had come out of a secret door under an overpass.
The writing in the city is very strange, I've never seen it before, but there are all kinds of people in the city, from sanitation workers in orange vests cleaning the streets, students on bicycles, newspaper vendors, taxi drivers.
The air is filled with smoke and car exhaust, banners and large-screen monitors on high-rise buildings, a pair of young men and women wearing suits, are introducing something, the background of the picture is a splendid castle, and a picture of a man appears in the upper right corner of the castle.
Zoe reached out and pulled down a taxi and got in, and she said something to the driver that I didn't understand.
The taxi took us swiftly down the street.
The sun suddenly appeared behind us, and as we passed a tall building, Zoi ordered the driver to stop, and she asked me to stay in the car and wait.
The taxi driver turned his face to reveal the face of a middle-aged American man, but he said something that I didn't understand, but I was sure that he had no ill will towards me, and I waved my hand to show that I didn't understand him.
I stuck my head out of the car window, and saw Zoe go up the steps and into the glass door next to a roller shutter, and I suddenly understood that Zoe was on his way to withdraw money.
Sure enough, Zoe returned to the car with a wad of banknotes, gave the driver two, and ordered the driver to continue driving.
Curious, I asked Zuo Yi for a piece of money, which had the head of a white-bearded man on the front and a city suspended in the sky on the back.
Zuo Yi introduced lightly: "This is the currency used in the Three Realms, with a portrait of God printed on the front and heaven on the back. ”
I asked, "Does the devil allow money with images of God and Heaven to circulate?" ”
Zoe said: "What can be done if it is not allowed? Who let the devil himself will not issue currency! ”
The taxi went up the winding road and stopped in front of a luxurious and stately castle. I suddenly found that this castle was the same castle in the local screen display outside the high-rise building just now, but the look was a little old.
We both got out of the car, but the taxi was still parked and didn't drive away.
Zoe introduced to me: "This castle is the property of one of the richest families in the world, and if the earth can be sold at a price, only this family can afford it!" ”
I thought to myself, which family in the world is so rich?
Zoe didn't want to reveal the name of the family, what was her words hiding?
I was about to ask for the name of the family, but she walked forward, picked up a sharp stone, and came to the gate as high as the Arc de Triomphe, and scraped the stone chips off the door with the stone, revealing a dazzling golden color.
"What else in this world is this color besides gold?" Zoe asked me.
I asked, "Is it possible that the gates of this castle are made of gold?" ”
"Not only the city gates, but the entire castle is made of gold, and if it weren't for this mutation, the wealth of the world would still be flowing into the family's account!" I couldn't understand what Zoe said.
I was tempted to visit the golden castle, but Zoe took me back to the taxi and ordered the driver to return.
The driver transported us into a city full of neon lights and brilliant lights.
I was feeling a little hungry, so she led me into a restaurant.
This restaurant doesn't look good on the outside, and the decoration on the inside is average, but there is a price list of meals with pictures on the wall, and the price is frighteningly expensive.
"It's a world full of money, and some people work for three days to earn enough money for a meal." Zoe introduced me to me, and I was a little skeptical.
In reality, if prices are high in a place, then wages will also be high, and it is impossible to have high prices and low wages.
For example, in one of our cities in China, Shenzhen, prices are indeed very high, but wages are also high. If there really are cities with high prices and low wages, this is against the laws of economics.
However, Zoe did not explain the situation to me in detail, and the waiter brought me two bowls of noodles, which looked ordinary and tasted average.
Zoe took out a wad of money to pay the bill, and led me out of the restaurant and down the street.
On the sidewalk, a little girl selling roses sold me flowers, but I waved my hand and refused, and I saw many girls wearing heavy makeup, perhaps because of Zoyi, who only winked at me, but did not come closer.
The further you go, the more smoke fills your view, and the smell of food fills the air with many food stalls and barbecue stalls on the side of the street. My stomach was hungry again.
However, with the shrill whistle, a group of motorcyclical uniforms rushed up, shouted at the vendors, and overturned the stalls, even pulling out the rubber rods they carried with them and beating them.
Zoe hurriedly pulled me aside to dodge.
I was a little confused, and she explained lightly: "Wealth can only be concentrated in the hands of a few, and it is necessary for more than half of the poor and three-quarters of the middle-income people to be balanced." ”
I wanted to argue with hers, but I didn't.
Zoe saw the doubts in my heart, so he explained: "If everyone in this world has become rich, then who will do things?" They all take the money to eat, who will cook? ”
Her words seem to make sense, "In this world, money separates the poor from the rich." ”
We walked along a deserted path and gradually entered a tunnel, and on the sidewalk on one side of the tunnel, there was the sound of a beggar begging, of course I could not understand the sound, but I could tell that he was begging for both of us when I saw the broken bowl that the beggar was stretching out.
It was a fat beggar, unkempt and sour. A group of passers-by pointed and pointed in front of him, and the beggar tried to lower his head, but could not lower it, and turned his face to the onlookers.
I suddenly saw strange words tattooed on the man's cheeks, and Zoe ignored the beggar and didn't see my doubts, and pulled me to turn and leave the tunnel.
Standing on a bridge, Zoe said to me, "The beggar we just met, you can't imagine what he was like before he became a beggar?" ”
I said, "Maybe he failed in business, or he became a beggar because he was seriously ill." ”
"No, what if he's a powerful person?"
I retorted: "It's impossible, as the saying goes, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and even if a person in power falls from a high position, his connections and qualifications are still there, and it is still easy to make a living." ”
Zuo Yi said lightly: "All the banks in this city, as well as the castle I took you to see just now, belonged to this beggar before. ”
Once again, I was struck by lightning, and what kind of force could make a man of a rich country a beggar?