Chapter 75 Smuggling of Scrap
"Hey, God!" Duan Ruyi raised her eyebrows in surprise.
Su Chongxiu let out a long sigh and was convinced: "Brother Lin's eyes are like torches, which makes Xiaosheng admire." β
"Hey, small scene~~" Luo Caiwei waved her hand, it seemed that everyone was praising herself, and she was proud.
Lin Yi smiled, walked to the boy and squatted down, lowered his gaze, and said softly: "Don't be nervous, we are not bad people, you take a deep breath and relax." β
Seeing that he was kind, the boy did as he was told, and his mood gradually calmed down. Lin Yi then asked, "Child, do you know the location of the waste pit?"
The boy immediately took half a step back, lowered his head and clasped his fingers, his eyes dodged, hesitated, and said tentatively: "Little brother, what are you doing there?"
Lin Yi's pupils widened, and with his normal expression as a reference, he observed subtle changes, analyzed them slightly, and said sincerely: "If there is any difficulty, it doesn't hurt to speak out, we will try our best to help you." β
The boy weighed the pros and cons, hesitated for a moment, and said hesitantly, "I can tell you, but don't tell my father." β
Lin Yi immediately agreed, and the boy made up his mind and said, "This afternoon, my cousin and I went on an expedition outside the city, and accidentally found a waste pit, which was full of broken dolls. The two of us were happy for a while, so we went in search of treasure, who wanted my cousin to stumble and fall into the pit, and the puppets came back to life one after another, and entangled him, and I was so frightened that I turned around and ran...... When I came back to my senses and went back there, my cousin was gone. β
Lin Yi knew what was going on, nodded and said, "Okay, you lead the way, let's go save your cousin." He explained the situation to his companions, and the other three all agreed.
The boy fell to the ground with a stone in his heart, and his eyes were delighted, and he led the people towards the east of the city, and came to a dry well. The manhole cover was lifted, revealing a muddy passageway, explaining, "From here, you can go directly out of the city." β
He went into the cave, and the people were on guard, and then followed, and when he looked up again, he was outside the city.
Follow the little boy to run around, bypassing the patrol officers and soldiers, and in a moment, a chasm appears in front of him. Take a closer look, the bottom is as deep as 100 feet, the two ends are dozens of zhang long, and it is full of wreckage, broken arms and legs, human heads and animal brains, everything. The moonlight shines, the parts are stacked like mounds, and the shadows are full of shadows, like a mountain of corpses and a forest of bones.
Everyone's hearts were furious, but Duan Ruyi's eyes were bright, as if she had seen a treasure trove, and she was excited: "Everyone, let's go down quickly!"
With that, he took the lead, rushed into the pit, looked around for parts, ignored the mess, threw them back, and muttered, "This won't work...... This is too bad......"
Lin Yi and the others smiled bitterly, rolled up their sleeves and walked into the pit, and the little boy opened his mouth and shouted: "Cousin, where are you? Cousin, squeak quickly......"
Duan Ruyi selected the parts, the rest of the people helped to find the boy's cousin, and there were still a group of scavengers in the pit, who heard the movement, raised their heads one after another, and hid nervously. When he saw the comer, he spat and scolded a few times, all of which were falsely alarmed, and then returned to the pit to rummage through valuable things.
Duan Ruyi shouted and reminded: "Young Master Lin, some of these spirit cores are seriously damaged, but the spiritual power has not completely dissipated, and it may cause an explosion, everyone should be careful!"
"Kid knows!" Lin Yi answered, walking slowly, a slope in the east, with severed limbs stuck in the soil, stretched outward, like a ghost dancing claws;
Luo Caiwei leaned behind her, tugged at his sleeve, and trembled: "Brother Lin, how is this place the same as purgatory?"
"Little sister, don't be afraid, it's just some dolls. Lin Yi comforted, avoided the mess under his feet, and said: "Little Senior Sister is obviously not afraid of dead corpses, but she is afraid of these puppets, which is really strange." β
"I hate ragdolls when I play small...... It always feels like they're panicking. Luo Caiwei shuddered, not leaving his side an inch.
Su Chongxiu pushed away the stump on the slope and said loudly: "Miss Luo, don't worry, Xiaosheng is here to protect you." β
As he spoke, a wooden head rolled down the slope, stuck in the gap, facing Luo Caiwei's eyes, her mouth crooked and her head split, lifeless.
She froze for a few breaths, then screamed and crouched on the ground with her head in her hands. Lin Yi and Su Chongxiu turned around at the same time and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?!"
Luo Caiwei trembled and stretched out her hand, and the two looked at each other and smiled dumbly. Lin Yi took off his head, threw it far away, clapped his hands and said, "Okay, little senior sister, get up quickly." β
She stood up, her legs shaking, and she grabbed them by the belts, terrified.
The little boy led the way, and the crowd went deeper and deeper. After a while, we came to the deepest part of the tunnel, and there were hundreds of puppets piled up below, towering like a mountain. Several scavengers suddenly turned their heads, looked at them vigilantly, saw that they were a group of teenagers, and turned to search for the rags.
Su Chongxiu closed his eyes, felt for a moment, then opened his eyes, pointed to the pile of wreckage, and said sharply: "There are people inside!"
Lin Yi was shocked when he heard this, and he didn't have time to think about it, so he said "back off", took the knife out of its sheath, inserted it into the gap, and opened the mountain little by little, and the parts above fell into the clouds. Su Chongxiu lifted a scrapped trap beast to cover it, and Luo Caiwei also suppressed her fear and helped throw away the puppet.
The gap widened, and the little boy waited anxiously. It didn't take long for a young figure to be revealed, with his mouth open and staring, his expression terrifying, his limbs stiff, and he was surrounded by puppets.
"Found it!" Lin Yi roared, regardless of the dirty, he hurriedly moved the young man out, sniffed, sadness flashed on his face, and shook his head: "It's dead." β
"Cousin!" the little boy screamed, hugging the corpse and crying.
Everyone regretted helplessly, mourned for a while, and then dragged the brothers away. They had just walked away, but in the depths of the puppet mountain, a headless puppet quietly moved its fingers......
If there is a word, it is long, and if there is no word, it is short, and several people bid farewell to the boy and returned to the inn. Duan Ruyi looked at the fragments, folded her arms, and muttered: "It's too little, the Ming Dynasty has to go again." β
After Luo Caiwei finished bathing, she came out of the bucket, put on her clothes, wiped her wet hair and asked, "Sister Duan, those puppet cores have been damaged, how can they still move?"
Duan Ruyi frowned, and said with a straight face: "I don't understand this matter, I'll go and investigate again tomorrow, just collect some more materials." β
The two men loaded the parts onto the beast cart, covered them tightly with tarpaulins, and walked back to the house, Lin Yi breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Su Chongxiu, and said the question in his heart: "Brother Su, why can you detect the existence of that child." β
Su Chongxiu opened the paper, picked up the pen and practiced calligraphy, and said casually: "Brother Lin, didn't you guess right?"
Lin Yi laughed, and then said, "With Brother Su's words, I dare to be sure." β
Su Chongxiu's pen paused slightly, then laughed, shook his head and sighed: "I really can't hide it from you." β
Black Eagle stared at the two suspiciously, and suddenly accosted: "Why are you two mysterious?"
Su Chongxiu seemed to have expected it to be able to confide in it, his eyebrows did not raise his hands and he did not tremble, and said slowly: "The soul is possessed, and the eagle gains spiritual wisdom...... Girl, what's your name?"
"Oh?" Black Eagle's bloody eyes turned, staring at him with interest, "The little girl's name is Qin Rou, a person from the Cloud Kingdom, when did Big Brother Su find out?"
"Chongzhou, when you were hiding in Brother Lin's bookcase. Su Chongxiu focused on practicing calligraphy and was calm.
Black Eagle combed his feathers, Lin Yi cleaned Hanguang, and the two of them stopped disturbing him and slept separately.
Early the next morning, the four of them got up one after another, ate breakfast, and went out together. Passing through the square, several men and women danced, stretched their arms, as if embracing each other, their feet staggered, rotating back and forth, long sleeves fluttering, and vigorous movements.
Luo Caiwei was surprised: "Sister Duan, what are they dancing?"
"It's a wave dance. Duan Ruyi stopped to admire and explained: "According to legend, a hundred years ago, Pengzhou's institutional skills were not yet popular, and the people made a living by going out to sea to fish. Because there are sharks in the East China Sea, who often disturb fishing boats, the government has formed a naval army to protect the fishermen. β
Su Chongxiu said: "According to the records of the wild history, there was a young commander named 'Yi' at that time, who was ordered to lead the army to drive away the mermaids, but he was ambushed and the ship was buried in the ocean. His fiancΓ©e, Arashi, stood alone on the shore, waiting, dancing on the cliff every day, praying to the heavens and begging for her husband's safe return. β
Duan Ruyi said again: "Lan Fanghua is in her prime, dancing gracefully, and she gestures, as if she wants to ride the wind, tread the waves and float away, and follow the back of her fiancΓ©...... Until one day, she was already old, and she still did not wait for news from the ship. A fisherman persuaded her to die, remarry early, find a wife, and die. β
As the sun set, Arashi smiled and agreed, and the fishermen turned away. Su Chongxiu sighed, "But there was a sudden movement behind him, and the fishermen hurriedly turned around, Lan had jumped off the cliff, his face was full of happiness, and he fell straight into the sea, blending with the waves, and from then on he would always accompany his deceased husband." β
Her posture was recorded by the fishermen, and she was named "Dancing on the Waves", which has been passed down to this day and is sought after by the young children of Song Jing. Duan Ruyi finally concluded.
Luo Caiwei said sadly: "Sister Lan is so pitiful, she has been guarding her whole life, and she has not waited for her sweetheart. β
"Yes......" Duan Ruyi was sad and lost her mind for a long time, before she led everyone to walk outside the city and carry parts.
After coming and going, the materials were almost ready, barely usable, and everyone stopped one after another. The next day, a large team rushed to Song Jing, and the deputy leader of the beggar gang was among them, casting a contemptuous look at them.
The driver unloaded the luggage, the team leader gave a lecture, arranged for the test takers to live in the inn, repaired for a night, and then went to Xingyuezhai at noon tomorrow.
That night, Duan Ruyi decided to collect the last parts, called everyone, and sneaked into the waste pit while it was dark. The scavengers thought that the teenagers were their own companions, so they didn't pay much attention and continued to rummage through things.
The four of them walked into the pit and bumped into a group of big men around the corner, the leader was the deputy gang leader, and several gangsters behind him were holding the abandoned spirit core in their arms, full of them.
The deputy gang leader's face changed color one after another, first panicked and then angry, and scolded in a rough voice: "It's you again!"
Lin Yi took a step forward, pressed the handle of the knife with his hand, twisted his eyebrows and asked, "What are you doing collecting spirit cores?"
"What am I doing...... Deputy Gang Leader Sen Sen sneered, his chin was raised, the bruises on his neck were exposed, and he sneered: "Can you manage it?"
Lin Yi looked down, he was wearing a metal armarmour, a pair of iron fists as big as a grinding bucket, trembling slightly, as if he was pressing his anger. Several gang members moved their eyebrows closer to the center, their eyes focused on themselves, and their murderous intent was revealed.
"It stands to reason that just smuggling parts doesn't make you so annoyed...... Could it be that they are doing something evil and being hit by us?" Lin Yi said in his heart, taking a cool breath, clenching the handle of the knife, just waiting for who on both sides to make the first move.
(End of chapter)