West Niuhe Island

The king city of Tianzhu is the Western Brahman

Forty miles north of the city, in a basin surrounded by mountains on three sides, countless people of Tianzhu gathered here, under the supervision of the palace guards of the Tianzhu king, busy day and night.

Among these busy people, there were not only men and women, but even pregnant women with bellies, gray-haired old men, each of whom was driven by the leather whips in the hands of the palace guards, carrying stones large and small.

Even children who look no more than three or four years old are not spared, or they are constantly bringing water to the crowd, or standing by and holding younger babies in their arms.

In the center of the basin, the stones were transported here, and then the young people gathered here were sorted according to the size and shape of the stones, and then handed over to a special person in a special order to pile up a large open space in the center of the basin.

At first, there was nothing to be seen, but as the stones were stacked one by one, a huge stone pedestal gradually took shape......

At this moment, a man dressed in a fine costume and looking like an official walked quickly, holding a sheepskin scroll in one hand and a small gavel in the other.

While comparing the patterns on the sheepskin scrolls, he used the small wooden mallet in his hand to beat on the stone platform, blowing his beard and glaring from time to time, calling the palace guards in charge, pointing to some places on the stone platform that did not meet the standards and shouting.

At this time, the young men who were in charge of piling up the stone platform were frightened and sifted through the chaff one by one, because they knew that what was waiting for them next would be the merciless whipping of the palace guards, and in addition to the location pointed out by the officials, all the stones that had been piled up would be pulled out and then re-stacked one by one.

Sure enough, the palace guards in charge of this section of the stone platform, after being reprimanded by the officials who supervised the construction, called out to a few companions with black faces, each holding a leather whip with barbs in his hand.

The young and strong people who were in charge of piling up this section of the stone platform saw these smiling sergeants coming over, and they were immediately frightened and wanted to run, but there were palace guards in all directions near this area.

A few who had escaped, and before they could run a few steps, they were caught by the palace guards who had rushed to hear the news, and one by one they were roped and whipped a few times, and then they were driven back by the guards shouting like donkeys and horses.

When they joined up with the original team, they were escorted to an open field, and one by one they were forced to kneel on the ground and fold their hands on their chests, exposing their backs to the eyes of the palace guards.

The guard, who had been reprimanded by the officials, tightened the leather whip in his hand with a dark face, and then slapped the young warriors who fell to their knees fiercely as he walked.

At the same time, he scolded and said: "You cheap bones, you don't know how to work harder, you know that you are lazy for Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu is scolded by Lord Amuro, Lao Tzu will scatter your cheap bones today, see if you dare to be lazy for Lao Tzu in the future." ”

In fact, like this kind of mistake, it is enough for each laborer to give a whip to warn him, but this guard also has a belly of evil fire out of nowhere, and this time all the brains have exploded.

The leather whip in his hand was clenched tightly, and each laborer drew at least two whips, some of which he looked at particularly unpleasantly, and he drew a few more whips.

However, this kind of thing was just laughed in the eyes of other colleagues, and none of them came up to remind him to be merciful.

When the guard turned on his face and used a leather whip to crack the skin of a young man's back, he was about to move his gaze to the next person, when suddenly the young man he had just whipped struggled to get up, and begged: "My lord~ My wife is pregnant, and she really can't be whipped." ”

The guard sneered, "Oh, what a can't be whipped, don't you know that we are following the king's will, and we can't be whipped?" ”

The young man was so frightened by the guard's words that his scalp was numb, but when he thought of the child in his wife's womb, he still gritted his teeth and begged: "My lord~ My wife's body has always been bad, and she is easy to get pregnant, and she really can't stand the whip, if you really want to beat, just beat me, I will bear for her as many whips as she should receive, please open the net." ”

The guard was stunned when he heard this, and then grinned: "Okay~ It's not easy to be whipped, this official will fulfill you." ”

As he spoke, he kicked the man kneeling in front of him down, picked up the leather whip in his hand and whipped it a few times, until the man fell to the ground and wailed, and was about to lose his breath.

Finally, an elderly guard couldn't see it, walked over and grabbed the leather whip, and shouted: "Okay, just give them a lesson after a few beatings, do you really want to kill people?" ”

The guard who was caught with the whip said disdainfully: "With these cheap bones, what can it matter if you really kill one and a half." ”

The elderly guard, who did not want to get too stiff with this man, said again: "Even if nothing happens, but you have killed and maimed these people, I see where you can find labor to rebuild the stone platform." ”

After saying this, he immediately let go of his hand, as if he didn't want to stay here any longer, and just shook his head and left.

The guard who beat people thought about what the other party said was really the same thing, if he crippled these cheap bones in front of him, wouldn't it be even more wasteful to rebuild the stone platform for a while, and wouldn't he be scolded by Lord Amuro again when the time came.

Thinking of this, the young man who was lying on his stomach and peeling his flesh from here spat out fiercely: "Count your cheap bones lucky, if there is a problem with the stone platform next time, I won't pick your skin for the uncle." ”

With that, he walked over to the man's pregnant wife, and raised the leather whip in his hand, apparently preparing to whip it again.

But she said that this pregnant woman, when she saw her husband being beaten by the palace guards in order to save her, she had already been frightened, and only dared to curl up and tremble while secretly crying, and waited until someone stopped the fierce palace guard.

The woman looked at her husband, who was seriously wounded, and was about to rejoice that he had saved his life, when she saw the guard walking towards her with a sly smile.

When the young man who fell to the ground saw this scene, he didn't care about the blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, and struggled: "My lord, you promised me just now......"