Chapter 256: Blood and Tears Palace Wall
After Yi Dan and Chen Yunsheng had a deep talk, they saw that the slaves in front of them were all moving in one direction, carrying huge white stones on their backs, limping forward step by step. The legs and feet with the frayed skin and the crooked and thin body of the pen, the fun and the pavilion www.biquge.info made her heart tug at these scenes.
"Look at that old man, he is so old and carrying such a heavy load. Brother Chen, may I ask what they are carrying on their backs?" Yi Dan asked puzzled.
Chen Yunsheng: "It is a kind of stone, which is only found on the Cangshan Mountain in the area of Erhai Lake, which is very beautiful like white jade, so it is also called white jade." ”
You Ming said: "It turns out that the white jade mentioned in the book was excavated from the Cangshan Mountain on the shore of the Erhai Lake?"
Chen Yunsheng said: "That's right, the white jade used in your Central Plains to build palaces and mansions was also excavated from this Cangshan Mountain. These stones are unusually hard and much heavier than ordinary stones, so it is very difficult to carry such a stone. And these slaves have to carry dozens or hundreds of times back and forth to the mountains every day, and every day slaves are exhausted to death, which is really miserable. It is not an exaggeration to say that those walls were made of blood. ”
Youming said: "They just carry the white jade, are they going to repair the palace wall?"
Chen Yunsheng said: "That's right, that white jade is not only hard but also beautiful, so the royal family and nobles love to use it to build walls." ”
You Ming said: "How can this be reasonable, the dog emperor repairs the palace wall, and doesn't repair the big city wall outside, even if he only cares about his own enjoyment, he uses white jade to build the wall." It's really a sin, and it's hard to write about it. ”
Chen Yunsheng said: "That's why everyone wants to be the emperor, when you become an emperor and are above everyone, you can do whatever you want, and no one can control it." ”
Yi Dan said: "I still remember when I was in Yangzhou, Mr. Yuwen said. Throughout the ages, there have been too few wise monarchs, and most of them have been shameless bastards who are arrogant and lascivious. ”
Youming: "Yes, no matter how high the palace wall is, it can't stop foreign enemies." I think this dog emperor is just looking for an excuse to build a luxurious palace for himself. ”
Chen Yunsheng said: "Forget it, don't talk about it, we can't care so much, let's take a detour to find someone." So many of us are standing here, and we will be noticed for too long. ”
Youming said: "Brother Chen, you see that they really don't use slaves as people, this is to tire people to death." ”
Chen Yunsheng said: "They don't plan to let these people live at all, and when the palace wall is repaired, they will all be exhausted to death." ”
Yi Dan clenched his fists and gritted his teeth and said, "It's really hateful. ”
Chen Yunsheng: "Hey, forget it, let's go, the more I look at it, the more sad I become." ”
The four of them were just about to turn around and leave, when the skinny old man gritted his teeth and walked in front of them step by step with great difficulty with a huge white jade stone on his back.
Suddenly, the old man's legs trembled, and his snot kept flowing down, and he stopped on the road and could not walk.
The overseer ran forward, whipped him a few times with a whip, and scolded in his mouth: "You dead old slave, don't you let Lao Tzu hurry up, do you want to be lazy?"
The old man trembled and said, "Think, think, please give me two sips, I really don't have the strength." ”
The overseer said: "Yes, but you must first carry the stone for this trip to Lao Tzu under the palace wall before giving it to you, otherwise you don't think about it." ”
The old man said: "No, master, I really can't carry it, please ask the master to give me a drink, just take a sip, and I will have strength immediately." ”
The overseer took the whip and slapped the old man's arm fiercely and scolded: "Old immortal minion, hurry up and carry Lao Tzu, if you can't carry two hundred stones today, Lao Tzu will never be able to drink the fairy soup." ”
The old man stood still and trembled, his skinny body could no longer carry the huge stone. Suddenly, his eyes widened, and he fell to the ground, a huge stone smashing into his body like a stick, and a small pool of blood flowed out.
Seeing this scene, Yi Dan rushed forward and broke the stone and shouted, "Uncle, uncle." ”
Seeing that the old man had no reaction, Yi Dan was extremely angry. She stepped forward, grabbed the overseer's angry whip, and roared loudly: "You murderer, bastard, you don't give the old man a sip of water, I will break your body into ten thousand pieces." ”
The overseer is used to bullying people, and he put on a fearless appearance and said: "You, who are you? You dare to interfere in the important matter of the state slaves repairing the palace wall, aren't you afraid that the emperor will punish you? Come on, come on..."
At this time, Chen Yunsheng rushed up and said, "Miss Yi, forget it, the person is dead, don't make trouble for yourself anymore, let's leave quickly." ”
Yi Dan said angrily: "How can this be true, a living innocent life died like this, is it possible that their hearts are made of iron and stone?"
Chen Yunsheng said: "Don't say it, let's get out of here quickly, otherwise we will alarm the palace guards for a while, and we will be in trouble." ”
Yi Dan angrily pushed the overseer to the ground, glanced at the old man's body, and was very sad to turn away.
"Where are you going? The guard provoked behind, and Chen Yunsheng pulled Yi Dan and hurriedly trotted away.
Walking out of an alley, Yi Dan couldn't help but ask, "Brother Chen, why did you stop me just now, I really should have killed that wicked man with a sword." ”
Chen Yunsheng said: "He is also acting on orders, even if you kill him, you can't change anything." ”
Yi Dan said: "Killing this kind of wicked person can at least relieve the evil anger." ”
Chen Yunsheng said: "You also said that human nature is inherently evil, and if these wicked people follow such an emperor, they will naturally become even more evil, can you kill them all? If you have a way to make them good, it is the fundamental way to solve the problem." ”
Shun Yu said: "That's right, Chen Daxia, you are right, it is fundamental to lead to goodness, and it will not last long to defeat evil by killing." ”
Yi Dan said: "I admit that what you say is reasonable, but seeing the bad guys doing evil in front of you, do you have to endure it? What else are we called martial arts practitioners?"
Shun Yu: "Miss Yi, you are too impulsive. Good and evil will be rewarded in the end, let heaven punish them."
Yi Dan said: "Sister No, Fairy Sister, what I see is that evil people are rampant in the world, and good people have no good ends." ”
Shun Yu: "If you don't report it in this life, you will report it in the next life, it's not that you don't report it, it's that the time has not come." ”
Yi Dan said: "The fairy doesn't dare to say whether people have an afterlife, I just need to see the retribution of good and evil in this life." ”
Shun Yu: "Hey, although you are chivalrous, you are still too persistent and easy to be reckless, which is not a good thing." ”
Yi Dan said: "Life is to be happy and revenge, if you obviously don't like it, but you have to pretend to like it very much, then how unhappy it is to live." ”
Shun Yu said: "Everyone's thoughts have to be his own reason." You're still too young, hone and hone more, and you'll slowly understand it later. ”
At this time, Youming interjected: "Senior sister, what should we do next?"
Yi Dan said: "This question should be asked to Lun Ming, he should know where his mother is." ”
Everyone turned their eyes to Lun Ming, and Lun Ming buried his head in silence.
Yi Dan asked, "What's the matter, little brother Lunming, why don't you speak?"
Lun Ming raised her head, and two lines of tears had washed down the black charcoal on her face.
Yi Dan asked, "Little Brother Lunming, what's wrong with you, what are you thinking?"
Lun Ming said: "I'm thinking about my mother, she should also be carrying stones over there now." ”
Youming: "Oh, why didn't you say it earlier? We can look for it in the crowd." ”
Lun Ming said: "It's not convenient to save people in the city, so I didn't say it." Why don't we go and look for her in the mountains outside the city?"
Yi Dan said: "Okay, then let's go outside the city to find it." (To be continued.) )