Human Shackles

After a while, all the prisoners were branded with numbers, and the jailers raised their whips to drive the prisoners back into a long line. Some unconscious people were directly poured with cold sea water. wake.

The team passed through the huge iron gate of the prison, and the outside environment was reflected in the field of vision. In front of it was a barren hill. On the hill was a black and heavy head. It turned out to be countless absenteeism mining ore. A single trolley shuttled on the winding path at the top of the mountain, and the ants moved the ore back down the mountain.

There is a large campsite below the top of the mountain. The towering chimneys are emitting black smoke, and the white water vapor lingers above the campsite. There is a small stream next to the campsite, and the black stream flows quietly.

The jailer shouted and hurried the prisoners to the camp. Luo Kai looked at the open-pit mine in shock. He was a little sluggish for a while, and a black leather whip drew towards him. The pain caused him to scream uncontrollably, staggering and falling to the ground.

He gritted his teeth and stood up again to keep up with the team. This day, his back has a lot of welt marks, but compared to the pain of Old Sui’s bone forging, this whip thorn is not counted. what.

The entire mine is wrapped by a four-to-five-meter-high iron fence. A stone guard tower stands at intervals on the fence. Several guards with guns and live ammunition stare indifferently on the guard tower. Down.

The prisoners were rushed into the camp in one file, and a strong stench came out. A row of crosses stood on a square in the camp. Several withered prisoners were tied to the cross, hot The sun’s rays have dried up their skin, and maggots crawling on the dry and cracked wounds…

A wooden sign stands in front of the cross with a dozen scarlet characters on it: “The escaper will end here. “

The new prisoners immediately kept quiet out of fear, and silently accepted the jailer’s assignments, and were placed in the dilapidated dormitories.

Luo Kai and four other condemned persons were also pushed into a dormitory made of gravel and wood. The dormitory is actually a simple shack, and the glare of the sun shines from the gap on the ceiling. In the shed lie dozens of prisoners of different skin colors, including whites, blacks, and more yellow skin races, all of whom have yellow and thin faces, naked clothes, tangy feet and body odors that make people want to vomit. Breath.

Outside the shack, there was a conversation between the Scarfaced Jailer and another person.

“Brother, don’t you worry about someone giving me this? Here is the tiger lying down for me, and the dragon holding it up for me!”

“These guys It’s all not simple. If something goes wrong, you’ll be in trouble. You’ll still be sent back to the cell for safety after you’ve finished your work.”

The other person’s voice was a bit disdainful: “Brother, when have you been so timid? We haven’t seen Brother who, even the great character of County City killed a lot!”

The scar face jailer immediately became annoyed: “Damn it, I do it for your own good. I’m looking for someone to pick you up every day.” Pay attention to them at other times!”

“Okay, I will find someone to take good care of them, Brother 3, you haven’t come to me for a long time. Come here, I just got a few buckets. The cane wine…

As the sound faded away, the shack began to lively. A white man led a few skinny prisoners over and looked at the five newcomers unscrupulously. When I scanned the giant man with four shoulders, there was obviously a trace of panic. Among the other four, the black man was obviously not to be trifled with, and the two thin boys were not easy to say. It seemed that only the white haired old man was bullied. He asked loudly: “old man, what’s his name, what did you commit?” “

The old man squinted his eyes, lightly said with a smile: “old fogey’s surname is Li, with a single name. Brothers should just call me Old Head Li. As for what I have committed, don’t say Nothing! “

“Hey, you old fart, look for something! “The prisoner next to him is about to raise his palm.

The white prisoner reached out and stopped him, said solemnly: “Han Third Child said just now, you guys, I don’t care about you. How good is it? I am the boss in this dormitory. Do you have any comments? “After speaking, he looked at the four-armed giant with caution.

“Of course old fogey has no problem, as for the others, I don’t know. “Li Gui said with a smile.

The white prisoner looked towards the other four people, but the others were in a daze, sleeping while sleeping, obviously ignoring his interest. He wanted to say something cruel, but in his heart With some scruples, the other prisoners were all human beings, and the scene fell silent for a while.

The white haired old man Li Gui broke the silence: “Okay, Brother, you didn’t listen to that Han Third Child Say, we don’t live here, we have to be sent to the cell after we finish our work. “

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This is an open-pit iron mine. Thousands of prisoners work here. They use hammers and iron drills to strip the ore from the mountain, and then the huge Smashed the ore into small pieces, use a back basket to carry the ore to the winding mountain trail a little bit, and use a small cart to transport the ore down the mountain.

There are four or five strange and bloated large trucks parked on the square where the ore is stored under the mountain. A boiler stands on the side of the front of the truck. The volume of the entire boiler accounts for more than half of the front of the truck. The black soot and white water vapor on the front complement each other. The roar of the engine is deafening. It is a steam-powered truck.

Luo Kai received the tools for today’s work at the foot of the mountain, a huge hammer. The heavy hammer bent his waist. Although there was more food during this time, it was far away. Far from being able to make up for the lack of body, he felt that he was carrying a mountain on his back, and his consciousness gradually became a little fuzzy, but he moved slowly with the help of tenacious Willpower.

I don’t know how long it took to finally arrive. After the work site, there are already many huge black ore piles on the ground. His job is to break the stones. The prisoner on the side picked up an iron drill to signal him to start working.

It may be cultivation. The martial arts did have an effect. It may also be that the body’s resilience was too strong. Luo Yang gasped for a while before he was able to raise the hammer again, accompanied by a sharp clang, the hammer slammed heavily. On the iron drill, the overseer on the side slowly lowered the whip that had been raised.

Under the scorching sun, Luo Kai was sweating for a while, and a burst of sweat came from the wound on his back. The hot tingling pain made his figure more embarrassing, and he didn’t know how he persisted until the end. After numbly eating unknown food, he was driven back to the cell by the jailer.

Luo Kai dreamed again. In the dream was a charming face with a little playfulness. It was his wife, as if he had returned to his first love. The two were strolling on campus, passing notes in the classroom, and on the beach. Playful…

Luo Kai opened his eyes blankly in the dark, the faint moonlight shed outside the iron windows, and the tingling pain from various parts of his body made him distinguish reality from dreams, he recalled The face of the wife in the dream, but I don’t know why, the harder the memory, the more vague that silhouette, the heart-scorching regret fills my heart.

The 9527 wound is printed on the chest. With a punch, the scarred wound ruptured again, and the physical pain eased the pain of the soul.