[Old Nine Gates] Uncle, I just fell in love with you

"[Old Nine Gates] Master, I just fell in love with you"

Jin / Jiang / Du / Jia / Lian / Zai

Text/Yu Feifei

Zhang Qishan saw that the old man seemed a little timid, so he took the initiative to ask: "Uncle Lin, tell us about your son working in this mine. How long has he been working there?"

"Our family is poor. When my son was 16 years old, he went to work in the coal mine with the workers in the village. Although there was no day and night when the work was rushed there, the salary was high. My wife and I discussed it with our son. Let him work hard for a few years and save money so that he can marry a wife."

"In the past few years, I have been doing a good job. Although Boss Lu is very stingy, he does not default on labor wages. You said that he has been working there for several years, and my son is used to it. But this year, A lot of weird things happened."

Zhang Qishan was puzzled, "Strange thing? What strange thing?"

Uncle Lin recalled it for a moment, and said: "It seems to be something that happened in spring this year. My son came back very late every day. Because in the past, he was afraid that our two children would wait too late for him and delay his rest. We slept first. So at the beginning, I didn’t notice. Until one night, when I got up and went to the latrine, I saw my son crawling back so tired that he couldn’t open his eyes. At that time, I felt strange and pulled him to ask , but it was almost early morning, he was so sleepy that he fell asleep when he lay down without saying a word."

"Later, it was the next month, he was on the night shift, and finally took the opportunity to talk to him. He complained to us, saying that during that time, the boss suddenly asked them to pack the coal they dug out into small iron boxes. In this way, a lot of time is wasted, and sometimes we can’t finish the work until early in the morning.”

"For this matter, they even had a fight with the factory. Because everyone thinks that the work has become heavier, but the wages have not seen an increase. Everyone is not happy, so they want to talk to the boss about the price. During that time, for The boss has been avoiding this matter, but he just doesn’t see them.”

Zhang Qishan looked sideways and glanced at Ba Ye.I thought to myself, it turns out that changing the way of coal loading is no longer a matter of a day or two.

If it started in spring, then it seems that Shi Yujian has been planning for a long time.

Zhang Qishan: "Uncle, how did you deal with this matter later?"

"Later, I heard that the boss of a small island country came forward to suppress it."

"People from the small island country?" Zhang Qishan frowned, "Why are you involved with people from the small island country?"

Uncle Lin took a sip of water, "Buddha, you don't know this. In fact, the boss of the small island country is the enemy of Boss Lu, and he is the one who sells coal to the people of the small island country. The dug coal is packed separately in the The matter in the small iron box was also requested by the boss of the small island country. Boss Lu was unwilling to spend more money for this matter, and in the end, the boss of the small island country contributed money and raised the wages of those workers."

Uncle Lin sighed, "My son thought that this was the end of the matter. But in summer, something strange happened again!"

Everyone looked intently, looking at Uncle Lin, waiting for him to continue.

"In summer, it's too hot, and they are often exhausted. At night, they have to leave someone to pack the boxes in the warehouse. One day, my son was packing the boxes in the warehouse by himself. Suddenly he heard a strange sound. , Just like the sound of a train, boom, boom! Their warehouse is in the wilderness, he was a little worried, so he secretly lay on the door and looked out."

When he spoke excitedly, Uncle Lin's expression became very panicked, "He saw an iron monster outside the door! It's as tall as three people!"

"Iron monster?"

Uncle Lin was obviously a little too aggressive, and he slapped his palm on his thigh, "Yes, it is an iron monster. It is as tall as three people and as wide as one person. It can move by itself, walking around in the fields outside. My son At that time, I was scared to death, saying that I was lying on the door, not daring to move. Fortunately, the iron monster walked away there and did nothing!"

"And after that?"

"At that time, my son was alone, and this happened like this. Another season passed like this. Everyone said that this job was afraid of heat and cold. It was too hot in summer and too cold in winter. In the past, my son had both hands All five fingers were cracked by chilblain. But this year, he has nothing to do. I vaguely heard him mention that the factory gave him a potion, and as long as he drank the potion, his body was much stronger than usual. My son was happy for several days because of this incident, saying that he felt much better. But, unexpectedly, something happened after a few days."

Thinking of that period of time, the pain of losing a son from a white-haired man to a black-haired man came to my heart in an instant.

Wu Laogou reached out and patted his shoulder, "Uncle Lin, my condolences."

Zhang Qishan: "Uncle Lin, don't worry, this matter is on me, I will make the decision for you! You are dead, you should take care of your body!"

Uncle Lin felt a lot of comfort in his heart. He wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes with his hand, and continued: "Then, from the first two months, the mining factory began to be ashamed. There are hundreds of workers in this factory, not only from Shaoyang. There are also people from other places. The first few people who were thrown away were from other places. You said that the people from other places often couldn’t continue their work and ran away. They thought those were workers who ran away again. Until, the one in our village The fourth child of the crazy woman's family suddenly disappeared one night and hadn't seen anyone for several days. The crazy woman in their family cried and shouted all day and all night, but she didn't come back. Later, There are also several men from other families who have lost. My son started to be weird and talkative. He kept saying that the iron monster was going to take him away!"

Thinking of his dead son, the old man's heart ached and he clenched his fist and hit his chest.

"It's my fault. I thought he was just too tired and couldn't take it. How could he know those man-eating demons really ate my son."

The old man rubbed the corners of his eyes, "I was busy in the field those few days, and I didn't pay attention to it. It was the old pockmark next door who came to our house and said that their little pony hadn't come home for several days, and he might have disappeared too! Only then did I realize that something really happened! But when I got to the factory, people said that this time the coal mine collapsed, and hundreds of people were trapped inside. No one can dig it out! Poor, my son -"

Er Yuehong, who was sitting next to Zhang Qishan, looked much more serious.

He didn't know if Uncle Lin's son was really arrested to refine the living dead, whether he was among the living dead in the oil field back then, if it was true, then Uncle Lin's son was killed by them himself .

Seeing the old man so sad, he wanted to comfort him, but if he really was a "murderer", what face would he have to do such a sanctimonious thing.

Later, Zhang Qishan asked a few more questions, and then let Old Dog Wu take the old man home.

Ba Ye was very interested in the "iron monster" that the old man said, "Second Lord Buddha, what kind of monster do you think this iron monster is? I have heard a lot about this monster, but I have never heard of any iron monster."

Zhang Qishan was very calm, leaning sideways on the chair, "When the train tracks were built, the people didn't know these things, and they said they were ghosts and ghosts. Humans have a fear of unknown things, so they are so afraid. It is called Iron Monster. There are many foreign countries with very advanced equipment, and it is hard to guarantee that the small island country will not have such technology. You can call Master Jiu and ask him to pay more attention to this aspect, and look at the people of the small island country Is there any technical research in this area?"

"It makes sense, then I'll go and vent to Lord Jiu, and ask him to pay more attention when he investigates recently."

Zhang Qishan nodded and waved him out.

The eighth master glanced at the dazed second master next to him, knowing that the Buddha wanted to drive away this big light bulb quickly, so he chuckled lightly, then turned and left.

After Ba Ye closed the door, Zhang Qishan turned to look at Er Yuehong, raised his hand, and pressed it on top of his head.Er Yuehong came back to her senses and looked at him, "Shall we go back to the hospital?"

Zhang Qishan didn't answer and asked instead: "What's wrong?"

He talked as he spoke, but he still had to rub his palms on top of his head. Er Yuehong slapped his palms off annoyed.

"Could Uncle Lin's son be among the living dead we met?"

Zhang Qishan knew what he was thinking, so he put his hand on his shoulder and squeezed it lightly twice.

"Those living dead are already unconscious. Even if we don't do anything, they are already dead. There is no room for survival."

"That's what I said, but it's okay if I don't know it. Now that I know it, I always feel sorry. We killed someone's son, and..."

"Xiao Er!" Zhang Qishan interrupted him, "Things have not been determined yet, so don't take responsibility! His life and death are not up to us to decide, what we can do is to help them find justice. You believe me, this matter I won't let things go easily. Since I promised Uncle Lin to investigate, I will investigate to the end. "

Zhang Qishan was born with a majestic aura. Hearing what he said, he really felt much more at ease.

On the contrary, he was very displeased with the title he said, "I said, don't call me Xiaoer!"

Zhang Qishan pursed his lips and smiled, leaned over with a little slow movement, and pressed it against his ear, and said in a charming voice: "Yes, baby!"

Bewitched by his voice, Er Yuehong blushed and bumped him with her elbow.Immediately after hearing him "Oh——", it was only then that he remembered that this person was still injured, so he quickly turned around and supported him, "Did you hit the wound?"

"It hurts!" Zhang Qishan let out a low cry.

Er Yuehong saw that his brows were tightly wrinkled, and there was a fine amount of sweat on his forehead, fearing that he would really open the wound, she hurriedly arched her back and lifted his clothes up.

"I'll show you!"

Zhang Qishan couldn't hold back his joy, "Honey, where do you want to see? You're still in the office, it's not good!"

Er Yuehong raised her eyes and glanced at him, her expression was displeased: "You lied to me?"

Knowing that he was angry, Zhang Qishan restrained his smile and pulled his clothes up, "It really hurts!"

The small wounds on his body that had been bitten by bats had basically healed over, except for the wound on his chest that hadn't healed yet.

When Er Yuehong hit her just now, the wound really opened.The gauze on the chest was soaked with red blood.

Er Yuehong's heart tightened, "Let's hurry back to the hospital!"

He supported Zhang Qishan to stand up, his face was very solemn, and he still had deep self-blame.Zhang Qishan saw it in his eyes, and felt really distressed in his heart.She reached out and pulled him into her arms, hugging him tightly.

With his chin resting on his shoulder, he said lightly but unambiguously: "I'm fine. I'm fine."