He worked hard and was from a lower-class background, so he was "someone who could be relied upon". He was soon spotted by the thief in charge and was sent to clean up the toilets and sewage in the prisoner camp No. A.
, this job is much easier than working as a porter at the dock, and the food can be eaten in the prison camp No. A: the food there is better than that of the prisoner labor team on the dock. ※※
The prisoners in No. A prisoner camp were all the identified key members of the Zheng Group and their families. Most of them were captured from Anping. They were men, women, old and young. They lived in temporary huts and tents.
They are all pampered people, so it is inevitable that they will all be in a state of embarrassment. However, the bandits treat them quite favorably. They are not required to work, and the food is better than that of ordinary prisoners. Those who are sick are treated in time. Each person is also given a salary.
Give me some changes of clothes.
Ning Liujin worked in prisoner camp A for a few days and became familiar with the people there - he was a local, and the Zheng Group was mainly composed of people from southern Fujian in Zhangquan and Quanzhou. Originally, there was a huge disparity in status.
To the people in No. A prisoner camp, people like Ning Liujin were more insignificant than ants. But now that he can move freely, the thieves seemed to trust him more, so Ning Liujin suddenly became a
He met a man of considerable status in the prisoner camp, and many people called him "Liu Guan'er" - in the past, anyone who was willing to call him "Liu Jin" was very polite and looked up to him.
Ning Liujin went in and out of the prisoner camp every day, and slept in a labor camp outside the prisoner camp at night. This camp was filled with local people and prisoners who had recently taken refuge with the "Kun Bandits". They provided various services to the Australians.
From being a coolie to being a Hokkien translator, there are many guides. Because of his good performance, Ning Liujin gradually stopped doing dirty and heavy work and began to change to some better jobs, such as delivering items for the kitchen and laundry.
He enjoyed his work very much. He had plenty to eat and no one was scolding him. He felt that he was living a good life like this.
Because the Labor Camp of the Leading Party has just been established, the system is not perfect, and various departments are constantly calling on the personnel inside to dispatch workers, so the security here is not tight, and entry and exit are very random. As long as a small wooden sign is hung around the neck,
It can be smooth and boring. The people sent to guard the camp of the leading party are members of the White Horse Team. They don't understand the language. They just maintain the basic order of the camp. This gives people with quick minds a lot of freedom of action.
On this day, he delivered food to Prisoner Camp A and walked to the beach with a pole. He wanted to take advantage of the low tide to go to the sea and get some seafood to satisfy his craving. There were several large rocks on the beach. The tide there was low.
If you retreat, there will be a lot of shellfish left behind, and sometimes you can get stranded fish and shrimp if you are lucky.
As he wandered among the rocks, he vaguely felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, and then lost consciousness.
I don't know how long it took, but Ning Liujin woke up.
Everything around him was dark and full of stones, and there was a vague light, but he couldn't see it clearly. He barely supported his body and sat up.
This is a cave-like place. It is surrounded by dark, rugged and large rocks, which are wet. A little light shines in from the top.
He stretched out his hand and touched around, and found that the ground beneath him was sand. He calmed down and listened. He seemed to be able to hear the faint sound of the waves.
Ah, this is a hole in a seaside rock!
Ning Liujin grew up by the sea and was very familiar with this kind of cave. He stood up slowly, and with the help of a little weak light and groping with his hands and feet, he quickly figured out that the hole was not big, and he quickly felt it.
The entrance of the cave. But the entrance of the cave has been tightly blocked by stones.
"Why did you knock me unconscious and lock me in a cave?" He couldn't figure it out.
He couldn't remember anyone he had an enmity with. He was not even a small shrimp in the Zheng Group. He was a person like dust. If they were Australians, it was a matter of one sentence who they wanted to kill and who they imprisoned. Why bother?
So mysterious.
As if to answer his suspicion, a beam of white light suddenly shone on the dark sandy ground, and the stone at the entrance of the cave was removed.
Only then did he realize that the entrance of the cave was as tall as one person. Three or four men came in from the entrance of the cave. All of them were naked and only wore their underpants. Everyone wrapped their face with a handkerchief. The light was weak and the people's faces could not be seen clearly.
There was no time for him to look carefully.
"What's your name?" one of the leaders asked him in Minnan dialect.
"Ning...six pounds."
"Who does it belong to?"
Ning Liujin told the name of his distant relative, but the other party obviously didn't know it. Ning Liujin had to say that he didn't know it either. He only knew that the ship owner always used the surname of his superior leader Zheng.
There are many people with the surname Zheng in the Zheng Group, so it's as if they didn't say anything.
"Dishonest guy! Beat him!" Several men shouted in unison and rushed towards Ning Liujin.
"Don't hit the little one, the little one is telling the truth!" Ning Liujin shouted, holding his head in his hands and curling up on the ground based on his years of experience in being beaten.
"Forget it, don't hit him." The leading man said, "He is probably a crew member on the ship. Even the ship owner himself is an ant-like figure."
He then asked: "Boy, if I ask you a question, you must answer it honestly. Otherwise, I will leave you in this hole - the tide will be high in half an hour!"
Such reef caves on the seaside will be submerged by the tide when the tide rises. If you are trapped inside, you will be drowned alive.
"All the little ones say it! All the little ones say it," Ning Liujin replied.
"Are you working as an errand for the bandits in the No. A prisoner camp?"
"Yes...yes..." Ning Liujin was frightened for a while. Seeing that the other party sounded like he was from the Zheng family, he had been working very hard for the Australians these days. Are they going to kill him to scare the monkeys? He was frightened for a while.
The thoughts welled up in his heart, and he immediately fell to his knees with a thud, kowtowing and begging for mercy:
"Master, have mercy! Master, have mercy! I have no choice but to work for the thief. If I don't work, I will be beheaded. I am afraid of death and covet a few good meals, so I am not suitable to work for the thief - but I have never done anything right."
The matter of not living in the Zheng family..."
"You have committed a heinous crime by working for the bandits!" the leader of the men said viciously, "You should be hung on a stone and sunk into the sea..."
"Master, have mercy! Master, have mercy!" Ning Liujin was so frightened that he almost peed his pants and kowtowed repeatedly.
Just when he was out of his mind and thought he was about to die, there was a crashing sound and a pile of things was thrown in front of his eyes. Ning Liujin took a closer look and saw that it was more than twenty pieces of silver.
He has seen silver oceans before. Shipowners sometimes use these bright white silver pieces to pay sailors - of course he can only see the reward. But even if he can be the second boss on the ship, he can only get paid every month.
Eight yuan of silver, now I have more than twenty yuan in front of my eyes!
He raised his head and looked at the leading man in confusion.
"Here are twenty-five dollars." He said, "As long as you do a few small things for me honestly, not only will the merit be reduced, but the silver will also be yours."
"I don't dare..." Although Ning Liujin was scared, he knew in his heart that what the Zheng family wanted him to do was definitely not a trivial matter, it was probably something that would cost him his head. But at the moment, he was not allowed to bargain, so he said quickly, "
But according to the master’s orders!”
"When you were in Camp A, did you see a boy inside, who looked about eight or nine years old?"
"There are many of the master's family members in Camp A, and there are many boys aged eight or nine. I wonder which one the master is talking about?"
"His nickname is Fu Song, and some people call him Zheng Sen."
"Oh, you are talking about Master Fusong!" Ning Liujin nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, there is a maid to serve him."
"What did the thief do to him?"
"Very good..." Ning Liujin probably felt that this was inappropriate. He paused and then said, "Kun Thief arranged a separate tent for him and the maid. It's good to eat every day, and there is a separate kitchen for cooking..."
"Has anyone told you who he is?"
"No, I don't dare to ask too much..."
"You will take one of our men to find Fusong in Camp A later..."
Ning Liujin's feet felt weak when he heard this, and he stammered and evaded: "Well, well, Camp A is heavily guarded. People without a sign can't get in. I'm afraid a few people will be affected. I think..."
With a "swish" sound, someone showed off a sharp dagger, and Ning Liujin immediately swallowed the rest of his words.
"Don't worry," the leading man said with a ferocious smile, "We know everything about Camp A and the labor camp, and we also know everything about you running in and out to work for the bandits. You
Let’s be clear, who are you? Don’t think that just because you have a small wooden sign hanging around your neck, you are working for the thief. If you die, the thief will just treat you like an ant and a bug. There are no ants like you on Kinmen Island.
There are also five thousand in ten thousand. We have killed a lot of unscrupulous people in the past few days. Do you think who did Kun Thief think of? Hang a stone around your neck and throw it into the sea, and you will go to work as an errand for the Sea Dragon King..."
"Yes, yes, the villain is just a bed bug and an ant..." Ning Liujin was so frightened that he was sweating and kowtowed, "Young man, just go and find a solution!"
Several people took a straw bag and wrapped it around his head and upper body, and then pushed him away. He felt the sea breeze blowing on him, heard the cry of seagulls, and felt soft under his feet. He had probably arrived.
Outside on the beach.
He was driven for a long distance before someone took off the bag. He blinked and realized that this was where he came to catch the sea.
"When will you go to Camp Jia Zi?" the leader asked.
Ning Liujin could only say: "I'm going to deliver rice tonight."
"Okay, what should you do now? Come here before sending the rice." He said viciously, "Don't make random decisions, we know everything."