Crimson Lotus Trial (2)

  This fire almost killed me when it started burning, and it would have been no surprise if others had also died in the blaze. But thinking back to what just happened, I still feel a chill run down my spine.

  The parents immediately switched to public servant mode, took a look at me with two eyes, confirmed that my limbs and organs were all there, and then turned around and rushed quickly to the scene.

  "Meilan, calm down! It's all right, let's go help out too." I took the opportunity to forcefully peel that woman off me.

  "Good..."; Han Meilan was still a mess of snot and tears, as if I had already passed away.

  Oh, right, I forgot to explain what's going on here.

  We are now living in a hostel in the northern suburbs of the county town. The other day I talked to Luo Dachun about some ideas for building an irrigation canal and solving the drought problem. They have indeed compiled the materials and reported them layer by layer to the Ministry of Water Resources. Maybe it's good luck, or maybe there are other reasons, but in short, the Ministry of Water Resources is very interested in this idea, and now they have sent a water conservancy expert to conduct an on-site survey.

  The surname of this brick house in the water department is Shi, and I don't even remember his name, but what I do remember is that the gossip about him says that he has a weird personality, doesn't understand human relationships, and is a technical otaku. Apart from work, every day he just stays at home with wild ideas, and then writes down all sorts of thoughts. Every time he shows them to his colleagues, they all laugh at him, saying that his ideas are simply absurd and no different from daydreaming, so this brick house's nickname in the Jianghu is "Little Stone Head Dream".

  I think the title of "brick house" is very cute, and after spending a few days together, it can be seen that his research on water conservancy is indeed high-end. Indeed, "technology saves the world" is an eternal truth!

  These days we have been accompanying the brick family to observe the river terrain in the northern suburbs. Due to the long working hours, it is not convenient to return to the county government office, so we found this inn in the north of the county as a temporary foothold. Unexpectedly, there was an unexpected storm tonight, and the inn suddenly flooded.

  It's all because of Lao Da Chun. At dinner time, he insisted on telling us about Buddhism and Taoism, past lives, and the Red Lotus Karma Fire. Look what happened! The Red Lotus fire almost burned me to ashes!

  It's okay, the water department's brick house is a typical science and engineering man, once encountering problems, he becomes completely absorbed in them. Yesterday's observation site suddenly opened up his brain hole, and he became infatuated with staying at the local old fellow's home, and even wanted to get up again at dawn today to take another look. The old fellow's house was too poor to open up, so we had no choice but to assign a guard to him, while the four of us returned to the inn. If brick house were here now, unfortunately with three longs and two shorts, then we would have a hard time explaining ourselves.

  As I walked closer to the fire scene with Han Meilan, the flames had already weakened significantly. Two brothers were standing there, one directing the firefighting efforts and the other standing in front of the man who was wailing earlier.

  "I am the county magistrate, what makes you cry so bitterly?" I heard Nie Qiuyuan ask.

  The man knelt on the ground, tears streaming down his face: "County Master, my elder brother was burned to death inside! It's all because of my cowardly nature, in a moment of crisis, I abandoned my big brother and escaped alone..."

  The man's name was Zhang Er Lang, the second son of the wealthy Zhang family in the county. This time he came out with his older brother, Zhang Da Lang, to do a business deal. After finishing their business, it was already late at night, so they stayed temporarily at this inn, but unexpectedly encountered this unfortunate fire disaster.

  What's even more unfortunate is that the two people lived in the east end of the guest house, and the fire happened to start from the east end.

  "When I found the fire, I rushed to my brother's room to look, but unexpectedly my brother's room had already caught on fire. My brother was lying on the ground, his legs were pressed under the fallen cabinet, and he was struggling desperately. His body..."; Zhang Er Lang took a deep breath, as if recalling something extremely frightening, "My brother's entire body had been burned to a charred black color!"

  "Have you ever saved his life?" Nie Qiuyuan raised an eyebrow and asked.

  "I... never..."; Zhang Er Lang's tears fell down,"; At that time, the fire in the house was already big, my brother was pressed down, unable to escape, constantly screaming and shouting in pain. The sight was too painful to look at. I had been weak and powerless since childhood, thinking that I couldn't move that heavy object, and I was also extremely afraid in my heart, so... so I abandoned my brother and escaped on my own."

  At this point, Zhang Er Lang covered his face with his hand and sobbed uncontrollably: "Now that I think about it, I am filled with regret! Thinking of my brother struggling in agony in the fierce flames, I... If only I had been brave enough to die together with him at that time, it would have been better..."

  The man wept and wailed, his words full of extreme sorrow. But his words did not move me, yet they furrowed the brow of this heart of stone.

  As we spoke, the fire had already spread, and Zhang Er Lang rushed into the shaky house, and we followed him in. He led the way, circling around the broken pillars to the east end of the first floor, entering a room that was half-collapsed. Indeed, inside the room lay an armoire that had been burned to a crisp, with a charred corpse pinned underneath it.

  Zhang Er Lang saw the corpse and couldn't take it anymore, letting out a heart-wrenching scream: "Big Brother!" He began to sway unsteadily. Nie Qiuyuan took two steps forward, exerted some effort, and with one hand, he lifted up the cabinet. The legs of the corpse that were pressed under the cabinet did not suffer any burns, just as Zhang Er Lang had said, it was indeed crushed by the cabinet first.

  At this time, Lao Da Chun also followed in, and as soon as he entered the house, I pulled him to one side.

  I bent down to his ear and whispered: "Luo brother, this Zhang Er Lang is not right, you think of a way to take him to the county government office, don't let him run away first!"

  Luo Da Chun was extremely surprised. Helpless, I quietly told him about the case.

  "This Zhang Er Lang is telling lies. Lu Da Ge, in the past, I once took care of a brother who was burned and knew some things about it. If it were like he said, with his body already charred black, at that time there would be no feeling of pain. So what he said about Da Ge constantly shouting in pain doesn't quite add up. Perhaps, he never even saw Da Ge when he was dying!"

  Burns are very frightening, we usually divide burns into four degrees. First-degree burns only act on the epidermis, forming redness, swelling, and this problem is not big. Second-degree burns start to be cruel, will produce large blisters, epidermal cell necrosis, this degree can heal, but there will be severe pain. Third-degree burns cause full-thickness skin tissue coagulative necrosis, it's hard to understand, actually can be understood as "roasted"; who hasn't seen roasted meat? Fourth-degree burns refer to carbonization

  It's burnt to a crisp.

  Because the burn was too cruel and severe, God gave the burned person a little mercy, that is to say, from third-degree burns, people will no longer feel pain, because the skin's sensory organs have been completely destroyed.

  As Zhang Er Lang said, Big Brother has been burned for half a day and his skin is all charred, so he must not be in pain anymore.

  Of course I didn't say all that, I was making up a story for Lu Da Chun, about how I took care of the patient and found out he wasn't in pain at all. But who would have thought that Lu Da Chun's mind would wander off again, and he excitedly asked: "Have you recovered your memory?"

  I was choked and could only mutter: "Sometimes, some fragments of the past appear in my mind..."

  My mind was tangled as I thought about how to lead Lu Da Chun's thoughts onto the right path. At this time, Nie Qiuyuan, who was squatting on the ground looking at the corpse, suddenly stood up and turned around, saying: "This young master, please follow us back to the county government office for a trip. Today's fire, you discovered it relatively early, and there are some questions we want to ask you."

  Akira's voice was warm and calm, but his eyes shone with a faintly unusual light. I began to gradually get used to this look in his eyes, and I believed that he must have found something different on the corpse.

  Tang Dynasty Chang'an Evening News High-End Dialogue Record

  Author: Hello Shi Tou, thank you for your visit. As the first guest actor of this article, how do you feel?

  Small Stone Dream: Thank you ccav, thank you mtv, thank you to the eighth generation of author's ancestors, I thank you, even if I become a ghost, I won't let you off.

  Author: (wiping sweat~!) I think that this time you still played your usual role, after all, your work "Really a Dream" is also an unexpected, fantastical and humorous supernatural story. Moreover, it was because of your erudite and insightful guidance in the comments on Ye Liu Yue's water conservancy methods that Author sprouted the idea to invite you as a guest.

  Small Stone Dream: None of these matter anymore. Ever since I heard that I was going to be a guest actor here (actually, I had no prior knowledge...), my heart has been extremely uneasy. From what I know, in this story, being a guest actor means that 90% of the time you'll appear on stage as a corpse, and only then will your life story be slowly revealed. Sometimes, it's not even a corpse, but rather a block-like shape... Oh my god!!! So when I found out today that I'm actually alive and well, I felt incredibly happy and fulfilled!

  Cough cough~! (Cut off the above part, he knows too much......) Dear friends, who else wants to be a specially invited guest actor in this play? Please let author菌 know in the comments section, and author菌 will try his best to arrange a suitable role for you! Thank you! [id=3260282,name=Dreaming]