Succubus' Manor

On the unobstructed plain, a group of people are walking with the help of their hands. They are wearing old sackcloth, covered in dust, and their shoes have been worn out for a long time. Their feet and legs are covered with fine wounds scraped by grass blades. Blood beads ooze, and the blood beads will not fall.

The hot wind blew on their faces, and everyone looked haggard, with only a handful of bones left in their bodies.

They don't know how long they have been walking, they are already numb, and they move forward mechanically, but they dare not stop. If they stop, they can't walk.

The leading man's legs were weak and he fell down. He lay on the ground, dazed and confused. He no longer felt tired or hurt, but he didn't want to get up, he just wanted to lie down like this forever.

The people behind passed him one after another, and no one looked back at him. There was only a big-headed doll standing next to the man, waiting for him to stand up. The doll's neck was very thin, its body was very thin, and it had a belly as big as its head. He had no strength to say: "Dad, get up quickly, you won't be able to keep up."

The man wanted to say to the child at that moment: "You go, you follow them, and Dad will follow after a while."

But he didn't say it, he just stood up staggeringly, the father and son, one tall and one short, continued to walk forward.

Sometimes there will be a breeze blowing, and when the wind blows, it is the happiest time. The man will stop and feel the feeling of the wind caressing his body quietly.

Before he started fleeing, he never discovered that the wind is also a gift to people.

At night, they gather together to rest, the food has been eaten, and the man can only dig grass roots with the others. These grass roots are not delicious, bitter and astringent, but they can fill their stomachs, and they will not spit them out, nor will they Have loose bowels.

Fortunately, someone brought kindling. If you bury the grass roots in the fire and eat them after digging them out, the bitter taste will be much less.

But still not tasty.

But no one disliked it.

They have no purpose, just live to live.

Everyone gathered around the fire, waiting for the grass roots to suffocate. A group of living people gathered together, but they were lifeless.

The stars are shining, but no one can appreciate them.

The man pulled out the grass roots from the fire in front of him with a wooden stick, and let the child eat first. The boy didn't think it was too hot, so he quickly filled his mouth, and then covered his mouth with his hand and chewed slowly. If he was still at home, A man would definitely scold a child, but now he didn't say a word.

After eating, people began to look for a place to sleep, nothing more than finding a tree, and then sleeping against the trunk, but not too far away from the fire, otherwise they would be bitten to death by wild animals at night.

Many people had already been buried in the stomachs of beasts on the road, but no one had the energy to mourn for them, and no one would help them clean up the scattered internal organs and bones and bury them in the soil.

If it is buried in, it will be dug out by wild animals, it is not necessary.

The man has even seen people pick up the scattered meat and internal organs, and eat them secretly at night, even daring not to roast them. After all, the smell of meat can wake up all sleeping people.

The child tucked into the man's arms, and he asked feebly, "Daddy, how long will it take to arrive?"

The man patted the child on the back: "It will be there soon, tomorrow."

He said it every night.

But none of them knew where they were "going".

When it was dawn the next day, they would continue to move forward again, straight forward.

The only lucky thing is that no robbers came to rob them. Maybe the robbers thought it was a waste of effort to rob them.

Hurrying at dawn and resting at night, they don't know how long they have been walking.

When they finally saw the city, the numb crowd was not at all happy.

They passed through many cities, and those cities would not open their arms to them, the fleeing poor, but would only drive them away, like driving sheep, and let them graze in another place.

Sometimes they were beaten by the guards, and the women were dragged over by the guards and raped.

When the woman came back, she was either in a trance with injuries all over her body, or she was thrown by the guards. When she was dragged there, she was a person, and when she was thrown back, she was just a corpse that had suffered countless tortures.

What appeared in front of them this time was a big city. There were people farming on the edge of the city, and there was a temporary shed beside it for them to rest, drink and eat. They watched from a distance, and finally there was a little light in their numb eyes.

They slowly approached the city. Fortunately, they didn't see guards on the edge of the city. There were only serfs farming in the fields—at least they thought they were serfs.

"Hey! Where did you come from?!" The strong man who was farming put down his work and shouted loudly as he walked towards the group of people.

Everyone took a step back in unison, the man pulled the child behind him, and the child hugged his father's leg.

If the city doesn't accept them, they have to keep going.

But they are used to being deported and don't hold out much hope.

The people who were farming nearby also stopped working and walked towards the group of people.

The man with the child stood up and said respectfully, "We are from Baalbek. My name is Alvin."

"Baalbek, where is that?"

"never heard of that."

"It must be far."

The steward who was drinking water in the straw shed saw a group of people gathered together and ran over quickly. He told the people to go back to work and negotiated with Alvin and the others himself.

"Baalbek." The steward looked as if he knew, nodded, and said to Alvin and his party, "Come with me."

Alvin and the others stood where they were, and finally took steps to keep up with the steward.

The person in charge said: "You are lucky! Our lord is a very good man!"

His tone was exaggerated, his movements were also exaggerated, and he danced while speaking: "My lord told us that if we meet poor homeless people, we should leave them behind."

Alvin and the others couldn't believe that there are such good people and such good things in the world.

But they couldn't help their disbelief.

The manager led them to a courtyard, and the woman inside came out and said to the manager, "How many are there today?"

The person in charge: "Just these few, please clean them up and arrange a shed for them to live in."

It is impossible to live in a house, but there are many sheds. It is summer now, and it is good to live in a shed, anyway, I will not freeze to death.

Woman: "Then what can I do for them?"

The person in charge: "They are all so thin, what else can they do? Let them go to the cafeteria to help them first, and let them find jobs by themselves when they get better."

The woman readily agreed: "Okay."

Then, Alvin and the others, who were in a cloud, were led into the house, with men on one side and women on the other. Then they were ordered to take off their clothes and take a bath, shaved the hair on their heads and bodies by the way, and put their clothes through the water.

Everyone has fleas on their body. This is unavoidable. The fleas on the head are black, while the fleas on the body are white. There is a clear distinction between them. No one violates anyone's territory.

The water they wash out is almost black.

All men shaved Alvin's hair and asked them while shaving, "How did you get here?"

Alvin had just finished taking a shower, and said comfortably, "I escaped. Last year we encountered a plague of locusts. The crops were all eaten up by locusts. The lords wanted to increase taxes. We really had no choice but to run away."

The man who shaved his head suddenly said: "Then we are the same! But I am not because of the locust plague, but because of the flood. They are all drowned, so I can only run."

Alvin and the people who came with him looked up at each other, and asked with wide eyes, "Aren't you a local?"

The man who shaved his head smiled and said, "I'm not. There are many people from other places in Stettin."

"Anyway, if you can come here, it proves that Tianmu is watching you!"

Alvin asked in confusion, "Tianmu?"

The shaved man nodded: "That's right, everyone in Stettin believes in Tianmu."

So the shaved head spread a wave of propaganda about Tianmu, and in the end he didn't forget to step on the Holy Spirit: "The Holy Spirit only protects rich men, but it doesn't care about us poor, only Tianmu can protect us."

Alvin and the others were confused, but the other party spoke vigorously, so they nodded with dignity.

The shaved man continued: "You will get a set of clean clothes later, but the clothes are not given to you for free, and will be deducted from your wages in the future. I just heard from them that you are assigned to work in the cafeteria. The work is easy, just to move things and store goods."

"The salary is not much, but there is food to eat, and you can find work when you are healthy."

The man who shaved his head gave them advice: "Now the outer city is being built, there is a shortage of manpower, and the wages are also high. I can get ten copper coins a day! It's hard work, and I have to check and accept every day. If I don't finish the work that day, I won't get paid."

He rambled on for a long time, and then asked, "Do you understand?"

A group of men, including Alvin, shook their heads together. They probably never had such a tacit understanding in their life.

The shaved man sighed, then repeated it, this time in more detail.

Alvin and the others finally understood.

A few people glanced at each other, and then Alvin couldn't help asking: "That's it... just raising us for nothing?"

Although they really want to show that they can work, the reality is that they are already skinny, and it is estimated that they can't move much to the cafeteria, and the food is equivalent to free.

The shaved man stroked his short hair: "When you get better and have strength, it will not be considered a waste of money, and you will have to pay it back at that time. I have been here for half a year before I can pay off the debt I owed when I first came. "

He said with some pride: "I'm the first one in our group to pay it off."

He still couldn't help showing off: "I also rented a house on the edge of the city. When I save some more money, I can find a wife!"

Until night, when Alvin and the others were sleeping in the straw shed, they felt that this day seemed fake.

Each of them dared to sleep with their eyes wide open.

It's like going to sleep and waking up, and all this is gone.

Alvin looked at the night sky, and he didn't know how long it had been before he finally felt that the stars were bright and beautiful.