Chapter 1700
Exile 5 Miles
Chapter 1700 Exile for Five Thousand Miles
Qin Huacheng was dragged from the carriage, and only had time to glance at the few family members who were stopped at a distance on the pier, and then he was pushed onto the boat by two burly Haihan soldiers.As an exiled prisoner, of course he would not have the opportunity to spend time with his family on the deck after boarding the ship, so he was directly locked in the cabin below the deck.
In the past two weeks, there was only one boat going from Manila to Xingdao. Apart from Qin Huacheng, there were more than forty prisoners who were sentenced to exile in Xingdao during the same period.However, because of Qin Huacheng's special status, and because the officials don't want him to have too much contact with other people, so as not to leak the secrets about Chaosheng Trading Post before the ship leaves the port, they specially arranged to lock him in a separate room. The cabin can be regarded as enjoying a different treatment.
But the ship Qin Huacheng boarded was not a passenger ship, but a cargo sailing ship carrying cargo. The mission of this trip to Xingdao was to send some equipment and personal belongings left by the South China Sea Special Operations Brigade in Manila. This batch of exiled prisoners was also transported.The cabins where the prisoners were held on the ship were all temporarily vacated. The cabin where Qin Huacheng was staying had stored some rotten and smelly things in the past, and he almost choked on the strong smell in the cabin as soon as he entered.He wanted to ask the soldiers on the ship to change his place, but who would take care of a prisoner like him, the soldiers who were called almost beat him up.
Qin Hua lamented in his heart that this is really a tiger falling into the sun and being bullied by a dog, and a phoenix with a shed feather is not as good as a chicken. Today, anyone can ride on his head.But in fact, when he was the head of the security police detachment, he could only be regarded as a local snake, and he could only overwhelm ordinary people. If he really encountered someone wearing a military uniform, he would also have to deal with it in a humble manner.It's just that at that time, when people saw him wearing a police uniform, it was natural to sell some face, and he would not embarrass him. But now he is just a prisoner sentenced to exile, and naturally no one will care about his face.
The soldiers escorting the prisoner on this ship didn't even know who Qin Huacheng was, but the higher-ups ordered him to be held alone and ensured that he would try not to have contact with other people during the escort, so naturally he had to be strictly controlled .Qin Huacheng wanted to change cabins, which in the eyes of the guards was a deliberate disturbance, and he would definitely not speak well of him.If it weren't for the superiors paying special attention to this prisoner, the guard might really beat him up to dispel his restless thoughts.
As for whether this guy lives comfortably on the boat or not, that is not a question for the guards to consider, and there is no special order from above to treat him well.As long as the living person is delivered to Xingdao intact, the errand will be completed, who cares whether he has enough food on the way, whether he will suffer from insomnia and other trivial matters.
Although Qin Huacheng's background is not very rich, he has never had a hard life since he was a child, let alone the experience of being imprisoned. It was not until the ship left the port of Manila that he realized the true meaning of his life. A major change has taken place here.It is impossible for him to be promoted steadily in the police force, and he will have to survive as a hard labor prisoner for the next few years. what?Even if he could go back to Manila, he would have to be an idler. After losing him in the family, how his father and brother would get used to this kind of separation, and whether they would complain about his audacity, is already unknown.
The more Qin Huacheng thought about it, the more sad he felt, and couldn't help crying.Fortunately, he is the only one being held in this cabin, and the guards will not take the initiative to visit him, so there is no need to worry that such a weak appearance will be seen by others.But being so isolated from the world, he couldn't confide his distress to others, and the sorrow in his heart became more and more difficult to resolve.
I don't know how long he has been silently sad, Qin Huacheng finally got better from his sad mood, and with the light from the only small porthole on the side of the ship, he took a good look at the environment he was in. .The width of this cabin is less than five feet, the depth is less than seven feet, and the height of the space is also less than seven feet. The only way to enter and exit is the small two-foot-wide door behind it.If it weren't for a porthole to communicate with the outside world, it would not be an exaggeration to say that this cabin is like a living coffin.In the cabin, there was only a tattered straw mattress more than two feet wide on the floor, a mattress that exuded an unpleasant smell, without even a pillow, which was all his bedding.
The only other furnishing in the cabin is a crock toilet. Fortunately, this thing has a lid, otherwise Qin Huacheng's life would be even more difficult.Qin Huacheng groped along the bulkhead, but he didn't even find a nail. It seemed that he couldn't find anything useful here.
Qin Huacheng was still wearing a police uniform when he was arrested, but after he was imprisoned by the Military Intelligence Bureau, his uniform was taken away, and he was given another set of linen prison uniform with black vertical stripes.And this prison uniform just accompanied him to leave Manila and board the ship, and it seemed that he had to wear it all the way to his destination.During the sea voyage, the fresh water on the ship was very precious, and it was obviously impossible for him to expect to have the opportunity to bathe and change clothes during the journey.
In the past 20 years, Qin Huacheng has never been so embarrassed as he is today. Looking at the rough furnishings in this cabin, smelling the disgusting strange smell, coupled with being tired, hungry and thirsty, Qin Huacheng almost He fell into an emotional breakdown for the second time.It wasn't until this time that he began to truly regret that he should not have followed the guidance of those two old foxes and made so many wrong things. Otherwise, An Anxin would be a security police detachment leader in Manila, and he would be transferred to a formal position in a year or two According to the arrangement of the Haihan Police Department, he will be sent abroad or stay in Manila to be the director of the local police station. Isn't that a beautiful day?
In the end, in order to get some more money from Ding Feng, he invested all his future in it. Now even though his heart is full of remorse, he can no longer turn back.Qin Huacheng made a wrong step, which led to losing everything in the future. Looking back now, it was because of greed in his heart and his failure to restrain his desire.But no matter how much he hated those two people, it was useless now. He could only focus on the present and think about how to survive the three years of hard labor in exile.
After a long time, the guard knocked on the door from the outside, and then pushed in a wooden tray from the movable lattice at the lower end of the door, which contained a bowl of porridge, a porcelain spoon and a small pot of clean water.Qin Huacheng swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and hurried over to pick up the tray.Then I heard the guard say outside: "Meals are eaten every morning, one night and two times, the toilet is cleaned once every three days, and if there is something to report, don't make a sound. Live till the time to disembark!"
While the guard was talking, Qin Huacheng had already drank most of the bowl of porridge.There is no oil in this porridge, only some finely chopped vegetable leaves are boiled in it, which is extremely vegetarian.Fortunately, there was still some dry food in the bowl, not so clear that people could be seen like the porridge provided to prisoners in the prison in Manila City.Qin Huacheng saw it once when he was escorting a prisoner to a prison in the city, and he was very impressed, but he didn't expect that he would have a day of drinking this kind of vegetable porridge as a prisoner.
One of the main reasons for arranging this kind of food for the prisoners was to save money. Qin Huacheng knew that part of the reason was to limit the physical reserves of the prisoners from the food, so as not to cause trouble when they were full.But when it was his turn to be treated like this, Qin Huacheng realized how difficult it was. A small bowl of vegetable porridge would not satisfy his appetite at all, even if he put down his airs and licked the bowl clean. It doesn't help.As for the small can of water, Qin Huacheng reckoned that he could finish it in three gulps at most, and he had to save some to drink.
This kind of food is only two meals a day in the morning and evening. If you want to avoid a strong sense of hunger, you can only reduce exercise as much as possible to save energy.But in Qin Huacheng's current environment, the most effective measure is to lie down and not move.
Thinking about the supposed [-]-mile voyage to Xingdao, Qin Huacheng silently calculated that he would have to walk at sea for at least half a month. If the food and treatment during this period were carried out according to this, then he would arrive at his destination It's time to lose ten catties and eight catties.Nothing happened on the boat, just laying down and thinking about how to find a way out in the future.
But this was just Qin Huacheng's wishful thinking. The day after the ship left Manila Bay, it encountered a stormy weather at sea.Qin Huacheng didn't know how big the waves were outside, but he really felt like he was on a swing, suddenly being thrown high, and suddenly falling weightlessly. A meal was vomited out.Sea water kept coming in through the small portholes, soaking Qin Huacheng's sleeping mats and quilts.
What made Qin Huacheng feel ashamed was that his first reaction was not the discomfort after vomiting, but regret for wasting this meal.But after a while, he didn't have time to think about these weird thoughts any more, the constant jolting made him even vomit out gallbladder, and he almost passed out of shock.Qin Huacheng was lying on the straw mat, and a thought could not help but pop up in his mind. It would be a relief if the ship sank just now.
After tossing in the wind and waves for an unknown amount of time, the ship finally struggled out of the stormy waters. Qin Huacheng was tired and weak. After the ship stabilized a little, he fell into a deep sleep.When he woke up again, it was already night. Qin Huacheng struggled to get up and went to the door to get his dinner. Fortunately, he found the tray very quickly, and at that moment, seeing the moonlight coming in through the porthole, he picked it up three times, five times and two times. A bowl of sour vegetable porridge drank into his stomach.
If it was in the past, he would not have kicked over this kind of food without even looking at it, but now, in order to survive, he has to force himself to eat, eat whatever he has, as long as he can eat it without starving to death That's it.Qin Huacheng kept cheering himself up. After arriving at Xingdao, he would definitely have more food. After all, he was going there to work as a hard labor laborer, and it was impossible to skip food like now.
When Qin Huacheng was able to see living people, there was only a brief moment every three days when the laborers on the ship cleaned the toilets. However, there were guards at the door to supervise the work at such times, and Qin Huacheng did not dare to initiate a conversation.
On the fourth day of going to sea, perhaps because of sleeping on wet straw mats and mattresses for several consecutive days, and eating too little, Qin Huacheng finally fell ill.The guards found out that Qin Huacheng was ill after noticing that he had stopped eating, but the conditions on board the ship did not allow him to seek medical treatment. They could only feed him some medicine prepared on board according to the local prescription, and then replaced the cushions and quilts in the cabin with dry ones. .
As for whether Qin Huacheng could survive, the guards on the ship didn't really care too much. It is normal for such a long-distance escort at sea to suffer damage during the period.Although they had the responsibility to transport the living to Xingdao, if a prisoner suddenly fell ill and died on the ship, that would be considered force majeure, and the higher authorities would not hold them accountable.
But at this time, Qin Liancheng burst out with a strong desire to survive, and actually gritted his teeth to hold on.Although he didn't get any decent help, he recovered little by little.The physical condition is still far from healthy, still very weak, but the cold has obviously recovered.
Qin Liancheng actually didn't understand why his vitality could be so tenacious, but after he figured it out, he was still unwilling to die in silence like this, on a sea where no one knew, and maybe he would be taken to the boat after death. The guards threw the body into the sea, because there probably were no conditions for storing the body for a long time on the ship.
Qin Liancheng also suddenly realized that the strange smell emanating from the cabin where he was locked up should be the smell of corpses.Perhaps the last prisoner who was held in this cabin died during the escort.Of course, it is very likely that more than one person died here. After all, prisoners like him who enjoy special treatment in a single cell should be rare.But now that he thinks about these things, he no longer feels any fear. How much better is his current situation than death?
On the eighth day of the voyage, Qin Huacheng was woken up early in the morning by the sound of guards cursing outside.He lay on the door and listened for a while, only to realize that it turned out that someone died in another cabin where the prisoners were held, and there were two people in one death.As for how to deal with it, the guard did not say clearly, but Qin Huacheng guessed that it might have been thrown into the sea.
Soon after hearing the sound of several guards passing by dragging heavy objects, Qin Huacheng couldn't help feeling a little thankful for his life, otherwise his body would have been dragged out like a dead dog and thrown away.
But the matter did not end there. On the ninth day, two more prisoners died in the cabin, and the atmosphere on the ship suddenly became tense, because it was very likely that some kind of deadly epidemic was spreading among the prisoners.
(End of this chapter)
Qin Huacheng was dragged from the carriage, and only had time to glance at the few family members who were stopped at a distance on the pier, and then he was pushed onto the boat by two burly Haihan soldiers.As an exiled prisoner, of course he would not have the opportunity to spend time with his family on the deck after boarding the ship, so he was directly locked in the cabin below the deck.
In the past two weeks, there was only one boat going from Manila to Xingdao. Apart from Qin Huacheng, there were more than forty prisoners who were sentenced to exile in Xingdao during the same period.However, because of Qin Huacheng's special status, and because the officials don't want him to have too much contact with other people, so as not to leak the secrets about Chaosheng Trading Post before the ship leaves the port, they specially arranged to lock him in a separate room. The cabin can be regarded as enjoying a different treatment.
But the ship Qin Huacheng boarded was not a passenger ship, but a cargo sailing ship carrying cargo. The mission of this trip to Xingdao was to send some equipment and personal belongings left by the South China Sea Special Operations Brigade in Manila. This batch of exiled prisoners was also transported.The cabins where the prisoners were held on the ship were all temporarily vacated. The cabin where Qin Huacheng was staying had stored some rotten and smelly things in the past, and he almost choked on the strong smell in the cabin as soon as he entered.He wanted to ask the soldiers on the ship to change his place, but who would take care of a prisoner like him, the soldiers who were called almost beat him up.
Qin Hua lamented in his heart that this is really a tiger falling into the sun and being bullied by a dog, and a phoenix with a shed feather is not as good as a chicken. Today, anyone can ride on his head.But in fact, when he was the head of the security police detachment, he could only be regarded as a local snake, and he could only overwhelm ordinary people. If he really encountered someone wearing a military uniform, he would also have to deal with it in a humble manner.It's just that at that time, when people saw him wearing a police uniform, it was natural to sell some face, and he would not embarrass him. But now he is just a prisoner sentenced to exile, and naturally no one will care about his face.
The soldiers escorting the prisoner on this ship didn't even know who Qin Huacheng was, but the higher-ups ordered him to be held alone and ensured that he would try not to have contact with other people during the escort, so naturally he had to be strictly controlled .Qin Huacheng wanted to change cabins, which in the eyes of the guards was a deliberate disturbance, and he would definitely not speak well of him.If it weren't for the superiors paying special attention to this prisoner, the guard might really beat him up to dispel his restless thoughts.
As for whether this guy lives comfortably on the boat or not, that is not a question for the guards to consider, and there is no special order from above to treat him well.As long as the living person is delivered to Xingdao intact, the errand will be completed, who cares whether he has enough food on the way, whether he will suffer from insomnia and other trivial matters.
Although Qin Huacheng's background is not very rich, he has never had a hard life since he was a child, let alone the experience of being imprisoned. It was not until the ship left the port of Manila that he realized the true meaning of his life. A major change has taken place here.It is impossible for him to be promoted steadily in the police force, and he will have to survive as a hard labor prisoner for the next few years. what?Even if he could go back to Manila, he would have to be an idler. After losing him in the family, how his father and brother would get used to this kind of separation, and whether they would complain about his audacity, is already unknown.
The more Qin Huacheng thought about it, the more sad he felt, and couldn't help crying.Fortunately, he is the only one being held in this cabin, and the guards will not take the initiative to visit him, so there is no need to worry that such a weak appearance will be seen by others.But being so isolated from the world, he couldn't confide his distress to others, and the sorrow in his heart became more and more difficult to resolve.
I don't know how long he has been silently sad, Qin Huacheng finally got better from his sad mood, and with the light from the only small porthole on the side of the ship, he took a good look at the environment he was in. .The width of this cabin is less than five feet, the depth is less than seven feet, and the height of the space is also less than seven feet. The only way to enter and exit is the small two-foot-wide door behind it.If it weren't for a porthole to communicate with the outside world, it would not be an exaggeration to say that this cabin is like a living coffin.In the cabin, there was only a tattered straw mattress more than two feet wide on the floor, a mattress that exuded an unpleasant smell, without even a pillow, which was all his bedding.
The only other furnishing in the cabin is a crock toilet. Fortunately, this thing has a lid, otherwise Qin Huacheng's life would be even more difficult.Qin Huacheng groped along the bulkhead, but he didn't even find a nail. It seemed that he couldn't find anything useful here.
Qin Huacheng was still wearing a police uniform when he was arrested, but after he was imprisoned by the Military Intelligence Bureau, his uniform was taken away, and he was given another set of linen prison uniform with black vertical stripes.And this prison uniform just accompanied him to leave Manila and board the ship, and it seemed that he had to wear it all the way to his destination.During the sea voyage, the fresh water on the ship was very precious, and it was obviously impossible for him to expect to have the opportunity to bathe and change clothes during the journey.
In the past 20 years, Qin Huacheng has never been so embarrassed as he is today. Looking at the rough furnishings in this cabin, smelling the disgusting strange smell, coupled with being tired, hungry and thirsty, Qin Huacheng almost He fell into an emotional breakdown for the second time.It wasn't until this time that he began to truly regret that he should not have followed the guidance of those two old foxes and made so many wrong things. Otherwise, An Anxin would be a security police detachment leader in Manila, and he would be transferred to a formal position in a year or two According to the arrangement of the Haihan Police Department, he will be sent abroad or stay in Manila to be the director of the local police station. Isn't that a beautiful day?
In the end, in order to get some more money from Ding Feng, he invested all his future in it. Now even though his heart is full of remorse, he can no longer turn back.Qin Huacheng made a wrong step, which led to losing everything in the future. Looking back now, it was because of greed in his heart and his failure to restrain his desire.But no matter how much he hated those two people, it was useless now. He could only focus on the present and think about how to survive the three years of hard labor in exile.
After a long time, the guard knocked on the door from the outside, and then pushed in a wooden tray from the movable lattice at the lower end of the door, which contained a bowl of porridge, a porcelain spoon and a small pot of clean water.Qin Huacheng swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and hurried over to pick up the tray.Then I heard the guard say outside: "Meals are eaten every morning, one night and two times, the toilet is cleaned once every three days, and if there is something to report, don't make a sound. Live till the time to disembark!"
While the guard was talking, Qin Huacheng had already drank most of the bowl of porridge.There is no oil in this porridge, only some finely chopped vegetable leaves are boiled in it, which is extremely vegetarian.Fortunately, there was still some dry food in the bowl, not so clear that people could be seen like the porridge provided to prisoners in the prison in Manila City.Qin Huacheng saw it once when he was escorting a prisoner to a prison in the city, and he was very impressed, but he didn't expect that he would have a day of drinking this kind of vegetable porridge as a prisoner.
One of the main reasons for arranging this kind of food for the prisoners was to save money. Qin Huacheng knew that part of the reason was to limit the physical reserves of the prisoners from the food, so as not to cause trouble when they were full.But when it was his turn to be treated like this, Qin Huacheng realized how difficult it was. A small bowl of vegetable porridge would not satisfy his appetite at all, even if he put down his airs and licked the bowl clean. It doesn't help.As for the small can of water, Qin Huacheng reckoned that he could finish it in three gulps at most, and he had to save some to drink.
This kind of food is only two meals a day in the morning and evening. If you want to avoid a strong sense of hunger, you can only reduce exercise as much as possible to save energy.But in Qin Huacheng's current environment, the most effective measure is to lie down and not move.
Thinking about the supposed [-]-mile voyage to Xingdao, Qin Huacheng silently calculated that he would have to walk at sea for at least half a month. If the food and treatment during this period were carried out according to this, then he would arrive at his destination It's time to lose ten catties and eight catties.Nothing happened on the boat, just laying down and thinking about how to find a way out in the future.
But this was just Qin Huacheng's wishful thinking. The day after the ship left Manila Bay, it encountered a stormy weather at sea.Qin Huacheng didn't know how big the waves were outside, but he really felt like he was on a swing, suddenly being thrown high, and suddenly falling weightlessly. A meal was vomited out.Sea water kept coming in through the small portholes, soaking Qin Huacheng's sleeping mats and quilts.
What made Qin Huacheng feel ashamed was that his first reaction was not the discomfort after vomiting, but regret for wasting this meal.But after a while, he didn't have time to think about these weird thoughts any more, the constant jolting made him even vomit out gallbladder, and he almost passed out of shock.Qin Huacheng was lying on the straw mat, and a thought could not help but pop up in his mind. It would be a relief if the ship sank just now.
After tossing in the wind and waves for an unknown amount of time, the ship finally struggled out of the stormy waters. Qin Huacheng was tired and weak. After the ship stabilized a little, he fell into a deep sleep.When he woke up again, it was already night. Qin Huacheng struggled to get up and went to the door to get his dinner. Fortunately, he found the tray very quickly, and at that moment, seeing the moonlight coming in through the porthole, he picked it up three times, five times and two times. A bowl of sour vegetable porridge drank into his stomach.
If it was in the past, he would not have kicked over this kind of food without even looking at it, but now, in order to survive, he has to force himself to eat, eat whatever he has, as long as he can eat it without starving to death That's it.Qin Huacheng kept cheering himself up. After arriving at Xingdao, he would definitely have more food. After all, he was going there to work as a hard labor laborer, and it was impossible to skip food like now.
When Qin Huacheng was able to see living people, there was only a brief moment every three days when the laborers on the ship cleaned the toilets. However, there were guards at the door to supervise the work at such times, and Qin Huacheng did not dare to initiate a conversation.
On the fourth day of going to sea, perhaps because of sleeping on wet straw mats and mattresses for several consecutive days, and eating too little, Qin Huacheng finally fell ill.The guards found out that Qin Huacheng was ill after noticing that he had stopped eating, but the conditions on board the ship did not allow him to seek medical treatment. They could only feed him some medicine prepared on board according to the local prescription, and then replaced the cushions and quilts in the cabin with dry ones. .
As for whether Qin Huacheng could survive, the guards on the ship didn't really care too much. It is normal for such a long-distance escort at sea to suffer damage during the period.Although they had the responsibility to transport the living to Xingdao, if a prisoner suddenly fell ill and died on the ship, that would be considered force majeure, and the higher authorities would not hold them accountable.
But at this time, Qin Liancheng burst out with a strong desire to survive, and actually gritted his teeth to hold on.Although he didn't get any decent help, he recovered little by little.The physical condition is still far from healthy, still very weak, but the cold has obviously recovered.
Qin Liancheng actually didn't understand why his vitality could be so tenacious, but after he figured it out, he was still unwilling to die in silence like this, on a sea where no one knew, and maybe he would be taken to the boat after death. The guards threw the body into the sea, because there probably were no conditions for storing the body for a long time on the ship.
Qin Liancheng also suddenly realized that the strange smell emanating from the cabin where he was locked up should be the smell of corpses.Perhaps the last prisoner who was held in this cabin died during the escort.Of course, it is very likely that more than one person died here. After all, prisoners like him who enjoy special treatment in a single cell should be rare.But now that he thinks about these things, he no longer feels any fear. How much better is his current situation than death?
On the eighth day of the voyage, Qin Huacheng was woken up early in the morning by the sound of guards cursing outside.He lay on the door and listened for a while, only to realize that it turned out that someone died in another cabin where the prisoners were held, and there were two people in one death.As for how to deal with it, the guard did not say clearly, but Qin Huacheng guessed that it might have been thrown into the sea.
Soon after hearing the sound of several guards passing by dragging heavy objects, Qin Huacheng couldn't help feeling a little thankful for his life, otherwise his body would have been dragged out like a dead dog and thrown away.
But the matter did not end there. On the ninth day, two more prisoners died in the cabin, and the atmosphere on the ship suddenly became tense, because it was very likely that some kind of deadly epidemic was spreading among the prisoners.
(End of this chapter)