A signboard was hung on a rented dock warehouse that read "Yarn Transport Co."
The eldest brother stood under the sign with his head held high, laughing and talking to the three younger siblings.
"Let's start from here, we must become a master."
The eldest brother is high-spirited, and the three younger siblings have hope in their eyes. Their magic crystal steamboat can carry twenty or thirty people, can also transport cargo, and more importantly, it can run very fast.
Being fast is an advantage. With this, Yaen Transport Company is prospering and makes a lot of money.
The eldest brother would count the money under the light every day: "One piece, two pieces, three pieces..."
Seeing his younger brother lying aside, he grinned, and then took out a few pictures to make a generous appearance for his three younger siblings to use: "Go, go eat something good and buy some decent clothes."
At this time, you can hear the cheers of the younger brother: "Long live big brother."
Then the eldest brother will give the rest to the second sister to keep and lock it in a hidden cabinet. Seeing the money in the cabinet getting higher and higher, the smiles on the faces of the four siblings are getting brighter and brighter.
Only half a year.
They began to recruit people and even planned to buy a second ship.
It seems like everything is starting to get better.
But recently they discovered that someone was investigating and following them. The keen Lilian immediately sensed the danger and instead tracked and investigated who was targeting them.
At the family meeting at night, Lillian revealed the identity of the other party.
"It's someone from the shipyard. He's targeting us."
This made the four brothers and sisters of the Yaen family a little panicked. They knew why the other party came without guessing the reason.
Because their first pot of gold was started by killing the other party's butler and taking away the other party's money.
Moreover, the other party is a rich, powerful, and extremely vicious guy.
As long as the other party uses its power, it will definitely crush the Yaen family to nothing.
Under the light, the eldest brother stayed up all night, and the three younger brothers and sisters were also tossing and turning in the room.
Early the next morning, the eldest brother made a plan.
"Second brother, you take all our money, take our assets to the pawn shop as a mortgage, and then give all the money you get to Lord Como of the Thunder Temple. This is a recently rising God Attendant.
It was just when we needed money, and we happened to be bitter enemies with the people behind the shipyard."
"Third brother, your mission remains unchanged. You should still pay attention to the situation at the shipyard. If there are any changes, let me know immediately."
"Fourth brother, go and call your friends and their brothers, as well as those guys who are always wandering on the street near our home. Find them all and tell them that I can make them rich." Next, the eldest brother
I experienced danger while traveling during the day and was almost captured. I escaped after fighting to the death.
Lilian spent money and bribed a few people, and finally found out that the workshop owner was indeed suspicious of them, and had already started planning to deal with them.
The second sister went there again and again, tried various methods, and finally met this newly rising young godly servant. He happened to be a person who also likes literature and history. After talking with the second sister, he finally accepted it.
After receiving their money, the second sister promised that they would send money in the future.
The young divine servant was aloof and seemed not to take the workshop owner mentioned by the second sister seriously at all, nor did he take the money seriously.
"I can actually see the signs of the coming era of magic nets. The magic crystal steamboat does have advantages. This is also a sign of the coming era of magic crystal props."
After the compliment, the other person changed his words.
"You have good vision, but your business is too small. This little money means nothing to me."
"If you can take down the shipbuilding workshop and own a dozen or even dozens of ships, you can still say, do something for me to facilitate my research on divine arts."
The second sister understood what the other party meant.
They gathered people and caught the other party before the shipbuilder could fully react.
they set a trap
Jing stopped the opponent's vehicle and knocked all the workshop owner's dozen slaves to the ground, but dragged the workshop owner out of the vehicle.
The workshop owner shivered with fear when he saw a group of fierce and strong men.
"Let me go, let me go."
"I'll give you whatever you want, I'll give you everything." The eldest brother leaned down and said, "I want your shipbuilding workshop." The owner of the workshop screamed loudly in disbelief: "No way, you can't take it away.
, you can’t take it away, do you think this is just a matter of me signing a document?”
The eldest brother said, "Just give it to us. It's none of your business whether you take it or not."
The workshop owner understood that there was a backstage behind the other party.
His face changed repeatedly in an instant, and his originally rosy face gradually turned pale: "Do I know who is going to deal with me and want my shipbuilding workshop?"
The eldest brother showed a smile and handed him a document: "Sign it!"
After the other party signed, the whole person collapsed on the ground, like a ball of dead snakes.
"I've signed it, it's all yours."
"You can let me go now!"
However, the elder brother stood in front of him and without any hesitation brought a bucket of kerosene, poured it on the other man's body, and then lit it with flint.
Seeing the other party struggling in the flames, letting out a shrill howl. This time, the elder brother's hands did not shake, but he was extremely calm. He suddenly remembered that he had humbled himself to please him in front of him, and a strong feeling surged deep in his heart.
Feeling of pleasure.
Flames reflected in his eyes, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but raise.
"Step aside!"
"Step aside!"
Lilian rushed over at this time, looking at the scorched corpse in the flames, and then at her elder brother standing in front of them, as if she wanted to say something. But the elder brother already knew Lilian's thoughts, and turned to face her.
.
"If he doesn't die, we will die."
"If we let him go now and let him find a chance, he will definitely not have mercy on us. Our family will die here today."
Of course Lillian knew this was the case, so she just stayed silent.
But for some reason, Lillian felt that something was wrong.
seem.
Some things start and you can never go back.
After eradicating the owner of the shipbuilding workshop, he took over the other party's shipbuilding workshop with the support of the God of Como, and the former shipyard workers suddenly became the masters.
The Yaen family not only has the largest transportation company on the south dock of Thunder City, but also has its own shipbuilding workshop.
They were not only involved in the transportation industry, but also in smuggling, and even smuggled things like magic crystals, extraordinary materials, and weapons. Unimaginable wealth poured in from the river. They had no idea that the world of the rich was like this.
, originally the money was really like water flowing in, and you could never spend it all.
They moved into a mansion as spacious as a palace. At this time, the four Yaen brothers were completely different from before.
The eldest brother was smartly dressed like a gentleman, with a pipe in his mouth and a cane in his hand.
The second sister put on a beautiful pleated skirt that she had never thought of before, and hung a red gemstone pendant around her neck. The younger brother was dressed like a dog, and his eyes were so arrogant that no one seemed to pay attention.
Even Lillian seems to have changed. She is wearing a clean and capable dark dress and white gloves. The scarf that she used to wear has been replaced by a beautiful white hat. The price of this hat is just right
Let ordinary families eat and drink for a year.
As soon as the eldest brother walked in, he arranged for the servants to decorate their home.
"Come in, put the things in order, and light the lamps." "The chef is starting to prepare dinner. Today we are having a family dinner here for the Yaen family."
The top of the head is no longer a cheap oil lamp, but an exquisite and gorgeous fire lamp.
Not one, but connected together.
There are exquisite foods on the table, and
Drinking the clear and fragrant wine, the eldest brother sat on the main seat, raised his glass, and said loudly.
"Here's to us for transforming from being domesticated beasts into human beings." The three younger siblings also raised their glasses together. Recalling their past selves, everyone burst into laughter.
Under the light, they seemed to have truly become the "people" they imagined.
The road ahead was not smooth either. They faced the first enemy, the second enemy, and the third enemy.
But the Yaen family was not afraid of anything. They eliminated one enemy after another and became famous south of Thunder City.
The eldest brother is becoming more and more ruthless. Although he still doesn't talk much, his momentum is getting more and more scary.
The second sister has also become more tactful, knows how to take advantage of others, and knows how to draw on the strength of others.
The younger brother was like a wild horse running wild. He witnessed how his elder brothers and sisters used iron-blooded means to obtain money and power. He despised the rules and even everything. He was addicted to the strength and power of the Yaen family and acted wantonly.
He squandered money and became a complete villain.
On this day, my younger brother got into a fight with someone outside again and severely injured a young man in the Colosseum.
Lilianti grabbed her brother's ear and threw him to the ground. "What's the matter with you, fighting everywhere all day long?"
"It has only been two good years and you have forgotten your name?"
"Now that we have money, we are different."
"But we still have to have our own bottom line when doing things. We are not villains and gangsters."
"How can you bully people outside like this all day long?" On the surface, my brother looked obedient, but in fact he didn't take Lillian's words to heart at all.
No matter what Lillian said, it was of no use, so she could only slap him hard twice.
But the younger brother wailed on the ground like meat on a hob, then got up and ran away.
Lillian looked at her brother's back, and the anger on her face slowly calmed down.
She sighed, her eyes filled with worry.
The eldest brother came out at this time and took off the pipe from his mouth: "Why do you look like you are sighing? This is not like you, Lillian."
The wind blew through the curtains and brushed Lillian's hand.
She stood motionless and suddenly asked: "Brother, why do I feel that everything is different from what I imagined?"
The eldest brother raised his head: "Why is it different?"
Lillian said: "I thought that when we had money, we could choose whatever we wanted and be free to choose what kind of person we were."
The eldest brother took a puff of his pipe and said expressionlessly: "We have no way to stop. We can only keep going. We can only use our ferocity to scare everyone. This is our way of survival." Lilian asked: "This is not a beast.
A way of survival?" The elder brother said: "Maybe it's because when we start to choose to use dark means to achieve success, darkness will follow us like a shadow and be inescapable."
Evening family dinners and meetings.
After the elder brother finished eating the tooth beast steak, he wiped his mouth and coughed.
When everyone looked at him, he spoke: "I heard that Divine Attendant Como will soon become the disciple of the Chief Divine Attendant, and may no longer be responsible for external affairs. We must have people who are truly our own, and we can't do everything.
Rely on the God of Como."
The second sister revealed a piece of news: "I've asked about it. Recently, the Thunder Temple is recruiting personal maids for Her Majesty the Witch. This is a good opportunity to get involved in power. The Como Divine Attendant can recommend me."
Most witches only live in the palace and never go out. External matters are arranged by a few personal maids, so this job is not simple.
The eldest brother looked at the second sister: "Are you ready to give it a try?" The second sister hesitated, and she said, "I haven't thought about it yet." Because compared to the witch's palace, life outside is definitely more free.
And chic.
She was reluctant to part with this luxurious life, and she was not very willing to listen to the witch's orders.
Dinner is over
after.
Lillian came to the second sister's room, and could see that the second sister was trying on some new clothes, looking in the mirror and matching them with beautiful jewelry customized by the alchemist.
This kind of jewelry can make people look more radiant and beautiful. Of course, the price is too expensive for ordinary people to imagine.
Hearing the noise, the second sister looked back and turned back.
She looked at the shining gems in the mirror, smiled at the corner of her mouth, and asked at the same time.
"What's matter?"
Lillian leaned against the door, looked at her second sister who seemed to have completely gotten rid of her past, and smiled.
"It's nothing. It feels good to see you having a good time." The second sister turned her head and laughed too.
"Happy, why aren't you happy?"
"We are no longer the washerwomen in the slums. We eat and drink well every day. Why are we not happy?"
Lilian nodded: "Then don't be a maid in the witch's palace. Just live happily like this, that's fine."
But at dawn, bad news came. The man who was seriously injured by my brother yesterday turned out to be the son of the chief judge.
The Yaen family's unscrupulousness and cruelty finally met their retribution, and they offended the people they shouldn't have offended.
Although the eldest brother responded immediately, he took out money and wanted to apologize and reconcile with the chief judge. He wanted to use various means to make it happen. The younger brother fell on the boat, knelt on the ground and pressed his head against the board of the boat, covering his face and crying.
.
"It was me who harmed my eldest brother."
At this time, Lillian asked her second sister: "Can Attendant Como help?"
The second sister shook her head: "The chief justice is a contract lawyer, an extraordinary profession, and behind it is the contract lawyer union. This is a force that covers the entire world, and behind it is God."
At this time, the younger brother raised his head and asked, "What will happen to the elder brother?" The second sister shook her head, but the three of them knew what the outcome would be. For a moment, the three of them were a little desperate.
When the family was arrested, the power of the Yaen family was immediately besieged from all sides. Several of their workshops were sealed, and their transportation warehouses were also sealed one by one. Their ships were lined up and commented on.
It's like spoils of war waiting to be divided among everyone. When an old force falls, new forces will naturally replace them.
Just like the Yaen family that once rose.
Lilian was still running and did not choose to leave Thunder City. She also placed her hope on finding a way to save her eldest brother.
But at this time, the whole world has abandoned them. Not only is there no one to help them, there are even people everywhere who betray them and want to capture them.
Some are former enemies, and some are people who divided up the power and wealth of the Yaen family.
"Hoo ho ho!"
In the alley at night.
Lillian ran wildly and escaped from a group of pursuers. She didn't even dare to go back to see her second sister and younger brother, for fear of taking the tail back with her. However, it was not without gain. She had already inquired about the situation of some of her eldest brothers.
The worst case scenario.
The justice has found out the crimes that the eldest brother committed in the past, and more importantly, the eldest brother himself confessed to all the crimes, including the crime of killing the housekeeper.
That was also the beginning of the Yaen family, the beginning of the transformation of all of them.
In this case, there is no doubt that he will be sentenced to death.
In the darkness, Lillian walked away murmuring.
"Brother, I am the one who killed you."
"I started this path, and I pushed you onto this path. You shouldn't bear the burden for me."
Lilian stumbled as she walked, but her eyes always looked ahead. But this dark alley seemed to never end, and there was not even a trace of light in the distance.
And this time.
However, the second sister of the Yaen family came to the depths of the Thunder Temple. God Attendant Como personally came to greet her and took her to the innermost part to meet someone.
In the witch's palace, she saw the person who wanted to see her. The person was wearing the robe of the chief divine attendant, standing
Next to the empty throne of Her Majesty the Witch, he looked at the girl below.
"Look up."
The girl raised her head and let the other person look at her.
After a while, the other party nodded, seeming to be very satisfied with the candidate recommended by Cuomo.
The man looked at him and said: "You are very good, but we did not choose a maid, and what you want to become is not a person who serves a witch."
The girl was stunned: "Then what did you choose?" The chief attendant of the Thunder Temple: "Witch!"
The girl was really confused: "What do you mean?"
Chief of the Thunder Temple: "I will make you a witch, the witch of the sky."
She opened her mouth wide, then turned her head stiffly to look at the witch's throne high above.
That is a being that is more noble than the king, the patriarch, the chief divine attendant, and everyone in the world. Perhaps only other apostles can be slightly comparable to it, but it still cannot be compared with it.
Because there are many apostles, but there is only one witch of the giant god.
A long time ago, she had longed for the witch.
She collected information about witches, she read newspapers about witches, and flipped through the Gospel Booklet of Thunder Temple.
She was extremely eager to see Her Majesty the Witch, even if it was just to see her shadow from a distance, or even if she just saw the Witch's ship that she was riding on.
But now the divine attendant of the Thunder Temple told her that she could become a witch.
She asked: "Why did you choose a new witch?"
"Aren't witches immortal?"
The other party said: "This is not something you should know. I'm just asking you if you are willing to become a new witch."
The girl understood that when she heard this sentence, she had no option to refuse. Refusal would mean death.
She raised her head and looked at the other person, but her eyes had already passed through the other person, staring at the witch's throne.
"I do!"
But the other party continued: "Very good, but if you want to become the witch of the sky, you must say goodbye to your past completely, and you no longer have the name of the past."
The man said to the girl: "Because the Sky Witch only has one name - Liz, Your Highness Witch Liz."
What did the girl understand: "If you change your name, I won't have a problem?"
The man shook his head: "It's not about changing your name, it's about saying goodbye to the past completely."
The girl frowned: "What do you mean?"
The other party said: "Let everyone who really knows your details and secrets disappear."
"Because a witch is a loner."
Initially, when Witch Liz's father came to see her, she said she had no family.
It seems that from that time on, the witch has been alone. But this is probably just an excuse. The Thunder Temple may have made up such a reason in order to cover up the truth and better control the witch.
The girl instantly understood: "Impossible!"
The man seemed nonchalant: "Whether you choose to become a witch or become a washerwoman again, you decide for yourself."
The girl was so lost that she slowly walked out of the palace.
She thought she was facing death the moment she walked out of the palace, but she didn't expect that the other party actually let her out, as if he really didn't care.
She breathed a long sigh of relief and walked down the stairs.
She walked very slowly, and finally stopped when she came down completely.
The girl stood here motionless, as if she were standing at the junction of heaven and abyss.
now.
She remembered many things.
She thought of how she got up to put away her clothes in the cold night. She thought of the time when she had no strength to let others bully her. She also thought of herself wearing gorgeous skirts and jewelry.
Finally, she remembered what she said to Lillian that day, when they were still crowded in the slum hut.
She at that time
He held the gospel book in his arms and said with longing in his eyes.
"The witch is the most noble woman in the world!" Suddenly, she turned her head back.
Next to the witch's throne, the aloof Chief Divine Attendant seemed to have seen through everything and let out a chuckle.
A Como god attendant next to him asked: "Among so many people recommended, why did you choose her in the end?"
The Chief Divine Attendant said: "Because she looks very similar to the witch." The Como Divine Attendant recalled the last witch, Liz VII: "It's not similar."
But the chief priest said: "I'm not talking about the seventh life."
He looked at the portrait on the wall: "It's her!"
The Como Divine Attendant also looked over: "The first generation Sky Witch." "Lise I?"
Lillian made a wide circle to make sure that no one was following her, and then headed towards their temporary hiding place at dawn.
The closer she got, the more she didn't know how to face the expectations of her second sister and younger brother, and she came back with nothing to do. However, when she got really close to the hiding place, she suddenly felt a problem.
"Something's wrong."
Lilian stopped, changed direction, and after careful observation, she found someone squatting around her.
She immediately began to retreat, blending into the crowd.
At this time, there were movements and sounds in the distance, and then someone shouted loudly.
"Dead people!"
"Dead people!"
She walked around to a distant place and looked out from a high place.
Here you can just see the Thunder City security team coming to a house and carrying out two bodies.
Even though she couldn't see anything clearly from a distance, she already knew who the body was just from the outline.
For a moment, Lillian felt as if all her strength had been drained away.
There seemed to be a sharp cry in her throat that she wanted to cry out, but she knew she couldn't.
She could only cover her mouth tightly and run as fast as she could. She rushed through the streets and alleys like crazy, rushing to a place where there was no one.
She didn't stop until she bumped into someone.
She apologized quickly. She seemed to have never been so flustered and depressed as she was now: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." She said it many times in a row.
I don't know if I said it to the person who was hit, or to someone else.
The person in front of her looked at her face and seemed to be in a trance. Then, she called out a name: "Liz?"
Lilian shook her head: "You have the wrong person."
The man said, "Oh, really, you and her look really alike." After saying that, the man turned and left.
Lilian was also about to leave, but she saw a bead on the ground, which should have been dropped by the person just now.
She picked it up and shouted: "You dropped something." But the man's shadow was no longer visible.
Outside the trial court is the execution ground.
The blazing sunlight shines on everyone, making people feel upset.
In front of everyone, the judge tried the crime of a man who looked like he had lost his soul.
"You are charged with murder, robbery, smuggling, and causing serious injury."
"Finally, this court has decided to sentence you to death!"
The eldest brother stood there waiting for someone to put the rope around his neck, looking down with empty eyes, unable to see any hope. But when his eyes fell on the crowd, his eyes suddenly started to move.
He seemed to have seen something, and a smile finally appeared on his lost face.
A slum girl wearing a headscarf and a white skirt who looked a little dirty was standing in the crowd, looking up at him, tears streaking down her face.
It's Lilian.
The eldest brother shook his head, as if to say it's okay, don't cry. Lilian saw the eldest brother open his mouth, and she knew what the other person was saying by reading his lips. This was what they did to say something secret after they started to get married.
It was a practice, but no one thought it would be used here at the time.
"The secret compartment of the transportation company's warehouse, take the things inside." "Leave here and don't come back."
"Be who you want to be!"
At this time, the executioner next to the gallows finally turned the winch.
"Clang!"
Only a crisp sound was heard, the floor opened under his feet, and the man was hanged on the gallows.
Suddenly, applause and cheers broke out.
Lilian stood among the crowd, looking at the body swaying from side to side.
The surging crowd pushed her to the left and to the right.
In the end, she was washed away with the crowd. She knew that her brother was talking about the old transportation company's warehouse that they originally rented, but she didn't go back, and she didn't know where she was going. She just followed the crowd.
Walking feels like being passively pushed forward by the world.
finally.
She came to the train platform.
She saw someone queuing up, so she also queued up.
The station was very noisy, and some people were discussing a major event that happened recently.
"do you know?"
"Her Highness Liz VIII may appear in front of people to bless the world on behalf of God."
"Really?"
"Really, even if I can't see Her Highness the Witch in person, it would be nice if I could get closer. She is the spokesperson of God."
Lillian finally found herself in the queue, and the conductor asked her: "Where can I buy the ticket?"
She said: "Go to the farthest place."
Conductor: "The terminal is right, okay."
She bought a ticket and got on the bus.
She lay on the bunk of the car, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, and kept looking at the ceiling.
At this time, a bead suddenly fell out of her pocket. Lilian picked it up and put it in front of her eyes.
This seems to be a photographic bead.
After she picked it up, pictures began to play inside, which were pictures from a long, long time ago.
She saw a ship that was different from the one she saw before, a much older one, sailing across the lake towards the cloud mountain.
She saw a woman riding a small boat to the Kingdom of God in the sky, and a voice called her from behind.
The man asked her: "Is it really that important to be a witch?"
The woman suddenly laughed, but her smile was full of bitterness.
"I can never get something, but I can't accept losing it."