This train was Xie An's first mission after becoming a conductor directly under the Imperial Ministry of Transport. He still cherished this job very much. After all, in the past, such an "iron rice bowl" was not enough for a civilian like him. It's something I can't even think about.
All thanks to Huangfu Qing's vigorous promotion of the construction of the "three vertical and three horizontal" transportation network, while also recruiting wise men throughout the empire, young and energetic people like Xie An who have management experience in the service industry. This person is very suitable for the position of conductor.
In the Cangyun Empire in the past, this kind of profession that relied on royal food was definitely monopolized by nobles or gentry. However, the empress, who was already extremely courageous, completely abolished the "civil servant" selection system of the old empire, which allowed Xie An to ascend the throne as he wished. Got on this train.
It is said that he is a conductor, but in fact, due to the high degree of automation of the entire train, there is no position such as a conductor. In addition to Xie An, there are three chefs and a dozen helpers to take care of chores during the operation. Other staff.
Today, the situation in the Cangyun Empire is stable, and the security level has reached its peak in half a year. Therefore, after a routine inspection, Xie An returned to his room with confidence, preparing to take a rest and wait until late at night before starting the second round. Second patrol.
But as soon as he put on the blindfold, there was a sudden knock on the door. Xie An was startled and quickly got up, put on his uniform again and opened the door.
I saw Wu Ma, who was in charge of cleaning, pointing in the direction of the back of the car out of breath. This middle-aged woman in her forties had obviously run all the way. She was holding her knees with one hand and her back was shaking violently. Her breathing was up and down, but these were not as dazzling as the frightened look on her face.
"Thank you... thank you sir, there is... something happened in a box behind... please go over and take a look."
Xie An frowned. He didn't expect that something would go wrong the first time he was in charge of a long-distance train. Although he didn't know the specific situation yet, he could tell from Wu Ma's trembling legs that it was definitely not a good thing.
Moreover, the passengers in the last ten carriages are not ordinary people, and the prices of the private rooms are by no means comparable to ordinary seats like Li Mu. Therefore, no matter what scares Wu Ma like this, Xie An must quickly go there and calm it down. , otherwise the job you just won may be lost again.
So without asking any further questions, Xie An ran towards the back of the car, bumping into the corners of the seats several times along the way. The pain made him grin, but he kept moving without stopping. This happened to be Li Mu too. and what Tubai saw.
"Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. Quick."
After running to the last carriage, Xie An saw two other helpers standing at the connection between the two carriages, waving anxiously at him, and the man in rich clothes standing beside them had a stern look on his face, and he seemed to have an extraordinary status at first glance. .
"Calm down, everyone. Talk one by one and tell me the situation."
Xie An remembered that the last carriage was a complete independent space, occupied by a couple. The wife, ***, had even looked at it a few times during the patrol, so he was quite impressed.
But at this time, there was only a man standing outside the carriage, and there was no sign of the woman at all. A bad premonition came to his mind. Xie An, who felt that the veins on his forehead were trembling slightly, could only force himself to calm down and asked the helper about the ins and outs of the matter. .
"Let me tell you, look at how they are so frightened that Liushenwuzhu can explain it clearly."
The two helpers were obviously frightened, and they stammered for a long time without saying anything. The man in the rich clothes couldn't stand it, so he took over the conversation himself.
"My wife and I had a little trouble in the afternoon because of some family matters, so I went to the dining car to eat alone in the evening. I came back here about half an hour ago and found that the door to the box could not be opened, regardless of whether I knocked on the door or not. There was still no response even though I shouted, because my wife has been suffering from heart disease for many years, and I was worried about her safety, so I asked someone to help."
The man spoke slowly, but his logic was very clear, with almost no unnecessary nonsense. The situation he described was also confirmed by two helpers.
"That's right, at first we thought Madam had a sudden illness, so we wanted to climb in through the window outside the carriage so that we could fight her from the inside.
Open the door. "
One of the helpers recalled the previous process, but suddenly his body trembled halfway through the story, and he tremblingly told the scene he saw through the window.
"But I saw that Madam was half sitting on the ground, with her body close to the door, and then... then her head was tilted half way, as if... she was dead."
Perhaps because they felt that what they said was inappropriate, the workers secretly glanced at the man in the well-dressed clothes, but the man did not react at all. He just listened quietly, showing no "worry" or "nervousness" at all. It was as if the person who had the accident inside was not his wife at all.
"What does it mean? Are you sure? Then you came back? Didn't you go in to confirm the guest's condition?"
Xie An was very angry, because judging from the current situation, the woman in the box was probably in an accident. If she was lucky, she might have been in a coma caused by a sudden illness. If she was unlucky, as the helper said, she might have died. But no matter which situation happened, it was enough to make him, the conductor, pack up and get out.
"I...I don't dare, because...because Madam, she looks very strange, no, she should be very scary."
The helper was completely frightened out of his wits. He was talking nonsense and didn't know what he was talking about. I remember Xie An threw the spare key chain in his arms, then stretched out his hand and pushed open the emergency door on the side of the car. aisle.
"I've been talking for a long time and I can't understand it. I might as well confirm it myself. I hope I just fainted, but I don't want to kill anyone. By the way, there are no medical personnel on this train. If my wife has a heart attack, , wouldn’t that be dangerous?”
Xie An, who was in a state of confusion, used his hands and feet to walk along the extremely narrow passage to the outside of the carriage. The cold mountain wind at night hit his head and face, making him almost lose his grip on the handle.
Squinting to confirm the position of the window, he took a sharp breath, then used his legs to take three or four steps forward, and finally narrowly managed to hold on to the protruding position of the window.
"It's really dangerous. If we fall here, we probably won't even find the bones. No matter what, it's more important to confirm the situation."
After finding a safe position, Xie An looked inside the car window, but because it was cold outside and hot inside, a layer of white mist blocked most of his sight, so much so that he almost pressed his face against the window. Can see clearly what's going on inside.
Just as Xie An kept trying to change the angle, a face appeared on the other side of the car window without warning. It was bloodless and shriveled. The skin was wrinkled and hung on the skull. The facial features had long been unrecognizable. , even the eyeballs almost fell out of their sockets.
Such a terrifying scene frightened Xie An so much that he screamed, his body tilted outwards, and he was about to fall out of the carriage.
At the critical moment, a hand suddenly reached out and grabbed Xie An, who was frightened out of his wits. It was Li Mu who followed him to check the situation.
