Chapter 986 Pygmies (1/2)

The rough diamond was dirty, stinky and stained with black and yellow, and stinking,

and Li Du could guess without any explanation where it had been hidden

The guards were not squearabbed the diaht it back to Re He looked darkly at the rowl in a language that Li Du did not understand

”What is he talking about?” asked Li Du

Lu Guan said, ”Explaining the rules of thethese miners He will

punish the poor man”

The lion hunter looked at hiuese?”

Lu Guan shrugged his shoulders and said, ”Understand a little”

Li Du thought Li Guan chose the wrong career path With his aptitude for foreign

languages, he should have engaged in diploerating to say that he was a linguistic genius

The rily Soround and threatened to hit him Many shouted at him with furious faces

Li Du was surprised, and said, ”Is the general so popular in this place?”

It was unexpected to see that the workers were so protective of Re is that the general implements collective punishment All

people's food stamps for today will be confiscated”

The lion hunter added, ”The general has made it a rule that if someone steals diamonds

and no one tells, he confiscates everyone's food stamps as a punishment if he finds

out”

Li Du understood that this act was harsh enough

The boy shuddered with fear Ree, powerful

hand A guard drew out his bayonet and handed it to the general

The others no longer looked angry, but a little frightened

Li Du knew the punishment would be cruel

He wanted to stop it, but he could not This was not China or America This was not the

civilized world If he tried to interfere, he would be considered a busybody The diamond

lordsthe precious stones

Remonin hit the boy on the shoulder with his bayonet The boy shi+vered like a lamb

under a butcher's knife Occasionally he looked up, his face contorted with fear

Knohat Remonin meant to do, Li Du deliberately threatened the boy and

humiliated him to teach the other miners a lesson

The boy looked up and saw Li Du, and seemed to see the difference between hi man who found a straw, he stretched out his hand and

cried, ”Save me!”

Li Du was stunned Is this Chinese? The accent was very thick, but the words were

recognizable

Li Du, Reht that the boy could only speak the local

dialect

Now, hearing him speak Chinese, Li Du looked surprised Remonin and the others

didn't understand They had never heard Chinese spoken before

The youth realized Li Du understood him, and he called louder, ”baba, savethis, Li Du was now quite certain that the boy was speaking Chinese, although