NFBE Chapter 120: A kind mouth cannot stop a person who seeks death
Chapter 120: A kind mouth cannot stop a person who seeks death
"Hehe, Brother Tan, you know, this era is different from the past. If you want to live well, you have to make adequate preparations in advance!" The young man said vaguely while chewing food with difficulty.
Hearing the sudden praise from the lame man, he was slightly stunned, obviously not yet used to such praise.
For a moment, I didn't know how to respond, and subconsciously reached out and scratched my head to hide the embarrassment and helplessness in my heart.
By this time, the lame man had almost rested.
He skillfully put the remaining food into his mouth, chewed it slowly, and casually climbed onto a protruding rock beside him to stand up.
Then he turned around and walked back the way he came without saying a word.
Seeing this, the young man first turned his head to look at the large group moving away in the distance, and then turned his gaze to the lame man who was moving in the opposite direction of the large group.
The lame man bent down and picked up a branch as thick as his arm, and kept slapping the dense weeds in front of him, clearing a barely passable path for himself.
Looking at the lame man's receding back, the young man showed a look of confusion on his face.
Although he had many doubts about the lame man's eccentric behavior, after hesitating for a long time, he decided to follow the lame man's pace closely.
"Brother Tan, where are you planning to go? Aren't we going with the main group?" The young man quickly caught up with the lame man and couldn't help asking.
Because the lame man had difficulty walking, although he tried his best to move forward, he still seemed a little powerless when faced with the crisscrossing and tangled branches in front of him.
Compared with the strong young man, the lame man walked much slower.
The young man immediately followed and imitated the lame man. He found a branch of similar size, broke it off, held it in his hand, and imitated the lame man, walking to the front to clear the way.
With the young man's joining, the lame man felt much more relaxed and walked forward faster.
"Hey! You little brat, you're really smart!" The lame man looked at the young man who was working hard to open the way ahead, and finally couldn't help but speak:
"As long as you follow me closely, I can't guarantee anything else, but at least I can guarantee that you won't be the last one to lose your life."
Hearing this, the young man couldn't help but stop and kept repeating "The last person dies..." in his mouth. A chill came over him.
After a long while, he came back to his senses and asked with a puzzled look on his face, "Aren't we going to that village to spend a few days comfortably? Why are we talking about something as serious as life and death?"
At this point, the lame man showed a look of disdain on his face, snorted coldly and said: "Huh, live a good life?
Those guys probably won't even know how they died! Don't think you've found a big fat sheep just because you see the village.
These people were killed by impatience or greed.”
The young man frowned and asked, "But Brother Tan, isn't this just an ordinary little village? We've passed by many villages like this before. What's so special about this village?"
As he spoke, he secretly glanced at the lame man behind him out of the corner of his eye, only to see that the other person had a serious face and did not look like he was joking at all.
"Heh..." The lame man snorted coldly, holding a rough wooden stick tightly in his hand, and swung it hard at the dense bushes in front without hesitation.
With a rustling sound, the branches were blown away.
Then he bent down and stretched out his left hand to feel for something on the ground.
After a long while, he slowly stood up, and saw that the thumb and index finger of his right hand were tightly pinching a snake with a triangular head!
The snake was obviously unwilling to be captured like this. It twisted its body desperately and its tail swung violently in the air.
However, no matter how it struggled, it could not break free from the cripple's fingers, which were as strong as iron pliers.
Finally, its body began to wrap around the lame man's thick arms, as if trying to find a chance to escape.
"You little thing who doesn't know how to live or die, actually dares to try to hurt others?" The lame man opened his eyes wide and shouted loudly.
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly grabbed the snake's tail and swung it hard, pulling the snake off his arm.
He coordinated his hands and quickly threw the snake towards the edge of the cliff which was slightly lower on the side.
The young man next to him heard the noise coming from this side and subconsciously turned his head to look.
He saw a black object flying out from the lame man's hand and falling straight down.
Even with just a quick glance, he could vaguely make out it was a snake by the way its tail was waving wildly and making circles in the air.
The lame man keenly noticed the young man's gaze and quickly warned him, "The terrain here is steep, the mountains are towering into the clouds, and the trees are so lush that they block out the sun.
Therefore, there are countless venomous snakes like this! Moreover, their venom is extremely strong, and if you are not careful and get bitten by one, the consequences will be disastrous.
So, you have to be extra careful, don't let these insignificant little guys bite you, it would be more trouble than it's worth! "
"Yes, Brother Tan." The young man was still frightened when he saw the poisonous snake that had just been thrown out, and he was more cautious when leading the way.
Seeing that the young man not only had a look in his eyes but also listened to him, the lame man thought for a moment and responded, "Why do you think the people in that village have survived safely until now? It's because they have no skills and the village has no foundation.
They thought too simply. The outside world was in such chaos. There had been severe droughts and famines for years. This year, most of the princes and grandchildren of the Jin Dynasty had finally died, and things had calmed down a bit.
The situation in front has not yet been completely resolved, and those people in the north are restless again.
Look at how we ordinary people have struggled over the years, where is our livelihood? Where is our hope? Even having enough to eat has become a problem.”
The young man was not a fool, so he could hear that there were tricks in the village. He didn't know whether he would enter a sheep's den or fall into a tiger's mouth if he went there.
Somewhat worriedly, he said, "Brother Tan, if they go, wouldn't it be dangerous..."
The lame man walking in front turned to look at the young man when he heard this, smiled bitterly, and said helplessly, "I have persuaded you and talked to you.
But they didn't listen. We were just a group of people who got together temporarily, and I couldn't force them to do so. What's more, this was also my own idea.
What if they really made the right bet?"
"Brother Tan, I'm young and don't have as much experience as you, but in my opinion, what you're considering is not unreasonable," the young man replied.
The lame man limped ahead and led the way. After listening to the young man's words, he neither refuted nor responded. Over the years, he had been either fleeing or on the way to flee, and had seen a lot of people and experienced a lot of things.
Everything is excessive, including how people interact with each other.
"Let's go. Life and death are determined by fate. Even the best of intentions can't stop a suicidal spirit..."
The rustling sound disappeared into the mountains along with the figure.
…………
“Who, who is there?
Come out, stop playing tricks on me."
At this time, a group of people were running hard towards the small village of the Du family in the valley. Suddenly, they heard a noise in the distance, which made the person leading the way in front stop suddenly.
Because there are many low shrubs and they are so complicated, you can't see clearly if you are farther away because the shrubs completely block your view.