Chapter 321: Dilemma and Turnaround
The scene of thick green and light red, blowing in the face, with a faint fragrance of flowers and a breeze of water vapor, made everyone in a trance can't tell what day it is.
Just when Li Jin and his party were stunned, a half-grown boy dressed as a shepherd boy ran to them curiously.
After looking the group up and down, the young man opened his big curious eyes, smiled kindly at Li Jin, and asked, "You are from outside, aren't you?" Come on, come with me, the elders have been waiting for you for a long time. ”
Everyone looked at each other for a moment, and Li Jin first moved to keep up with the young man's pace and walked forward.
Whether it's a blessing or a curse, go and see what is going on.
Ruo Luolin and his entourage saw this somewhat strange scene, and they already regretted coming to participate, so they took the initiative to accompany Chen An, who stayed in place with Li Hui.
The rest of the people immediately followed Li Jin towards the warm mountains, and in an instant, their figures disappeared into the forest sea.
The young man led the way with brisk steps, and soon led Li Jin and his party to a thatched hut on a hillside.
An old man with a gray beard and wearing batik ink blue short brown was waiting in front of the bamboo gate on crutches.
The posture of waiting for the battle made Li Hui subconsciously take two quick steps, rushed to Li Jin, and protected her behind him.
The action in one go, the attitude of natural and unhesitating, as if it was his natural duty to protect Li Jin.
It's just that Li Hui didn't think much about it, and the others didn't pay attention at all because they were in a strange and strange environment, only Li Jin and Xiao Fan, who were close to Li Hui, noticed that Li Hui was unusual.
Li Jin just thought that Li Hui saw what stunt the old man had, so he just prepared for the battle in advance, but Xiao Fan was stunned by Li Hui's movements, and subconsciously looked back and forth on Li Hui and Li Jin, and the corners of his mouth suddenly hooked.
Just as Xiao Fan was smiling, they had already arrived in front of the thatched hut on the top of the mountain.
The old man, who had been looking at everyone with a bad eye, waved his hand and sent the young man away, then he glanced at everyone and said coldly: "Stranger, what are you doing here, the old man knows it, but you have run in vain." For the last two days you rested in your huts. As long as you don't cause trouble, you won't have to worry about your life. If you are honest, I will send someone to bring the antidote. ”
When everyone heard this, their faces suddenly turned blue.
Why do they need an antidote? When did they get poisoned?!
But the old man seemed to be impatient, and after the words were closed, he didn't even bother to give an explanation, and turned straight to go down the mountain.
Li Hui frowned, and he had already taken the first step to block the old man's way.
"Old man, please stay, maybe you have a misunderstanding with our group, can you give us a chance to speak. ”
The old man squinted at Li Hui and sneered: "Misunderstanding? Aren't you here because of nursery rhymes, not for those thousands of troops?"
The others were fine, but Father Su was obviously suffocated, and his face quickly turned pale.
Because he remembered that he had heard a saying from the mouth of the farmer's house, or more accurately, it was more like a folk legend.
Guarding the divine soldiers left by the god of war, the generals of the god of war will screen the people who come to ask for soldiers for the god of war, and if someone has bad intentions, they will have to pay the painful price of not being able to survive and die.
Thinking of the poisoning revealed in the old man's words, Father Su felt that his back was soaked in cold sweat.
Just when Father Su was so frightened that he stepped forward quickly, he wanted to deny everything before Li Hui opened his mouth, first to keep the old man stable, and find a way to save his life, but who knows, Li Hui actually nodded and said with a smile: "The old man guessed well, I came here because of nursery rhymes." ”
When the old man heard this, he immediately glanced Li Hui up and down again, and then he was a little surprised and a little curious, and said: "Hey, you look very smart in this later life, but I didn't expect you to be a stunned young man." Hey, it's a pity that such a good pair of skins. ”
As the old man spoke, he couldn't help but shake his head, and the sighing appearance and regretful expression at this moment were a little more cordial like the kind elders in the neighborhood, and he no longer had the cold eyebrows just now.
It can be seen that the old man should have always lived in a harmonious and peaceful life.
Even if you put on a face, you can only do it coldly, and you can't be completely cold.
For a while, the atmosphere was much soothed, and it was no longer so tense.
Li Jin couldn't help but smile at it, Li Hui, who was smiling helplessly, sighed lightly in his heart, this guy looks unsmiling on the outside, and he is cold and self-controlled, but he has a good delicate heart.
Sure enough, after Li Hui did the opposite, aroused the old man's curiosity and then pried open a gap in the loss of Fang's defense, he immediately hit the railway while it was hot: "I know that the old man is worried, what we are asking for here will threaten the peace and security in this valley." But I am here only for verification, and I will not touch a single plant or tree in this valley, let alone a living person. ”
The old man stared at Li Hui suspiciously for a long time, shook his head uneasily, and said: "You are too good in your later life, and you look like a smart person, my old man thinks that there are not as many people outside as there are outside, you don't have to play tricks with me." ”
The implication is that no matter what Li Hui says, he does not intend to let the other party get his wish, and insists on driving them out when he feels appropriate.
Li Hui looked at the stubbornness on the old man's face, and he was really helpless at this time.
No matter how good he is, there is nothing he can do in the face of a person who refuses to communicate!
And Li Hui didn't doubt the fact that they had been poisoned in the old man's words.
Because since they entered this strange valley, they have revealed everywhere that they are methodical in dealing with them as outsiders.
In order to prevent outsiders who are suspicious or unintentionally mistaken, Li Hui is sure that people who have lived for generations must have thought of the best way to deal with this.
And he didn't want everyone who came with him, especially Li Jin, to bear the painful price of verifying this.
In Li Hui's view, this is what a man should do to protect the weak around him.
It's just that he forgot, or to be precise, didn't notice that the gaze he looked at Li Jin had long gone beyond the indifference of caring for the weak, but had always carried a temperature that could warm people's hearts like the warm sun of spring.
But in this way, if they don't make any attempts, they will also lose this rare opportunity.
Li Hui frowned, and was a little distressed by the dilemma at the moment.
But who knows, at this moment when everyone was silent, Xiao Fan suddenly stepped forward with a smile, and said with a courteous smile to the old man: "Old man, what you said is a little early." There are no absolutes, and you may want to take the initiative to talk to us. ”
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