Chapter Ninety-Six: If You Don't Enter the Tiger's Den, Will You Get a Tiger?
This sudden plea for mercy obviously stunned a few people, Mo Chen looked at Lu Zhian behind him, as if asking him what to do next.
Lu Zhian glanced at the old man lying on the ground, thought about it, raised his eyebrows and gestured to Mo Chen with his eyes, Mo Chen nodded, put away the sword, walked over and pulled the old man's arm and pulled him up from the ground.
The old man was dressed in patched clothes, I don't know how long he had been in this cave, he was gray-faced, his face was covered with layers of wrinkles, he was hunched over a little hunchback, and he looked very vicissitudes.
"Don't be nervous, uncle, we won't hurt you."
Mo Chen saw his pitiful appearance, and his tone softened a lot for a while, and he said half comfortingly.
The old man looked at a few people a little timidly, then took two small steps back, turned and shouted into the cave:
"Ngawang, you... You come out. ”
The words fell for a moment, and a child came out of the cave.
The child looked very thin, dark-skinned, and was also dressed in coarse patched clothes, and had no shoes, and his clothes were covered in dust and looked dirty.
Out of the cave and looking at Su Yange, they were all staring at themselves, panicked, and trotted all the way to the old man's side, hiding behind him with only half of his head exposed, carefully observing.
"Ngawang, quickly make amends to the sons."
The old man seemed to be a little helpless, and half-turned his head and whispered to Na Ngawang.
Ngawang hid behind him and was silent for a long time, as if he had made up his mind, and then he stood up again, knelt down with a "plop" in their direction, and kowtowed with a cry:
"I'm sorry Childe, I'm sorry Childe, I know it's wrong, please spare me!"
A few people were confused... What's going on?
It was Lu Zhian who stabilized first, and Mo Chen was closest to the child, so he had to order:
"Mo Chen, help me up."
"Yes."
When Mo Chen received the instruction, he also stepped forward and dragged the child up from the ground, and Ngawang stood aside and cried and wiped his tears, almost crying.
"What are you doing here? Why are you so afraid of us? ”
Lu Zhian finally couldn't help it, raised his feet and walked directly to the old man and Ah Wang, and said suspiciously.
"It's... No, Ngawang took the children's things..."
The old man was also stunned, looking at them a little puzzled.
"You mean the dry food?"
Lu Zhian narrowed his eyes and thought of what Ayan said just now.
"Yes, yes, yes!"
When the old man heard this, he became even more nervous:
"Ngawang... Ngawang was just too hungry, so he went out to find something to eat, but he didn't expect to wake up his son. ”
The old man probably talked about what was going on with the dry food:
Ngawang was found stealing food, and he was frightened and didn't want to lose the dry food, so he brought the burden back with the dry food, but he ran too panicked on the road, and he didn't feel when the burden fell out of his arms.
Back in the cave, Ngawang tells them that he has been discovered, and that the clothes worn by those sons are very good clothes, and they must be rich...
The general son-in-law has a bad temper, a little squirrel, I am afraid that my life will be in danger if I take their things, if I find their residence, I am afraid that everyone will be implicated, just when they were thinking about what to do, Mo Chen appeared...
Then he left, and the next moment more people appeared...
Dressed boy... With a sword in his hand, the old man trembled with fright when he saw it, and rushed out and shouted for mercy...
Probably understood, Lu Zhian nodded slightly:
"So this kid just took our dry food?"
"It's... Be. ”
The old man was a little nervous, and cold sweat was falling at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Lu Zhian saw that he was bent over and a little difficult to support, and sighed:
"Uncle, get up and speak, don't be afraid."
"Many... Thank you, Childe..."
Having said all that, the old man only dared to straighten up slightly, and his head was still lowered.
But I felt something in my heart... These sons seem to be quite polite when they speak.
"Are you the mountain people of Kite Mountain? Why live in a cave? How do you live? ”
Lu Zhian saw that he was still scared, so he simply didn't mention it again, and went straight to the point, asking several questions in a row.
The old man wiped his sweat, was silent for a moment, and thought for a moment before he spoke:
"Hui Gongzi's words... We, we are the villagers of Yuanshan Village, but three months ago... There is a group of bandits who came from nowhere, and they have taken over our village... We had no choice but to escape...
But those people are too powerful to let us escape... So he grabbed us all, put us in this cave, and brought us some soup and water every day..."
"I see that there is no one around, why don't you just leave?"
Su Yange looked around, and along the way, he didn't find anyone watching, which was a little strange.
"Childe... How could it be so easy, they detained some of the villagers in the village.
Said that if we dare to report to the official, we will... Just kill the villagers..."
The old man was almost in tears as he spoke, and his trembling hands wiped his tears.
"They just occupied the village and didn't rob anything?"
Xie Qingji frowned, as if he was thinking.
"Yes, they just said wait until you're in a better mood... Naturally, the village will be returned to us, and let's just wait honestly... When it was, we don't know.
But it's been three months now... We're here to take it down, and we're going to die..."
The old man heard Xie Qingji's question and hurriedly replied.
"Interesting, in a good mood...?
When will they come besides delivering food? ”
Lu Zhian seemed to think of something, smiled in a low voice, and asked him again:
"I think there must be a special method of guarding, if you only have some food, you can secretly go to the city to report to the official."
"Childe doesn't know, every hour and a half, they will send someone to count the number of people, one less... Just, we will kill a villager, we dare not go.
You won't be able to come back for an hour and a half..."
The old man shook his head, very sad, it seems that they haven't thought about this method, sighed, suddenly remembered something, and quickly raised his head and said in a panic:
"Quick... Boys, go! The time is almost up, and they're coming... It's not good to be discovered. ”
"That's not right, uncle, why are you willing to let us go?"
Lu Zhian didn't move, but asked with a smile.
"Huh...?!"
The old man obviously didn't expect him to say this, he was a little nervous at the moment, his legs were a little weak and he knelt on the ground again, he lowered his head and didn't dare to answer, and Ah Wang, who was on the side, saw this and knelt on the ground with the old man.
"Are you curious how I found out?"
Lu Zhian ignored their movements, but walked over slowly, stood in front of them, and said slowly:
"This Ah Wang, he is quite bold, such a dark mountain road and not to mention that he can find us in the dark, and when he is discovered, he can still react and snatch things, and according to the description, when he turned around to look, he had already run into the forest.
It seems that he is agile... Originally, the children in the mountains are not afraid of the dark, and there is nothing to say about being familiar with the terrain.
But when he came out, he looked scared, but there was some ruthlessness in his eyes, and he looked crying and admitting his mistake, but he was actually looking for an opportunity to sneak attack.
Besides, uncle, do you feel that the dagger in your sleeve is a little weak to take it out?
If it weren't for Mo Chen's strong martial arts, when he helped you, he would have quietly clicked on your acupuncture points, otherwise I'm afraid they would have attacked them by now.
You let us go because you found out you weren't our opponent, right? ”
Lu Zhian said very easily, but the two of them had already collapsed on the ground, and cold sweat kept falling.
"I advise you to be honest, and I can consider sparing your life."
Lu Zhi'an's words had already hidden the joke, and the cold voice came into the ears of the two of them, like a talisman urging life.
"Childe! Son! ”
When the old man heard this, he panicked instantly, and crawled to Lu Zhi'an's feet and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy:
"I say I say! I say it all! ”
“…”
Lu Zhian didn't dodge, nor did he speak, he looked at the old man condescendingly, the old man sorted out his emotions, and said in a trembling voice:
"All I just said was the truth... It's just a cover-up, a cover-up... That is, the same bandits who said, If only we could tie up the passing travelers and their money, and give them ...
They can put back an equal number of our villagers... We, we're forced to... Just..."
The old man said in a hurry, Lu Zhian knew in his heart that he didn't hide it this time, and he was telling the truth, so he lowered his eyes and said:
"Have you ever wondered... Is the person who is exchanged dead or alive? ”
"Childe! Childe, we know it's wrong... We know it's wrong. ”
As soon as he is old, this old man is also crying with a handful of snot and tears, and it seems that he is really afraid.
"Don't be nervous."
Lu Zhian suddenly laughed, half-squatted in front of the old man, and smiled at him:
"We can go and change your people."
"Huh...? ,! The old man obviously didn't expect him to say this, and froze in place for a while, thinking that he was still angry, and quickly reacted and trembled and lay on the ground, not daring to make a sound.
"What is this for? I'm serious. ”
Lu Zhian felt a little funny, patted the old man's shoulder, and stood up with a smile:
"We are also very curious, what are they doing, they don't kill people and set fires, they just occupy the place, you send us in, let's see what is there!"
"It's... This. ”
The old man didn't know how to answer for a while, and looked at the few of them and didn't know what to say.
"Don't be nervous, come on."
Lu Zhian said, nodded and gestured to Mo Chen, and Mo Chen also nodded and unlocked their holes.
The moment they unraveled, the two of them only felt a lot more relaxed, and the old man also sincerely persuaded at this time:
"Childe, it's all our fault... We don't know what the situation will be like inside...
Persuade the child... Or don't risk it..."
"Don't think about it, we can naturally protect ourselves, wouldn't it be good to change a few of your people by the way?"
Lu Zhian smiled, sounding very confident, meaning that he should not hesitate.
The old man didn't see that he was talking big, and remembered that he had just been quietly calculated... I also believed a little in my heart.
Everyone immediately took action, and after about half a moment, with the cooperation of the villagers, they were tied up with hemp rope, but according to the requirements of Lu Zhi'an, the rope used a special knotting technique, which looked very strong on the surface, but was actually "vulnerable"...
As soon as this action fell, there were footsteps in the woods from far and near, and the old man said with a solemn face when he heard it:
"Here they are..."