Chapter 212: A lone strong man explores the tiger
Pang Tong's right hand moved down, and the sickle in his hand quickly rolled down, plunging into the stone with an arc-shaped blade, and some pebble-like stones gradually rose. The young man was sweating with fright. He was like an innocent beast who had forgotten about death after being completely enraged. He leaned forward and crawled forward, clenching the smooth hilt of the scythe as fast as he thought it was, and aimed it at Pang Tong, who was standing entirely in front of him, obscuring his vision. He was completely in the shadow of the giant stranger in front of him, and the violent tremor made his scythe seem to swing back and forth mechanically.
"Enough, what are you afraid of? I didn't want to kill you. ”
After hearing such words. The young man gasped, as if he was about to suffocate. After a few seconds of stopping breathing, he suddenly breathed heavily, like the moment when a person from a drowning was rescued. He shook his still trembling body and stood up, and as soon as he lifted the sickle, he found that the blade was about to reach Pang Tong's chest, and immediately threw the sickle into the bamboo basket behind him. He wiped the sweat from his face casually, and said with a sigh of relief: "Big brother...... You...... You...... Don't be so ...... Scary...... Yes. ”
Pang Tong looked at him as if he were looking at a new creature.
"You don't talk like this all the time." He was terribly uncomfortable with the young man's pace of speech.
The young man nodded honestly.
"My name is Pang Yi, what about you?"
As a result of the strange, tall and well-armed man took the initiative to say his name, showing a friendly side. The young man excitedly and with great difficulty, he confided his name.
"Mu Mu...... Mu Mu ......"
Pang Tong frowned, and repeated as if he was going to be sure: "Mu Mu? ”
"No...... Not ......"
The stutterer's severity made his words very awkward, so he shook his head. Pang Tong waited patiently.
"Mu Mu...... Bathe...... Cow ......"
Pang Tong seemed to have caught the most gorgeous moment in the young man's life, and immediately said: "Mu Niu! ”
The young man nodded in satisfaction.
Pang Tong breathed a sigh of relief, and finally understood. It's not that he can't accept stuttering, it's that this young man's stuttering is a bit outrageous. It made him feel like he was being teased. He thought to himself how good it would be if this was an enemy, and beat him up.
"I'll ask you a question directly, and all you have to do is nod or shake your head." Pang Tong seriously pointed at Mu Niu with the index finger of his right hand.
Mu Niu nodded, looking like a student who was frightened because he failed the exam.
"Is the Huyue tribe on this mountain?"
Mu Niu seemed to have taken dumb medicine, so he didn't answer directly this time. The whole person froze on the spot, but there was heat flowing in the surrounding atmosphere. What the hell happened to him? Pang Tong thought about it and repeated his question again. Mu Niu's throat was pounding, and his heart was beating faster.
Pang Tong could even see the chest bulging from the heartbeat in the left side of his gray cloth robe, the tremor must have come from the internal organs, and the changes in the body came from the domination of the brain. He was scared.
"What? Can't answer. ”
Mu Niu showed a sad face and nodded.
"You're not from the Huyue clan, why are you so cautious?"
Mu Niu was silent, and his face showed an embarrassed expression. On the one hand, he was forced by Pang Tong's deterrence, and on the other hand, there was a secret buried in his heart.
"Are you not going to answer about this tribe?"
This time, Mu Niu nodded happily and quickly.
Pang Tong showed a cold expression like the king of Hades, and the murderous aura ignited. Mu Niu's mouth opened wide, he fell to his knees, and after a while, he collapsed again, lying on his side, completely breathless. Pang Tong realized that he was a little too hateful, and immediately stopped the strong killing intent. He thought that Mu Niu himself was also to blame, he stammered, and refused to answer, completely ignoring Pang Tong's mood in this sultry weather, which led to such a result. Although Pang Tong thought so, he still bent down to help the young man who suddenly began to breathe violently again.
As if he had been saved from the state of death, the young man was full of affection for Pang Tong. Pang Tong saw the expression of gratitude. He wondered: "Did this kid think that he had committed some illness just now, and I helped him up in time?" Or was he frightened by my intimidation, and the sudden sharp contrast formed by my favorability, which caused him to surrender and rejoice? Stockholm Syndrome? ”
After thinking about it irritably, he had lost patience with Mu Niu. But unexpectedly, Mu Niu said intermittently: "Don't ...... No...... Go to ......"
Pang Tong could see from the gesture he pointed upwards that the position he wanted to express was on the mountain. It should be "don't go to the mountains".
"Why?"
Mu Niu began to keep a distance again, and then remained silent.
"Cut, I can't help you." Pang Tong stroked his short hair back and took a deep breath. "If you don't say it, it's ......"
"Oh!"
The roar of the beast tore through a space somewhere on the mountain, bringing the loud noise to the surface. Pang Tong grinned, showing a surprised expression, looked back at the dense jungle on the mountain, and curled the corners of his mouth again. He looked back at Mu Niu, who suddenly looked depressed, and said, "Yes, there are tigers on the mountain, I really want to eat tiger meat!" He said it on purpose. However, he himself learned from Fei Jie that the Huyue tribe is a tribe that raises tigers and leopards, so the battle with this tribe is extremely dangerous.
Mu Niu's cheeks were filled with an unbearable expression and an embarrassed smile.
"My joke doesn't make you laugh, does it?" Pang Tong pointed to the mountains and forests behind him with his thumb and said, "The place I'm looking for should be right." Not because of the accuracy of my map, not because of the sound of the tiger, but because of your series of reactions that betrayed you. Thank you very much. ”
After hearing his words, Mu Niu beat his chest like a heinous sinner, with a bitter gourd face.
Mu Niu, who was like a thorn in his back, felt that he had fallen into a quagmire from which he could never recover. His face contorted stubbornly. Pang Tong patted him on the shoulder, and the friendly gesture did not make him feel relieved.
"I forgot to tell you, I am the envoy of the Ren tribe in the east, and I am here to talk to the Huyue tribe about friendship."
Pang Tong's words made Mu Niu's tense nerves that were almost broken relax. This young man is like an overly frightened rabbit.
"People who are nervously sensitive are more likely to become artists." His exclamation did not attract Mu Niu's special attention. Mu Niu regarded him as a strange and dangerous outsider, and he didn't care too much about his words, after all, other regions had their own living habits and cultures, and he didn't need to discuss these details with Pang Tong. He still had the purpose of Pang Tong's trip in his head. Friendship?
"Yes...... Is it? ”
Pang Tong was annoyed that he had to separate the two words, but the flame was suppressed between his frowning brows. He still needs the help of this Mu Niu.
"Of course, take me to the mountains, I want to see the patriarch."
When the word patriarch was mentioned, Mu Niu's face stiffened, as if it was a sacrosanct person, but he was casually said by Pang Tong, which was a blasphemy.
Mu Niu shook his head, with a look of reluctance.
Pang Tong is also figuring out Mu Niu's subtle psychological changes. The stammering young man not only spoke slurred, but he was as tight-lipped as a bottle, as hard as a stone, and no matter how sharp the fangs in Pang Tong's mind were, he didn't want to bite through his mental defenses. It seems that it is very important for this young man to keep the matter about the Huyue tribe. From one point, it can be judged that Mu Niu may be lying, and he may be a member of the Huyue clan. It may also be that the Muti tribe and the Huyue tribe have a close relationship, otherwise they would not be so cautious.
"Are you scared?"
This time, Mu Niu was motionless. He froze there, as if waiting for Pang Tong to speak.
As if he was saying a relaxed sentence as if he was hungry, Pang Tong said: "If you don't take me, you will die." ”
Mu Niu's blood faded all over his body, but the eyes of this man who seemed to be telling jokes were very serious. He didn't think it was a joke, there was a murderous motive hidden in it. He had just comprehended the strong killing intent brought about by Pang Tong's angry gaze.
"I'll ...... Lead the way! ”
After finishing his words in a hurry, he looked at Pang Tong's expression seriously.
Pang Tong breathed a sigh of relief and smiled. He took the horse by the way, flew on it, and took hold of the reins.
"I'm sorry for you."
Mu Niu scratched his head and walked in front, and Pang Tong rode behind. From a distance, it looks like a mighty hero has captured a captive of an enemy soldier. Mu Niu walked decadently, heading to the foot of the mountain on the familiar road. They went up the mountain. Mu Niu walked a road one zhang wide, and the horse could just walk. Judging from the flattened slope, it is often passing. Maybe it's the way for the horses, otherwise there should be a ladder, right? Pang Tong pondered, looking at the thick large arbors around him. These evergreens are an indispensable sight. Let this kind of tropics maintain a constant vitality regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter.
However, the coolness of the air also attracts other animals, perhaps creatures that breed due to heat. A mosquito the size of a palm swaggered in front of Pang Tong.