Chapter 18 Survival and Justice?
"I'll do it anyway."
It is not easy to say this sentence from Li Zhishi or anyone under this situation at this moment, because when you say this sentence, you will naturally know the hidden meaning behind it.
Attracting fire, in short, is bait, and it is a bait that is destined to catch a fish and die in the belly of the fish.
Looking at the burning on the ground, the only torch still burning around, Zhuan Zhu and Jin Mei were silent, maybe the latter may have been unable to speak because of his uneven breath, but the former, who could speak and should have spoken, was silent for the first time at this time.
On the one hand, it is righteousness, benevolence, righteousness and kindness, on the other hand, the safety of his wife and sister's family, there is quite a kind of embarrassment that loyalty and filial piety cannot be both, but it is more of a test and trade-off of human nature.
As for the fence like an outsider on the side, she didn't have much experience, she just subconsciously felt that something bad was about to happen, she was a little uneasy in her heart, her hands subconsciously covered the things she was carrying in her arms, and her eyes were a little confused when she looked at Li Zhishi.
And then the next moment she understood.
Looking at Zhuzhu, who was obviously hesitating, Li Zhishi sighed and said, "Brother Zhuzhu, my choice is actually a last resort. Sister-in-law and Li'er have no ability to protect themselves at this time, and if I come to escort them, something will inevitably go wrong. But it's my forte to go it alone and cause trouble. ”
With a dedicated temperament, it is estimated that the only way to attract attention is to rush up and fight with the other party, which Li Zhishi doesn't know after these days of observation, this man with a somewhat inactive head can only be a fierce general, but not a thief. And Li Zhishi, who has been alone since he was a child, obviously knows how to better act as a qualified bait while saving his life.
A person's character, the circumstances of life, actually determine the fate of the future at some moment.
But fortunately, Li Zhishi is not an ordinary person, he is a contractor selected by the "Ministry of War".
【Surprise Mission: Bait】
[Objective: Attract the firepower of the bandits to ensure the successful escape of the Zhuzhu family]
[Reward: Bronze-level equipment/props/skills]
[Hint: Due to the difficulty of this task to break through the novice task level, you can return after the completion of this task, and continue to complete the main quest if you fail]
[Note: Opportunities and crises coexist, and superheroes also start to grow from the backstab]
"Well, now I have to be that bait." Hearing the task prompt ringing in his head, Li Zhishi had no other options. If this mission fails, the difficulty of the main quest can be imagined to be greater, it seems that there is no punishment for failure, but in fact, there is no chance to become a beneficiary if you don't succeed, and once you fail, you will become a meaningless victim under the wheel of history.
After a few breaths, watching the three of them hide in the shadows and wait for the opportunity to return the same way, Li Zhishi clenched the belt in his hand that the little girl had given him when she left, and his eyes revealed firmness.
……
"Something is wrong with this fire."
Commanding the people around him to fight the fire, Wu Zixu said in a firm tone, and Lei Heng, who was standing next to him, heard that his eyes narrowed suddenly, and his whole body exuded a dangerous aura.
Although Lei Heng is just a bandit, he can be regarded as a tyrant as a leader, and he is definitely not the kind of simple-minded fool, even if he was heartburned because of the granary before, but at this moment, under Wu Zixu's reminder, he finally reacted.
"If you let me know who it is, Lao Tzu has to cramp and peel him to vent his hatred!"
"I still feel something is wrong." Wu Zixu said in a deep voice, "Please also ask Brother Lei to send someone to the back of the village to take a look." ”
Lei Heng nodded, beckoned to the side, and asked a subordinate with sharp legs and feet to run to the back of the village, but the news that came back soon after made his face gloomy and drip.
"Damn, the person is gone!"
"Gone?!" Wu Zixu was also shocked, but under the aura of celebrity, he quickly figured out the cause and effect, "Zhuan! It must be here! I didn't expect this guy to be able to touch the inside of the cottage to save people, it was my mistake......"
"Brother Lei, now that the fire is small, the top priority is to catch a few people, as long as they are caught, I will report to Gongzi twice as much as the burned grain!"
Wu Zixu soon understood that the first thing to bear the brunt at this time was not to fight the fire but to arrest people, and this fire must be related to Zhuzhu, the purpose was to attract their attention and fish in troubled waters.
"It's just that although this person is good at martial arts, he doesn't have such a ruthless scheming heart, could it be that guy named Li Zhishi did it?" While urging Lei Heng to send people, Wu Zixu continued to scrutinize in his heart, and a person's figure involuntarily flashed in his mind, and his face suddenly turned pale.
"This guy has done a good thing to me several times! If an unruly creature dares to be my enemy, today is the day of your death! ”
Seeing that Lei Heng was still a little hesitant, Wu Zixu suddenly said beside him: "Brother Lei, don't hesitate, I promise to solve the food matter with you, if you don't send someone to arrest the person who set fire to the grain, I'm afraid I'm going to run away!" ”
Hearing the constant urging sound in his ears, Lei Heng, who was hesitant, finally clapped his hands heavily, and under his roaring order, it didn't take long for dozens of bandits to assemble in front of him.
"Brothers, someone dares to break into our cottage and set fire to food and rob women, and the brothers who are harmed will be hungry, how can we still have the face to gain a foothold in this mountain if we don't take revenge!"
Looking at his angry and brutal subordinates on his faces, Lei Heng stomped his feet violently and shouted: "The adults from the city said, catch those guys and give us double portions of food!" Now, leave twenty people to fight the fire, and the others will come with me and catch those guys with cramps! ”
"Good !!"
The bandits who have successfully mobilized their desire and anger have responded loudly, and it is not that no one has done it in order to eat enough to survive in these years, and now the food is burned, as if their way of life has been cut off.
All of a sudden, shouting to kill the sky, the fire moved!
And the culprit of all this, Li Zhishi, already knew what the consequences would be when he set the fire, if there was still the possibility of coordination with these bandits before, then now it is your life and death endlessly, cutting off people's money is like killing your parents, not to mention the act of cutting off your life's path.
Hearing the fire not far away gradually extinguishing, and at the same time bursting out with a cry of strong hatred, his face was expressionless, and even a little wanted to laugh, he had checked the grain, the packages were different, and at first glance they were snatched from everywhere, they robbed the grain, but they did not know how many families were ruined because of it. He has never sympathized with these scum whose hands are stained with blood and survives by robbing homes and robbing people, killing people and stealing goods. This is the biggest difference between him and Zhuanzhu, the emotional basis for him to throw the torch into the granary without hesitation, and the most important reason why Zhuan Zhu has just been a little alienated from him.
As an orphan, he embraced the most basic, and even extreme, moral principles that some people seemed: the guilty must be punished, and the evil must be punished!
Now Li Zhishi, in his heart, is not only thinking about how to survive and attract more thieves to chase him, he also wants to seek justice for those innocent souls.