Chapter 40: Beginning to close the net
This group of people is actually some of the remaining brothers of the three horse thieves who came to the Yumen Inn with pride.
When they were taught a lesson by Liu Ru that day and then thrown out of the Jade Gate Inn, they went to their current place in a trance, completely unaware that they were actually followed by a few people who were sent by Liu Ru to have "bad intentions" towards them.
Their hearts were still full of horror at Liu Ru's means and strength, and they suddenly realized that they might have taken a hot potato, and the benefits of this idea at the moment were not so easy to take.
The three of them helped each other away, and after walking a distance, the feeling of the emperor in their hearts finally dissipated a little.
The leader looked at his seriously injured third brother, and in addition to worrying about him, he was more disappointed and helpless that he had not made any progress over the years.
He looked at the third brother who was already limping and some blood had oozed from the clothes behind him, but he was still unconvinced, full of anger, and the anger in his heart that had been suppressed was all steaming up at this moment.
He couldn't help but open his mouth and said, "Third brother, so far, haven't you realized what the problem is?" ”
"Big brother, what do you mean? Do you think it's all my fault that we're in this situation? Hiss ......"
As soon as the third brother heard his eldest brother say such words, the unwillingness in his heart seemed to condense into substance, like a newly grown lump of flesh, which could not be touched, and when he touched it, his heart was full of sourness and a series of more complex emotions.
He vented at his eldest brother in a loud and emotional manner, and the large movement immediately touched the wound on his back, making him gasp.
"You, you actually think of me like this in your heart!"
The leader of the three horse thieves saw that his younger brother who had taken care of him for so many years actually thought of him in his heart, and immediately wanted to raise his hand to slap his brother, but he didn't expect someone to move faster than him, and before he could raise his hand, the third brother was slapped and fell to the ground again.
"Two, second brother?"
The leader looked at his second brother with some surprise, and found that his second brother's face, which had always been silent and looked gentle and honest, had become very hideous, and his whole face was filled with bright red.
If you look closely, there are even bruises on several places on the face.
The second brother made a waiting gesture to his eldest brother, and then grabbed the collar of his third brother's clothes who had fallen to the ground, and scolded word by word face to face:
"What nonsense are you talking about, it's all now, haven't you seen the situation clearly?"
The third child was slapped by the slap of the person who had never been angry and had always been the most polite of the three of them, and for a while, he was speechless.
The second child naturally didn't have the patience to wait for anything nice to say from his mouth, so he directly threw the third child to the ground again, and spat it fiercely to the side,
"If you have a grudge in your heart now, then your second brother will have a good time with you about this matter from beginning to end. First of all, there is the news about the treasure.
Where did you hear about this in the first place, and how did you believe it, I won't go into detail about your second brother, after all, although I have doubts in my heart, I still believe most of them in my heart.
After all, in the face of such a thing as a treasure, it is fake to say that you are not tempted, and no one will not be interested in this kind of thing.
But even so, we can't be led by the nose by the treasure, as if we can only see the 'treasure' that we don't know whether it's true or not, and we don't know what is in it. ”
The third child came to his senses and hummed twice, but there was still a lot of resentment in his heart.
But in the end, the vigorous anger of his second brother in his heart was shocked, and the fear in his heart prevailed, so he had to listen honestly to the training.
But after all, the three of them are brothers who have lived together for a long time, and they are very clear about what kind of character each person is.
He looked at the third child who didn't refute himself on the surface, but still showed a slow unconvincing expression on his face, snorted coldly, and pointed out to him sternly and very clearly.
"You're impulsive, we all know that. But impulsiveness doesn't mean you have no brains.
In today's situation, no matter what the Jade Gate Inn is going to do, you shouldn't be stimulated by them and directly state our purpose. There's nothing complicated about this, it's just that you never want to think about it.
I'll tell you this, if you have a bowl of rice in front of you, but this bowl of rice is not directly opened in front of everyone, that is, everyone only knows about this bowl of rice, but they don't know what kind of rice is in it.
You have a guess in your mind about this bowl of rice, and there is a good chance that this guess is true.
But no one else knows.
At this time, someone came up to you and asked, what is in your bowl of rice, what should you say? ”
The third child thought about it, but he still couldn't think about the mystery clearly.
He couldn't help muttering: "Isn't it just a bowl of rice, what is there to hide, just tell him directly?" ”
The second child was a little helpless in his heart, but his face was even more cold.
A mocking smile provoked the corner of his mouth, and he said to his stupid brother: "If this bowl of rice is only you real, or you are the only one who is fake." ”
The third child seemed to understand something. A lot of expressions flashed across his face.
He asked his second brother a little reluctantly, "Okay, I seem to understand." However, aren't they too deceitful at the Jade Gate Inn? No, no, they look down on us completely, and I can't bear it! ”
The second child unceremoniously slapped his stupid brother on the head again, and said angrily: "You have been beaten like this, can't you still swallow this breath?" That's right, they just look down on us! ”
The third brother's eyes widened fiercely.
The second child sighed, simply out of sight and out of mind, turned around and found a place to sit directly on the ground,
"Strictly speaking, we're not regular visitors to this desert. Although we have been in this business for a short time, we have been doing it from that relatively prosperous business route to the present.
This desolate place, whether it was the strange inn that stood or the caravans that came and went, all seemed weathered and experienced, were different from those we had seen.
In other words, we despise this thing, despise these people. ”
The second child was very serious when he said these words, but in the end, he still returned to the meaning of tenderness.
The third child was still a little sad, as if these troublesome things made him very uncomfortable.
But fortunately, the whole person did calm down and was not so awkward.
He glanced at his eldest brother and second brother, lowered his head and whispered, "I was wrong", and regardless of whether the other two people heard it or not, he limped in front in a hurry.
The eldest brother and the second brother glanced at each other and couldn't help laughing.
The three of them have been together for many years, and if there is any contradiction, it is natural that they should talk about it like this.
If you can't vent your anger, then there will definitely be a problem between them.
The two of them smiled and followed the third child, continuing towards their foothold, completely unaware of what terrible things were waiting for them in front of them.
As the two of them walked, they found that the third child who was walking in front of them suddenly stopped, and then without waiting for the two of them to catch up and ask about the situation, they suddenly began to run wildly.
Seeing this, the leader and the second child had a bad premonition in their hearts, and hurriedly ran up, and when they took it, they saw the unforgettable scene in front of them.
I saw that this temporary foothold of them in front of me was full of messy traces, and most of them died tragically, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is purgatory.
The third child trembled, completely unable to believe why such a thing was happening here.
He ran around in a panic, calling out many familiar names from his mouth, but there was no response to any of them.
He looked around blankly, and suddenly he burst into tears.
The leader of the three horse thieves and the second child saw such a scene, and their hearts sank, and after hearing the sad cry of the third child, they couldn't help but redden.
The leader staggered a little After all, at that time, his main purpose had been accomplished, and Sima Jingling and him had become friends again, even if they were not friends, it didn't matter, at least it was much better than the current relationship that was not even a stranger.
But because of a little accident just now, he released Qiulan's news in advance, which made him really unsure whether the next thing could develop as he wanted.
Fortunately, he won the bet.
While thinking in his heart about what he could achieve by holding Sima Jingling in his hand to the little girl who accidentally hit him in his hand, he was thinking about how to completely control that little girl in his own hands.
After all, at this time, because of the lag in information, Sima Jingling could still believe that the girl fell into her hands, or simply felt that she had saved her maid, but once this time passed, Sima Jingling, who had come to her senses, would definitely ask him for a dignitary.
One or two rejections can also make people think that there is a purpose, and it is inconvenient for them to communicate; But once he refuses for too long, he is constantly looking for reasons, and sooner or later he will be suspected by Sima Jingling.
Therefore, in Xiaowen's view, the most important thing for him at the moment is how to turn a piece of news that he just got by chance into reality.
To say that this Qiulan crashed into Xiaowen's hands is not wrong.
After all, Qiulan ran away in a panic, and at this time, she would subconsciously express her gratitude to the people around her who had reached out to help, and no matter who the people who saved her were.
Therefore, I ran into Xiaowen who went out and signaled that the horse thieves he had prepared came to the Yumen Inn to welcome the victory or supplement the plan.
Xiaowen saw that someone had broken his own business, and he was about to start killing people directly, but at the moment before he started, he saw Qiulan's appearance.
He suddenly remembered what had happened the previous morning, so the knife that had reached Qiulan's neck quickly put it back away.
He left Qiulan behind, and found an absolutely safe place for Qiulan, so that Qiulan could temporarily hide from the people chased by Liu Ru.
However, this is temporary.
Hyo-moon found that Qiulan's skills were good, and she really looked like she had some tasks to complete.
If it weren't for the fact that her body was really weak now, she would not have accepted Xiaowen's kindness at all, and she would not have stayed honestly in the safe place that Xiaowen brought her.
Moreover, Xiaowen felt that Qiulan only believed him temporarily, but for him, he was obviously also very defensive.
If it weren't for the fact that Liu Ru was making a lot of noise outside now, Qiulan might have sneaked away from his place.
When Xiaowen thought of this, he couldn't help but cry a deep tear of sympathy for his situation.
He just wanted to make friends with the "Wei girl" in front of him, why was it so difficult?
Of course, if Sima Jingling heard this, she would only snort coldly, full of disbelief.
This kind of inexplicable person who got together at such a delicate time, you say he just wants to make friends?
I'm afraid even a three-year-old wouldn't believe it.
Xiaowen was helpless for a moment because the situation had stabilized and his thoughts began to diverge at will, but he quickly came back to his senses, put on a smile that looked very bright and friendly, and said to Sima Jingling:
"Miss Wei, don't be so nervous, I don't have anything particularly difficult here that I want Miss Wei to do. It's just that I just hope that Miss Wei can take this sign of mine and get this news. ”
Sima Jingling asked, "Why don't you go in person?" ”
Filial piety is innocent,
"I'm just a defenseless, soft and weak skinny man, how can I go and get the news in person? If someone else is targeted, I really don't have the power to resist at all. ”
Sima Jingling snorted lightly, and she didn't know if she was mocking Xiaowen's ability to talk nonsense with his eyes open.
But at the moment, Qiulan's matter is indeed more important to her, and she really can't completely give up the hook that Xiaowen deliberately released, so she can only work hard to relax her mood and stabilize her form.
"Anyone should be able to do this kind of thing for you, right? Why do you have to find me? ”
Xiaowen said inscrutablely: "Of course, it's because, I know what Miss Wei wants to get." ”
Sima Jingling looked at Xiaowen for a long time, and finally nodded, and said to Xiaowen very coldly,
After Ling's relationship is familiar, let's talk about it, and at that time, even if Sima Jingling doesn't pay as much attention to her maid as he thought, it won't affect anything. "I agreed to your conditions, and I hope you will also be the talker. Now, please get out. ”
Ah Pu pulled out his knife again, and his eyes fiercely forced Xiaowen to leave quickly.
Xiaowen shrugged, knowing that the two of them were very annoyed with themselves now, so they no longer wanted to be bored, and left very happily.
After Ah Pu was sure that Xiaowen had indeed gone away, he asked Sima Jingling, "Are you sure?" ”