Chapter 14: Struggle
Fear struck overwhelmingly, and while it persisted for a long time, a kind of helplessness that seemed to be tightly wrapped around his neck began to spread, and all kinds of emotions made Zhang Shifei breathless, so that he could only gasp for breath and look at the note.
'I only take one apprentice'.
Of course Zhang Shifei understands what this means, you must know that he is not stupid, then Chen Jian just said that if he can't be his apprentice, he will die, and now this piece of paper says that he can only accept one apprentice, what the does this mean.
Did you want to kill Li Lanying yourself?
Zhang Shifei suddenly remembered what Chen Tuan said, asking them to collect things, according to what was said on this piece of paper, it is estimated that what he wants to collect is probably Li Lanying's head.
And at this moment, I saw that the purse on the ground actually floated up slowly, stopped in front of Zhang Shifei, and the purse emitted a light and turned into something else.
It was a box of liquid, which had already splashed out a lot when it fell to the ground, Zhang Shifei looked at the box blankly, and saw that the box was clearly engraved with four words.
See blood seal the throat.
Poison! Zhang Shifei collapsed! It seems that my thoughts are completely correct, this Chen Jian wants me to kill the fat man, he wants me to kill the fat man!!
Zhang Shifei thought about it, and his body began to shake uncontrollably, and the notes and poison on the ground were destroying his fragile nerves all the time.
Am I going to kill the fat man? No, I can't! He thought in his head.
But what would happen to me if I didn't kill him?
Death, the word appeared in his mind again, for a long time, as the sound of bamboo leaves slapping intensified, he felt his brain chaotic, so that he could only gasp for breath, and the endless despair made his brain seem to explode.
"No !!!!"
He finally roared, and the sharp roar was soon overshadowed by the sound of bamboo leaves, and he ran according to his instinct, but before he had gone far, he suddenly fell, as if he had tripped over something, and he looked down.
It was clearly a human leg bone!!
He screamed again, and now he noticed that around this red bamboo, there were these few weathered bones!
Looking at these bones, Zhang Shifei remembered Chen Luan's words again.
There have been people who have broken into this Yingzhou place before, but in the end, many of them have been killed, looking at this pile of bones, Zhang Shifei seems to see himself after that.
He was so helpless.
He lay on the ground, trembling, thinking repeatedly, I can't, I can't kill the fat man, but, but am I going to die, will I be like that when I die? Don't, don't, but I can't kill the fat man, no! But am I going to die like this in a place where no one knows?
No, don't!!!!!
Zhang Shifei cried, unconcealed, tears burst out of his eyes, but there was no sound in his mouth, maybe he was too afraid, or the helplessness blocked his throat.
And just like that, time passed quietly.
It seems that in the blink of an eye, the sun is about to set.
Just as he was struggling in pain, suddenly, the voice of the fat man seemed to come from a distance: "Lao Zhang~~~ Lao Zhang!" Hear me answer! β
Zhang is not a spirit, fat? He's coming for me?
Zhang Shifei just wanted to respond, but when the words came to his mouth, he didn't say it, he swallowed and spit, and then looked at the box of poison on the ground, and his heart began to jump again.
Li Lanying's voice got closer and closer, Zhang Shifei subconsciously ran to the box of poison, raised his paw to kick the box of poison over, and then mentioned the box behind the red bamboo.
It's just that his claws at the moment have more or less glued to the red liquid in some boxes.
Can't let Li Lanying see this! He subconsciously thought, so he swallowed the note and ran in that direction, and sure enough, he didn't run far before he saw the fat man walking this way.
The fat man also saw him, so he went up to him and said to him, "Here you are, I have been looking for you for a long time." β
He's looking for me? What are you looking for me for??
Zhang Shifei's heart was suddenly full of questions, and then he remembered the note just now, and so on, he thought, if Chen Shu asked me to kill the fat man, then would he also tell the fat man to let him kill me???
This was so terrifying that Zhang Shifei began to tremble involuntarily again.
These things were seen in the eyes of Li Fatzi, and he seemed to ask Zhang Shifei very strangely: "What's wrong with you, smoked?" β
Zhang Shifei subconsciously said: "No, no, ah, by the way, what did he ask you to find?" β
Li Fatzi said with some complaints: "That old lamp, it's really smoking, give me a note, which says let me find what Yuxi with you, hey, do you think this Yuxi is our cigarette?" β
Zhang Shifei subconsciously shook his head and said, "I don't know." β
Li Fatzi asked Zhang Shifei again: "What about you, what did the old guy ask you to find?" β
Zhang Shifei looked at Li Fatzi, and he definitely couldn't tell him, he thought in his heart.
So he said vaguely: "I... I'm just like you, and the note probably says the same thing. β
After hearing this, Li Fatzi said a little unhappily: "Cut, you said that old lamp, isn't this a superfluous move?" And let us both go away, it's like taking off our pants and farting. β
Zhang responded vaguely, but at this time, he didn't think so, on the contrary, a terrible thought suddenly popped up in his heart.
Fatty, will you lie to me??
So he began to look at the fat man who was still complaining, and suddenly he found that there was something wrong with the fat man's two bear paws, they were [***], and the color was a little dark red!
It was the same color as the poison in the box that I found!!
So he asked tentatively, "Fatty, your handΒ·Β·Β·Β·Β· What's wrong? β
Li Lanying looked at Zhang Shifei, and then said: "You said this, this is the purse changed just now, saying that you want to collect Yuxi and wipe it, what's wrong with you?" β
Zhang Shifei hurriedly said: "It's not much, let's go, time is running out." β
Li Fatzi nodded, and the two walked slowly towards the south of the bamboo forest, because only this side had not been explored, and Li Fatzi was very calm along the way, but the more this was the case, the more uneasy Zhang Shifei's heart became.
Is it really so common for a fat man to wipe something on his hands? Why is he so calm? Isn't he afraid of death?
Could it be... He didn't dare to think about it anymore.
Does he want to kill me? He finally didn't stop the crazy thought.
The two walked side by side along the way, but always kept a distance.
Suspicion is like a beast of prey, usually lurking around you waiting for an opportunity, and will devour you when the opportunity arises.
At this time, Zhang Shifei had already been devoured, because he only had two sentences in his mind at this time.
Shall I kill him?
Is he going to kill me?
Time flew by again, and in a blink of an eye, it was already in the West Mountain, and the surrounding bamboos had begun to slowly glow, but Zhang Shifei's heart at this time had already mentioned his throat.
Gradually, he was left behind by Li Lanying, he looked at Li Lanying, the best friend since childhood, and once again shed tears, he had never been so confused.
Just when he didn't know what to do, Li Lanying spoke: "Lao Zhang, are you still worried?" Don't think about it so much, there is a road before the car reaches the mountain. β
Zhang Shifei was stunned for a moment, and then smiled, is this really the case? Fatty, are you really not going to hurt me?
Just as he was pondering, suddenly the fat man in front of him shouted: "Oh, I'll go!" Lao Zhang! Found it, isn't this thing??!! β
Zhang was trembling, what did the fat man find?
So he hurriedly took two steps forward, looked up, and saw that in the depths of the bamboo forest, there was a clearing, no, it should be said that it was a small pond, like this bamboo forest flashed with green light, if the jasper-like water ripples rippled like a jewel.
This should be Yuxi!
I saw the fat man running quickly, and then shouted very happily by the pond: "Found it, found it!" This time, it's okay, Lao Zhang! We don't have to die this time!! β
But Zhang Shifei is really not happy at this time, you don't have to die, but what about me?
At this moment, a white light suddenly flashed next to the pond, and an old man appeared, Zhang Shifei looked up, who could it be if it wasn't Chen Jun, who was not killed that day?
As soon as Li Fatzi saw Chen Jun, he said very happily: "Found it!" How's it going, you're going to take us both this time!? β
That Chen Tuan smiled, and then looked at Zhang Shifei thoughtfully, Zhang Shifei hurriedly lowered his head and did not make eye contact with him, then Chen Tuan stroked his beard, and then said to Li Fatzi slowly: "Don't worry, you found it, but the time has not yet come, and now there is still time for half a pillar of incense before the moon appears, so you wait first, there is only half a pillar of incense." β
This was obviously said to Zhang Shifei, he swallowed and spit, and there was still time for half a pillar of incense, although he had no idea, but this should be quite short, at this moment he was discouraged, his mind was blank, and he just looked at the back of Li Fatzi dancing in front of him in a daze.
He suddenly felt that his breathing was very heavy, and the words of Li Fatzi and Chen Tuan gradually became inaudible, and only the sound of those bamboo leaves slapping each other was left in his ears.
As the saying goes, people die for money, birds die for food, this seems to be the law of nature, the surname itself is selfish and greedy, maybe we can usually make ourselves high, but if faced with the choice of death, who has not wavered?
Zhang Shifei looked at Li Fatzi blankly, he subconsciously looked at his paws, the liquid that was stained when he kicked the poison just now had not disappeared, although it was air-dried, it left a crimson mark, just like blood.
His mind was empty, and it seemed that there was only one voice left at this time, that is, to grab Li Lanying, to Li Lanying!!
Zhang Shifei trembled in pain, while Fat Li had his back to him, as if he hadn't paid attention to his back at all.
Seeing that time passed little by little, the moon had already revealed its head, and the light of the bamboo forest was bright, and the faint green light blocked them all with a little terrifying color.
It's finally time to make a choice, Zhang Shifei thought to himself.
Is it to kill, or to die?
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