The middle-aged man did not agree immediately.
He said he needed to discuss it with others.
Shen Tang relied on his excellent hearing to hear the middle-aged man go back and say a few words to a few colleagues. Those colleagues had the same concerns, but Shen Tang asked the "house servants" to wait far away, and came alone to "borrow" flint and water and food, looking non-threatening.
The final decision was to help.
The middle-aged man nodded, turned around and waved to Shen Tang and the others, and called out loudly: "Come over here, two little brothers."
Shen Tang put on an innocent smile, clasped his fists and said to them, "Thank you all, you guys are really helpful. Although it's not autumn yet, it's cold and windy in the mountains. We brothers don't wear enough clothes, and we're really worried that we'll get sick..."
After hearing this, the middle-aged man just thought that these two were being coquettish.
Young people have strong yang energy, and it is not the coldest time of the year. How could they easily catch a cold after just one night outdoors in the wild
He thought so in his mind but did not show it on his face. He took Zhai Le with him to get fire, water bags and dry food - a hard battle with the bandits not long ago caused them to lose a lot of supplies, so there were not many dry food and water bags available at this moment, only enough for two or three people.
The middle-aged man looked embarrassed and embarrassment, and reluctantly said: "Alas, this is all I have, please don't despise me, little brother."
Zhai Le naturally wouldn't dislike it.
It is extremely rare that they are willing to lend a helping hand to strangers they meet even though they have so many wounded soldiers.
Zhai Le was thinking about how to delay his stay, and when he turned around, he saw Shen Tang sitting by the campfire, talking and laughing with several injured guards. Brother Shen's eyes were filled with pure admiration, appreciation and curiosity, which made people subconsciously lower his age.
Brother Shen was not very old, not even twelve years old, and had not yet started to grow. His childish face and overly innocent eyes made him look like he was less than ten years old. Who would be too wary of such a young boy
I just think it's childish and cute.
Zhai Le: “…”
He always thought he was quite talkative, and even a man like his brother sometimes couldn't stand him and asked him to keep quiet. It wasn't until he met Brother Shen in front of him that he realized that there are always people better than you, and there are always better things than you. He kept talking non-stop.
When Zhai Le walked over, Shen Tang greeted him.
"Brother, come sit down and listen to the story."
Zhai Le was in a daze for a moment - if he hadn't remembered that he and Brother Shen were not brothers, and had only known each other for a few days, just based on Brother Shen's warm attitude, familiar and intimate tone, and the sticky word "Brother"... he really doubted that he had such a big brother!
Even if we were real brothers, we have never been so close.
However, as a man who is good at seizing opportunities, he sat down naturally and asked with a smile: "What's the story?"
When no one was paying attention, the middle-aged man's face stiffened slightly.
"This warrior told me that someone in his village encountered a raccoon demon in the mountains on a rainy night. It was a male raccoon demon!" Shen Tang was full of curiosity and yearning. He couldn't help dancing with excitement. "To repay the benefactor, I gave him a mansion and good land and even my body..."
In simple terms, it is about a lazy farmer who has nothing but four walls in his house, eats dirt and lives on firewood. One day, he was trapped in the mountains by heavy rain and accidentally saved a raccoon demon. To repay the man's kindness, the raccoon demon not only gave the man a beautiful wife, a mansion, gold and silver jewelry, but also promised to be a concubine to the man. However, because of their different paths, they were forced to separate, and from then on, he missed the man every day but could not see him.
The core of the story is vulgar and fake, but because the storyteller said that it happened to someone in the same village and he is eloquent, it has a certain degree of credibility. In addition, the children who listened to the story had little knowledge, so they naturally listened with gusto and were fascinated.
Zhai Le smiled - if this story was true, it was probably that a farmer dug up someone's grave, took the owner's belongings and made a fortune by burying him, but was afraid of being targeted, so he directed and acted out this "Cat Slave Repays a Gratitude" scene - on the surface, he still cooperated with Brother Shen's performance.
Shen Tang kept listening to stories, flattering and praising from time to time. Even if the story was boring, she could still be surprised and satisfied the storyteller's sense of accomplishment. The flattery made people feel so intoxicated that the wounded guards felt that their wounds were not so painful anymore.
How could you still remember to drive them away
Seven or eight similar stories about monsters and ghosts were told. Shen Tang also followed their rhetoric appropriately and revealed all his "family assets". The essence of the stories can be summarized in a few labels - "rich and stupid", "prodigal son of the rich second generation", "innocent and easy to deceive".
Shen Tang also discovered something interesting from the information they accidentally leaked - they were indeed guards from the Lingzhou Lin family. It was estimated that the Lin family was a wealthy family who had moved south due to the war, preparing to seek refuge with a powerful relative in the local area.
What's interesting
What’s interesting is that Shen Tang and his companions have been here for such a long time and haven’t seen any so-called “family members”, only bloody and wounded guards.
Of course, it could also be that there were too many people and belongings in the team, and the host's family was somewhere else and didn't mix with these guards. But Shen Tang and the other two made quite a commotion, and it was impossible for the host not to have seen it, so out of courtesy he would come to see them.
There was no result.
Shen Tang relied on his age and appearance to chat with the guards. His voice was quite loud, and there were no guards or servants to remind him to keep his voice down...
Although he had doubts, Shen Tang did not raise them.
Firstly, I was afraid of alerting the enemy, and secondly, I was worried that it was a misunderstanding.
then-
She thought for a moment and took the initiative to bring up the topic of the bandits. When everyone talked about the bandits, they had a lot to say. They gnashed their teeth in hatred and wished they could eat their flesh alive.
Shen Tang seemed to be trembling with fear because of them.
With a tearful tone, she hugged "brother"'s arm and cried, "Brother, the bandits are so scary, we won't be unlucky enough to run into them, right? Brother, Atang really wants to go down the mountain. If I had known this would happen, why would I go into the mountain to hunt? I miss my father and mother, wuwu..."
Zhai Le's whole body stiffened, his expression became petrified.
However, this did not affect the performance. To outsiders, it seemed that he was frightened by the bandits and was worried that he would lose his life at night.
So, with a pale face, he tried to soften his harsh voice and begged the guards humbly to let them rest nearby. If they were in large numbers, the bandits would think twice. It was better than being separated and defeated by the bandits one by one.
This request made the guards hesitate for a moment.
But Shen Tang and the other two, especially Shen Tang's previous performance, were too popular among the people - what kind of storm could two young boys stir up? Even if there was a trick, they were not afraid! Shen Tang was indeed likable, so they agreed.
After getting permission, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.
As it was already dark, Shen Tang yawned sleepily, found a tree to lean against, hugged her arms and went to sleep. Zhai Le was not far from her.
The two of them were completely unprepared.
Seeing this, the guards completely believed that they were harmless and continued to keep watch or chat. However, they were unaware that Shen Tang, who seemed to be asleep, was adjusting his posture by leaning back.
She just heard a very slight "dong" sound.
Something seemed to be knocking on the wood.
If she listened carefully, she could hear the rustling of fabrics rubbing against wood. She opened her eyelids a little and quickly scanned the large wooden boxes that were protected by the guards.
The sound came from one of the wooden boxes.
There must be someone in here!
There is indeed a problem.
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