"What do you know?" Mr. Meng glanced at us and said, "My brother volunteered to help me. How can you, a bunch of outsiders, understand the relationship between us brothers?"
"Now there is no evidence, you can say whatever you want, and whether you and your brother are willing or not is none of our business. We are here to save the young man named Zeng Aniu, that's all..." After Li Shigao finished speaking, Meng Lao asked, "Save him? What right do you have to save him? If it was you in the past, maybe you could do it, but what ability do you have to save him now? Hmm?"
"Besides, I've also inquired about this kid's situation. He has no relatives with you, and he even contradicted you some time ago, right? You should be very happy if I kill him now." Old Meng looked smiling, and his relaxed demeanor seemed as if he didn't take us seriously at all.
And I also noticed one point. Just now, Mr. Meng said that Li Shigao might have been able to save Zeng Aniu in the past. When I thought about it carefully, it seemed to be true. When Li Shigao first met me, he killed the Guilty Minotaur in one second when he appeared. That Guilty Minotaur was not weak. Even now I may not be able to beat it, but at that time Li Shigao killed it directly. But when I think about it carefully, Li Shigao became less and less powerful later, as if he was slowly getting weaker.
After hearing what Master Meng said, Li Shigao shook his head and said, "Master Meng, you also understand that what you are doing now is sinful. Karma will come true. You will be punished for what you did. You understand."
Meng Lao's eyes flickered, and he chuckled, "Retribution? So what if I know? So what if I don't know? If you know what's best for you, get out of here right away, and keep your strength to stop that nine-tailed fox from coming out. When my brother is resurrected, I might consider helping you stop Miao Long and those little guys."
Something is wrong, I began to wonder, if this Mr. Meng was really as awesome as he appeared to be, then he could just come and kill us, why would he have to talk so much nonsense, he must not want to fight us, right
Li Shigao took out a red talisman that I didn't recognize at all, and then said to Meng Lao: "Think about it again?"
Unexpectedly, the arrogant Meng Lao's face changed slightly when he saw the red talisman in Li Shigao's hand, and he said, "Is it worth it for you? To help a stranger use this thing against me?"
"Tsk, I'm happy with it. What's the matter? Are you going to bite me?" After Li Shigao finished speaking, he said to me, "Xiaojiu, go to the coffin on the left and take Zeng Aniu away. Don't worry, I'll cover you from behind."
I looked at Li Shigao's determined eyes. Under normal circumstances, I would definitely not agree to do such a dangerous thing. After all, the coffin was right next to Meng Lao, and who knew how much danger there was there. But I didn't know why at the time, and I nodded in a daze. Maybe it was because I trusted Li Shigao at the time. I gritted my teeth and walked towards the coffin on the left of Meng Lao step by step. Meng Lao stared at me as if he was going to bite me if I moved forward any further. But I didn't know where the courage came from at the time, and I walked towards the coffin step by step.
It was already dark, and the surroundings were quite quiet, with only the occasional chirping of insects, snakes, birds, and animals. The atmosphere was so peaceful that I could even feel my own heartbeat, thumping.
At that time, I was about 50 meters away from Mr. Meng. I walked towards him little by little, but Mr. Meng didn't seem to do anything. He just stood there looking at me without saying anything. It took me a full two minutes to walk these 50 meters. I walked to the side of the coffin, smiled at Mr. Meng, then walked to the coffin on the left of Mr. Meng, pushed it open and looked inside. Zeng Aniu was lying inside with his eyes closed.
I pushed open the coffin lid, then grabbed Zeng Aniu and carried him on my shoulders. This guy must have weighed at least 100 pounds. I didn't know what happened to me at the time. I actually carried him up and walked back. If I were carrying such a heavy person under normal circumstances, I would probably be crushed to the ground. This may be the so-called principle of pressure creating power.
Anyway, I slowly walked back to the side of Li Shigao, and when I got there, Zeng Qi and Su Zimo quickly came over and took Zeng Aniu. When Zeng Aniu disappeared from my shoulders, my whole body went limp and I almost fainted. Zeng Qi then carried Zeng Aniu on his back, and Su Zimo supported me, looking like an old and weak invalid.
"Thank you, Mr. Meng, for your honor." Li Shigao looked at me with concern, and was relieved when he saw that I was just tired. Mr. Meng looked at Li Shigao with a very complicated expression and said, "I have waited for this person for thirty or forty years, and now you want to take him away with just one word. Don't you want to give me some benefits?"
"Haha, you guy, maybe the guy next to you is really hard to find, but if you ask Liu Boqing to count, China can still find thousands of them, right?" Li Shigao laughed.
"Humph, it's so difficult to ask Uncle Liu to settle the accounts. Do you think it's just a matter of words?"
Although I was weak at the time, I could still understand what Master Meng meant, and immediately said to him respectfully, "Senior Meng, you spared Zeng Aniu's life today for my sake. I am very grateful. When you find my master, ask him to contact me. I will do my best to help you get the master to calculate for you."
"Haha, okay, that's enough. It's enough with your promise. I don't believe your master won't give you face." After saying this, Mr. Meng showed an inappropriate smile on his face. It was indeed quite strange. If he hadn't returned Zeng Aniu to us at that time, he could have directly resurrected his brother. Now he has to go find my master. It has become troublesome no matter how you think about it, but this guy still has a smile on his face.
I didn't know it at the time, but it was only during a chat with Li Shigao a long time later that I figured out a general idea. Maybe Meng Lao really wanted to help his brother to revive, but later because of my appearance, he got another opportunity to ask my master for fortune-telling. Of course, this is a later story, which happened a long time later.
Anyway, when I heard Master Meng say this, I also smiled. But Master Meng then said to us: "Okay, you guys go back. The release of the Nine-Tailed Fox was not arranged by me. Miao Long and Li Zhendong did it on their own. I didn't ask about this matter. This is all I can tell you. I have to go find Liu Boqing." After saying that, Master Meng stood up, looked at me and smiled strangely, then touched his beard, turned around and walked into the depths of the woods, disappearing into the forest.