Reborn in the fiery age, I am a salted fish in the mountains

Chapter 167
Wu Xiaojie walked through the grass with Dumb bouncing around.

Han Xiaokang and Zhou Min followed closely behind.

"Xiaokang, that dumb guy, I don't think he is a bandit in the old society, right? But why do you insist that he must have done something like murder and robbery?"

Zhou Min asked in a low voice, "I can see an army spirit from his gestures. You can see that he sits like a clock and walks like the wind. I think the dumb man should come from the regular army."

Han Xiaokang replied, "Murderous. Didn't you see his bloodthirsty, bloodthirsty look from the depths of the mute's eyes?"

"This mute has indeed lived in the military all year round, so that in his daily life, he will inadvertently bring out that military habit."

"As a soldier, of course it is inevitable to kill the enemy. But it is a confrontation on the battlefield, out of their bounden duty."

"And the murderous aura in this dumb man is obviously different from that of a soldier destroying an enemy. There is a difference between killing an enemy on the battlefield and killing."

Zhou Min thought for a while, then nodded, indicating that she understood the difference: It's like a hunter hunting those animals, which is not wrong in itself.

But if hunters slaughtered animals like bandits slaughtered people, it would be a completely different matter.

In fact, just now Zhou Min saw that no matter what the mute did, he was orderly and well-regulated, so she thought that the mute was a person who had retired from the ranks of warlords.

Just because the bandits in the Bashu area are very loose, they are really notoriously unorganized and undisciplined.

To put it bluntly, even the mice in the cave are more disciplined and well-behaved than them.

This is determined by the people of Bashu who like to joke and are used to being free and undisciplined. For this, even the leaders of the bandits are helpless.

——Don't think that as a bandit leader, he can reform the entire bandit team according to his own ideas and strictly enforce the rules and prohibitions.

That is impossible!

If he was such an honest person, who would want to be a bandit?
But Han Xiaokang's judgment is obviously different from Zhou Min's: the mute has been in the army for many years, that's for sure.

In addition, it does not mean that after he escaped from the warlord's ranks, he would become a bandit!

The two are not contradictory.

And the bandits, in order to establish their prestige, such inhuman things as lighting sky lanterns, gouging out hearts and lungs, I guess any gang of bandits have done it.

The bandits are not ruthless, not only are they unstable, but they are even sorry for the word bandits!If the bandits don't do a few inhuman and ugly things, how can they make a name for themselves in the Tao?
Zhou Min saw the word "rule" from the mute, while Han Xiaokang saw "killing" from the depths of the mute's eyes.

Maybe the mute himself may not have done that kind of inhuman thing.

Then Han Xiaokang can be sure: this guy!I have definitely seen many such extremely cruel scenes with my own eyes!

Just because before, when Wu Xiaojie was pointed at the head by Zhou Min with a firecracker.

From the dumb eyes, Han Xiaokang saw not only concern, nervousness, and anger, but also a surge of excitement, a thrill full of anticipation at the critical moment!

This shows: Dumb is really not a person who likes to be mediocre, he is definitely a person who likes life full of excitement and challenges!
The lives of my relatives are hanging by a thread. As a normal person, how can I still be excited?

Since the mute is not a normal person, he likes to kill and bloodthirsty so much.

So Han Xiaokang couldn't find a more reasonable explanation except for judging that the mute had once been a bandit.

Since the mute is very dangerous, Han Xiaokang and Zhou Min have nothing to do with him: after all, the mute and his woman are two fresh lives.

As ordinary people, Han Xiaokang and Zhou Min, without definite evidence of the other party's evil, how could they rashly kill the mute?

To ask ordinary people to deprive others of their lives is as simple as killing a chicken. That is bragging.

Who can have such a strong psychological quality and such vicious methods?

Therefore, it is undoubtedly a more suitable strategy to take Wu Xiaojie away as a different kind of hostage to ensure the safety of Aju.

When Han Xiaokang and Zhou Min brought Wu Xiaojie and Duhu back to the valley where the monkey group was.

At this time, Wu Xiaojie said that he was tired, and he was unwilling to continue on his way no matter what.

Han Xiaokang and Zhou Min looked at each other and smiled wryly: This kid, he probably wants to stay in the valley and play with monkeys?
There are endless honey pears here, and there are little macaques to play with him, so why is Wu Xiaojie willing to travel hard through mountains and rivers?

"Xiaokang, why don't you stay here and stay with Xiaojie?"

Zhou Min couldn't wait, she was anxious to go hunting, "I'll take the tiger out for a walk, can I catch something and come back?"

This time, Zhou Min and I went hunting without bringing any food.

Basically, there is a kind of mentality of "wherever you go, you can rest there. If you are hungry, you can catch something and eat it. If you really can't hunt the prey, then you will be hungry and carry it hard." .

So if Zhou Min doesn't go out hunting, he really won't even have food tonight!
Think about it,
Han Xiaokang handed the riding rifle on his shoulder to Zhou Min, and gave her dozens of bullets, "You can take the short-fire gun and this rifle, and leave the long-fire gun to me."

Zhou Min was also polite, took the riding rifle and pulled the bolt, tried the sight and trigger, and then took Duhu to prepare to leave.

"and many more."

Han Xiaokang called her to stop, "There are too many gullies in the mountains, high mountains and dense forests, so it is not easy to find prey. Let the little macaque help you find it, so that you can get twice the result with half the effort."

Zhizhi yelled a few times in protest, "Zhizhi——"

The little macaque Zhizhi is taking a few little monkeys with him, having fun with Wu Xiaojie, he is not willing to go out with his rival Zhou Min!

In the end, it was Han Xiaokang who grabbed another handful of candy and gave it to Zhizhi, letting him take it to the monkey group to pretend to be aggressive, and to foster relationships by the way.

The guy is still a little unhappy!

Angry, Han Xiaokang raised his gun and aimed at it, "Will you go? If you don't dare to be disobedient, believe it or not, I will adopt a baby monkey from this group of monkeys. From now on, you hozen, I will go wandering in the mountains by myself." Bar!"

As he said that, Han Xiaokang pulled a young monkey that was staring at him eagerly, wanting to beg for candy, and then kicked Zhizhi, expressing that he would not want it in the future
After getting along with people for a long time, the little macaque can now understand what Han Xiaokang said most of the time.

I saw it scratching its head, and its big black eyes rolled around twice.

Then he followed Zhou Min reluctantly.

But this guy is not stupid. Before leaving, the little macaque also knew how to greet two young and strong male monkeys in the monkey group and go with him.

After all, monkeys are more powerful.

If there are more monkeys going out at once, the range that can be searched will undoubtedly double.

Now this monkey group, since their monkey king was beaten by Han Xiaokang last time, the monkey group already knew that the two-legged human in front of them was fierce and powerful.

So this group of monkeys hated and feared Han Xiaokang.

Just like Han Xiaokang grabbed a baby monkey and held it in his hand.

If a stranger makes such an action, it will be regarded as a serious attack by the monkey group.

That would invite violent revenge from the entire monkey group.

But Han Xiaokang has no problem doing this, just because the monkey king knows that the human being in front of him will not covet his position as the monkey king.

This is one of them.

Second, the smart monkeys have already suffered a big loss in the hands of Han Xiaokang. They know that this person can not only "bang bang bang" but also "boom boom boom".
Even such a powerful wild wolf is no match for the human being in front of him. Even his own monkey king will be beaten. Don't provoke him.

Too much to scare monkeys!

The dog is in the position of others, and the little macaque Zhizhi is now in this group of monkeys, and his status is also detached.

The monkey king even acquiesced that it could take care of the babies for the female monkeys, catch lice for the female monkeys, and comb their hair.

Being able to do this shows that the little macaque has entered the core circle of this group of monkeys and is a trusted confidant of the Monkey King.

So when the little rhesus monkeys compared and rowed and called out two male monkeys from the monkey group, the monkey king turned a blind eye to this and did not express any objection.

When Zhou Min left, Han Xiaokang put away the bear skin that the mute gave him. This bear skin was given to Han Xiaokang by the mute, and it was used as Wu Xiaojie's living expenses.

Then he called the Monkey King to come and let him organize the monkeys to help him pick honey pears.

The Monkey King, who had suffered a lot, naturally did not dare to neglect. After calling out "Zhi Zhi", a huge group of monkeys, male and female, all ran over to help pick the pears.

This time there were more monkeys picking pears, but the number of honey pears was much less than last time.

After a while, the group of monkeys completed the task and surrounded Han Xiaokang one by one, begging for corn candy.

Han Xiaokang gave Wu Xiaojie the hard candy and asked him to distribute it. Anyway, he likes to do these things, and doing so will prevent him from running around in boredom.

And Han Xiaokang ran to the creek not far from the wild pear orchard, and began to catch fish.

This is to make two-handed preparations, in case Zhou Min does not come back from hunting prey, catch some fish and shrimps to prepare, and avoid starvation at night.

Zhou Min went hunting, and Han Xiaokang was busy catching fish and shrimp.

At the same time, in the mute's wooden house, Xiao Tao, a woman in red, was talking to the mute.

"Brother Ma, your temper still hasn't completely changed, you're still a little impulsive!"

While scrubbing and washing the clothes, Xiao Tao blamed the mute, "We live in the deep mountains and old forests. For so many years, although there are not many herbalists and hunters who can touch this small forest. But after all, there is no way to completely avoid it.

Brother Ma, you can't come alone and just think about how to kill him, right? "

I only heard the mute laughing, "Uh, it's changed!"

"Change what?"

Xiao Tao was very dissatisfied, "If you encounter any incidents, you will get old, but the two young people who came today are very skilled, and you are not sure to kill them without loss.

And they also know Xiaojie so much as Brother Ma, so you have to give up your plan to kill people and silence them, right? "

The mute shook his head, "I didn't intend to kill Mo Yiga in the first place. Of course, I was scaring the camphor tree, so please shoot him already."

(No, I didn't intend to kill him at the beginning. Otherwise, I would have shot him under the camphor tree)

Xiao Tao and the dumb have lived in seclusion here for many years.

During this period, occasionally there are still bold hunters and lost herb pickers who accidentally come to this forest by mistake.

In the deep mountains and old forests, such a family suddenly appeared, and anyone would be curious and knock on the door to enter the house.

They didn't have any other ideas, but since they met a resident, the hunter came to make a partner and wanted to have a steaming meal.

Herb collectors want to come here to beg for saliva, but this is actually normal.

But under normal circumstances, the mute will instruct the forest leopard to scare people away.

When encountering groups of hunters, the mute will act like a savage who seems to have never studied and can't speak human language.

Then they wielded axes and machetes, put on a vicious look, and yelled that they were not allowed to approach the grove!
Generally speaking,
If the hunters encounter a dumb "barbarian" who is unreasonable and can't understand human speech, most of them will retreat obediently with the mentality that more things are worse than less things.

If you encounter that kind of solitary hunter who is very arrogant and unbelieving. Behind the grove, in the land reclaimed by the mute over the years, it is not impossible to bury people.
It's just that this kind of thing has only happened once so far.

Hearing the mute say that he didn't intend to kill people at the beginning, Xiao Tao couldn't help being a little puzzled, "Really, Brother Ma? Did you know them a long time ago?"

"Ah."

The mute nodded, and then told Xiao Tao that he once sneaked into Wu Ju's house in the dark to deliver food to Wu Xiaojie, and saw Han Xiaokang who was staying overnight.

Moreover, he once asked Wu Xiaoshuang about Han Xiaokang's situation.

Including the last time Han Xiaokang came here to hunt and found the cheetah, he told Xiao Tao about these things.

In fact, the last time Han Xiaokang came here to hunt, Dumb and Xiao Tao happened to be busy picking herbs and tea in the distance that day.

During this period, the mute came back once, and happened to bump into Han Xiaokang looking around in the grove.

At that time, the mute was hidden in the distance, and could clearly see every move of Han Xiaokang.

At that time, the mute thought that Han Xiaokang must have become interested in this cabin, and he would come back again to check the details here.

When Han Xiaokang secretly stood behind the mute and pulled the bolt on guard at the oil press in Zhenxing District, in fact, the mute already knew that Han Xiaokang was suspicious of him by virtue of his keen intuition.

Therefore, for the mute who had already been mentally prepared for Han Xiaokang to return one day, he was not particularly surprised that Han Xiaokang came today uninvited.

It's just that the mute didn't expect that Han Xiaokang brought a helper, and she was also a quirky little girl!
The mute, who had no intention of killing Han Xiaokang, finally chose to step down and give in to each other.

That's why a firefight that was about to happen before it finally ended in a peaceful way.

As for Han Xiaokang taking Wu Xiaojie away and taking him as a hostage?
Although the mute was emotionally reluctant about this, he was actually very happy to see the result: After all, it was more suitable for Wu Xiaojie to live with Han Xiaokang and the others than to stay with the mute or continue to live in Wu Juren's house Some.

At least Wu Xiaojie went to Han Xiaokang's side, more people took care of him, and more importantly, Wu Xiaojie could learn some survival skills.

Anyway, what he loves the most is raising pigs.

And Han Xiaokang happened to have a breeding pig farm there. Isn't it suitable for a man surnamed He to marry a man surnamed Zheng?

That's why the mute gave Han Xiaokang a bear skin in the end, as a reward for Han Xiaokang to take care of Wu Xiaojie in the future.

"Oh, Xiaojie is gone, I feel empty in my heart, and I'm still not used to it!"

Xiao Tao stopped washing her clothes, and just sat there in a daze, "Although this child is not my own, but we have been together for so many years, I really like this child in my heart."

The mute patted Xiao Tao's palm lightly, "I can see how well you treat Xiaojie. Thank you, Tao."

Xiao Tao smiled charmingly, "Brother Ma, although you used hot oil to destroy your face, you can still see the shadow of you back then on Xiaojie's face. Maybe this is Aiwujiwu!"

The mute also laughed, "It's really hard for you all these years with me."

"It's not bitter, it's not bitter. You can destroy your face with boiling oil, cut off a section of your tongue with a dagger, but also make a break with the past, and you are willing to stay with me in this deep mountain forest for the rest of your life. How can I feel bitter? Woolen cloth?"

Xiao Tao snuggled into the mute's arms, "It's much better to just live a normal life like this, than when you were the company commander of the Guojun guards and the bandit leader, and you stuck your head to the waistband every day. And what about me? , I have long been tired of the days when Zhang Shuwei was born and greeted and sent away.

Brother Ma, you have given up too much for me. For the rest of my life, I will just walk slowly with you until we grow old together and lie in the grave together. This is my greatest wish in life.”

(End of this chapter)