Chapter 40 Life is like a fart
The moon quietly hid in the clouds, half-covered her delicate face and gently covered her lips, and secretly smiled at the funny scene on the earth.
A ragged boy was holding the thigh of a middle-aged coachman tightly, shouting loudly, "Uncle, what are you doing? I just asked casually, I definitely don't mean to force you to hang yourself!"
It turned out that when Li Mu saw the coachman walking towards the big tree with a rope, he thought he couldn't believe him and was going to respond to his suspicion by hanging himself!
The coachman uncle looked at Li Mu for no reason and asked blankly: "Young man, why haven't you escaped? Why are you running to hug me? I didn't think about hanging myself!"
"Didn't you want to hang yourself?"
Li Mu couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, rubbed his nose and asked, "Then... Uncle, why didn't you answer my question? Why are you going to use the rope to do?"
"I'm going to take a donkey. You've gone to run for your life, so I'll naturally go home too." The coachman said naturally.
After saying that, seeing Li Mu open his mouth wide and at a loss, he patted his head again and asked with a silly smile: "What did you ask me just now? I have been paying attention to the people behind me, but I didn't listen carefully to what you were saying. Didn't you tell me to run away quickly?"
Li Mu was in a dilemma and hesitated and said, "Uncle, I...ah, I said it wrong again. Actually, I want to ask you, if the cavalry catch up, I will force you to tell me what I am..."
Li Mu had to ask this, because he was not afraid that the driver and uncle betrayed him. He was really worried that the honest driver and uncle had never thought about this problem. At that time, he would be caught by those cavalrymen, whether he would honestly say it or insist on not saying it, I am afraid that this level would not be better.
"Don't worry, young man, although I am a rough man, I also know that I can't do anything to betray someone else, otherwise God will punish me." The coachman uncle then realized it, waved his hand, and said with a firm look on his face.
After saying this, the coachman took a few more steps forward, led the stubborn donkey over, and put the black rope on the stubborn donkey's shoulder blade, and hung the other end on the car.
The movements are skillful and smooth, and it seems that he is ready to leave.
Seeing that Li Mu had not yet escaped, the coachman was a little anxious and walked over and patted Li Mu on the shoulder and said, "Young man, go quickly. The few people behind will catch up soon. If they don't leave, it will be too late."
Li Mu had no choice but to tell the truth: "Uncle, I'm not afraid of you telling me what I am going on, but I'm worried that they don't believe you and insist on letting you say something. Wouldn't that harm you then? You know that those soldiers will not reason with you."
"Yes, why haven't I thought about this problem?" The coachman uncle looked suddenly and couldn't help but feel at a loss. "Then I'd just say whatever I want and say you ran south. Do you think it's okay? They don't know that I've known that they were chasing me for a long time."
Li Mu was also very anxious, but he had to say carefully: "I'm afraid they will catch you and chase you south. If I chase you for a while, I will definitely know that you are lying to them. And they are here to kill me this time. You are the uncle and you are the only one on the road. I don't know if they will kill people to silence you."
"Isn't this true?" The coachman shivered, and seemed to be scared.
Li Mu said seriously: "This is really hard to say, but I heard from Mr. Xilou that those bad people are worried about seeing it when they do bad things, and they say that only dead people will keep secrets. So when they encounter people who may leak their secrets, they will..."
The more Li Mu spoke, the more serious he became, deliberately pretending to be frightened.
"Then...what should I do? It doesn't matter if I do it myself. Thirty years ago, I got my life back, but there were still women and three children at home. If that were..." The coachman uncle cried and muttered.
Although he looked like he was in a state of silence, for some reason, the coachman’s uncle didn’t look much afraid on his face, but only nervousness and worry.
Li Mu felt a little guilty, and he didn't know why he became an unlucky guy. Not only was he unlucky, but whoever met him was unlucky.
Could it be that all this is because I am sad?
Thinking of this, Li Muqiang suppressed the urge to take out the sad Bi and threw it away, and said in a deep thought: "Uncle, why don't you take the stubborn donkey first."
"How can that be done? This doesn't work..." The coachman seemed a little unwilling, but he couldn't say anything to refute, "This doesn't work, if I leave..."
Seeing the driver's anxious look on his face, Li Mu suddenly felt relieved. He found that although he was very unlucky recently, God seemed to be pretty good to him. At least he met much more good people than bad people.
For example, the driver in front of him has nothing to do with him, so he can rush the car with confidence. Even if he really encounters a tiger wing guard asking for directions, he can tell the other party his direction, and maybe he can get some benefits.
Of course, there is a possibility of being silenced, but it is only possible. After all, many times, small people like the coachman are not very important. The Tiger Wing Guard is also an imperial guard, and it is still essentially different from those bandits and robbers.
Thinking of this, Li Mu sighed lightly and said, "Uncle, you just said that you rushed up and fought with the hungry wolf because you felt that the stubborn donkey was pitiful, and finally snatched the stubborn donkey from the wolf's mouth..."
The coachman inexplicably clicked, not understanding what Li Mu meant.
Li Mu didn't care about the coachman's expression, and continued with a self-deprecating smile: "The story you told made me understand one thing: If a person encounters danger, it is useless to just hide. If you didn't save the stubborn donkey, maybe a few hungry wolves would come over to eat you after eating the donkey, and if they have the strength, they would come over to eat you."
The coachman uncle seemed to understand a little and said, "What you said makes sense. I have thought so over the years. Those hungry wolves were injured by me because they had no strength. In the end, they might think that I was not easy to mess with, so they stopped pestering me..."
Li Mu nodded and exhaled, "Uncle, you are right, so I think if you just run away, you can only hope that they can't catch up with me. But if they catch up with me, wouldn't I even have a chance to resist?"
"Young man, you don't want to stay and fight to the death, right?" The driver's honest face was filled with horror, "This is not bad, how can you beat those little kids... those and wolves, and soldiers as fierce as tigers..."
Li Mu gritted his teeth, cheered himself up, but a relaxed smile appeared on his face and said, "Uncle, don't worry, they don't know that your ears are good, just like a wolf that is not full, so I... OK, so I just need to be brave and cautious, maybe I can kill these hungry wolves away, so that the wolf king behind them knows that I'm not easy to mess with, so I won't come and provoke me."
This is Li Mu's true thought. If Feng Yi was determined to cause trouble for himself, he would definitely not have sent only three people. He had dozens of people under his command, and even if he ran around in all directions, he might not be able to escape.
If he could kill a few people, or even injured a few people, as long as they returned to Lianshan Town, they would definitely not be able to hide it from Guo Qi. At that time, as long as Guo Qi intervened, Feng Yi would have to withdraw his troops no matter how brave he was.
"This...this is different. You are just a little kid, how can you beat him..." The coachman shook his head like a rattle, insisting that Li Mu staying was a foolish act.
Li Mu clenched his fists, leaned over and picked up the waist knife that had just been thrown on the ground because of his anxiety, and said in a deep voice: "Uncle, I have no choice. I suddenly realized that the Feng Junhou must have sent more than a group of people out. Even if I run around, I may not be able to escape. It would be better to fight here."
The two consecutive days of dangerous experience made Li Mu quickly become a little baby from a mountain village, and to some extent, the fierceness and desperation of the people in the martial arts world.
The more you said it, the more fierce you became, and said in a deep voice: "Even if you die, you are a brave person, and you still have to take some cushions."
The coachman was stunned for a moment, as if he understood what Li Mu meant. He couldn't help but look nervous and worried on his face. After a moment of silence, he sighed heavily and said, "Is there no other way to do this?"
"Uncle, you're leaving quickly, I'll definitely come up with a solution." Li Mu smiled happily on purpose, not wanting to worry this honest and kind uncle.
Looking at the coachman with a hesitation and worry, Li Mu thought for a while and said, "Why don't you tell me your name and residence, and when I arrive at a safe place, I will come back to see you and the stubborn donkey, how about it?"
"Can you really come up with a solution?" The coachman looked disbelief.
"Really, don't worry, I've figured out a solution." Li Mu said with a relaxed look on his face.
The driver's uncle's mouth moved, but in the end he didn't ask what Li Mu had thought of. Maybe he himself understood that even if he stayed, he wouldn't be able to help.
Finally, the coachman uncle patted the stubborn donkey's back with some sadness, looked at Li Mu again, picked up the shiny black gourd from the car and threw it to Li Mu, and said in a nagging manner: "My surname is Dongyang, I live in Changsheng Village at the foot of Xiujin Mountain. My parents didn't name me. I ranked fifth in my home, so I just called me the fifth uncle. I'll give this gourd to you, so I can leave it to my memory."
After saying this, Dongyang Laowu took the reins of the stubborn donkey and slowly walked south along the main road with the sound of wheels, muttering and muttering while walking.
After taking a few steps, he turned around and shouted to Li Mu, "Young man, are you carrying a knife on your shoulder? You'd better dig some small holes around you, not too deep. It's enough to let the stubborn donkey's hooves step in, and cover them with leaves or something."
After shouting, he seemed to be afraid that Li Mu would not believe it, and added: "When I was at Qiyun Pass when I was a child, I saw General Guo dealing with the cavalry of the grassland barbarians in this way."
"Your uncle, is this okay?" Li Mu couldn't help but his eyes lit up, and he immediately understood the danger of these small pits, and muttered in his heart.
While thinking, Li Mu shouted: "I know Uncle Laowu, I will dig a hole immediately. As long as I, Niu Wen, escape, I will definitely go to Changsheng Village to visit you."
"Oh, it's nothing to watch or not. As long as you can remember that I, the fifth uncle, will be successful. Since I escaped from my life, I have been able to figure it out over the years." The fifth uncle waved his hand at Li Mu, turned around and walked forward again.
While walking, he said, "Actually, I think that life is like a fart made by a stubborn donkey. When there is a sound and a smell, he is alive. When the sound stops and the smell dissipates, he will be buried."
Li Mu was stunned when he heard this. He had never heard it before. Someone could use such vulgar words to explain such profound truths. This was simply...
After thinking for a long time, Li Mu didn't come up with any words to describe this sentence.
However, the last sentence of the fifth uncle came vaguely in the evening breeze: "How many people can remember this sound and remember this smell? So I am not greedy, as long as someone remembers it, I will be content."
The sound was accompanied by the sneezing of the stubborn donkey, the purr of the wheels, and the lonely back of the fifth uncle, gradually drifted away, and eventually disappeared under the white moonlight.
Chapter completed!