"He is quite discerning."
When the beggar with a scruffy beard heard this, he laughed drunkenly. He immediately tore the head off the half-cooked pheasant on the fire, staggered up to the little blind man, and kicked him away. , and then threw the half-cooked chicken head into the clean earthen bowl.
"It's your reward!"
"Well done this time, I'll do the same next time."
Before he finished speaking, the satisfaction in his tone turned into coldness as soon as the topic changed.
Looking away from the little blind man who couldn't get up, he simply brushed the strands of hair hanging in front of his forehead. The beggar smelled of alcohol and looked at the bodies kneeling under the skylight, soaked by the rain. On the disabled children.
With a sneer, he pulled out a whip made of hemp rope from the tattered box on the side.
Extremely crude.
But for these trembling children, the deterrence is indeed enough!
A sharp crack of the whip and a crisp explosion scared the children kneeling in the rain to shrink back and gather into a small group.
But this doesn't give them much sense of security.
after all...
The shadows in the memory are not so easy to clear!
"Brother, don't beat him to death."
The remaining beggars were flipping the pheasants on the fire and watching the drama that was about to happen next with a blind eye.
However, watching a play is still watching a play.
If one of them is really lost, their income may be a little less.
Raising the whip in his hand, the bearded beggar said loudly and boldly:
"Okay, okay! I know."
"I just want to ask..."
Holding a whip in the air, he lit all the trembling children one by one. A look of anger and coldness appeared on the beggar's face, and he said lightly:
"Who came up with the idea?"
"Who ordered you to dig tunnels...answer me!"
The suddenly raised voice made most of the children hide away in fear. Only one child, although he was also hiding behind, could not hide the look of fear on his face.
Of course, this cannot be hidden from the eyes of beggars.
after all...
He has always regarded himself as a keen-eyed ranger!
Although...
This was not discovered because of his "keen eyesight", but because the gap between his experience and this girl's experience was too big...
but no matter...
No one in this ruined temple dares to refute this!
His small eyes narrowed, and a hint of coldness flashed through him, but in the next moment it turned into a hint of cat and mouse and excitement.
Killing chickens to scare monkeys would be too boring.
Let a group of monkeys take the initiative to kill the chicken...
Wouldn't it be more interesting? !
In this way, these little brats will also be cut off from the idea of running away in the future!
Even if new products are added in the future...
There is no need to waste time, just pick a leader among a bunch of people like today!
Think of it and do it.
After all, he did still have the final say in this ruined temple.
Skillfully brushing the whip, with a malicious and undisguised smile, the beggar who calls himself a ranger held the whip and said to all the children kneeling in the rain:
"I have now discovered the troublemaker among you!"
"Now, out of kindness, I will give you all a choice: take the initiative to expose the person who caused the trouble!"
"Whoever opens his mouth first and confesses that person will be able to avoid standing here and being doused!"
"Not only that, you can also stay quietly and get a piece of meat like the little blind man who didn't tip you off just now!"
"If no one speaks..."
"Then let's get watered here together!"
"Until someone is willing to reveal the person who caused the trouble!"
"Now, who wants to talk?"
An obvious provocation.
A very clumsy divorce plan.
But for these children who have no basis for trust and are only united by one goal: survival, this clumsy alienation tactic is extremely easy to use!
certainly...
It works equally well for this beggar smelling of alcohol and the mob behind him!
After a brief hesitation, there was a burst of moderate noise and discussion among the group of physically handicapped children.
But it was beyond all the children's expectations.
The devil in front of them did not stop them. Instead, he held a whip under his arm and looked at them with a smile on his face along with the group of devils behind him.
Along with the cold, pain also swept over him.
When the pain surges, the precarious chain of trust is on the verge of being broken.
But just as the disputes became louder and louder, a hoarse voice suddenly sounded.
"No need to force them..."
"It was my idea."
Wiping away the red and black blood from the corner of his mouth, and enduring the severe pain in his internal organs, Lu Yuan's voice was as weak as ever before, but he still stood up gropingly, pointed at the source of the sound and said with a smile.
quiet.
Quiet.
There was a moment of silence in the ruined temple.
Whether it was the quarrels of the children, or the many beggars watching the show, or even this beggar who smelled of alcohol and showed off his power with a whip in his hand; everything seemed to have been pressed on the pause button, and the expressions on his face fell into silence. state.
Only the bonfire lit next to it seemed to have noticed something. It beat untimely and made a crisp but low crackling sound at the same time.
And it was this explosion that broke the silence in the temple for a moment.
Angrily, he whipped his whip at the ragged children, not bothering to pay attention to the sudden screams; this beggar with a slovenly beard strode forward like a chicken, and mercilessly grabbed Lu Yuan Thrown into the heavy rain.
At the same time, he said coldly:
"Come back the hell!"
"This time, there is a blind thing who is carrying the knife for some of you!"
"next time..."
"But there is no such thing as a good thing!"
More than twenty children looked at each other and hesitantly looked at the devil who smelled of alcohol. Some of the braver children even tried to drag the innocent little blind man out of the rain by dragging Lu Yuan.
But immediately, a merciless whip left a clear bloody mark on his arm.
"If you still plan to stay with him..."
"Then continue."
The gloomy voice sounded, and the few children who were more courageous were also frightened.
You can't blame these kids for not being brave enough.
After all, they only have the most basic conscience.
Unfortunately, at this time, conscience is undoubtedly a worthless thing, and even the most basic hunger cannot be alleviated.
So is bravery.
It wasn't until they saw the devil in front of them raising the whip in his hand again that the children with mutilated hands and feet lowered their heads and helped each other back into the darkness.
Only a little blind man who could not see clearly was left in the place with the densest skylights in the ruined temple, watered by the steady but steady drizzle in the sky, soaking in the water without knowing whether he was alive or dead.
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
After getting wet in the rain, you must rush home and take a hot shower, otherwise you will easily catch a cold and have a fever.
And for a beggar...
Both are dead ends.
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