Traveling through ancient times to survive

While the leader was still thinking, the younger brothers behind him were alert and reminded their eldest brother to be careful.

"Brother, what if he is lying to us?"

"Yes, how can we be sure that what he said is true? If it is false, we follow the route he said, which is like sending meat to the beast!"

The leader looked at Chen Wu and said, "Chen Wu, what do you think? You are the only one here who has dealt with him."

Chen Wu answered without hesitation: "Brother, I think it's credible. If you want to kill us with your heroic martial arts, you can just go straight for us. There's no need to beat around the bush to trick us."

The leader pondered for a few seconds and decided to trust Chen Wu's judgment.

"Sure, what is your name?"

"No need for your surname to be Wang."

"Okay, Mr. Wang, what do you want to know?"

"I see you're in a hurry. Did something happen to you?"

The leader's face darkened, and he was still thinking about how to answer when the voice of the masked man in front of him sounded slowly.

"I want to know the truth, not fabrications."

The leader felt awe-inspiring and smiled awkwardly. He knew it was not easy to fool the person in front of him, so he gave up his plan to send the man off with a mixture of truth and lies in an instant.

"Of course not. I'm just organizing my words to tell you the whole story. I heard from Chen Wu that you were originally a villager from the small village at the foot of the mountain. Although I don't know where you got the news from, I believe you must have known about the undercurrents at the foot of the mountain, so you fled with the whole village."

Zhao Qing nodded in agreement with the leader's speculation.

"You must have a master in your village!" The leader gave a thumbs up and praised, "You knew it was unsafe outside so early and decisively abandoned your home and fled. If we had listened to your advice earlier, we wouldn't have..."

When the leader talked about his sad moments, his voice choked and his eyes turned red. The younger brothers behind him also became depressed, but they did not forget to comfort their eldest brother.

"Brother, it's not your fault, don't blame yourself too much."

"Yes, brother, we don't regret following you, and I believe the brothers who left think so too."

The leader wiped his eyes and gathered his spirits.

"Excuse me, let's continue. We have been safe at the foot of the mountain for less than a month, and then people from the town started running towards the mountain. They found us, and we successfully blocked them because they were outnumbered before. Two days ago, when the fire started, many people came here. They were so numerous and powerful that they rushed into the village to kill and rob. We couldn't stop them, and we lost most of our brothers. Only the brothers behind me escaped."

“Are they organized or are they a loose group?”

The leader was secretly shocked when the cold voice reached his ears. It was indeed a sharp voice, and no concealment could escape his eyes. He gave up trying to be clever and hurriedly explained.

"It's the largest gang in town, the Qinglong Gang. They used to dominate the town and rob people everywhere. Logically, they should have had a good life, but they actually retreated here. Something big must have happened in the town that I don't know about. So many people from the Qinglong Gang don't dare to stay. Mr. Wang, even if you are a martial arts expert, it's better not to go down the mountain."

At the end, the leader was moved with compassion and bravely tried to persuade them.

"So you didn't know anything about the raging fire down the mountain?"

The leader was frightened by the voice that expressed neither joy nor anger, thinking that the previous concealment had angered the mysterious man.

He regretted secretly, habit is really the killer, since they will have no contact in the future anyway, it would be nice to exchange information, it won't hurt anyone, why bother to be smart and test others.

Chen Wu has always been good at judging people. If he said that they can easily deal with a dozen people on his side, then he must be right. A dozen brothers will not lose their lives because of their stupidity, right?

The leader was sweating profusely, and his expression became more sincere: "Wang, the fire started from He County. We have been staying in the village and have had very little communication with outsiders. They stole and robbed without saying anything, so we could only throw them out of the village. We really don't know how the fire started."

"Have you heard any gossip? Any gossip will do."

The leader shook his head: "No."

One of the younger brothers behind the leader seemed to want to say something but hesitated. In the end, he lowered his head and remained silent. Zhao Qing immediately noticed that something was wrong with that person.

"Left-handed one, what do you want to add?"

The man still hadn't reacted yet, still looking around, until more than a dozen pairs of eyes looked at him. He couldn't believe it. Was it obvious that he was left-handed? How come everyone who saw him for the first time knew it? He pointed at his nose with his left hand, looked at the mysterious man and confirmed: "Me?"

The mysterious man confirmed in a steady voice: "Yes, it's you."

"I don't have anything to add?"

He didn't dare to say it directly. After all, he didn't believe it and always thought that the man was talking nonsense.

"No, you do!"

The mysterious man was absolutely certain, as if he really had some secret that he couldn't let anyone know. Even the eldest brother and his brothers began to look at him with suspicion.

He immediately panicked: "Brother, brothers, please believe me. I am not hiding anything from you. Even I don't believe it myself. Do you remember a few days ago when a man came to our village to steal things? That man was very arrogant after we caught him!"

"Oh! That's what happened!" Everyone suddenly realized, "And then?"

"Didn't you send me to drive them out of the village? He held his head high all the way and threatened to report us to the government, saying that we were secretly training private soldiers to rebel. Isn't this laughable? It's so miserable here that we can't even stay here, so how could any official be willing to stay? He got angry and said that he had seen the military commander and would definitely not let us go. Of course I didn't believe him, so I beat him up and drove him away. Later, no soldiers came to look for me, so I didn't tell anyone about it."

The leader was not stupid, he understood immediately, his face changed drastically, and the voice of the person who was speaking became lower and lower. Looking at his eldest brother's face, he realized that this must be very important news, although he didn't know why it was important.

The leader said angrily: "With your pig brain, how can you judge which news is important and which is not? No matter what news you hear in the future, you must tell me, and I will judge whether the news is valuable or not."

"Yes, brother, I was wrong. I won't dare to do it again." The man looked regretful.

The leader looked at the others with a serious expression, "Have you taken it upon yourself to hide things from me like he did?"

Everyone shook their heads: "No, brother."

The leader took a deep breath, turned around and forced an ugly smile: "Master Wang, you see, if what my unworthy little brother said is true, the court will probably send troops to solve the chaos here."