在如此近的距离上,即使是他也无法保证干净利落的逃脱.不要被大厅里的人数所迷惑——如果真的爆发了战斗,他们中没有一个人能对抗陈洛.他是内修高手,一旦他毫无保留地战斗,他就可以将他们全部消灭.
"想到一个内修高手会因为他的存在而给我们带来光彩——蔡没有早点接待你是失职."
这是武道被封堵的结果.普通的土匪根本没有机会接触到真正的武功——就像他前世一样,小帮派永远无法接触到真正的枪支.
"没必要这么礼节,长官.我和我的三叔只是来这里寻找生存之路.说着,陈洛在他面前收敛了起来.
露出自己的实力,只是为了在牌桌上获得话语权——他无意与这些强盗决一死战.就算他能把他们都杀了,跟在他身后的三叔也不一定能毫发无损.再说了,他对这些人也没有怨恨.相反,他需要他们的路线来逃脱.
"寻找生存之道?"
如果说之前蔡长还有些疑惑,那么现在他完全相信了.
严重到让内修高手逃跑的骚乱,绝对不是他这样的小人物能承受的.如果他真的有那种能力,他和他的兄弟们就不会在某个偏远的荒野中勉强过日子了.
"你介意更详细地解释一下吗?"
蔡长官的表情变了——他之前的冷静和沉着已经不见了.
如果陈洛只是一个普通的难民,他肯定不会当真.但现在'内修高手'的身份已经被揭穿,它的分量就完全不同了.能让这样一个高手逃跑的事情可不是一件小事——也许它甚至让这些以拾荒为生的山匪感到担忧.
说着,蔡长摆了摆手.附近的几个土匪立刻反应过来,站起身来清理座位,为陈洛和他的三叔腾出空间.
"青亚县即将陷入混乱.这一切都始于半个月前.
陈洛不清楚具体细节,但这并不妨碍他当场编造.
王室已经死去的事实是真的.
清雅县的一位太监去世也是真的.
皇室和太监都死在同一个地方——事情怎么能不陷入混乱呢?陈洛,真话实说,把这些事件拼凑成一个听起来像是一个巨大的阴谋,让听着的土匪们背上冒了一身冷汗.
"所以你是说青雅县内有人胆敢杀害皇室,杀掉宫里的太监?"
"这是一场正在酝酿中的叛乱!!"
就连威武的虎穴的强盗也坐不住.
每当涉及叛乱时,事情就真正变成了一件严肃的事情.
想到外面的封锁,土匪们失去了他们之前所有无忧无虑的态度.有一种明显的灾难即将来临的感觉.如果涉及叛乱,肯定会派遣军队来平息骚乱.一旦那些士兵到了,这些土匪还有生还的机会吗?他们肯定会被砍下来作为警告——这样的事情在历史上并不少见.
一场影响无辜者的灾难.
"这个信息是真的吗?"
蔡长忍不住问道.
"我亲眼看到了!"
陈洛一脸严肃的说道.
这不仅仅是因为他亲眼看到了;他实际上是亲手杀死那个太监的人.当时,他正在挥舞一块砖头,他的手已经被击打麻木了.
蔡长突然站了起来.
regardless of whether the news was true or not, he decided to leave himself a way out.the mighty tiger lair had managed to survive the imperial government's siege up until now because of his cautiousness.
"little six, take the brothers to the side gate and prepare some wooden barrels by the waterway.old four, old five, you two get the brothers to pack up and get ready to flee.old three, you and old seven go to qingya county and find li yuanwai. see if you can gather any useful information."
li yuanwai was a contact of the mighty tiger lair in qingya county, and many of the lair's illicit dealings were handled through him.
a clever rabbit has three burrows, meaning even a cunning rabbit would prepare multiple escape routes. as bandits, they naturally had backup plans of their own. they couldn't just take chen luo's word for everything.
"understood!"
with the order given, the entire mighty tiger lair sprang into action.
"gentlemen, please follow me to the inner room to discuss matters."
chief cai walked over to chen luo and said politely.
as he spoke, he returned the thirty taels of silver he had just received from chen lao san, and not only that, he added an extra ten taels.
"there's no need for this," he said.
chen lao san felt a bit embarrassed. after all, he had come asking for help, but in the end, not only did he not get his money back, he had earned an extra ten taels.
"take it," chen luo said.
he knew that chief cai was still a bit uneasy, partly because of chen luo's strength, and partly because of the news he had brought. after all, it involved the lives of everyone in the lair, so it was only natural to be cautious.
"since chief cai is so sincere, i can't just stand by and do nothing. here's an internal piece of news, and i'll give it to you, chief cai."
chen luo walked over to chief cai and said, as if making casual conversation.
as for what the internal news was, and which "internal" it referred to, only chen luo himself knew. chen lao san, who followed behind him, had completely stopped talking. he realized that his nephew had a way of talking people into things, making it sound even more convincing than the truth.
"please, go ahead."
chief cai said, his posture much more humble now, a stark contrast to the confident demeanor he had when he first entered the lair.
"there's not much time left."
chen luo said mysteriously.
exactly how much time, and why it was running out, was all up to one's imagination.
upon hearing chen luo's hint, chief cai clearly thought of something, and his expression shifted slightly.
in his mind, chen luo, as an internal cultivation expert, would not come to deceive him for no reason. given his strength and status, chen luo surely knew some information that was unknown to the outside world.
after leading the two into the inner room, chief cai asked more detailed questions. chen luo responded carefully, and in the process, he took out the royal token and placed it on the table. this thoroughly convinced chief cai, who had still held a small doubt.
"little luo, isn't this a bit..."
seeing chief cai hurry off, chen lao san finally couldn't help but speak up.
"i'm saving him."
chen luo knew what his third uncle was thinking, but with the situation having reached this point, there was no need to dwell on such details anymore.
surviving first is the truth!
time passed, and half a day had gone by in the blink of an eye.
in that half-day, it was clear that something had gone wrong in qingya county. old three and old seven, who had gone to gather information, had completely lost contact. no one knew if they were trapped in the city or if something else had happened to them. this uncertainty made everyone in the lair even more uneasy.
"smoke is rising from qingya county! there are sounds of fighting and clashing swords. i saw many flags surrounding the area."
the bandit responsible for keeping watch quickly ran in to report the situation to chief cai.
"smoke is rising?"
chief cai's face changed at once.
thick smoke visible in broad daylight left little to the imagination. it was clear that a fire had broken out over there.
someone had set the city on fire!
"big brother, what should we do now? third brother and old seven still haven't returned."
the remaining bandits asked anxiously, their faces filled with worry.
chief cai hadn't expected the situation to change so quickly. luckily, their lair was a bit far from the city, giving them some time to react. had they been closer, they might have already been caught up in it.
"old five, you take the women and children from the lair and leave first. the rest of us will stay behind to hold them off."
after a brief moment of consideration, chief cai made his decision.
"understood."
old five, who had been called, quickly stood up and headed out the door.
"third uncle, you should go with them too," chen luo said at the right moment.
once his third uncle escaped, it would be much easier for him to handle things alone.
"let's go together! why are you dragging your feet?"
chen lao san immediately became anxious. the thing he was most worried about was his nephew chen luo. in his eyes, his nephew's life was far more precious than his own.
"i'll be there soon."
chen luo wasn't truly fearless of death. he wasn't staying behind to hold them off; he simply wanted to see if any good opportunities would arise, so he could take a few more heads.