Chapter 1394 Three Types of People: Cruel, Stupid, and Foolish!

Old Gong has a very low threshold of desire.

He has completed two-thirds of his life. During these years, he has seen countless storms and experienced the vicissitudes of the world. When he set foot on this abandoned wasteland, his heart had long been worn down by the years and lost all his sharpness and enterprising spirit.

If the widow's appearance had not given him some inappropriate thoughts, he would not have chosen to embark on the dangerous road of fishermen.

For Old Gong, the bag of sugar given by Su Mo was enough to satisfy his desire threshold, which had been reduced to the extreme. He even felt that the value of this bag of sugar had far exceeded his imagination, representing hope, warmth and happiness.

He could exchange the sugar for survival supplies and build a warm little home with the widow on this wasteland.

They could share the little joys of life together, support each other, and go through the difficulties together. Even if they were to face death tomorrow, they could accompany each other until the last moment of their lives.

And Lao Zhang's threshold of desire was exactly the opposite of Lao Gong's. His threshold was very high.

Lao Zhang is a man full of fighting spirit and determination. He is never satisfied with the status quo and always desires to change his life through his own efforts.

He can choose to become a fisherman without any drive.

He dares to fish in the Julongxian River, which even water monkeys are afraid of. These all represent his spiritual beliefs.

And this is why Lao Zhang agreed without hesitation after hearing Su Mo's willingness to recruit.

No matter how dangerous it is, it will not be more dangerous than a person fishing in a river hundreds of meters wide, right?

But fishing in the water can only catch some meager supplies, while following Su Mo will not have endless opportunities.

As for Ma Benchun.

"My desire is much greater than Lao Zhang, but I chose the same path as Lao Gong."

"How can I be willing and satisfied with this."

His eyes were fixed on the swaying firelight of the earthen house, and he hesitated for more than ten minutes before stepping back and leaving.

His mind kept flashing back to Luo Xiang's eyes when he just walked in, which were completely different from the past.

And Su Mo always looked superior, as if he didn't care about anything.

These deeply hurt somewhere in his heart.

Of course, the most important thing was the submachine gun that Su Mo took out on the boat, and the bottomless backpack.

Ma Benchun's eyes flashed with greed, and he licked the slightly dry corners of his mouth, as if he could already taste the satisfaction that was about to come.

He was originally walking towards the river, but suddenly changed direction and resolutely walked towards the dense reed marsh on the shore.

From there, straight ahead is the gathering place of the reed marsh, which is also the destination in his heart.

The earthen house of the Luo family is a bit unique. It is built on the shore near the water, about five kilometers away from the gathering place.

To a certain extent, privacy is guaranteed, but the safety of living in a group is lost, which is why the people who surrounded Luo You and his son can also arrange their manpower next to the earthen house.

"Since you can't satisfy my desire, I will satisfy it myself."

Ma Benchun grinned a few times, his eyes flashing with greed, and after identifying the direction to Lord Huang's residence, he took every step more firmly and briskly.

He was even a little complacent, knowing the 200-kilometer waterway and surrounding territories of the Xingye Alliance.

If it were an ordinary person, he wouldn't be able to find a place even if he wanted to tell on someone.

Ma Benchun walked very carefully through the reed marshes on the river bank, and he would stop and look back from time to time, and then take a detour to continue from another direction.

He knew very well what the consequences would be if his current behavior was discovered by the crossing dragon.

But fortunately, the other party seemed to be indifferent and had no intention of targeting them.

Ma Benchun's heart finally relaxed a little. He carefully crossed the reed marshes all the way, thinking about his plan in his mind, and his pace gradually accelerated. After a while, he came to the junction of the reed marshes and the main road.

However, just as he was about to take that step, the scene in front of him shocked him so much that he almost stopped breathing.

On the main road, a figure leaned leisurely on a tree trunk by the roadside, holding a dogtail grass in his mouth, blowing it casually, and one hand seemed to be wiping something.

Although there was a distance between them, the outline of the figure seemed particularly familiar to Ma Benchun.

He widened his eyes, and a strong sense of uneasiness surged in his heart!

His heartbeat accelerated, and he wanted to turn around and escape back to the depths of the reed marsh, but it was too late.

At this moment, Luo Xiang's voice suddenly came from behind him. The voice was full of confusion and anger, like a heavy hammer hitting Ma Benchun's heart hard, leaving him nowhere to escape and unable to deny.

"Uncle Ma, where are you going? Why are you here?"

"I..." Ma Benchun opened his mouth, but found that he didn't know what to say.

Especially when the man on the main road began to step closer, he felt his legs weak, as if he couldn't support his body.

"I just... I just stay here for one night!"

At the critical moment, a round object in his pocket gave Ma Benchun confidence.

He clenched it fiercely, and his voice stopped trembling.

"It's so late, Uncle Ma is afraid of being retaliated by them on the way back, so it's not okay to stay here for one night?"

"Really just one night?" Luo Xiang's face was still deep.

He never thought that Ma Benchun, who usually took good care of the Luo family, would do such a thing.

"What else?"

Ma Benchun seemed to have sorted out his thoughts and said loudly: "So many people saw us together at night. What if they also took me as your family and took revenge on me? Who can I go to for justice? Uncle Ma has been hiding all the way here. I don't know how worried he is. What do you think I am going to do?"

Pa, pa, pa!

The sound of applause sounded beside him, and Su Mo walked over with a smile on his face.

"Good acting, but some parts are too exaggerated."

"What?" Ma Benchun was still playing dumb.

"I'll give you 30 seconds to think about it. What is your purpose in approaching the Luo family?"

Su Mo skillfully pulled out a pistol from his waist and pointed the black muzzle at Ma Benchun.

"Don't joke with me. I don't like wasting time on trash."

He was going to leave, but this guy's laughter was so ugly that it made people a little creepy.

"Uncle Ma, don't rush to talk. Listen to this first."

Luo Xiang also came up with a square box in his hand. After pressing it, a sound began to come out.

"My desire is much greater than Lao Zhang's..."

"...I'm not willing to give up."

"Ha ha ha, since you can't satisfy my desire, then I'll satisfy it myself..."

A clear recording came from the square box, including those distinctive grins.

Ma Benchun's face turned pale instantly, and there was no room for quibbling.

This damned foreigner is so cunning that he even installed a bug on him?

"Heh, heh..."

Ma Benchun sneered a few times and knew that this was not the time to play dumb.

He suddenly took out the grenade from his pocket, pulled the pull ring, and held it in his hand.

"Let me go, I'm willing to leave now, otherwise we'll all die together!"

"Don't, Lao Ma."

Su Mo held the pistol, smiling: "I didn't say I wouldn't let you go, I just asked what your purpose is in approaching the Luo family?"

"Purpose?" Ma Benchun glanced at Luo Xiang coldly, "What purpose do I have? I just saw that the Luo family was too miserable and wanted to help them."

"Really? Then why did Lao Zhang say that you always help others take care of their wives and children in the name of helping others?"

"You..." Lao Ma panicked, beads of sweat dripping from his forehead.

"Uncle Ma, I never thought you were such a person. You disappoint me so much."

"Disappointment, what qualifications do you have to be disappointed?"

Facing Luo Xiang's questioning, Ma Benchun suddenly exploded: "If I hadn't been kind enough to lend you the medicine, your dead father would have gone to hell long ago. If I hadn't given you a chance to make a living, what qualifications do you have to be my agent in Luwei Marsh?"

"Yes, I am attracted by your sister's beauty, and don't think I don't know that you also want to use your sister to get closer to me?"

"You are talking nonsense, I..."

Bang.

A muffled sound, although the sound of the gun with a silencer still seemed dull, it was still shocking. The sound echoed in the empty space and lost its sense of direction.

Ma Benchun, who was originally aggressive, lost his arrogance in an instant after being shot in the thigh. Like a snake that was hit, he rolled on the ground in pain.

"All must die, all must die!" He roared, his voice full of madness and despair.

The ring of the grenade was torn open, and with crazy determination, it was thrown at Su Mo fiercely.

Unexpectedly, Su Mo casually reached out to catch the grenade, gently blew off the dust on it, and then calmly put it in his pocket.

"I forgot to say, I accidentally gave it to the wrong person. What I gave you was actually a bug, not a grenade."

"Fuck!"

"It's your turn." Su Mo pouted at Luo Xiang.

Bang!

Almost the moment the voice fell, Luo Xiang fired without hesitation.

The first shot was a little crooked and accidentally hit Ma Benchun's right foot, and he almost fainted from the pain.

"Luo Xiang, you will not die well, you killed your benefactor, you must..."

Bang, bang, bang!

Ma Benchun did not have a chance to continue cursing, and a series of crisp gunshots came from the wilderness.

"You are your benefactor, so if I send you to death now, am I also your benefactor?"

After firing all the bullets in the gun, Luo Xiang kicked Ma Benchun again and made him roll on the ground several times, cursing.

At this moment, all the depression he had felt since Luo You's lame leg due to his mistake seemed to be vented.

In fact, he originally planned to let Su Mo let Ma Benchun go once for the sake of their old friendship.

But when he heard that the purpose of this guy approaching him was actually because of his sister, his anger was piled up.

Blood kept coming out of Ma Benchun's mouth, and the anger in his eyes gradually dissipated, leaving only a trace of regret.

There are three kinds of people in the wasteland.

Cruel, stupid, and foolish.

He originally thought that Lao Gong was stupid, Lao Zhang was stupid, and he was cruel.

Now it seems that he is probably the foolish one.

He kept kicking until Ma Benchun could only breathe in but not out, and Luo Xiang finally came out of his crazy state.

Looking at the bloody mess on the ground, he took two steps back in fear, and asked Su Mo what to do with his eyes.

"Why do you have to ask me? Run!"

In the gathering place not far away, the guards had already chased out following the sound of gunfire.

Su Mo laughed strangely, and the laughter echoed in the night, with a bit of provocation and teasing.

He spread his long legs and rushed quickly to the dense reed marsh, his figure drawing a swift arc in the moonlight.

Luo Xiang stood there, a little dazed for a moment, with an indescribable excitement in his heart.

If his father Luo You was here, he would definitely scold him first, and then carefully choose the escape route.

How could he rush forward without any scruples like Su Mo, like a free madman.

"Hey, cousin, wait for me!"

Luo Xiang shouted, with a silly smile on his face, and imitated Su Mo, running at full speed in the reed marsh.

The reeds swayed in the night wind, making a rustling sound.

About three or four minutes after the two left, the night guards who heard the noise finally arrived.

There were six people in total, four of them holding big swords, and the other two holding earth guns.

Everyone walked back to back, with fear and caution on their faces, reluctantly walking towards the smell of blood.

"Damn it, they are still making trouble outside at night, not letting people sleep?"

Seeing a pool of blood and flesh on the ground, even the only face that can be identified was kicked to pieces.

The leading captain immediately breathed a sigh of relief and quickly signaled the people behind to come up and guard.

If the person lying down can still identify his identity, then they will have to take him back to report.

If there is any connection found out, the subsequent troubles will be a headache.

Now, since it is a stranger whose identity is unknown, just treat it as a personal grudge.

"No one, the shooter left long ago."

"Yes, yes, we didn't see anything when we came here."

"The shooter is so cautious that he didn't even leave footprints. We can't chase him even if we want to."

"It's just that he knew what was going on and ran away early, otherwise he would be in trouble if we caught up with him."

"Hurry up and check it. Go back if there is no problem. It's really bad mood at night."

The two rows of bright footprints in the reed marsh were quickly wiped out by the other five team members who rushed over.

The six people destroyed the scene in unison, and then returned to the village in a swagger, asking the person in charge of collecting the corpse to take the rotten meat back and bury it in a random pit.

For them, the gunshots just now were obviously not the noise that could be made by a homemade gun.

Tracking down such a person is really like an old man eating arsenic, tired of living.

After a while, two bitter-faced middle-aged men walked out of the gathering place, carrying snakeskin bags and shovels and heading to the crime scene.

Seeing Ma Benchun, who was so miserable on the ground, the two of them habitually smacked their lips and sighed, who could be so cruel, and then used a shovel to shovel him into the bag.

Unexpectedly, as soon as they shoveled, a bag of things rolled out of Ma Benchun's pocket.

The two took it out in surprise and took a look, and they were so shocked that they almost sat on the ground.

"Oh my god, a bag of candy, is this real?"

"Oh my god, it's real, come and try it."

The two people's expressions changed immediately after the sweet hard candy entered their mouths. This bag of candy was enough for them to collect corpses for a whole year.

"How about we..."

"Let's go, isn't this the day we've been waiting for?"

They hurriedly put Ma Benchun's body into the bag, stuffed a few big stones into the river, and sank it.

The two returned to the village as if nothing had happened, packed up some scattered materials they had accumulated, and fled at night.

For them, it didn't matter where they worked, and they could settle down anywhere with this bag of candy?

Time passed quickly.

Until the sky was bright, the Yellow Lord of the Reed Marsh learned what happened last night from the daily report.

"The person who saved the Luo family father and son had a standard gun in his hand?"

The middle-aged man, known as Huang Baopi by outsiders, rolled his eyes and immediately led the guard team to the Luo family's earthen house.

But unfortunately, when they arrived here, they found that the mud house had been deserted. The Luo family had left their home where they had lived for several months in the evening.

Judging from the things left inside, they probably didn't plan to come back.

"Go find that group of people and ask what happened?"

The standard gun conveyed a great meaning. Huang Bapi still didn't give up. He found the people who surrounded him last night and found out the name Ma Benchun from many sources.

Ma Benchun was on the Luo family's boat last night, so he should know a lot of information.

However, what was surprising was that Ma Benchun was nowhere to be found in the morning, but he learned about the gunfight outside the gathering place last night from the guards.

It happened that a person was shot dead in the reed marsh. I don't know if it was Ma Benchun.

"Where are the people who collected the bodies? Take the bodies out for them to identify."

"Lord, we went to find the people who collected the bodies at that time... They seem to have run away..."

"What?"

The clues were completely interrupted, and Huang Bapi sat on the stool dumbfounded.

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