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Chapter 87 Cat Town (8)

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I grabbed the big scorpion; seeing his smile, I have never seen him laugh so hard.The angrier I got, the more he laughed, as if the cat's smile was specially prepared to avoid being beaten.I asked him what he meant by asking someone to visit me to take a bath, but he didn't say anything, just smiled all the time.I know he has ghosts in his heart, but I don't want to see his cheap look, so I just tell him: If you do something like this in the future, watch your scalp! The next day I still went to the river.Before I got to the beach, I already saw a group of black huhus, more than yesterday.I decided to take my shower calmly in order to see what was going on, and then go back and settle the score with the big scorpion.The sun came out, and I stood in the shallow water, pretending to fetch water, while watching them.The big scorpion was there, with a cat man, probably holding a large pile of lost leaves in both hands, piled up to his chin.The big scorpion was in front, and the cat man holding the lost leaf was behind. As soon as the big scorpion stretched out his hand, the cat man stretched out his hand, and followed the group of cat men; the lost leaves in the cat man's hand gradually decreased.I understand, Daxie took the opportunity to sell some lost leaves, and they must be very expensive.

I am a person with a bit of humor, but a moment of anger often makes people lose their haste.How cat people are afraid of me—just because I'm a foreigner—I know; it must be all Scorpion's bad idea, and I know it too.It was not my original intention to cause the group of innocent cat people to suffer some losses in order to punish Daxie alone.However, at that time, anger made me forget all consideration.I must let the big scorpion know how powerful I am, otherwise, I will never have to think about enjoying this morning exercise quietly again.Of course, if the cats also come to swim in the morning, I have nothing to say, the river is not mine alone; but, swimming alone, hundreds of people are waiting to see, and there are people who use it for business, I have nothing to say. can not stand.

I don't want to catch the big scorpion first, because he won't tell me the truth; I have to catch a visitor and ask him for clarification.I slowly retreated to the river bank first, with my back turned to them, so as not to make them suspicious.At the bank, I thought, I ran a hundred yards and caught a cat man by surprise. When we reached the river bank, as soon as we turned around, we heard a terrible cry, worse than the sound of slaughtering a pig.From my 100 yards, it was like a sudden earthquake before my eyes. The group of cat people wanted to flee for their lives, but also squeezed into one place, running, falling, forgetting to run, falling and getting up, all at the same time; At a glance, it is all gone, like some fallen leaves blown away by the wind, a small group here, a small group there, one in the east, two in the west, running and shouting, as if they have lost their souls.By the time I finished my 100-yard run, there were only a few lying on the ground. I caught one, and when I saw it, my eyes were closed and I was out of breath!My regret is much greater than the horror of getting into trouble.I shouldn't have killed people by taking advantage of my superiority in this way.But I didn't stay still, I seemed to unconsciously grabbed another one, my leg was broken, but I didn't die.When I think about it afterwards, I really don’t admire myself. I clearly saw that someone’s leg was broken, but I went to arrest him for interrogation; Forgivable, the inherent goodness of human nature cannot be established.

It is the most difficult thing in the world to make a half-dead cat man talk to a foreigner; I know that making him speak is tantamount to murder, and he will also be frightened to death soon.Poor cat people!I let him go.Look at those who fell down, of course they were all injured, and they were all crawling on the ground, very fast.I didn't go after them.There were two that were completely motionless. I'm not afraid of danger: but it was a disaster.What kind of weird thing is it to know the laws of cat people?Even though there is a difference in law between scaring people and killing people, is it not the same from the point of view of conscience?I can't think of an idea.Go to Daxie, the person who untied the bell is still the one who tied it, he must have a way.However, Daxie will never tell the truth, if I go to beg him; wait for him to come to me.If I take this opportunity to look for that plane and look at the bones of my dead friend, the Scorpion's Misty Forest may be in danger, he will definitely come to me; then I will interrogate him, and if he doesn't tell the truth, I will not coming back!Blackmail?For this dishonest person, who is not ashamed of telling a lie, what other good solution is there?

With the pistol on, I walked along the river bank dejectedly.The sun's hot, I know I'm lacking something, fuckin' leaf!Without it I cannot resist the sun's rays and the poisonous mist on this river. There will be no saints in the cat country, so I have to curse the cat people to relieve my own disgrace.I actually want to search for the lost leaves from those two dead cat people!Back in the Mildwood, who can stop me from breaking off a big branch?Too lazy to run those few steps!Sure enough, they were still holding fan leaves in their hands, and one half of them had been bitten off.I took them all.Grab a slice and walk down the river bank.

After walking for a long time, I saw the dark gray hill.I know it's not far from where the plane crashed, but I don't know how many miles it is from the river bank, and which side of the river it is on.It's so hot, I ate two more fan leaves and still can't feel the coolness.Without trees, I couldn't find a shady place to rest for a while.But I decided to go forward, and I had to find the plane. At this moment, there was a shout from behind, I could hear it, the voice of the big scorpion.I ignored him and walked on.He is better at running than me, so he overtook me.I wanted to grab his scalp and shake out his truth, but when I saw his appearance, I was too embarrassed to do it.His pig's snout was swollen, a piece of his head was broken, and his body had many scratches. His whole body looked like he had been washed, and the fine hairs were all stuck to the skin. He didn't look very much like a sperm water rat.I scared people to death, and he was beaten. I think cat people dare not bully outsiders, but they are brave enough to fight against themselves.Who among them is right and wrong has nothing to do with me, but I have sympathy for the injured and beaten scorpions who were frightened to death.Da Xie opened his mouth several times before he could say a word: Go back quickly, Milin has been robbed!

I laughed, and my sympathy was driven away by this sentence.If he asks me to avenge him for being beaten, although it is not a good thing, but from the perspective of a Chinese, I will definitely follow him back immediately.Mi Lin was robbed, who wants to be the running dog of this capitalist!If you grab it, you grab it, it has nothing to do with me. "Go back quickly, Milin has been robbed!" Daxie's eyes almost popped out.Milin seemed to be everything, and his life was worth nothing. "Tell me about the morning first, and I'll follow you back," I said. The big scorpion almost died of anger, stretched his neck a few times, and swallowed a big ball of anger: "Mi Lin was robbed!" If he had the guts, he would have strangled me immediately!I also made up my mind: if he doesn't tell the truth, I won't move.

In the end, they both got half of the victory: immediately follow him back, and he tells everything on the way. Da Xie told the truth: those visitors were invited from the city by him, and they were all from the upper class.Of course, people in the upper class can't get up so early, but taking a bath is too rare, and the big scorpion allows them to provide them with the most plump leaves.Each person gave him ten "national soul" - a kind of money name in the cat country - as a tour fee, and two fan leaves per person--the best plump and pulpy fan leaves-not counting money. Good boy, I said in my heart, you use me as your private property to display!But the big scorpion didn't wait for me to get angry, so he explained very tactfully: "Look, the national soul is the national soul, and taking other people's national souls into your own hands is a noble act! Although I haven't discussed it with you, He walked quickly, but it didn't prevent him from saying in a tactful manner, "But you will not object to my noble behavior. You take a bath as usual, and I will use this to gain some national soul, and they will be able to open their eyes." , beneficial things, beneficial things!" "Who is responsible for those people who are scared to death?"

"You're scared to death, it's okay! If I kill someone," Daxie gasped, "I only need to lose some fans, and fans are everything. The law is just a few lines carved on stone; there are fans , killing people is not a big deal. If you kill people, no one cares. The laws of the cat country do not control foreigners, and you don’t even need to pay for a fan; I hate myself for not being a foreigner. If you If you kill someone in the countryside, don’t worry about leaving it there, just give the white-tailed eagle some snacks; if you kill someone in the city, you only need to report to the court, and the judge will thank you very politely.” The big scorpion seemed I envy me very much, and there seem to be tears in my eyes.There are tears in my eyes too, poor cat people, where is life?Where is the axiom?

"Those two dead were also powerful people. Aren't their families messing with you?" "Of course, they are the ones who made trouble. They are the ones who robbed the leaves. Go away! They have sent people to monitor your whereabouts for a long time. As long as you leave the forest, they will rob them. They are dead, and they will grab my leaves as revenge. , let's go!" "The value of a person and a leaf is exactly the same, huh?" "If you are dead, you are dead. If you are alive, you must eat lost leaves! Go!" It suddenly occurred to me that maybe because I was infected by the cat people, maybe because his two words touched my heart, I must ask him for some national souls.If one day I leave Scorpio—we are not good friends—what will I have for dinner?He got money for inviting people to visit me for a bath, and I have the right to share some of the money.If it weren't for this kind of environment, naturally I wouldn't think of this, but since the environment is like this, I have to make preparations - if I die, I will die, and the living must eat the lost leaves!rational!

Not far from Milin, I stopped. "Daxie, how much did you charge for the past two days?" The big scorpion was stunned, and rolled his eyes: "Fifty national soul, and two fake ones; go!" I turned back and started walking.He caught up: "One hundred, one hundred!" I still walked forward.He added up to a thousand.I know that the total number of visitors in the past two days is no less than a few hundred, and it is absolutely impossible to earn only one thousand, but who has the time to do this kind of trick. "Okay, Daxie, give me five hundred. Otherwise, see you!" Daxie must know: if you argue with me for a minute, he will throw more leaves; he agreed with a pair of tears, "Okay." !" "In the future, if you don't tell me and use me to make money, I will set fire to your Milin." I took out the matchbox and patted it! He also agreed. When we arrived in the Milin, there was no one there. Before I arrived, they had a detective report and they all ran away.The twenty or thirty trees outside the Misty Forest are almost gone.The big scorpion yelled and fell under the tree.
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