Chapter 381 Let’s Search Separately
Seeing that his identity as the younger brother was not questioned by his elder brother, Mo Jiuye simply began to explain.
"Big Brother, Second Brother, you were plotted against by the people of Southern Xinjiang on the battlefield..."
Mo Jiuye cut to the chase and gave a brief account of what had happened.
The second elder brother also listened attentively. When he heard that the men of the Mohist school had suffered so many unprovoked disasters and that the Mohist school had been ordered by Emperor Shunwu to have its property confiscated and exiled, he was immediately furious.
He exerted force suddenly and slammed his fist on the stone bed.
There was a muffled sound in the cave, and the stone bed suddenly shattered.
The second brother on the bed jumped up nimbly and landed steadily on the ground, speaking angrily.
"These bastards, I, a Mohist man, was loyal to Dashun, but in the end, I ended up like this."
As he spoke, he looked down at his body again. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he was naked.
If he had not been detained here and not washed his face for years, causing it to be shiny black, others would have noticed that his face was as red as a monkey's butt at this moment.
Mo Jiuye has seen his second brother go berserk many times.
After being rescued, each brother would vent his dissatisfaction to varying degrees.
In comparison, my eldest brother is much calmer.
"Sixth and ninth brothers, you just said that our father suffered the same fate as us brothers, and we haven't found him yet?"
"Well, let's go out and look for him now. If nothing unexpected happens, father should be nearby."
As Mo Jiuye spoke, he started walking towards the cave entrance.
He had observed that although his eldest and second brothers were infected with the puppet poison, Mr. Simeng did not force them to starve, so they did not seem to have any major problems with their bodies.
Especially the second brother, his internal strength is still as strong as before, he can break such thick stone slabs with one blow.
The second brother also reacted at this time. He really couldn't control his emotions just now. After venting, his rationality returned instantly.
"Let's split up and search."
Judging from what the ninth brother said, he and the eldest brother should have lived here for a long time. However, he was very unfamiliar with the environment here and had no impression of it at all.
This is no wonder. Once infected by the puppet Gu, he will have no consciousness of his own. How could he be familiar with the surrounding environment?
When passing by Mo Yunfeng, Liang Hao and others, the eldest and second brothers just greeted them. After all, the most important thing at the moment was to find the whereabouts of their father.
Mo Yunfeng became more and more anxious when he saw that his brothers had all gone out to look for someone.
"Ninth brother, is there really no good way for me to stand up?"
He just felt it carefully and found that his legs and feet were not so weak anymore, but it was still a little difficult for him to stand up.
Mo Jiuye knew that his third brother was anxious, so he comforted him, "Third brother, you guys just rest here. We will come here as soon as we find our father."
The third brother knew in his heart that no matter how anxious he was, it would be useless. He could only nod helplessly: "Okay, we will wait here."
No one knows what they will encounter on this trip.
Besides, it is still unknown whether my father is really on the Sixth Hill.
There were packages scattered around the place where the third brother and his companions fainted by the lake. Mo Jiuye knew that there might be food or something like that in there, so before leaving, he took all the packages back and gave them to the third brother, and filled a water bag.
It just so happened that the third brother and others had spare clothes in their packages, so the eldest and second brothers no longer had to be embarrassed.
The two quickly changed their clothes and followed Mo Jiuye and Mo Jinnian out of the cave to look for someone.
The Sixth Hill is very large, and the open space in front of the lake is also quite large.
The open space is surrounded by mountains and forests, and the plants here are lush and leafy. If people don't push away the branches and thorns that block the view, you can't see any further.
With the experience of coming here, Mo Jiuye didn't dare to let his brothers be separated too far from him.
How could there be no poison in Mr. Simeng's place?
He was worried that his brothers would be separated from him, and if they encountered something poisonous, he would not be able to rescue them in time.
If this is true, the loss will outweigh the gain. You can't save one and then sacrifice another.
Therefore, when his brothers suggested that they act separately, he decisively refused, and the reason he gave was very clear: to prevent everyone from being poisoned.
As Mo Jiuye expected, they found the same poisonous barrier in another direction as when they entered.
After passing through the poisonous barrier, the colorful frog appeared again, followed by the poisonous scorpion.
From this, it can be concluded that this should be the passage leading to the seventh hill.
Mr. Simeng set these up to prevent anyone from entering from the direction of the seventh hill.
Mo Jiuye decisively gave up this direction.
"Brothers, let's turn back now and look for other directions."
Mo Jiuye’s judgment doesn’t mean that others can understand it.
"Ninth brother, this place is obviously different, why are you going in another direction?"
Mo Jiuye pointed in the direction they came from and said, "This is the same obstacle we encountered when we entered the center of the sixth hill. It must have been set up by the old fox to prevent outsiders from breaking in.
If nothing goes wrong, we will be not far from the seventh hill if we go out from here.
He is a first-rate poison expert and must be very confident in his poison skills. In his opinion, it is impossible for anyone to break into the open space on the sixth hill and leave alive.
Therefore, he had no need to set up two poison barriers. The ones we just passed must have been set up by him to prevent anyone from entering from this direction."
The sixth brother had a lot of contact with Mo Jiuye, and he knew that the ninth brother was much smarter than him. Therefore, when Mo Jiuye spoke, he showed the most conviction.
"Ninth brother is right. Big brother, second brother, let's listen to him and go back now."
The eldest and second brothers' impression of Mo Jiuye is still stuck on when he was sixteen or seventeen years old. Faced with such a smart and wise younger brother, they still feel a little unfamiliar.
But when I think about what my ninth brother said, it does make sense.
"Okay, let's listen to Ninth Brother and go back now."
When we returned to the open space, it was already getting dark.
Even so, the brothers did not give up the search.
The eldest and second brothers found a few thick wooden sticks, and the sixth brother took out a tinder and lit them as their lighting tools.
The brothers each held a torch and continued searching around.
Just as the moon was rising, a tiger roar suddenly came from behind the brothers.
Everyone stopped, and Mo Jiuye and Sixth Brother had already taken out their daggers.
In the blink of an eye, a gorgeous tiger rushed towards the brothers.
When the eldest and second brothers were at home, they were used to taking care of their younger brother. Therefore, when they saw the tiger coming, they instinctively stood in front of Mo Jiuye and Mo Jinnian.
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