Chapter 76: Wrong?
"It's so dark inside!" The white-clad sister grasped her sister's arm and exclaimed in alarm.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, sister is here!" He Yu herself was also very frightened, the stench in the cave, combined with this dark scene, made people's hearts panic, but she was the older sister and had to take care of her younger sister. Also, Liu Mang and others in front gave her a thread of courage, so she could comfort her younger sister.
"Uh-huh!" Now, He Yue was no longer as arrogant as before, and instead hid behind her sister, tightly grasping her arm like a well-behaved little kitten.
"Sister, why are you trembling!" He Yue asked, grabbing her sister's arm and feeling a wave of vibrations "Are you scared too?!"
"It's not fear, it's just very cold in here!" He Yuqiang said with difficulty.
"Master"
"Father-in-law!" Liu Mang and the other two shouted as they walked, their voices making the white-robed sisters' hearts slightly more at ease.
"Sister, let's get out of here!" The stench and harm had made He Yue no longer want to stay.
"Come on, little sister, we have to follow the generals!" Although it's dark and smelly here, at least there is Liu Mang and others' protection. Outside, the sky is getting darker and the forest is full of dangers, how can two young women survive?
He Yuangen said he would follow the generals, and Liu Mang and others in front of him suddenly fell silent.
"General! General!" He Yu anxiously shouted, but the deep cave entrance did not have anyone respond to her.
"Sister!" Liu Mang and others' sudden silence made He Yue almost cry.
"General!" He Yu was also panicked, one or two people were gone and it was okay, but once everyone was gone and the entire cave was left with only the two women, He Yu, who had been pretending to be calm, couldn't hold on anymore.
Just as the two sisters were at a loss, a hand suddenly appeared from the darkness and landed on their shoulders, causing their fear to reach its peak.
"Ahhhhh! Ghost!" The younger sister let go of her older sister and was about to jump out of the cave.
"Damn it!" A familiar voice grabbed the escaping He Yue, covering his ears with one hand. This little scoundrel's voice was so sharp that it almost burst Liu Mang's eardrums in this cave.
"General Liu?!" asked He Yu, calming herself down.
"Where did you go? Don't you know it's very rude to leave two girls stranded outside? I'll go back and let my brother Yu teach you a lesson!" The little girl was not going to let them off easily, now that she was safe, she wanted to shift all her fear and insecurity onto Liu Mang.
But will Liu Mang fall for her trick? Not to mention that Liu Mang won't be controlled by his brother Yu Gege, even the highest officials under Sun Ce can't control him. He is following Lü Bu after all! Besides, he has the title of King of Shu hanging on him, if calculated, Sun Ce would be his subordinate.
"Go if you go, stay here if you don't!" Liu Mang felt terrible after going in. If it weren't for these two little rascals shouting outside, Liu Mang wouldn't have come to pick them up.
"What's going on?!"
"Let's go!" her sister He Yu hastily said, they didn't want to stay outside any longer, it was dark and terrifying.
"Ah! They're all inside. I'll take you in!" Liu Mang nodded and, without explaining anything, directly led the two women inside.
"Ah!" The two sisters obviously hadn't calmed down and could only blindly follow behind Liu Mang.
They were stunned when they reached the cave and suddenly there was no sound.
Inside the cave, there is another universe. At the top of the cave, there is a gap, only as big as a washbasin, but it allows light to pass through this gap and pour into the cave, dispelling the darkness inside the cave.
From the light that penetrated into the mountain, it was clear to see a spotted tiger lying on the ground. Wasn't this the old tiger that almost took everyone's life?
"Meow!" A small cry, on the tiger's belly there were two little things, one white and one yellow, their eyes still closed, wriggling around.
This is a female tiger, which can be seen from its belly below.
"What's wrong with that tiger!" He Yue pulled her sister's hand and asked.
"It's dead!" He Yu didn't respond, but Liu Mang answered instead.
"But!" He Yue wanted to say was that this old tiger wasn't so spirited when he left?
"That's a reflection!" Liu Mang explained, he had exhausted his last bit of strength just to return to this cave, for the sake of these two small things on the ground?
Two little eyes that had not opened yet kept rubbing against each other, and the small toothless mouth was pressed against their mother's body, sucking away, unaware that their mother had already stopped breathing.
What came out of Little Tiger's mouth was not milk but a red liquid called blood.
The mother tiger has used up all her stored fat to give birth to the little tigers, and this time she goes out hunting in order to have food to supplement her milk.
When his mother passed away, she still formed a semicircle with her body and protected the two small things in her arms.
"Was it our fault?!" Liu Mang kept questioning himself, if they hadn't been there, the mother tiger wouldn't have died and this small family wouldn't have been torn apart. It was them who left these two little ones without a mother.
"We are not wrong!" Lü Bu stood up at this time. "We are not wrong! What's wrong is the way of the world, where the strong prey on the weak. It's a rule of the world that tigers eat humans and humans kill tigers! You either kill it or you'll be eaten by it, which one do you choose?"
"Me!" Liu Mang fell into deep thought, Lü Bu was right, if they didn't kill the tiger, then they would be eaten by it. Would their deaths not be sad? Would their families not be torn apart?
"I don't understand!" Confusion once again shrouded Liu Mang. Tigers eat people to survive, and people kill tigers also to stay alive. Both sides are not wrong, but no matter what the outcome is, it's always accompanied by sadness!
"Gradually, you will understand that fierce beasts always prey on humans. Have you ever seen humans eating each other?" Lü Bu said. "In a chaotic world, with war and famine, ordinary civilians can't survive! Tree bark and grass roots have become the last resort for food!" Lü Bu seemed to be telling a true story.
In that story there was a small young man, with clear eyebrows and eyes, but unfortunately in his eyes there wasn't the same kind of innocence as people of the same age, but rather a wildness.
That year, foreign tribes invaded the borders, that year the world was in great chaos, and he was only six years old that year.
The family had no more grain, and the only food was taken away by the government army to give to the soldiers who were besieging the border. That year he was very hungry, his eyes were dizzy with hunger, and his mother died before him and his father, she was starved to death.
He remembered his father being strong and majestic, this man had joined the government army, fought against bandits and exterminated foreign tribes, it can be said that he dedicated his whole life to the great Han, but what did the great Han give him? Except for a body of injuries, except for a family as poor as a wash.
Surrounded by enemies and outnumbered, deeply trapped in a desperate situation had never made this man frown, but the current hunger and hardship have slowly bent his once-straight back.