"Hurry up, you can't drink so much, you only have two sips per person."
Seeing this, the guard hurriedly went to grab the water bottle, but the man held on to it and continued to drink it.
"court death!"
The guard was furious and whipped the man with the whip in his hand, but the man remained indifferent and continued to drink his own water.
"Pa bang bang..."
The boy's behavior completely angered the guard. The guard whipped the boy one after another while keeping the water bag with his other hand.
When the other waiters saw this, they hurriedly moved aside and looked at this scene with complicated eyes.
"Pfft...ah..."
After being moistened by the water, the man finally realized the pain, and immediately spurted out a mouthful of water and rolled to the ground, howling miserably.
"How dare you waste water, you are seeking death!"
Looking at the water spraying on the sand and instantly seeping into the sand, the guard's eyes were red, and he raised the riding crop in his hand to whip the guy again, but at this moment, the arm he just raised was tightly grasped by a strong hand.
Living.
"Um?"
The guard turned his head and looked back in confusion, only to see the young man who had saved them before, looking at him with a sullen face.
"Master Luo, why are you here? We are preparing to send you water!"
Facing Luo Chen, the guard did not dare to be presumptuous. He quickly put down his riding whip and handed the water bag to Luo Chen with a flattering smile.
Luo Chen, on the other hand, did not pick up the water bag, but stretched out his hand to help the man on the ground, then stared at the guard and said coldly:
"He is your companion, why do you treat him like this? Is it because your status is higher than his?"
"Well......"
The guard's smiling face suddenly froze, and he didn't know where to place his outstretched hand holding the water bag. After a while, he said awkwardly: "I taught him a lesson because he wasted water and drank too much water because he disobeyed orders.
"
"Hmph! It's just a few sips of water, is it more important than human life?"
Luo Chen looked coldly and pointed at the bloody whip marks on the waiter's body.
When the waiter heard this, he looked at Luo Chen gratefully with red eyes.
"what happened?"
At this time, Shentu Can, who had come after hearing the news, came over and saw that Luo Chen was here, so he asked kindly: "Master Luo, what happened?"
"Ask him yourself!"
Luo Chen pointed at the guard, then turned and left. This was someone else's housework, and he didn't want to take care of it anymore after he stopped it.
"Well......"
Seeing Luo Chen walking away immediately, Shen Tucan was stunned.
In a carriage next to her, Jin Shiyu watched what was happening through the window, and looked at Luo Chen's leaving figure with brilliant eyes. She did not expect that this man would not even blink when he killed the bandit.
This young man actually has such a compassionate heart.
"what happened?"
After coming back to his senses, Shen Tucan looked at the guard with stern eyes.
"Boss!"
Facing the boss with whom he got along day and night, the guard was not as restrained as he was in front of Luo Chen. He immediately pointed at the clerk and said angrily:
"We all said that each person can only drink two cups of water, but this kid snatched the water bag from my hand and drank it like a cow, and finally squirted the water out. You know we are short of water now.
How could it be such a waste!"
"is that so?"
When Shentu Can heard this, he looked at the clerk with stern eyes.
"Sir, have mercy on me! I know I was wrong. I was so thirsty that I snatched the water bag from the guard. Please spare me!"
The waiter hurriedly knelt on the ground, crying and kowtowing to Shentu Can. Each time he hit the sand hard, the fine sand embedded in his forehead, and the blood flowed out as if it was unknown.
"Get up!"
When Shen Tucan saw this, his stern eyes suddenly softened, he grabbed the guy, glared at the guard, turned around and left.
after a little while.
On a carriage in front of the caravan.
"The shopkeeper's."
Shen Tucan frowned, looked at the old shopkeeper in front of him, and said seriously: "I'm afraid it won't work if this continues. Originally, each person in this desert needs at least four kilograms of water per day.
Now we don’t have half a kilogram of water per person. It’s only been a day and our people are almost unable to bear it. By then, I’m afraid we ourselves will be in chaos before the bandits come to kill us.”
"well!"
The haggard old shopkeeper sighed and said helplessly: "Then what else can we do? We are still three days away from the nearest water source. If we don't drink sparingly, I'm afraid we will all die on the way."
"But it's the shopkeeper's!"
Shen Tucan still frowned, his eyes dark and unclear:
"Even if we save water like this, it's not enough. There is a hungry wolf watching next to us! If this hungry wolf pounces, our guards will not be able to resist them if they don't have enough drinking water to maintain their strength."
"well......"
When the old shopkeeper heard this, he sighed heavily again, rubbed his forehead with one hand, closed his eyes and thought deeply.
It's been a while!
Seeing the lingering sadness between the old shopkeeper's brows, Shen Tucan hesitated and said:
"Shopkeeper, why don't we send someone to rush ahead, get water from the front and return immediately. In this way, we may be able to solve the drinking water problem."
"Oh! I haven't thought about this."
The old shopkeeper put down the hand that was rubbing his forehead, opened his eyes and looked at Shen Tucan, and said bitterly: "But who should we send to get water? We are being targeted by bandits, and there is no one with any strength. We may not be able to come back.
Moreover, our caravan also needs a master to be in charge, but you are the only second-rate master in the caravan, can you get away with it?"
"Don't we still have two second-rate masters in our caravan?"
Shen Tucan looked at the old shopkeeper with sparkling eyes.
"Are you talking about Luo Chen and Mu Bai?"
The old shopkeeper shook his head and said: "The two of them are outsiders after all. That Luo Chen has only been in our caravan for two days. Let's not say whether he is willing to help us get water. Even if he is willing, you guarantee that he will do it after he goes.
Return?
As for Mu Bai, let alone that, he has nothing in his eyes except his young lady, and he will never leave his young lady even half a step."
"No!"
Shen Tucan shook his head, thinking of Luo Chen's performance in the past few days and Luo Chen's attitude towards the caravan guys just now, he lowered his head and muttered:
"I don't think that Luo Chen is a person who refuses to save anyone. I think we can give it a try. Maybe they will agree?"
After saying that, Shen Tucan looked at the old shopkeeper again and said seriously: "Shopkeeper, now that things have happened, we can't sit back and wait for death like this!"
"Alas...why would I want to do this? Since you think it's feasible, then call them and ask!"
The old shopkeeper sighed again and waved his hand feebly.
Upon seeing this, Shen Tucan did not hesitate and ordered the guards outside the car to invite Luo Chen and Mu Bai over.