The lame man holding Shi Wen and Qin Cheng saw so many people on the slope and realized things were bad, so he let go of them and ran away. But as a lame man, how could he outrun the fairly skilled soldiers? He was quickly caught.
He had never been a mountain bandit, nor had he killed anyone. Even before going up the mountain, he was just a refugee trying to escape disaster. When he saw the soldiers, his legs trembled. At the moment he was stopped, all his courage drained from him, and he collapsed, completely limp.
He hadn't even considered using Shi Wen and Qin Cheng as threats; he was only concerned with fear and escaping with his life.
