Chapter 10: Laying the Roots

The livestock pen outside the Sanqing Hall is for the visitors to raise livestock mounts, the building is gorgeous, the scale is quite large, no less than the formal palace house, Fang Zhong is envious. Fang Zhongdao: "It turns out that the beasts live so well. Zhou Qing felt the same way, and said angrily: "Yes." I want to have this place, and I don't know how happy I will be. But my house is not as good as that of an animal. Fang Zhong was stunned, thinking of what he had seen and heard along the way after he left the mountain, the common people dragged their children and daughters, they did not have clothes to cover their bodies and food, countless people lived in dire straits, and how many people's lives were comparable to the animals here, Zhou Qing's words were not bad. Zhou Qing said: "There are not many visitors these days, the livestock pen is quite clean, if it is the peak season, the pen is full of some rare and exotic beasts, which makes people dazzled, I don't know what kind of guys they are." Fang Zhong said: "Are there many strange beasts in the world?" I haven't seen any strange beasts, but my mother-in-law's wild boar is quite amazing. Zhou Qing sneered: "What kind of beast is a wild boar? Have you ever seen a unicorn sitting on it? I've seen it. Fang Zhong smiled awkwardly.

The two of them saw that there were three Taoist priests in front of the cattle pen, holding long sticks in their hands, staring at the pen with nervous expressions, and one of the Taoist robes was stained with blood on the sleeve, obviously injured, but they didn't know where the injury was. Zhou Qing stepped forward and asked, "Three senior brothers, next Zhou Qing, on the orders of Master Lu, come and bring a big dog and lead it into the beast riding shed." A Taoist turned his head and said, "What big dog?" No, no, look elsewhere. After saying this, he turned his head and stared intently at the bar. Fang Zhong said anxiously: "How could it not be? Obviously it was brought into the barn, but the guards didn't pay attention and let my dog go. The man said angrily, "Don't spew blood!" How can we let go of your dog if we have never been sloppy in our devotion to our duties? Fang Zhong hurriedly said: "It turns out that the three senior brothers are responsible for guarding the livestock pen, and the younger brother is offended by his words. "I thought that my dog was a little weird, and others might not know about it, so it was better to identify it myself, so as not to misunderstand. Walk up to the fence and look inside the fence. I saw that there were many pillars erected in the bar, all of which were empty stakes, and the hideous beast did not know where it was led. When the Taoist priest saw Fang Zhong approaching the fence, he exclaimed, "Be careful! Hurry away from the bar, there is a fierce beast inside, which will hurt people at every turn. Zhou Qing saw that the column was empty and said, "Nothing?" The Taoist priest said, "Why not!?" That beast is in the pen, and his junior brother who injured me just now must have seen me wait for the stick in his hand and hid. ”

Fang Zhong asked, "What does that animal look like?" The Taoist priest said: "It's a white-haired and fanged brute, it was quite safe when it first came yesterday, but today after someone took a wild boar away, it was the only one left in the pen, and it completely changed its sex, kicking and biting, and roaring." My junior brother stepped forward to inspect it, and was scratched by its claws on the fence, and was almost caught by its neck. I don't know who went up to the mountain and brought a vicious animal that had not yet been domesticated, which is not harmful. Fang Zhongxi said: "This is my dog." Please open the fence and let it out. The Taoist priest was startled, then shook his head like a stunned drum, and said again and again: "I can't help it, I can't help it, how can such a wild and untamed beast be easily released, and as soon as it is released, it will hurt people." I think it's better to report to my uncle and uncle, and they will deal with it. Fang Zhong said: "It is very docile and does not hurt people." "If the heart is to let the uncle and uncle know, and say that they want to be killed, will they be killed? Flip the fence probe and look inside.

Zhou Qing saw that Fang Zhong was fine, so he also leaned on the railing. As soon as he stood up, he suddenly heard an angry roar above his head, like thunder blasting his ears, shaking his ear drums. Zhou Qing hurriedly followed the sound and raised his head, only to see a white shadow on the beam of the livestock pen rushing down, probing through the fence, grabbing his left hand and pulling it into the fence! Zhou Qingren was thin and small, and was suddenly dragged into the livestock pen by the hideous beast from the crack in the fence. Zhou Qing shouted in horror: "Help, senior brothers, save me quickly." ”

The incident happened suddenly, and the three Taoists hurriedly grabbed the edge of the fence with their sticks, scolded them in their mouths, and stretched out their sticks to go in and beat them indiscriminately.

Fang Zhong saw that it was the hideous beast that dragged Zhou Qing away, he was surprised and delighted, and shouted, "Everyone, stop, don't fight." "Shrink back and squeeze into the fence. The three Taoists exclaimed, "What are you doing?" "I wanted to come and hold it, but Fang Zhong, like Zhou Qing, was thin and small, and they squeezed in through the crack in the fence, they were tall and big, no matter how they squeezed over, they didn't dare to go in. As soon as Fang Zhong entered the fence, he ran to the hideous beast and scolded, "Beast, do you want to go wild? I'm going to let my brother go. He raised his hand and hammered the beast. The monstrous beast let go of Zhou Qing and turned its head to stare at Fang Zhong. The three Taoists outside the bar couldn't stop complaining, they couldn't think of a good idle position, and they actually took two lives, which should be blamed, and it was possible to be driven down the mountain, and today this Taoist priest is the end. The Taoist closed his eyes and couldn't bear to look at the miserable scene in the bar.

Zhou Qing was in the bar, his face was so frightened that he couldn't help but tremble, he was about to close his eyes and wait for death, but he felt that the evil beast let go of himself. I only heard Fang Zhong's voice say, "Senior brother, senior brother, are you okay?" Zhou Qing was stunned, slowly opened his eyes, and was surprised to see that the evil beast was snuggling at Fang Zhong's feet, a pair of fierce eyes staring at him, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly closed his eyes. Fang Zhong patted the monstrous beast's forehead, walked to Zhou Qing's side, and said softly: "I'm sorry, senior brother, it's all my beast that is not good, I'll help you up." Zhou Qing was like a fool, let Fang Zhong help him up, and walked to the edge of the fence. Fang Zhong said: "The three senior brothers quickly open the fence, Senior Brother Zhou is a little injured and needs to be bandaged." "Three Taoists, you look at me, I look at you, and no one will respond. Fang Zhong hurriedly said, "Hurry up and open the door?" A Taoist was embarrassed and said, "This ...... This is going to open the fence, and it will run out and hurt people, and I can't afford to take this responsibility. Fang Zhong said: "With me, it doesn't hurt people." Besides, it was Lu Wenfu's father who promised me to take it to the riding pen later, and I watched it all the way. The three Taoist priests watched the hideous beast and followed behind Fang Zhong, and couldn't help but have hairs on their backs. A Taoist said: "You go and drive!" The other said, "How am I going?" In the morning, I opened the door to let the wild boar out, and this time it's your turn. There is also a Taoist who said that it should be the previous one, the Taoist person couldn't help it, his face was sad, he touched the key to open the fence, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed, and he said: "This little junior brother, the key is here, you open the door and come out by yourself." Fang Zhong did not doubt him, and said, "Then please give me the key, Senior Brother." The Taoist was overjoyed, and threw the key to Fang Zhong at the fence, and Fang Zhong picked it up and went to open the fence.

The three Taoists were surprised by each other, threw away the stick, ran back, and one said: "Little junior brother, you wipe the key on the lock, I will be in a hurry to go out, and I will be back later." The three of them went out together. Fang Zhong said: "Okay. "Leave the key and help Zhou Qing to ride the beast shed.

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