"Help, help!" The poignant and short cry for help was heard by Qiao An and Li Zhongxuan, and the two hurriedly docked.

"Over there, Brother Zhongxuan." Joan pointed to the shore, and on the cliff, a pitch-black behemoth was holding a crying child.

"Is that an ape?" Qiao An had heard Zheng Qiuhan say before that there were many apes in this area of Jiangnan.

In Huangzhou before, they only heard the cry of an ape, but they did not see it.

At this moment, the two of them saw it clearly, and found that the ape was very strong and ferocious. Shen Qiaoan was afraid that the ape would hurt the child, so he immediately asked Li Zhongxuan to rescue him.

"Brother Zhongxuan, intercept it, quick!"

Li Zhongxuan didn't think about it in a hurry, and walked towards the cliff, the ape didn't notice that someone would approach, after all, this was a cliff.

The ape held the child in his arms, placed the child on a tree on the cliff, and then shouted excitedly, smashed his fist on the chest, and made all kinds of terrifying sounds.

The roaring sound could almost tear people's eardrums, and Li Zhongxuan climbed the vine and went to the front from the bottom.

Probably the ape was also alert, frowning and looking around, Li Zhongxuan's body was stuck on the cliff like a piece of paper, and the ape looked at it suspiciously for a while, and it didn't seem to see any danger, but saw a girl who was squeezing her eyebrows at herself.

The ape didn't pay attention, but picked it up rudely, and the child was about to leave, Shen Qiaoan was afraid that the ape would slip away, and he would throw the stone on the ground when he picked it up, but when he thought about it, the stone would fall on Li Zhongxuan's body, so she could only throw the stone up and play tricks for the ape to see.

"Look, big guy, it's fun." Shen Qiao'an threw up the three small stones in one go, dazzling the dance, and the ape stared at Qiao An dementedly.

"It's fun, watch me perform." Joan was performing as she gradually approached the ape, and the straight line was already very close.

At this moment, Li Zhongxuan had already gone up the cliff, and he jumped lightly and approached the ape.

The ape saw a person behind him coldly, and hurriedly turned around, Li Zhongxuan had already made a simple tripping rope with kudzu vine.

"Look here!" Li Zhongxuan whistled and threw the stumbling horse out, and the ape's hand was tied, and she took the child in her arms and went down the cliff.

Joan saw that the ape was so angry that he stumbled with his teeth, and a stone hit the ape's nose bone, and the painful ape staggered and almost fell off the cliff.

At this moment, Li Zhongxuan had returned to Qiao An's side with the frightened child.

The ape was a beast after all, but it took a moment to break the stumbling rope, and he pounced on Li Zhongxuan in three or two strokes.

"Joan, take the child and go as far as possible." Li Zhongxuan is ready to fight the ape.

Joan hurriedly dodged with the child in her arms, who was already frightened and cried intermittently.

At this moment, someone was shooting arrows, someone was throwing stones, and they were attacking apes, and Li Zhongxuan looked back and saw that a large group of villagers had come.

The ape was gone.

"Ah Mao, Ah Mao." Suddenly, a loud cry came out from behind Qiao An, and Qiao An hurriedly handed Ah Mao to the crying old man.

The grandfather and grandson hugged their heads and cried, Qiao An looked at the person who came and said with a smile: "Okay, there is no danger anymore." ”

"Oops!" The old man hurriedly half-knelt in front of Qiao An and Li Zhongxuan - "Life-saving benefactor, you are my life-saving benefactor." ”

"It's okay, it's okay!" Qiao An smiled, "It's just that I saved the child when I heard the cry for help by chance, and I have to take care of the child in the future." ”

It was the enthusiastic villagers, most of whom were half-kneeling in front of the two of them, Li Zhongxuan and Qiao An looked at each other, and the two of them pulled up this and that, and they were very busy.

After tossing for a while, the old man wiped away his tears and said solemnly: "Girl, I am Lizheng of Niujia Village, I thank you for saving your life!" This ape has recently died of a child, and always comes to our village to look for the child, thanks to the girl and the son, but seeing that the ape has escaped, I am afraid that it will come back in the future. ”

"Well," Qiao An looked at Li Zhongxuan, "you ask my father-in-law to see if he can arrest this ape, and we will eat it." Joan smiled.

Li Zhongxuan had just competed with apes, and knowing the ferocity of apes, he had no interest in helping others catch apes at all.

"This, this—" Li Zhongxuan was extremely embarrassed, but Qiao An agreed, "That's it, I'll go to your Niujia Village with you, and we'll start tomorrow to prepare a net to catch this ape, what do you think?" ”

When everyone heard this, everyone was elated, and everyone danced with their hands.

In this way, in the middle of the night, Li Zhongxuan and Qiao An went to Niujia Village, which is a small village, but the village is lined with houses, and it seems that the occupancy rate is still very high, so Qiao An and Li Zhongxuan have responsibilities.

I can't let the ape continue to come and harm people.

Li Zheng prepared food for Qiao An, although it was just a simple stick noodle porridge and steamed sweet potatoes, but the two of them ate with relish.

Li Zheng prepared a room for Qiao An and Li Zhongxuan, Li Zhongxuan looked at the room, the small ear room, there was nothing else in it except for a bed and a table, seeing this, it was exactly what Li Zhongxuan wanted.

"Hey, it's time to catch the big ape again, isn't it that you have nothing to do when you're full?" Li Zhongxuan smiled helplessly and sat on the wooden bed.

"Who said that there is nothing to do, you also saw it today, that ape is going crazy is very powerful, we catch corrupt officials is a big deal, so we can't deal with these things by the way?"

"If it's tough, it's only us who will be fooled." Li Zhongxuan spread his hands.

"Don't know how to make traps?" Joan lit an oil lamp with a bamboo skewer, but the room was always shrouded in a faint yellow light.

Oil lamps are not as bright as candles, but because of this hazy light, the atmosphere becomes a little ambiguous.

At this moment, Li Zhongxuan approached Qiao An, Shen Qiao An was stunned, hurriedly moved his body, and moved forward. But as soon as Qiao An moved slightly, Li Zhongxuan approached her, Qiao An turned around and complained, "You don't want to come over." ”

"Me!" Li Zhongxuan wanted to say something, but he heard someone knock on the door, and after opening it, the old man brought hot wine, Shen Qiaoan hurriedly got up and asked the old man if he had any other houses.

There was a sad face, "My good girl, we are just this empty house, our village has a small population, and it has not been built, if you want to live in a luxurious inn, you have to go to Yantai County, far away, wronged girl." ”

"I don't mean that, the house is good, it's just too small, and the bed is small." Joan laughed.

"Girl, after eating this hot wine, I will bring the brazier to the girl, it is warm, and there are small benefits." Seeing that the old man was leaving, Li Zhongxuan hurriedly asked the old man to come back.

"It's okay, let's just make do with it, you don't have to bother."

Li Zhongxuan turned to complain that Qiao An didn't know anything, and Qiao An could only sigh. Li Zhongxuan tasted a sip of the wine and felt that it tasted very good, and invited Qiao An to take a bite, Shen Qiao An was attracted by the fragrance, and after tasting it, he felt that the fragrance was fragrant, and ate a small half cup.

Shen Qiaoan was a little dizzy, he didn't expect this drink to have such a strong stamina, and he lay on the inside.

Li Zhongxuan smiled and lay next to Qiao An, hugging Qiao An, Shen Qiaoan wanted to push Li Zhongxuan away, but she was soft in her hands and feet, where did she have the strength.

"Don't mess around, Li Zhongxuan."

"I know." After Li Zhongxuan finished speaking, he didn't know what he had done, and Shen Qiaoan suddenly muttered, "You! Li Zhongxuan, you are a dignified prime minister, you don't believe in your words, you ......" and then seemed to cover his mouth.

"You be quiet, and someone will bring a brazier when you turn around."

Naturally, the brazier was not delivered, and the old man was also an informed and interesting person.

It wasn't until the next day that Joan's strength passed, but she realized that she was naked, what happened last night...... Qiao An thought about it for a moment, frowned and threw Li Zhongxuan's clothes over, "What else is there to see?" ”

"Don't peek, I'm dressed." Qiao An put on her clothes awkwardly and got up, the sun was already shining outside, and Li Zhongxuan got up.

The relationship between the two has gradually become a lot closer.

Today, Li Zhongxuan discussed with Qiao An to capture the ape for them, Li Zhongxuan found someone to dig a trap, as for Qiao An, he came up with a dangerous but particularly high chance of winning, using this child as a bait to coax the ape to take the bait.

Naturally, their trap was so sure that the ape would never touch a finger of the child.

By noon, according to Li Zhongxuan and Qiao An's arrangement, the child was still playing alone outside as usual, and the ape looked left and right, and found that there was no danger, so he was ready to fight quickly, and left after taking the child captive.

But before he could get close to the child, his feet were empty, and he suddenly rolled into an unfathomable trap, and then, Joan hurriedly brought the child over.

The angry villagers held their instruments, approached the trap, threw stones, etc., and gave the ape to the ambassador.

The ape, which has been robbing children or trampling crops in recent years, has finally been caught, and the villagers have buried the trap with loess after solving it.

There was coming over, leading the people, and once again saluted Qiao An and Li Zhongxuan respectfully, Shen Qiao An smiled and helped everyone to get up, telling them that once they encountered any danger, they could write to the local county magistrate for help.

If the county magistrate ignores this matter, he writes directly to the imperial military department to find General Cheng, and everyone is grateful to them.

After eating lunch, knowing that Qiao An and Li Zhongxuan were leaving, everyone raised money for them to pay for the journey, Qiao An hurriedly refused, and the kind-hearted people gave Qiao An and Li Zhongxuan a little donkey, and the little donkey was surrounded by flowers around its neck.

There are red peppers, yellow gourds, ripe corn, etc., and Joan can't cry or laugh.

"We're gone, guys! There will be a period later. Li Zhongxuan said goodbye to Qiao An, and the hairy boy sent them to the entrance of the village, crying with tears.

"If only we had a child like that, hey." Li Zhongxuan's voice was a little regretful, and Qiao An frowned slightly when he heard this sigh.

"What's next, where are you going?" Qiao An asked, recently, they have dealt with a group of robbers in the Black Wind Mountain, and dealt with a lot of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, to be honest, it is impossible to have any performance if they continue to stay here.

And Li Zhongxuan is also a person who can't be idle, pointing to the front, "If you go again, you will go to Quanzhou, Quanzhou is a seaport, we have been walking for more than three months this time, let's go back, the court also has something." ”

Joan must have nodded again and again.

"It's good for the husband to sing and the wife to follow it, I'm afraid that you will sing the opposite." Li Zhongxuan smiled and hugged Qiao An, and Qiao An did not refuse.

The two went to Quanzhou, and after an unannounced visit, they found that this deserted and barren land was very well governed, and since there was nothing to solve, the two were ready to go home.

On this day, they once again arrived in Yantai County.

Returning here again, it is regarded as a revisit to the old place, and the common people don't know how to do it, so they know that it was the prime minister and the prime minister's wife who saved people before, and they actually sold clay sculptures about their capture of apes.

Lewen