Lowering his head to dodge the cold arrow, an angry roar came from behind Xu Yuan, and he saw that Zhao Qian was still standing stupidly not far away and yelled: "Run!" He jumped on a big stone in one breath, and when he looked back, the leopard was rolling on the ground in pain, and an arrow was inserted in its eye socket impartially, Xu Yuan took off the spear from behind his back, held it in his hand, and quietly walked towards the leopard, only to see the leopard see Xu Yuan coming, while roaring and retreating, Xu Yuan's spear was picked, the leopard flipped backwards and flew out, twisted in the air, did not fall to the point, and turned around to leave, Xu Yuan jumped up, a shot pierced the leopard's waist, nailed to the stone, The leopard roared again and again, but its lumbar vertebrae were broken and it couldn't move.

Xu Yuan called Zhaoqian, and was about to let him shoot this leopard to eat meat, when he suddenly saw a young man jump down from a tree and landed in front of the two of them, only to see that he was wearing a sackcloth and stepping on the boots made by his family in the northern winter, although the clothes were not gorgeous but they were magnificent, not like a disaster victim, and his appearance was also beautiful and a little bookish, I saw that he took a stone from the ground, and when he walked over, he smashed the stone on the leopard's head, while the leopard was still dizzy, He took out the dagger and cut the leopard's throat. Xu Yuan hurriedly said: "This brother, this leopard was hunted by me and my brother, and I ask my brother to raise your noble hand..."

The young man interrupted him, raised his eyes and looked at him impatiently: "I didn't want to rob you leopards, but if it wasn't for my arrow just now, you would have died in the leopard's mouth by now." Xu Yuan nodded, and arched his hand: "The grace of saving lives is far from unforgettable, so let's keep this leopard skin for my little brother to make clothes, how about I invite my brother to drink in the town under Taishan?" The young man asked, "What is your life in wearing a leopard's skin?" Not afraid of being killed by officers and soldiers? What village would dare to speak like that. Xu Yuan looked at Zhao Qian and said, "If I guess correctly, Brother Tai Mai is wearing a fox fur, so that he will not die of cold in this ice and snow." ”

"You don't want to spew blood, I don't have it, I'm used to the cold." Seeing that the young man was a little anxious, Zhao Qian said: "Brother Tai doesn't have to be too angry, my brother has no malicious intentions, it's just that our brother's harvest this year is not good, and it is difficult to continue, so he went up the mountain to hunt and fight for wealth with his life, and he has no intention of offending Brother Tai. As soon as these words came out, the man was no longer polite, and said to Xu Yuan: "Your brother can speak well, but his body is too weak, looking at your appearance, it doesn't look like a hunter, this winter hunting, you fight for your life back, not necessarily rich and noble, now there are officers and soldiers at the intersection of the mountain, we worked hard to get the fur and they bought it at a low price, and the good ones were given to the dignitaries, and the poor ones were sold by us, and they couldn't be exchanged for wealth at all." I tell you, hide the fur under the clothes, they won't find out, and I know that there is a tavern down the hill that does a very good job of elbows..."

After they were full of wine and food, the young man told them that his name was Wei Ming, and he was a hunter in the village under the mountain, and that both parents in the family had died, and only one wife had just passed the door, and he raised one foot: "See?" When I went out, my daughter-in-law was afraid that I would be cold outside, so she gave me a new one and said that it was new and warm. Zhao Qian looked at Xu Yuan, Xu Yuan understood, and stopped the cup in his hand: "Since they are all hard-working people, then let's winter hunt together, our two brothers are just here to get acquainted with this year, and we have to rely on you to guide and support." Wei Ming nodded, "It's easy to say." ”

Entering the Taoist house, in the inner room, a young man served an old man who took medicine, the old man was weak, lying in the young man's arms, coughing again and again, each cough seemed to carry the strength of the whole body, as if he wanted to pull out his internal organs, the young man hugged him, and said distressedly: "Master, you rest for a while, don't work anymore." Shanyuan coughed and tried to prop up his body: "Lingquan, do you remember, I promised you that I will help you take revenge." Meng Jia said: "Master, I have always believed what you said. You, you rest a little longer, and you'll be fine. Shanyuan supported his body with both hands and leaned against the wall: "In the past few years, I have peeked into the sky, and the oil should have run out of light a long time ago, you listen to me, wait until ..."

After hearing this, Meng Jia nodded: "Don't worry, Master, I must have remembered your old man's teachings." Shanyuan said: "I have taught you all the skills of this body, you have to promise me, no matter when, do not hurt your brother's life." Meng Jia couldn't cry at this time: "Master, don't worry, my senior brother has a life-saving grace for me, if the great revenge can be avenged, even if Meng Tong lives in this world, it is meaningless, I will definitely not hurt him." Shanyuan shook his hand and took Meng Jia's hand, his cloudy old eyes were full of pleading, but he couldn't say a word, his hands were shaking, but his eyes were slowly closed, and the vitality in his body was slowly gone. Meng Jia wanted to withdraw his hand, but found that the hand was still pulling him tightly, it was an old man's prayer, and he used a lot of strength to pull out his hand.

When he went out to see, the snowflakes were falling like goose feathers, Meng Jia sat on the ground in the corridor, looking at the snow floating in the courtyard, from now on, he was the only one in the Dao Mansion, guarding these objects that could not speak and waiting for an opportunity.

Wei Ming looked at the heavy snow falling from the sky and said, "How can this snow stop for a while, so let's go find a cave to collect some firewood, stay up all night, and tomorrow I will take you to hunt bears." The three of them began to look for a small cave, a hole made of a few stones, just enough for three men to build a fire. Xu Yuan looked outside and asked, "When will such a big snow stop, I don't think it will be better for a while." Wei Ming waved his hand: "Brother, you can only wait for the snow in the mountains to stop, otherwise, the snow is slippery, and I can only wait to collect your corpse." As soon as these words came out, Xu Yuan and Zhaoqian could only continue to wait honestly.

The heavy snow fell for three days in a row, and the three of them ran out of food like this, and when they were almost cornered, the snow stopped, Wei Ming looked at the one-person high snow, and knelt on the ground: "This is a snow disaster!" As soon as the snow disaster comes out, there will be no harvest this year, our house will definitely collapse, and my daughter-in-law is still at home! I have to go back! Xu Yuan hurriedly comforted: "The mountain is big, the mountain is not necessarily as big as the mountain, don't worry, there will be nothing at home, we will accompany you back to have a look." ”