In Yanmen Village in spring, flowers bloom everywhere, and the air is filled with the fragrance of sweet elm flowers.

Yang Xiu is one year younger than Yang Huaixing, with a cute round face, after helping her mother Wang Yue'e wrap the beetroot pie, wearing the small leather boots bought by her father, she followed Yang Huaide, Yang Huaixing, Liu Keshi and other children to play outside the village.

Liu Keshi is the same age as Yang Huaixing, and proudly said to everyone: "My father has made great achievements in fighting against Xia Guoguo and has become a general, and I will be the same in the future." Everyone was so envious when they heard it.

Yang Xiu wore two ponytail braids and booed: "You brag, to be a general, you have to be able to do martial arts, and you have to have a strategy, do you have it?" ”

Liu Keshi was stunned by the question and said, "I'll have it when I grow up." ”

Everyone came to the bottom of a big elm tree, and the fragrance of elm flowers had already made everyone's mouth water, and everyone shouted: "Let's get some elm flowers to eat, it's so fragrant." ”

However, the tree was so thick that no one could hold it, and there was not a fork two feet above the ground, so everyone scrambled to climb the tree and slid down.

Someone came up with an idea: "We're going to hit it with stones." ”

Everyone picked up rocks and threw them at the tree, but only a few petals fell.

Some children were so anxious that they shouted, "I want to eat, I want to eat." ”

Yang Huaide raised his head and scratched the back of his head, and suddenly said, "I have a way." With that, he ran home.

After a while, carrying a hemp rope back, everyone stared at each other suspiciously, only to see Yang Huaide pick up a stone, tied to one end of the rope, and then, unfold the rope, grab the stone, aim at the first big tree fork and throw it hard, the stone dragged the rope through the middle of the tree fork, fell to the opposite ground, Yang Huaide tied the other end of the rope around his waist, and said to everyone: "I climb the tree, you pull the rope hard." Everyone heard that there was a way to eat elm flowers, so they did what Yang Huaide said.

Yang Huaide hugged the trunk of the tree and shouted: "One, two, three, one, two, three••••••" Everyone worked hard together, Yang Huaide scurried and scurried, and climbed smoothly to the fork of the tree, Yang Huaide stood on the fork, broke the small branch and threw it down, everyone scrambled to eat, threw down a branch, and ate up a branch.

Yang Xiu pouted and shouted, "You have to leave some for the eldest brother!" After saying that, he snatched two branches and put them aside, not letting others move.

Yang Huaide saw that everyone had almost eaten, so he shouted: "You hold the rope, let me down, don't let go, otherwise, I will fall down." ”

Yang Huaixing and Yang Xiu led everyone to hold on to the rope tightly, Yang Huaide slowly slid down from the tree, everyone surrounded Yang Huaide and shouted: "Huaide, you are so smart, we all listen to you." ”

At that moment, a catcher rode from under the tree to the village, and then the village bell rang.

When the bell rang, there must have been something big happening, everyone ran to the village, only to see the catcher standing under the tree just now, shouting: "Fellow villagers, Lord Assassin Shi has an order, the Liao State gathered people outside the Yanmen Pass, suspected of attacking my Yanmen Pass, and all young and middle-aged people must go to guard the pass." ”

When Yang Huaide's three siblings returned home, Yang Wenshan said: "You should lock your doors and windows at home, and don't go out and walk around casually. ”

Wang Yue'e was full of worries and said: "Wenshan, you have to be careful, you have to have three long and two short, how can I take care of my three children." ”

Yang Wenshan said: "The wall of Yanmen Pass is so tall that the Khitans can't get in. ”

Yang Huaide said: "Dad, I'll go with you." ”

Yang Huaixing also said: "Dad, I'll go too." ”

Yang Wenshan said: "You are still too young, just help your mother take care of the house." With that, he turned and left.

The four of them were worried at home.

The next morning, someone knocked on the courtyard door, followed by the sound of Yang Wenshan calling to open the door, and the four of them hurriedly ran out to open the door, and saw Yang Wenshan limping and being helped into the house by two neighbors.

After the two neighbors left, Wang Yue'e asked nervously, "Wenshan, how are your legs?" ”

Yang Wenshan replied: "If you were smashed while carrying wood, the injury is not serious, and you can raise it for a month." ”

Yang Huaide asked, "Dad, how was the battle?" ”

Yang Wenshan replied: "It's okay, the army of the Liao State just passed through Yanmen Pass. ”

Wang Yue'e was worried and said: "Wenshan, there are only some vegetables at home, and the rest of the money can only be used to buy rice and noodles, how can I have the money to buy meat and supplements?" ”

Yang Huaide said: "Mother, let's go up the mountain to catch a rabbit for Dad to eat, so that Dad's leg injury will heal soon." ”

Wang Yue'e said: "Okay, you should be careful when you go up the mountain, don't fall and get hurt, and come back early." After saying that, he wrapped a flatbread for each of his two sons. The brothers carried a rope noose for catching rabbits and bows and arrows on their backs.

When he walked out of the yard, Yang Xiu chased him out and shouted, "Big brother, second brother, take me with you." ”

Yang Huaixing said: "Xiu'er, hunting is a boy's business, so don't go, it's dangerous." ”

Yang Xiu pouted and said, "If you talk nonsense, I'm going to go." ”

Yang Huaide said: "Okay, Xiu'er, you have to keep up with us." ”

He said to Yang Huaixing again: "Huaixing, you go and call Shang Keshi to go with you." ”

Yang Huaixing quickly ran to Liu Keshi's house, and after a while, the two of them each came with a wooden stick, and the four of them set off towards Yanmen Mountain.

Yanmen Mountain is the boundary mountain between Song and Liao, the Song Dynasty in order to prevent the cavalry of the Liao State from entering the mountain, prohibiting the border people from going up the mountain to pick, so the mountain is overgrown with trees, especially the dense forest above the halfway mountainside, there is no way to go.

The four of them came to the foot of the mountain, Yang Huaide and Yang Huaixing often followed Yang Wenshan to hunt, knew some hunting skills, the two carefully looked for rabbit footprints in the grass, Yang Xiu jumped next to him, saw the beautiful wildflowers and picked them off, Liu Keshi looked around, hoping to find prey. Yang Huaide noticed that there were traces of trampling on a bush of grass, and there were wet rabbit paw prints on the soil, so he asked Yang Huaixing to support the rope sleeve here, tied the other end to a small tree, and said: "Everyone stay away from here, so that the rabbit can be trapped, and we will go up the mountain." ”

The four of them slowly walked up the hill. Suddenly, Yang Huaide found that there was a black shadow shaking in the grass under a tree eight meters in front of him, he waved his hand, signaled everyone to stop, and listened quietly, it turned out to be a wild boar, Yang Huaide bent his bow and arrows, held his breath, aimed at the black shadow, and shot out with a "whoosh", but unfortunately the shot missed, and the wild boar jumped out at once, glared at the four people, screamed, and slowly walked forward.

Yang Huaixing and Liu Keshi waved wooden sticks, trying to scare the wild boar away, but the wild boar did not retreat, Yang Xiu hid behind Yang Huaide, staring forward with curious eyes, Yang Huaide seized the opportunity and another arrow, right in the back of the wild boar, the wild boar "whooped", jumped to the side, eyes squinted at the four people, suddenly, the wild boar rushed towards Yang Huaixing, Yang Huaixing hit it on the back with a stick, the wild boar stopped and rushed over, Yang Huaixing hurriedly ran back, climbed to a tree, the wild boar stood under the tree and screamed, Liu Keshi pulled Yang Xiu to hide to the side.

Yang Huaide shot a third arrow and hit the boar in the chest, the boar turned around and ran towards the mountain, Yang Huaide shouted: "Chase, don't let it run away." "The boar ran into a cemetery on the mountainside and disappeared.

Yang Huaide heard from his father that these tombs are more than 1,000 years old, and few people come here. In order to find the wild boar, the four of them were still looking everywhere in the cemetery, and the four of them suddenly heard the sound of a wild boar crying from behind a grave, and ran over to push away the grass, there was a hole more than half a person high, and it was dark inside, and the cry came from inside, everyone hesitated, what should I do?

Yang Xiu was a little scared and said, "Will there be ghosts inside?" I heard that I specialize in eating children! ”

Everyone looked at each other, and Liu Keshi said, "Will there be a poisonous snake in it?" ”

Everyone looked at each other again, Yang Huaide bit his lip and said, "We are manly husbands, standing up to the sky, there is nothing to be afraid of." ”

Yang Huaixing also said excitedly: "Our Yang family is a hero, I'm not afraid." ”

Liu Keshi held his breath and said, "I want to become a general in the future, and ghosts and beasts can't block my way." ”

Yang Xiu said: "Well, I am the female general of the Yang family. ”

Yang Huaide said: "Then we will go into the cave, and the wild boar will definitely die in the cave due to the blood draining." ”

Yang Huaide made a torch and said to Yang Xiu: "Xiu'er, there may be danger in the cave, you stay outside and wait for us." ”

Yang Xiu said: "I don't want to stay outside alone, I want to be with you." ”

Yang Huaide said: "Then you follow us at the back." ”

Yang Huaide held the torch, bent down and drilled into the hole, Yang Huaixing and Liu Keshi followed, Yang Xiu grabbed the corner of Yang Huaixing's clothes, as soon as he entered the hole, it was pitch black inside, and a cold air rushed towards him, by the light of the torch, it can be seen that this is a stone room, the wall is painted with the pattern of beasts, and there are ghosts with teeth and claws, Yang Huaide slowly walked a few steps forward, the torch light is too weak, it is difficult to see the front clearly.

At this time, Yang Huaide's feet "bang", his body shook, and the wailing of wild boars suddenly came from the cave. The reaction of the three people made Yang Huaide's scalp tingle, he didn't know what was going on, he turned around and ran out of the hole, and the four of them ran more than ten meters before stopping, their hearts were jumping and panting,

Yang Huaide asked, "What are you running?" What's going on? ”

The three of them also asked suspiciously, "What happened to you in front?" Bang bang, you're dangling again? ”

Yang Huaide said: "I kicked something, I didn't stand firm. ”

The four of them couldn't help laughing, it turned out that they were scaring themselves.

Yang Xiu said angrily; "Second brother, Keshi, the two of you just ran by yourself, and I almost fell!"

Liu Keshi said: "I forgot everything just now, and I knew that I ran out." ”

Yang Huaide said: "I didn't prepare it just now, there was only one torch, I couldn't see the situation in front of me at all, and it would be much brighter if we made two more torches." ”

The four of them held three torches and entered the hole again, Yang Xiu walked in the middle this time, and the four of them came to the place where they began to escape, and it turned out that there were several clay pots on the ground, which had been broken.

This is a man-made cave, more than one person high, can be three people in parallel, the cave wall is chiseled with grooves, there are oil bowls, long since the oil is gone, and there are some rusty swords and arrows scattered on the ground. After walking about fifty meters forward, I found a dying wild boar in a side chamber.

Liu Keshi said: "Let's go forward again and see what secrets there are. ”

The four people left the side room, walked more than ten meters, there was a bright light in front, the more they walked forward, the brighter the light, and walked more than 20 meters, finally arrived at the entrance of the cave, set aside the grass, the four people walked out, the entrance of the cave was on the mountainside, looking into the distance, a river flowed from east to west under the mountain, there was a road along the river on the other side of the river, and then saw several scattered villages in the distance, there were farmland, there were grasslands, there were tents on the grass, and there were horses, cows, sheep around, and the four people were very surprised.

Yang Huaixing said: "We must have arrived in Liao, and I heard that the Khitan people live in tents and graze horses and sheep every day. ”

Yang Huaide said: "I heard that they drove cattle and sheep around. ”

Liu Keshi said: "I heard that the Khitans are all barbarians, arrogant and unreasonable, let's stay away from them." ”

Yang Xiu said; "I think it's so beautiful here, there are mountains and rivers, green meadows, and herds of cattle and sheep."

Yang Huaide said: "Let's go down the mountain and have a look. ”

The four of them followed the sparsely wooded place to the small river at the foot of the mountain, which was full of flowers, and the river was shallow and clear, and the four looked curiously.

Suddenly, a woman in her twenties ran along the road across the river with a child about five years old, and a Khitan soldier shouted and screamed behind her. ”

The Khitan soldier also caught up, and Liu Keshi and Yang Huaixing stopped him with wooden sticks.

The Khitan soldiers glared and shouted, "What are you children going to do? Hurry up and get out of the way, this woman is going to cross the border and flee to the Song Kingdom, and I want to arrest her back. ”

Liu Keshi didn't have a good impression of the Hu people, and shouted: "You Khitans are rampant and domineering, bullying the Han people, and there is no good person." ”

After speaking, Liu Keshi and Yang Huaixing waved the stick and hit, the Khitan soldiers took a few steps back, drew out their scimitars to meet each other, Liu Keshi and Yang Huaixing didn't know what to do, they beat randomly, and soon the wooden stick was cut off by the Khitan soldiers, the Khitan soldiers pressed forward step by step, and several people retreated.

At this time, two more Khitan soldiers also ran along the road on the other side of the river, and several people became nervous.

Yang Huaide bent his bow and arrows at the Khitan soldiers, shouting, "Don't come here, don't chase us." ”

The Khitan soldiers smiled: "Child, who are you scaring about!" ”

As soon as Yang Huaide let go, an arrow hit the shoulder of the Khitan soldier, and the Khitan soldier said "ah", and blood suddenly flowed out.

Yang Xiu exclaimed: "Big brother, you killed someone, big brother, you killed someone." ”

Yang Huaide also panicked and shouted, "Run!" ”

Several people ran towards the mountain, and ran to the grass at the entrance of the cave to hide, Yang Huaide looked down the mountain, the Khitan soldiers did not chase after him, but his heart was still beating, recalling the screams of the Khitan soldiers just now.

The woman said, "Little brother, I caused you to kill someone, what are we going to do?"

Yang Huaide said: "Auntie, don't be afraid, this Khitan soldier deserves it, several of us are from the Song Kingdom, we will take you back to the Song Kingdom." ”

The woman said, "Thanks to the little brothers, I happened to go to seek refuge with distant relatives in Shanxi. ”

Yang Huaixing and Liu Keshi carried the wild boar out of the cave, went down to the foot of the mountain, said goodbye to the woman, and walked towards the place where the rabbit trap was set up.

When he got closer, he found a little white hare trapped, and Yang Xiu shouted; "There's a wild boar to eat, and I'm going to raise this cute little rabbit."

On the way home, the four of them agreed to keep it a secret and not tell anyone what happened today. Liu Keshi and the three of them returned to Yang's house together, Wang Yue'e had been worried at home, and was very happy to see the four of them catch the wild boar and the hare, and said: "Keshi, eat wild boar in this case, and bring a pig's leg home to your mother after eating." Liu Keshi happily agreed.