Only then did Li Mu know that because he was only concerned about catching tigers, he forgot to greet Niu Er. This made everyone worry and made Xiu'er even more heartbroken.

Li Mu gently dropped a kiss on Xiu'er's forehead, and said lovingly: "Xiu'er, I'm sorry." It was my carelessness that made Xiu'er suffer, made Xiu'er feel sad, and almost made a big mistake. Xiu'er raised her crimson face, her eyes were tearful and she said softly: "Ah Mu, Xiu'er is not bitter at all, Xiu'er thought that she would never see you again, and thought that Ah Mu didn't want Xiu'er." Li Mu gently wiped away Xiu'er's tears, and said softly: "Silly girl, how could I not want Xiu'er." Yuan Pingcheng fell in love at first sight, and Muzhi Village fell in love at second sight. My heart for Xiu'er can be seen by the sun and the moon, and the heaven and earth are the proof. ”

Xiu'er hugged Li Mu's waist tightly with both hands, and said in a slur manner: "Ah Mu, I really want to leave everything behind and come to the mountain to find you, but my mother she..." Li Mu didn't wait for Xiu'er to finish speaking, and said with a smile: "Silly girl, my aunt's consideration is right, if Xiu'er is really injured because she went up the mountain to find me, I won't even forgive myself." Xiu'er was moved in her heart.

At this moment, only a majestic neighing sound of a horse was heard from not far away, Xiu'er turned her head to look at it, and said happily: "Amu, look, there is a horse there." Li Mu smiled and rubbed Xiu'er's hair, and shouted loudly: Chilong, come here. I saw the horse running happily. Suddenly, Xiu'er trembled and said in horror: "Ah Mu, run, there is a tiger hiding on the back of the horse." Li Mu gently patted Xiu'er's back and said with a smile: "Xiu'er, don't be afraid, the tiger is dead." ”

In an instant, the red dragon had already arrived, and when he saw it snorting happily, he was about to rub his head against Li Mu. Xiu'er looked at the red dragon tall and majestic, and said fearfully: "Ah Mu, you let it go away, I'm afraid." Li Mu said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, Xiu'er, the red dragon is human, it is very gentle, and it will not hurt Xiu'er." Li Mu said, took Xiu'er's hand, and gently stroked the red dragon's cheeks, only to see the red dragon screaming happily. Xiu'er saw that the red dragon was really gentle, and said softly: "Ah Mu, the red dragon is really gentle, it's so beautiful!" "At this time, Chilong's heart is three points cheerful and seven points helpless, this girl, I am a stallion, how can I describe it as 'beautiful', I am obviously tall and handsome. As if expressing his dissatisfaction with Xiu'er, Chilong snorted at Xiu'er, and Xiu'er was startled.

Li Mu looked at Chilong and said with a serious expression: "Chilong, don't be rude, in the future, Xiu'er will also be your master and your friend." The red dragon seemed to understand, lowered his head, and let out a low hiss. Xiu'er said in surprise: "Ah Mu, the red dragon really understands human nature, where did it come from?" Li Mu told Xiu'er in detail about his journey from going up the mountain to fighting tigers to meeting the red dragon and then naming the red dragon.

After listening to this, Xiu'er said with a serious expression, "Ah Mu, this red dragon must be a gift from God, and we must treat it well in the future." Li Mu put his head next to Xiu'er's ear and said with a smile: "Xiu'er is right, treat it like our future children." When Xiu'er heard Li Mu say this, she felt that her face was hot, and a pair of pink fists hammered on Li Mu's body, and said coquettishly: "Li Mu, you pervert, big pervert, Xiu'er should not marry you." Li Mu didn't care, he just laughed loudly.

After a while, Li Mu said with a smile: "Xiu'er, let's go down the mountain, aunt and they should be in a hurry." Xiu'er didn't reply, snorted, turned around and walked down the mountain. Li Mu hurriedly stepped forward to grab Xiu'er and said, "Xiu'er, are you still angry?" This mountain road is not easy to walk, so I'll carry you down the mountain. Xiu'er broke free of Li Mu's hand and said angrily, "Don't worry about it." Suddenly, Li Mu said with a panicked expression: "Actually, there is a tiger on this mountain, and it is still a tigress." Xiu'er's face changed, and she said scaredly: "Where is it?" Li Mu replied: "Xiu'er, you let me carry you on your back first, and I'll tell you that in fact, that tigress is very beautiful." Xiu'er replied, "Okay then." ”

Xiu'er just wanted to climb onto Li Mu's back, but suddenly saw a dark red blood mark on Li Mu's back, and hurriedly said, "Ah Mu, are you injured?" Is the injury serious? Li Mu said with a smile: "Xiu'er, don't worry, the injury is not serious at all, it was just that the tiger pulled its tail, and it is not in the way." Xiu'er replied: "Ah Mu, Xiu'er can go down the mountain, let's hurry down the mountain." Li Mu said with a smile: "Xiu'er, it's really not in the way, I even beat the tiger to death, this little injury is nothing, and it doesn't hurt anymore." Seeing Li Mu so persistent, Xiu'er had to climb onto Li Mu's back and deliberately not touch the wound.

Xiu'er put her hands around Li Mu's neck and asked, "Ah Mu, can you talk about that tigress now?" I saw that Li Muxiao's shoulders trembled, and he replied: "Far away in the sky, close in front of you." Xiu'er came back to her senses, and a pair of pink fists rained down on Li Mu's shoulders, and said in shame: "Li Mu, you big liar, I don't believe you anymore." I saw that the two were talking and laughing, and went down the mountain in a fight.

said that at that time, everyone wanted to chase Xiu'er back with the Yang family, but they didn't walk a few steps before they saw Li Mu halfway up the mountain, and their hearts were suddenly surprised and happy. They thought that Xiu'er and Li Mu, the pair of mandarin ducks, must have a lot to say, and it was inconvenient to disturb, so they waited at the bottom of the mountain. At this time, I saw Li Mu carrying Xiu'er on his back, followed by a red high-headed horse, and the horse was carrying a tiger on its back. Everyone immediately respected Li Mu like a god.

Everyone watched Li Mu and Xiu'er walk down the mountain, and hurriedly stepped forward, naturally they had to shush and ask for warmth. Li Mu also smiled and thanked them one by one. Li Mu also told everyone how he fought the tiger and how to get the red dragon, and everyone listened to it, and they worshiped and respected Li Mu. Niu Er also told Li Mu that this year's Tiger Slaughter Conference was held in Yuanping City. After discussion, it was decided that Zhang Cheng and Niu Er would go to Yuanping County first to report the tiger to the government. The others will stay at Niu Er's house tonight, and then go to Yuanping City tomorrow.

The next day, Li Mu led the red dragon carrying the tiger, and Zhang Wei drove the carriage with Xiu'er's mother and daughter, Aunt Zhang and Cuihua, and the group went to Yuanping City. At the north gate of Yuanping City, Li Mu and his entourage met with Zhang Chengniuer, who came to answer, and then everyone went to the Tiger Slaughter Conference together. When Li Mu and his entourage came to the conference site, the venue was already crowded. Most of them came from Mayi County, Ningwu County, Dai County, and Yuanping County, and a few people included people from other counties in Bingzhou and some passing merchants.

After a while, I saw a group of civil and military officials coming up on the podium, Li Mu saw that the young man who walked at the end of the line was the most conspicuous, only to see that the young man had a slightly dark complexion, a handsome appearance, about eight feet long, big shoulders and a round waist, and it could be seen from the pace that he should be a person with good kung fu.

After everyone sat down, the official who was the leader coughed lightly and said, "I am Wang Zhu, the parent official of Yuanping County, and I am here to preside over this year's Tiger Slaughter Conference. Originally, in the past three years, the Tiger Slaughter Conference was held in mid-November. The reason why this year was advanced was because a man named Li Mu in Yinma Village, Dai County, claimed that he had killed the tiger that had been a disaster in Jianglingling for three years yesterday. As we all know, almost no one can walk down from the General Ridge alive, is the tiger that Li Mu hunted from the General Ridge? There happened to be someone who knew that he was Zhang Zhuangshi of Mayi County who shot and injured the tiger's ear last year. As soon as Wang Zhu's words fell, I saw the young man who was walking at the end of the line just now stepped forward and saluted the presiding officer on and off the stage. Then he said: "I am Ma Yi Zhang Liao Zhang Wenyuan, I was fortunate to shoot one of the tiger's ears last year, and now I am fortunate to be invited by Wang County's order to identify the tiger's authenticity." ”

When Li Mu heard that the young man claimed to be Zhang Liao and Zhang Wenyuan, his surprise was beyond words. Li Muxin said: Zhang Liao, a famous general of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period, I didn't expect him to meet him today. He has already thought about competing for world domination, and a famous general like Zhang Liao naturally wants to get his hands on it.

But said that just when Li Mu was thinking about how to befriend Zhang Liao, Zhang Liao had already walked in front of Li Mu, hugged his fists and saluted, and said loudly: "Li Zhuangshi, under Zhang Liao, please throw the tiger on horseback to the stage." Li Mu was still immersed in his fantasies, Xiu'er turned her head and saw that Li Mu was still in a daze, shook Li Mu's arm, and said softly: "Ah Mu, Zhang Zhuangshi on the other side asked you something." ”

Li Mu came back to his senses in an instant, coughed dryly, and began to make up nonsense: "Li Mu has heard that there is a young hero named Zhang Liao in Yanmen Mayi, who is both civil and military, and he is the champion of the state for a while. Today, I am so lucky to be able to meet Brother Wen Yuan. Zhang Liao was surprised, when did he win the crown and merge the state? Xiu'er thought to herself, Ah Mu, what's wrong, people asked you to throw the tiger on stage, what are you talking about? Xiu'er smiled and said, "Ah Mu, Zhang Zhuangshi asked you to throw the tiger on the stage." Li Mu turned his head to look at Xiu'er, and pretended to be angry and said, "Xiu'er, why didn't you say it earlier, it will make me embarrassed." See how I'll clean you up in a moment. Xiu'er knew that Li Mu was pretending to be angry, covering her mouth and smiling, and she didn't forget to make a grimace.

I saw Li Mu walk to the side of the red dragon, grab the tiger's hind legs with one hand, grab the tiger's front legs with the other, raise his head high, walk towards Zhang Liao step by step, look at Zhang Liao and say: "Brother Wenyuan, this tiger is quite heavy, you should be careful." As soon as the words fell, Li Mu pressed his waist and abdomen and arms, and threw it hard, Zhang Liao immediately made a horse step and took the tiger with both hands. Zhang Liao said in his heart: This tiger is really heavy, this Li Mu held the tiger high over the top and threw it from the stage to the stage, looking as usual. What a man of God! Zhang Liao put the tiger on the ground, carefully examined the tiger's ears, turned around and said loudly: "After my inspection, it is indeed the tiger on the General's Ridge." As soon as the words fell, I saw that the crowd in the venue was excited, shouting "Li Mu is mighty", "Tiger Hero" and the like. Seeing this situation, Xiu'er silently said in her heart: Amu, you are a big hero for Xiu'er's life.

Wang Zhu saw that Zhang Liao had confirmed the tiger, so he asked someone to carry the prepared 200,000 yuan to Li Mu's side. Wang Zhu looked around and said, "Since Li Mu and Li Zhuangshi are heroes who fight tigers, they must be good at fists and feet, I wonder if everyone wants to see it?" As soon as the words fell, the entire venue resounded with long-lasting chanting. Wang Zhu looked at Li Mu and said, "I don't know what Li Zhuang wants?" Li Mu said with a smile: "Lord Wang invited, but Li Mu was disrespectful, and Li Mu was ugly." As soon as Li Mu's words fell, Xiu'er pulled Li Mu's arm and said, "Ah Mu, be careful." Li Mu patted Xiu'er's hand and said with a smile: "Xiu'er, don't worry, I'll be careful." ”

Li Mu walked to the stage, hugged his fists and saluted the host and the audience, and shouted loudly: "Li Mu is willing to learn martial arts with all heroes." Zhang Liao saw that Li Musheng was tall and straight, handsome, and heroic between his eyebrows, and now he saw that Li Mu was not arrogant or impatient, and he suddenly felt a sense of respect in his heart! Zhang Liao stepped forward, clasped his fists at Li Mu and saluted: "Li Zhuangshi, Zhang Liao is willing to learn your high moves." Li Muxin said: Zhang Liao is a famous general of the Three Kingdoms, both civil and military, and loyal. If you want to subdue this person, you must first use force to shock him. Li Mu said with a smile: "Brother Wenyuan, you are too modest, Li Mu can compete with Brother Wenyuan on the same stage, which is really a great joy in life." Please also ask Brother Wen Yuan's subordinates to be merciful. ”

Li Mu and Zhang Liao each took weapons, one with a gun and the other with a halberd. The two stood still and exchanged a salute. I saw Zhang Liao shouting loudly and waving his halberd, and Li Mu raised his gun to greet him. The moment the guns and halberds touched, Zhang Liao felt that Li Mu seemed to have the strength of a thousand catties. Zhang Liao didn't dare to be careless, and attacked with a halberd, only to see that the halberd, like a tiger descending the mountain, was unstoppable; It is like a stormy wave, very fast. Li Mu was not afraid at all, the spear in his hand flew up and down, the front and back block, three feet away, like a big umbrella, Zhang Liao couldn't break it for a long time. Suddenly, Li Mu shouted; "Brother Wenyuan, be careful!" I saw the spear in Li Mu's hand, like an angry dragon going out to sea, as fast as lightning, and like a gentle wind and drizzle, endlessly. Zhang Liao only felt that countless gun shadows flew towards his body, but before he could react, he only felt that his hand was light, and he saw that the halberd had already come out of his hand, and Li Mu's spear was less than an inch away from his throat. After a long time, the already shocked crowd burst into applause

Li Mu withdrew his spear, threw it to the ground, saluted Zhang Liao, and said; "Li Muduo, thank Brother Wenyuan for agreeing." Zhang Liao said respectfully: "Zhang Liao's skills are not as good as others, and he is willing to bow down." Seeing Zhang Liao's lonely expression, Li Mu strode forward, grabbed Zhang Liao's shoulders with both hands, and said with a straight face: "Brother Wenyuan, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers. The big husband should hide the ravines in his chest and be indomitable. Zhang Liao saw Li Mu's sincerity, and immediately replied: "Thank you Brother Li for your advice, Brother Li's words made Wen Yuan like an enlightenment, and his mouth was suddenly opened." Li Mu smiled: "Brother Wen Yuan doesn't have to be polite. ”

Wang Zhu saw that the victory and defeat had been divided, and praised Li Mu again, and Li Mu thanked him repeatedly.