Tao Zhenkun is holding a shotgun in his right hand, his face still buried between his knees. His appearance, decadent and withered there, resembled a sculpture in the artist's hand, and there was not a trace of life in his motionlessness! Distress, sorrow, confusion, worry, longing, struggle—all the emotions that came from the heart made him a little miserable. Faced with an unsatisfactory life, he felt like the mysterious goldfish that had melted out of the huge hail, as if he was still in captivity.

His father's untimely death was his lingering sadness!

His mother's delirious madness was the sadness of his heartache!

The debt is still a heavy load that he can't let go!

So far, he has no children, which is an anxiety he can't get rid of!

Some bizarre and strange things that make him meditate but can't explain them can only cause mental distress, only to hide his heart and don't want to talk to anyone frankly, for fear that once this kind of thing is said, others will not only not believe it, but will increase the thought that it is nonsense or can make the timid people panic, often subverting the reality of the phenomenon will be analyzed by superstitious statements, but he is also unwilling to go to Lan Di to get to the bottom of the matter, even Liu Xingmei He has never talked about it. And the only thing that is gratifying is that he has a beautiful wife who lives with him wholeheartedly, which has become his most satisfying, as if it were the only favor and gift from God to him.

In the eyes of some people, he is like the image of the nickname "fool", always looking stupid, not good at verbal expression, and unwilling to associate with people, like a young man with a nest of money, no one would have expected that he is a person with a deep city, as he himself said, he is a wise and foolish man who refuses to publicize anything.

As the saying goes, "it is difficult to draw dragons and tigers, and it is difficult to draw bones, and you know people and faces, but you don't know your heart". is also as Wu He said, "Biting dogs don't show their teeth", that is, he is a very scheming person, and his appearance doesn't prove anything. Don't look at his young age, he is also low-key and calm in his approach to life, giving people an honest and honest feeling, otherwise he would not have been given the nickname "fool" from others.

The shackles of life.

The fool of fate.

The difficulties of life.

The helplessness of the days.

Perhaps, all he needs is a process of rebirth in the Phoenix Nirvana. Expectation is the eternal waiting in everyone's heart. No matter who it is, it is necessary to experience the plausible and plausible disturbances of this world.

After a long while, I suddenly heard a series of muttering sounds coming from the black tiger's mouth. Only then did he raise his head and look at the black tiger on the hillside, tears on his face. He saw the black tiger look back at him, and then he turned around and prostrate himself, looking very vigilantly and intently ahead. He could imagine that the black tiger had found something that was either a human or an animal, but it was definitely not the white fox and sika deer just now. Since the black tiger was weaned, he has been raised, and in the past four years, there has been a tacit understanding between humans and animals. A movement, a look, can convey the communication information of each other.

He stood up, strode up the hill with his gun, stood beside the black tiger, and looked in the direction it was looking, and saw that about twenty feet away from it, a figure suddenly jumped into sight in the middle of the woods. The man's whereabouts made him suspicious when he saw it, and his figure behaved a little ghostly, with the posture of hiding in Tibet. Then I saw him hiding in front of an old elm tree and stopped, as if he had something in his hand and looked down the mountain, as if he was peeking into the beautiful little village surrounded by mountains.

Is it a hunter? It is not found to be carrying a firearm.

Is it to collect medicine? I don't see a flower basket on his back.

Is it a bandit? That's picking plates.

Is it a devil? That's looking at the terrain.

Because it was far away, he couldn't tell whether it was familiar or unfamiliar, but at first glance, he couldn't help but wonder if it was strange. As a member of the village, he has to defend the village and protect the villagers and their families, which is his unshirkable responsibility, whether it is a bandit or a devil, he must not let these two people do things that are unfavorable to the villagers, so he decided to find out who this person is, otherwise his heart will not be steady. Because of the long distance, he was afraid that if he startled the snake, if he was a bad person, he would take the opportunity to escape.

So, after he shouted at the black tiger, he didn't go directly to the person, but quietly bent down and took a detour from elsewhere under the cover of the woods, so that he would appear in front of the person unexpectedly, and the black tiger did not swagger to follow aside. When he passed through a mountain pass, there was suddenly a red brick and blue tile house, and he entered the door without a door, and there were two stone statues of a tiger and a deer, and in front of the statue of a tiger and a deer was a stone offering table, and on the stone offering table was a large incense burner bowl.

It turned out to be a small temple, but it seemed deserted. Faint animal and human footprints are left on the ground, and this place seems to have never been forgotten. When he was learning to hunt with Miao Yunchang, he also came here more than once to burn incense and pray for blessings, even after Miao Yunchang was gone, he would come here several times a year.

However, the incense is offered to a tiger and a deer in the food chain, which seems a bit absurd and ironic.

He took a stick of incense and a match on the offering table, lit it, inserted it into the censer, and made a very respectful gesture. Anyone who came here would leave incense and matches, a rule that had been formed over the years, so that those who did not bring incense and matches could use it.

According to the historical legend of Heping Village, the ancestors of the Lao Wu family chased a sika deer to hunt here, and encountered a colorful tiger three times on the way, but they had no intention of hurting people. So the ancestors woke up, and from then on they washed their hands in the golden basin of hunting, and warned the descendants not to hunt, which has become the ancestral precept that has remained to this day. The ancestors saw that the mountains and rivers here are beautiful, as if it is a treasure of feng shui, and settled here, which can also be said to be a famous family of ancestors, because it is the home of the eunuch. At that time, it was the turbulent era of the Qing Dynasty, and the Eight-Nation Alliance was rampant on Chinese soil, and the people were uneasy if the country was not in Thailand. This is indeed the best place to escape the war. In this way, as other surnames were also involved, cultivating wasteland, not under the jurisdiction of the government, without paying taxes, and living and working in peace and contentment, this village was gradually formed. Regarding the origin of the name of the village, it is said that at that time, it was intended to take the homonym "Furoku" of the tiger deer, but when I thought that happiness came from peace, I officially named it "Peace Village".

Out of this temple, eight steps away from this, there is a natural boulder standing impressively, the height can be too high, one side is like a knife and axe cutting in general, smooth as a mirror, but you can't see where the other half is, this can be described as a wonder in nature, some people call this mirror boulder "no shadow wall". If you stand in front of this stone wall, you can vaguely see your own shadow.

What Tao Zhenkun can't imagine is that in the near future, when someone inscribes a poem on it that implies ridicule of a woman, how much harm will it bring to this woman? And this woman is his wife Liu Xingmei!

On this keel mountain, there are also criss-crossing mountain roads that can be walked, but few people are found walking. I am afraid of the danger here, and I am afraid of encountering bandits or devils, as well as traps laid by wild beasts and hunters.

He led the black tiger over a mountain beam, and came to the back of the man who had not yet left, and he clutched the double-barreled shotgun loaded with bullets, and quietly approached the back of the man step by step, and suddenly asked, "Who are you?" ”

I saw that the man hiding in front of the big elm tree turned around, a trace of horror flashed in his eyes, and he calmed down and smiled casually: "Chinese." ”

That person also brought horror to Tao Zhenkun, he looked graceful and graceful in a suit and leather shoes, which can be called the best in the cream life, how could it be Tao Zhenzong?

"Zhen-Zhenzong, how can it be ——?"

At this time, the black tiger let out a whining sound from its mouth, and it bared its teeth and bared its teeth towards the fierce demonstration of "Tao Zhenzong".

When Tao Zhenkun takes a closer look, he will find that this Tao Zhenzong is not Tao Zhenzong, this Tao Zhenzong is older than that Tao Zhenzong, but the faces of the two people are amazingly similar in size and fatness, like a pair of twin brothers.

"You've mistaken someone. This dog is really good, hey, we met for the first time, I didn't offend you, so don't be arrogant to me. That person also seemed very calm and calm in the face of the black tiger, and he was not panicked and afraid, which shows that this person is not simple, and his expression is arrogant as if he is disdainful of a dog.

The black tiger was not afraid of this person's danger and was helpless, he looked at his master, and saw that he did not give orders to himself, so he did not dare to take action, so he let out a reluctant compromise in his mouth, and squatted aside to watch the stranger.

Tao Zhenkun saw that this person was holding a black bump in his hand, and he was wearing a belt, so he saw that he was carrying the thing around his neck, and it was very conspicuous when it fell on his chest, but he didn't know what it was.

"What do you do?"

"Sightseeing in the mountains."

"Where's the man?"

"Oh, it's from the 'Red Flower Realm.'"

"The Red Flower Realm is dozens of miles away from here, why did you come here so early?"

"I've been out for two days."

"Are you alone?"

"Yes."

"You're really bold enough, may I ask your name?"

"I-Song Kangping, you are ——?"

"I'm Tao Zhenkun, a person from the village under the mountain, and I usually love hunting. Seeing that it is almost noon, you can follow me back to the village, our people here are hospitable, and will definitely treat you with good food and drink, so as to be a little more suitable for the landlord. Under interrogation, Tao Zhenkun didn't find any flaws in this person, and he was not a hunter, how could he not be suspicious when he was alone in this dangerous deep mountain and old forest? That's why he kept it with false affection, determined to do it rather than misplace, and to bring it back to find out his identity, and let the lord of a village decide the fate. If it's really a bad guy, let the tiger go back to the mountain and turn around and hurt people!

The man said politely: "No need, I understand your kindness, and I won't bother you when it's a long way back." Don't leave it at that, there will be a period later. ”

"Wait! In our village, there are also people who have relatives with the safflower world, and if you talk about it, you may have to be related to you. Since you have come here, you are a guest from afar, how can we be lazy, so don't shirk it, come with me to the village, and I will introduce you both. ”

The man smiled: "This-Pingshui meets, I didn't expect you to be so polite." It's really inconvenient to delay the road of dozens of miles, otherwise-"

"If it's too late, it's perfectly fine to stay. As you said, it's been two days since you came out, and you don't have to rush back for a while. Getting to know each other can be regarded as making friends, what's the point. If you don't want to appreciate your face, it means that you don't give face and look down on me-" Tao Zhenkun suddenly felt that this person's speech was a little flickering, and his expression was also vaguely nervous, which made it even more suspicious.

"Since it's all about this, it's really hard to be gracious, so it's better to be respectful, thank you for your kindness!"

"Hey, that's right, come with me!"

That's it, and so, the two of them walked almost side by side towards the bottom of a hill.

Under the sun's rays, its rays cast the shadows of the two men on the ground and stretched them a little.

The black tiger followed Tao Zhenkun's side.

At this time, Tao Zhenkun pretended to talk and laugh, he looked at another figure on the ground, and was vigilant against what might happen.

Sure enough, I saw that the shadow on the ground had moved, one arm quickly stretched, and there was an extra thing in the hand, which stabbed at the other shadow unexpectedly-