Chapter 42: The Little Hero Who Fights the Tiger
After Du He found out that the white-fronted tiger could only pounce, lift, and cut three moves, he had a plan in his heart, and did not fight with it, but chose to retreat. After picking up the long bamboo pole on the ground, he couldn't stop leading the giant tiger to the boulder by the lake.
Coming to the top of the boulder, Du He faced the giant tiger, and behind him was the lake, more than two feet above the ground.
Little by little, the giant tiger approached.
Du He looked at the giant tiger coldly, waiting for it to pounce again.
Although the giant tiger is a beast, it does not seem to be completely irrational, and some considerations do not dare to step forward.
Du He smiled gloomily, using the long bamboo pole as a spear, stabbing the giant tiger's body, head, and even eyeballs one by one, and couldn't stop provoking the majesty of the king of beasts.
The giant tiger could not hide the anger in his heart, and when he opened his mouth, there was a loud roar, and the roar came straight towards Duhe, shaking his eardrums and pounced.
Seeing that Du He was about to pounce on the giant tiger, he jumped forward on tiptoe and jumped behind the giant tiger to dodge.
The giant tiger pounced into the air, and the tiger's claws grabbed the boulder so hard that he almost threw it down.
Du He was also surprised to see that the giant tiger was still holding it, but his face sank, and he used his shoulder to hit it again. The giant tiger was already trying to maintain his balance, and there was kung fu to take care of Duhe, and he knocked the giant tiger directly into the lake.
Looking at the giant tiger that fell into the lake, Du He jumped down holding the middle end of the long bamboo pole, gathered all his strength on the bamboo pole, and stabbed the bamboo pole into the neck of the giant tiger with the help of the impact of the falling boulders two feet high.
Du He's best blow was already powerful, not to mention the momentum of the fall, which directly pierced the giant tiger's neck.
The giant tiger has a tenacious vitality and is immortal at once, but it has no strength to fight anymore after being hit by this kind of heavy damage.
Du He pulled out the dagger from the tiger's back, slit the tiger's throat, gave it a good time, and dragged it ashore.
Du He looked tired, trembling, jumped to Princess Yaochi's side, and said in a trembling voice: "What...... How's that for you...... Are you okay! ”
Princess Yaochi gritted her silver teeth and said, "It's okay, my foot is broken, it's mainly my arm!" "Having had the tiger pounce on the ground, the sharp claws of the tiger piercing into her skin, leaving deep holes in both of her white arms, and the blood had stained her arms red.
Her pretty face was a little painful, and it seemed that it was not lightly hurt.
"I have hemostatic medicine and gauze in my horse bag, just dress it up!" It turns out that the plateau is as dangerous as a grassland, and most people will have injury medicine when they travel, just in case.
Fortunately, the horse was tethered to a tree, and the appearance of the giant tiger only made it weak on its feet, and it did not run away.
Du He took the hemostatic medicine and gauze from the horse bag, put the medicine on her a little clumsily, and then bandaged it, and when he saw that she couldn't move, he said a word of offense, so he could only carry her to the fire.
Princess Yaochi leaned on Du He, and her pretty face turned red.
It happened that Du He's original clothes had been dried, he changed his wet clothes, put on his own clothes, felt a lot more comfortable, twisted the water adsorbed on the changed clothes, hung them up again, and said with a wry smile: "This time I changed your clothes!" ”
Princess Yaochi also smiled: "You saved me again!" ”
"Don't say this, it's a common adversity, it's too hurtful to say this, you didn't save me when I was pounced on by a tiger!"
Princess Yaochi didn't say any more, just took off her shoes and socks, and gently rubbed her swollen ankles, and she didn't dare to exert her hands a little.
"I'll help you?"
Although Princess Yaochi was a little shy, she still followed her words and stretched out her feet.
"No, go to the lake and let the cold water stimulate the small blood vessels in the feet that have ruptured, and it's better faster!" Du He said some basic common sense, and Princess Yaochi didn't understand it, but she believed him and let him carry herself to the lake.
Du He held her injured left foot with one hand, and the greasy and soft ankle was held in the palm of her hand, and her heart couldn't help but wave. Princess Yaochi shrank her feet, her face flushed with shame.
Du He took a breath and calmed his restless mood. Put the jade foot into the water, press the ten fingers on the ankle and rub it gently.
He looked serious, extremely serious.
Princess Yaochi frowned, and there was a burst of sweetness in her heart, thinking of the figure of him fighting the tiger twice in order to save herself, a touch of tenderness quietly floated in her eyes, and her heart was like a deer.
After drying the clothes, because Princess Yaochi couldn't move her arms, Du He could only put them on her by himself.
Princess Yaochi was already able to walk, but the mountain road was so steep, how could she walk? In addition, she suffered a severe blow to her arm, and she could not ride her horse.
After thinking about it, he decided to rescue Princess Yaochi first, and talk about the rest later.
Du He lacked physical strength, walked the mountain road with a person on his back, and led a horse, which was also enough to choke, and he couldn't stop muttering in his heart: "I don't have so many choices, but I am attached to Du He, a character who can't be killed......"
Princess Yaochi stuck behind him and kept persuading him to take a rest.
But his surname was stubborn, and he was willing to listen until he walked out of the steep mountain, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
The mountain road was steep, and Du He could not ride a horse, but in this forest, with his riding skills, it was not a problem, so he first picked up Princess Yaochi on the horse, held her in his arms, and rode the horse.
Princess Yaochi shrunk into Du He's arms like a small quail.
Seeing that the forest was gradually thinning, he knew that he was about to return to the wilderness out of the mountains and forests, and he was faintly reluctant to give up, thinking: "If he wasn't Changle's husband, how good it would be!" ”
She raised her head, looked at her cheeks that were close at hand, and suddenly shouted, "Duhe! ”
"Hmm!" Du He lowered his head curiously, and met Princess Yaochi's swollen face and those eyes that didn't know what emotions they contained. Before he could react, his red and soft lips were printed.
Du He's head was for a while, and he didn't know how to react, so he let her kiss, and gradually, unconsciously, he also cooperated, opened his mouth, stretched out his tongue, and the two tongues were intertwined...... Fortunately, the old horse also has a spirit surname, so he won't crash into the tree by himself, otherwise he would have had a car accident based on their situation.
The horse galloped out of the mountains and forests by itself, and Duhe and Princess Yaochi were also separated.
Princess Yaochi forced a smile and said, "This is the custom of our people to repay their life-saving benefactors!" She turned her face away.
Du He's face was heavy.
When they came to the assembly point, it was almost dusk, and many of the contestants had already returned, and when they saw the two of them, they all showed stunned looks.
Especially Fang Yiai, Luo Tong and others, who cared about this game, greeted them one by one.
Du He briefly explained the passage, of course, the fragrant plot was naturally discarded, and the process of shooting the first tiger was not elaborated. After all, he had to be number one in this game.
After listening to Du He, the eyes of everyone who heard it immediately changed, and with a bow and arrow, he shot a female tiger, and then killed a tiger weighing 500 catties with a bamboo pole!!
And how can a sixteen-year-old boy who has accomplished this feat not be surprised?
No one suspected him of lying, after all, no one would be stupid enough to tell such a lie that can be solved at the first mistake.
The examiner ordered someone to follow Du He to carry the tiger, Du He returned the same way to find his horse and the wild boar hidden, came to the unknown lake, looked at the calm lake, hazy: there was a slight ripple in the lake, a white arm as jade stretched out from the lake, and then a [***] head came out of the water.
He shook his head, and the sight vanished.
Looking at the two white-fronted tigers lying on the shore of the lake, the attendants who came showed shocked looks, and one of them smacked his tongue and said, "My mother, this is the first time I have encountered such a big tiger." As he spoke, he looked at Du He with awe, and a group of people carried two tigers down the mountain with Du He.
When they returned to the agreed place, the crowd that had already heard about it gathered.
They watched as the attendants struggled to carry the two big tigers, and each of them let out an incredible exclamation.
Li Jingye came to Du He and said with a smile: "I thought I was the first this time, but I didn't expect to lose to you!" ”
Du Heqiang cheered up and smiled: "How many points?" ”
Li Jingye smiled: "One hundred and forty-three, and I also hunted a big bear." But it took more than ten arrows to shoot it to death, and it took twenty points, that like you, it's really amazing, one arrow to seal the throat, one hundred and fifty points, this arrow alone is better than my harvest. ”
Du He smiled embarrassedly.
The final result is naturally self-evident, just one white tiger is enough for him to win the first place, not to mention a wild boar, an elk, three roe deer, and five hares?
The three gold medals agreed with Li Shimin have already arrived.
When the news spread, everyone in Chang'an was shocked.
Du He's three gold medals in a row are enough to be proud of everything, but during the competition, hunting the two tigers has become a topic of conversation among the people of Chang'an.
Some people even vividly wrote the story of Du He shooting the tiger and fighting the tiger into a variant through imagination, and then rapped in the streets and alleys, teahouses and restaurants, and directly described Du He as a tiger fighter similar to Wu Song.
directly led to Du He, in addition to the nickname "Du Lang", there was another nickname "Little Hero Fighting Tiger".
In fact, Du He wanted to protest, if he could remove the "small" word, it would be truly majestic.
Back at home, Duhe inevitably received heroic treatment.
Du He asked about the signing of the contract with Tubo.
As soon as he talked about this, Du Ruhui was full of joy, and said arrogantly: "Today, my Datang is really majestic, and only my Datang has this glory." From today on, Tubo will be my Datang nephew, and he will always be inferior to my Datang generation. At the same time, they also ceded Qinghai and decided to pay tribute to our Tang Dynasty every year. His Majesty has decreed the establishment of the Qinghai Protectorate, and the land of Qinghai will be under the control of our Tang Dynasty, and within a month, our Tang Dynasty will accept this land from the hands of the Tubo people and send troops to garrison it. ”
Du Ruhui glanced at Du He with pride on his face, knowing that this kind of strange idea was only what he could think of.
(To be continued)