Li Kui was angry at the moment, and said at the moment: "I'm not a local person, I'm idle, what are you doing?" You don't believe me, and you go up to the mountain to find the big worm, so you can take some people and carry it down. ”

When the hunters heard it, whether what the black-faced man said was true, we couldn't see it clearly in the past, if there was really a dead tiger, then they killed it, if it wasn't necessarily they who lied, the hunters immediately said: "Okay, we will go with you, if there is really that big worm, then we will thank you with all our hearts." ”

After the hunters finished speaking, they suddenly whistled again, and at this moment, about thirty or fifty people came up from under the mountain, all holding fishing rods, and then followed Li Kui, Yang Lin, and Li Kui's wife, all the way up to the mountain. Now the sky was clear, and everyone went to the top of the mountain, and they saw from afar a big stone not far away that there was indeed a great insect that had been killed.

When all the hunters saw that the great insect that had killed the evil was overjoyed, they were glad and tied up the cord to the great worm. Everyone carried down the ridge, and invited Li Kui and the three of them to go to the county master to ask for a reward, and on the other hand, they first asked people to report to Lizheng, and the subsistence allowance came to greet them, and after a while, everyone carried the tiger to a large family called Cao Taigong's village.

That Cao Taigong used to be a big local family, although he was not the richest man, but he was also wealthy, standing in the room, lying on the ground, very arrogant, but this Cao Taigong was rich and unkind, and he was either oppressed and good on weekdays, or did evil, and the people were very thorough about him.

I heard that the big insect on the ridge was killed by two heroes, and Cao Taigong personally came to meet him, and then invited Li Kui and the two to the grass hall, and when they came to the grass hall, everyone sat down and asked the reason for killing the tiger. Li Kui said again that he came to the mountain with his mother at night to ask for water, and then killed the big insect with Yang Lin and the two of them. Everyone was stunned.

Cao Taigong immediately hugged his fist towards Li Kui and asked, "Is the name of the strong man high?" "Just ask what Li Kui's name is, then Li Kui is from Liangshan, can you tell the real name, I made up a name casually at the moment and said it.

At that moment, Li Kui laughed, and then replied: "My surname is Zhang Wuming, and I am only called Zhang Daring." ”

Cao Taigong exclaimed in surprise and said, "As his name suggests, he is really a bold and strong man!" How can you kill that big insect without such courage! At that moment, Mrs. Cao asked someone to arrange wine and food to entertain Li Kui, Li Kui's mother and Yang Lin.

And when the villagers learned that there were two heroes who killed the harmful insect in Yiling, they had been carried to Cao Taigong's house at this time, which directly caused a sensation in the village shop, and all the people in the village, regardless of men, women and children, came to see the tiger, and entered Cao Taigong's Zhuangzi, and saw Cao Taicheng there to entertain Li Kui and Yang Lin, who fought the tiger.

Among these people was the wife of the Li ghost, who fled back to her mother's house in the front village, and heard that the tiger was caught, and followed everyone to see the tiger. ”

The father and mother hurriedly came to report to Li Zheng when they heard it, and Li Zheng was also shocked when he heard it, and said at the moment: "The hero who fights the tiger is not only a black whirlwind, but it is Li Kui who killed people in Baizhang Village, Linghou, and then fled to Jiangzhou and did something again, becoming a thief in Liangshan, and now the lawsuit has paid 3,000 yuan to take him, I never thought that he was here!" ”

At that moment, he secretly ordered someone to invite Mrs. Cao to come to discuss, and Mrs. Cao heard that Li Zheng was calling him, so he hurriedly changed his clothes and hurried to Li Zheng's house. Seeing Cao Taigong, Li Zheng said: ", Cao Taigong, the two strong men who killed the tiger are the thieves of Liangshan, and the black-faced man is the black whirlwind Li Kui in Baizhang Village, Linghou, and now he is wanted by the imperial court and government." ”

When Cao Taigong heard this, he was shocked, He didn't expect that the strong man who fought the tiger would actually become a thief in Liangshan in a blink of an eye, and then he groaned for a while, and then said: "You have to inquire carefully, if not, you misunderstand people, and it will be bad to provoke them at that time, if these two people are really thieves in Liangshan, it will not be difficult to catch them." ”

Li Zheng said: "I saw that Ghost Li's wife recognized him, and she came to Ghost Li's house to cook and kill Ghost Li. ”

After listening to this, Taigong Cao nodded, and then said: "That is the case, we only set up a banquet, and asked him at the banquet whether he wants to go to the county to ask for merit or to ask for a reward in the village now that he has killed the big insect?" If he refuses to go to the county to ask for credit, then these people are the thieves of Liangshan, and the black-faced man is a black whirlwind. ”

Hearing what Mrs. Cao said, everyone nodded in agreement, and said in unison: "Mrs. Cao is right." ”

At the moment, Li Zheng and everyone agreed, and Mrs. Cao also returned home to entertain Li Kui and others, Mrs. Cao laughed, and said: "There is something important for me to deal with in Fangcai Village, snub the two, don't be surprised, and ask the strong man to untie the waist knife, how about we get drunk." ”

Li Kui and the others did not doubt it, and immediately said, "Okay." My waist knife has long been pierced in the belly of the big worm, and only the scabbard is here, and it is useless to keep it. At that moment, Li Kui and the others untied the scabbard on their waists and put it aside. When Mrs. Cao saw it, he was overjoyed and hurriedly called for a large plate of meat and wine.

Many local well-known families and Lizheng Orion people took turns to come to Li Kui and the others to toast, and the big bowl and cup only cared about persuading Li Kui and the others.

Seeing that it was almost over, Cao Taigong asked again: "I don't know if the strong man wants to ask for credit for the dismissal of this tiger, or ask for some silver taels here?" ”

Li Kui didn't speak, and Yang Lin next to him said: "We are past guests, and we still have important things to do, we killed this big insect by accident, we don't have to go to the county to ask for credit, if everyone has money, we will give a little, and we don't want it without us." ”

Cao Taigong laughed at the moment and said, "Where did the strong man say, how dare we despise the strong man!" After a while, after eating the wine and meat, we will give the silver taels, and if it is not a respect, I will carry the tiger to the county here.

After speaking, everyone in the hall came over to drink with Li Kui and Yang Lin. Li Kui and the others didn't know what to do, they just cared about drinking happily, and they didn't remember Chao Gai's words when they left. In less than two hours, Li Kui and the others were so drunk that they couldn't stand up.

Everyone hurriedly helped Li Kui and Yang Lin to the empty house in the back hall and threw them on a bench, and someone took two ropes at the moment, and even tied the bench.

At this time, the tiger hero suddenly became a thief in Liangshan, and he coaxed Yishui County again. The magistrate was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly ascended to the hall and asked, "Where does the black whirlwind live?" This is a traitor, and he must not go! ”

The plaintiff, Li Gui Niangzi and Orion, both replied: "My lord, the thief has never escaped, and we have tied him up at Cao Dahu's house in Hongxiang. ”

When the magistrate heard this, he immediately called Li Yun, the head of the county, to come to the hall, and when he saw Li Yun, he hurriedly ordered and said: "This Cao Dahu Zhuang under the Yiling Mountains has taken the grass and black whirlwind Li Kui of Liangshanbo. You can bring more people to bring them back. ”

At that moment, the leader of Li Du led the order to come down to the hall. Thirty poor soldiers were ordered, each with equipment, and rushed to Yiling Village.

This Yishui County is a small place, where can you hide any troubles. At this time, the people in the market knew about it, and they talked about it, saying: "Have you heard, that Mrs. Cao's family took the black whirlwind of the heroes of Liangshan, and now they all sent Li Dutou to go to Mrs. Cao's house to get it, such a hero actually fell into the hands of Mrs. Cao, who killed that day, alas, it is really the old lady who does not open his eyes." ”

"Shhh, be quiet, if you let Mrs. Cao's dogs hear it, you won't be alive yet, don't say it again." At this time, someone next to him hurriedly stopped and said.

But what they didn't know was that what they said just now, although it was very quiet, was still heard by a man next to him, and when the man heard it, he was overjoyed and left in a hurry.