Chapter Thirty-Four: The Derelict Tiger
Little Furball interrupted her crying and said, "Lady of the Sun family, don't cry first, let me ask you, the thief who kidnapped you, but what is the benevolent and righteous village?" The woman hurriedly responded, "That is, it is the eight lambs of the king, they admit it themselves." "What is the origin of Renyi Village, do you know?"
The woman stopped crying, and whispered: "That Renyi Village is at the foot of the mountain on the left side of the mountain pass, where it used to be a big Zhuangzi, and some merchants who wanted to sell goods to the north would stay on that Zhuangzi, and then find a porter to help transport the goods into the mountain. Later, the northern trolls arose, the war raged, and there were often merchants killed in the mountains, and the goods were robbed, which made people panic and could no longer do business, so gradually no merchants dared to come, and then the Zhuangzi was deserted.
But just a few years ago, a group of bandits suddenly came to occupy the Zhuangzi, they named the Zhuangzi Renyi Village, they said that they were benevolent and righteous, but they did some bastard things, either forcing us to pay food, or forcing us to dig spars for them from the mountains, pick spirit grass, or catch monsters for them. Because of this, the men in the village are dying, and my man fell off a cliff and died while collecting herbs for them. If they can't pay tribute, they will come to arrest people, whether they are young or old, once they are caught, there is no possibility of coming back alive. ”
"Then they also went into the mountains to catch demon beasts?" Little Furball then asked. "Catch, they themselves also went into the mountain to catch demon beasts, a few days ago, someone saw a group of them go out of the mountain together, among them there is a person dressed as a fairy Taoist, it seems to be a head, someone helped out, and their basket is also filled with many snakes."
While he was talking, Little Furball heard what seemed to be movement in the distance, and Little Furball hurriedly said to the woman: "While it's not dark yet, you should hurry home, those three gangsters were beaten away by my companion, and it is estimated that they will not come back for a while and a half." After saying that, he didn't look at the woman, turned his head and ran into the woods not far away.
The woman didn't expect this little girl to move so quickly, she disappeared after a turn into the woods, and the woman wanted to ask her about the life-saving benefactor again, and chased her around twice in the woods, but did not find anyone, so she came out in a daze, and it happened that the chief of the village was taking several old men from the village to look for her, and at a glance she saw the widow of the Sun family who was in a daze on the edge of the woods.
After the old chief comforted her, she said: "There is a daughter-in-law in the village who heard the cry for help at the entrance of the village, so she chased it out, and happened to see the backs of several people dressed in Renyi Village, tied up with a woman, and they ran to tell me. So I called these old fellows, and thought that there must be a young woman who had been taken captive by the brutes, so I took the guy and came to me."
Saying that, the old chief couldn't help but cry bitterly, "Anyway, our group of old guys are old, damn!" It's really not good, so I'll fight with this group of kings and eight lambs! Speaking of this, several people were sad again, and they cried a lot.
After crying for a while, the old chief stopped his tears and asked, "Daughter-in-law of the Sun family, are you okay, what about the eight princes?" So Widow Sun told the story of what had happened. Widow Sun said to the old chief guard, "The girl disappeared when she entered the forest, and I went in to look for it, but I couldn't find it alive or dead." I didn't see where he went to save my yellow-faced man."
After listening to Widow Sun's words, the old man burst into tears, didn't say a word, and knelt down against the mountain in front of him with a plop, so frightened that Widow Sun jumped back two steps, and then hurriedly stepped forward to help the old chief up, and said while helping: "What are you doing here, old chief?" The old chief pushed her hand away, turned around and said sharply: "Kneel!" ”
Widow Sun had never seen the always kind old security chief so excited, and she didn't dare to say more, so she knelt behind the old security chief. Then the old chief turned around and said, "Don't pestle you old fellows." The implication is to let a few people kneel down, and several old men also kneel.
"I am the chief of the village at the foot of the southern foot of the Yin Mountain," the old chief shouted at the mountain, "Thanks to your old man for saving the daughter-in-law of the Sun family, their family is a good person!" I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen this year, hey! Let your old man worry about it! On behalf of the villagers, we thank you for your old man, and we beg you to continue to protect us! With that, he led the crowd to kowtow three times to the mountain.
After kowtowing, Widow Sun hurriedly stepped forward to help the old chief and asked, "Chief Bao, why are we kowtowing to this mountain?" The old chief glanced at the widow of the Sun family, shook his head and explained, "You, good life!" Do you know who saved you? It's the landlord, it's the landlord who has saved you! After hearing this, the widow of the Sun family said, "Ah! "I don't understand how the yellow-faced man who saved himself became the lord of the land." What did you just say? Widow Sun asked again in disbelief.
The old chief walked up to Widow Sun this time and said again loudly: "You just let the father-in-law of the land be saved, your grandson's life is good, and it is also the blessing that you usually accumulate good deeds, hurry up and go back with me, and let your parents take you to the land temple to thank the land lord for his great kindness!" As he spoke, he said to the rest of the old men, "Let's go, let's hurry up." ”
As he walked, he turned back to Widow Sun, who was still demented, "Our group of old guys are also waiting for you in the Land Temple when we turn around, and thank the Land Gong Daxian for the manifestation of the spirit and save my villagers from danger, go quickly!" When Widow Sun heard this, she did not dare to delay any longer, and walked after her in the village.
The king of the southern foothills, who was hiding in the shadows, asked the little furball: "What the hell are you thinking, how did I become the prince of this land?" Little Furball looked at the Nanlu King with a wicked smile and said, "You're the Nanlu King here, right?" The Tiger King nodded suspiciously, "That's right, this southern foot of Yin Mountain is under my control." Xiao Maoqiu continued his words and said: "That's right, since the southern foot of Yinshan is under your control, then the land at the southern foot of Yinshan is also under your control, and naturally it is also under your control, so aren't you the father-in-law of the land here?" ”
The Tiger King tilted his head, blinked his eyes and thought for a long time, it seems to be this reason! Then he asked the little tiger in his arms, "Are you right about this little thing?" The little tiger snorted, "I think it's right, you are the land at the southern foot of Yin Mountain!" The Tiger King scratched his head with his hand, always feeling that something was wrong, and suddenly he looked at the little hairball and said like a wake-up: "No, you lied to me again!" Although I am the king of the southern foot of this Yin Mountain, I only care about the affairs of this demon beast, and I can't control the affairs of the human race, so I am not this land, and I was almost fooled by your little thing again. ”
The little furball laughed wildly in his heart, this "two" tiger seems to have become smarter after his own training, but it is far from enough. She looked at the Tiger King with a smile, "I've heard our second brother Snake say that the previous King of Nanlu was even in charge of the safety of the merchants who entered the mountain, and many of the predecessors of the Snake Clan died for this, am I not wrong?" Based on the facts, the Tiger King replied, "Yes, there is such a thing." But..."
The little furball didn't wait for him to finish, and then asked: "Then I don't understand, are those merchants human races, or demon beasts?" The Tiger King replied along the little furball's train of thought: "Of course, most of them are Terrans!" The little furball suddenly became energetic, slapped his thigh, and almost jumped up and said: "That's it, then why did the previous king of Nanlu manage the affairs of the human race, but he can't manage it when you come here?" Or are you afraid of trouble and shirk your responsibilities that should belong to you, aren't you derelict in your duties? ”
Good guy, this big hat was buttoned down, and the king of Nanlu suddenly fell down holding the little tiger from the tree, "Oh, you fell to death me, don't splash dirty water on me, when I took over, the old patriarch didn't say let me be the land here!" I thought it would be over if I managed this demon beast at the southern foot of Yin Mountain? Who knew that there was still a Terran thing that I had to take care of, this is too troublesome! Shaking his head and sitting up, he put the little tiger aside, rubbed his ass and muttered, "I knew it was so troublesome, and I shouldn't be the one who this king of the southern foot loves." ”
As soon as the little hairball heard the tiger say this, it was "trouble" to open and close his mouth, and when he got angry, he jumped down from the tree, and stood in front of the king of the southern foot and looked up at it, "It's because you sit in the position of the king of the southern foothills, and you are negligent and slack, no matter whether you ask or not, you see, what has this mountain made those people ruined?" The spirit grass was picked in pieces, the spars were stolen and dug to the point that there was not much left, the demon beasts were slaughtered at will, and even the old patriarch's family at the southern foot of the Yin Mountain was tragically wiped out, and now only my second brother and sister of the snake are left, you ask yourself, are you worthy of the old patriarch? ”
The king of Nanlu was forced to take a few steps back by Xiao Maoqiu's series of questions, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "This, this, you can't blame me for this, right?" My son, Little Tiger, almost died there. ”
Xiao Maoqiu looked at this "three nos" king who had no responsibility, no brains, and no courage, and really wanted to kick it twice, "Why did the old patriarch choose you to be the current king of Nanlu blindly?" If it weren't for your negligence in management, dereliction of duty, fear of this and that of trouble, just thinking about self-preservation, and retreating step by step, would there be that so-called "benevolence and righteousness village"? ”
The king of Nanlu was blushing when he was said, and he lowered his head and muttered: "Aren't I also afraid that meddling in the affairs of the human race will cause trouble or even disaster to our demon beasts?" "Won't you find us if you're afraid of causing trouble?" So how did the Golden Snake Clan exterminate the clan? How was Big Tiger caught? Could it be that they took the initiative to provoke trouble? ”
Every time the little furball asked, he took a step closer to the Tiger King, and the southern foot king sweated profusely. Until the little furball forced the tiger king forward, almost hit his body, and asked fiercely word by word: "Won't you take the demon beasts in the mountain to level the so-called benevolence and righteousness village under the mountain?" ”
What kind of small face did the king of the south foot see, his facial features were mediocre, and his appearance was not good, but it was such a face that people would forget at first glance, at this time, it showed a kind of ruthlessness, determination, and firmness that only a strong man would have, and even a faint light, rubbing his eyes, the tiger king looked at the little guy in front of him uncertainly, yes, it was the light, although it was very light, but it had been around the small furball for a long time, making the little fox who was lazy and slippery in the impression and had no strength look like people couldn't help but want to be convinced, want to rely on, and want to worship! What a strange feeling.
The king of Nanlu came back to his senses, concealed his surprise, looked at the little furball and said, "Good, good, good, it's all my fault, I am the land here." Wasn't I also afraid that if I killed the human race and lead them into the mountains to kill the demon beasts, wouldn't it be more difficult to end up at that time? That, I'm stupid, I'm stupid, I'm cowardly, you're a civilized fox from the city, you have a lot of things in your stomach, you can do whatever you say, I listen to you! "Well, now, the king of the southern foot has pushed all the problems to the little hairball.