Tiewa didn't dare to look back, just from the footsteps of the black tiger behind him, he could already tell that the distance between them was rapidly narrowing, Tiewa struggled to pounce on the cedar in front, he had been climbing trees and digging birds since he was a child, and his body was as agile as a civet cat. Tiewa had just climbed the cedar, and the black tiger had already come to the trunk of the tree, kicked the ground with its hind legs, and suddenly jumped upward, its front paws stretched out as much as possible, and it was only a finger's distance to touch Tiewa's heels. Tiewa grabbed the branch and climbed up.

Fortunately, the black tiger can't climb the tree, and the black tiger leaped twice in succession and failed to hit the iron baby, and suddenly its ferocity was aroused, and it roared angrily and hit the trunk with its body.

Tiewa is still climbing upwards, but the cedar shook violently under the impact of the black tiger, Tiewa did not grasp the branch, his feet slipped and fell, in danger, he hugged a branch with both hands, and before he could rejoice, the force of the fall was too great, the branch broke from it, and Tiewa's body continued to fall downward.

The black tiger rushed up at full speed, and Tiewa secretly screamed that it was not good, and it seemed that she was going to die today.

At the moment of life and death, Ye Qinghong picked up the submachine gun and aimed at the black tiger, and the dense bullets shot at the black tiger, the black tiger was shot several times, it howled, turned around and fled into the cedar forest, leaving a few traces of blood on the snow.

Tiewa got up from the snow in shock, if Ye Qinghong came a moment late, I am afraid that he would become a meal in the belly of the black tiger.

Ye Qinghong said, "Is there anything wrong?"

Tiewa shook her head, she hadn't come back to her senses yet.

Ping An behind Ye Qinghong said: "Big tiger, big tiger!" The child didn't know how to be afraid, but seemed very excited.

Ye Qinghong shook her head and said to Tiewa, "Get out of here as soon as possible." ”

Iron Doll packed up their things and made their way through the snow, and they changed into snowshoes and entered the cedar forest, walking deep and shallow, and at their current speed, it would be nice to reach the cabin before dark. Because they were attacked by a black tiger on the way, they all became extremely vigilant and did not dare to leave their weapons.

Tiewa said: "It's the first time I've seen a tiger with a pure black coat when I'm so big. ”

Ye Qinghong said: "Don't say you haven't seen it, it's the first time for me, I'm afraid that this kind of tiger is rare in the world." ”

Tiewa said, "Is it dead?"

Ye Qinghong shook her head, although she hit the black tiger several times, judging from the blood stains left on the snow, the black tiger did not lose much blood, and the injury should not be serious. Most animals have a strong vindictive spirit, and if the black tiger doesn't die, it will most likely make a comeback.

Probably to alleviate the current tense atmosphere, Tiewa smiled: "That skin is really good, aunt, when you turn around and shoot, try to aim at its head, don't break that skin." ”

Ye Qinghong didn't speak, and said peacefully: "Big tiger, I've seen it!"

Tiewa laughed: "Have you seen it, brother, where have you seen it?" the child said seriously.

Ping'an said: "I've seen it in my dreams!"

Tiewa laughed again, this kid actually knew how to tease himself.

Ye Qinghong knew that Ping An was not teasing Tiewa, he had indeed seen a big tiger in a dream, Ye Qinghong said: "The tiger you dreamed of is not black, right?"

Ping An nodded vigorously and said, "It's black!"

Ye Qinghong's heart rippled again, and it seemed that the scenes in his son's dream had been verified one by one.

Ping An said: "If you are not afraid, someone will protect us." ”

Tiewa was amused by his appearance, remembering that she was scared when the black tiger appeared, and her courage was not as good as that of a child.

The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and there was no sign of stopping, but they didn't dare to stop halfway, for fear that they would not be able to reach the cabin before dark, and it would definitely be more troublesome if they were caught up by the black tiger.

It has been nine years since Ye Qinghong left this place, and the wooden house full of good memories in the past has been collapsed by snow because it has not been maintained for a long time, but the firewood house opposite is still intact and can be used to temporarily shelter from the wind and snow.

Tiewa asked Ye Qinghong not to rush in, he first checked whether the firewood room was solid, and cleared the snow above the firewood room, so that Ye Qinghong's mother and son could go in. Ye Qinghong asked him to go in to avoid the snow, but Tiewa insisted on guarding outside, using the collapsed wooden house and the surrounding cedars to build a temporary shack.

The firewood room was also leaking everywhere, Ye Qinghong wrapped Ping An tightly, and still felt chilly guarding the fire in front of her. The scene in front of her reminded her of the scene where she lived here with Luo Hunting Little Rainbow in the past, Ye Qinghong secretly thought, maybe this time the arrival was in vain, and it was impossible to start from scratch in the past years.

Tiewa lay in the shack, although tired and tired, but he didn't dare to rest even for a moment, with a hunter's intuition, he had a hunch that the black tiger was very likely to follow, Tiewa worshipped Zhang Longbow as a teacher, and over the years with Luo Hunt they have experienced countless adventures, and have seen all kinds of strange things that are difficult to explain with common sense.

Tiewa is not afraid of hard work, since he promised to lead the way for Ye Qinghong, he should take on the responsibility of taking care of the orphans and widows, it would be good if Uncle Luo was here, Tiewa secretly thought, in fact, they had talked about Luo Hunt in private, and even Master Zhang Changgong thought that maybe Luo Hunt would never come back this time, after all, if Luo Hunt defeated Feng Jiuqing, then he had no reason to abandon his wife and children for so many years, and with his temperament of valuing love and righteousness, he would never do anything to leave.

In the middle of the night, when the snow stopped, Tiewa curled up in the cramped shack with his hands and feet a little paralyzed, he went outside to build a fire, sat by the fire, and while roasting the fire, silently guarded the mother and son in the firewood room. Tiewa is looking forward to the early arrival of the master, in the dangerous Pale Mountain, it is difficult for him to ensure the safety of Ye Qinghong's mother and son alone, this does not mean that he is afraid, his life was saved by Luo Lie, and he died for Luo Lie's wife and children, he did not hesitate, but he was worried that if something went wrong, what face would he have to see the master.

There was a crisp sound in the cedar forest, Tiewa reacted immediately, picked up the shotgun and aimed at the direction where the sound came, waited for a while, there was no movement, Tiewa secretly thought, it should be the sound of dry branches breaking.

This situation often happens after the snow, the weather is dry in winter, and the snow has just fallen, and the snow has crushed the branches, and Tiewa may not be so cautious in the past, but today it has just been attacked by a black tiger, and Tiewa is naturally much more careful.

Tiewa stood up, pulled out a burning stick from the bonfire, and patrolled around, there were no footprints on the surrounding snow, Tiewa relaxed a little, and when she was about to return, she saw the cedar in front of her tremble, and it seemed that something fell on the snow, and Tiewa heard the sound of a branch breaking again.

The black mass looked like a small hill that had been picked up from the trees to the snow, and as it hit the ground, the ground shook noticeably. Tiewa's eyes widened, and he recognized that this behemoth was not the black tiger he had encountered during the day, but a black blind man with a huge body.

The black blind man did not hibernate, or woke up hungry in hibernation, and after landing on the ground, the black blind man did not rush to attack, but shook his body on the spot and shook off the snowflakes stained on his body. Tiewa didn't dare to act rashly, this kind of black blind man has rough skin and thick flesh, even a powerful shotgun can't guarantee that one shot can penetrate its body, if it shoots rashly, it angers the black blind man, and the consequences are unimaginable. The most optimistic outcome now is that the black blind man has no interest in the three of them, just a passer-by who happens to pass by.

The black blind man still had a pair of small eyes closed, and it still didn't seem to wake up from the dream, its nose was snorting and steaming, and the iron baby didn't dare to breathe.

The black blind man staggered like a drunk, swayed in place for a few moments, and finally turned around, and walked slowly towards the depths of the cedar forest, Tiewa's back was already soaked with cold sweat, and secretly screamed for happiness.

Seeing the black blind man drifting away, suddenly there was a cry of peace in the firewood room, and the iron baby was petrified instantly. The black blind man who had already walked away also stopped, turned his head suddenly, a pair of closed small eyes stared round, bursting out with a ferocious and greedy light, the black blind man seemed clumsy, but once he entered the hunting state, the speed was not slow at all, and the snow splashed everywhere when he ran, and a cedar was broken by it on the way to run, which was like a tank.

Tiewa raised the torch and threw it at the black blind man, after the torch was shot, he picked up the shotgun and aimed it at the black blind man is a shot, countless shotguns hit the black blind man, but it could not cause fatal damage to it at all.

Ye Qinghong also rushed out of the firewood room, threw a grenade out with a wave of his hand, the grenade exploded next to the black blind man, in the firelight, the air wave knocked the black blind man to the ground, but this guy stubbornly got up from the snow, let out a roar that shook the mountains and forests, shook off the shrapnel and snow on his body, and continued to rush forward.

Ye Qinghong took out two guns and aimed at the black blind man to shoot one after another, with her help, Tiewa was able to breathe, he took out an iron tire slingshot from the holster, wrapped an iron projectile, pulled the slingshot, aimed at the black blind man's nose, and shot out.

The projectile hit the nose of the black blind man impartially, and shot blood, although the black blind man had rough skin and thick flesh, but the tip of the nose was its weak point, this projectile made it painful, and the black blind man covered his bleeding nose and let out a wail.

Ye Qinghong took the opportunity to throw out another grenade, this time just under the black blind man, blowing it up and falling down.

Tiewa took advantage of the fact that the black blind man did not get up from the ground, raised the shotgun and shot it repeatedly, the black blind man's current posture just exposed the heart area, and the skin covered by white hair was also the thinnest place, even after a few shots, the black blind man did not move, and Tiewa wanted to go over to see if it was dead.

Ye Qinghong stopped him and said, "Don't go, let's move to a safe place first." She turned to the firewood room and picked up Ping'an, who stopped crying this time. The two of them came out of the firewood room, but saw Tiewa standing there, staring ahead dumbfounded.

The black blind man, who had been beaten to a bloody pulp just now, was staggering up from the snow, and not only that, but it was standing upright like a human form.

Tiewa ran out of bullets in the shotgun, took out a pistol and shot at the black blind man's heart, the bullet obviously hit the black blind man's body, but the black blind man did not react, as if he was numb and did not feel any pain.

The black blind man covered in blood slowly walked towards them, and Tiewa had never seen such a strange situation. Ye Qinghong handed him a grenade, and Tiewa took the grenade and threw it at the black blind man.

When the grenade was about to fall, the black blind man suddenly swung out a palm, which slapped the grenade with unmistakable accuracy, and actually pulled the grenade back at them.

Ye Qinghong screamed: "Get out of the way!" Ye Qinghong held Ping An and tried her best to jump towards the snow on the side, although she reacted in time, she was still lifted by the shock wave caused by the explosion and flew out like a paper kite with a broken line, she tried her best to protect Ping'an, and because of this collision, she flew out of her hand.

Ye Qinghong fell on the snow, although there was a buffer of thick snow, she still felt that her blood was churning and her bones were about to crack, she didn't care about her own safety, the first thing she thought of was her son who flew out of her hand, Ye Qinghong wanted to get up from the ground, but she couldn't even do such a simple thing now.

Tiewa is better than Ye Qinghong, after all, he is not holding a child in his arms like Ye Qinghong, even so, he was hit by the wave of anger, and the gun flew out of his hand. The black blind man was still walking step by step, although it was injured in many places, it did not lose its breath, and walked upright like a human.

The slingshot on Tiewa's waist was still there, he took out the slingshot, and the iron projectile shot at the head of the black blind man like a cannon, in his opinion, the black blind man was already at the end of the crossbow, maybe a projectile could completely knock it down, Tiewa soon realized that this was just his wishful thinking. Although the projectiles all hit the black blind man, the black blind man seemed to have suddenly lost his pain nerves, and still walked towards him with a slow pace.

Tiewa got up and saw Ye Qinghong struggling to get up, shouting the name of peace.

Tiewa stood between Ye Qinghong and the black blind man, he drew his machete, and was ready to fight hand-to-hand with the black blind man.

Ye Qinghong didn't hear her son's response, and she didn't see Ping'an's figure as far as she could see, she remembered that Ping'an flew out of her arms in the explosion, it shouldn't be too far away from her, how could she not hear her shouts? The pain in her body made Ye Qinghong unable to stand up, and she crawled and searched in the snow with her hands and feet, hoping to find her son.

Ye Qinghong suddenly stopped shouting, because she saw a small figure standing in the snow not far away, it was clear that it was safe, Ye Qinghong was pleasantly surprised at first, but immediately her heart was shrouded in deep fear, because less than two meters away from Ping'an, a black tiger stood there, its dark green eyes were like two ghost fires floating in the dark night.

Ye Qinghong's hands and feet were cold for a while, and she didn't dare to make a sound, for fear of alarming the black tiger. She was still about ten meters away from her son, and the black tiger was only about two meters away from him, even if it was the same distance, she couldn't surpass the speed of the black tiger.

Ye Qinghong's heart was full of despair, and she was willing to swap places with her son if she could. Ye Qinghong didn't dare to act rashly, she didn't know how to save her son from the tiger's mouth, she couldn't imagine what the meaning of her existence would be if she lost her son.

Ping An looked at the black tiger with a frightened expression, but he showed courage beyond his actual age, and a pair of small hands clenched tightly: "Go away! Go away!"

Ye Qinghong heard her son boldly scolding the black tiger, and her heart rose to her throat, and she shouted desperately, trying to attract the attention of the black tiger through her voice.

The black tiger took a step forward, Ye Qinghong crawled towards her son lifelessly, she thought it was too late, but what she never expected was that the black tiger did not continue to approach Ping'an, but turned around and left.

Tiewa roared angrily and brandished a machete and rushed towards the black blind man, the black blind man picked up a powerful bear paw, ready to shoot him away, no matter how strong Tiewa was, he was still not a level of opponent with the black blind man.

At the critical moment, a feathered arrow struck the black blind man's eye, piercing through its left eye socket and into the brain.

Tiewa turned around panting, and saw three figures in the distance rushing towards them, Tiewa gasped for breath, and the whole person seemed to have been suddenly sucked off her spine and collapsed on the snow.

Ye Qinghong came to Ping'an's side, hugged him tightly in his arms, tears couldn't stop flowing out, Ping'an was very brave, stretched out his little hand to wipe the tears from her face: "Mom, don't be afraid, I will protect you!" Ye Qinghong nodded tearfully.

At this time, Ye Qinghong noticed that the three rescued people had come to the front, and it was Zhang Longbow who was the first to arrive and shoot the black bear with an arrow just now. Zhang Changgong didn't take care of Tiewa first, and came to Ye Qinghong and said loudly: "Brother and sister, we're late!"

Ye Qinghong was a little embarrassed, after all, she didn't inform Zhang Changgong of them when she came to Pale Mountain.

The blind man also panted and followed: "Brother and sister, this is my little nephew, right?"

Ye Qinghong said to Ping'an: "This is your Uncle Zhang, Uncle An." ”

Ping'an called the two sweetly, Zhang Changgong was quite fond of this kid, and reached out to hug him.

Sparrow came to Tiewa's side and patted him on the shoulder, Tiewa raised her head and said with relief: "Magu, you are here." ”

Sparrow didn't like this title, frowned and said, "You are only Magu, your whole family is Magu." Tiewa laughed innocently.

A group of old friends reunited, each other's hearts were warm, I heard that there was a black tiger just now, Zhang Longbow did not dare to slack off, let the blind man and the sparrow make a fire, he and Tiewa searched around again, sure that there was no trace of the beast nearby, and then came back.

At this time, Kung Fu Ye Qinghong had already put Ping'an to sleep, held him in his arms, and sat by the bonfire.

The sparrow looked at Ye Qinghong, although she hadn't seen her for a few years, Ye Qinghong's demeanor was still the same, but she could still see that she was much thinner than before. When Ye Qinghong looked at Ping'an, Sparrow felt that there seemed to be an aura on her, and she said softly: "He looks so cute." ”

Ye Qinghong smiled at her, put Ping'an on the fur mattress, and carefully folded the quilt for him.

Sparrow said: "It's hard to take care of a child alone, isn't it?"

Ye Qinghong said: "I'm used to it, it's not hard, in fact, they have also brought me a lot of happiness, without them, I don't know how I should live." ”

The sparrow sighed faintly and said, "Three years, right?"

Ye Qinghong nodded, she understood the meaning of Sparrow's words: "Yes, it's been three years." ”

Sparrow said: "Has there been no news at all in the past three years?"

Ye Qinghong shook her head: "You care about him very much!"

Sparrow blushed, in fact, she couldn't hide what she liked about Luo Hunt from Ye Qinghong, and she couldn't even hide it from these friends around her.

Ye Qinghong was not mocking the sparrow, let alone jealous, she saw the sparrow's embarrassment, and smiled: "I sometimes think that as long as he is willing to come back, I will agree to anything, even if he wants to marry a few aunts." ”

Sparrow said: "He is single-minded towards you. ”

Ye Qinghong said: "Do you think he will come back?"

Sparrow nodded.

Ye Qinghong said: "I think so too, even if he doesn't want me, he must be reluctant to give up his children and his friends." ”

Sparrow said: "You are so good to him, why can't he bear not to come back?"

Ye Qinghong said: "You don't get married until now, have you been waiting for him?"

Sparrow hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, don't get me wrong. ”

Ye Qinghong laughed: "What are you afraid of? Everyone else has disappeared, even if you admit it, he won't be able to hear it." ”

Sparrow said: "You are a match made in heaven, believe me, what I said is true." ”

Ye Qinghong stretched out her hand to hold the sparrow's hand, and said softly: "It's been a long time since I've told others so many truthful words, it's good, you also think that he will come back, and you don't think I'm a madman." ”

The blind man's voice sounded from behind them: "I also think that Luo Lie will definitely come back." ”

The sparrow turned and glared at him and said, "Don't be ashamed of you, eavesdropping on others." ”

The blind man said: "I'm not eavesdropping, Lao Zhang asked me to protect your safety, so I can't go far, in case any jackals, tigers and leopards rush up, I have to protect you." ”

Ye Qinghong couldn't help but laugh and said, "If that happens, I don't know who protects whom?"

The blind man begged for mercy: "You are sharp-toothed, I can't talk about you, and good men don't fight with women." ”

At this time, Zhang Changgong and Tiewa also came back from inspection, and Zhang Changgong said: "Blind, you are stinky and poor again." ”

The blind man said, "Well, I don't invite anyone anywhere, I'll go to sleep, I'll sleep with my little nephew in my arms." ”

Zhang Changgong asked Tiewa to rest too, Tiewa has been really tired these days.

Zhang Changgong came to sit down by the bonfire, he smiled at Ye Qinghong and said, "We are here uninvited this time, brother and sister must not be surprised." ”

Ye Qinghong said apologetically: "Brother Zhang, what you said is actually that I want to say I'm sorry, mainly because I don't want to trouble you, so I decided to come here alone, I didn't want to trouble Tiewa, but after thinking about this deep mountain and old forest, if I lose my way, it will be troublesome, so I called Tiewa." ”

Zhang Changgong said: "My brother and sister are still outside with us." ”

Ye Qinghong said: "It's mainly because things are happening in Huangpu one after another, and I'm worried that you won't be able to leave." ”

Zhang Changgong said: "The big things are not as important as your things. In fact, he still couldn't understand why Ye Qinghong came to this icy and snowy pale mountain when the New Year was approaching? Was it just to remember the days when she lived with Luo Lie? Zhang Changgong knew that Luo Lie had taken Ye Qinghong and Little Rainbow to live in this wooden house for a long time.

The blind man said to go to sleep, but he didn't go away, and then he came over again: "Brother and sister, what are you doing here for the Chinese New Year?"

Ye Qinghong was asked by the blind man, although she had enough reasons, but this reason could not be said, if she told them that she had worked tirelessly to come to the hinterland of Pale Mountain for the sake of a son's dream, would they believe it?

The sparrow saw that Ye Qinghong was inconvenient to answer, and said for her: "Do you need a reason to come here? If you don't come, our old friends won't get together in Pale Mountain, so it makes sense to celebrate the New Year." ”

Zhang Changgong said with a smile: "It's the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, and we have a fixed year in the mountains."

Zhang Changgong asked the sparrow and Ye Qinghong to rest early, he and the blind man came to the shack and made another fire, the blind man took out a cigarette, gathered on the fire and lit one, Zhang Changgong picked up the wine jug and drank a sip of spirits, and then handed the wine jug to the blind man.

The blind man shook his head and said, "Don't drink it." He looked into the distance and said, "Lao Zhang, don't you think Ye Qinghong's behavior is a little strange?"

Zhang Changgong said: "You don't think about it. ”

The blind man said, "Don't you think it's strange, why did she come here?"

Zhang Changgong said: "I would like to hear your high opinions. ”

The blind man said: "I think it has something to do with Luo Lie." ”

Zhang Changgong sighed, looked at the beating flames and said, "It's been three years, and he will come back a long time ago." ”

The blind man knew that what Zhang Changgong said was true, but he was still unwilling to admit it, and took a hard puff of cigarette, but accidentally choked himself, and coughed a few times before it subsided.

Zhang Changgong said: "Smoke less, it's easy to have a short life." ”

The blind man snorted and said, "You crow's mouth, I provoked you?"

A cold wind blew, Zhang Changgong couldn't help but shrink his neck, looked up at the night sky and said: "There may be snow in the next few days, let's use the existing materials to build a shack tomorrow, otherwise some will suffer." ”

The blind man said, "Just stay here?"

Zhang Changgong said: "It's good to find the two of them, in short, what Ye Qinghong wants to do, let's follow to ensure the safety of their mother and son." ”