Chapter 157: Companionship (3)
The leopard asked, "Can I leave you?" and what does this have to do with him?"
"He won't agree. Cuicui said.
"You can promise me too. Otherwise I will kill him, and his life is in your hands. ā
The leopard felt that Cuicui made a gesture, so she had to say, "Okay, I promise." ā
Cuicui jumped for joy.
"If you leave me, I'll kill him. ā
The leopard made Xiaocui cry and laugh, and said, "Cuicui, let's go!"
"Okay. ā
Xiao Cui said to Dao Yifeng: "Don't break your promise in the future." I have a couple of dark lines in this area. If you do evil and oppress the people, I will cut off your head at any time. So you must not play with your life. ā
Then she left with the leopard.
Xiao Cui's words before leaving, but it brought a huge threat to Dao Yifeng.
He doesn't dare to bully people anymore!
In less than six months, he moved away, and no one in this part of the country ever saw him again.
In fact, most of this white stone castle has been destroyed by fire, and it will take a lot of silver to repair it?
It would be better if it was used to build a yard elsewhere.
In addition, he had suffered a serious setback and almost lost his life, and he had no face in this area.
In the moonlight, Xiaocui followed the leopard to a small cave in the barren mountain.
From here you can see all the scenery of the town.
Xiao Cui was surprised and asked, "Do you live in this little hole?"
Leopard shook his head: "I was about to leave today, and suddenly I found that you also came to the town, and I also found that the people from Baishi Castle also came to the town, I was worried that something would happen to you, so I stayed here." ā
"So you've been stalking me?"
The leopard nodded.
"Why didn't you come and see me?" she asked.
The leopard smiled sadly.
Xiao Cui said, "I know, you're afraid I'll see you." If nothing had happened, wouldn't you have quietly appeared and gone?"
"Cuicui, don't say it! I ask why you're here?"
"Ask yourself?"
"Ask me!!? ask me what?"
"You said you would never leave me. Why did you leave without saying a word?"
"Cuicui, forgive me, I was going to tell you a word, but I was afraid that you would get in my way, so I had to leave quietly! ā
"The devil believes in you. ā
"Cuicui, I'm real, I never lie to you. ā
Xiao Cui asked excitedly: "Brother Leopard, why did you leave the mountain? Isn't it a good place to hide some mountains?"
"Cuicui, it's not that it's not good to hide a little mountain, I'm afraid of bothering others, and I don't want others to gossip. ā
"Who says it's a long story?"
"Cuicui, don't ask. I left the Tibetan Mountain, and more importantly, I wanted to learn the sword that Master had left me. ā
"Oh! what sword?"
"I don't know. ā
"You don't need your master's sword spectrum. ā
"I haven't seen it yet. How would I know?"
"Where's the sword?"
"This,"
Xiao Cui's eyes widened: "Don't you want to tell me, who do you think I am?"
"Cuicui, don't get me wrong, I don't know where this sword is hidden, I must find out. ā
"I'll go with you. ā
"This,"
"Don't worry, I won't learn your master's swordsmanship. I'm looking for you. ā
"Cuicui, I didn't mean that, I mean, I'm afraid it will take a long time. ā
"No matter what, I'll follow you no matter how long it takes. ā
"A year, two years, can you keep up with me?"
"Needless to say a year. Even in a hundred or two hundred years, I will follow you. ā
"Aren't you going back to the Tibetan Mountain?"
"If you don't go back, I'll go back, and I won't go back. ā
"But ......"
"Don't you want me to follow you?"
"Ahh ā
"Do you want me to follow you?"
"Cuicui, I'm afraid of you! If you come with me, it will be very bitter, and it won't be so comfortable in Zangdian Mountain. ā
"As long as you don't leave me, I can bear it!"
"Okay! Then you can follow me. Then don't blame me. ā
"Who's complaining about you?"
"Cuicui, then let's rest here for a while, and when it's dawn, we'll go, okay?"
"Good!"
Early the next morning, the leopard took Cuicui through the clouds and dew, climbed over the mountains, and went straight to the barren mountain temple where he had lived for more than ten years.
The mountain where the leopard lives, the mountains and rivers here are beautiful, the people are inaccessible, the wild animals are flickering, it is the famous Jungu Mountain in the western Yunnan region, more than 2,000 miles away from Dali Mountain, more than 200 miles away from Heqingfu City.
When the leopard stepped into Shibao Mountain, he was very familiar with all the terrain on the mountain, and felt very kind to every plant and tree on the mountain.
It's been two years since he left the ancient temple!
But that night, when he followed Duan Lili out of the temple, he still remembered it like yesterday. For two years, I wondered if the temple had been deserted.
Does anyone live there?
What about Master's bones?
Has the sword diagram hidden in the cave been destroyed?
All this aroused the thoughts and feelings of the leopard......
Cuicui did not have such emotions, she was curious to see the unfamiliar scenery Shibao Mountain: the mountains are high, the dense forests, the mountain roads are cloud-locked and foggy to rest, there are no dozens of families, and hares appear, from time to time, these pheasants are scared away.
It's like an abandoned place.
But she felt that being with the leopard was sweeter than anything else, more satisfying than anything else.
Before heading into the mountains, they passed through a small town and had a meal.
The leopard also bought dozens of catties of grain, some oil, salt and some daily necessities.
There was enough food in the mountains for the two of them for a month.
The leopard felt that he could not find the knife left by the master in a few days, so he had to carry food up the mountain.
If he was alone, he wouldn't have to buy it.
He could pick wild fruits from the mountains and hunt wild animals for a living, but Cuicui followed him, and he had to prepare some food.
The leopard is worried that Cuicui is not used to eating wild fruits, and is not used to eating hair and blood.
When they came to the ancient temple, Lili was still in the west.
The wormwood tree, which is overgrown with mugwort, has collapsed in some places and is leaking everywhere.
It is clear that no one has lived in the temple since the leopard left, but one of the main halls is still intact, except that the gold dust of the Buddha statue has been stripped off a lot.
The clay sculptures of the eighteen Arhats on both sides, some of them have broken hands and feet, and some have mutilated facial features.
They either lost their noses or were blind.
The dust on the base is several inches thick.
Cuicui asked, "Brother Leopard, do you live in such a dilapidated temple?"
But it has never been so shabby, and from time to time people come to burn incense and worship the Buddha. Some hunters also come to stay. ā
"Is this where your master's sword book is hidden?"
Master said that He hid them in the three holes where I often play so that I could look for them carefully.
"Let's go find it now. ā
"No, Cuicui, let's rest here for the night, and we'll look for it tomorrow." ā
"It doesn't matter. I'm going to clean up this rotten temple. ā
It doesn't take an hour for Leopard and Cuicui to clean up the weeds and artemisia in the temple.
The kitchen at the back of the temple was also very clean.
Luckily, the kitchenware was not damaged and the plates were still there.
The leopard took them all to the mountain stream to wash them, and then Cuicui cooked under the fire in the kitchen.
The ancient temple has become their world.
After the meal, a crooked moon rises over the east mountain, and all the scenery on the mountain is dressed like a crystal world with silver light, which is particularly clean and lovely.
They talked under a tree in the temple.
The leopard told Cuicui the story of her childhood, and Cuicui listened with relish.
Last night, they set fire to the White Rock Castle, and tonight they chatted leisurely in the moonlight, like two people in heaven and on earth.
When the leopard talks about how he fell off a rock and saved a nest of birds, he didn't make a sound.
Cuicui was in the middle strangely: "Huh, why didn't you say anything?"
The leopard said, "Cuicui, I forgot to do an important thing!"
"What's wrong? What's wrong?
"I should worship Master first. ā
"Well, it's not too late for us to pay tribute to his old man. ā
"Yes, Cuicui, shall I leave now?"
"Is your master buried far away?"
"Not far away, in a small hole in the cliff behind the monastery. ā
The leopard found incense and candles from the altar in front of the Buddha, and the rest of the rice was in the past, and Cuicui went down to the small hole buried by Zen Master Fang Wu under the moon.
The leopard's den is sealed with stones and dirt, and it is overgrown with wild grass and wild trees.
Except for the leopard, no one knew that this place was once a small hole, let alone that there was a monk buried here, a first-class martial artist.
The leopard came to the entrance of the cave and lit lilacs and candles.
Thinking of Zen Master Fang Wu's love and concern for him, tears welled up in his eyes, and he said, "Master, the leopard is here to sacrifice to you!"
He knelt for a long time and began to kowtow.
Cuicui also knelt next to the leopard, kowtowed and said, "Zen Master Fangwu, the little girl Cuicui also came to worship your old man." I hope that in the spirit of heaven, you will bless Brother Leopard to find your sword book, learn your skills, and avenge you!"
Although Master Fang Wu has killed many people on the rivers and lakes and injured Xuan Ling, he has been able to repent and turn evil into good.
In his old age, he also did a lot of good things for the people.
What's even rarer is that the generation of wizard martial arts he grew up with - Leopard, can replace his rivers and lakes, eliminate evil and do good, in order to atone for his sins, he doesn't think that before he dies, there will be a strange Cuicui who also worships his own woman.
They knelt until the incense was extinguished, then stood up and returned to the temple.
The next morning, after breakfast, they went to look for the sword book.
The leopard first went to the valley a mile away from the ancient temple to find a cave.
This hole used to be where Leopard and Duan Lili hid from unicorns, and it was also a place where Leopard often came to play - a dry hole.
The leopard led Cuicui into a forest and came to the mouth of the valley, only to see overgrown with weeds and jagged rocks, and there was no way to go.
Cuicui looked into the valley, suddenly stopped, and said, "Brother Leopard, don't go into the valley." ā
The leopard was stunned: "Why?"
"Aren't there wild beasts in this valley? These valleys are excellent hiding places for tigers and leopards. ā
The leopard listened carefully for a moment and said, "Yes! Let's hurry down and don't let it smell us. ā
Cuicui said, "What do you smell?"
"Oh no! This is out! Quick!"
Just then, a gorgeous leopard jumped out of the chaos.
The leopard hurriedly hugged Cuicui, erected it next to a big tree, put down Cuicui and said, "You hold on, I'll deal with this big leopard." ā
Cuicui said, "Slow down, look, is this the leopard we've ever seen?"
The leopard said, "No, how did it get here?"
"Look! It seems to be looking at us lovingly!"
The leopard looked at the leopard, and saw that the leopard seemed to be crouching obediently under the tree, and had no hostility towards him, so he said, "I'll go down and see if it's right." ā
"Be careful!" replied the leopard, falling to the ground.
Sure enough, the leopard didn't pounce on him.
It is as docile as a big cat.
"How did you get here?"
The leopard replied with a roar.
The leopard was even more overjoyed, regardless of the danger, once hugged the leopard affectionately, and stroked: "Brother Leopard, I didn't expect us to meet again! Where have you been all these years?"
Cuicui also jumped down: "Brother Leopard, do you know me, I'm playing with you too!"
The leopard seems to be very considerate.
Cuicui was happier than the leopard, holding the leopard's head, putting her face against it and saying, "It would be nice if you could speak!"
They played with the leopard for a while.
The leopard patted the leopard and said, "Brother leopard, do you live in this valley? Can you take us to your house?"
The leopard nodded, jumped into the valley, looked back at them, and seemed to say, "Come with me!"
The leopard and Cuicui followed it.
Sure enough, the leopard took them to their place.
Leopards are no strangers to leopard dens.
This is where the leopard and Duan Lili hid from the Poison Dragon King.
Leopard smiled: "Brother Leopard, you can really find a place to live, this is my place!"
Cuicui asked, "Is this the cave you often come to?"
"Yes!"
"Is your master's sword book preserved in this cave?"
"I don't know. Let's find out. If not, I'm afraid it's in the other two holes. ā
"Then let's go find it. ā
Cuicui patted the leopard again, "Brother leopard, you can guard the mouth of the valley and don't let people enter the valley." ā
The leopard said, "How can anyone come here?"
"Can't we be more careful?"
The leopard, as if very obedient, really left the cave and came to the mouth of the valley.
The leopard and Cuicui searched in the cave.
The hole is not big, but it is more than twenty feet deep.
They knocked on the walls and searched the caves for places where they could collect things.
Nothing but rocks can be found.
The leopard said, "Master's sword doesn't seem to be hidden in this hole. ā
Cuicui said, "Let's take a look, did your master bury the sword spectrum in the ground?"
The leopard carefully searched the ground.
The ground was littered with rocks and broken stones.
It was clear that no one had touched the ground, and no one had been able to move it.
They searched in the cave for an hour but couldn't find it.
Cuicui sat down disappointed: "There doesn't seem to be a sword book in this cave. Let's look for it in other caves. ā
When they sat down to rest, the big leopard didn't know where to go to catch a rabbit and come back.
Cuicui smiled and said: "Brother Leopard will come to greet us, worried that we are hungry, and specially bring back prey for us, it is more considerate than people." ā
Leopard also said happily: "Brother Leopard, we thank you!"
Then, pick up a bundle of dry branches and roast them over the fire.
After eating, Cuicui touched the big leopard: "Brother Leopard, you will live with us in the future, okay?"
The leopard meekly followed Cuicui, crouching down in front of her.
The leopard asked, "Shall we take it to the temple?"
"You can't?"
Cuicui patted the leopard again: "Brother Leopard, come with us to live in the ancient temple?"
The leopard nodded, licking Cuicui's hand with his tongue.
Cuicui was ecstatic: "It agreed!"
The leopard said, "How do you know it agrees?"
"It's a nod!"
Cuicui kissed the leopard once and said, "Brother leopard, let's go!"
This cheetah, I don't know if it's the son of the leopard, after eating leopard's milk once, the leopard's body has a peculiar smell, thinking that they are the same, or being good at understanding, incredibly following the son of the leopard, the verdant valley, came to the ancient temple.
In this way, not only Cuicui, but also the leopard, but also the leopard as their beloved pet.
Cuicui specially arranged a very comfortable sleeping place for the leopard in the ancient temple, and took it to the side of the mountain stream, washed its fur, and played with it in the forest.
At last.
He even rode on the back of a leopard and roamed the ancient temple, like a fairy in the forest, so that the leopard could be fascinated.
The leopard wants to go to the deep stream under the rock in the cave and find the master's sword score, but he is very happy to see Cuicui and the leopard playing, and he is not willing to sweep Cuicui's interest, and must find the sword score.
He accompanies Cuicui and watches her play with the leopard, and sometimes he joins in.
Until dark, Cuicui was still very interested, and said to Leopard, "Brother Leopard, do you want to cook?" I want to spend more time with him in the woods. ā
"Okay, but don't go too far. It's back. ā
"I know, but you have to prepare a good dinner for Brother Leopard. ā
The leopard said, "Who knows what it likes to eat?"
"Pheasant, rabbit, doesn't he like it?"
"I can do it easily. ā
As he spoke, the leopard turned and returned to the ancient temple.
Cuicui and the leopards play in the forests and on the hillsides, sometimes chasing each other until sunset, before the sun sets like a fire.
But the leopard caught a lot of hares and pheasants, some of them died, some of them lived.
Cuicui saw a happy face like a spring flower: "Where did you catch so many prey?"
"There are a lot of hares and pheasants in the mountains, and you can catch as many as you want. ā
"Then our leopard brothers won't have to worry about food!"
As soon as Cuicui mentioned the live bird, she threw it to the leopard.
The leopard kept standing up, and it bit the live rabbit.
Its posture is graceful and its movements are lightning fast.
It's like a first-class martial artist.
Cuicui picks up a live rabbit and throws it away.
The leopard is more like a shooting star.
Before the rabbit fell to the ground, the leopard managed to take the rabbit in its mouth and swallow it in the blink of an eye.
The sensitive and accurate figure of the leopard surprised Cuicui and made her feel interesting, but the leopard was thinking deeply and thought, if I meet a black arrow and a black young swordsman, can I be as agile, agile, and striking as a leopard?
So after that, the leopard has been observing, elusive, thinking about the various movements of the leopard, so he created the killing martial arts that the leopard likes in the martial arts, but this is later.
After dinner, the leopard said to Cuicui, "Cuicui, tomorrow you go to play with the leopard, and Iāa person will row that hanging rock into the deep stream of the cave to find it." ā
Cuicui was not very happy: "Are you afraid that I will see the sword left by your master?"
"Ah, Cuicui, don't get me wrong, why am I afraid you will see it?"
"Then why don't you let me go?"
"Cuicui, you don't know, the creek is very deep, there is miasma from time to time, and there are a lot of poisons, I am worried about your ......"
"Then why aren't you afraid?"
"Master told me that I was born with the ability to resist poison, so I am not afraid of poison and miasma. ā