When Li Kui saw Li Da coming back, he hurriedly got up and bowed: "Brother, I haven't seen you for many years." ”

Although Li Da hadn't seen this younger brother for many years, he was still angry and scolded: "What are you doing when you come back? Burdensome people again? ”

The old lady hurriedly said: "Tie Niu is now an official, and he wants to pick me up to enjoy happiness." ”

Li Da jumped to his feet when he heard this, and said impatiently: "Mother! You can believe him when he farts! At the beginning, he killed people, and brought me to wear shackles and chains, and suffered a lot of suffering. Now he made a big fuss with the thieves in Liangshan in Jiangzhou, and went to Xuzhou to kill Zhizhou and many officials and soldiers, a few days ago, the official document arrived, and he went to his hometown to pursue him, but he wanted to arrest me and interrogate me, and the rich man of the owner interceded for me, saying, 'His brother has not been where he has been going for more than ten years, and he has never returned home. Now there is a list hanging at the gate of the county, and a reward of 10,000 yuan is awarded to arrest him, he is not dead, but he comes to the house and talks nonsense. ”

When Li Kui heard that his reward had risen from fifty to ten thousand, he felt that there was light on his face, and he was not angry, so he smiled and said: "Brother, don't be anxious, wouldn't it be good for me to take you to a place and live happily?" ”

Li Da was furious when he heard this, he raised his fist and wanted to hit him, but he knew that he couldn't beat him, and when he saw Cao Cao and Luan Tingyu watching coldly, he didn't dare to say more, so he angrily left the rice can on the ground and walked away quickly.

Li Kui said: "Oh no, my brother will definitely report to the official to arrest him, although I am not afraid, but I am afraid of shocking my mother, brother, my eldest brother has never seen big silver, you take the big silver to me, leave him to live some happy days." ”

Cao Cao took out two fifty taels of silver from his arms, Li Kui took them and put them on the bed, picked up the old lady and was about to leave. His mother said: "Tie Niu, are you really going to Liangshan to be a strongman?" ”

Cao Cao took out his waist card, stuffed it into the old lady's hand and said: "Liangshan really wants me to wait for the mountain, but if I don't do it, wouldn't it be stupid to be a robber?" Old lady, you touch my head and waist cards. ”

Where did the old lady recognize any waist card, but when she touched it in her hand, she was relieved and said with a smile: "Tie Niu is honest and won't lie to me, but it's a pity that his eldest brother has suffered a lot of grievances for him, so he refuses to believe him, and don't blame your eldest brother." ”

Li Kui said with a smile: "If I blame him, I won't leave this hundred taels of silver for him as capital." When the old lady heard that she had left a hundred taels for the boss, she became more and more relieved and happy.

At the moment, Li Kui was carrying his mother, Cao Cao and Luan Tingyu were on both sides, and went out to look at the path.

He also said that Li Da ran to his rich man to report, led dozens of villagers, and rushed home, and when he entered the door, he couldn't see the old lady, but the bed was bright and dangling two big silver, Li Da hurriedly pulled the quilt to cover it, and his heart pounded: "This iron bull left silver, and there is still a brotherhood in my heart, why should I force him?" When he carries his mother, he must also be happy in the cottage. ”

At that moment, he went out and said to the villagers, saying that Li Kui had taken his mother's back, and he didn't know how to cast the path, and when he saw it getting dark, how to find it? When they heard this, they were all lazy to do much work, and they scattered and returned home.

On the other hand, Li Kui was afraid that Li Da would lead people to chase him, after all, his own brother, would it hurt his life? Therefore, he only went to a secluded place with his mother on his back, Cao Cao Luan Tingyu didn't know the way, only said that Li Kui Chengzhu was in his chest, and followed him quickly without saying a word, until he reached the evening, but he arrived at the bottom of a ridge.

Luan Tingyu shouted: "I didn't pass through this ridge when I came. ”

Cao Cao looked up and couldn't help frowning: What an evil mountain!

But see this ridge: twilight clouds, dense fog locks, few people, and grass growing; Pieces of strange rocks are craggy, all have the posture of monsters, ancient trees are towering to the sky, all like snakes and pythons, night crows are low, such as ghosts in the ears, strange beasts roar, like a demon soul.

Li Kui recognized it and shouted: "Ah, it's in Yiling!" You have to go over the ridge, and there are people over there. ”

Cao Cao said: "If the old man is here, how can he ban sleeping in the open?" Taking advantage of the bright stars and the moon, I waited for the mountain to cross the ridge as soon as possible, looking for someone to spend the night. ”

The three of them said, Cao Cao took the lead, Li Kui carried the old lady in the center, Luan Tingyu Palace, step by step up the ridge, the old lady said on Li Kui's back: "My son, I ate salty today, and now I can't be thirsty." ”

Li Kui smiled bitterly: "Mother, my son's throat is also smoking, and when I cross the ridge to find someone, I will find water for you to drink." ”

The old lady said: "The thirst of the end kills the mother." ”

Li Kui hurriedly said: "Then you can bear with it a little, and then go to find water." Looking at the pine tree and a piece of bluestone, Li Kui let his mother sit on the stone, leaned his whistle stick against the stone, and said: "Two brothers, take care of my mother, wait for the iron ox to find water." ”

Cao Cao said: "Don't worry, I heard the sound of water over there." ”

When Li Kui heard it, it was really the sound of flowing water in the stream, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and he ran and jumped away for a while before disappearing.

Here Cao Cao and the two took care of Li Kui's old lady, and saw her sitting alone in the shadow of the tree, looking more and more thin and withered, so he said some good things to make her happy.

The old lady screamed and exclaimed: "This wind invades the bone marrow, but it is not a ghost!" ”

Luan Tingyu and Cao Cao glanced at each other, both clenched the whistle stick in their hands, one left and one right to protect the old lady in the middle, Cao Cao comforted: "Don't be surprised, let us be a good man with heavy yang energy, and ghosts will not dare to invade." ”

Luan Tingyu said in a low voice: "Brother, be careful, this wind is coming strangely. ”

The two of them were on guard, and suddenly the landslide cracked and roared, and the souls of the two of them were shaken, and they looked at it in horror, but on a rock not far away, a white-fronted giant tiger stood proudly!

The tiger was huge, and Cao Cao had hunted many tigers in his previous life, and he had never seen such a big one.

At this moment, looking at the three of them condescendingly, the tiger's eyes flashed with clear blue light, and there was a waning moon behind him, and the moonlight was not as white as plain jade, but faintly red, and it became more and more inexplicable that the giant tiger was inexplicable.

What a heroic man is Luan Tingyu? At this moment, I couldn't help but feel sore in my legs and stomach, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother, how can there be such a big tiger?" Didn't you become a fine mountain king? ”

Mrs. Li Kui exclaimed: "What is it? Is it a big bug? ”

Cao Cao was also secretly frightened, thinking that without a strong bow and no steel fork, how could these two whistle sticks fight fiercely? Even my Erlang has the reputation of killing tigers with his bare hands, and he also told me privately that it was a fluke.

He also comforted Li Kui's mother and said: "Don't be afraid, the old lady is a half-grown tiger boy, when Brother Luan and I skin him and make you a mattress, it will not be cold in winter." ”

I don't know if the tiger has really cultivated into a monster, can understand human language, Lao Cao just wanted to use it as a mattress, the tiger roared, the body was slightly lowered, snorted, resisted a strange wind, jumped straight down from the rock, away from the three people, but two or three zhang away, the huge mouth opened slightly, revealing more than two inches long fangs.

As they got closer, they saw more and more that the tiger had a strong body, strong bones, the tiger's claws were the size of a human face, its four legs were thick and powerful, a tail was like a steel whip, the tiger's whiskers were like halberds, and his eyes burst out with endless ferocity.

Cao Cao gasped and said, "Brother, this must be a fierce tiger who has eaten human flesh, so he is not afraid of people." But my brothers are not tigers walking in the world? Don't be afraid of him. ”

When Cao Cao spoke, he stared at the tiger without turning his eyes, thinking that if it pounced, if I didn't get out of the way, it would be a death, if I let go, Li Kui's old lady would suffer immediately, and it would be good to draw its attention.

As soon as he gritted his teeth, he suddenly danced a stick flower and jumped a step forward, the tiger was slightly startled, and took two steps back, Cao Cao took the opportunity to look at the stab and jumped, and the tiger also turned around.

Cao Cao saw that the tiger no longer paid attention to Li Kui's old lady, and was slightly relieved, and said in his heart: "Instead of waiting for it to pounce, it is better for me to fight first!" ”

He opened his chest at this moment, without the slightest fear, whistled, kicked a stone, kicked an egg-sized stone to the tiger's face, the tiger instinctively forced his head to the side, Cao Cao took advantage of the situation to charge, lifted the strength of his body, shouted violently, and smashed down with both hands with the whistle stick, which had a hole in one end, and let out a sharp and piercing roar.

There are teachings: Yizhou tigers are as big as demons, and Yanggu heroes are not tall. When they meet on a narrow road, they strike first, and the wind blows into the sky.