"Is it the border of Xuzhou ahead?"

"How do you know?"

"There's a boundary marker there."

"Boundary Monument?"

The three-flowered cat probed its head and looked ahead, then trotted and ran to the visible end of the bluestone road, stopped in front of the boundary monument, raised its head and looked up and down, and then ran back and said:

"There is indeed a monument."

Song You looked at her and then at the front.

"Next time I will rest somewhere, when I have free time, I will teach Sanhua Niangniang to read and write."

"Why do you need to read?"

"You can read only if you know how to read."

"Why study?"

"Books are the ladder of human progress."

"What about the cat?"

"It's also a ladder for cats to progress."

"Why?"

"Because it embodies the wisdom of the predecessors."

"What wisdom?"

"If you don't learn, forget it......"

Song You's expression was still indifferent.

If you get closer, you can see the words on the stone tablet clearly.

Facing him, this side is engraved with three big characters of "Yizhou boundary", and there are small characters on the left and right, engraved with the county boundary and the year of the monument. Walking through this boundary monument, the other side is engraved with the "Xuzhou boundary", and the same format on the left and right is engraved with the county and the year of the monument, which was erected when the dynasty was founded.

In the spring of the second year of Mingde, Song traveled to Xuzhou.

Oh, and the three flower girls and the jujube red horse.

Song You felt that it was memorable.

But there was no need to stay here for long, so after a short pause, some dry food and a little water, he continued on his way.

"We don't have much to eat."

"There was food everywhere."

"I don't have much to eat."

"Sanhua Niangniang catches insects for you to eat."

"I don't eat bugs."

"It's delicious."

"No need."

"Then catch a mouse for you."

"I got it."

"Then catch a bird for you."

"We should find a village or market town and see if we can buy something that is easy to carry." Song You looked ahead, only to see the blue clouds, yellow grass, undulating mountains, and no shadow of the village, only the gray that couldn't tell whether it was smoke or fog stopped at the end of the sight, "It just so happens that we also have to find someone to ask how to get there." ”

"The old man told you how to get there."

"Where's that clear? Still have to find someone to ask. ”

"You're not smart."

"Sanhua Niangniang is smart, Sanhua Niangniang said how to go."

"Sanhua Niangniang followed her."

A man, a cat, and a horse walked for a while, and finally saw a village, which seemed to be quite popular.

There is a bluestone on the side of the road, with the word Liujia Village written on it.

Look at this village, backed by deep mountains, mountain springs converge into streams, meandering through, the stream side of the fertile fields into patches, fertile soil thousands of hectares, is a good place, not far from the road, no wonder so prosperous.

Song You got off the road and led the horse forward.

When he was about to approach the village, he saw a group of men walking out with knives and sticks, and hurried out to the main road outside.

Seeing Song You and his party, they couldn't help but stop.

An older man walked out, looked at Song You a few times, and was a little impatient between his eyebrows:

"Little sir, are you going to my village?"

"In the Lower Song Dynasty, it is a trip to Fangshan people, passing through Guidi, just after the dry food is exhausted, I want to go to Guibao to buy some easy-to-carry dry food, by the way ask for directions." Song You greeted them curiously, "I don't know why the princes are walking out with knives and sticks like this?" ”

"Oh, little sir, you better not go for now." The old man held a sickle, "In the past few days, there has been a big bug in our village, and it has come down from the mountain behind, and it is still in the village, and we are about to go to the county to ask someone to kill it." It's not that our Liujia Village won't entertain guests, if you come a few days earlier, a few days later, it's not impossible for the old man to ask the master to give you some food money, if there is no such thing, the master family is going to have a big birthday the day after tomorrow, and he has to leave Mr. to eat and drink for a few days, but now it is not good. ”

"Oh? But the mountain tiger is a refinement? ”

"It's not like it's a good thing, but that thing is also very cunning, and he runs away as soon as there are too many people." The old man said, "Little sir, if you want to stop by the way, you can go to the county in half a day." ”

"Does that mountain tiger eat people?"

"Not yet, just some livestock."

It was only early spring, and the old man was already sweating: "Sir, don't go in, I'm afraid of hurting my life, so many of us can't help it, so we have to go to the county to report to the official and invite a special person to come." ”

"Listen to what the old man said, I can try to drive it back to the mountains to save you some effort and money."

"You? How to drive away? ”

"There is a way in the lower thin."

The old man suddenly turned his head and looked at the person behind him.

"Are you sure, sir?"

"Try it."

"How are we going to do that, sir?"

"Just take me there."

"I don't know how much money Mr. receives?"

"Don't take a penny, just give some food that is easy to carry."

A group of people looked at each other again.

"Good!"

Although he only led the way, the old man did not dare to despise it, but still took all the people, took the knife and stick in his hand, and walked forward nervously.

While walking, he lobbied with Song.

Although this Liujia village is next to the deep mountains, but the fierce beasts in the mountains will avoid people, rarely go down the mountain, but there are often wild boars down to spoil the crops, recently maybe it is just spring, the animals in the mountains are dormant, this tiger can not catch prey for a while, and somehow know the village under the mountain, so go down the mountain to visit, for the time being has not hurt people, only bite some chickens and ducks, pigs and sheep to eat.

The villagers were frightened, led by the big households, organized the young and strong, and set traps, but to no avail, and only today went to the county to report to the officials to find someone.

All the way by, I saw that the doors of every house were closed.

A group of people circled around and stopped outside a house in the village.

Someone pointed to Song You ahead.

The sound is extremely low:

"Right there."

Song You looked along and saw a yellow and black patch exposed in a circle of sheds, and if you looked closely, she was still moving, only this piece of fur had already shown the size of the other party.

"Stand back, stay farther away, don't be alarmed."

Hearing this, everyone hurriedly retreated.

Song You looked down at the cat beside him again.

"Is Sanhua Niangniang going too?"

"To ...... Going to ......"

"That's a tiger."

"No...... Not afraid ......"

"Don't stutter."

"You heard ...... wrong"

"Then let's go."

Song You only stepped forward, and his pace remained calm.

His gaze gradually passed to the foot of the wall, and the body of this colorful tiger also appeared in front of Song You's eyes.

He has also seen tigers behind Yinyang Mountain, and he has also seen tiger spirits with Taoism, the tiger in Yizhou is average, the tiger in front of him looks the same species as the tiger in Yizhou, but it is bigger, its fur is like a good brand new satin, reflecting the light in the sun, no matter how exquisite the artistic fabric can not reach this realm.

It was lying on its stomach and was eating a pig, almost halfway there.

At the same time, the tiger also spotted him, and immediately stopped his mouth movements, and turned his head to stare at him tightly.

A mouth full of blood, and the eyes were terrifying.

Stick out your tongue and lick your mouth again, revealing the barbs on your tongue and fangs longer than your fingers.

If there were many people coming, it was afraid that it would have run away a long time ago, and now it only saw one person, a kitten, and its eyes were still full of vigilance, only looking them up and down, and occasionally flashing a few times, as if thinking, there was no lack of calmness in vigilance.

This shows that it is smart.

Song You often sees a similar look on Sanhua Niangniang's face, even when she turns into a cat, through the thoughts in her eyes, you can see at a glance that she is extraordinary.

So when the tiger in the mountains was vigilant and investigating, when a group of people behind him were nervous and worried, they saw Song You raise his hand and give Shi Ran a salute:

"I've seen Shanjun."

"Roar!"

Startled by his movements, the tiger stood up and continued to stare at him.

The people behind him were also stunned for a moment.

The three-flowered cat was a few steps away from him, staring at the behemoth with wide eyes, but fortunately it did not tremble.

Just listen to the voice of this young Taoist.

"Shanjun doesn't need to be afraid, under the surname Song Mingyou word dream, is a mountain man in Lingquan County, Yizhou, traveling through here, want to buy some food, accidentally met the people in the village went out to ask for help, I heard that Shanjun and the people in this village had a conflict, specially to persuade him."

The wild tiger in the mountains didn't understand human language, but after listening to Song You's words, for some reason, the vigilance in his eyes gradually retracted, turned to thinking, and then to doubt.

The villagers behind him were almost stunned.

From their point of view, they could not see the tiger in the pigsty, but only the young Taoist who was saluting and talking to the tiger, and they were surprised, ridiculous, and frightened for a while.

The tiger has not become a refiner, how can he understand human speech?

Where is the reason to talk to a tiger?

"I look at the back of this village, the mountains are thousands of miles, the mountain king is not hunting in the mountains, he is free, why do you go down the mountain to hunt livestock?"

"Roaring ......"

The roar of the tiger scared the villagers half to death.

I'm afraid that the tiger behind the wall will rush out in the next second and knock this person to the ground.

But I saw this man shaking his head and saying:

"It's not a good idea."

Song You looked down at the half pig under him.

The pigs here are mainly small black pigs, not big, with the appetite of this tiger, I am afraid that it can eat one in two meals, so down, no matter how rich Zhuangzi is, it can't withstand its toss.

"The mountain monarch has a great appetite, and this village alone can't afford the amount of food that the mountain monarch can eat. And man has to live. Song You shook his head and said, "When I went down before, the farmers in this village were already preparing to go to the county to invite someone to hunt the mountain monarch, no matter how powerful the mountain monarch was, he would not be able to defeat the human race after all. ”

The tiger stared at him, but did not speak.

"I have a lot of wisdom in Guanshanjun, and I may not be able to open my wisdom and become a demon in the future, and now Shanjun has eaten a lot of livestock, so I should go back early, don't make mistakes." Song You said, "Don't cross the line again in the future, the mountain is your hunting ground, and the bottom of the mountain, especially where the road goes, is the world of human beings." ”

“……”

The tiger's eyes glistened and he fell into thought.

I saw it change its gaze, sometimes looking at Song You, sometimes looking at the cat behind Song You, sometimes looking at the half pig under it, after a while, the paw really let go of the half pig, and walked a few steps to the side before bowing its head to Song You and thanking him.

Song You also hurriedly returned the salute.

Then something happened that made the villagers dumbfounded, and the evil tiger actually crossed the village road and ran all the way up the mountain.

When they came back to their senses, the little gentleman they met on the road had already come to them.

"It won't go down again."

"Thank you, sir!"

It was the old man who reacted the fastest, saluted Song You, and hurriedly said, "Sir, please come here!" The old man first went to report to the main family, these two days are the birthday of the main family, because of this evil tiger chaos, I don't know if I can still celebrate on time, now Mr. drove away the evil tiger, it is my honored guest in Liujia Village, and please stay in the village for a few more days, let me wait for a good reception! ”

"No need, just give me some food."

"Sir, don't excuse me! If I let my husband go like this, my master will definitely blame! The old man said, "Sir, please rest assured, there will be good food and drink to entertain Mr., if the birthday is held smoothly in two days, there will be a singing team!" It's very lively! ”

Song You really can't shirk it.