The sun is scorching.

The atmosphere is arid.

Standing in the sun for a little longer, you have a feeling that you are about to be steamed.

It hasn't rained in days.

The crops in Lijia Village are wilting.

Li Jincheng, wearing a square scarf and a cloth coat, stood next to the rice field and held up a rice leaf to watch.

Seeing the yellowed and dry parts of the leaves, he and several villagers behind him all had sad faces.

The day of payment of taxes is approaching, and if this harvest is lost again, even if they have the money to make up the land tax and the ding tax, they will not be able to afford to be exempted from forced labor.

The officials of this era will not act according to the rules.

If you can't pay the money, the time you will serve will probably change from a month to a few months.

If you don't work in the fields for a few months, you can only rely on the old and weak women and children at home.

If there is another lapse in the coming year, it will become an endless loop.

Debt is getting heavier.

How are you going to live this day?

They either sold their fields, or sent their children to Xiucai or large families to be tenants and slaves. No, it's just a monk, a Taoist priest or something. Otherwise, there really is no way out.

Li Jincheng is the township tribute of Lijia Village.

Over the years, the tuition and food have been provided by Lijia Village with the strength of the whole village.

Everyone just hopes that one day in the future, Li Jincheng will be able to pass the examination, and then the people in the village will transfer the land to his name and exempt him from paying taxes.

It's a pity that Li Jin fell off the list when he became an adult.

However, apart from his own guilt and self-blame, the villagers did not blame him, and even asked him about everything.

Because there is only one scholar in the entire Lijia Village.

"Jincheng, Jincheng, you say, what should we do?" The village chief asked Li Jincheng with a sad face. A few villagers and elders next to him.

Li Jincheng's face was also ugly: "In a few days, I will prepare some gifts and go to the county mansion to see if he can help us say a few good words in front of the county magistrate, let's be accommodating......"

If you want to be eligible to participate in the children's exam, a countryman with no background like Li Jincheng can only rely on the nod of the county.

Over the years, Li Jincheng has given a lot of gifts, so he can say a few words.

But with his identity, if he wants to climb to the magistrate, it is absolutely impossible.

After hearing this, the village chief's wrinkled and sad face finally looked a little better: "Then it's up to you to get in, and I'll gather all the villagers to prepare gifts for you later." ”

At this moment, a ragged hunter ran out of the mountain forest: "Oh no! Oh no! Big things are not good!! There are youkai in the mountains! Cuihua and her sister Yang Yang have been caught by monsters on the mountain!! ”

Orion shouted as he ran.

During this period, he fell several times, and he didn't care about the injury, so he immediately got up and ran again.

The villagers who were busy with their work, heard the movement here, and went to Li Jincheng here one by one.

The more people gathered to watch the excitement.

It didn't take long for Orion to run in front of Li Jincheng and the others, out of breath.

The village chief saw that Orion was so flustered, and he was also anxious: "What the hell is going on?" ”

Orion gasped and said word by word: "The three yellow tigers, white deer, and black sheep in the mountains who often mix together are all ...... It's all good!! Cuihua and her sister have been caught! ”

As soon as the words fell.

The villagers were in an uproar!

These three yellow tigers, white deer, and black sheep who often stay together, are almost unknown to everyone in Lijia Village.

A few years ago, some hunters saw young yellow tigers and young black sheep growing up with the little white deer and drinking the milk of the doe.

This kind of anecdote naturally spread throughout Lijia Village very quickly.

What everyone didn't expect was that the protagonist of their interesting story after tea and dinner would now become a monster!

You must know that since they were young, they have been instilled by relatives and friends, officials, Taoist chiefs, monks, and various myths and stories that youkai are the representatives of 'bad and evil'.

Now that the monsters are so close to them, how can they not be nervous and afraid?

At this time, a young woman squeezed out of the crowd, her steps were floating, and she had to be helped by someone to squeeze out: "Cuihua ~ Yang Yang ~ What's wrong with my two daughters?" ”

Everyone looked at Orion in unison: "She...... The two of them were caught by the tiger demon and went up the mountain......"

When the young woman heard this, she almost fainted.

Or did Li Jincheng capture the point: "You mean to say that the tiger demon just caught them and didn't hurt them yet?" ”

The young woman instantly had a little more energy.

Orion nodded, and shook his head.

"Say it quickly! What the hell is going on? ”

"People aren't dead, but I guess they're going soon. I saw Yang Yang crying and escaping from the cave, crying so desolate! However, she was soon caught back by the tiger demon viciously. I'm afraid those monsters are going to attack them. Fortunately, I reacted quickly and hid, otherwise I probably wouldn't have come back. ”

After Orion finished speaking, he was still scared for a while.

From his performance, you can see how terrifying the situation was at that time.

How terrifying the tiger demon is.

The villagers were in an uproar again.

Three aunts and six women, seven mouths and eight tongues.

"Hey~ It's pitiful, Yang Yang is only three years old, so he has no ......"

"And Cuihua, well-behaved and sensible...... Hey~"

"It's really a disaster, the man was arrested and sent to serve in the military, and there has been no news for a year, and now the two children are ...... again"

The young woman finally couldn't help crying and knelt down in front of Li Jincheng, holding his cloth clothes: "Jincheng! Progress! Please! You must find a way to save Cuihua and Yangyang! They're not dead yet! Please find a way to save them~Woowoo~"

Li Jincheng's mood is both complicated and heavy.

Over the years, the village has raised him, and he can't return to the village if he can't get into the show, and he blames himself very much.

Now the village is facing all kinds of desperate situations, and there is nothing he can do.

The guilt and shame that had been suppressed in my heart for a long time suddenly exploded completely at this moment!

He picked up the young woman and resolutely shouted to the villagers: "Listen, everyone! The Tiger Demon can capture Cuihua and Yang Yang today, and tomorrow it can capture anyone in our village! Instead of living in the shadow of the tiger demon for a long time, it is better to take advantage of the fact that they have just transformed now, and go up the mountain to fight with them!! If we win, we eat tiger meat and sell tiger skin! This year's taxes, the whole village no longer has to worry! If you lose, you will be a good man again after 18 years! ”

After hearing this, the more the villagers discussed, the more they felt that it made sense.

The fire in my heart is getting more and more vigorous!

I don't know who took the lead and said: "Kill the tiger demon...... Kill the Tiger Demon! ”

The momentum of the villagers was ignited in an instant.

"Kill the Tiger Demon!"

"Kill the Tiger Demon! Kill the Tiger Demon! ”

Li Jincheng raised his hand, and the villagers all quieted down: "Listen, everyone! Now all the prime-aged go home and get the tools, and come back here to gather! Let's go up the mountain today and kill the tiger demon! ”

The villagers responded one after another, and then left in a menacing manner.

At this time, the village chief anxiously pulled Li Jincheng's arm: "Oops, Jincheng!" You can't go! You are the hope of our Lijia Village, what should you do if something happens to you? ”

Li Jincheng arched his hand to the sky: "Village chief, the so-called Kong said Chengren, Meng said righteousness!" Everyone has taken care of me for so many years. How could I, Li Jincheng, choose to retreat when the village was in crisis! ”

The village chief wanted to say something, but Li Jincheng interrupted: "Village chief, you don't need to persuade anymore!" I've made up my mind! ”

It wasn't long before the villagers returned with hoes and forks and all kinds of farming tools.

Li Jincheng led a group of young people up the mountain with high spirits.

"Kill the Tiger Demon!"

"Kill the Tiger Demon!"

"Kill the Tiger Demon!"

……

Meanwhile.

Deep in the mountains and old forests, a cave in the middle of the mountain.

Zhao Lei, who was wearing a tiger-headed body, sneezed: "Hello! Who's talking about me? ”

And the little girl kneeling in front of him, short in stature, and the tears have not stopped, is Yang Yang.

"What are you seeing?! Why are you so stupid? I haven't learned it for so long! Follow me and keep reading! At the beginning of man, nature is good. ”

"Human nature is inherently good......