Liu Yi and a few friends walked back to the house after separating at the end of the village, outside the door of the house, he gently pushed the door open a small crack, carefully put half of his head in, looked inside, looked left and right, made sure that no one was in the yard, and then tiptoed in.

Seeing that his mother was not in the yard, Liu Yi thought to himself: "Mother is probably in the house," he tiptoed through the courtyard and into his bedroom, and Liu Yi walked to his bedside.

There was a small wooden cabinet next to the bed, he opened the drawers on the cabinet, and there were a few small wooden whistles in the drawers, which were small toys he made when he was playing with a few friends, and he picked up four small whistles, and he closed the drawers and walked out of the bedroom.

Closing the bedroom door, he looked around again to make sure that there was no one, he walked to the door of the firewood room again, pushed the door open, and walked into the firewood room.

Liu Yi walked to the right side of the wall, there was a hemp rope about two zhang long hanging on the wall, Liu Yi stood on tiptoe and took down the hemp rope and wrapped it around his shoulder, walked out of the firewood room and walked to the courtyard to see that there was still no one, so he quickly walked out of the house to the foot of the mountain behind the village.

Liu Yi walked cautiously for fear of being discovered by other adults, and it was really strange that he was now wrapped with a rope.

I came to the foot of the mountain with fear, and the iron pillar Haowei Zhenghao was already ready there, only to see Zhao Tiezhu using a sack to fill some meat, Wu Haowei holding a few fire folds in his hands, and Zhong Zhenghao holding a few knives with rough workmanship.

Liu Yi said: "Okay, let's leave when we are ready." ”

"Where is the cave we're looking for?" asked Tie Zhu, clasping his head.

...... For a moment, everyone fell silent.

A few people didn't even know where that place was, and the problem of the iron pillar was like a basin of cold water poured on Liu Yi and the others.

Liu Yi pondered and said: "The caves should be in the deepest part of the woods near the mountain, I heard the adults say that because there are strange screams inside, there are no wild beasts around that dare to approach, so we will go to the depths of the woods to find out." ”

Wu Haowei said, "Okay, then let's go," and a group of young teenagers began their adventure.

In the depths of the woods, the trees are thick and prosperous, and when you look up, you can't see the sky with only dense foliage.

A few teenagers walked slowly, "We've been walking for half an hour, where is the cave," said the little fat man, Iron Pillar, gasping for breath.

Liu Yi wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "It looks like it's almost the end, let's go back if we don't go to the end of this depth." ”

The men had no choice but to keep walking, and as they went deeper and deeper into the jungle, the trees became scarce, and the grass on the ground thinned out, and they came to a clearing.

Liu Yi said: "I think we have arrived," in front of him is a messy pile of stones, and there is a dark deep mouth more than a foot high behind it, which should be the cave that the village said will make strange noises.

The group stopped, Liu Yi found a stone at random and sat down, and then said, "Let's rest for a while and get ready to go in." ”

Tie Zhu was a little timid, and said in a trembling voice: "It looks scary here, or let's go back." ”

Wu Haowei looked at Tiezhu and said: "Tiezhu, you have grown so much meat for nothing, how can you go back without harvesting when you are so young." ”

Liu Yi looked at the timid iron pillar and said: "Don't worry, let's not go too deep, first slowly explore the way in the cave and leave immediately if you encounter danger, Zhenghao, you send the knife to everyone." ”

Zhenghao took out four knives from the cloth bag and gave them to a few people, Liu Yi took out a few small whistles from his pocket and handed them to everyone and said: "I don't know the situation inside, just in case, everyone takes it well, so let's go in." ”

After Liu Yi finished speaking, everyone walked into the cave together, they entered the cave, Wu Haowei lit the fire fold, took it in his hand, and walked in front, Liu Yi and the others followed.

Zhenghao looked around and said strangely, "Why didn't you hear the strange sound they said in the cave." ”

The faint light of the fire in Wu Haowei's hand illuminated the uneven mountain wall, and except for a few small insects crawling in the corner, a few people did not see any other living creatures.

Liu Yi looked at the other people and said, "Let's continue to walk inside, Wu Haowei, let's continue to walk." ”

Wu Haowei continued to walk forward, and a few people had just taken two steps, and a voice came from the cave, "Who is here to report your name?" This voice sounded like an old man and was very weak.

Liu Yi and the others were all frightened by this sudden voice, and Tie Zhu trembled and said, "Yes... Someone!"

Liu Yi's expression was also panicked, and he hurriedly said, "Let's run, tell the adults in the village," After speaking, a few people were ready to run with their legs open.

"If you come, don't be in a hurry to leave, the old man needs to help a few of you come over and talk," the voice sounded again.

Liu Yi and the others stopped, "What should I do, he let us pass?" Wu Haowei looked at everyone and asked,

Liu Yi thought about it and said, "Don't listen to him, what to do if there is danger after entering." ”

"Don't be in a hurry to leave, the old man really needs your help, I'll let Xiao Hei bring you over. ”

After listening to this, Liu Yi and the others couldn't help but have questions in their minds: "Xiao Hei?"

Before Liu Yi and the others came back to their senses, a dull footstep sounded, boom. Boom.. The dull sound of footsteps echoed through the cave, and it seemed that the cave was shaking because of the owner of the footsteps.

Liu Yi and the others suddenly panicked, what was it that had such a loud footsteps?

The footsteps gradually approached, standing in front of Liu Yi and the others, Liu Yi looked at the creature in front of him, his eyes flashed with fear, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to move.

In front of them was a tall black bear, and a few people thought to themselves that this was Xiao Hei?

Liu Yi and the others were still frightened, and the black bear, which was three people tall for Liu Yi, opened its huge mouth and let out a deafening roar.

Liu Yi and the others had to cover their ears to mitigate the damage caused by the roar that shook the mountains.

"Xiao Hei Mo wants to scare them, just bring them over," the old man's voice sounded again, and the black bear instantly quieted down, closed his mouth, turned around, turned his head and glanced at Liu Yi and the others with big eyes, and walked straight inside.

Looking at the back of the black bear, Wu Haowei said, "What should we do if we run or go in?"

"Did you run over the big black bear? Let's go in and have a look, the man doesn't seem to have any ill intentions. ”

Liu Yi followed after speaking. The others looked at each other and followed Liu Yi inside.

The further they went, the more cold and silent it became, only the sound of their footsteps echoed in the cave, and after walking for a while, a glimmer of light came out in front of them, and seeing the bright light meant that the front should be the owner of the voice.

Liu Yi and the others quickened their pace and followed the black bear, but they didn't dare to get too close, and the oppression of the black bear still made them feel afraid.

The more they walked in, the brighter the light grew until they walked into a spacious place where the source of the light came from.

I saw an old man sitting cross-legged on the open ground with his eyes closed, breathing, the old man was dressed in snow-white clothes, his hair and beard were snow-white, like an immortal.

An oil lamp burned unusually brightly beside him, unlike the oil lamp in Liu Yi's house, and the light of this oil lamp was not a trace of drowsiness.

The black bear walked up to the old man and sat down, cleaning his paws with his tongue.

The old man slowly opened his eyes and looked at Liu Yi and the others, and sighed in his heart: "I didn't expect it to be a few little dolls, so I just rely on you to help the old man." ”

Thinking in his heart, the old man opened his mouth and said to Liu Yi and the others: "The old man Skylark can't walk here for some reasons, and he can't get out of this cave, so he needs the help of a few of your little dolls to find something, Xiao Hei is a black bear that I trained in this mountain and will not hurt people, let it go with you to the outside of the cave to find a fist-sized cloth bag with the word finch printed on it and return to the cave and hand it to me, and the old man will give you some reward." ”

Liu Yi and the others looked at each other after hearing this, and they didn't know what to do, the old man touched his slender white beard and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the old man won't harm you, and will give you a rich reward, Xiao Hei, you take them with you, Xiao Hei can protect you from the invasion of wild beasts, but it's a pity that Xiao Hei's intelligence is low and he can't distinguish things, otherwise he wouldn't have to ask a few of your children to help." ”

After saying that, the old man sighed, if he could let the black bear find his things, he would have been able to go out a long time ago.

After Liu Yi and the others heard the old man finish speaking, Liu Yi's eyes rolled and asked, "You have to ensure that the big black bear doesn't hurt us." ”

"You can rest assured," said the big black bear, standing up, and already walking towards the exit of the cave.

Liu Yi and the others looked at it, and the old man also followed.

"I'm afraid that group of people will catch up sooner or later, I hope a few children can find the healing pill in my cloth bag as soon as possible," the old man couldn't help but be a little worried when he looked at the backs of Liu Yi and the others.

Walking in and walking out again, Liu Yi and the others were not so afraid, and followed the big black bear out of the cave, but the forest is so big, how to find a small cloth bag, several people have no clue.

Suddenly, Tie Zhu clapped his hands and said: "When we came, I seemed to see something similar to a cloth bag, but it was stained with mud and I couldn't see clearly, and I was a little hungry and I forgot what delicious food I made when I went back," Tie Zhu said and patted his belly, as if he was already a little hungry.

"............" Liu Yi and the others looked at the iron pillar and felt a little speechless.

Liu Yi said: "Since you know where the iron pillar is, you take us over to find that thing, give it to the old man, and then we should hurry back to the village, don't let the adults find out that we have secretly come here, otherwise we will be taught a lesson." ”

Everyone else agreed, after all, they were not very old, and it was not safe for wild beasts to be infested on the mountain, and a few little dolls would inevitably suffer a lesson when they came out on their own.

Tie Zhu relied on his memories to take a few people to find the cloth bag, and there was a bear by his side as a bodyguard, this combination was very strange.

It was not far from the place where the iron pillar said, and they could not walk for a moment on the way to the cave, and because of the tall and dense grass, a small cloth bag could not attract people's attention.

If it weren't for the iron pillar that stumbled upon it, the group would really be looking for a needle in a haystack, and a few people followed the iron pillar to find the root of a big tree, and in the corner where the roots forked, several people searched for it.

After searching for a while, he said, "Found it," he reached out and picked up the cloth bag that was covered by dirt.

The palm-sized sack is made of linen and has no ornate decorations, and the finch character imprint on the bag is sewn with white lines.

Tie Zhu took the cloth bag and flipped it left and right, and he couldn't see that it was famous, and he shook it in his ear and there was no sound.

"Why don't we take it apart and see what's inside, if it's delicious," Iron Pillar said, staring at the bag.

The mouth of the cloth bag is threaded with a rope, and it can be tightened as soon as it is pulled and pulled, which is the most common style, Liu Yi did not respond or refute, obviously he was also extremely curious about what was in it, so that the old man in the cave was willing to pay for them to find it back.

So Tie Zhu grabbed the mouth of the bag with both hands and gently pulled it, intending to open it, but the bag did not move.

Tie Zhu couldn't help but be a little puzzled, and increased his strength a little, but he couldn't open it, "What if I can't open it," Tie Zhu looked at the others and asked.

Wu Haowei said: "Let's take it back to the old man quickly," it is not good to look at other people's things, so a few people picked up the cloth bag and returned to the direction of the cave, and returned to the cave the same way, the old man still sat in place to meditate and breathe, and the black bear came to the old man and sat down.

The old man opened his eyes and looked at Liu Yi and the others and said, "Did you find my things?"

Tie Zhu picked up the cloth bag and walked to the old man, handed it to the old man and said, "Give it to your uncle, we can go,"

The old man took the cloth bag and looked at it to make sure that it was his own, and opened it with a slight pull, he took out a black pill and stuffed it into his mouth, and swallowed it with a movement in his throat.

Liu Yi and the others were stunned when they saw the old man casually open the cloth bag, and several of them tried but couldn't open it.

Tie Zhu asked in surprise: "Why can't I pull the old man open no matter how hard I try." ”

The old man smiled and said nothing, put the cloth bag into his cuffs, and took out a few pieces of precipitated silver, each of which weighed fifty taels.

The old man gave each of them a piece of silver, and said, "These taels of silver should be your reward." ”

Liu Yi and the others took the silver taels and were speechless happily, the silver taels precipitated in their hands were comparable to their family's income for more than ten years.

Several people's crisp voices said in unison: "Thank you, uncle." ”

The old man said, "You can go home, but be careful, don't let the beast get hurt." ”

Liu Yi danced the knife in his hand and said to the old man: "Don't worry, uncle, my father is a famous hunter in the village, and I also have some skills." ”

The old man touched his white beard and smiled, "Okay, you guys, I won't send you." Liu Yi said goodbye to the old man and walked slowly to the outside of the cave.

"I'm going to step up my pranayama, this healing pill can only heal fifty percent of my injuries, and I don't know where those black-clothed people came from, so they suddenly came out to besiege me, fortunately, the old man has some life-saving means, otherwise he will inevitably die," the old man thought in his heart and stepped up his pranayama and recovery.