19. What about treetop swallows

Wang Xue followed Wu Tian back to his residence. Everyone tossed all night, and at this time it was dawn, and Li Hao and others were tired, so they went back to the house and fell asleep. Wang Xue was also very tired, but she was worried about her mother, and she didn't want to go back to the house, so she walked to the big pine tree in the backyard and sat down.

Suddenly, I heard a noise in the tree, and looked up, only to see three petite milk swallows flying out of the swallow's nest on the treetops. The swallow chirped on the branches, spreading its wings and fluttering between the branches. Wang Xue looked at the milk swallow, and thought in her heart: "It's so cute!" Two big swallows flew out of the nest, flying around the pine tree, squeaking in a panic, as if worried that the milk swallow would stumble and fall down the tree. The three milk swallows ignored the big swallows and played freely among the branches.

Wang Xue felt that this swallow family was very interesting, and she was stunned. Suddenly, I saw a milk swallow slowly walking towards the edge of the wooden pestle, and jumped towards a dwarf poplar tree opposite. Although the two big swallows were in a hurry, Wang Xue was also surprised in her eyes, and thought: "Although the big pine tree and the dwarf poplar tree are only a few feet apart, but this is high and the other is low, not only dozens of feet away, even if it is a wild cat and squirrel, it may not be able to jump down unscathed.

The little milk swallow spread its wings and leaped forward, and with Wang Xue's exclamation, its small body fell rapidly. Seeing that the momentum was not right, the swallow waved its wings desperately, and the momentum of its fall suddenly slowed down, and it was possible to land on the top of the poplar tree without hindrance. Wang Xueden breathed a sigh of relief, unaware that beads of sweat were rolling down nervously. When the swallow was less than three feet away from the top of the poplar tree, its body suddenly stopped in mid-air and gradually rose. The faster the bird's wings flap, the faster the body rises, and when it rises to a high place, the swallow no longer flapps its wings, but just flies slowly with the wind towards Raoshu. The other two swallows learned to fly among the branches of the tree, and soon became familiar with the art of flying, flying leisurely in the air, shouting excitedly.

When Wang Xue was practicing in the courtyard, she had fed the two big swallows water snacks many times, and when she saw that the three milk swallows could fly, she was also happy for them. I saw the three milk swallows fly to the poplar tree opposite, chirping, and then flew to a big banyan tree in the distance, and flew to a pine tree farther away, and gradually disappeared. The two big swallows shouted loudly, but the three milk swallows did not return home. Wang Xue looked at the swallow, and suddenly remembered a few lines of poetry that her mother taught her to read when she was a child, and couldn't help muttering: "Once the wings are formed, lead to the branches of the garden tree." Raise your wings and don't look back, and fly with the wind. Male and female chirped in the air, and the sound was not returned. But into the empty nest, chirping all night sad. ”

The poem "Yan Poems Showing Liu Sue" is a masterpiece by the Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi, which is intended to satirize those who live alone despite the pain of their parents, and also emphasizes that if you want your children to be filial, you should first take the lead in filial piety to your parents. Wang Xue has memorized this five-word poem since childhood, and when she recited it at this time, she couldn't help but feel sad in her heart, and suddenly felt that she was the unfilial milk swallow, allowing her mother to live a hungry and full life like a beast in the mountains and forests, and she didn't even know where her mother was at this time. When I looked up, I saw that the two big swallows had flown back to the nest, and they were depressed. Wang Xueden mourned and said in her heart: "I just don't want my life, I want to find my mother." He turned around and was about to go back to the mountain to look for his mother, but he saw Liu Yue standing at the gate of the courtyard, looking at him with a blank face.

Wang Xue didn't know how long Liu Yue had been standing there, so she only walked up to him and said softly, "Senior brother." Liu Yue took Wang Xue's hand and walked back to the courtyard and said, "Child, come here, I have something to say to you." Wang Xue was in a hurry to go out to find her mother, how could she have the heart to listen to Liu Yue's chat, and was about to excuse herself, but she heard Liu Yue say: "I want to send Bu Ziyi to Lihu Hall, what do you think?" Wang Xue was shocked and shouted: "Senior brother, don't be joking!" Liu Yueqi said: " Isn't this bad, the contradiction between Wang Liqiang and us, all because he can't get Bu Ziyi, so he is jealous, as long as we hand over Bu Ziyi to Wang Liqiang, from now on there will be nothing wrong between Habamen and Lihutang, and the estrangement between us and Wang Liqiang will naturally be eliminated, and everyone will turn enemies into friends, wouldn't it be good?" Wang Xue's face changed color, and he said angrily: "Lihutang bullies the market, Wang Liqiang does bad things, how can a person like him be worthy of Bu Ziyi?" Although Wang Xue is Wang Liqiang's own sister, she has not been by Wang Liqiang's side for many years, and she is annoyed that he poisoned his mother, so she has no good impression of this brother and feels disgusted. Liu Yue said: "Wang Liqiang is strong in martial arts, and he is the master of the hall, and he loves Bu Ziyi deeply, he will definitely be good to Bu Ziyi." Wang Xue was furious and reprimanded in a low voice: "What do you say about Bu Ziyi?" sighed, and said in a low voice: "Bu Ziyi doesn't love Wang Liqiang, we know this, senior brother, you go and ask her, she would rather die than marry him." You are only worried about the safety of yourself and Habamen, have you ever thought about Bu Ziyi, she doesn't want to live with Wang Liqiang, this is her decision, we should respect her!"

Wang Xue's last sentence was impassioned, which was really indefensible, I thought that Liu Yue would be angry immediately after hearing it, but Liu Yue was not only not angry, but smiled. Liu Yue said: "What you said is very good, and no matter what Wang Liqiang is, just because Bu Ziyi doesn't nod her head and agree, I can't send her to Lihu Hall, because she has the right to make decisions for herself, and we should respect her." Wang Xue nodded and said, "That's right!" Liu Yue said: "Then you, Wang Xue, your mother doesn't want to be by your side, this is her decision, why do you have to go to her regardless of your life?"

Wang Xue's heart froze, she didn't expect Liu Yue to suddenly lead the topic to her mother, thought sideways for a while, and said slowly: "My mother was poisoned, and she wouldn't be happy without me taking care of her." Liu Yue said: "Although your mother changed her temperament after being poisoned, she is not crazy or stupid, she will take care of herself, even if it is for you." After a pause, he said slowly: "She was captured by Lihutang and Liangshan Gang successively, and she grew wise after eating a trench, and it was not so easy for these wicked people to catch her." Besides, you can get her back immediately, and we can't make an antidote right away. She was sleeping in the mountains at this time, without being in the company of people, which was good for her and for us, although she was poisoned, she thought very clearly. This is her decision, you should respect her! After Bu Ziyi and Li Hao make an antidote, we will go to her again, and no matter what she plans to do, everyone will be able to discuss. ”

Although Wang Xue felt that what Liu Yue said was reasonable, but knowing that her mother was wandering alone in the mountains and forests, how could she ignore it? Unconsciously glanced at Liu Yue, her heart was shocked, and she immediately woke up: "Ah, yes, Senior Brother Liu never thought of sending Bu Ziyi to Lihutang, he mentioned this matter to me, but he was just throwing bricks and asking me to calm down, Senior Brother Liu is really well-intentioned." He thought again: "Senior Brother Liu's words are indeed reasonable, if I forcibly bring my mother back, it will only make her more miserable, and it may be better for her to stay in the mountains." ”

The two great swallows on the pine tree chirped several times and came out of the mountain to feed. Wang Xue looked at the two swallows and said in her heart: "I want to be like the three milk swallows, and be an unfilial daughter who ignores her parents." But I don't know that sometimes letting my parents go alone actually requires greater filial piety.

Liu Yue saw Wang Xue's frowns, knowing that she was preoccupied, thinking that if she went out for a walk, she might be in a better mood, so he pointed down the mountain and said, "There is a citrus tree on the mountainside, you can go and pick some for us to eat." ”

Wang Xue was slightly gentle, nodded and said, "I listen to you, senior brother." He picked up the bamboo basket under the wall, put it on his shoulder, and walked down the mountain.

In the afternoon, Li Hao and the others had rested properly, and Liu Yue summoned them to the backyard and instructed them to be cautious in their words and deeds, and not to mention her mother's affairs in front of Wang Xue at will, so as not to make her feel sad. This matter is related to the face of Wang Xue's mother and daughter, Li Hao and Zhang Guanhua agreed in unison, and Wu Tian also changed his usual hip-hop smile and even claimed that it was. Liu Yue instructed Bu Ziyi to make the antidote as soon as possible, and Bu Ziyi nodded in agreement.

At this moment, Wang Xue hurriedly ran back to the courtyard and shouted, "It's not good, senior brother, it's not good!" and put down the bamboo basket. Wu Tian saw that the citrus in the bamboo basket was green, small and few, obviously very sour, smiled slightly, and said: "Don't worry, Wang Xue, the citrus is not yet ripe, senior brother doesn't know, he wants you to go down the mountain to pick oranges, but he just wants you to go out for a walk, not really want to eat oranges." Wang Xue was in a hurry, and was too tired to speak at this time, just pointing to the bamboo basket and panting. Wu Tian smiled again: "It's okay, these oranges won't be wasted, I'll mash them into juice and fry them to eat." Wang Xue panted evenly, patted Wu Tian's head, and shouted: "What I want to say is not this, it is Lihutang!"

When everyone heard the word "Lihutang", their faces changed, and Liu Yue hurriedly asked the reason. Wang Xue said angrily: "I saw Wang Liqiang in the citrus forest, and he led dozens of disciples to search around the mountain, thinking that he was looking for our residence. Bu Ziyi smiled: "In this way, then I'll marry him, so that he won't embarrass you." Wang Xue said angrily: "I'm serious!"

Zhang Guanhua said: "Wang Xue, you don't have to be nervous. In the past year, the Liangshan Gang has searched the mountains many times, but none of them have found us. We didn't want to be disturbed, so we deliberately put our house under the cliff, and when the enemy stood at the bottom of the hill and saw that no one had lived on the top of the mountain, they would naturally not come up to search, and even if someone did come up to check it, they would have to pass through the woods. As he spoke, he pointed to the forest outside the courtyard. The woods outside the courtyard are very complex and lush, and the mountain road is tortuous and difficult to walk, except for Li Hao, Bu Ziyi and other people who go up the mountain to collect medicine all the year round, if others want to go through the woods, it is extremely difficult to do, and they will not think that there are people living behind the woods; Wang Xue came here for the first time, although there are Wu Tian, Li Hao and others to lead the way, but it is very difficult to walk through the forest, Lihutang and others do not have mountain people to lead the way, and they cannot find the residence of Wang Xue and others.

Wang Xue sighed: "The shape of this mountain is really ingenious, the peak of the mountain has sunk to the side, you can just build a house here, and the forest is very coincidental in front of the house, making a natural barrier for you." When you first chose the location of the terrain, you also put a lot of thought into it. Wu Tian smiled: "This is my idea, I chose this place in the first place." Bu Ziyi said: "I also have a reference for you!"

Wang Xue said again: "But this time, Wang Liqiang personally led people up the mountain, and many people also brought shovels and pickaxes, thinking that they were going to search for it greatly, then Wang Liqiang is different from the Liangshan Gang, he will never stop until he achieves his goal." When everyone heard this, their faces did not change, thinking that although this residence was secret, it was not impossible for outsiders to find it, so what kind of person Wang Liqiang was, it was difficult to say if he could really bring people here.

Wang Xue said thoughtfully: "With Wang Li's strong ability, after finding us, we will definitely be surrounded by water, no matter how powerful we are, I am afraid that we will not be able to defeat them." ”

Although Zhang Guanhua knew that what Wang Xue said was true, he didn't want to admit it, snorted, and said coldly: "Do you have anything more unlucky to say, or have you already finished speaking." Wang Xue said: "I saw in the orange grove that many of them also brought cooking oil torches, but I was afraid that they would not find us, so they would set fire to the mountain." Zhang Guanhua's face sank, turned his face to the side, and said, "When I didn't ask." ”

Li Hao sighed deeply and said, "Our residence is not safe, and we must repel the people of Lihu Hall." "But if you think there are dozens of them, and there are only a few on your side, let alone really repel them, they will come back in the future. But he heard Liu Yue say: "No, we just need to lure them away." Bozi Mountain is undulating, there are more than a dozen peaks large and small, you show them a trace, lead them to other peaks to search, and don't bother us again. Wang Xue laughed and said, "This method is good, it's best to teach Wang Liqiang a hard lesson and let him retreat." ”

Liu Yue said: "You guys go now, otherwise they won't be able to find us, and they may set fire to us at any time." You don't have to worry here, I'll stay and watch over you. Li Hao Buziyi got up and agreed. Liu Yue said again: "Remember, until the last resort, you must not use force with Wang Liqiang, his skills are too strong." Wang Xue and the others nodded in agreement, but they were all thinking in their hearts: "No matter how powerful Wang Li is, we may not lose him if we join forces." ”

Wang Liqiang led a group of people back and forth in the forest, only to find a few hunters who were chopping wood and hunting, and when they were caught and asked, no one knew Bu Ziyi. Wang Liqiang's face was angry, and he thought to himself that he had found the wrong mountain, and it was difficult to say that Li Hao and the others were no longer on this mountain. But he had always been hardened in his heart, and he would rather kill the wrong person than let it go, so he would order the mountain to be set on fire and burn the mountain, and once the Habhamon people were really here, they would not be forced to show up by the flames.

Suddenly, I heard a slight noise in the distance, as if it was caused by a few people speeding through the forest, their bodies brushing the leaves. Wang Liqiang walked to a place and listened, and sure enough, he heard several people walking in the forest in the distance, and the pace was steady and powerful, not ordinary people, it was undoubtedly Li Hao and others. Wang Li was overjoyed, but he was afraid that there would be a lot of noisy people on his side, and the movement would be too big to alarm the enemy, so he immediately shouted in a low voice: "Be quiet, come with me, no one will make a sound, if they let them flee, I will break your heads." Everyone was shocked, thinking, "If you are cut off, then how can you live?" Wang Liqiang was lucky under his feet, and he walked quickly on the trail ahead, his pace was fast, but there was no sound under his feet, and others were shocked when they saw it. How could the disciples of Lihutang have such a light achievement as Wang Liqiang, and they were afraid that they would make a noise to alarm the enemy, although they ran with all their might, they were also extremely slow, and they were left far behind by Wang Liqiang.

Wang Liqiang followed the enemy's footsteps over several hills, and only three or five of his men could barely keep up. At this time, Wang Liqiang walked through a meadow, through a forest path, and came to a dense bush. Wang Liqiang listened attentively, and could no longer hear the enemy's movements, although he felt slightly disappointed in his heart, but he thought that this mountain peak must be the hiding place of Habamen, and the next time he brought someone to search, he would definitely be able to find Bu Ziyi. Where did he think that this mountain was actually far away from the residence of Li Hao and others, Li Hao was deliberately luring him here, and he felt that the trip was worthwhile, and when he wanted to go back to call for helpers, he suddenly heard several swallows in the distance. Wang Liqiang looked up, only to see a hundred-year-old pine tree built a huge bird's nest, two small swallows flew into the nest with green worms, and fed the insects to the two big swallows in the nest.

Wang Liqiang looked at a nest of swallows and only sneered silently. The wind behind him was whistling, something was flying, Wang Liqiang turned his head to dodge, but saw a fist-sized stone flying, the stone failed to hit Wang Liqiang, but knocked down an apprentice beside him.

Wang Li was so angry that he was about to shout and curse, when a wooden stick suddenly flew from the bushes and hit the two disciples in the chest, knocking them over.

At this time, there was only one subordinate left by Wang Liqiang's side who was still intact, Wang Liqiang saw this situation, and knew that he was being tracked by the enemy's counter-attack, so he shouted angrily and shouted: "Come out, don't hide like a mouse." ”

After a while, I heard a slight noise in the bushes, and something flew out of it, it was a disciple of Lihutang who was stunned, and another person fell from under the tree, who was also a disciple who was stunned. When Wang Liqiang saw the two apprentices, he knew that the enemy had led him away, and then he took the opportunity to take the opportunity to take action, and removed the men who had not yet followed, and roared angrily, shouting: "You guys come out!"

The bushes in the distance rattled, and two figures slowly walked out, it was Wang Xue and Li Hao, and the two of them faced Wang Liqiang with blue faces. Wang Liqiang took a step back, and the two of them suddenly jumped down from the treetops behind him, and it was clear in the sunlight that they were Bu Ziyi and Wu Tian. Wang Liqiang was surrounded by four people at this time, still fearless, and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard a scream behind him, and hurriedly turned around to look, only to see that Zhang Guanhua had stunned the last disciple and put the person aside. Zhang Guanhua said coldly: "Wang Liqiang, the next person I want to knock out is you!" It turned out that when everyone saw Wang Liqiang alone, they became competitive, and wanted to take the opportunity to defeat him and be ashamed of the past.

Wang Liqiang roared loudly: "Okay, you guys are coming!" Carrying the martial arts stand of Wang Jiaquan, but not attacking immediately, although he was furious, he was still able to remain calm when facing the enemy, Wang Xue and others looked at it, and admired it in their hearts.

Suddenly, there was a gust of wind, and a group of leaves on the ground flew up and flew in front of Wang Liqiang's eyes. Zhang Guanhua took advantage of the fact that the leaves flew up to block Wang Liqiang's eyes, shook his toes, and hit his right fist, hitting the back of Wang Liqiang's head. Wang Xue knew that if Wang Liqiang was trying to dodge, he had to dodge to the left, so he raised his leg and kicked to his left. Wang Li waited for Zhang Guanhua's fist, his right arm suddenly raised, grabbed Zhang Guanhua's wrist, and threw it towards Wang Xue. Zhang Guanhua was busy with his right arm, and wanted to unload this grasping force, but Wang Liqiang's hand was extremely strong, like a rootless steel claw, and it was difficult to get out once he was caught.

Bu Ziyi flew to Wang Liqiang's side, raised his leg and kicked him at the waist. Wang Liqiang dodged away, his left hand stretched out suddenly, and grabbed Bu Ziyi's shoulder. Bu Ziyi's right shoulder sank, and his left fist struck Wang Liqiang's throat. Wang Liqiang's move was not yet old, his left hand suddenly bent, and his left elbow hit Bu Ziyi's left fist, unloading her fist power, and grabbing Bu Ziyi with his left hand, grabbing Bu Ziyi to his side.

Wu Tian and Li Hao attacked one after another. Wang Liqiang still grabbed Bu Ziyi with his left hand, freed his right hand to block Wu Tian's move from behind, and kicked forward with his left leg, forcing Li Hao to retreat. Bu Ziyi took advantage of Wang Liqiang's attack on Li Hao and suddenly broke free of Wang Liqiang's left hand, and Zhang Guanhua took advantage of the situation. Wang Liqiang's figure flickered, flashed behind Bu Ziyi, and separated Zhang Guanhua with her. Bu Ziyi let out a soft shout, hurriedly turned around and made a move, and finally a moment late, his left shoulder was grabbed by the enemy again.

Wang Xue stood behind Wang Liqiang, transported all her strength to her right arm, and aimed at Wang Liqiang's vest and struck directly. Wang Li flashed to the side, kicked forward with his left leg, tripping Wang Xue to the ground, and before she could get up, his right leg stepped heavily on her chest, and Zhang Guanhua flew to the rescue. A sneer appeared at the corner of Wang Liqiang's mouth, and he slammed forward with his left fist and right leg. Zhang Guanhua suddenly saw the fist shadow footprints fluttering in front of him, virtual and real, he really didn't know where to block, he was stunned that his chest had been hit, and he staggered backwards, colliding with Li Hao, who was attacking. Wu Tian quickly bullied him and was kicked to the ground by Wang Liqiang.

Wang Liqiang's right hand was lucky, and he grabbed Bu Ziyi's shoulder fiercely. Bu Ziyi was in pain and couldn't help screaming softly. Wang Liqiang said fiercely: "If you still care about this junior sister, you are not allowed to follow me." Without waiting for Li Hao to reply, he grabbed Ziyi and walked out of the bushes.

Although Li Hao and the others knew that Wang Liqiang would never hurt Bu Ziyi, they didn't dare to catch up too much, not to mention that Wang Liqiang's light skills were excellent, even if they dragged Bu Ziyi, it would be difficult for everyone to catch up. Wang Liqiang wants to get rid of Li Hao, Wang Xue and others at this time, but it is not difficult, but with such a big killing intent, Bu Ziyi will definitely fight to the death, and the jade will inevitably be burned at that time, anyway, Bu Ziyi has already arrived, and it is not in a hurry to remove the Haba Men at this time.

Wu Tian was beaten not lightly, and finally reluctantly got up, and asked, "What should we do, chase him?" Li Hao said: "Even if we catch up, we can't beat him, let's go back to find the senior brother, and let's go to Lihutang to save people." Wang Xue and Zhang Guanhua nodded in agreement, and everyone returned to the way they came.