Chapter 24: The Praying Mantis Catches the Cicada
On the other side, the Tian family was not idle, almost everyone's eyes in the red brick compound were staring at the two masters under the pergola, the first apprentice who went back to the village to report the news ate a slap from the master, his cheeks bulged high but he didn't dare to go away, the old man who was in charge of chores and sweeping at home also knew that something was wrong, and secretly hid in the firewood room next to him to look, and saw Tian Dahu all over the body, hatefully walked to the courtyard, holding a jujube stick, this jujube wood is one in a thousand, and soaked in tung oil, the two ends are wrapped with iron, and the end is a sharp weapon, according to Dahu, he used to take this stick to walk the mountain road, and I don't know how many wild boars and jackals and dogs were killed by the cane, seeing that the old man was secretly frightened: "This time, something big is going to happen!"
Tian Erhu came out a little late, dressed like a big tiger, carried a jujube stick in his hand, followed his youngest son Tian Jin Jackal, and walked to the big tiger, before the second tiger could speak, Tian Jin Jackal shouted first: "Uncle, what are you waiting for!
Dahu heard what he said, but he didn't speak, a pair of eyes glared at him, and said: "What's the hurry! I can't drink hot porridge in a hurry-second brother, this time I will take a few apprentices to see what is going on, and you will first bring the golden jackal to sit on the ground at home." Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info”
"What?" As soon as the golden jackal heard that he was not allowed to go and asked him to watch the house at home, he immediately shouted anxiously.
"Shut up!" Dahu slammed the jujube stick to the ground and picked up the mud without bricks, and said: "You are still at home, you are impatient, what can you see when you go up the mountain! Carefully sit at home for me, in case someone in the village takes the opportunity to bully me and no one in the house!" He turned his head and ordered: "The other two gambling stalls in the village, don't open them first, the ones in the ancestral hall are still the same, and the other people and horses have moved to the ancestral hall, if there is anything, it is better to take care of my family!" The sons and nephews who were in charge of the gambling stalls in the courtyard immediately responded.
"Brother, this time it's thanks to you. The second tiger's eyes were red, and the big tiger said angrily: "But if my two apprentices become a weapon, I won't say anything! When I ask how to fight, I don't know, when my nephew falls, I don't take care of one, and I don't say anything to other brothers to be careful, no matter how many seven twenty-one run back, what use do you want them! I have to be tired of the master to go out and take a look--I say that it is a wild ghost, I don't believe it, then Zhao Xiaoliu is so blessed? My Tian family gives three big offerings to the ancestors a year, fifty small offerings, incense every day, and I should enjoy the blessings, even if there are any mountain ghosts, the ancestors bless, my Tian family is not reluctant to worship a few jars of wine and a few pillars of incense, why bother to cover the poor ghost! In my opinion, he must have used some kind of lime powder and other inferior means, the golden leopard nephew is upright, and he is in a head-to-head confrontation, I don't know that these people who are gangsters don't show face, so they suffer a big loss, bah, plotting to hurt people, not a hero!"
His guess is not far from the facts, naturally, he will never mention in his words that his golden leopard nephew has entrusted the blessing of the family, born with endless wine and meat, eats tall and strong, and passes on the art of the family, does not want him to work, does not want him to rush to apprentice, and there is an uncle who does not hide his private interests and feeds him, from the age of eight to concentrate on martial arts, to now a full twelve years of kung fu, that Zhao Xiaoliu is hungry and full of people, just want to practice martial arts, and there is no physical condition like him, uncle professor, and then bare-handed and with him with a knife "dignified and head-to-head competition" It's like letting a three-year-old toddler fight a three-year-old lion, isn't it the same as sending him to death!
There are many "fair contests" like this in the world, and there are many people who echo the same "fairness" as Tian Jinbao, and if Zhao Xiaoliu says that it is not equal, there are many people who ridicule it, at that time, the Tian family compound is also average, and everyone roared: "What the master said is! That Zhao Xiaoliu is a scoundrel, not a good person, hateful Golden Leopard Senior Brother I hero, don't check his villain skills, eat a plot, wait for me to pick the heart and stomach of this despicable guy, and sacrifice with Senior Brother Golden Leopard!"
Tian Dahu listened, nodded slightly, and his eldest son stepped forward again and suggested to his father: "Then Zhao Xiaoliu must have escaped into the mountains, let's take a black dog with us, and prepare a pot of chicken blood wine, if we encounter any poisonous snakes or the like, it is good to block it." ”
"Very well, you are very thoughtful. Tian Dahu praised, knowing that what he said in his mouth was to prevent snakes, in fact, it was to prevent "dirty things", but he couldn't say it clearly, so as not to vent the morale he had just stirred up, chickens and dogs were the original things of the Tian family, not long after, a colorful rooster was beheaded in the yard, blood dripping in the wine, except for a pot on the road, several people on the road drank a small clock, Tian Dahu carefully, refused to ask them to drink too much, so as not to make a mistake. After drinking the chicken blood wine, the group led the black dog, carrying sticks, pitchforks, flat fishing nets and other things, and went to the mountain where the news was reported.
Tian Erhu responded one by one, and saw them go out, Tian Jinju was ordered not to follow, walking around the courtyard with a stick, muttering non-stop for a moment, and his words meant to kill Zhao Xiaoliu to take revenge. Tian Erhu reprimanded him a few words, telling him not to be breathless, and he also felt that his brother was too careful this time, the boss of the Zhao family and the Wang family were wiped out by them, and he ran away with a Zhao Xiaoliu, what kind of climate can it become!
"This time I want to pay for my son's blood debt, needless to say, his neighbors and relatives and friends have no reason to let it go in vain, they dare to say that they don't know and don't participate......?
But, maybe Zhao Xiaoliu fled far away? Then he should send someone back to report a message!
Tian Dahu and the others brought weapons, black dogs, chicken blood and wine, and prepared fishing nets to tie up people, but they did not bring dry food and other things for the night; if they were expected to walk more mountain roads, they would have to send someone back to get their things, and why did they neither report nor take things? Even if Zhao Xiaoliu didn't catch them, how could the body of the golden leopard be brought back first! Just a few hills, the people in the village are used to walking, and there is no reason to get lost! At first, I just waited, but when I saw the sun set, and then I thought that the two who were guarding the Wang family and the boss of the Zhao family didn't turn around, the people of the Tian family panicked, is there really a man-eating monster on the mountain?
"Don't talk nonsense!" Tian Erhu scolded, while ordering to go down, the lights in front and behind the door were doubled, the dogs in the house were released, and the kitchen was asked to make meat dishes, and two chickens were killed, so that the remaining apprentices and nephews could have a full meal, and they took turns to guard tonight, nominally waiting to welcome the victorious return of the master, but in fact, to prevent people from taking the opportunity to start. In the end, he lifted a pen that he hadn't touched for many years, spread out the paper that Zhou Huaiyi had settled accounts with him, and wrote a note to the third child crookedly, only saying that there was an urgent matter at home, return quickly, and ask his wife to prepare all the bags for the golden jackal, and go to the county to vote for his third uncle as soon as the morning dawns.
The gambling stalls in the ancestral hall naturally did not dare to open again, and everyone pulled back to defend the house, and the external statement was "The golden leopard was plotted by Zhao Xiaoliu, and those who can sue will be rewarded with 1,000 yuan, and those who capture it will be rewarded with 20,000 yuan, and there will be no gambling for the funeral tonight." ”
It is said that Jiming Village is a small village of more than 100 households, and the news cannot be concealed from anyone, but the Tian family has been rampant and domineering in the village for many years, and everyone who says no has been served by fists and feet, so many people have seen Tian Dahu take people up the mountain and did not return, Tian Erhu took all the gambling stalls and stepped up his guard, even if he guessed that something happened to the Tian family, he didn't dare to say it in his mouth, turned his face away, and stuck out his tongue.
"There is no gambling in this ancestral hall!" The traverser took advantage of the darkness to enter the ancestral hall, and saw that there was no movement quietly, and only the sound of the wind was heard, and he understood after thinking about it: "I am holding a funeral for the murderer of the Tian family!"
Zhao Xiaoliu followed behind him, his two eyes were rolling slightly, he didn't expect that there would not even be a figure in the ancestral hall tonight!
The moonlight was bright, illuminating the blue bricks in the ancestral hall like water, and the two walked silently along the wall one after the other, but the goal was not the main hall where the tablets were placed, but the account room behind, according to Zhao Xiaoliu, all the books and other things were stored there.
1. The one in Jinjiang is not me, and it was reprinted from zero at the beginning
2. From zero to the article was originally posted in Baidu farming article