The two men were happily teasing the tiger, which looked ferocious but was actually trapped in a cage without any threat. They didn't even notice anyone coming behind them.
The two of them stretched the bamboo pole into the top of the fence gate, and the end of the bamboo pole with the meat strips hanging on it almost touched the roof.
When the tiger rushed up to bite the raw meat, the two quickly moved the bamboo pole to the other side to avoid the tiger's mouth.
The tiger's forehead hit the stone wall and roof slate with a "bang", and it roared in pain, but it had no choice but to fall to the ground slumped.
It seemed that the tiger had been teased by two malicious men for a long time. He was too tired to roar loudly or jump quickly. He could only breathe heavily with his stomach in and out.
I heard a man laugh and say:
"Aren't you very majestic? Keep dancing. If you get it, you will eat the meat. If you can't get it, it's our fault." "
Another man also said proudly:
"You have to do it like this! We two brothers work hard every day to deliver food to this beast, but we don't get much benefit. He said, "I still want to suffer from this beast's aura."
"If you don't surrender it, it will behave like a kitten in front of us brothers." Isn’t that all this suffering in vain?”
At this time, while the two were talking, the tiger suddenly jumped up and bit the piece of meat at the head of the bamboo pole.
Unexpectedly, the two of them were already prepared, and with tacit understanding, they quickly moved the bamboo pole and rowed to the other side. The tiger missed again.
The man from before smiled again and said:
"Good boy, sit up and kowtow to our two brothers, and I will reward you with a piece of meat. How about it? Haha..." < /p>
Dongfang Ying and Mingchuan Rongmei finally understood. Those two men were really hateful. They bullied the tiger and locked it in prison. They were so hungry that they were weak. They actually teased the king of beasts like this. They were really evil-hearted. Thoroughly.
Dongfang Ying, who already hated bandits, was no longer polite at this moment. She slapped the man who had spoken previously on the back of the head with her palm. The man's laughter didn't stop, and he spurted out a mouthful of old blood and moved forward. Once he fell, his skull was shattered and he died.
The other man looked back, and Dongfang Ying's right leg flew up and hit him in the chest. There was a sudden "click" sound of broken bones accompanied by a scream of "ah", and the man's body hit him backwards. The stone room fell like a puddle of mud in front of the fence door.
Xu Rengui broke into a cold sweat when he saw this. This kid was too strong. Anyone who received a punch or kick from him would die immediately. It was really terrifying.
He turned around to run away, but Mingchuan Rongmei swept his legs and knocked his fat body to the ground. She stepped on his back and shouted:
" If you run around again, I'll be rude to you!"
Xu Rengui was stepped on by her on the back, and all the bones in his body were about to fall apart.With no power to resist, I realized that this beautiful girl with a slender figure was also very powerful in kung fu. She hurriedly begged for mercy:
"No, no, no, no, no, no, please... Heroine, please spare my life... I... I I don't dare to run away anymore..."
Mingchuan Rongmei let go of her feet, ignored him, and looked directly at the Shishihu Prison.
Because at this moment, the tiger had put its front paws on the iron bars of the fence gate, stood up, bit the piece of raw meat, and swallowed it in one bite.
Then it lay down at the door, looking at Dongfang Ying with its huge eyes, shaking its head and wagging its tail, and making alternating sounds of "chirp" and "woo-woo", as if it still had something to say, begging for more food.
Dongfang Ying lifted up a bamboo basket under the rock. There were also about ten pieces of half-fat and not lean raw pork in the basket. They were also cut into small strips, and each piece was less than half a catty. look like.
Although she didn't know how much a tiger should eat in one meal, looking at its huge size and being the king of beasts, at least it would not eat less than a big man.
A burly man like Zhan Ruilong can eat up to two kilograms of meat and half a kilogram of rice in one meal. If these raw meats are the food of an adult tiger for a day, is it a bit too little?
Looking at the skinny tiger again, he turned around and asked Xu Rengui:
"Fat Xu, let me ask you, how much raw meat do you feed the tiger every day?" Eat?"
Xu Rengui coughed twice, raised his head and said:
"Originally, the rule is that we should feed ten pounds of raw meat every day... However, sometimes there is not enough meat. A few brats are dishonest, so they might... reduce the amount privately..."
Mingchuan Rongmei looked at the bamboo basket, frowned and said:
"Where is the meat in this? Ten kilograms? I think five kilograms is a bit too much!"
Dongfang Ying snorted, these disgusting cooks don't even let the tiger's rations go, so the reduced meat is probably imported. If you kill them, you will be considered worthy of death.
He said immediately:
"Rong'er, go back to that big house and bring some more meat in the kitchen... Also, bring another bucket of water and add another Water scoop."
Mingchuan Rongmei agreed, looked at the tiger in the prison a few more times, and then turned back towards the stone steps.
Dongfang Ying pulled out the bamboo pole with one hand and poked Xu Rengui's Dazhui point on his vest, making him unable to move for a moment. Then she pierced two pieces of raw meat with her long sword, reached into the fence door, and spoke softly The tiger said:
"Eat, I will make you full today and you will become a fat tiger!"
The tiger pricked up his ears, as if he understood what Dongfang Ying said, The tiger's head moved a few times, and he let out a low "moo" sound twice. Then he opened his mouth, bit and pulled the two pieces of meat on the tip of the sword, and then dropped it into his mouth.
After it swallowed it, Dongfang Ying picked two more pieces and continued to feed it.It didn't take long for more than a dozen pieces of minced meat to be eaten.
After eating the raw meat, the tiger seemed to be invigorated. He strutted around the not-so-spacious stone room and kept roaring in a low voice, without losing his majesty as the king of beasts.
Dongfang Ying approached the stone chamber and smelled a fishy stench. She couldn't help but cover her mouth and nose. She thought that the tiger had been locked in there all year round and no one cleaned up its feces. In addition, there were flies and mosquitoes breeding, so the stench was unavoidable. .
With her eyesight, even though the light in the stone room was dim, she could still see that the tiger's fur was dull and matted. It seemed that the cooks would not even give it more water, let alone give it more water. It flushes the bath.
My heart moved, and I suddenly wanted to open the iron door and let the poor tiger out, but after thinking about it, I realized that this is the king of beasts after all. If it is let out uncontrollably and affects innocent people, That would be a sin.
So I gave up the idea, walked back to Xu Rengui, and asked:
"Fat Xu, your leader is so full, why do you want to capture such a big one?" Keep the tiger here?”
“Not only do you have to feed it meat every day, but you also have to feel the threat of it escaping all the time. What’s the purpose of doing this?”
Xu Rengui sighed, rolled his eyes, and said:
"Hero, you can tell me the reason, but you have to agree to a condition: not to kill me, but to let me go."
Dongfang Ying sneered:
"You are not qualified to bargain with me. If you don't tell me, I can ask others. You are not the only one who knows this."
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"It's not difficult for me to spare your life, but it's impossible to leave here."
"Since you don't say it, keep your tongue It's useless. It would be a good idea for me to cut it off and feed it to the tiger, which can save a few taels of pork." After saying that, he pointed the long sword at Xu Rengui's mouth, and Xu Rengui's face turned pale. Pale, he shouted hurriedly:
"No, no, no, no... I say it, hero, don't cut my tongue..."
"The purpose of Datou adopting a tiger is to intimidate him. Disobedient slaves, as well as pilgrims and common people outside Zhanlu Mountain..."
"Let... let the imprisoned slaves not dare to resist and escape, otherwise they will be imprisoned in the tiger prison and fed to the tigers..." < /p>
"And the most important thing is that the tiger roars every day, and the sound can be heard for miles, so that the villagers and pilgrims outside the mountain hear it, and stay away from entering Zhanlu Mountain. This is equivalent to We formed a powerful garrison..."
After listening to Xu Rengui's explanation, Dongfang Ying suddenly realized, and at the same time, she also admired the scheming of the big leader Lai Yongshun,
Actually Can think of using the power of tigers to achieve his goal of occupying the mountain and becoming king and isolating the outside world.The trick is really good. You can also imitate it and continue to isolate the mountain to protect Yue'er and the others.
If this is the case, then this tiger really cannot be released for the time being. At least he has to wait until he comes back later, the situation is stable, and he is not afraid of invading enemies, and then the tiger can be released into the forest.
At this moment, Mingchuan Rongmei happened to carry a basket of pork and a bucket of water, walked over and said:
"Ying'er, what are you going to do with this tiger?" "Yeah?"
Dongfang Ying took the basket and explained to Mingchuan Rongmei what Xu Rengui said about the role of the tiger, and said that she planned to keep it locked up for a while.
Mingchuan Rongmei felt that this was the only way to go first. Although she also thought that it was too pitiful to lock up the tiger with no freedom, but compared to the safety of Nangong Huiyue and the villagers, it was not that important. .
Seeing Mingchuan Rongmei staring at the tiger in the prison, Dongfang Ying could see her intolerance and smiled:
"Actually, you don't have to feel too sorry for this tiger. Maybe this is its blessing. "
"Think about it, as long as we feed it more food every day and let it eat and drink enough, it doesn't have to run around and work hard to catch prey. No need to live in the open and worry about where to live. "
"Like a pampered tiger master, no other tiger can envy him. "
Mingchuan Rongmei smiled brightly. :
"That's right. We are not like these heartless guys who bully and abuse Mr. Tiger. As long as he is kind to him, he will not bear any grudge against us."
While the two girls were chatting and laughing, they first scooped up water with a gourd and gourd, then reached into the fence to feed the tiger water. The tiger was really thirsty. He rolled his tongue and sucked it, and he drank up a large gourd of water. , most of the bucket of water reached the bottom in a moment.
Then he fed the basket of pork to it. The tiger was full of water and meat. It was probably the most stuffed tiger it had ever eaten in its life. It burped with satisfaction and happily vomited to the two girls. Sticking his tongue out, he mooed like a cow.
Smelling the fishy smell coming out of the tiger's mouth, Mingchuan Rongmei couldn't help but frown, covered her mouth and said:
"Ying'er, this tiger is too ugly." It's dirty. I'm afraid it has never been bathed. How about we clean it now?"
Dongfang Ying thought for a while and felt that the top priority now was to clear away the remaining bandits and should not continue to waste it here. Time, so he said:
"I also have this idea, but this matter is not urgent. Let's wait until we eliminate the bandits first."
"Let's go down first. Meet everyone, and then rush to the top of Zhanlu Mountain."
Mingchuan Rongmei agreed, waved goodbye to the tiger, and carrying the empty bamboo basket and bucket, Dongfang Ying untied Xu Rengui's acupuncture points and left together. To Hulao.
Back at the ancestral home in Jiagu Village, Zhan Ruilong, Lu Qiuying and others had already had lunch and asked Dongfang Ying what to do next.
Dongfang Ying asked Zhan Ruilong to carry the food boxes that You Jiantou was going to deliver before, and get to the Tiger Gate as soon as possible, telling Lan Zhixin and others that the village had been captured and asked them to move here. Dou Nan and others continued to guard the pass, leaving the food boxes to them.
Without saying a word, Zhan Ruilong carried two food boxes and went to report the news like a gust of wind. Taking advantage of this time, Dongfang Ying and Mingchuan Rongmei also simply drank some vegetable soup and ate some food.
After burning the incense, Lan Zhixin and Nangong Huiyue, led by Zhan Ruilong, rode mules and horses to Jiagu Village. After saying a few words to each other, they let them eat their fill first. Belly, rest here.
Dongfang Ying and Mingchuan Rongmei took the three sisters Wu Xiahe around the other houses in the village and found that there were indeed two big houses where villagers were also imprisoned, one of which was for women and children. One of them contained the same young men as the previous stone house, but they were all sallow, thin, and weak.
The other houses are empty. In fact, they should be occupied by bandits occupying the magpie's nest. However, now that all the bandits are dead, there is naturally no one in the house.
Dongfang Ying greeted the villagers inside through the stone window and told them to be calm and let them out after all the bandits on the mountain were eliminated.
Then some steamed buns and fruits were handed in through the window, letting them fill their bellies first.
The villagers were surprised and happy, calling for "savior" and "fairy aunt", begging to be released as soon as possible.
After being comforted for a while, Dongfang Ying and others returned to their ancestral home, ready to start marching to the top of the mountain to eradicate the group of bandits and bandit leaders in the monastery.
Before she could give the order, Lan Zhixin said:
"Sister Ying'er, I have a suggestion. I don't know whether to say it or not?"
Dongfang Ying hurriedly smiled and said:
"Sister Lan, you are too outspoken. There is nothing you should say that should be said or not. Please speak out, sister. I am all ears."
Lan Zhi Xin nodded and said:
"Then let me make some suggestions: Can you first eliminate the guards at the two small checkpoints next to the bandits who are attacking the top of the mountain, and then finally exterminate the group in the temple with all your strength?"
"That is, don't eat the big ones first, and then the small ones; eat the small ones first, and then the big ones."
Dongfang Ying muttered:
"What's the reason? Please give me some advice from Sister Lan."
Lan Zhixin smiled and said:
"Because there are only a few of you. If you deal with the big stocks first, It will definitely be more difficult for the enemy. If someone slips through the net, or the movement is too loud and alerts the other two places, they may run away first."
"But if we deal with the weak enemy first., then with the skills of you and Mingchuan, it must be foolproof, and it will not alert the bandits in the temple. "
"Finally, if you feel confident and bold enough to work together to annihilate the bandits in the Zen courtyard, you don't have to worry about anything. You can even use foreign guns." ”