The two brothers went up the mountain, set down the bow trap, and climbed up the tree as usual. From morning to evening, there was still no sign of the tiger. They saw that the second day of the three-day deadline was about to pass. , If this continues, will it be the fault of the Yamen? At the moment, the two brothers didn't think much. They ate some wine, meat and dry food in the tree and took turns to rest. They had to stay here all night. When the night fell, the two brothers were sitting on the tree. , waited all night, until the fifth watch on the second day, and there was no movement. The two brothers dragged their tired bodies down to the tree, yawned, put away their bows, came down from the Western Mountain, and sat in the forest until dawn. , did not wait, the two were anxious and said: "You have to catch the big bug within three days, and you will be punished if you are late for one day, but if you keep waiting like this, not even a shadow will be seen, and there will be no way to fight even if you try hard. How good would it be to go down there?"
The two brothers had no choice but to go back, so they begged for some food and wine nearby to fill their stomachs, and then went up the mountain with some dry food. On the third day and night, the two brothers lay in wait until the fourth watch. Have a good rest, and suddenly tiredness came to mind. The two brothers leaned back against the trunk of the tree and fell asleep with half-closed eyes. Before they fell asleep, they suddenly heard a whooshing sound, and the two brothers fell asleep. The rabbit jumped up like a frightened rabbit, took the steel fork, and looked around with bright silk eyes, only to see a tiger that had been hit by a medicine arrow, and was roaring and rolling on the ground. .
The two brothers have been in the jungle all year round and have seen and caught all kinds of venomous snakes. They also have special experience in practicing poison. At this time, the bow and arrow were coated with the poison prepared by the two brothers. The poison came very quickly. If it were a young and middle-aged man whose skin had been scratched, he would have vomited black blood and died on the ground without being able to walk ten steps.
When the two brothers saw three poisonous arrows piercing the tiger's body, they shouted loudly, jumped down from the branch with steel forks and ran towards them. When the tiger saw someone coming, he ran away with the arrows in his arms, and the two brothers The two brothers chased after each other, knowing that the tiger wouldn't be able to hold on for long, so the two of them chased after each other. As expected, the tiger's physical strength was extraordinary. Only when it reached the middle of the mountain did the medicine penetrate into its heart and leave. The big insect couldn't hold it out, so it roared and rolled down the mountain.
When Xie Bao saw it, he immediately clapped his hands and shouted: "Okay, this evil tiger is dead."
Xie Zhen chased her closer and saw that the tiger rolled down a cliff. Although it was not extremely high, the two of them could not get down on foot. They stood still, put up a pergola with one hand, looked down and said: "I recognize that the foot of the mountain is the back garden of Mao Taigong's villa. You and I can go down to his house and beg for a tiger." After that, the two brothers picked up the steel forks and went straight down the mountain to Mao Taigong's villa. Go up, Bang Bang Bang knocks on the door.
At this time, the sky was bright, and the two brothers knocked on the door of the village and went in. The villager told the grandpa to know, but after a while, Taigong Mao slowly came out and asked for the treasure. Jiebao put down the steel fork, bowed, and then got straight to the point. : "Grandpa, I haven't seen you for a long time. I came here today to pay my respects."
Taigong Mao smiled and said: "Why did my nephew come so early? I don't know what to say."
Xie Zhen said: "If you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall if you have nothing to do, my two brothers naturally don't dare to disturb the grandpa when he is sleeping. Now because of the lawsuit, my nephew has appointed authority documents to capture the big bug. He waited for three days in a row and shot it at five o'clock this morning. One, I don’t want to roll down the back hill into Tai Park, and I hope Taigong will lend me a way to let my two brothers take the tiger."
After hearing this, Taigong Mao couldn't help but secretly rejoice and said: "It's okay, since it's landed in my garden, you two can't sit around for a while. You must be hungry after a hard night. It's not too late to have some breakfast before going to get the tiger." "After that, regardless of whether the brothers of the Jie family wanted it or not, they asked the banker to go and arrange breakfast for them. At that moment, the Grandfather invited the two of them to have dinner and wine with great affection.
Jie Zhen and Jie Bao wiped their mouths, stood up and thanked them: "Thank you for your kindness, I hope you can trouble me to take my brother to fetch the tiger."
"This tiger has caused harm to the village. You two have eliminated this harm for everyone. I really admire you." Mao Taigong said: "Since you are at the back of my village, why are you so anxious? Please sit down and have some tea. Go It’s not too late to take it,”
Xie Zhen and Xie Bao saw that Grandpa Mao was extremely polite today, and they did not dare to contradict him at the moment, so they had to sit down again.
The villager just brought tea for you two to drink. Half an hour had passed and the sun had hung on the three poles. Taigong Mao got up and went for a while. When he came back, he said with a smile: "We have almost finished the tea. Now we are with you." How about my nephew going to get the tiger?"
Jie Zhen and Jie Bao felt happy in their hearts and thanked them again: "Thank you very much, uncle."
Grandpa Mao took two people with him. After arriving at the village, he asked the villager to use the key to open the door. However, the villager couldn't open it by twisting it left and right.
Mao Taigong said apologetically: "No one has come to open this garden for a long time. I'm afraid the lock spring is embroidered, so it can't be opened. I'll go get a hammer and break it open."
After hearing this, the banker went down, but after a while he brought the hammer over, swung it enough, and smashed the lock open with a bang. Everyone rushed in and went to the garden to look. When they went to the mountainside to look, they couldn't find it. Tiger's shadow.
Grandpa Mao walked up to the two brothers of the Jie family and said, "My dear nephew, you two may have made a mistake and didn't look carefully. I'm afraid you didn't fall into my garden."
Xie Zhen scratched her head and said a little surprised: "How could we have made a mistake? We both grew up here, how could we admit that we were wrong?"
Taigong Mao said with a smile: "You can just ask for it. If you have time, just take it yourself." After saying that, he led all the villagers out.
The two brothers of the Jie family were left behind. Jie Bao pointed to a place and said to Jie Zhen: "Brother, come and see, the grass here has been rolled flat, and it has fallen into a large area, and there is blood on it. How can you say it is not there?" Here, it must be Grandpa Mao who tricked us and let his villagers arrest us while we were eating and drinking tea."
Xie Zhen came over to take a look, but it was not the case. Immediately, an unknown fire rose from her heart, she stamped her feet and cursed: "No wonder this guy is so kind and invites us to tea. He is really a weasel giving New Year greetings to a chicken. Let's go find him." Go." With that said, the two brothers went out of the yard to argue with Grandpa Mao.
After hearing this, Taigong Mao's smile disappeared and he said with a straight face: "Don't talk like that. How did the people on my farm know that the big insect was in the garden and how they were able to catch it? You have to see it." I broke the lock in front of you just now. We all came into the garden with you two, and we also wanted to see what the tiger looked like, but there was none. How can you do it now? Talking like this,"
Xie Zhen was a little annoyed and said: "Grandpa, you are so treacherous, please return my tiger as soon as possible and go to Jie Guan, otherwise..."
The grandpa pulled his old face and shouted: "You two are so unreasonable. I kindly treated you to a meal and a meal, and you came to rely on me. I guess you two were forced to settle down by the Yamen and were anxious. Seeing that the three-day deadline was coming. , came up with such a way to put the blame on others, and wanted to put all the blame on me, so wow you,"
Jie Bao was furious when he heard that. He stepped forward and shouted: "What's the point? Your family has seen the deadline document issued by the government. When the day comes, it's not just our family that will be punished. You and others will also be punished. If we don't catch it, , hurry up, the worst is to get slapped together, but you guys, you don’t have the ability to catch it, so when you see it ready-made, you tie me upside down and ask for credit, and take away the benefits of my two brothers. Do you know that in order to catch the tiger, we two Brother, how hard have you worked?"
Taigong Mao didn't want to argue with these two boys, so he immediately waved his sleeves and shouted: "You have worked hard, what do you want me to do?"
The two brothers Xie Zhen and Jie Bao were furious when they heard this. They stared and shouted: "Do you dare to teach me how to search?"
When Taigong Mao saw that his brothers were anxious, he stared at him and cursed loudly: "My family is different from yours, both inside and outside. You two are nothing. You can come and search me. I won't cause trouble for you two. Just look at you." Two beggars, quite rude,"
Jie Bao didn't take Taigong Mao seriously, so he rushed into the hall in a hurry. He couldn't find the tiger everywhere, and he became angry, so he smashed it in front of the hall. The tiger was nowhere to be seen, but a few dealers ran out, and Xie Zhen immediately attacked him.
Mao Taigong saw the two brothers beating and smashing, causing chaos in the house. He was frightened and angry, and shouted: "Unlock the treasure, untie the treasure, rob under the bright sun,"
Xie Zhen and Jie Bao refused to listen. Hearing his scolding, Xie Bao got even more enthusiastic. More and more bankers came over with sticks. Seeing that the banker had been prepared, the two brothers knew something was wrong. They were afraid that they would be tricked by the banker, so they held steel forks and knocked down everyone and rushed to the door. He came out and arrived in front of the village. He didn't leave. He stood up and pointed at the village with his hands on his hips, and cursed loudly: "You are relying on my tiger. I will go to the Yamen with you to deal with it."
The villagers in the village knew how powerful the two brothers of the Jie family were, and they did not dare to rush out at the moment. The open front of the village was a good place for the two brothers to display their fists. The villagers were all huddled in the village, and no one rushed out. of.
While the two were cursing, they saw thirteen or four fast horses coming up to the village, leading a group of people behind them.
Xie Zhen recognized the leader as Mao Zhongyi, the son of Taigong Mao. Xie Zhen snorted, "You're here just in time," and then went up to meet him and said, "The guest in your village caught the tiger I shot." , your father will not repay me, but will beat my two brothers,"
Mao Zhongyi apologized and hurriedly dismounted and said: "This is an ignorant villager. My father must have been deceived by them. Don't be angry, you two brothers. Follow me home and I will pay you back."
Xie Zhen, Xie Bao, thank you.
Mao Zhongyi called the door open, turned around and looked at the two brothers and said politely: "Brothers, please,"
Xie Zhen and Xie Bao were not polite, and stepped into the door carelessly. Just after Mao Zhongyi followed the group in, he turned around, suddenly changed his face, closed the door of the village, and shouted, " "Get started," twenty or thirty bankers rushed out from both sides, and those he brought with him behind the horse were all official servants. The two brothers were caught off guard and were caught by a net cast from the head of the bag, unable to use their hands and feet. When they were about to struggle, everyone rushed forward, grabbed Jie Zhen and Jie Bao and tied them up.