The Record of Swordsmen in the Late Sui and Early Tang Dynasties

Chapter 81
Duan Wuji sat cross-legged on the kang and began to practice internal skills while paying attention to the movement outside. It was not until the middle of the night that the lights in the outer room were turned off, so the old man must have slept.

It was not until the fourth watch that Tie Niu got up from the kang, and Tie Niu whispered to Duan Wuji: "Brother, brother, I've had enough sleep, there is still some time before dawn, you should also rest for a while.

After all, after dawn, we still have to catch that tiger to play, how can we do it without rest? "

After hearing this, Duan Wuji immediately folded his clothes and lay down, and fell asleep after a while, while Tieniu sat cross-legged and began to practice, and nothing happened until the sky was bright.

When the sun rose, there was movement in the outer room, and Tie Niu and Duan Wuji came out from the inner room.

"Old man, did you sleep well last night?"

The old man smiled wryly after hearing this: "This son didn't come back all night, how can I sleep! Alas, I slept for a while in the middle of the night. I don't know if it's because of my age or some other reason, but I just can't sleep.

Two guest officers, did you sleep well last night? "

The two listened and nodded.

"Thank you for your concern, the old man. We all slept well last night."

"Young man, I heard you say last night that you will catch this tiger for two days to play with. Is this true? Well, if you can really kill that tiger, it will be regarded as eliminating a great disaster for our side. 50 taels of silver can also make you a small fortune."

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "We really don't like the 50 taels of silver. It is also a good thing to get rid of this great evil for this party. The two of us just think this is fun, and we don't care much about the others. Care."

At this moment, there was a knock on the door suddenly.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

"Father, are you getting old? Open the door quickly, I'm back!"

The old man stood up when he heard this.

"My son is back, please sit here for a while, I'll go and open the door."

With that said, the old man stood up and walked towards the gate.

Not long after, the old man ushered in a strong man in his thirties from outside.

The two looked up, and saw that this man had a big shoulder and a round waist, and was seven feet tall. The sweat was wearing a khaki suit, full of hemp shoes, and holding a five-pronged steel fork with a white wax pole in his hand. It's just a hunter costume.

The big man glanced at Tie Niu and Duan Wuji and asked: "Father, what do these two people do? Why are they staying at our house?"

The old man smiled and said: "They, they are our guests, last night they had no place to stay, so they came to our house."

The big man nodded.

"You two, I feel wronged by living in my house. Look at the conditions of our house. We are so poor that we can hardly even eat. Oh, there is really no way!"

The old man looked at his son and asked, "Hei Niu, did you catch that tiger?"

The big man smiled wryly after hearing this: "How can it be so easy to catch? If it were so easy to catch, the county magistrate would not have mobilized so many people.

This morning, the magistrate of the county raised the reward to 70 taels, but what's the use of that?Is it easy to catch such a big tiger running around all over the mountains? "

The old man laughed and said: "Hei Niu, just now these two guests said to stay and help us catch this tiger, help our side get rid of this scourge, and help our place get rid of this evil animal."

The big man glanced at Duan Wuji and Tie Niu and said with a smile: "Don't listen to them, they are talking to you for fun, why do you take this as real?"

Tieniu heard this and stood up.

"Brother, who is joking? Do you think we are the ones who like to joke! Let me tell you, we are serious today."

The sweat named Hei Niu laughed loudly.

"I said, two little brothers, I look down on you if I am not an elder brother. Do you know what our origin is? We are hunters in this mountain. We specialize in hunting for a living. We can't do anything about this tiger. You two deal with it. Is it done?

Two little brothers, to tell you the truth, last night, more than 40 of us chased the tiger to a small hill, and we couldn't think of any way to kill it. What would you do?
Are we hunters not as good as you?

To tell you the truth, this morning, the magistrate of the county has raised the reward to 70 taels of silver, but what's the use of it?

How could the tiger be so easy to catch?If it was so easy to catch, we would have caught it long ago. Who wouldn't want to earn so much money?

But is the money of the county magistrate so easy to earn?If it was easy to earn, then we would have earned it long ago.

Let me tell you, this tiger is not the cub, but a full-grown tiger. This tiger weighs at least four or five hundred catties, and it runs extremely fast. There are ten or eight people on it. Don't take it seriously at all.Do you think you can do it with your small body? "

Duan Wuji laughed and said: "Brother, it's good to say a long story, people can't be judged by their appearance, and sea water can't be measured.

Our ability is not what you imagined, just watch if you don't believe me, we will surely bring you a surprise when the time comes. "

The big man laughed out loud.

"It's great if you really have such great ability, if we get rid of this fierce tiger, we won't have to worry about it.

Then we can live in peace.

Since this is the case, then brothers, let's go quickly, let's hurry up and see the county magistrate. "

After hearing this, the old man said quickly: "Hei Niu, how can you leave so quickly? You have to have breakfast before leaving!"

The big black man laughed and said: "Father, what good things can our family make? I think we should go there to eat. The county magistrate is in charge of the food there, and there are flatbreads, steamed buns, steamed buns and so on. Why do you need to bother with that?"

The old man laughed and said, "That's a good relationship! Two guests, our family can't make anything decent, so you should follow Hei Niu to eat there."

After hearing this, Duan Wuji stood up, took out a piece of scattered silver from his body and put it on the kang.

"Old man, this money is the food and fodder money for the two of us staying with you, so you can keep it."

The old man took the silver and weighed it, well, it was more than one or two, but the old man was very happy.

"Guest officer, you can't spend so much money staying at my house for one night. Even with the fodder fee, it's worth half a penny at most. If you give me so much, what can I give you?"

Duan Wuji laughed when he heard this.

"Old man, which one do you want to find? This is all for you, so you can keep it."

The old man was so grateful that he didn't know what to say, he bowed his hands to Duan Wuji and Tie Niu.

"Guest officers, I didn't expect you to be so generous in your shots. I can only sell three or four taels of silver for a year of hunting. Okay, you've made so many shots this time. I, Black Bull, thank you all." gone."

Duan Wuji shook his head.

"Brother, stop talking about this, you and I are destined to meet each other, brother, lead the way ahead, let's go there.

Brother Tieniu, let's lead the horses, it's getting late now. "

After finishing speaking, the two of them walked into the room on the west side and brought out their steed.

The big man was shocked when he saw the two tall horses. He saw that one of the two horses was a big green horse and the other was a big white horse. How beautiful and how beautiful.

I saw two identical big sticks hanging from the bird wing rings of the two horses. These big sticks were thick enough, as thick as a handful.In the horse's buckskin holster were bows and arrows and a sword.

The big man understood at a glance that he was a martial arts practitioner, so he couldn't blame him for speaking so hard just now, so it turned out that he was a martial arts practitioner!

The two led the horses and followed the big man along the rugged path in the mountains, walking straight to the west. After walking for three or four miles, the road suddenly widened.

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu looked at it, and saw that it was a large mountain basin, and the size of this basin was more than ten miles wide.There are four or five villages in this basin.

The big man led them straight to the largest village, Duan Wuji asked the big man while leading the horse and followed the big man forward.

"Brother, this village is so big, is there a restaurant here?"

"Yes? How can there be no restaurants in such a big village? There are still three or four restaurants here! Oh, guest officer, why are you asking this?"

Duan Wuji smiled and said: "It's good to have a restaurant, let's go, the three of us go to the restaurant. Let's go there when we are full."

The big man laughed and said, "How can you be so mean? I eat you for no reason, how can I bear it in my heart?"

Tie Niu laughed and said, "Brother, you don't have to be polite, what is there to be embarrassed about such a trivial matter? Let's go, let's not eat their big pot of food, let's go to the restaurant."

The big man said with a smile: "Then I would like to thank you two brothers, and I will give you a meal today."

The three came to the middle of the village and found a bigger restaurant. The two tied the horse to a nearby tree. The three went into the restaurant and sat down. The waiter ran over.

"Three, what do you want to eat?"

Tieniu glanced at Duan Wuji and said with a smile: "You first cut ten catties of cooked meat for us, then give us ten pancakes, um, and besides, you can serve us three more soups."

The man nodded.

"Guest officer, what kind of soup do you want?"

Duan Wuji said with a smile: "What kind of soup are you serving? It's not like we won't give you money if you serve the best soup here."

"Okay! Just wait a moment, it will be ready soon."

After speaking, the guy ran in.

Before long, the guy brought up the cooked meat and flatbread.

"Guest officer, use it first, the soup will be ready soon."

Duan Wuji said to the big man: "Brother, don't be polite, eat it, if it's not enough for us to ask for more, you must eat enough!"

The three of them are bold people, and none of them know what politeness is. The three of them grabbed the flatbread and rolled it with meat and ate it. The items on the table dwindled rapidly, and the three rushed to finish the items on the table. The three of them were also completely full.

At this time, the guy also brought up three bowls of soup.

After the three finished their soup, Tie Niu frantically calculated the price of the meal. The three stood up, untied the horse's dead rope tied to the tree, and led the horse straight to the west of the village.

When the passers-by on the road saw it, they all stopped to look at it, and said to themselves: Why is this horse so beautiful?It must be some grown-up.

The big man named Hei Niu led them to the gate of a large courtyard in the west of the village, the big man smiled at Duan Wuji and Tie Niu.

"You two little brothers, please wait here for a while, I will go in and inform the magistrate of that county, lest the magistrate of the county say that we don't understand etiquette.

The two listened and nodded.

"Well, you go, we are waiting for you here, you have to go and come back quickly, but don't make us wait too long."

The big man nodded, then walked in.

Duan Wuji and Tie Niu put their horses on the small tree next to the gate, and then they sat on the ground cross-legged to practice, while waiting for the big man to come out.

(End of this chapter)