Unofficial History of Song and Liao Heroes

Monk Yuanzhen followed Yuan Guang's point of view and saw the tiger lying there, but the roast goose on the ground had disappeared. He knew in his heart that it must be the tiger who couldn't help it when he didn't pay attention. I was hungry and ate the roast goose.

Thinking that the tiger was very wary under the eyes of everyone, and dared not eat. When everyone was eating lunch and no one went to see it, the tiger became hungry immediately and swallowed the unfamiliar meat in one gulp.

As a tiger, I have eaten almost all the animals in the forest. Even if the tiger has the best taste, the difference between the meat of different animals is whether it is tender or not, and the unique smell of some different types. I have never tasted cooked food like roast goose. .

Different from raw meat, cooked food not only has a richer and different meat aroma, but also has a softer taste. When chewing, it has a meaty aroma that permeates the mouth. With the addition of salty and sweet seasonings and spices, it is completely different from raw meat. two things.So since humans learned to cook, they hardly eat raw food anymore.It was the first time for this tiger to eat cooked meat. Although he was not very used to it, the aroma of the roast goose still made him suddenly suspicious of the tiger:

Raw or cooked meat?this is a problem.

It is impossible for everyone to know what the tiger is thinking. At this time, everyone has finished lunch and is about to set off.But how to take the tiger away, it is difficult for monk Yuanzhen.

If the tiger is left on the spot, judging from the current injury of the tiger, it will not bleed to death, but there is a [-]% chance that it will starve to death because of the injury and cannot hunt with all its strength, or be killed by a passing hunter. The consequences of murdering thieves and bandits are also self-evident-you need to know that in the Song Dynasty, some counties suffered from fierce tigers harassing the people and attacking and killing livestock.Even if the tiger recovers safely, it is inevitable that people and animals will be killed, which is more headache for Yuan Zhen than the death of the tiger.

Thinking of the many dangers of keeping the tiger here, Monk Yuanzhen naturally would not do such a thing as "I don't kill Boren, but Boren dies because of me". It is inevitable to take the tiger on the road.But the tiger doesn’t understand human words, so if it obediently follows the crowd on the road, it will only be bitten by bloody mouths. If the tiger is tied into rice dumplings, no one will be tired of carrying it in this hot weather. The hard work of the dead, the two monks may be willing to do so in order not to kill, and the rest would rather kill the tiger with one knife, so that they can relax.

"Why me?" Yuan Guang cried and wanted to faint. At this moment, he suddenly remembered that when he pretended to be faint, he was pinched by his brother, and he bounced off the ground in pain. He immediately gave up this plan.

It turned out that Monk Yuanzhen thought about it for a while, and temporarily came up with an idea.That is, he leads the tiger in front, Yuan Guang sits on the tiger's back or walks beside the tiger, holding a rein in his hand, and the other end of the rein is naturally connected to a temporary rope borrowed from the groom and placed in front of the tiger. Bridle.In case Yuan Guang sees that the tiger is about to bite, he yanks the reins to stop the tiger from attacking, and at the same time warns Yuan Zhen.In addition, Yuanzhen also tied a bell under the tiger's neck. Once the tiger is about to pounce and the bell sounds different, it can be detected early to avoid the threat of the tiger's mouth.

Seeing the arrangement by Monk Yuanzhen in this way, Gao Yurou couldn't help smiling, Ran Qianxue gave her mother a strange look, not understanding what was so funny about it.Seeing that her daughter was curious, Ran Nanyuan explained for Gao Yurou:

"Xiaoxue, don't be surprised, your mother just remembered an interesting story about a tiger and a bell."

"What's interesting?" Ran Qianxue was even more surprised, what interesting things could tigers and bells have, "Does tiger like to play with bells?"

Hearing Ran Qianxue asking such a childlike question, everyone couldn't help but smile.

Ran Nanyuan continued to explain:

"In the Southern Tang Dynasty, there was a Zen Master Taiqin Faleng in Qingliang Temple in Jinling. He was bold and unrestrained, and he didn't strictly abide by the Buddhist precepts. Most monks in the temple looked down on him, but Zen Master Fayan, who was in charge, held him in high esteem. Once. , Fayan asked all the monks in the temple during the lecture: "Who can untie the golden bell tied around the tiger's neck?" This question. Faleng replied without thinking: "Only the person who tied the golden bell to the tiger's neck can untie the golden bell." Seeing that Master Faleng answered well, Fayan taught everyone about it. "You can't underestimate him." This is the interesting story about the tiger and the bell. Now Master Yuanzhen has tied the bell around the tiger's neck, which is in line with the words of Zen Master Fayan, isn't it interesting?"

"Ah--" Ran Qianxue covered her mouth in surprise, "Doesn't that mean that Master Yuanzhen can only take off the bell for the tiger?"

"Hahahaha!"

Not only Ran Nanyuan, but several uncles who heard this laughed. Monk Fayan may not have seen the power of martial arts masters, especially innate masters.Once a martial artist enters the innate realm, almost all of them can easily "unlock the bell". Even if they are acquired masters, there are many people who have mastered unique skills and can "unlock the bell".

When Ran Qianxue heard her father talk about the unique skills of many masters, she immediately smiled and said:

"It turns out that so many people can untie the bell on the tiger's neck! Why doesn't Grandpa Fayan know!"

Yuan Zhen turned around when he heard the words, not annoyed, he smiled and said:

"Little benefactor has the wisdom of my Buddha! The person who can tie the bell can untie the bell, and this person can also untie the bell by others. To untie the bell and tie the bell yourself, you need to do it yourself. Thinking about untiing the bell and tying the bell requires wisdom. .The little benefactor has quite a root of wisdom, and there must be some cause and effect with my Buddha in the future."

Hearing what he said, Ran Qianxue thought of her bare head without a single hair, screamed, and hid in Gao Yurou's arms, unwilling to speak to Monk Yuanzhen again.

Monk Yuanzhen smiled knowingly, and said to Ran Nanyuan:

"Your daughter seems to have misunderstood the meaning of the little monk. Seeing her phoenix eyes and cloud eyebrows, the little monk will surely become rich and powerful in the future. Back then, Emperor Zetian of the Tang Dynasty built the White Horse Temple. On the day when your daughter lived in the temple, you should have this opportunity. Understand and I Buddha's karma."

As the saying goes, "Thousands of clothes, ten thousand clothes, no flattering", Ran Nanyuan was about to get angry when he saw his beloved daughter screaming and hiding, but when he heard what Monk Yuanzhen said, his anger turned into joy, and he said modestly:

"Master praises, praises! The little girl is shy! Hahaha!"

After listening to Monk Yuanzhen's explanation, Ran Qianxue got out of the psychological shadow of becoming bald, but she rolled her eyes helplessly when she saw her father's unsteady attitude.

At this time, the tiger poked its head out from behind and wanted to bite Yuan Zhen's ass. Of course, Yuan Guang tightened the reins in time. Monk Yuan Zhen also heard the sudden ringing of the bell, and hurried forward to avoid the crisis.Seeing the embarrassment of Monk Yuanzhen, Ran Qianxue couldn't help but chuckled, seeing Yuanzhen turning her head to look at her, she bit out her tongue in embarrassment, and retracted into Gao Yurou's arms.

A group of people stopped and walked, not daring to be careless anymore, and sent Wang Zhenguan and others to scout the way ahead to avoid being ambushed by thieves again.The front was ambushed many times, although there was no danger, everyone was unwilling to fall into the trap, so Wen Ruoxu suggested that the front should send out spies like an army, and everyone readily agreed.Wang Zhenguan is known as the "King of Thief Hunters", and his ability to track and hide is naturally high-strength, and it is naturally a no-brainer to play a guest role as a spy.

Dugu Xiaoqiu climbed up a big leaning tree, and stood on a high place to watch carefully. The occasional golden light appeared in the grass on the ground. It was expected to be scattered gold ingots. , is suitable for Tibetans, and we will explore it carefully in a while.

It was Dugu Xiaoqiu's turn not to act as a spy. After all, he was young and he was Ran Nanyuan's direct disciple. Everyone rushed to scout the way and advised him to stay behind.Seeing this, Dugu Xiaoqiu burst into tears, but even though he knew in his heart that everyone didn't want him to take risks, he was extremely moved, but it's a pity that Dugu Xiaoqiu still has to go to the grind of life and death.

Climbing up a big tree like Dugu Xiaoqiu is a taboo thing for spies.In case someone is ambushing nearby, just throwing a cold arrow can teach the spies in the tree how to behave.From the corner of Dugu Xiaoqiu's eyes, he seemed to see a cold light flashing in the distance, and he yelled in his heart that he was not good, his head became hot, and his eyes seemed to move with clarity, as if he saw himself jump a foot, and the cold arrow flew past the soles of his shoes , How dare to neglect, hastily jumped.At this time Dugu Xiaoqiu was on the tree, if she didn't dodge or dodge, she would definitely be hurt by a hidden arrow, jumping off the big tree now, she would be injured when she landed, and it would be difficult for her to move, and she would not escape the poisonous hand.

Fortunately, the current tree is leaning, and Dugu Xiaoqiu seems to be squatting on the slope.Just now he was startled by the cold arrow, jumped more than a foot, when the bowstring sounded in the distance, a cold arrow flew from under his feet.Dugu Xiaoqiu was frightened and angry, she seemed to see a point on the cluster of cold arrows, after being hit, they shot back to the original place.When Dugu Xiaoqiu was apprenticed to his teacher, he heard Ran Nanyuan talk about the miraculousness of his big Luo Tianchen pupil. At this time, he didn't know that this was a miraculous prediction, so he hurriedly drew his sword and slapped the arrow cluster.

Amidst the sound of the dragon chant, the Qinghong sword drew a mysterious curve, almost exactly hitting the point where the arrows clustered.It was too late and then it was too late, Dugu Xiaoqiu completed this series of actions before he fell down, it was like a divine help.It's a pity that in a hurry, it was still a little bit short.

The so-called mistake is worth a thousand miles, if the arrow returns the same way, it will hit the eye that the bandit is aiming at.Now that there is such a mistake, Dugu Xiaoqiu doesn't know if he will retaliate against the sneak attacking bandits.

Just when Dugu Xiaoqiu fell on the tree and hadn't regained his balance, the cold arrow shot back and hit the bandit's lower abdomen.Amidst the screams, the bandit looked at his lower abdomen in disbelief, the longbow in his hand had long been neglected, and he threw it on the ground.Two thieves rushed out nearby, dragged him in a hurry, and fled to the depths of the forest.

Dugu Xiaoqiu finally stood firm, and slowly squatted on the tree trunk, her eyes darkened.