Chapter 22 Chapter 22: Lost Cats, Looking for Cats

Luo Xiaohu rushed to Wang Jiaolong, grabbed her hands, glanced back at Luo Bao and the soldiers lying on the ground moaning, and quickly led Yu Jiaolong behind the tree. Only then asked eagerly and in amazement: "Why did you come here?" Like a lost child suddenly meeting a relative, Yu Jiaolong leaned against his chest and said sadly: "I have escaped from home because of you. I have been looking for you everywhere." Luo Xiaohu hugged her and said in confusion: "You escaped from home?! For me?!" With tears in her eyes, Yu Jiaolong raised her face to look up at him, sobbing and said: "Father wants to promise me to Lu Hanlin by force, but I refused to obey and escaped."

Luo Xiaohu was silent for a moment, then asked again: "You are all alone, where are you planning to escape to?" Yu Jiaolong said submissively but decisively: "I'll go with you. You said that we will go back to the western border together." Luo Xiaohu didn't say a word, but hugged Yu Jiaolong tightly, using his huge body to protect her, his heart was full of love and compassion, although the time was only for a short moment, the love and love they stored in each other's hearts was Deep and deep.After a while, Luo Xiaohu held her face with his hands and said to her: "This is impossible! The government is arresting me, and my picture is posted everywhere. I have to sleep with my eyes half open at night. How can I let you follow me through such a life of fear."

Yu Jiaolong stubbornly said, "I'm not afraid. We can leave Hebei and return to Western Xinjiang immediately." Luo Xiaohu smiled, with that slightly mocking expression flashing in his eyes again, and said, "Go back to Xijiang to be a horse thief?" Yu Jiaolong was slightly taken aback, and stared at him without responding. Luo Xiaohu: "I still have some things to do, and I can't go back to Western Xinjiang yet. There are some brothers over there who were released from Hebei. I want to find their relatives and send a message to them. Besides, I also have a relative that I haven't found..."

Yu Jiaolong hurriedly snatched the conversation away and said, "But Luo Bao?" Luo Xiaohu: "It's him." Yu Jiaolong said excitedly: "The person who saved you just now is Luo Bao." Luo Xiaohu suddenly let go, grabbed her shoulders, and asked eagerly: "Really?" Yu Jiaolong: "It's true. He also told me that you will pass by here." Luo Xiaohu's eyes flashed suddenly, and even his eyebrows trembled.He couldn't hold back the joy in his heart, and hurriedly said to Yu Jiaolong: "You can go to Xijiang first, and find Father Budhawang and Damei, and I will come back in another year." Luo Xiaohu finished speaking Just wanted to get away and leave, just turned around, hurriedly turned around and said: "It's not convenient for you to be on the road alone, I can ask Luo Bao to take you there."

Yu Jiaolong was sad, and said unhappily: "I don't need anyone to see me off, if I want to go, I will go by myself." Luo Xiaohu had no choice but to turn around again, comforting her tenderly and saying: "My heart is also heavy. You have to do it. Let me think about it. I can't let my brothers down. Although your martial arts are high, you are a girl after all. The pass is dangerous and you are single. It's not easy to break through. Otherwise, you might as well find a place to live temporarily, and I will meet you there in half a year, and we will go back to Xijiang together."

Yu Jiaolong said wistfully, "Where can I go?" Luo Xiaohu: "You can't just keep swinging around like this all by yourself!" Occasionally, Yu Jiaolong said: "I still have a companion. After half a year, you will go to He Zhaolai's house in Anguoliu Village to find me. He is Xianggu's uncle." Luo Xiaohu: "Xianggu also came out with you?" Yu Jiaolong nodded. At this time, a crisp whistle suddenly sounded from the other side of the forest.Luo Xiaohu was startled, and hurriedly said: "This must be Luo Bao urging me, maybe someone came on the road. Thousands of words and one sentence, each other did not change their minds, went through thousands of dangers, and returned to the western border.

I have to go now.You have to be careful! "Luo Xiaohu looked affectionately at Yu Jiaolong for the last time, then turned around and ran towards Luo Bao who was waiting by the roadside. Immediately afterwards, the two of them ran to the depths of the opposite woods together. Yu Jiaolong turned around and came out, leaning her back against the big tree, watching Luo Xiaohu's gradually disappearing back, until he had completely disappeared in the depths of the woods, then she leaned her head against the tree, closed her eyes, and let the tears seem to die The thread rolled down like pearls.

When Yu Jiaolong returned to Xianggu's chariot, the sun had already risen high, the river had receded, and the embankment bridge was exposed again. As soon as Xianggu saw Yu Jiaolong, she couldn't wait to ask: "Has anyone been rescued?" Yu Jiaolong just nodded in bewilderment. Xianggu lowered her voice and asked again: "Brother Qiu is not injured, is he?" Yu Jiaolong still absent-mindedly only replied: "No." Xianggu became anxious, and said: "My good... Haochun brother, can you say a few more words, I have been tossing all morning, and my heart is burnt, why are you so lukewarm? .”

Seeing Xianggu's impatience, Yu Jiaolong couldn't help laughing too.Said: "Why are you so concerned about him? You can let go of a hundred hearts. He has been rescued, and his fur hasn't been hurt at all. He and Luo Bao have already fled far away." Then Xianggu clasped her palms together, imitating Mrs. Yu's appearance, and said "Amitabha".Wang Jiaolong glanced at her, and suddenly she missed her mother, and she couldn't help feeling sad again. Xianggu had already noticed this slight change in Yu Jiaolong, so she didn't ask any more questions, but said, "Brother Chun, we should hurry."

Only then did Yu Jiaolong lazily board the driver's seat, and drove the horse towards the embankment bridge. When the sun is about to peak, the outline of Baoding City is already in sight.Xianggu was already hungry, and when she saw the city wall, she was so happy that she clapped her hands in the car.When the carriage was fast approaching the city gate, the bustling crowd at the city gate suddenly dispersed, and only a sound of horseshoes was heard, and then a group of cavalry rushed out from the city gate, led by a military officer, riding a tall horse. dark horse. Wearing soft armor, holding a bow in his left hand, and a broad-leaved broadsword hanging from his waist, with a solemn expression, as if he was on the verge of battle, he led more than 30 riders, stirring up a cloud of dust, and drove straight towards the direction Yu Jiaolong came from.

Seeing their urgency, Yu Jiaolong guessed that Luo Baojie's rescue of Luo Xiaohu had already been known by the Baoding government, and this team of cavalry was ordered to pursue it.When she thought of this, she couldn't help but panic.He hurriedly jumped out of the car, bought a few green onions and cakes at the roadside stall, and handed them to Xianggu. Without answering Xianggu, he reined in the horse and returned to the carriage, lashed his whip, and drove back on the road he came from. Xianggu didn't know what happened, she was stunned by Yu Jiaolong's abnormal behavior, she didn't care about the violent shaking, she leaned out several times to ask her why.Yu Jiaolong didn't pay any attention to it, and just swung his whip to urge the horse, and chased forward fiercely. What Yu Jiaolong's actions were for, even she herself didn't know. She only felt that another kind of danger was attacking Luo Xiaohu, she couldn't just stand by and let the huge wooden shackle and heavy chains be added to his body again.Along the way, she also had intermittent fantasies: If Luo Xiaohu rode on a horse in the western border, the thirty or so cavalry officers and soldiers would have nothing to do with him.But this is the Central Plains, and there is no BMW around him, if surrounded by these officers and soldiers, he will suffer a loss.Suddenly she complained that Luo Xiaohu shouldn't be detained in Hebei, and being chased by the government everywhere like this, it's like a tiger falling into Pingyang.Suddenly she couldn't help asking herself again: What is the purpose of rushing there in such a hurry?Would Luo Xiaohu still sit in the forest and wait for the officers and soldiers to arrest him?Although she already felt the ridiculousness of her actions in the flash of her imagination, she didn't stop the car, but kept going forward. About an hour later, Yu Jiaolong came to the side of the woods again, and she stopped the car to observe the movement in the forest.I saw that the whole forest was still so lush and lush, and there was silence around, not even a single person, let alone a trace of swords and horses.Yu Jiaolong stopped by the forest for a while, and she couldn't help laughing herself.Xianggu leaned out again, handed her two scallion pancakes, and said pitifully, "You should eat something too." Yu Jiaolong suddenly felt hungry, so she ate the scallion pancake deliciously. Xianggu said with a slight joke: "You often say that the ancients could forget their meals and sleep by reading, but I think you can forget your meals even if you don't read." Yu Jiaolong glanced back at Xianggu and said, "I have something on my mind, so stop Xuxu." Xianggu: "I can see what's in your heart." Yu Jiaolong said lightly: "What do you see?" Xianggu: "You hold Brother Qiu more than I do." Yu Jiaolong was stunned: "You are talking nonsense." Xianggu: "It's not nonsense, nor is it nonsense. Just now at the gate of Baoding City, when you saw the team of officers and soldiers galloping past, you looked a little strange. Then you returned to the car and chased after you desperately. I guessed later that you It is suspected that they came after Brother Qiu." Yu Jiaolong: "Nonsense. Who would be as stupid as you, I don't know that Qiu Shuanghu and the others have already escaped far away." Xianggu: "Truths belong to truths, and favors belong to favors. Sometimes smart people do stupid things." Yu Jiaolong turned her head and glared at Xianggu, then diverted the conversation: "We should find a quiet place to have a good rest." After speaking, she turned her horse's head and walked slowly towards Baoding. Until the sun had set in the west, Yu Jiaolong drove to the outside of Baoding City again. She didn't drive into the city, but walked southwest along the city wall.It was dusk, and Shi arrived at a village with only a hundred or so households. It was on the bank of the Tang River. Looking at it in the twilight, weeping willows blowing on the river bank and the wild barley green as picturesque.Yu Jiaolong was very happy, so she found an inn to stay.She ordered the shopkeeper to unload the horse from the cart and take it to the stable to take care of it.Listening to her order, Xianggu knew in her heart that she would stay here for a while longer. Sure enough, Yu Jiaolong lived in this village.Although she looked a little tired and was always depressed all day long, she was very calm.Sometimes sitting in the room, he would show his old state again: resting his chin on his hand, immersed in deep thought, tranced away.Xianggu didn't bother her, and each mended the clothes beside her. One morning, Yu Jiaolong was standing in front of the inn, looking at the scenery of the Tang River, dreaming, an old woman walked towards her with a cat in her arms.The old woman walked in front of Yu Jiaolong, the cat in her arms suddenly barked, Yu Jiaolong unconsciously looked down.It happened that the cat was also looking at her with a pair of round and shiny eyes.Suddenly, she was stunned by the cat's human eyes.She stared at it closely, and it also looked at Yu Jiaolong without blinking.Its round head, square face, tiger's anger and probing eyes, in her eyes suddenly became Luo Xiaohu's expression and appearance.Yu Jiaolong hurriedly rubbed his eyes, and when he looked again, it was still the cat face with a thick head and a thick head. In this short moment, Yu Jiaolong suspected that this cat was transformed by Luo Xiaohu.Just at this time, the old woman stopped in front of Yu Jiaolong, bowed her neck and looked into the inn.But the cat was still staring at Yu Jiaolong.In Yujiaolong's eyes, its eyes, tiger spirit and naive attitude, it looks more and more like Luo Xiaohu.Yu Jiaolong really couldn't help it at this time, unconsciously stretched out his hand to caress it gently.The cat was also human, opened its mouth and let out a cry, then broke free from the old woman's embrace, jumped onto Yu Jiaolong's shoulder, and rubbed its forehead against Wang Jiaolong's ears and temples constantly, so that She suddenly felt an inexplicable tenderness and sweetness pouring into her heart.She was moved by the cat's unreasonable intimacy.The old woman said to the cat with anger and affection: "Xuehu, come here. Don't stain the official's clothes." Then she stretched out her hand and hugged the cat back into her arms. Yu Jiaolong was surprised when the old woman pronounced the name "Snow Tiger", and hurriedly asked, "Is it called Snow Tiger?" The old woman caressed the cat, and replied very affectionately: "Yes, it's called Xuehu. It's strange to be affectionate, but it's also a rat." Yu Jiaolong was extremely surprised.I thought: How could it be such a coincidence, not only does he look like Luo Xiaohu, but his name also has the same word for tiger. Then she carefully looked at the whole body of the cat again, only to see that it was completely white without any stray hairs.There are two groups of black flowers in the shape of butterflies around the corner of the mouth, which highlights the whiteness of its whole body and adds to its charm.Yu Jiaolong is determined to buy it from the old woman.So he asked: "Are you willing to sell this cat?" The old woman reproached: "Sin, sin, there is no such thing as selling cats!" Yu Jiaolong eagerly said, "I can give you some more taels, wouldn't it be more affordable for you to exchange for a pig!" When the old woman heard that Yu Jiaolong was willing to offer the price of a pig in exchange for the cat, she felt dubious and hesitated. Yu Jiaolong didn't wait for her to agree, he hurriedly took out twenty liang of silver from his side, handed it to the old woman, hugged the cat and went into the shop. Ever since Yujiaolong got the snow tiger, it was like getting a treasured master. It was inseparable from it every day, and it loved and cared for it very much.The cat is also lovable, either curled up in her arms and sleeping soundly, or jumping and playing with her, its rubbing, scratching and biting make Yu Jiaolong happy and bring her happiness. Unbelievable fun. Yu Jiaolong and Xianggu lived in the village for half a month. It was early summer, and the weather was gradually getting hotter.One evening, Yu Jiaolong was wandering around a pond next to the village with Xuehu in his arms, when a gust of evening wind blew the duckweed in the pond into disorder.Yu Jiaolong was touched by the scene, and couldn't help feeling emotional, feeling that she had been away from home for nearly three months, and the result was like duckweed in a pond, without a place to take root, and had to drift with the wind.I feel that living in an inn all the time is not a long-term solution, and it is necessary to find a place where I can gain a foothold temporarily.But where?To Uncle Xiang's house?But there is still half a year before the meeting with Luo Xiaohu there, so I can't just stay there now.Besides, is Xianggu willing to go?Yu Jiaolong thought about it, but couldn't make up her mind.She went back to the inn sullenly, and talked about it with Xianggu again.Xianggu said: "Like your current situation, where can you go? I think it's better to go back to Xijiang and find Damei." Yu Jiaolong said vaguely: "We are going to Xijiang, but it is not yet possible. I still want to stay in Hebei for a while." Xianggu didn't ask her why again, thought for a while, then suddenly clapped her hands and said, "I think of a place to go: go to my uncle's house in Anguoliu Village." What Xianggu said was exactly what Yu Jiaolong wanted, but she still thought about it quietly, and then readily agreed.After everything was negotiated, the next day, Yu Jiaolong took Xianggu and Xuehu back to Anguo. Along the way, Yu Jiaolong is not in a hurry to hurry, whenever she encounters a village with beautiful scenery or a lively town, she always stops the car to take a rest and linger there. One day, Yu Jiaolong drove to a village in Boye. It was already noon, and the sun above his head was shining hot. Wang Jiaolong felt thirsty, and Xuehu also seemed restless. Aunt embraced and jumped out of the car.Shang Jiaolong made up his mind and wanted to find a cool place to stop and rest.After another journey, turning around Tugang, a river suddenly appeared in front of us.A row of poplars stands on the bank of the river, under which the trees are covered with thick shade and green grass.There is a hotel in front of the Tugang. There are several weeping poplars planted in front of the hotel. The horse-drawn carriage passed under the tree, and the hanging threads brushed against the face. As I said, I suddenly feel affectionate.So he stopped his horse and decided to rest here for a while.Seeing the passer-by, the shopkeeper hurried out to greet him, set up tables and chairs under the willow tree, made a pot of tea, and turned around to order pastries.After Yu Jiaolong drank two cups of tea, the shopkeeper brought the pastry.While she was eating, she selected some pastry meat to feed to Xuehu, but Xuehu didn't eat any of it, only struggling restlessly, always wanting to jump off the ground.Yu Jiaolong couldn't bear to touch it's mind, so he let go of his hand, letting it be at ease.After Xuehu jumped down to the ground, he went to the grass around the willow tree, sniffed here and there, picked some grass leaves and roots, and chewed greedily, with more relish than eating fish and shrimp.Yu Jiaolong just looked at it with amazement and interest, thinking: This snow tiger is really greedy, it's weird to eat grass roots instead of umami.Suddenly, she unconsciously remembered the scene of seeing Luo Xiaohu sitting in front of the bonfire in the woods in Xijiang late at night, drinking and eating.Compared with what she ate every day in Yufu, those foods are almost grass roots and minced meat.The more she thought about it, the more she felt that Xuehu was similar to Luo Xiaohu in heart and temperament. Xuehu chewed the grass roots for a while, and then went to catch those bugs in Kusama.It happily chases, pounces, and teases on the grass. Sometimes it is ready to pounce, and sometimes it sneaks its claws to wait for an opportunity.Yujiaolong admired it with interest, seeing it chasing a clam fiercely and jumping all the way to the nearby river. Seeing that Xuehu was having a lot of fun, she didn't care about it.Looking back at Xianggu, she has already dozed off beside her.Yu Jiaolong suddenly felt a little tired, she just closed her eyes to rest her mind, but she fell asleep soundly in a daze.I don't know how long it took before I was awakened by a horse neighing. She hurriedly raised her eyes to look towards the river, but there was no sign of the snow tiger.Feeling anxious, I hurriedly got up and went to the river to look for it. If I didn't come up and search for three or four miles, it was still in vain.Yu Jiaolong was so worried that she was so shocked that she almost cried. Seeing her in such a hurry, the shopkeeper also left the shop to help her look around. After searching the front and back of the house, left and right, there was still no trace.Seeing that the sun was setting, Yu Jiaolong had no choice but to stay in the hotel.After dark, Yu Jiaolong didn't have the heart to eat, and still took advantage of the moonlight to search and call back and forth by the river. Her sad call spread out in the silent field, which was pitiful to hear. The next day, the shopkeeper gave Yu Jiaolong an idea of ​​offering a reward for recruiting.Yu Jiaolong immediately asked the shopkeeper to bring a pen and paper, and wrote a few reward notes.The reward post clearly indicated the cat's coat color and appearance, and agreed: no matter whoever finds the cat, he will pay ten taels of silver as a reward, and he will never break his promise.After the reward post is written, it is handed over to the shopkeeper to post it around. Although the area around this hotel is secluded.It is also close to several villages.Thirty or twenty families lived in each of those villages.As soon as the reward post was posted, everyone who saw it was amazed and amazed. Who would have thought that ten taels of silver would be offered to find an ordinary cat.So one spread to ten, ten to hundreds, and in less than a day, it has spread to every village.Some people who are greedy for rewards are lucky, lead dogs and nets during the day, and search around with torches and lanterns at night.There were also some people with mixed doubts and beliefs, so they came to the hotel to inquire in person. After they were sure that the reward was true, they also hurriedly searched for it. Yu Jiaolong waited anxiously for two days, but there was still no news.Until the third day, she was sitting in her room feeling sad, when the shopkeeper rushed to report that someone had found the cat and was waiting outside to identify and receive the reward.Yu Jiaolong hurriedly got up and left the room, went to the door and saw a white cat in a person's arms. Although the cat was also white all over, it had a small head and sharp face, a dull expression, and was terrified when it saw people. Everything.Yu Jiaolong was not only extremely disappointed, but also couldn't help being angry, so he said to the man angrily: "Where did you get such a stupid cat, how can it be my snow tiger?" It took a lot of effort to catch it from the ridge, and it was nagging and complaining endlessly.Wang Jiaolong was disturbed, and he didn't want to talk to him, so he threw a few coins and scattered silver taels, and went into the shop separately.Then, several more people, also holding the white cat in their arms, came one after another to claim it.Yu Jiaolong was made emotionally ups and downs, and was thoroughly disturbed. Seeing that she was wrong, she didn't answer, and it was fine to reward some scattered silver taels.After another three days like this, Xuehu was still nowhere to be seen.Yu Jiaolong became more anxious, she thought: Xuehu would not be preyed by some wild beast, otherwise why so many people searched for it but found nothing.But she couldn't help but think of Luo Xiaohu again. In all the prefectures and counties in Hebei, there are no reports everywhere to arrest him, and they can't catch him. Is it because he has been counted by strong hands? With his vigilance and bravery, No one can plot against him.Therefore, she gradually felt relieved, she always felt that Xuehu was just like Luo Xiaohu, and would not easily fall into the mouth of wild beasts.Therefore, it probably went somewhere, lost its way, and could not come back.So, she wrote a reward post again, changing the reward to twenty liang, hoping to use the reward to motivate the villagers to search the surrounding fields, grass and ridges and forests for ten miles, in order to find it.Another day later, a shepherd boy suddenly came to the hotel. He was only thirteen or fourteen years old, and he looked smart.He wandered outside the store for a while, seeing no one in the store, and then entered the store, saying that he had something to talk to the customer who lost the cat.Yu Jiaolong heard it from the room, so she hurriedly called him into the room and asked him why he came.Then the shepherd boy told about Xuehu's whereabouts: This shepherd boy was originally from a village ten miles away from here.Four days ago, he was herding sheep by the nearby river, and suddenly saw a white cat jumping around among his flock, so he went to catch it and saw that the cat was fat and strong, with snow-white body and long hair. It looks great.He saw that there were no cottages nearby, and he didn't know where such a lovely white cat came from. He couldn't let go of it for a while, so he hugged the cat in his arms and drove the sheep on the way home.I didn't want to go halfway so I ran into Uncle Tao from their village riding a horse.Immediately, Uncle Tao saw the white cat in his arms. He wanted to go over to have a look and ask him where he got it. The shepherd boy would not lie, he just said that he picked it up from the road.Uncle Tao said it was a cat that had escaped from his family, and forced the cat to take it away.After the shepherd boy narrated the story, he said: "Yesterday, I heard from the villagers that a passer-by official in the hotel offered a reward for finding a cat. I heard what they said about the shape of the cat, which was similar to the one I picked up." It's just the same. I think the guest officer paid so much money to find this cat, it must be the guest officer's favorite thing, so I boldly came here to report to you secretly." Yu Jiaolong was amazed and delighted at the same time, and hurriedly asked: "Why do you say 'coming secretly'? Then what kind of character is Uncle Tao?" The shepherd boy said angrily: "I heard that I used to run a bodyguard company in other places. When I came back to the village, the superiors specially made friends with the government, and the subordinates often communicated with some dubious people from all over the place. They ran amok in the village and did all kinds of evil. No one in ten miles is afraid of him." Yu Jiaolong: "Where does Tao's family live?" Shepherd boy: "I live on the other side of this river more than ten miles away. The place name is Taojiazhuang." Yu Jiaolong: "Okay, I'll go find him." Then he took out ten taels of silver from his side and handed it to the shepherd boy.But the shepherd boy waved his hands again and again and said, "I didn't come here to ask for money, but to inform you of the cat's whereabouts, so that you can rest assured." Yu Jiaolong forced the money into his hand and said, "Thank you for your kindness. I'll ask him for the cat right now." The shepherd boy said anxiously, "Guest officer, please don't go. That uncle Tao has always been unreasonable, fierce and vicious, and he is good at martial arts. Plus his family has a lot of people, you will suffer if you go." Yu Jiaolong smiled indifferently and said, "I'm not afraid of him." The shepherd boy hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but didn't say it.Yu Jiaolong already understood, so she comforted him: "Don't worry, I'll go find him myself, and I will never take you out." After speaking, she hurriedly told Xianggu to pack her luggage, and she went out of the shop to pack a car. Yu Jiaolong drove the carriage for fourteen to five miles along the river, but before reaching a three-way intersection, one went straight along the river, leading to Boye Avenue; A small road leading to Beixian County; across a stone bridge on the right is a post road leading to the river.Yu Jiaolong drove onto the bridge, looked up, saw the post road on the other side of the bridge, the river bank was very flat, about half a mile downstream along the bank, there was a big manor house with pink and white walls, and a character-eight-shaped manor gate. But it shows a rich style.Yu Jiaolong knew that that was the Taojiazhuang that the shepherd boy had mentioned.She immediately drove off the bridge and drove straight to Zhuangqian.In less than a moment, the car arrived at the gate of the villa. Yu Jiaolong stopped the horse and got out of the car, and said to Xianggu, "Don't be afraid, I'll come to ask the surnamed Tao to get Xuehu back." Xianggu asked worriedly, "Why didn't you bring your sword?" Yu Jiaolong: "I only use reason, and I don't want to use force with him." Xianggu: "If he uses martial arts unreasonably, you will suffer with bare hands?!" Yu Jiaolong: "'Throwing rats' needs to be 'avoid weapons'. Xuehu is in his hands, so it is better not to bring a sword. If I do it, even though I have bare hands, am I still afraid of such rats!" After finishing speaking, she boldly broke into the villa gate. Yu Jiaolong said to a man who was brushing horses in the courtyard dam: "Please go and inform the owner that Chunlong has something to see him." The man sized up Yu Jiaolong, saw that he was unusually handsome and handsome, he didn't dare to neglect him, so he hurried inside to report.After a while, he came out and said: "Please!" He led Yu Jiaolong up the stone steps, walked through the front hall, and walked straight to the back hall.Before reaching the back hall, there is a large courtyard dam in front of the hall. There are stone locks and stone poles on the dam, which can be seen at a glance as a martial arts training ground. Yu Jiaolong passed through the courtyard dam, just before she walked to the stone steps, she saw a person walking out from the gate of the inner hall, about forty years old, short and strong, with a slightly dark complexion, a pair of ring eyes under thick eyebrows, a neck The next mouthful of sideburns.Yu Jiaolong secretly thought of him, thinking that this person must be Tao.Just as she was thinking about it, the man said, "This is Tao. I don't know why Mr. Chun came to the village to find me?" Yu Jiaolong was neither soft nor hard, polite and polite. He said: "A few days ago, I lost a white cat in front of the hotel in the East Village. I heard that it is now in the owner of Tao Zhuang. I am here to thank you and hope to give it back." Owner Tao didn't answer directly, but said slyly: "I also heard that a passerby came to the East Village Hotel and offered a reward of twenty taels of silver for a lost white cat. It turned out to be Mr. Chun." , is really a rare generosity. I would like to ask, is it because this cat is really so precious, or is it because of Mr. Chun's generosity?" Yu Jiaolong couldn't figure out why he asked this question, so he just said vaguely: "Everyone has their own hobbies, Master Tao doesn't need to ask too many questions, just return the cat to me, and I will still pay the reward." Master Tao smiled slyly, and said: "As the saying goes: "It's better to pick it up than to pick it up." You have to bid, and I have to ask for it. "Yu Jiaolong couldn't help getting angry, but she still suppressed her anger and asked: "How much silver do you want? " Tao Zhuangzhu: "Since you are so generous, you can offer a reward of twenty taels of silver to ordinary villagers, so why don't you pay me Tao if you don't pay two hundred taels!" Seeing him being such a rascal, Yu Jiaolong was extremely angry, and said angrily: "This cat is something that is by my side, why do you want to blackmail it unreasonably!" Tao Zhuangzhu: "Since it's something close to you, I haven't snatched it or stolen it, so it's even worse if you come looking for me!" Yu Jiaolong saw that he was deliberately bullying, and wanted to take Xuehu back, fearing that things would get stuck and it would be more difficult to get it, she was impetuous for a while, took care of it, suppressed her anger and said: "You go and hold the cat to see it before discussing. " Master Tao turned his head and shouted, and after a while, several men came out from the hall door, one of them was holding a white cat in his arms.Yu Jiaolong recognized it at a glance, it was the snow tiger that he had been looking for for several days.She took a closer look, and saw that it was restless in the man's arms, wriggling around unceasingly.Its neck has been covered with an iron chain as thick as a little finger, and the iron chain looks so dazzling and heavy on its neck.As soon as Yu Jiaolong saw the iron chain, the scene of Luo Xiaohu wearing the shackle in the woods flashed in her eyes, and she couldn't help feeling a pang of pain in her heart.She unconsciously called out: "Snow Tiger!".The cat immediately pricked up its ears, and suddenly turned around. When it saw Yujiaolong, it immediately called out repeatedly, struggling hard, trying to break free from the man's embrace.The more it struggled, the tighter the man hugged him. The snow tiger got angry and bit and scratched at the man, so panicked that the man almost let go.Master Tao hurriedly stretched out his hand to grab the iron chain, at this moment, Xuehu suddenly jumped off the ground and ran straight towards Yujiaolong.Unexpectedly, Master Tao pulled back the iron chain suddenly, and the snow tiger was suspended in the air, allowing it to twitch, twitch, neigh and whine, Master Tao was not moved, and looked at Yu Jiaolong with a gloating look. Yu Jiaolong was so distressed that her face turned pale immediately, and she hurriedly shouted in a sharp voice: "Let go quickly, I am willing to redeem with two hundred taels." Master Tao said indifferently: "As long as you hand over the silver, I will return it to you immediately." Yu Jiaolong said sincerely: "I'll go get the silver, you let go first." Tao Zhuangzhu: "It won't die for a while, you go and get the silver before it's too late." Although Yu Jiaolong was eagerly responding to Master Tao, his eyes were fixed on Xuehu.At this time, she saw that Xuehu's wailing had gradually weakened, and his body seemed weak in jumping up and down, and he was about to die.She was really on fire, as if her liver and gallbladder were splitting, and when she was in a hurry, she took advantage of Mr. Tao's unpreparedness, and rushed over, grabbed the iron chain with her left hand, and slapped him in the chest with her right hand.Master Tao didn't take precautions, and fell on his back to the ground.Yu Jiaolong hugged Xuehu, turned around and ran outside.She ran out of the gate of the villa, hurriedly handed the snow tiger to Xianggu, got on the seat, reined in the horse's head, swung her whip fiercely, and galloped quickly towards the road by the river. When the carriage quickly approached the bridge, Master Tao led several Zhuang Han to chase after him.Looking at the approach, Master Tao left a few Zhuang men behind the chariot, he rode his horse to the front of the chariot, and suddenly cut across the chariot, the chariot and horse were frightened, hissed long and jumped up.Seeing the critical situation, Yu Jiaolong hurriedly jumped out of the car.As soon as she stood still, she suddenly heard a bang from behind, she hurriedly looked back and saw that Xianggu had been overturned from the car and fell to the ground; Xuehu was frightened and also jumped out of Xianggu's arms, looking around in panic.The few Zhuang Han in the back got off their horses together to catch the snow tiger.Xuehu turned around and ran towards the front of the car, just in time to run to the side of Master Tao, he stepped on the iron chain, and Xuehu fell into his hands again and lost it. Yu Jiaolong is busy taking care of Xianggu and has no time to take care of Xuehu.When she helped Xianggu up, she suddenly heard Master Tao laugh wildly, she looked back and saw that he was holding a knife in his right hand and an iron chain in his left hand, Xuehu was suspended in the air again, twitching desperately there.Tao Zhuang pointed at Wang Jiaolong with a knife and said: "Boy surnamed Chun, you are so brave that you dare to break ground on Taisui's head! You don't even inquire about it. In the area of ​​Cangzhou, Baoding, no one knows that I am black. Tiger Tao Tuo!" "Cang Zhou!" Carry!Thinking of this, old and new resentments exploded in her heart. She hurriedly drew her sword out of the car, glared at Master Tao and said bitterly, "So you are Tao Tuo! You didn't do enough evil in Cangzhou, and you're here again today. I can't spare you." After speaking, he raised his sword and went forward. Tao Tuo couldn't help being startled when he heard her mentioning the evil in Cangzhou.At the same time, he gave several Zhuang Han a wink, signaling them to follow up.Before Yu Jiaolong could fight Tao Tuo, several Zhuang Han rushed to play Xianggu.Xianggu cried and cursed, and tangle with them.Yu Jiaolong hurriedly turned around to save Xianggu.Tao Tuo took advantage of her turning and ran away, tossing the snow tiger until she wailed again and again. For a moment, Yu Jiaolong was made to run back and forth like a shuttle, blood all over his body rushed to his heart. At this moment, two people came up from the mound on the other side of the bridge.The person walking in front was about thirty-four or five years old, with a wide robe and long sleeves, his hair tied up in a bun, and an empty blue gauze sunshade hat, with his hair sticking out of the top, and a clean and thin face under the brim of the hat, with sword-like eyebrows. Star eye, a tuft of green beard under the item.It looks unethical and unconfucian, but he is born with a sense of style and elegance, faintly revealing a sense of transcendence and vulgarity.The man in the back was over forty years old, with a slightly fat body, a round face with wind eyes, a mustache on his lips, and a straw sun hat woven with fine straw.The two of them stopped on the mound and stood under a big elm tree, silently watching what happened on the other side of the bridge. Besides, on the river bank at the end of the bridge, Yu Jiaolong was tossed back and forth, sweating from anxiety, and she didn't know which side to save. Xianggu's hair was messed up and her clothes were torn. She neither called for help nor Forgive me, just desperately scratching and biting.Suddenly, Yu Jiaolong saw that Xianggu's arms were twisted by two Zhuang Han, and the other Zhuang Han was tearing her clothes with his hands, Yu Jiaolong was very angry, bit her teeth, no longer caring about Xuehu, and went straight to the couple. A Zhuang Han rushed forward.The other Zhuang Han who was standing by to add to the fun, didn't pay attention to her, and greeted her with a knife.As soon as the swords met, Yu Jiaolong swung the knife and dodged in, piercing Zhuang Han's right arm with a swishing sword, he threw the knife and jumped out of the circle with a loud bang.The three Zhuang Han panicked now, they hurriedly let go of Xianggu, and rushed towards Yu Jiaolong together.Yu Jiaolong used his wrist strength to shake the edge of the sword, only to see blue light flashing a few times, and immediately another Zhuang Han fell to the ground.The remaining two Zhuang Han raised their sabers at the same time and struck at Yu Jiaolong left and right. Yu Jiaolong nodded to let him go, and then lunged and sent a sword, and the Zhuang Han on the right fell down again.In just a split second, she slashed and stabbed four Zhuang Han to three of them, and the remaining Zhuang Han hurriedly ran towards Tao Tuo seeing that the situation was wrong.Yu Jiaolong didn't care about him, she raised her sword and rushed towards Tao Tuo.Seeing that Yu Jiaolong was so powerful, Tao Tuo felt a little timid, he waved his sword to meet him, and waved his iron chain at the same time, using the snow tiger as a shooting star, he hit Yu Jiaolong head-on.That Zhuang Han also dodged behind her, slashing and chopping, taking advantage of the gap to attack.玉娇龙一心顾疼雪虎；不敢用剑去迎，只忙于闪躲。陶驮见计已奏效，更是用力旋舞铁链，步步向玉娇龙逼来。玉娇龙被迫向桥上退去，渐渐退至桥心，陶驮觑着一个可乘之机，趁她已被迟到桥边石栏处时，猛然一刀砍去，玉娇龙忙用剑架住，这边铁链又到，玉娇龙情急，只得跃上石栏，不想链端雪虎竟一下砸到石栏上了。只听一声崩裂，雪虎便头碎腹裂，瘫坠桥上，玉娇龙不禁一声惊呼，手上的剑也差点掉了下来，陶驮也是一怔，他瞬即明白过来，自己手中唯一可以制胜的武器已经失去，只能拼死一斗了。他迅即提起铁链往河心一抛，雪虎便跟着铁链坠落河心，眨眼间便沉入水底去了。 玉娇龙看到这一情景，撕心裂肺般地呼了声：“雪虎！”眼里几乎进出火来。随即转身端剑，腾身而起，剑与身平如一字，直向陶驮咽喉刺去。陶驮慌忙用刀去格，玉娇龙脚刚点地，蓦然将身一伏，箭步翻腕，嗖嗖嗖一连三剑，闪电般地向陶驮胸前刺去。陶驮连拔带退，总算躲过三剑。玉娇龙毫不让他还手，紧跨一步，举剑又朝他面门砍去。陶驮仰身避剑，玉娇龙翻身将剑向上一挑，只听“扑”的一声，剑尖已桃破陶驮肚腹，随着一声嚎叫，陶驮便垂伏在石栏上动弹不得。 玉娇龙恨犹未解，又用脚一挑，陶驮便翻过石栏，也如雪虎一般坠入河中去了。 一直站在土岗上旁观的那位头戴青纱盘帽的过客，露出十分惊诧的神色，急忙走下山岗，来到玉娇龙面前，稽首问道：“请问台端的剑法是师承何人？” 玉娇龙尚在悲痛雪虎，心中余恨未消，见来人问得唐突，不禁怒冲冲地答道：“这与你何干！” 来人毫不介意地说道：“实不相瞒，这确与愚下有关，务请见告为幸。” 玉娇龙心里烦躁，也不管理，各自转身向桥下走去。来人却抢步上前，拦住她的去路，固执地说道：“恕我冒昧，台端若不相告，我就只好拦路相求了。” 玉娇龙突然怒恼起来，怒喝道：“你怎敢这般无礼！” 来人仍毫不在意地说道：“我情急相求，实不得已。台端不说，就休想过去。” 玉娇龙大怒，也不再答话，挺手一剑刺了过去。来人轻轻一闪，一伸手便将玉娇龙的手腕扣住。玉娇龙大吃一惊，急忙奋力一缩，不料那手有如被铁钳夹住一般，任她怎样挣扎，总是挣脱不出。玉娇龙愤极，忙伸出左手向他肋间穴道点去。不料手还未到，又被来人擒注。只一闪间，不知怎的，玉娇龙手里的剑也被来人夺去。玉娇龙正要拼命去夺宝剑，来人厉声喝止住她，说道：“我相问并无他意，只因见你剑法与我系同出一脉，而我派剑法又从未外传，是以相问，台端何致竟动起手来！” 玉娇龙听他这样一说，不禁吃了一惊，怒气也平了下来，这才将来人打量一眼，见他神情英爽，气度不凡，心里暗暗称奇，可只仍是气咻咻地瞪着他，并不答话。 来人将玉娇龙注视片刻，说道：“你不愿相告，可能有难言之隐。我已从你这身装扮中看了出来。'君子不窥人之私，不道人之隐'，我也不相强于你。只情听我奉告一言：观你剑法虽然与我同门，但也并非得于真传实授，多半是'按图索骥'而来，只能升堂，终难入室，切勿恃以横行，尤当慎开杀戒。勉之，勉之！” 来人正说至此，那位胖子也上桥来了。他催促来人道：“李大哥，时已不早，赶路要紧。” 玉娇龙听胖子叫他“李大哥”，不觉一怔，问道：“二位何人？胖子指着那人道：”这位乃是李慕白，我乃爬山蛇史进。 “玉娇龙不禁大吃一惊，对李慕白说道：”你原来就是李慕白！ " 李慕白点点头，将剑递还给她，又语重心长地说道：“陶驮作恶多端，死是罪有应得，但你手也未免太狠，戒之，慎之！”说完略一稽首，便和史进步下桥头，扬长而去。 玉娇龙独自呆呆地站在桥上，望着他二人渐渐远去的背影，恍如一梦。