When the tigress heard the familiar shouting, she immediately stopped and stopped motionless next to Sha Danju and Blind Han, looking up at the place where the sound came from.
Sha Danju and Blind Han also followed the sound and saw that the man standing under the big camphor tree on a hill not far away was Zhang Shaofei whom they had been searching for and hunting for!
His left hand held a bamboo basket full of green plums, and his right hand held the leaf used for whistling.
There was a person standing next to Zhang Shaofei, Liang Yaofu who had just led them the way.
Zhang Shaofei and Liang Yaofu walked down the hill, jumped up and down to the tigress, gently stroked its colorful fur with a smile, and patted its mouth in a friendly manner.
The tigress, which was extremely ferocious just now, suddenly turned into an extremely docile sheep. It seemed to have met a good friend. It raised its head and waggled its thick tail. It looked like it was obeying Zhang Shaofei's orders.
The two naughty tiger cubs also seemed to meet acquaintances, spinning around enthusiastically under Zhang Shaofei's heels, pulling Zhang Shaofei's trousers from time to time, and playing.
"Hey!" Zhang Shaofei pointed at the forelimb that the tigress had stepped on Sha Danju's chest. The tigress retracted the forelimb sensibly and stood on the grass.
Sha Danju suddenly felt that the big stone pressing on his chest was removed, and his breathing suddenly became much easier.
Zhang Shaofei took out a large handful of freshly picked green plums from the bamboo basket, stuffed them into the tigress's mouth, and squatted down to scatter a large handful of green plums on the grass.
The two little tiger cubs immediately lowered their heads to pick up and eat the green plums.
The tiger mother and her son ate the green plums with relish, and heard the chewing sound of "Zuo, Zuo". They cast grateful glances at Zhang Shaofei from time to time.
The scene that happened in front of them was short-lived, but it was thrilling. Sha Danju and Blind Touhan were frightened and confused: how could a ferocious and violent tigress be subdued and tamed so obediently by this frail scholar. Their heads seemed to be stuffed with a mess, their ears seemed to have been hit by something, and they were buzzing. They had no idea what was happening in front of them.
Liang Yaofu pointed at the tigress beside them, and said in a teasing tone to Sha Danju and Blind Touhan who were trembling on the ground: "Didn't I tell you just now that the person you want to capture has a powerful helper? You don't believe it? He also said that one punch can crush him. Come on, his helper is right in front of you, what do you want to do? I want to see if your fist is stronger, or is it as tough as a tiger's head."
At this time, Sha Danju and Blind Han didn't dare to use words to refute, so they could only sigh in their hearts that they were unlucky this time.
After Zhang Shaofei stroked the tigress lovingly, he lowered his head and said to Sha Danju and Blind Touhan, who were still trembling, "You guys have had a hard time looking for me, haven't you? Now that I've come out on my own initiative, come and catch me." .”
Sha Danju and Blind Han, who were in desperate situation, had not recovered their souls at this time, knowing that they had been frozen in water. He was usually arrogant and arrogant, but now he has lost all his majesty. He is as wilted as an eggplant beaten by snow and frost. When he answered, his voice was weak and weak: "Zhang Jili, no, no," as soon as the words came out, he realized again. What, he immediately changed his name to Master, "Master Zhang Shaofei, please don't blame us. We chased you here from the court, and we were just following orders."
Blind-headed Han has always been dull and naive, but at this critical moment, he was no longer Hanju. He took advantage of the situation and took advantage of the situation and said, "Yes, Master Zhang Shaofei, we are here under orders without any compulsion. You are the master." There’s a lot of it, don’t get me wrong.”
Seeing them turning into bears, Zhang Shaofei suppressed his laughter, raised his hands and said, "You don't have to be so frightened. As long as I'm here, this tiger won't kill you. You two should stand up first. Let’s elaborate on the details.”
Sha Danju and Blind Touhan knew that their lives could be saved this time. They lay on the ground, looked at each other, and nodded knowingly. However, they did not dare to stand up immediately. Instead, they turned over and knelt on the ground. They kowtowed three times to Zhang Shaofei: "Thank you Master for saving me! Thank you Master for saving me!" They didn't care that there was a big stone in front of them. Because they kowtowed too hard, their foreheads were bruised and pimpled, but this I didn’t feel any pain at all.
"Kowting like this is not sincere enough. You should also kowtow to this tiger and thank it for not biting you." Liang Yaofu took the opportunity to tease Sha Danju and Blind Touhan.
On this occasion, in order to survive, people told him to eat shit. Sha Danju and Blind Touhan also went to eat shit. As expected, they kowtowed at the tigress three times and said repeatedly: "Thank you, Brother Tiger." Thank you for biting me! Thank you Brother Tiger for not biting me!"
The tigress didn't understand what they were talking about. She just stepped on the grass with her forelimbs, opened her big mouth, exposed her fangs, and stared at them with her round eyes.
Sha Danju and Blind Han kowtowed to Zhang Shaofei and Tihu respectively, and then stood up tremblingly.
Zhang Shaofei asked: "What are you going to do now?"
The blind man's buttocks were just bitten by a tiger. Although the wound was not too deep, it was bleeding and very painful. He covered his buttocks with his hands, bared his teeth, endured the pain, and said, "What should I do? ?Brother Ju, I have always listened to you, so let you make the decision on this matter today."
Sha Danju's upper jaw collided with his lower teeth: "This... this..."
Liang Yaofu laughed secretly in his heart when he saw their bad looks. His face sank in a pretentious manner, and his tone became stern: "Will you still hunt down A Fei in the future?"
"No, no..." Sha Danju patted his chest, took a long breath, calmed down his beating heart, and said, "Master Zhang Shaofei, this time, please give me a vat. If you are brave, I won’t dare to take you back.”
The blind fool was submissive and echoed: "Yes, we will never dare to mention your capture in front of others. Let's end the grudges between us."
Liang Yaofu deliberately pressed him: "Are you two telling the truth?"
Sha Danju pointed to the sky and then to the ground: "I can swear to heaven and earth that I will never tell anything about what happened to Master Zhang Shaofei today. Otherwise, I will be struck by five thunders and die badly."
When the blind man saw Sha Danju swearing a poisonous oath first, he also vowed: "If we tell this story, this tiger will eat us in the future."
This poisonous oath made by the blind fool was really strange, which made Liang Yaofu amused: "Okay, if the tiger wants to eat you, there is no need to wait so long in the future. I guess after today's trouble, you will use the big sedan in the future Come and carry me, and you won’t come to Yunwu Mountain to do evil again.”
"Why did you bring us to this ghost place? What is this place called?" At this time, Sha Danju calmed down a little, looked at Liang Yaofu, and couldn't help but ask.
Zhang Shaofei said: "This place is called Laohukeng."
Sha Danju murmured: "No wonder there is a tiger hiding here, it really lives up to its name!"
The blind man was in shock: "Just hearing the name of this place is scary."
Sha Danju was puzzled: "Master Zhang Shaofei, tigers are extremely ferocious, how can they listen to you like this?"
Before Zhang Shaofei could answer, Liang Yaofu had already jumped in and said, "Some time ago, this tigress was also very evil. She ate a lot of pigs and cows from our mountain people, and then she got caught in our animal trap. She almost missed it that day. At this time, Zhang Shaofei stepped forward and persuaded everyone to save the tiger. He also used sincerity and clever tricks to slowly influence and tame it. Now, the tigress and Ah Fei have become good friends. Friends." Liang Yaofu said while pointing to the tigress and two tiger cubs next to them.
Zhang Shaofei's words were serious: "As the saying goes, good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil. It's not that you won't be repaid, the time has not yet come. When the time comes, everything will be repaid."
"Good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be punished with evil." Sha Danju and Blind Touhan had heard this sentence thousands of times in their ears, but hearing it today, it went straight to the heart and was deeply shocking! They nodded like chickens pecking at rice: "Yes, yes! Good will be rewarded with good, and evil will be rewarded with evil."
Zhang Shaofei's words were like sharp needles: "You join the martial arts sect to learn martial arts to protect justice and sow good fruits in order to save all sentient beings."
Liang Yaofu: "Yes, martial arts practitioners talk about being chivalrous and righteous, but you are going in the opposite direction, which is puzzling!"
After this battle, Sha Danju admired from the bottom of his heart and said with emotion: "I have been working as a guard in the imperial court for nearly nine years, but I still don't know the true meaning of chivalry. It seems that it is not easy to do chivalry."
Blind Han also felt the same: "Yes, I have been working as a guard in the imperial court for more than seven years, but I have not made any progress in martial ethics."
Liang Yaofu once read some books and came up with the following sentence: "Yes, you are in the martial arts sect and you are supposed to be chivalrous and righteous. How come you hold weapons in your hands and wander around the world, chasing and killing people everywhere, enforcing the law impartially, upholding justice, and being wronged?" What about humans? Doesn’t this go against the teachings of our ancestors and go against your original intention when practicing martial arts?”
Zhang Shaofei's voice was quite stern: "You learned martial arts in the first place to strengthen your body, promote the righteousness of martial arts, and support justice. After entering the imperial court, as a warrior protecting the imperial court, even if you picked up weapons, it was only to protect the imperial court from being invaded. We have been invaded by evil people from outside, but you have put the cart before the horse, gone astray, bullied the weak, and even picked up weapons to chase people. This is contrary to the purpose of your martial arts training."
"This..." After hearing this, Sha Danju and Blind Han lowered their heads in shame, their faces turning red.
Zhang Shaofei saw the changes in their facial expressions and guessed what they were thinking, and continued: "If the roots of a tree are poisonous, then the flowers and fruits it produces will also be poisonous. The same principle applies to a person's practice. Even if you enter Buddhism, if your foundation is not correct and your mind remains in the world, your evil roots are not removed, you chase fame and fortune, and care about everything, you will lose the path to practice. Life If you live according to your Zen mind, you will have no desires or pursuits, no disease and no disaster, and you will be on the road to great peace and happiness."
