The Ant King agreed to Xiao Yi's request and sent Xiao Yi to Zhao'an. The ant king walked out of the cave to see off the little ant, because he might have a narrow escape from death, and said: "Little ant, when will you come back from this trip?" The ant king stood in front of the carriage and said: "Come back immediately after the imperial edict is completed." The ant king ordered The attendant poured a glass of wine and said, "Xiao Yi, drink this wine." Xiao Yi bowed and took the wine, drank it in one gulp, and put it on the tray. The ant king said: "Little ant, I am here waiting for you to come back." The little ant bowed and saluted, and said: "Please invite the king to meet the chariot." Then he got on the carriage and drove away. The ant king climbed up the tower, watched him off, and said, "Little ant, you have to come back early." The ant king turned the horse's head, dismounted, knelt down, and said: "Your Majesty." "Then he got on the carriage and disappeared over the hill.
There are no soldiers in the country except the common people. It went to Zhao'an without any soldiers or followers. Walk through the grass or bushes at the foothills. Xiao Yi was sitting in front of the carriage driving the carriage, when he noticed something strange moving in a place overgrown with weeds, and the horse neighed in alarm. The little ant tightened the reins, stopped suddenly, got off and stood still. Xiao Yi stood in front of the carriage and observed what kind of animals were walking through the grass in the overgrown area. From time to time, there were bursts of noise, and then they were completely still. The little ant became more vigilant, feeling that danger was approaching it. Suddenly he found a pangolin blocking the way behind him. The pangolin has a long and narrow body, with scales all over its body, short and thick limbs, a slightly bulging back, and a cone-shaped head. It has small eyes, a pointed snout, a long tongue, no teeth, and underdeveloped ears. It has five toes on its feet and strong claws. The front claws are long, especially the third claw in the middle, and the rear claws are shorter and smaller. The armor on the whole body is like tiles, from the top of the forehead to the back, and on the outside of the limbs. There are Linjia on both sides of the dorsal and ventral surfaces of the tail, arranged in longitudinal rows from the middle of the back, and the scales are dark brown. The pangolin sniffed around, sometimes raising its eyes and looking up, as if it was ready to attack at any time. The little ant stood within its sight range, motionless, with only its two antennae swinging back and forth. It kept looking at the pangolin with its eyes intently. The pangolin slowly sniffed forward, then raised its eyes and looked up, slowly approaching its prey.
The little ant immediately leaned back, watching every move of the pangolin. Suddenly, a long tongue spit out and flew over, knocking over the carriage behind it. The horse stood up with a long neigh, kicked forward, broke free from the reins, and ran wildly in fright. The little ant tripped over the stems and leaves behind it, fell down and rolled around, hiding behind the earth and rocks. The horse kept walking through the weeds, leaving only the little ants hiding behind the earth and rocks. Their hearts were pounding, as if they were about to jump out. The pangolin lunges forward and strikes with its long tongue, breaking the earth and rocks. The earth and rocks exploded, and the soil was scattered. The little ants avoided the dirt and flew down, running wildly, with pangolins chasing after them. There is a thorn forest just ahead. The little ants are small and agile, hiding in the thorn forest and watching. Pangolins linger outside the thorn forest. The little ant pulled out the sharp thorn, held it tightly in his hand, and looked out of the thorn forest. The pangolin suddenly disappeared. I was thinking that maybe it failed to catch the prey and left. I finally breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly, a long tongue broke off the branches behind it and attacked. The ant was stuck to the long tongue and could not move, allowing it to be dragged dozens of miles away. The little ant suddenly woke up, the sharp thorns pierced its long tongue, plasma sprayed, and mucus sprayed all over its body. The pangolin was in unbearable pain. With a flick of its tongue, the ant was thrown several miles away. When it fell, it smashed into the earth and rocks, and the dust flew out. The little ant shook its groggy head, sat up and looked forward, its antennae swinging messily. See pangolins looking down close. The little ant picked up the spikes scattered on the ground and looked at the pangolin. The long tongue rolled down and rolled the little ant into his mouth. The saliva behind him surged like a flood, and he might swallow it at any time. At this critical moment, the little ant suddenly got smart and crawled along the mouth, piercing the mouth with its sharp thorns. The pangolin was in constant pain, and plasma spurted out of its mouth, spitting out the ants, which fell and rolled, hitting the stems and leaves. Seeing the sharp claws on its head pressed down, the little ant picked up the sharp thorns and pointed them upwards, directly piercing the claws it pressed down. The pangolin immediately rolled and struggled, huddled in a ball, with all four legs in the air. There were sharp thorns stuck in the soles of the front feet. The feet were shaking constantly and the pain was excruciating.
The little ant approached cautiously and said: "Hey, you have spikes on your feet, tongue and mouth. Let me help you treat it." The pangolin ignored it, and the little ant continued: "If you don't treat it in time, you will The wound will be infected." The pangolin said with difficulty: "Okay." The ants crawled on the soles of its feet, pulled out the spikes on the feet, then let it spit out a long tongue, and pulled out a few thorns on the tongue. Root spikes. The mouth was slightly opened, and the ants entered its mouth and pulled out the sharp thorns in its mouth. The pangolin howled in pain, and the sound coming out of its mouth was deafening. It sneezed a few times, like a hurricane blowing out the ants, flying out and cracking the stone. Get up and pick some herbs, put them in your mouth, chew them into pieces, apply them on wounds to relieve pain and disinfect them, and apply them on your mouth or tongue. A fragrance will hit your throat, making it feel happy.
The little ant crawled out of its mouth and said: "Your wound has been taken care of." The pangolin thanked him: "Thank you." The little ant took a few steps back and said, "We will see you later." The pangolin limped. The crooked one followed behind. The little ant turned around and said: "Your houseworms must be anxious too, go back quickly." The pangolin followed and said, "I have no houseworms anymore. They are all dead. They died in the war. I am the only one." It lies day and night. Now that you have saved me, you are my master insect, always following you, riding for you." The little ant faced the pangolin following behind and said: "There is no relationship between you and me. The relationship between master and servant is only that of brothers. If you are older, I will call you brother. What do you think?" The pangolin said: "Okay, I will call you brother." Then, the two insects went together to keep each other company.
There is a cave hidden on the dark side of the hill, covered with grass. It is so secret that ordinary insects cannot find it. Ants and pangolins searched here for a long time, but it was difficult to find them. I opened a nest of grass and stood at the entrance of the cave. The cave extended in all directions. There were several ant chambers and ant halls at the end of the cave. They were no different from the ant clan's previous chambers. The bandit leader sat in his seat and said: "If the thieves don't escape, tomorrow we will go out in full force to loot the ant village." An ant bandit stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I heard that the little ants have come back. Maybe now It is already the king of the ant tribe." When it came to the little ant, it still missed it very much, and silently muttered: "Little ant." Then facing everyone, it said: "I know this little ant, it was cowardly since it was a child, and now it is also Not much better." The ant bandit said: "It assisted the termite clan's prince division to attack the termite clan's capital. It was brave and resourceful, unlike the little ants in the past." The bandit leader said: "It's incredible to the insects. As the saying goes, three days It should be looked at with admiration, not to mention that after it was removed from the tribe, it has not been seen for more than a year." At this time, a bandit entered and said: "Your Majesty, the little ant is outside the cave asking for an audience." The bandit leader was very happy. Madly, he said: "Little ant, it's coming, it's coming." The other bandit ants were also very excited, and they gathered together excitedly, saying: "Let it come in, and we will eat it alive together." The bandit king looked at the bandit and was frightened. He was trembling and said: "There is a pangolin behind it." The bandit king was shocked, sat down limply, and said: "Oh no, the little ants went up the mountain this time to destroy my village." These ants The bandit is more like an ant in a hot pot, anxious and overwhelmed. A bandit ant also overestimated its capabilities and stood up and said: "Your Majesty, there are millions of troops in my village. If the little ant comes alone, it will never come back." The bandit king said: "I am not afraid of the little ant coming alone. It's hateful. The most important thing is the pangolin next to it. It is the natural enemy of our ant tribe, and an army of one million is not enough for it to wear out its teeth. This is the army I have worked hard to manage. It’s over, it’s over. How should you deal with it?" Others The bandit ants were also helpless. An ant bandit stood up and said: "We'd better escape quickly. Our army cannot resist the pangolin attack." The bandit king said: "Where are we going to escape? The little ants are guarding the entrance of the cave." After pondering for a long time, he said: "Instruct the ants to enter the burrow, and we will act accordingly." What they couldn't figure out was that pangolins are the natural enemies of our ant tribe, so why are they walking together with the ants? Could it be that it has the ability to subdue the powerful pangolin beyond ordinary insects? It is incredible.
The ant soldier walked out of the cave and looked at the pangolin behind the little ant. He was so scared that he couldn't even speak. The little ant stepped forward to comfort and said: "Don't be afraid, it is our friend and will not hurt you." The ant soldier then said: "The king invites you into the cave." Then, facing the pangolin behind him, he said: " Brother, you can wait outside the cave. I will come back as soon as I go." The pangolin was a little worried for it and said: "Brother, my life may be in danger if I go here. I heard that these bandits kill insects without batting an eye, or let them go. I will follow you to protect your safety." Xiao Yi said: "Brother's wish is understood by Xiao Yi. I have been through the catastrophe, how can I still be afraid of a few robbers?" Then he said: "I and I The mountain kings in the cave belong to the same clan. They will not kill each other. Don’t worry, I will be back soon.” After hearing what it said, the pangolin had no choice but to do so. It was still worried and said: "I will only wait for an hour. If there is no news about you in the cave after an hour, then I will rush into the cave and start killing. I only have your safety in my heart, and I can't care about so much." This pangolin It is an animal that values affection and justice. Xiao Yi stared at the pangolin in front of him and understood what a pangolin is. He just said affectionately: "Brother." Then he turned around and faced the bandit next to him and said: "You lead the way from the front." The pangolin behind him looked at each other affectionately. , said: "Brother Xian, you have to pay attention to your safety." Xiao Yi turned around and just nodded heavily.
