The new wind piles up the heavy clouds,
A storm came all night.
All over the world,
Heaven and earth are both white.
A heavy snowfall made the already cold winter even more freezing. The heavy snow covered everything, and there was no color between the sky and the earth.
A dozen or so ragged men staggered through the snow.
The seven or eight-year-old child stumbled behind his mother.
The mother, who was holding the child's hand tightly, suddenly pointed forward excitedly and said to the child: "Kid, please hold on a little longer. Look ahead, Qipai Village is here! We are saved!"
The young child looked along his mother's finger, and a black wall appeared in the white world.
The wall was very high, and there was a tall pavilion at the corner, and there seemed to be people walking on it.
The young boy thought blankly that this city wall looked like the city wall he had seen when he and his father visited the county town before.
But isn’t Qipai Village a village?
The toddler's little mind couldn't think too much. He only knew one thing. His mother had said that as long as he got to Qipai Village, he would not die and would still have enough to eat.
Suddenly, the child's body was picked up by his mother. The mother, who had no strength, suddenly gained strength, hugged him and stumbled towards the wall.
Fortunately, not long after running, the door of the high wall was opened, and someone came out and took the refugees in.
As soon as more than a dozen refugees entered the city wall of Qipai Village, their hands were stuffed into a bowl of hot porridge.
The man who served them the porridge smiled gently: "It's been a hard journey, please have a bowl of porridge to warm yourself up. We will never let you starve to death or freeze to death when we arrive at Qipai Village."
The refugees held the hot porridge with tears in their eyes and couldn't wait to drink it. They were reluctant to spit it out if they were burned.
After finishing the porridge, these refugees were able to take stock of the situation in the village, and then they were shocked.
Is this really a village?
The houses are neatly arranged, the walls are brand new, the streets are wide, clean and snow-free.
There is absolutely no litter everywhere on the flat ground. Even the county town is not so clean and tidy!
Some refugees asked the villagers of Qipai Village in disbelief: "Can we really stay?"
The villager from Qipai Village who received us smiled proudly and said, "Of course, our village chief is very powerful. Not only is she capable of keeping us fed, she is also kind-hearted."
"The village chief sympathizes with the suffering of the people. As long as they come to our Qipai Village to escape, they can stay."
The refugees were in disbelief and asked who the village chief was. They wanted to thank the village chief.
The villagers held their heads high and said with a showy look: "Zhao Yanhuan, the head of our Qipai Village, is the most powerful, wisest and kindest girl in the world!"
Zhao Yanhuan, who was praised as the wisest and kindest, was sitting in the main hall of his mansion, drinking tea slowly.
In front of her, a middle-aged man was tied up, curled up and lying on the ground, groaning in pain.
Next to the middle-aged man stood three very tall and murderous-looking burly men.
These three people are Zhao Yanhuan's die-hard supporters, the three brothers of the Luan family, the eldest Luan Hu, the second eldest Luan Xiong, and the third eldest Luan Bao.
Zhao Yanhuan put down the tea cup in his hand, looked at the middle-aged man lying on the ground, and spoke slowly.
"Youngest Cai, as long as you promise to leave Tiger Leaping Mountain, I will forgive you for raping and killing girls in my village."
The middle-aged man raised his head and pouted at Zhao Yanhuan.
His eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth and said, "You think I'm stupid, there are bandits on Tiger Leaping Mountain, they are so vicious and ruthless, no one who passes by can leave alive."
"You asked me to go to Tiger Leaping Mountain, didn't you just want me to die? I look like a fool. Just give up, I won't go to Tiger Leaping Mountain!"
Luan Hu, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but kicked Young Cai, stepped on his head and cursed: "Keep your mouth clean, you don't want to go to Tiger Leaping Mountain to die, believe it or not, I will let you die today. "
Zhao Yanhuan stood up and waved his hand towards Luan Hu. Luan Hu immediately took back his foot that was on Young Cai's head and took a step back.
Zhao Yanhuan walked slowly up to Young Cai, lowered his head to look at Young Cai, and analyzed it for him in a gentle voice without being in a hurry.
"Youngest Cai, you know the rules of my Qipai Village. Rape and robbery are unpardonable capital crimes. If you kill someone, you will definitely be in danger of death."
"If you don't agree, I will use the most cruel punishment to punish you. How much punishment have you received now? Doesn't it feel good? When I really take action, you will not be willing to die but to live."
"Instead of being tortured to death in my hands, you might as well go to Tiger Leaping Mountain. Although there is only one road in Tiger Leaping Mountain, if you get into the forest, you may still have a chance to survive."
Zhao Yanhuan looked at Young Cai, whose expression relaxed as she spoke, and her tone became more seductive.
"How about it? Whether you want to wait for death here without any doubt, or go to Tiger Leaping Mountain and try your hand at it, this is the only way to survive. It's your choice."
Young Cai gritted his teeth. He knew that Zhao Yanhuan had no intention of letting him live out of kindness when he asked him to go to Tiger Leaping Mountain.
But as Zhao Yanhuan said, Tiger Leaping Mountain is so big and there are vast jungles everywhere.
If he hid in it, it would just drip into the river, and he might not be discovered by the bandits. He would probably survive if he tried hard, but he would definitely die if he didn't.
After weighing the pros and cons, Young Master Cai reluctantly said, "I agree to go to Tiger Leaping Mountain."
Zhao Yanhuan showed a satisfied smile on his face and praised him: "A smart man's choice."
He looked up at Luan Hu and Luan Xiong: "You two, take him down to prepare."
Luan Hu grabbed the youngest Cai by the collar and dragged him out. Luan Xiong followed Luan Hu.
Luan Bao did not go with Luan Hu and Luan Xiong. Instead, he changed into relatively shabby clothes, took a kitchen knife, and left directly.
Luan Hu and Luan Xiong on the other side changed Young Cai's clothes, led an oxcart loaded with several bags of grain, and drove Young Cai all the way to Tiger Leaping Mountain.
Tiger Leaping Mountain is more than 30 miles away from Qipai Village. The mountain is steep and there is only one road that can pass through it. In recent years, because there is a group of very powerful bandits in the mountain, few people use it.
Luan Hu and Luan Xiong did not rush Cai Laoyao into Tiger Leaping Mountain, but stopped when they were still a few hundred meters away from Tiger Leaping Mountain.
The two of them stood not far away, both holding bows and arrows in their hands. They drew the bows one to the left and the other to the right, and aimed the cold arrows at Cai Lao Mao.
Luan Hu said coldly: "Young Master Cai, you have also lived in Qipai Village for a while and know how accurate our brothers are in archery. If you don't want to die under our arrows, you should enter Tiger Leaping Mountain now."
Luan Xiong also threatened: "You'd better not try to escape. Our brothers will keep an eye on you until you enter Tiger Leaping Mountain."
