Inside Muxiu Peak, outside the Purple Bamboo Forest.
Li Jian got up early, knowing that monkeys might come to cause trouble today. After getting up, he first walked around in the bamboo forest.
In fact, this swarm of wild bees was an unintentional move on his part. He originally kept it to practice his swordsmanship, but he didn't expect that the several adventures he had after living here would actually lead to the swarm of wild bees in the forest. Now their natural enemies are almost the same. Those who were either driven away or killed by Li Jian were so scared that they no longer dared to enter the bamboo forest. Now the swarm of wild bees has become overwhelming, and the mountain walls in the bamboo forest are full of swarms of bees. In the yellow hive, swarms of wild bees buzzed and buzzed around, busy, and drops of sweet wild honey dripped down, falling into the bamboo tube arranged by Li Jian below.
Speaking of which, Tang Ping used the wild honey the most in Li Jian's place. She asked her sixth grandfather Tang Bonian for a recipe for using honey to make wine, so that the honey produced in Li Jian's forest would be used in buckets by Tang Ping's place. Sweet wine in the process of aging. Next is Lu Pingchuan. Lu Pingchuan likes to eat honey, and Li Jian gives him a lot every time. Then Yanxuan would use some if he was making elixir. As for Qian Chao, Li Jian kept all the honey in his storage bag except for sometimes getting some to drink with spiritual tea.
There are several hives like this all over the mountain wall in the forest. Now Li Jian is a little embarrassed. If the bee swarm continues like this, he may not be able to accommodate it in his own bamboo forest.
Holding several bamboo tubes filled with honey, Li Jian dodged out of the bamboo forest. Now that his cultivation was extraordinary, he quickly got rid of the wild bees chasing behind him.
As soon as "Brother Li" came out of the bamboo forest, Li Jian heard someone calling from the air. When he looked up, he saw that it was Lu Pingchuan who was falling down.
"Brother Lu, you came so early."
"Well, everything is fine. Come here early. I'd like to see what the monkeys on Yuhu Mountain look like." Lu Pingchuan said as he took a bamboo tube from Li Jian's hand. He didn't mind that the honey inside was too much. It was so sweet that I poured it into my mouth for a while, and then I couldn't help but praise it, "Yeah, it's comfortable."
Li Jian couldn't eat like Lu Pingchuan did. He smiled and put all the bamboo tubes in his hands on the stone table. At this moment, another voice came from above.
"Brother Lu, Brother Li"
The people who came were naturally money-driven.
After sitting down at the table, Qian Chao said: "When I came here, I saw that the green radish on Yuhu Mountain had really grown in length. I just passed by and saw that they were less than twenty feet away from the water. It seems that it won't take long. That group of monkeys can come down.”
Lu Pingchuan said: "Well, I'm not afraid of them coming. Hey, what do you think if we catch a monkey and keep it for fun?"
Upon hearing this, Qian Chao quickly advised: "Brother Lu, it's best not to do it. What's so fun about monkeys? Don't forget that Tang Ping said that those monkeys hold grudges the most."
Li Jian didn't seem to want Lu Pingchuan to catch the monkeys, and said, "It's better to hope they don't come. Although there are enough wild bees in my forest, it would be distressing if they were harmed by that monkey. .”
"How many? Brother Li, how many wild bees are there in your forest now?"
"Brother Lu, have you seen those mountain walls in the forest? The wild bees are building their nests on them. All the mountain walls are now occupied."
"Oh, that's a lot. Hey, when I was young, I went hunting with my father in the mountains. It would be a beautiful thing if I came across a wild bee's nest. I would find some branches and grass and light a fire to scare away the wild bee. I went home as soon as I collected the hives, hehe, this honey is much sweeter than the wild fruits in the forest."
"Oh," Qian Chao was still very interested in Lu Pingchuan's past hunting, "So, Brother Lu didn't often find wild bee nests when he was hunting in the past?"
"Of course at that time, it was considered good if you could find it once a month. The wild bees would definitely change places to build their nests if they suffered a loss. They were all difficult to find and climb, but there was still a way to find them. Guess what? Method?"
"What method?" Li Jian asked. Although he had hunted before, he had always wanted to train troops. He had no experience hunting wild animals in the mountains and forests like Lu Pingchuan.
"There is a kind of bird, eh, what is it called? Oh, my dad calls that kind of bird a bee. As long as you see that kind of bird on the mountain, you can find wild bees, and the bee will fly when it sees people. Then we took people to find wild bee hives, and then we took the hives back to get honey. We dug out the bee pupae in the hive and fed them to the bird. The bee loves to eat bee pupae, but it is difficult to deal with the swarms of monkeys... !”
At this point, Qian Chao and Li Jian were listening intently. Suddenly Lu Pingchuan shouted and pointed with his hand. The two hurriedly turned to look. Sure enough, on the other side of the river next to Li Jian's bamboo house, a little tawny monkey was lying on the ground. The people on the branch looked warily at the people on the other side.
"It's actually here." Li Jian said.
…
Tang Ping sat with her master, Fairy Guhuo, but they were not in Fairy Guhuo's cave, but in the cave of Tang Bonian, the great elder of Bibotan.
However, Tang Bonian was not with them at this time. Tang Bonian was talking to an apprentice outside his cave. Since they were at the entrance of the cave, what they were talking about was the master and the apprentice who were inside the cave. Hear it clearly.
"Master, why don't you, old man, think about it again? If this is what you said, there will be nothing left of the fruit in that garden when those monkeys come."
"Well, just do as I say. I have my own reasons for today's matter. You don't need to pay attention to this. Just do as I say."
"Master, I don't know what you are going to do. Why don't I and a few junior brothers pick some of the same fruits on the tree first, so as not to ruin them all?"
"Huh, no, it's just some fruits. Even if they are wasted today, they will naturally grow again in the future. What are you afraid of!"
"Master, don't forget, many seniors have ordered wine from you. If the fruits in this garden are gone, what will you use to make wine for them?"
"Well, then tell them that my garden was robbed by the monkeys on Yuhu Mountain, and that's all!"
"Master... think about your status as the senior of Danjie, the elder of Shuiyun Valley, and the great elder of Bibo Pond. Your garden can be robbed by monkeys! Who believes it? Anyway, I am my disciple. I can’t say it, and I don’t dare to say it. If you want to say it yourself, I’m afraid I’ll get beaten by them if I say it!”
Hearing this, Fairy Guhuo couldn't help but burst out laughing. The tea cup she was holding in her hand was shaking out a lot of tea. Tang Ping suppressed her laughter and hurriedly took Master's tea cup and put it away. On the case, another handkerchief was handed to Master to wipe his hands.
The conversation outside continues.
"Well, what you said makes some sense. Hey, how about this? If they come to ask for wine, you can give them some from my small wine cellar, but those wines are my private collection. It's old, well, each barrel needs to be doubled with spirit stones. Do you want love? If they don't want to give spirit stones, then only give them half of the wine. If they don't want to do it, let them come to me. , I will deal with them."
"Master... oh, are you planning to play rogue again?"
"What are you talking about! Go quickly! You are so long-winded."
"Hey, yes!"
Fairy Guhuo inside was laughing so much that Tang Bonian walked in with his hands behind his back. When he heard Fairy Guhuo laughing, he couldn't help but snorted loudly and walked in with heavy steps.
"Alas! Because of you, my apprentice, I suffered a lot of bleeding this time!" Tang Bonian said to Fairy Guhuo while sitting behind the case.
"Hmph! Don't say that. My apprentice is true, but Ping'er is also your granddaughter. Isn't it right for you to shed some blood?"
"Bleeding, bleeding, this time has seriously damaged my vitality. Maybe I will have to help my senior sister in the future."
"Come here less! You have earned enough over the years. It is a good thing to shed some blood to avoid people saying that Elder Tang is a brave man who can only get in but not get out."
"Well, hum, I won't argue with you anymore. Let me ask you whether the things on the mountain will come down. I still don't know yet."
"Well, last time I went to Yuhu Mountain, I asked Ah Jiu to pay attention to it. Ah Jiu turned around and told me that there were only seven or eight animals that caught her eye on that mountain, but a few of them were a little bit... When they are older, Ping'er can't handle it, but there are three or four of them. It's just right to come with them. The second ones are also small. They have a curious temperament and will definitely follow. It depends on the fruits in your garden. Whether we can attract them or not depends on Ping'er's methods."
"Well, that's good, that's good. If you catch me later, you have to take a good look at that little guy. That's the fruit of my garden!"
Just as he was talking, suddenly a melodious horn sound came from somewhere outside the cave.
"Here we come!" Fairy Guhuo's eyes lit up.
