329 Chapter 22 Section 7

After clearing out all the snow in the pit formed by the plane's fall, everyone gathered in it to drink some strong wine to warm up the cold body. In addition, Xu Yunde took out dry food and bacon from the horse's back.

Distribute it to everyone.

Ge Liu took the food and ate it voraciously, while saying, "If that monster was really a rat demon, I would have brought a cat if I had known it! Fifth brother, do you still remember when we were in a blind old man when we were roaming.

Did you hear the story there?”

Ge Wu replied: "Of course I remember, isn't it the one who was beaten to death by the big black cat in trouble?"

When Liu Ping heard this, she became interested and asked, "What story is it? Tell me."

Ge Wu nodded and then told everyone a story related to rats. It is said that a long time ago, the imperial court had a very cruel rule that people would be buried alive if they lived after sixty! If someone was in the family

The old man was falsely reported, and once it was found out, the whole family would be punished, so there were sixty-year-olds in the whole country.

The protagonist of the story is a high-ranking official in the court. The man was named Zhao Tianxiong and a filial son. His father happened to be 60 years old this year. According to regulations, he was going to be buried alive, but he couldn't bear to do this, so he found a corpse.

He replaced his father, then dug a cellar in his home, hid his old father in the cellar, and provided food every day. Because it was hidden very well, he was never discovered.

On this day, envoys from neighboring countries came to negotiate the territorial affairs. Because their country was strong, the envoys were extremely strong. They brought five huge rats, one more fierce than the other, and went up to the court.

He threatened that this was the most fierce beast in their country, and even the lions might not be able to fight! He bet with the emperor that if their country could not find a more ferocious beast, then he would have to cut a piece of land as a bargaining chip to lose.

There are five bets in total, that is, five giant rats are one by one.

On the first day, the emperor sent someone to bring the hunting dog, but the giant rat was torn to pieces in a few seconds. In this way, Zhao Tianxiong's country lost the first bet. In desperation, the emperor cut a piece.

The land gave the envoy's country and agreed with it that another beast-fighting bet will begin the next day.

The next day, Zhao Tianxiong found a leopard, but the result was the same as the day before. The giant rat pushed out by the envoy still bit him to death in just a few strokes! So, the second piece of land was also lost.

At this point, the emperor was furious and issued an order saying that if anyone could find a beast that defeated the giant rat in the beast battle between the two countries, he would not only have a reward of ten thousand taels, but also a promotion.

It can also meet any of his requirements!

But although the decree has been promulgated, the giant rats that can even tear apart even the spotted leopards can find out what more ferocious beasts can be found in a short while!

After returning from the palace, when Zhao Tianxiong was delivering food to his father, the old man saw that he looked worried and asked him in a concern. Zhao Tianxiong told his father everything about the giant rat.

When the old man heard this, he laughed and said, "It's just a giant rat, why are you afraid?"

When Zhao Tianxiong heard this, he immediately said with confusion: "Dad, you must know that the giant rat is not an ordinary rat. Today, even the spotted leopard was bitten to death by it in the court... "

But his father waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Although the giant rat is fierce, he is still afraid of natural enemies. I ask you, what is the natural enemies of rats?"

"Cat?" Zhao Tianxiong said without thinking: "But that giant rat is much bigger than a cat! Besides, cats can't even beat dogs, let alone leopards, so how could it be the opponent of the giant rat?

?”

Old Master Zhao still said with a smile on his face: "You don't know anything about this. As the saying goes, there are no mice that are not afraid of cats, but this time it is a mutated giant rat. Ordinary cats naturally cannot defeat it, but only

It is necessary to have that very spiritual black cat, and it is nine years old, or more than nine pounds or just that heavy, it is enough to deal with the giant rat!"

When Zhao Tianxiong heard this, he immediately remembered the big black cat his father raised. All these conditions met. He immediately said, "Dad, do you mean that our big black cat can deal with that giant mouse?"

Old Master Zhao nodded and said, "I am now ten years and seven months old, weighing ten pounds and seven ounces. Tomorrow you only need to carry it away. No matter how fierce the giant rat is, it will be defeated.

!”

After hearing his father's words, Zhao Tianxiong was also skeptical, but the current situation was the only way to try! So, on the court the next day, he put the big black cat in his home in a cage.

He also wrapped it in black cloth and brought it into the palace.

At this time, the emperor looked sad. Because the whole day passed, no one brought out a beast that was more fierce than a leopard. Judging from this situation, it is probably going to lose another piece of land today...

After all the ministers and neighboring countries have all the envoys, the beast-fighting game has to be held as usual! Seeing that no one has taken out the wild beasts that have been fighting for a long time, Zhao Tianxiong made up his mind and thought to himself: "No matter whether it wins or loses, let's go out.

!" Then he walked out of the ranks in an iron cage with a big black cat and said to the emperor: "Today's beast fighting, let me give it a try!"

Seeing that no one had led the beast to fight for so long, the emperor had no hope. However, he didn't expect that when he was about to give up, Zhao Tianxiong volunteered to come out, so he nodded and said, "Okay, you've brought it this time.

What a fierce beast, take it out and take a look!"

Zhao Tianxiong replied, "I brought either a beast, or a person in the iron cage in my arms..." After that, he lifted up the black cloth and lit up the big black cat, all the civil and military officials in the court, and

When the envoys from neighboring countries saw it, they were shocked and laughed loudly. Even the emperor felt embarrassed and said a little angrily: "That giant rat and even a leopard can easily bite to death. You fat

What can a cat do?”

Zhao Tianxiong replied: "Anyway, there are no other wild beasts going to fight, so why not ask it to give it a try!"

When the emperor heard this, he was quite helpless, but when he saw Zhao Tianxiong's face full of determination, he finally agreed and said, "Since that's the case, just let this fat cat die..."

Then, everyone came to the beast-fighting venue, and the envoys from neighboring countries pushed out the giant rat with a sarcastic look on their faces. Because Zhao Tianxiong did not bring a large beast this time, there was no need to connect and open the gate.

Just put the big black cat in the iron cage of the giant rat.

When Zhao Tianxiong saw the huge mouse with fangs, he couldn't feel any confidence at all. He looked down at the big black cat in his arms, but saw that it actually stared at the giant mouse with eyes tightly.

but still a little excited...

As hesitated, the black cat screamed "meow..." and saw that the giant rat in the iron cage seemed to be huddling in a corner of the cage in great fear, as if it was extremely scared, and there was no connection between the previous cruelty!

What's even more amazing is that the huge body of the giant rat also seemed to have been smaller! Not bad, it was obviously a circle smaller.

After seeing this, Zhao Tianxiong suddenly remembered his father's words, "No mouse is not afraid of cats." No matter how powerful this giant mouse is, it is still a mouse. Thinking of this, he also raised confidence in his heart and turned the big black cat."

He carried it out of the cage and walked towards the iron cage where the giant rat was locked.

As the distance narrowed, the black cat in his arms became more and more irritable. He shouted wildly, "Meow... Meow..." and kept twisting his body, trying to break free from Zhao Tianxiong's hand, trying to pounce on the giant mouse.

Wherever it was. On the other hand, the giant rat in the iron cage was so scared that he was trembling all over and couldn't even scream.

When Zhao Tianxiong came to the iron cage, as soon as he let go, the big black cat rushed out with a "whirlwind". After entering the iron cage, he grinned and grinned at the giant rat, and kept on

Crying. At this time, the black and shiny hairs on its body stood upside down, looking quite like the "Elvis" style.

Looking at the giant rat, it was trembling, and its body was like a breath-taking balloon, getting smaller in circles, and soon it turned into a look that was only a little bigger than an ordinary house rat. If it were ordinary

After seeing the cat, the house mouse knew to run away, but this time, the smaller giant mouse not only didn't know how to run, but on the contrary, it was soft on the ground and couldn't even stand up. The big black cat "meow"

!", and then rushed forward, slapped the "giant rat" with one claw, but did not bit it to death. It just started playing in the cage like playing with a toy.

After seeing this, everyone present was shocked and widened their eyes. No one could believe their eyes. Who would have thought that the giant rat that even a leopard could kill was actually a black one.

The cat solved it! And why did this giant mouse become smaller after it hits the black cat? No one can tell...

After seeing this, the envoy from the neighboring country was dissatisfied and wanted to push another giant rat to come, but because he had already made a bet, he would only compete one day. If he regretted it, it would be a face for his country.

He was slandered, so he had to endure it, hurriedly said goodbye to the emperor, and left the Colosseum.

In the following days, the five giant rats were killed by the big black cat in the same way, but because there were only five bets, the other two were just entertainment. So the previous two days Zhang Tianxiong took back the land that the country lost.

Not to mention, he also won a city from his neighboring country! After sending away the dusty envoy, the emperor Long Yan was very happy and immediately rewarded Zhao Tianxiu with ten thousand taels of gold and promoted him to his official position. In addition, he was also recruited to ask.

He said: "You can make any request, as long as it is not excessive, it can satisfy you!"

When Zhao Tianxiong heard this, he gritted his teeth secretly! Then he knelt down with a "thump" and said, "Actually... the fact that this black cat can subdue the giant rat was not what I thought of, but... it was my old father.

, He also said that to subdue the giant rat, it must be a black cat, and to weigh more than nine pounds and nine taels of nine-pound old cats!”

When the emperor heard this, he immediately questioned: "Isn't your father dead? Did he send a dream to you?"

Zhao Tianxiong shook his head, and then he told the emperor everything about his father, and finally said that his only request was to abolish this cruel rule.

The emperor was now moved by his filial piety and deposed the old man's 60-year-old to bury himself alive. He also added one more thing, that is, as long as there are people over 60 years old in his family, the court will issue regular rice and flour every month...

After listening to the story of cat and mouse told by Ge Wu, everyone was still unsatisfied. Xu Yunde said, "Brother, fifth brother, where did you hear this story? It's pretty good..."

Ge Wu replied: "I heard a blind old man telling stories many years ago in Jinan. The old man could tell stories. At that time, when we both enjoyed the most every day, we listened to him telling these cats and dogs.

.”

After listening to this story, Liu Ping fell into deep thought. She thought to herself: "No matter how cruel and fierce the giant rat is, she is still afraid of cats. But in addition to cats, there are snakes, owls, and foxes.
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