In ancient times, there was a scholar named Tu Yue in Huaxian County, Henan Province. He was erudite and talented, but he failed many times. He was still a scholar in his forties. Frustrated, he gave up on his fame and went to the county town to work as a private tutor for a weal

In ancient times, there was a scholar named Tu Yue in Huaxian County, Henan Province. He was erudite and talented, but he failed many times. He was still a scholar in his forties. Frustrated, he gave up on his fame and went to the county town to work as a private tutor for a wealthy family. At the end of the year, he quit his job and returned to his hometown in the countryside.

Middle-aged scholar

On the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, Tu Yue was lying in bed planning his work for the next year, when a sudden knock on the door came to his ears. He opened the door and took a look, and found that the visitor was a tall and mighty warrior wearing a leather crown and a war skirt. Before Tu Yue could ask why he was here, the warrior said straight to the point: "My name is Zhuang Wu. I heard that you are no longer teaching in the county. I would like to ask where you will teach next year?"

Tu Yue replied truthfully: "I haven't decided yet."

Seeing what the other party said, Zhuang Wu smiled and said: "Great, I have two useless sons, please help them with their studies. I will give you thirty taels of silver every year."

Tu Yue thought the money was too little and immediately rejected him.

Seeing that the other party disagreed, Zhuang Wu thought for a long time and then said: "There are two or three children in the village who want to study with my son, and their parents are willing to pay thirty taels of silver, so you will have sixty taels a year. Tell me, are you going or not?"

Although the temptation of getting sixty taels of silver a year is great, Zhuang Wu has an arrogant and domineering attitude, and is really not an easy person to get along with. Thinking of this, Tu Yue hesitated.

The domineering man

Seeing that Tu Yue was hesitant, Zhuang Wu's expression changed. He walked straight into the room, threw a bundle of dried venison on the table, and ordered categorically: "This is a meeting gift from me. You'd better not refuse." After saying that, he left without looking back.

Tu Yue was shocked by Zhuang Wu's arrogant attitude and was stunned. Just when he came back to his senses and wanted to ask Zhuang Wu for his address, the other party had already walked away. At that time, bandits were rampant in the nearby mountains and forests, and the people could not bear to be disturbed. By observing Zhuang Wu's dress, temperament and speech, Tu Yue judged that he was undoubtedly a bandit. Thinking of this, Tu Yue felt uneasy. Because he was worried about being retaliated by bandits, he canceled the idea of ​​teaching in other people's homes.

On the night of the Lantern Festival, when Tu Yue was about to rest, Zhuang Wu suddenly came and knocked on the door and shouted: "The carriage is ready, you come with me immediately." Tu Yue was very tired at this time and asked to start again tomorrow morning.

Zhuang Wu said categorically: "No, you have to come with me now." After saying that, he broke in, pulled Tu Yue off the bed, and stuffed him into the carriage. After doing all this, Zhuang Wu drove away in a carriage. The carriage ran on the winding mountain road and did not stop until dawn. Tu Yue was pulled out of the car by Zhuang Wu, and he found himself in a village. The houses in the village were all made of trees and looked like nests, which was very weird.

Dangerous Mountain

Zhuang military general Tu Yue pulled into a room, and the two young men immediately knelt down to salute. Zhuang Wu took a look at them and found that the older boy was about fourteen or fifteen years old, and the younger boy was about eleven or twelve years old. Both of them had ape-like eyes, were as beautiful as a goshawk, and looked like ferocious beasts. In addition to these two people, there were three decent-looking children of seven or eight years old in the room.

Zhuang Wu devoted himself to teaching them to read. The three young children were talented and serious about learning, and could quickly read the texts they learned in a rhythm. Zhuang Wu's two sons were very dull. Not only could they not read a few big characters, but they also often made noises in class. Tu Yue took a photo of Zhuang Wu's brutality and did not dare to discipline the two young men.

In the afternoon three days later, two cruel teenagers made a noise in class as usual and injured the foreheads of three accompanying children. Seeing that the student was injured, Tu Yue's resentment accumulated over the past few days finally broke out, and he cursed: "You two stupid and stupid fools, what else can you do besides bullying your classmates!"

After the two teenagers were scolded, their fierce looks showed, and they retorted: "You ungrateful Mr. Bird, why should you care about us?"

Zhuang Wu heard the quarrel and walked into the room and scolded Tu Yue angrily, saying: "You are a nerd who favors these three children but speaks harshly to my son. It is really unreasonable. "

Tu Yue was so angry at the rudeness of Zhuang Wu and his son that he said: "I quit and leave now. "

Teaching

Zhuang Wu sneered: "Where are you going? Is this a place where you can come and leave whenever you want? Keep teaching for me, otherwise you will suffer the consequences! "After that, he waved his sleeves and left angrily. Tu Yue followed Zhuang Wu and wanted to argue with him. At this moment, he heard bursts of screams coming from the room and hurried back to check the situation. He saw that the three young children had fallen into a pool of blood, and two young children Nian was licking the blood on the ground. Seeing this scene, Tu Yue was frightened and ran out of the door. Because he didn't know the way, he could only run away aimlessly. , wanting to intercept him. Tu Yue used all his strength to run for his life, not daring to look behind him. It wasn't until the sun set and the road came to an end that he tirelessly stopped. At this time, the "coo-coo" calls of the owl and the "yo-yo" whistle of the fox were heard continuously, which was very scary.

Tu Yue looked back and found that he had escaped from the pursuit of the two ferocious teenagers, and his hanging heart was slightly relieved. The night is vast and has no way to go At the end of the road, he didn't know where to go. At this time, he caught a glimpse of an abandoned earthen kiln on the side of the road, and wanted to go inside and have a good sleep.

Suddenly, two gray wolves jumped out from the thorn bushes and knocked him down. The two wolves grabbed Tu Yue's clothes with their big mouths, violently dragged Tu Yue to the ground, and returned along the original path. Tu Yue's liver and gallbladder were split apart, thinking that his life would be lost here.

wolf

Just when Tu Yue was in panic, an old man wearing brown clothes, a high crown on his head, and a beard longer than his chest floated over. The old man picked up his cane and gave the two wolves a light blow, and the two wolves were killed instantly. After the old man rescued Tu Yue, he asked him why he came here. Tu Yue told the old man exactly what happened.

After learning what happened to Tu Yue, the old man said: "This is where jackals, tigers and leopards live. It is not a place where humans can live. If you hadn't happened to meet me, you might have died here. After Tu Yue heard this, he hurriedly knelt down to the old man.

The old man helped Tu Yue up and said, "I will take you out of this land of right and wrong." "After that, he pulled Tu Yue and walked quickly. At first, Tu Yue could still hear the rustle of his feet on the fallen leaves. After a while, he faintly felt his feet leaving the ground.

After an unknown amount of time, the old man stopped, pointed ahead and said to Tu Yue: "Just walk along this road for two miles, and you can reach your home. "After saying that, the old man disappeared.

Looking back, Tu Yue found that behind him was a mountainous area with no roads at all. He was surprised, wondering how the old man rescued him from the vast mountains.

old man

Following the direction indicated by the old man, Tu Yue returned home as expected. He closed the door tightly. , lying on the bed and sleeping soundly, he didn't open his eyes until three o'clock in the morning the next day.

In the past few days after returning home, Tu Yue was worried that Zhuang Wu would come to visit again. He was always uneasy and thought of moving.

The night before he was to move, Tu Yue dreamed that the old man hung a head on a tree in his yard and said: "Zhuang Wu has done many evil things and killed young children. I have already killed him." Tu Yue was shocked and asked the old man his name. The old man said, "I am the owner of this mountain." "

Tu Yue woke up from his dream. He got up and went to the courtyard. He found a wolf head hanging on the tree that was dripping blood. Only then did he realize that the old man was the mountain god.

Now that the evil man had been eliminated, Tu Yue had no worries and immediately canceled The idea of moving.

adapted from " Drunk Tea Zhiguai "

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