Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

"No need, Cave Master." Xiao Xing said firmly: "In order to avenge my mother, I am willing to die."

"Brother Xing, I don't allow you to talk about death, and I don't allow you to die either." Hong'er suddenly squeezed into the crowd, grabbed Xiaoxing's hand and said.

"Don't worry! Hong'er, we will be fine." Xiaoxing smiled indifferently.

"Hong'er, don't you worry about my safety?" Chen was jealous when he saw Hong'er caring so much about Xiaoxing. He hadn't received a reply from Hong'er since he confessed his feelings to Yanshan last time. Seeing that Hong'er cared more about Xiaoxing than himself, he was naturally jealous.

"Brother Chen, I'm worried about you too. I don't want anything to happen to you. I hope both of you will be safe!" Hong'er said sincerely, holding one of Chen's hands with her other hand.

"Hong'er, we are discussing important matters, why are you meddling in our affairs? Get out of here!" Qiu shouted harshly.

"You go down first. I'll talk to you after the tiger threat is resolved." Chen gently pushed Hong'er and walked out of the crowd.

"Cave Master, based on my hunting experience of over fifty years, there are tigers guarding the cave entrance now. If we want to retreat from under their noses, not to mention everyone in the cave, even a fly will be discovered by them. How can we retreat?" Zhi asked dejectedly.

"Well, this is indeed a difficult problem. How about talking to the Tiger King and letting us go out for another day?" Qiu suggested.

"Yes, let's try talking to the tigers again." The next person immediately agreed.

So everyone came to the cave entrance and shouted to the tigers as they did yesterday: "Listen, tiger king outside the cave, you retreat for another day today, let us go out and exercise, and we will come out of the cave tomorrow to decide the outcome."

The tiger spirit heard it and reported it to the tiger king. The cat king heard it and stepped forward and said, "Brother Tiger, yesterday the humans asked us to retreat and set many traps. Fortunately, we didn't fall into them. Today they asked us to retreat again. Don't agree to it."

"Woo, humans are cunning and smart. It must be some trick again. I won't be fooled again." The Tiger King nodded and said.

The tiger cats came to the front of the battle group and said to the people, "We will not be fooled by you cunning humans and retreat again. You can't come out and move around anymore. We will trap you in the cave."

"Tiger King, we will never dig traps this time, and we promise to fight you to the death." Xia shouted again.

Elvis and Tiger King simply squatted with their eyes closed, pretending to ignore what people said.

"Tiger King, aren't you very powerful? Why are you so timid?" Xiaoxing shouted.

Tiger King Elvis remained unmoved and even covered his ears when he heard the last part.

Seeing that Tiger King did not fall for the trick, everyone was at a loss and had to put the plan aside for the time being. After lunch, Qiu returned to the dormitory in a depressed mood and prepared to take a rest for a while, and found a black thing lying on the bed.

"Pangolin, you're back!" Qiu walked over happily and stroked its head.

After being brought back by Qiu, the pangolin stayed in the cave for a while, and then suddenly disappeared again. Qiu thought it would never come back, and didn't take it seriously, but unexpectedly it suddenly appeared again today.

The pangolin climbed up, looked at Qiu and nodded, then rubbed against Qiu like a well-behaved child.

"Pangolin, there is a tiger guarding the cave entrance outside. How did you get in? Why weren't you caught by the tiger?" Qiu asked puzzledly.

The pangolin then walked towards the wall of the cave, and Qiu followed curiously. The pangolin came to the wall of the cave, dived into a cave, then stepped out and looked up at Qiu.

"Oh, I see." Qiu nodded and said with sudden realization: "You came in from this cave. Haha, the pangolin is really worthy of being called a pangolin. It can actually drill through this cave."

Qiu suddenly had an idea: since the pangolin can enter and exit this cave, can't we also get out from here? Thinking of this, he picked up the pangolin and hurried to discuss with everyone.

Xiaoxing, Xia, Dong and others were defending at the cave entrance. Qiu came over and shouted excitedly to them: "Xing, Dong, I have a solution, I have a solution."

"Cave Master, what do you have in mind?" everyone asked.

"Everyone, come here with me." Qiu turned around and led everyone to the cave where the pangolin had dug. He pointed at the cave and said, "This cave is the passage that the pangolin dug to get out. I think as long as we enlarge this small hole, we can also get out from here. In this way, won't we be able to evacuate safely?"

"The cave master is right. This plan will definitely work!" Dong and the others cheered.

So they immediately got to work, and they found tools and started digging along the hole dug by the pangolin. In just half a day, a tunnel more than a man and a half tall and more than ten feet long was dug. Qiu looked at the exit of the cave and found that it was dug on the mountainside behind Tianju Cave. The tiger king and cat king only knew to guard the front of the cave, and there was no tiger or cat behind the mountain.

Everyone went back into the tunnel and blocked the entrance. Back in the cave, everyone discussed the fire plan again and worked out the details. After some discussion, they finally decided on a specific action plan: 1. First, pack up all the clothes and other things needed in the cave and move them to other sub-caves. 2. Pile the dry firewood in the cave at the entrance and prepare to ignite it tomorrow. 3. Make the sub-caves door. 4. All the people divided the work: Team 1, a hundred young people led by Xiaoxing, were responsible for luring the tiger into the cave. Team 2, young people led by Qiu Hedong, were responsible for ambushing the entrance of the cave and waiting for an opportunity to set fire. Team 3, the old, weak, sick, disabled and women led by Zhi, all retreated to another small cave behind the mountain to hide.

After the plan was made, everyone started to act. Some went to pack things, some to move firewood, and some to make doors. After a busy day, everything was ready, and we just had to wait for tomorrow's action.

At dawn the next day, the tigers and cats were still squatting outside the cave. Qiu ordered everyone to start moving according to the plan. Xiaoxing led a group of people to guard the cave entrance and wait for everyone to evacuate. Then Qiu and Dong led a group of people to get out of the tunnel and ambush next to Tianju Cave. The last group, Zhi, led the others to evacuate from the tunnel. The people in the cave were clamoring, calling their children, and leaving the tunnel one by one in an orderly manner. Zhi was worried that the bodies of Chun, Bai, Shan, You, and Ju would be eaten by the tigers, so he ordered people to carry their bodies and evacuate together.

After the crowd left, Tianju Cave seemed empty. Everything was ready, just waiting for the tigers to fall into the trap.

Xiao Xing led a hundred people to open the gate of Tianju Cave. Facing the tigers, Xiao Xing warned everyone: "Brothers, this trip of leading tigers into the cave is more dangerous than yesterday. So, everyone must be cautious and careful, and do not panic and cause accidents, otherwise, there will be a risk of death."

"Xing, brothers know everything. Let's start taking action!" the lower man shouted.

It was already bright, and the tigers and cats were still running, jumping, and roaring not far away, staring at them. Xiaoxing and the others opened the cave door, holding knives and guns, and went out of the cave. Xiaoxing pointed at the tigers and said sternly: "Listen, you beasts, today we will fight to the death with you, and we will not retreat until we die."

When the cat king saw the humans coming out of the cave for the decisive battle, he excitedly meowed and wanted to sing a song. Because of yesterday's victory, the tiger king became even more proud and arrogant.

"Look, Brother Tiger, humans are really tired of being trapped, so they actually go out to die." Elvis said happily.

"Well. We let them escape yesterday. Today, we must spare no effort to chase them to death. Follow me!" After the Tiger King said this, he led the way and ran towards the people.

Seeing the tigers rushing towards him, Xiao Xing immediately ordered his men to shoot with bows to stop them in their tracks. He then shouted at the tigers, "Evil tigers, if you don't get out of here today, I will kill you all."

The tiger king laughed loudly, drooling again. After laughing, the tiger king said, "Incompetent human, yesterday's trap failed and we chased them away in a panic. You are still bragging in front of us today. You really overestimate your own abilities. I advise you to surrender quickly, otherwise you will die."

"We will surrender unless you give me something from your possession."

The Tiger King was stunned for a moment, then he checked his body and said, "I don't have anything on me to give you."

"Yes, it's the tiger skin on your body. As long as you make me two pieces of clothes with that tiger skin, I will surrender." Xiaoxing laughed.

"Hmph! You lowly fellows are like pulling out a tiger's beard from its mouth - you don't know how powerful it is. Come on, brothers! I will eat you alive." The Tiger King was so angry that he was fuming. He said viciously.

When Xiao Xing saw the tiger king rushing towards them in anger, he knew they had fallen into a trap, so he quickly ordered everyone to retreat. The tiger king didn't know it was a trap, so of course he chased after them.

Everyone turned around and ran into the cave, running deep into the Tianju Cave. The tiger king chased to the cave entrance, but stopped because he was worried that people would shoot arrows at him again. Xiaoxing looked back and found that the tigers had stopped outside the cave, as if they were worried, so he turned around and shouted at the tigers again: "You evil tigers, don't you want to eat us? Aren't you very powerful? Why don't you dare to chase us?"

"Who said I don't dare to chase you? Humph! Let's see where you can escape to?" The Tiger King looked around and saw no other figures except them, and no sharp arrows were shot at them, so he relaxed his vigilance and continued to chase in the cave.

Seeing that the tigers had already entered the cave, Xiao Xing led everyone to rush into the sub-cave and held the cave door tightly. The tiger king led the beasts to the sub-cave, but could not enter. The tiger king was so anxious that he roared like thunder and ordered the cat soldiers and tiger generals to break the door with all their strength.

The tigers were really ferocious, pushing and ramming the wooden door until it was almost falling apart. Xiaoxing and the others tried their best to hold on, their faces pale with fear.

Just when everyone was about to give up, the cave entrance was already ablaze, burning like a sea of ​​fire. It turned out that Qiu Hedong, Ping and others who were ambushing at the cave entrance saw the tigers all enter the cave, and immediately ordered everyone to hold torches to light the dry firewood and other fire starters at the cave entrance. In an instant, the fire completely blocked the cave entrance. Dong ordered people to throw torches into the cave, and shouted at the tigers inside: "Hey! Damn you, you evil tigers and evil cats, today I will burn you alive, and then eat your roasted tiger meat!"

"Brother Dong, we haven't hunted any tigers or eaten tiger meat since last year. I didn't expect to hunt so many this time." Shugen shouted excitedly.

"Brother Shugen, although we can eat roasted tiger meat, it's a pity that the tiger skin is burnt and can't be used to make clothes." The leaves sighed.

The beasts inside heard this and didn't bother to attack the people in the cave anymore. They all hurriedly ran out. But they saw that the cave entrance was already in flames and there was no way out. The tiger king screamed angrily, knowing that he had fallen into a trap set by the people. He raised his tail and roared, muttering to himself, "Cunning humans, cunning humans." He kept turning in circles.

"Brother Tiger, we are surrounded by fire and we can't get out. What should we do?" Elvis was also trembling with fear at the fire and could no longer be cocky.

"What should I do? What should I do? You ask me at this time, what can I do? You stupid cat!" The Tiger King was so angry that he slapped the Cat King to the ground.

Elvis got up and said tremblingly: "Brother Tiger, how about we rush out?"

"Rush out? Humph! If you are not burned to death, all the fur on your body will be burned to ashes." The Tiger King glared at the Cat King and said angrily.

"Are we just going to wait here to die, Brother Tiger?" Cat King was almost in despair as he looked at the fire that was growing bigger and bigger.

All the tigers and cats were like ants on a hot pan at this moment, pacing around anxiously, but helpless.

The beasts inside were worried and anxious, while Qiu Hedong and the others outside were smiling and dancing with excitement. Qiu scolded again: "You vicious tigers, do you dare to do evil for the Nian beast and obey its orders?"

As soon as he finished speaking, more than ten large torches were thrown into the cave, right in the middle of the beasts. Several tigers and cats burned by the torches rolled on the ground howling. The stench of burnt fur filled the nostrils of the beasts.

The tiger king looked at the burned tigers and cats and said dejectedly, "Brothers, the fire is too big. We might as well surrender to humans. Only in this way can we save our lives."

"My king, surrender if you will. It is better than being burned alive!" All the beasts obeyed. The tiger king came to the cave entrance and begged the humans: "Respected humans, powerful humans, please don't throw torches in. If you can spare our lives, we are willing to rebel against Emperor Nian and surrender to you."