Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

Lan'er followed his instructions and grabbed Chen's hand. After holding on tightly, Chen pulled hard from above, and Xiaoxing and Ling lifted hard from below, and finally got Lan'er up the tree. Then, Hong'er, Lianhua and the other two girls were also put on the tree. Suddenly, Chen shouted, "Uncle Xing, Uncle Ling, come up quickly, the big yak is rushing back again."

Xiaoxing looked back and saw that the yak that had just been hit by a stick was running towards them again quickly.

"Uncle Ling, quickly climb up the tree." Xiaoxing picked up the stick and went to meet the yak. ​​Xiaoxing had just discovered that the yak's ankles were afraid of being hit, so he didn't fight it head-on, but focused on hitting its four ankles. The yak couldn't dodge in time and was hit by the stick again, and it ran away again in pain.

At this time, Ling climbed up the tree at a very fast speed and shouted, "Xing, climb up the tree quickly."

But it was too late to climb the tree. Xing stared at the yak charging at him, and turned around like a bullfighter, and suddenly hid behind the tree. The big yak rushed too fast, and it couldn't stop, and it just hit the tree trunk. The tree was trembling, and although the yak was strong, it was also stunned. It kept panting and shaking its head.

"Come on, come on." Xiao Xing made a face at the yak, and while it was still in a daze, he quickly climbed up the tree like a monkey. The eight people sat on three large branches of the tree, and everyone finally calmed down and breathed a sigh of relief.

"It was so dangerous just now. If it weren't for Chen, Xing and Uncle Ling's timely rescue, we girls would have been dead. Thank you!" Lianhua said with lingering fear.

"It is our responsibility to protect girls. Even if it means death, it is what we should do. Why thank you!" Chen said proudly.

"Chen is right. It's natural for adults to protect children and men to protect women." Xiaoxing smiled and said.

Several girls were moved to tears after hearing this. Hong'er took Chen's hand, looked him up and down, and asked with concern: "Brother Chen, you just fought with the yak with your bare hands. Are you not injured?"

Chen took a long breath and replied, "I'm fine, but it was really dangerous just now. Fortunately, Xing arrived in time."

"Brother Chen, you are so brave. Facing such a ferocious yak, you are not afraid at all. I was scared to death."

"Hong'er, to save you, I would not hesitate to step forward even if it was a fiercer tiger, not to mention a wild bull." Chen stared at Hong'er's rosy face, his fiery gaze seemed to melt her. Then he said, "For you, even if I die, I am willing."

"Brother Chen, thank you, thank you for risking your life to save me. When we return to the cave, I will tell my father about you saving me and ask him to commend you." Hong'er clasped her hands together and thanked him again.

"Forget about the commendation." Chen shook his head and continued, "As long as you think I treat you well, that's enough."

Seeing Chen's affectionate expression, Xiao Xing, who was standing aside, felt extremely annoyed. If he had run faster just now, wouldn't he have been the hero saving the beauty?

Ling looked at the bison rushing recklessly on the plains and said anxiously: "These ferocious bison are extremely powerful and too difficult to deal with. If they don't retreat, what should we do?"

"Yeah, we can't always stay in the tree! Dad, you guys should think of a solution quickly!" Lan'er said anxiously.

"Lan'er, what can we do right now? We will definitely not be able to defeat them in a physical fight. As for shooting them with arrows, the bison have thick skin and flesh and cannot be hurt at all. Besides, we don't have many arrows left in our quivers. The only thing we can do now is to wait and see what happens." Ling looked at the chaotic scene and shook his head helplessly.

"Hey! Look over there. The weather is not hot now, so why are those women going to the river to take a bath?" The sharp-eyed Chen Yao pointed at the Hongmeng River and said curiously.

Everyone looked in the direction Chen pointed, and sure enough, the women who had been washing clothes and supplies had somehow jumped into the chest-deep river water.

"They are probably fishing in the river!" Lotus guessed.

"I think they must have been driven into the river by the buffaloes. Look, there are three buffaloes standing on the river bank." Xiaoxing shouted.

Ling suddenly shouted: "Oh no, my wife Mei seems to be hiding in Hanoi. Xing, let's go down and rescue them!"

"Daddy, then please go and save Mom." Lan'er cried out, and she was so anxious that tears were about to fall.

"My sister seems to be in the river too." Juhua also shouted.

"Lan'er, Juhua, don't worry. You just stay on this tree. Uncle Ling and Chen will go down to rescue them right away." Xiaoxing said.

"Xing, the yak is still guarding under the tree. We will definitely be attacked as soon as we go down." Chen said, looking at the yak.

"Yes, yes." Ling followed up, "Not only are there yaks watching under the tree, but there are also many vicious bulls on the way to the river. It is very difficult to rescue them."

Xiao Xing looked at the large camphor tree with lush branches and leaves, patted his head, and said, "Got it, I have an idea."

"Xing, what solution have you come up with? Tell us quickly." Ling asked hurriedly.

"Uncle Ling, my method is risky, but we can give it a try." Xiao Xing replied, "We can cut down more branches and use them to disguise ourselves as a tree. Then we can slowly move towards the river. Once we get there, Chen and I will be responsible for leading the evil bulls away, and Uncle Ling, you will be responsible for rescuing them."

"Wouldn't it be dangerous for you to do that?" Ling waved his hand and said, "How about I go and lead the evil bull away, and you guys take care of rescuing people."

"It's better for Xing and I to lead the evil bull away. After all, we are young and strong, and we can run fast." Chen said.

"Okay then! You must be careful!" Ling thought for a while and nodded in agreement.

After the discussion, Ling used a stone knife to cut off many branches, and then threw several large branches under the tree. The three then tied small branches to their bodies, so that only the branches could be seen and not the people. After everything was ready, Xiaoxing climbed down the tree first.

The big yak demon was still guarding under the tree, staring with his big eyes like copper bells. He felt very confused when he saw people throwing the branches down. Then he saw Xiaoxing climbing down and thought it was a big branch, so he had no intention of going forward to check.

Xiaoxing successfully climbed down the tree, then took a large branch as cover and picked up a wooden stick.

Seeing Xing get down the tree safely, Chen and Ling followed his lead and climbed down the tree holding large branches.

After the three of them got down from the tree, they slowly walked towards the river. If you look from a distance, it looks like three small trees moving. The buffaloes have strong limbs and simple minds. When they see these moving trees, they just look curiously. Then a buffalo opened its mouth and yawned, and then said: "Yawn - Brother Cow, is my vision blurry? How can three trees walk?"

"Brother Buffalo, it must have been blown away by the wind. What's so strange about that?" The cow next to him replied disapprovingly.

"Yeah, right, right. Why didn't I think of that?" The buffalo spirit said, and ignored him.

After about a quarter of an hour, the three of them managed to trick the cattle and reach the river. Xiaoxing and Chen walked towards the three yellow cattle, while Ling walked towards the other side.

The two men came in front of the yellow bull demon, suddenly threw away the disguised large branch, waved the wooden stick and shouted: "You wild bulls, stop being so arrogant. Look, I will beat you flat with one stick."

The women were indeed hit by the three yellow bulls and had no way to escape, so they had to jump into the river. The yellow bulls did not dare to go into the river, so they had to stand on the shore and wait. Although the river was not deep and there was no danger of drowning, it was actually very painful for everyone to soak in it. When they were at their wits' end, Xiaoxing and his friends arrived.

The ox demons saw someone coming to attack them, so they abandoned the women in the river and rushed towards Xiaoxing and Chen. Xiaoxing and Chen waved their sticks a few times, then turned and ran away. The three ox demons followed closely behind them, and they were getting closer and closer. Xiaoxing spotted a big tree and flew up, quickly climbing to the top of the tree.

Chen ran to another low tree, jumped up from under it, stretched out his hand to grab a horizontal branch, and turned over. As soon as Chen climbed up the tree, a yellow cow rushed past him. It was a close call. The yellow cow stared at Xiaoxing and Chen on the tree, and could only stay under the tree in dismay.

After Ling and the other three yellow bull demons were led away, they immediately came to the river and shouted to the women in the river: "Mei, come ashore quickly and return to Tianju Cave as soon as possible."

Mei heard the call and immediately turned to her companions and said, "Li, Kuihua, Cotton, everyone, hurry up and get ashore. My husband is here to save us."

So, all the women climbed up from the river and ran towards Tianju Cave in a hurry. Hongmeng River was only half a mile away from Tianju Cave. Halfway through the journey, they attracted the attention of the buffalo. Two buffalo spirits in the distance discovered the people who were about to enter the cave and immediately rushed over like a whirlwind.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Ling hurriedly shot arrows at the two buffaloes. Unexpectedly, he was too impatient and his hands were confused, and he missed the target with three arrows in a row. Furious, Ling threw away his bow, picked up a wooden stick, and rushed towards the two buffaloes, swinging the stick hard.

The two buffaloes were not willing to be outdone, and they attacked with their horns. After a few rounds, one buffalo knocked Ling's stick away, and then the other buffalo used its horn to push him up and knock him to the ground. Just as the two buffaloes were about to continue attacking, a loud roar came from behind: "Evil bull, wait for me to be beaten."

With a "bang", one of the buffaloes was hit hard on the buttocks. It jumped up in pain and turned around and ran away. The other buffalo saw that it was not good and quickly ran away. Ling looked up and saw that it was Qiu Hedong who came to save him.

Qiu was looking around on the tree just now, and happened to see the three men rescuing the women who fell into the river not far away. When he was praising them for disguising themselves as small trees and successfully reaching the river, he foresaw the danger. So he ordered his men to pin down the Bull King with arrows on the tree, and he and Dong quickly climbed down the tree, picked up sticks and ran to rescue Ling.

The evil bulls were driven away. Qiu helped Ling up and asked, "Ling, how are you injured? Can I carry you back to the cave?"

Ling was butted by a water buffalo and felt severe pain in his chest. He put his hand on his right rib and replied, "It seems that one of my ribs was broken by the vicious buffalo. But I can still hold on."

At this time, Mei ran over and cried, "Ling, what happened to you after being gored by the bull? Are you going to die? Why didn't you run away? Is there water in your head? Woo woo..." While crying, she helped to lift Ling up.

Seeing his woman crying and cursing, Ling was furious and scolded: "You woman, your husband is not dead yet, why are you crying? I came to save you, why didn't you run away?"

Mei was scolded and dared not cry anymore. Qiu shouted: "Stop arguing. The cattle over there are watching us eagerly. This place is very dangerous. We must return to the cave immediately." Having said this, he helped Ling up and then ordered: "Mei, Li, you women go first, I will support Ling in the middle, and Dong will be in the back to cover the rear!"

"Yes, sir." Everyone agreed and continued to rush towards Tianju Cave.

Just when everyone had just fled back to the cave and closed the cave door, the Bull King and three buffalo spirits came chasing after them. It turned out that the Bull King had just seen Qiu and Dong Xiashu and wanted to rush over to fight, but was shot by arrows one after another. After all the arrows were shot, the Bull King called the other three buffalo spirits to chase the people who entered the cave together.

"My lord, humans have escaped into the cave." A buffalo spirit stopped and wagged its tail when it saw people closing the cave door.

The Bull King raised his head and laughed loudly: "You monkey-like human, do you think you can stop me like this? I'm not bragging, I will knock your broken door down with my head!"

After the Bull King finished speaking, he really showed his power again. He retreated two meters, then accelerated and rushed towards the door in the middle. With a loud "bang", the bamboo door tied with ropes and vines was knocked away, and the Bull King and the three bull spirits rushed into the cave. The four evil bulls were tall and big, and their steps were so fast that they even trampled out the fire at the entrance of the cave.