Traveling back to ancient times to determine the zodiac

At that moment, Dong blew the horn, and everyone began to move forward under the leadership of the Beast King. It goes without saying that they had to cut through thorns and cross mountains and rivers along the way. By dusk, they had walked more than 30 miles. Qiu saw that it was getting late, so he ordered the army to rest. Everyone lit a bonfire, opened the dry food, and started dinner.

Because this place is still in the Hongmeng territory, it is relatively safe. Qiu ordered the army to rest and only left a few people to guard. It was already July, the starry sky was brilliant, the moon was bright, and fireflies were flying everywhere. After the army was arranged, Qiu led Dong, Xiaoxing and others to inspect the camp. While they were walking, suddenly, they seemed to hear the sound of a girl sobbing in the distance. Everyone was extremely surprised. Dong listened carefully and said, "How can there be a girl crying in this wilderness? Is there a ghost?"

"Nonsense!" Qiu glared at Dong and said, "Where do ghosts come from in this world? If they are not humans, they must be some kind of animals."

"Cave Master, I would like to ask you to take a few people to investigate." Xiaoxing said.

"Okay. Take some people to take a look and report immediately if you find anything." Qiu nodded.

Xiaoxing led Chen, Yue, Feng, Yun, Lei, and Dian, holding torches high, and turned back to the way they came, following the sound. The closer they got, the clearer the crying became. After walking about two or three miles, they saw two figures heading this way in the moonlight. Xiaoxing immediately shouted, "Hong'er, Lan'er, is that you?"

The two figures heard the shouting and cried out in response: "Brother Xing, come and save me! Wuuwu——"

As expected, it was Hong'er and Lan'er who came. Xiaoxing and Chen rushed forward, and the two girls ignored their shame and cried and threw themselves into the arms of the two men.

It turned out that although Hong'er was being watched by Ping, her heart was still the same. At this time, Lan'er came to play with Hong'er, and seeing that she was depressed, she asked, "Sister Hong'er, why are you unhappy?"

"My father and brother Xing have gone out to fight the Nian monster, leaving me alone in this cave. It's not fun at all. I wanted to go with them, but my father wouldn't let me. He asked Uncle Ping to watch me and not let me run away." Hong'er replied depressedly.

"If you don't want to go, then don't go. It's hard and uncomfortable to go out." Lan'er said.

"But we don't know when they will return, and we don't know whether they are alive or dead. If something happens, they will never come back." Hong'er continued worriedly: "Lan'er, let me tell you a secret: I have actually decided to marry Brother Xing, so I am very worried about losing him."

"You want to marry Brother Xing?" Lan'er shouted in surprise and suspicion: "Don't you like Brother Chen? Why do you want to marry Brother Xing?"

"I don't like Brother Chen? Why? Are you also secretly in love with Brother Xing and want to marry him?"

"Yeah." Lan'er nodded embarrassedly.

"You like Brother Xing, but do you know that he likes you? When Brother Xing woke up that night, he clearly said that he only liked me, and he also explained to me the misunderstanding between us." Hong'er explained everything, then took out the jade pendant of Xing's mother from her body, and said, "Look, this is the engagement gift that Brother Xing gave me."

Lan'er was immediately very depressed, pursing her lips and saying nothing. Hong'er continued, "Actually, Brother Chen likes you very much. Don't you like him and don't want to marry him?"

"I, I like him too and want to marry him, but he has never expressed his love for me." Lan'er sighed.

"Well, that's it!" Hong'er rolled her eyes and said, "How about we catch up with them secretly and ask them?"

"Okay! Okay!" Lan'er agreed immediately, but she seemed very worried: "But it must be very dangerous along the way, aren't you afraid?"

"In order to be with the one I love, it's worth dying. Don't you think so?" Hong'er looked as if she was ready to give it her all.

"Well, you're right. We should die together even if we have to." Lan'er nodded repeatedly and finally asked, "But you're being watched and not allowed to go!"

"I have a plan." Hong'er said, and went to find two wicker baskets. She lied to Tao and Xing who were watching her that she and Lan'er were going to pick mushrooms. Tao saw that Qiu's troops had already set off, so she relaxed her vigilance and agreed to let the two go. In this way, Lan'er, instigated by Hong'er, quietly caught up. They walked and jogged all the way, but still couldn't catch up. As the sky gradually darkened, the two were worried and scared, so they cried on the road.

Xiao Xing was both happy and touched as he gently patted Hong Er's back, repeatedly comforting her: "It's okay, it's okay! You are safe now, don't cry, don't cry!"

After Hong'er calmed down, Xiaoxing scolded her distressedly: "Didn't we agree not to let you come? Why are you here again? Look, it's so dangerous!"

"I, I just couldn't bear to leave you guys, so I came here secretly!" Hong'er replied with sobs, and at the same time, she hugged her hands tightly.

On the other side, Chen stroked Lan'er's head and asked in surprise and joy: "Lan'er, why did you come here secretly? This is so dangerous!"

"Wuwu——" Lan'er cried for a long time before she calmed down. Suddenly, she raised her head, opened her clear eyes, looked at Chen and asked, "Brother Chen, I just want to ask you, do you like me?"

Chen was suddenly asked this question and didn't know how to answer for a moment. He was extremely embarrassed, but he couldn't be vague. Although he had always liked Hong'er, he had been depressed after being rejected by Hong'er last time. To be honest, Lan'er was a very good girl. It was impossible to say that he didn't like her. She was just a few points worse than Hong'er. But now Hong'er had decided to marry Xiaoxing, so Chen hesitated for a while and finally answered solemnly: "Lan'er, I, I like you."

When Lan Er heard this, she jumped up happily and said, "Brother Chen, I like you too! I just told Hong Er that it is worth dying to be with the one you love."

Chen was deeply moved when he heard this, and secretly made up his mind to love and protect her forever. Thinking of this, he hugged her tightly in his arms again.

The four young and passionate hearts embraced each other, unwilling to separate for a long time. Yue and Feng waited for a while. Lei became impatient and walked over and said loudly: "Brother Xing, since Hong'er and Lan'er are here, let's go quickly. The cave master is still waiting for a reply!"

The two couples separated, Xiaoxing holding Hong'er, Chen holding Lan'er, and they all walked back together. After walking for a while, Xiaoxing said worriedly: "When the cave master sees you two, he will definitely get angry again and may even chase you back. What should we do?"

"I won't go back. Even if you beat me to death, I won't go back." Hong'er said firmly.

"How about we all ask the cave master for mercy later and ask him to show leniency," Chen suggested.

"Well, I have an idea. Before we meet the cave master, Hong'er and Lan'er, you two should hide for a while." Xiaoxing's eyes rolled, and he came up with a plan. He discussed this and that with everyone.

Everyone walked and talked, and when they returned to a distance from Qiu, they asked Hong'er and Lan'er to hide aside for a while, and then Xiaoxing and the other seven went over to reply. Qiu saw everyone return and hurriedly asked, "Xing, you are back, what did you find?"

"Reporting to the cave master, yes, yes... Hong'er and Lan'er are chasing us." Xiaoxing was afraid that Qiu would get angry, so he answered timidly.

"What?" Qiu was really furious, and he shouted, "These two girls who don't know how to live or die actually followed me. I'm really pissed off. Where are they? I'm going to beat them to death."

After cursing, he picked up a branch and wanted to find someone to beat.

"Cave Master, Hong'er invited Lan'er to come all the way here because she really can't leave you. Please show some leniency and let them go together!" Xiaoxing hurriedly stepped forward to plead.

"Cave Master, please show some mercy and let them go!" Chen Heyue, Feng, Yun, Lei, Dian and others immediately followed suit and pleaded for mercy.

"No!" Qiu refused firmly, "This expedition is full of dangers. Even I have no chance of winning. How can I take two girls with me? If something goes wrong, it will be too late to regret."

"Master, Hong'er and Lan'er are crying and dare not come to see you because they are afraid that you will beat them or chase them away." Xiaoxing made up a lie to Qiu Dao: "They are standing on the edge of a cliff right now, saying: If you insist on chasing them back, they will jump off the cliff."

Qiu was shocked when he heard this. Although he said he wanted to beat her to death, he only had this one daughter, so how could he not love her? He sighed and lowered his arms.

"Cave Master, please don't force them to jump off the cliff. Just let them follow the army, we will definitely take care of them." Seeing this, Chen Hefeng and others took the opportunity to plead for mercy.

"Forget it! I won't chase them away. Just bring them here." Qiu threw away the branch and waved his hand.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Xiaoxing turned around and went to look for Hong'er and Lan'er. Lei was impatient and turned around and shouted to where Hong'er and Lan'er were hiding: "Hong'er, Lan'er, the cave master will not chase you away, come here quickly!"

After shouting, he suddenly realized something and turned to look at Qiu again. He glared at them with a dark face and said angrily: "You bunch of little brats, you teamed up to tease me, humph!"

Then he turned his sleeves and left. Feng scolded: "You are so impatient that you exposed this scam right away. You will suffer in the future!"

When Hong'er and Lan'er heard that they would not be punished, they ran over happily. When they learned that Qiu had seen through his tricks, everyone couldn't help but burst out laughing.

That night the two girls were arranged to rest in the army and nothing happened.

At dawn the next day, the army set out to continue their march. They marched for another day and covered more than 120 miles. At night, the army found a flat area in a large mountain and set up camp. They lit a bonfire, had dinner, and were about to rest when suddenly, several wolf howls were heard from deep in the mountains, and then many green eyes appeared everywhere.

"Oh no! There are wolves howling, everyone get ready for battle!" Qiu knew that the wolves were ferocious, so he hurriedly gave the order.

No one had time to rest, and they were ready to fight as if they were facing a great enemy. Just as everyone was preparing to fight the wolf, the tiger king spoke: "Great human, what are you preparing to do by starting a war?"

"King Tiger, the wolves have surrounded us. We must go to war with them." Dong answered nervously while gazing at the approaching wolves.

"So it's a pack of wolves attacking us!" The tiger king sat on the ground and said casually, "What's so scary about a mere wolf cub? Why are you mobilizing so many people? You guys retreat first and watch me."

Dong half-believed and half-doubted, "Tiger King, what can you do about such a large-scale wolf pack?"

The tiger king did not answer. He stood up and walked to the front of the team. He shook his head, opened his bloody mouth, and roared at the wolves that were gathering. The roar was like thunder, making everyone's ears buzz. The wolves turned around and fled after hearing the roar. Soon, all the wolves disappeared. It turned out that the tiger is the king of mountain beasts. When the wolves heard the tiger roar, they knew that the tiger king was here, so they fled in panic.

Dong was overjoyed and reported it to Qiu. Qiu praised the Tiger King and said, "The Tiger King is indeed extraordinary. With just one roar, he freed the wolf pack. You have done a great deed for us!"

"Humans have subdued me, so it is my duty to serve you." The Tiger King squatted on the ground and said sternly.

After the wolves retreated, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and was about to rest when suddenly several people came to report: "Master, it's bad. There are poisonous snakes and pests everywhere. It's impossible to sleep well!"

"This..." Qiu pondered for a while, looking at Xiaoxing, Dong and others, and was at a loss for words. At this time, the snake king next to him raised his head and said with a hissing sound: "Awesome human, don't worry, I can help you solve this problem."