Chapter 38 Tigers in the Mountains
After listening to all this quietly, Cheng Yaojin thought to himself, isn't this a good opportunity? The Du family encountered a disaster that was at stake in human life, and a group of farmers went to the mountains to fight the tigers? That was also extremely dangerous. But he was different. He was a general of the Tang Dynasty. Not to mention that he could tear the tiger and leopard with his hands like Li Yuanba, the King of Zhao of the Western Palace, at least it would be fine to subdue the tiger alone.
This is Cheng Yaojin's little plan. He thought to himself that if he had the opportunity to help the Du family in time, it would be much more convenient to talk to them about strong wine. Although it is not a gentleman to repay kindness, for the sake of the body of his second brother Qin Qiong, the villain is just a villain. Anyway, everyone calls him an old devil.
"Shopkeeper, don't panic. Isn't it just a big mountain worm? I don't know how many I killed in a year, so I'll give it to me. If you ask me to lead a way, I'll go to the mountains to help." Cheng Yaojin patted his chest.
This was not true to Aunt Du San's ears. At least it was a heart-wrenching shot. She stood up and thanked Cheng Yaojin Qianen. Then she went out to find another hunter left yesterday. The two of them brought their tools together and entered the mountain again.
Besides, Du Shaoqing and his group are very difficult to walk on the mountain roads and dense forests. Although there are hunters leading the way, they have not yet reached the place where they meet a tiger after walking for a day and a night. Du Shaoqing feels a little sad. It is estimated that there will be a lot of luck.
Du Shaoming was determined not to believe that his father was dead and insisted on finding him. He urged him on the road and didn't even want to have someone rest. If Du Shaoqing hadn't stopped him, the kid would have even wanted to dive into the dense forest alone.
Du Shaoqing also secretly blamed himself for his inn business, and there were rewards from the court. Even though he knew that the third uncle had been a hunter, he could not hold on to stop him, otherwise he would not have caused such a situation.
"Dalang, climb over another mountain and it is the place where the tigers encountered yesterday. You, Erlang and you must be mentally prepared." The hunter who led the way found Du Shaoqing and persuaded him.
"I know Uncle Zhang, please open it for you, uncles and brothers. We have brought a lot of steamed buns this time. Only after we have enough food can we have the strength to cross mountains and rivers. Such a big thing happened at home. This time, I have to rely on you. Shaoqing thanked you." After Du Shaoqing said that, he saluted everyone again, and at the same time ordered his second brother Du Shaoming to carry a bag to everyone who was eating.
Everyone didn't understand. Du Shaoqing was embarrassed to urge him, but in fact he was anxious. He wanted to say that everyone should eat quickly, but everyone understood that life was at stake, so they all politely accelerated the meal.
Du Shaoqing looked at his second brother who was unintentional to eat, and felt helpless. To be honest, his cousin Du Shaoming was only fourteen years old and could not help him this time, but Du Shaoqing did not leave him at home and brought him with him to prepare. If something happened to the third uncle, Shaoming, the son, must be by his side.
Everyone had eaten the steamed buns and rested for a while. After feeling that they had recovered for a while, they set out toward the mountain again. After an hour, they climbed over a mountain top. The hunter looked at a mountain spring not far ahead and suddenly ran wildly. Everyone followed, and it was obvious that they had arrived at the place.
Du Shaoming began to cry wildly, but despite being the youngest, he rushed to the front. Du Shaoqing couldn't stop trying to pull it.
The ground was covered with rags, hair, blood stains, animal hair, broken arrowheads, etc., but there was no sign of Du San's figure or corpse. Everyone began to scatter around looking for it.
After searching for a quarter of an hour, I didn't find it. One person speculated that looking at this scene, it must have been eaten by the big insect. The corpse was destroyed and the tiger's belly was destroyed. I guess it was impossible to find it.
Du Shaoming grabbed a blood-stained piece of cloth in his hand and knelt on the ground and cried. Du Shaoqing frowned and said, "No, even if a tiger is viciously eating people, it should have bones or clothes. Look for it."
At this moment, the hunter shouted not far away and greeted everyone: "Dalang, Erlang, come here quickly and find it."
Everyone ran over, and the man pointed to a bloody handprint on the rocks on the ground and said, "Look, there are bloody handprints left by the third brother here. I think he and the big insect were fighting and retreating. There were traces of fighting and blood stains on the ground. They should be heading in that direction."
The hunter pointed to the direction in the mountains, and everyone once again ignited a glimmer of hope, "Let's go, chase, Uncle San is an old hunter for many years, and he should not be defeated so badly, and there is still hope."
In this way, everyone walked into the mountains for a day and a night again, but this time they didn't go far, because the hunters leading the way did not go so far, and they were very unfamiliar with this place. In addition, if they were too deep, the dangers of snakes, insects, rats and ants increased dramatically, and it was very difficult for everyone to find traces, etc., and it was impossible to move when it was dark at night.
Until noon that day, everyone came to a cave halfway up the mountain, where there were traces of fighting again. And looking at the blood on the ground, it seemed that it was even more tragic than the previous three people who fought with tigers.
Du Shaoming shouted, "Dad must be there, go in quickly."
This time, he was grabbed by the hunter, "Erlang, no, this is the cave of the big insect, it's dangerous!"
Everyone paused at each other, looked at me and I looked at you, and finally looked at Du Shaoqing.
Du Shaoqing gritted his teeth, and he was also unsure. He had good skills in his previous life and thought that he could protect himself in front of a tiger and leopard, but his body was much weaker in this life. However, saving people is important at this time, so he didn't care about anything else. His eyes were fierce. Du Shaoqing took a step forward with a knife, "I'll go ahead, Wuhu, you follow me behind, and the others stay outside to respond. Uncle Zhang, you are optimistic about Shaoming, so you can't let him be chaotic."
The five bandits in the inn were collectively called the Five Tigers, but they were not timid at this time. They thought to themselves that we were all bandits, better than these rural people. In addition, the shopkeeper had unique skills, so a big insect didn't have to be afraid of it.
Just as everyone was about to reach the entrance of the cave, a huge figure suddenly flashed out in the dense forest next to it, and the colorful tiger jumped out silently. Then a shocking tiger roar was made, directly buzzing in the ears of everyone facing it.
The group of people was a little panicked, only Du Shaoqing and the five bandits were calmer. Du Shaoqing was trying to calm himself down, and the bandits were blindly calmed down with the shopkeeper, and finally they were not scared by the tiger and were defeated.
Everyone who came to their senses stared at the tiger and found that there was a dead wild antelope under its feet. It turned out that the big worm was going out to find food and was just in time to come back.
Zhang Liehuo immediately collapsed on the ground and cried out sadly: "It's over, the big insect can still hunt for food without any trouble. That third brother must be, surely..."
At the end of the conversation, I was already in tears.
Chapter completed!