Chapter 9: Fighting the Wolves
The south slope, there are many strange things, no grass, no trees, stepping on the ground numb crispy, the gods go and get lost, there is such a sentence in the early days, it seems that the south slope is really strange. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ The four brothers made full preparations before leaving, and the other brothers in Shaolin Temple who had not been there also came to give advice and help the four brothers sort out their equipment.
After a few days of preparation, the four brothers prepared sufficient dry food and all kinds of equipment, including sleeping, cutting trees, climbing mountains, wading through water, subduing demons, and fighting monsters, and began to march towards the southern slope of the mountain.
The first two hills are quite easy to climb because there is a path where hunters or woodcutters often pass by. At the third hill there was no road at all, and there were bushes and thorns everywhere. The four men took turns to open the way, brandishing machetes to cut through the thorns, and the progress was very slow.
Zidian muttered as he walked: "I really don't know how the master crossed this mountain back then, even if there is no road, the key is that this broken place is slippery and wet, the mosquito has a big fingernail, bites through the pants, and uses two bottles of toilet water, and the mosquito smells not only okay but also very excited." β
Zilei looked at Zidian, and said with a bag on his face: "The master didn't even have flower water back then, there must be another way, one thing to drop one thing, within seven steps, there must be an antidote." "Look around, Zi Lei looked happy, there was a tuft of green grass growing under the tree, Zi Lei pulled it out and looked at it carefully, if you read it correctly, this thing is called geranium, smashed and has the effect of repelling insects, you might as well try it. The four of them didn't think much about it, they rubbed it with their hands and began to rub it on their bodies, especially their faces and necks, and they wanted to fence them with grass, and sure enough, this grass had a miraculous effect on mosquitoes, and the mosquitoes were hiding far away, but their faces began to swell. Zidian's swollen eyes narrowed into a slit, and he muttered and said:
"Third brother, does this grass have side effects?
"It's a medicine that has three points of poison, and it's inevitable, just wash it with water after a while. "Zilei obviously knew about the side effects of this grass for a long time.
The four of them continued to move forward, Zifeng opened the way in front of him, wielding a knife to cut rattan branches, but some of the branches were too thick, and it was very difficult to cut them, thinking: When can I rush out at this speed, the strange iron treasure knife given by the master has been useless, anyway, sooner or later I have to use it, I might as well take it out and practice my hands. Thinking of this, he said to the three brothers:
"You keep a distance from me, I'll try this strange iron treasure knife." After saying that, he put down his backpack and prepared to take the knife.
"Then you should be careful, don't get hurt by mistake, it just so happens that we also want to see the power of this treasure knife. Ziyu also has this intention.
"Don't worry, it's not a day or two for us to practice kung fu. After speaking, Zifeng took out the treasure knife, and Zifeng wanted to be happy when he saw this treasure knife, it was so ugly.
"Wow" a knife down, the thick rattan at the mouth of the bowl was cut off, like cutting tofu, Zifeng was more excited, like a harvester, the knife is more and more familiar with it, the more it is used, the smoother it is, as if it grows on the arm, and the speed of progress is much faster. The other three also wanted to try the sword, so the three took turns to open the way.
After a while, it will be Zidian's turn, Zidian has had a brute force since he was a child, and with the mosquito repellent grass just now, his eyes are swollen into a slit, and he can't pick up the knife accurately, for fear of accidental injury, and others can only follow from afar. As they walked, they suddenly heard Zidian's "oops", and everyone hurriedly went over to see what was going on.
"What's the matter with the fourth?"
I saw Zidian's face covered with blood and said: "I can't see clearly with my eyes, I don't know what happened just now, I subconsciously cut it, and it turned out to be bloody." β
"Didn't you cut yourself, see if your arms and legs are still there," Zi Lei said leisurely.
"Don't talk nonsense", Ziyu followed the bloodstain and saw a little wolf cub lying not far away, the middle throat was already hanging, weighing more than ten pounds, and it was estimated to be three or four months old, "There must be a wolf den around here, the little guy came out for a walk, and let you be hacked to death with a knife." β
Zidian disagreed, his eyes narrowed into a slit and smiled: "Now we have meat to eat at night, I haven't eaten meat since I went back to Shaolin Temple, and I just had a tooth sacrifice." β
"It's not that simple, wolves are social animals, they will take revenge, we can deal with one or two, if there are hundreds, wolves should fight tooth sacrifices... Zifeng said.
Hearing Zifeng say this, although the brothers said that they were not afraid, they were also playing drums in their hearts.
"What to do then"
"What else can I do, run as far as I can. β
"Anyway, it's hacked to death, if you don't eat it, you won't eat it in vain," Zidian said and tied the wolf cub to the backpack.
Zifeng saw that the matter had come to this, so he did not stop it.
The speed was accelerated, and the four people were uphill and downhill, winding and twisting, and near evening, the four people had walked out of the mountain road for more than twenty miles. When I looked up, I saw that the cliffs were no longer walkable.
"The first eight achievements are Tiger Stream, it seems that we have to climb the mountain, today we will rest at the bottom of the mountain for one night, let's set off tomorrow," Zifeng said.
Everyone echoed and put down their backpacks, already exhausted, only Zidian had a soft spot for wolf cubs, and began to peel and cook to prepare roast wolf meat. Ma Lijin is simply more professional than a cook. With the assistance of Zilei, I found wild onions, wild fennel, and one-headed garlic for seasoning. The wild pear wood is set up on the shelf, and the dried jujube wood is baked, and when it is roasted, it keeps tumbling and squeaking oil, and the aroma is fragrant. This barbecue is cooked layer by layer, cooked layer by layer with a knife cut off, in the roast layer, wolf meat is not as good as mutton, relatively rough, but roasted out of the outside of the charred and tender inside, on the white wine brought, the four of them eat and laugh, so happy.
The sky is getting dark, the moon in the mountains is big and bright, the four people are full of wine and food, Zilei picks his teeth, he wants to sing a song, he opens his mouth and is about to sing, suddenly he hears the sound of wolves, "woo~~~~~~~". I saw the dark shadows in the mountains, and countless pairs of eyes flashing in the moonlight.
"But the dish is broken, and the wolf is comingγγγγγ Zifeng said.
"It's okay, wolves are afraid of fire, as long as the fire is on, they won't dare to come", after saying that, Zilei added some dry wood to the fire.
"Not necessarily, the wolves may not be afraid, they listen to the head wolf, if the head wolf lets them attack, they are not afraid of death. "Ziyu has a little research on wolves.
"I'll go, I really don't want to fight, I've just eaten enough, why don't you just eat a wolf cub, chase it for dozens of miles." Zidian squinted lazily.
Several wolves slowly followed, staring at the side not far from the fire, as if waiting for orders.
"Brothers, hurry up, copy guys. After Zifeng finished speaking, he picked up a fire stick, and the others also picked up the knife, forming a battle mode back to back.
Wolves are really organized animals, at first they only attack tentatively, approaching little by little, making bursts of "whirring" sounds, and when they feel that the other party is not terrible, they start to attack. The wolves are very clever and do not go together, they are divided into many waves, one by one. At first, the four brothers also talked to the wolf about their feelings, and they didn't want to really kill, because once the killing ring was opened, it would be a feud with the wolf, and some people would go up the mountain to collect medicine in the future, and even the villages below the mountain might be in danger. But the wolf is a beast after all, and he can't see the mercy of his brothers at all, but he is becoming more and more fierce.
The four brothers threw away the burning sticks, took out the guy and fought with the wolf, flashed the vine and helped each other, the wolf couldn't take any advantage, the wolf's blood was splashed, and more than a dozen were quickly killed. The wolves are in too many, wave after wave. The wolf meat I just ate was digested, and after a day of fatigue, I gradually lost my strength.
"If we continue to fight, we will all hang up, think of a way," Ziyu gasped again and again, and cut off half of a wolf's head over and over again.
"Since ancient times, the thief has been the king of birds, and the one squatting over there must be the boss, kill it first, and the other wolves will disperse", following the direction of Zilei's look, there was indeed a huge wolf, baring its fangs, looking at this side fiercely. "Fourth, you caused trouble, you go and kill it. β
Zidian held back a glance, if there were a few in front of him who could kill them, there were several wolves in front of him: "I'll go, why, you didn't eat wolf meat, so many wolves, before they arrived, I was bitten into a sieve." It's good to have a tree, wolves don't go up trees. β
This sentence suddenly reminded Zifeng, although there is a cliff behind, it is no problem to climb a few meters without climbing equipment, under the firelight, there is a slight slowdown to the east of the cliff, protruding a lot of stones, and it should be okay to climb up.
"Brothers, you can't fight anymore, get ready to climb the cliff. After speaking, Zifeng pointed to the right.
The brothers understood that this was the rhythm of the dog jumping off the wall in a hurry, Ziyu was close to the fire, he kicked the fire away, and the fire was spread in an instant, the wolves were so frightened that they retreated, and the four brothers hurriedly ran to the bottom of the cliff.
"You guys hurry up, I'll break it off," after speaking, Zifeng waved a burning stick to scare the wolves that followed behind, and the brothers were not ambiguous, they couldn't beat it, if they wanted to run faster than anyone, with their climbing skills, they went up two or three meters high like a gecko.
"Big brother, give me your hand" Ziyu, Zi Lei hung the Admiralty upside down on the cliff, reached out to grab Zifeng, but saw Zifeng throw the burning stick to the wolves, jumped up and grabbed Zi Yu, Zi Lei's hand, the two of them worked hard with both hands, pulled Zi Feng up, but unfortunately it was still a step too late, a wolf jumped up more than two meters high, bit Zi Feng's buttocks, Zi Feng oops, the pain of the heart, almost let go, Zi Dian next to him had already taken precautions, threw the dagger in his hand, not biased or oblique, in the middle of the wolf's stomach, snort, the wolf fell, the four brothers did not dare to stop, and climbed out of ten meters high with their lives, fortunately, the cliff was uneven, and stopped at a protruding stone, the stone is not big, just enough to accommodate half the butt of four people, and finally can sit down and rest for a while. Zifeng's butt was bitten with four holes, and the blood stuck to his pants, but fortunately it was only a skin injury. It's really tired, but I don't dare to act rashly, and if I don't pay attention, I may fall down to feed the wolf. The wolves below had gathered into a large area, densely packed, as if they were in a big meeting. The four brothers snuggled up to each other, like marquees, and took turns sleeping, the night was extremely long, and I don't know how long it took, the east began to whiten, and the sky gradually brightened. The wolves under the mountain felt that there was no hope, and began to gradually disperse, seeing that they had all entered the mountain, the four brothers climbed down from the cliff, did not dare to stay too long, took the backpack, ready to go, and thought about it, anyway, it was already a feud with the wolf, and the taste of wolf meat was still good, and the four of them all unloaded a wolf leg and tied it to the backpack.