When Qin Xiao followed Old Man Zhong, he secretly never stopped reading and practicing calligraphy, and even later in the Jiazi Prison, he also learned a lot of wild history and folk anecdotes from the literati imprisoned inside.

He was familiar with mandrills.

It was a monkey that lived in the mountains, but it was so fierce that people even thought of it as a ghost at one point.

There are mandrills in the Changling Mountains, which is a reasonable thing, after all, it stretches for hundreds of miles, and there are no rare and exotic beasts.

However, a group of hunters followed a martial artist who called himself a ranger to hunt down mandrills, and instead of succeeding, they killed and injured several people, which is a bit strange.

Qin Xiao had even looked at the mandrill diagram and knew that although the beast was fierce, it was not so much that so many people couldn't help it.

"Uncle Han, did the mandrill take the initiative to attack you?" Qin Xiao asked.

Uncle Han hesitated for a moment before saying, "That's not true." The first time a few people went hunting in the mountains, they happened to come across the mandrill, which, according to them, did not hurt them at first. However, mandrills were very rare, and they felt that if they could catch them, they would be worth a few bearskins. ”

Qin Xiao suddenly understood, thinking that it was the hunter who provoked the mandrill, which made the mandrill angry and hurt people.

The mandrill is already irritable, and it is okay not to provoke it, since it wants to capture it, it will naturally make it hostile to the hunters, and then the hunters will hunt it again, and the mandrill will certainly not be soft.

"Anyway, that mandrill must be eradicated." One hunter said: "If it doesn't die, it can't kill the blind bear, and we will die when the time comes." ”

Although everyone knew that what he said was reasonable, everyone understood better that with the current manpower, he was not the opponent of the mandrill at all, and it was only quick to express his anger at this time.

"Uncle Han, why don't we go back and call more people, find all the people in the surrounding villages, and everyone go over together." One of them proposed, "Let's all prepare bows and arrows, and when the time comes, we will lay an ambush and shoot arrows together, and we will shoot it to death." ”

"If you want them to help us, we will allow them to hunt here in the future." Han Bo said: "There are not many blind bears, they will come here to grab bear skins when the time comes, what should we do?" ”

Everyone was silent.

After eating dry food, Uncle Han went over to look at the wound of the sheep baby and his father, and came back to Qin Xiao and said: "Baby, your medicine is really a panacea, it is very magical, there is no blood at all, and the father of the sheep baby has picked up a life." ”

The hunter on the side patted Qin Xiao on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Baby, you saved the life of his father this time, or just go back to the village with us, and hunt with us in the future, it is much better than wandering around." Don't say anything else, follow us, you can still eat a mouthful of food. ”

Qin Xiao was stunned, thinking that although he didn't have a real destination at the moment, it would be a good idea to follow this group of hunters, but this was still the territory of Zhen County, if there were more young people in the village, wouldn't it be too conspicuous?

Although the little aunt attracted the attention of the Zhen Hou Mansion to the east, and even made the Zhen family suspect that they were going to the Guannai, this did not mean that they would definitely be safe if they went to the west.

It is likely that the Zhen family will also send people to search for their whereabouts everywhere in Zhen County.

If the wanted warrants are distributed everywhere, the people in the village may not be able to reveal the news to the public when they know that the Zhen family is looking for a young man.

He was hesitating to himself, when he overheard Han Bo say, "Changsheng, where are you going?" ”

Qin Xiao followed the sound and looked over, only to see a hunter who was less than thirty years old standing up, this person had never spoken from beginning to end, and his face had not been good-looking, and he had not eaten a bite of dry food when everyone ate it.

"The body of the sixth son is still in the mountain, and I will find it." The hunter wins.

Uncle Han frowned and said: "You are his cousin, I can understand the mood, but I really can't go back at this time." We all know that mandrills are active in that area, and it is easy to come across them. And after these few times, that mandrill must be regarded as an enemy to us, and if it is discovered, .....! With a solemn expression, the rest of the words were not spoken, but everyone knew what the ending would be.

"There is only his wife in the house of six sons." Changsheng said: "The person is dead, and the corpse can't be seen, how can I explain to her mother?" He took the bow and arrow on his back and took the iron fork in his hand: "You don't have to worry about me, I'll look for it myself, if you don't see me back to the village tomorrow, help me take care of my family more in the future." ”

The companion on the side grabbed his arm: "Changsheng, are you looking for death?" The sixth son is dead, and his wife still has to rely on you to support him, if you go like this, if there are three long and two short, what will you two do? ”

Everyone else also persuaded one after another, but Changsheng had already made up his mind: "Uncle Han, Liuzi didn't want to go up the mountain with him, but I was worried about the lack of manpower, so I persuaded him again and again before he agreed." He was killed by mandrills, and I can't save him, but if I can't bring his corpse back, what will I do in the future? You don't have to worry about me. He bowed his hand to everyone and said: "If you really want to have three long and two short, the family depends on you to take care of it, and I thank everyone here." ”

Qin Xiao thought to himself that this Changsheng was a person who valued love and righteousness, and he was quite courageous, knowing that the mountains were dangerous, but he still dared to go.

Seeing that everyone couldn't persuade them, a hunter in his forties finally said: "That's it, I'll go with Changsheng, and I will take care of it." ”

Changsheng said gratefully: "Uncle Kan, you .....!" ”

"Don't say it, I'm more familiar with the situation in the mountains after all." Uncle Kan sighed: "When you run for your life, you are always a helper. ”

Uncle Han finally said: "We can't persuade us, there are too many people, but it will be more troublesome." Changsheng, you and your Uncle Kan must be cautious, it is better to bring back the body of the sixth son, if it is really not possible, you must also save your life. ”

Qin Xiao also knew that it must be very dangerous to retrieve the corpse, and this matter had nothing to do with him, but he admired Changsheng very much, thought for a while, and then said, "Why don't I go with you?" ”

Everyone was a little surprised.

Qin Xiao is not a whim, he has blood pills in his body, and after taking it, neither his eyesight nor his sense of smell can be compared to ordinary people.

Mandrills are not ghosts after all, as long as they have enough sight and smell, they can easily detect when a mandrill is nearby.

Changsheng is a person who is in love, but Qin Xiao can also understand from a few mouths that after the death of the six sons, there is still an old lady left, and Changsheng also has a family, if this person really has three longs and two shorts, even if the family is entrusted to the villagers, after all, there is no proper care for him in the world.

Qin Xiao knew that these two people must be very dangerous when they went up the mountain, and he had the intention to help them, even if he couldn't find the corpses, with his ability that was different from ordinary people, he could help them detect the danger early, at least he could keep them down the mountain alive.

Back then, Meng Zimo saved him in danger, chivalrous and chivalrous, he naturally admired Mencius Mo, but he felt that it was difficult to win now, and since he had the ability to help, he was not unable to help.

"Baby, mandrills aren't just a joke." Han Bo said: "That beast is too fierce, and if you meet it, you will be in danger of your life." ”

Qin Xiao said with a smile: "I have a bright nose, go with me, if that mandrill appears, it may be able to be found early." ”

Uncle Han thought that if Qin Xiao really had this ability, it would not be a good thing to follow him, so he hesitated for a moment and said to Changsheng: "Changsheng, what do you think?" ”

Changsheng shook his head and said: "This little brother saved the sheep baby and his father, and he is kind to us, and now that we are going up the mountain, there are many auspicious ones, and he is still good to stay." Uncle Han, you take him back to the village and take good care of him. ”

When Qin Xiao heard him say this, he thought that this person's heart was not bad, and he still remembered to ask Uncle Han to take him back to the village, and said with a smile: "Brother Changsheng, I know that the mountain is dangerous, and I am not a hero, but I just follow you or can become a helper, you don't have to refuse." ”

Uncle Kan opened his mouth and said, "Changsheng, since the little brother has some good intentions, let him follow us." ”

Changsheng hesitated for a moment before hugging his fist at Qin Xiao and said, "That's a lot of work." ”

Qin Xiao said: "Brother Changsheng, let's talk about one thing first." If you enter the mountain, and I perceive that something is wrong, and tell me to leave, you must not stay, but must listen to me. ”

"Yes." Changsheng nodded and said: "It's better to find the sixth son, it's really not possible, we also have to save our lives." ”

A hunter stepped forward and handed the iron fork in his hand to Qin Xiao and said, "Baby, you take this iron fork." ”

Qin Xiao knew that in the mountains, it was always better to have a weapon in his hand, and he was not polite, so he took the iron fork, Uncle Kan also put on his back the bow and arrow, took an iron fork, Changsheng did not delay, and led Uncle Kan and Qin Xiao to the mountain, and the hunters were a little apprehensive when they watched their figures disappear.

The mountains and forests are dense, Uncle Kan is quite familiar with the road, leading the way in front, Qin Xiao and Changsheng follow behind with iron forks.

In the middle of the night, the mountain was very dark, but fortunately there was a moon in the sky, and the moonlight was scattered through the gaps in the leaves, and I could barely see the road in the mountain.

Qin Xiao knew that after entering the mountain, the most dangerous thing was not only the mandrills, there were many fierce beasts in the mountains, and if one was not careful, it would be troublesome to encounter tigers and leopards, so he was very careful.

However, Uncle Kan is an old hunter and is very familiar with the situation in the mountains, if there are really wild beasts nearby, he will naturally be able to detect it early, and it is precisely for this reason that Uncle Kan will take the initiative to go up the mountain with him, just because he is worried that Changsheng is too young and inexperienced.

Walking deeper and deeper in the mountains, from time to time there was a sound of wolves howling and tiger roars, Qin Xiao didn't feel much at the bottom of the mountain, but now that he was in the mountain, he felt a little cold on his back, and he had a trace of regret in his heart for following them up the mountain.

However, he offered to follow him up the mountain, so he was naturally embarrassed to turn back.

While the two of them were not paying attention, Qin Xiao took a blood pill, and soon, his eyesight and sense of smell improved rapidly, and as far as his eyes could see, in the dimness, he could still see a long distance.

After walking in the mountains for two hours, Uncle Kan stopped and turned around: "Not far ahead is the place where mandrills haunt, but be careful." ”

As soon as he heard this, Qin Xiao suddenly tensed up his spirits, looked around in all directions, and the footsteps of several people were lighter, and they walked through the forest with their waists bent.

The forest is full of thorns and vines, but fortunately, Uncle Kan is full of experience, familiar with the road, and has a smooth journey, Qin Xiao asked himself if he was alone in the mountains, I am afraid that he would have been lost in the thorns and vines a long time ago, and he would not be able to find a way out at all.

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