Qin Xiao hid behind the thorny vines, and was relieved to be sure that this was a group of hunters.

Just listening to what they said, it seems that when they were hunting in the mountains, they encountered great trouble, and even suffered casualties, and the crying of the sheep baby was because his father was seriously injured.

Uncle Han obviously has a lot of prestige in this group of people, commanding everyone to rescue the sheep baby and his father, and the most serious situation of the injured now is that the bleeding cannot be stopped.

Qin Xiao naturally knew that these hunters made a living from hunting, and just in case, they would also carry some wound medicine on their bodies.

But after all, they are all poor people, and there can be no real precious medicine.

If it can help stop the bleeding, these people will definitely not be stingy with the medicine on their bodies, since they can't stop the bleeding, it can only prove that the medicine on their bodies really doesn't work.

Saving people is like fighting a fire, there is no delay, and once the blood is lost too much, it is likely that you will never wake up again.

Qin Xiao happened to have the gold sore medicine that Hongye had prepared for him, and he also knew that this kind of injury medicine must be unusual, seeing that the injured person was in danger, and it was a poor hunter, he didn't hesitate any longer, stood out from behind the thorn vines, took out the gold sore medicine, and walked towards this group of hunters.

When he suddenly appeared, the hunters were a little surprised, and someone had already asked in a deep voice, "Who is it?" ”

Uncle Han also stood up, raised his hand and said, "Don't move." He stepped forward and looked at it a few times by the moonlight before asking Qin Xiao, "What did you just say?" ”

"I have medicine to stop the bleeding." Qin Xiao handed over the gold sore medicine: "Some of you are injured, I am not sure if it will be good to take it and try it." ”

"Not a bad guy." Uncle Han saw that although Qin Xiao was in tattered clothes, he was not very old, his tone was sincere, and he took the initiative to take out the medicine for the injury, so he was naturally not a bad person, so he stepped forward and said, "Baby, thank you." ”

At this time, it was important to save people, and Uncle Han was not polite, took the bottle, and went over to apply medicine to the injured.

The other hunters all gathered around, Qin Xiao thought of something, and stepped forward and said, "By the way, did you bring wine?" ”

"You want to drink?" A hunter untied the wine bag at his waist: "Here, it's not good wine, make do with it." ”

"It's not." Qin Xiao said: "Before applying medicine to the wound, it is best to wash it with wine, so that it will not be infected." ”

Uncle Han said: "The baby is right, clean the wound first, and bring all the wine." ”

It took a few people a while, and finally applied the gold sore medicine to the injured person, Qin Xiao could see clearly from the side, the wound was in the abdomen, and a large and deep wound was blurred with flesh and blood, which was shocking, but the wound was obviously not caused by a knife or gun, nor did it look like a beast bite.

The wound was too big, and a whole bottle of gold sore medicine was applied, Qin Xiao knew that saving his life was important, and he was not reluctant.

Qin Xiao's prediction was right, the gold sore medicine given by Hongye was really effective, and in less than half a column of incense after being applied, the blood at the wound had already coagulated, so that it could not continue to bleed outward, and the injured person was in a coma and unconscious.

It's just that since the bleeding has stopped, there is hope for life.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Uncle Han saw that there was not the slightest residue in the gold sore medicine bottle, he was a little embarrassed, and said to Qin Xiao: "Baby, the wound medicine has been used up, how much silver do you want, you name it, we will make it up for you." ”

Qin Xiao waved his hand and smiled: "No, no, I also picked it up, it's good if I can save my life." ”

Yang Wa had already come over at this time, he was in his early twenties, with the sturdy body of a Northwest man, knelt down in front of Qin Xiao, and said gratefully: "Thank you for saving your life, I will kowtow to you!" About to kowtow, Qin Xiao hurriedly hugged him and said, "Don't do this." He picked up the baby sheep.

"Let's all rest first." Uncle Han instructed: "The wound of the sheep baby and his father has just been medicated, and it is difficult to move, so I will talk about it when it is dawn." Then he commanded the men to gather firewood, and a bonfire was made at the foot of the mountain, and the sheep took care of their father, and the others ate dry food around the fire.

Qin Xiao took out the wound medicine to save the life of the sheep baby and his father, and the hunters did not dislike Qin Xiao as a wandering beggar, but took care of him very much, took out the dry food and let Qin Xiao eat it first, although it took a lot of wine to clean the wound, there was still some leftover, Qin Xiao was not polite, and poured two sips, and the whole body was indescribably comfortable.

"Baby, where are you from?" Uncle Han handed Qin Xiao a scone: "How did you get here?" ”

Qin Xiao had already prepared his words, and said with a smile: "A few years ago, the plague was a few years ago, and the people in the village were gone, and I was the only one left wandering around, but fortunately, I had a great life and lived until now." ”

"A lot of people died that year." Uncle Han sighed: "Last year, there was another famine, and there were more and more people begging for a living, but everyone had no surplus food, and it was not easy to beg for food." ”

"Uncle Han, did you encounter a beast on the mountain?" Qin Xiao took a bite of the baked cake: "Why is it so badly injured?" ”

A person next to him said: "This is still a fortune teller, at least I can live." Four people have died in our village on the mountain, well, no, today the six sons are gone, and the dog surnamed Luo is already six lives. ”

Qin Xiao was taken aback: "Six lives? Looking at Uncle Han, he said, "What's going on?" ”

"Mandrills." Uncle Han smiled bitterly: "There is a mandrill in the mountain, very fierce, you look at the sheep baby and his father, just kicked by the mandrill, flew out and cut the belly, fortunately, the life is big, you have medicine to cure the baby, otherwise you will die here again." ”

Qin Xiao was even more surprised: "There are mandrills on the mountain? ”

"In the past few months, people in the village have gone up from here to hunt deep in the mountains." "Two months ago, I first found a mandrill, and two of them were folded in the mountain in a group of six people. A month ago, another person was broken, and half a month ago, his cousin also died in the hands of the mandrill. ”

Qin Xiao couldn't help but say: "The mandrill is so fierce, just change the place to hunt, why do you keep coming to this mountain?" ”

A hunter next to him said angrily: "It's not for two bear skins. Originally, there were rules for paying taxes in the past, adding up to the whole village to pay thirty skins, of which only two tiger skins were more difficult, but everyone worked together to make up for it every year. But since last year, the above has asked us to hand over two more bear skins. This section of the mountain range, only this piece of bear blind infested, last year finally got a bear skin, the whole village still owes one, the above sent a message, this year can not pay three skins, not only to cancel our right to hunt, the village of men also go to the mine to work for three years to deduct taxes. ”

When he said this, the faces of the others also showed annoyance, but then some people smiled bitterly, helpless.

Harsh government is fiercer than bears!

Qin Xiao knew that the increase in taxes was nothing more than the Zhen family's intensified exploitation of the people.

Two bear skins are worth a lot of money, and for hunters who have problems with food and clothing, of course, it is impossible to have the silver to buy bear skins, and the only way is to go up the mountains to hunt and find the blind bear to obtain its skin.

He hunts all year round for a living, and of course he is well aware of the situation in the mountains.

Where to hunt tigers and where to slaughter bears, I know very well in my heart.

Although it is extremely dangerous to go up to the mountains to hunt bears, hunters can only go up the mountains to fight hard instead of paying taxes.

Han Bo sighed: "If you can't hunt mandrills, it's difficult to hunt bears in this mountain area." It may take two or three months to find a bear, and by October, the skin will have to be handed over, and we will have to find a way to kill the mandrill first. ”

Uncle Han and the others may not really want to tell Qin Xiao the cause and effect of the matter, but in order to pay taxes and gamble with their lives, they will inevitably be angry in their hearts, and there will be casualties tonight, and they are bitter in their hearts, just to say it out to relieve the resentment in their hearts.

"And you hurt the mandrills?" Qin Xiao asked.

"Bullshit." One of the hunters said angrily: "We know that mandrill is very powerful, walking in the mountains, walking on the ground, even if there are many people, it may not be able to hurt the mandrill." Everyone discussed, looking for the rangers to help, we heard that those rangers are all strong in martial arts, no matter how powerful the mandrill is, it is definitely not the opponent of the rangers. As long as we find the ranger and let him take us to round up the mandrill, the mandrill will not survive. ”

Qin Xiao thought that if there was really a martial arts master to help, plus a group of hunters, it would be really possible to hunt down the mandrill.

"When we got to the town, we inquired about the rangers who were strong in martial arts, and we met a few, but they looked down on us and said that their kung fu was not used against livestock." The hunter said angrily: "We waited for several days, and finally found a ranger surnamed Luo, he looked strong and mighty, with a big knife, a large stone mound of about two hundred catties, he could lift it with one hand. We explained the reason, and scraped together twenty taels of silver, and if he could help us to hunt down the mandrills, the twenty taels of silver would belong to him. ”

"Naturally, he agreed." Qin Xiao said.

Uncle Han sighed: "We have high hopes for him, we just think that if Luo Ranger makes a move, the mandrill will definitely die." When he arrived in our village, we ate and drank well for two days, and paid a deposit of ten taels of silver, and yesterday at noon we set out up the mountain, and went deep into the place where the mandrill haunted, and set up an ambush, waiting for the mandrill to appear. Until noon today, the mandrill finally appeared, originally everyone discussed, after the mandrill appeared, we first shot with a bow and arrow, and then the ranger shot, as long as the mandrill was injured, everyone rushed up, desperately trying to kill the mandrill. ”

"And what happened?"

"Later?" The hunter on the side took a sip, "As soon as the mandrill came out, the man surnamed Luo was so frightened that he not only didn't dare to go up, but he also turned around and ran, and was seen by the mandrill, and easily caught up with the man surnamed Luo, grabbed one of his legs, threw it ten times, and fell to death." ”

Qin Xiao was stunned in his heart, secretly thinking that the mandrill was really fierce.

"When everyone saw that the situation was not good, they hurriedly retreated, and the mandrill chased after him, and the father of the sheep baby used an iron fork to pierce it, and it kicked it in the stomach and flew out." Uncle Han sighed: "The stomach was cut by the branch, the sheep baby carried his father and ran, we used a bow and arrow to shoot back the mandrill, the mandrill pounced and caught the six sons, everyone knew that they could not be rescued, took the opportunity to retreat, the six sons fell into the hands of the mandrill, and we saved our lives." He smiled bitterly and said: "If the six sons fall into the hands of the mandrill, they will naturally not survive." ”