Chapter 15: The Chill
Xiao Huang's reaction immediately aroused the vigilance of Pei Min, Gongsun Xi, and Wang Xiaobai.
Looking in the direction of Xiao Huang's low roar, except for the grass and the faint shadow of the black river, there was no trace of the enemy.
But Xiao Huang still roared in the direction of the black water, and at the same time his tail was very cowardly in his buttocks, and then he screamed very domineeringly.
Even if Pei Min is concerned about the enemy, when he sees Xiao Huang's cowardice, he can't help but laugh: Sure enough, as the old saying goes, a dog that can bite people doesn't bark.
However, I also take it for granted that the Chinese pastoral dog has never been famous for fighting.
In terms of combat power alone, in addition to pet dogs, Chinese pastoral dogs, even if they are not the first, should be within the top three, and they are counted backwards.
"Be careful!"
Pei Minzheng said this, but Xiao Huang put away his offensive attitude of "oh hmm", crossed his hind feet, and bounced fleas.
Gongsun Xi was angry and said, "This stupid dog, play with us." ”
Pei Min didn't know if Xiao Huang really sensed something, or what the situation was, and said: "Don't be in a hurry to relax your vigilance, maybe there is a real situation." ”
After waiting for about half an hour, Pei Min said: "There should be no problem, I hope Xiao Huang is wrong." ”
He said pointedly, and continued to cut the crisp grass on the ground.
Gongsun Xi jumped while venting his anger on the weeds.
This spring breeze keeps blowing, even if it is almost the Qingming season, the climate in the northwest is still a little cold.
On this grassland, the cold wind blows like a knife, which is really uncomfortable.
Even Pei Min himself couldn't stand it a little, and said: "Hold on, wait a minute, be lucky, maybe everything will be fine today." ”
Obviously!
This luck is not on their side!
Until dusk, there was still no situation.
Pei Min, Gongsun Xi, Wang Xiaobai and his entourage could only return to Yuquan Village first.
There is joy in this sorrow, as soon as he returned to Yuquan Village, Pei Min got the news that Gongsun Youyou woke up for a moment during the day.
It's just that the head injury is serious, the situation is somewhat unstable, sometimes awake and sometimes unconscious.
But this situation is much, much better than being in a coma all the time.
Especially when Gongsun You was sober, he fed her some medicinal soup to replenish qi and replenish the body's water and nutrients.
It's a good situation, Pei Min feels a little relieved.
Sitting by the warm fire, Pei Min summed up today's lesson, put forward an idea, and said: "Maybe we are too crowded, and the monster does not dare to appear." If it were ordinary, it wouldn't have taken care of the three of us, but now it's hurt. It's like a frightened bird, not daring to face the three of us. Let's go again tomorrow, this time for two people......" As he spoke, he looked at Gongsun Xi and said, "Can your body stand it?" ”
Gongsun Xi immediately said: "No problem, this bit of wind and snow can't help me." ”
"Then have a good night's rest!" Pei Min said, and also let the soldiers who had worked hard all day rest earlier.
On the second day, Pei Min and Gongsun Xi went to the place where they had been waiting for a day yesterday.
This time Pei Min learned a lesson, brought a futon, and the two of them were wrapped in the quilt, which was much more comfortable than yesterday when they were frozen in the wind.
"Now I want to light a fire, but that monster is cowardly enough to cause us to suffer this sin."
In front of Gongsun Xi, Pei Min did not keep the face of his temperance envoy, and was much more frank.
Gongsun Xi moved his body slightly with some restraint and said, "That's it, it's much better." ”
Xiao Huang, a lonely puppy, also seemed to feel a little cold and wanted to burrow into the quilt.
Pei Min disgusted with his feet, the pastoral dog is mainly free-range, and fleas are indispensable on its body, let it hide in, and it will be okay.
Playing with the dog, suddenly Xiao Huang was like yesterday again, the long hair on his body stood up, and he couldn't stop roaring in the direction of the black water.
This time, even Simba and Gongsun Xi's mounts seemed a little restless.
"It's coming!"
Gongsun Xi was particularly sensitive to sound, and heard Xiao Huang's roar with a little fear.
The two of them stepped out of the quilt together and looked ahead.
Sure enough, a long black object appeared in the grass a hundred paces away from them.
"Is it a python?"
Pei Min was a little surprised, he couldn't see it clearly from too far away, but he could vaguely see the round monster like a giant python.
You can only see that it is half a long body, and you can't tell exactly what kind of creature it is.
"Evil beast, this is it!"
Gongsun Xi looked familiar, thinking about his sister who was seriously injured on the bed, and directly pulled the Chaoxia sword out of its scabbard.
Pei Min looked at the other side cautiously, even if he was a hundred steps apart, he could see that the other party was huge and thick.
In his memory, there were very few large python species in China, but he could see that the creature on the other side was not inferior to the supposedly largest reticulated python he had seen on TV.
The two sides were at a stalemate for a while, and with the shaking of the grass, the opposite side actually withdrew.
"Don't run!"
Gongsun Xi shouted and hurried after him.
Pei Min also followed, but where could their speed compare to that unknown monster like a giant python?
"Stop chasing!"
Pei Min shouted, took the bow and arrow on his back, and read the secret of archery taught him by Xue Ne back then, and opened his bow to shoot arrows in one go.
The arrow off the string shoots straight away.
Within a hundred steps, it was instantaneous, and it had already caught up with the monster and shot at the monster's body.
But the arrow feather bounced and fell into the grass.
Pei Min shook his head regretfully, the distance was too far, and he could only use ordinary arrows, but ordinary arrows were obviously not enough to break the monster's leather armor.
Gongsun Xi also found that he was not an opponent at all, coupled with Pei Min's call, he stomped his feet angrily and said: "This evil animal has lived on Xiao Huang for hundreds of years, so timid." ”
Pei Min didn't speak, but he understood in his heart that maybe it was because of the timidity and caution of this unknown monster that he could live for hundreds of years under the condition of constantly attacking people.
If it weren't for the fact that the monster was in dire need of food after hibernation, they might not have been able to hold it.
"Let's go back and see if it comes!"
Pei Min and Gongsun Xi did not continue to go deeper, but returned to the original place, and waited for another day, but the monster did not appear again.
Back in Yuquan Village, Pei Min said directly: "Replace me tomorrow, since the monster is timid, then give it a chance to fight alone." I really don't believe it, its guts will really be smaller than Xiao Huang? ”
Xiao Huang heard the call and called twice very cooperatively.
Although Gongsun Xi, Feng Changqing, and Wang Xiaobai were extremely worried, they also knew that they couldn't change what Pei Min decided, so they could only hide their worries in their hearts.
On the third day, this time Pei Min was a person, a dog and a horse, waiting in place.
Sure enough, in Xiao Huang's warning sound, the monster came again.
Non-primates, no matter how strong their survival instincts, do not have real intelligence and are unaware that this is a trap.
In the place where there was not much difference yesterday, there was still a distance of 100 steps, and once again fell into a confrontation.
Pei Min looked at the monster that was not moving, but his heart moved, flew on the horse, and ran wildly.
Looking back at the back, a chill instantly hit my heart.