The people in Shanggu are mixed, and the people are fierce. At this moment, not long after the world was peaceful, the family with the big surname still retained the habit of letting the young children of the clan learn swords and archery. It is expected that once a young man in the clan mixes up in the military, the power of the entire family will grow by leaps and bounds. Even if the teenagers don't have a chance to gain fame before the battle, when the bandits come to rob, the elders of the clan can organize them to protect their homes.

Li Xu's archery skills are second to none among the children of his clan. Legend has it that he has no ability to wear Yang in 100 steps, and he is still somewhat sure of 10 shots within 50 steps. Occasionally, the miracle of hitting a rabbit from a hundred and fifty steps away has also happened. It's just that his luck is really bad today, more than 20 arrows were shot and retrieved, and they were used repeatedly, and in the end he almost shot off the feather, and he didn't shoot half of the living thing. The "treasure bow" in his hand, which was worth as much as three hangings in Yanyan's mouth, was very difficult to use, and it was difficult to pull it up, not to mention, the bow arm was always slightly trembling, and the feather arrows that were hard to aim were always crooked. After only ejaculating for half a day, Li Xu, who had always had some strength, was so tired that his arms were weak, and his fingers were also worn off a layer of skin. If it weren't for the value of the bow, he would have untied the string, removed the ear (Note 12), and smashed the back of the bow on the stone as a chopping wood.

Seeing that the sun was already setting west at the treetops, Li Xu had no choice but to go down the mountain in frustration. Daqing Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles, and there are often fierce beasts after dark. When he went up to the mountains to hunt alone, he didn't dare to delay too late. As he was walking, he suddenly heard the rustling of grass in the bushes, and when he looked up, a fat roe deer rushed away from thirty paces in front of him.

How could Li Xu let go of such a good opportunity, the fatigue of his whole body suddenly lost, he took out the arrow, and pulled the bow to the full. As soon as the fingers were loosened, the feathered arrows shot at the roe deer like meteors.

The wild roe deer in the mountains and forests are known as fools, and although they run fast, they rarely make sharp turns. It was also Li Xu who came to operate, and the arrow popped and shot from the back of the roe deer, deep into the chest and abdomen.

"Moo!" The roe deer, which was running rapidly, let out a long and mournful cry and slowly fell to the ground. Li Xu's heart was so happy that he was carrying the bow quickly? Advance. At this time, it was the beginning of autumn, and the game in the mountains and forests had accumulated a spring and summer fat, and the meat was thick and fat. Such a large roe deer was dragged to his uncle's inn, and it was guaranteed to be the signature dish of Xiao Banyue. Peel off the skin on the roe deer and sell it to a large family to make boots, and you have to ask for more? Twenty or thirty texts.

Just as he bent down and was about to drag the front leg of the roe deer, a sudden chill came from his heart. Li Xu raised his head in a panic, only to see a wild wolf the size of a donkey slowly walking out of the woods, and his green eyes were staring at him.

"Ahh Li Xu screamed in fright, quickly straightened his body, and bent his bow and arrows. Although he was born in the last branch, he is also a child of a good family, and he is usually well cared for, and has little experience in hunting in the mountains alone. He had never heard of such a big wolf, let alone encountered it head-on.

When encountering a wolf, it is most taboo to turn around and run away. Li Xu is more proficient in reciting the truth than anyone else, but at a critical moment, the bow in his hand refuses to obey the call. The feathered arrows swayed on the bow, up and down, but they could not reach the wolf's head. Seeing the wild wolf approaching step by step, he was about to attach his forelimbs. Li Xu was so frightened that he shot an arrow out of his hand.

The arrow grazed the wolf's head like a meteor, and slammed into the ground half a foot with a "poof". The beast in the distance was also startled, a low roar came out between his mouths, his front paws slashed twice on the ground, and he jumped up in the air and took Li Xu's throat.

At this moment, Li Xu didn't care about aiming, pulled out the arrow, and released it as soon as he pulled it. As soon as the arrow left his hand, he immediately abandoned his bow, took out a short knife from his waist for self-defense, and swung it with his eyes closed. After waving for a long time, he didn't feel any pain in his body or heard the movement of the wolf, and his heart, which was about to jump out of his throat, fell back slightly, and he mustered up the courage to secretly open his eyes a small slit, and vaguely saw a long blood stain on the ground, and the wild wolf the size of a donkey had already disappeared without a trace.

"Straight lady thief, what the hell is playing on the little grandfather!" Li Xu scolded loudly, rushed forward a few steps, ran to a big tree with a thick hug, leaned his back against the trunk, protected his neck with a knife, and turned around suddenly. Contrary to his expectations, the wolf did not sneak up on him as legend has been said to have gone around his back and attacked him the second he turned his head. In the vast forest, there was nothing but the shadow cast by the setting sun. The sound of autumn cicadas on the branches of the trees is occasionally heard, mixed with their own heavy breathing.

Li Xu couldn't believe that he could scare a vicious wolf away with his knife. He turned around a few times with his knife in his hand, until he stepped on the horned bow on the ground, and then he believed that he had indeed saved the day. He hated to spat at the horned bow of the erroneous thing, and raised his foot to kick it to pieces. Fang lifted his leg, smiled, and slowly lowered his foot again.

"Is this thing worth three pennies?" Li Xu lovingly picked up this "baby" that almost killed him and inserted it back into the arch bag behind his back. "Another day, I will sell it to the Zhang family Xiaowu for four hangs, anyway, he will never be able to shoot arrows!"

Looking back at the roe deer, it was already completely dead. The bleeding from the arrow wound in the abdomen had turned black and spread to the ground. After looking closely, he found that there was a deep and huge wound on the hind leg of the roe deer, which was obviously injured by the wolf. Even if Li Xu didn't shoot it with arrows, it wouldn't be long before it would die of blood.

"It turns out that the beast complained that I robbed it of its food, no wonder it was looking for me desperately!" Only then did Li Xu understand why he had just shot over the roe deer and brought out a vicious wolf. Thinking about the danger of dying just now, my heart was beating up and down. The mountain wind blew, and the pores of the whole body were tightened. When I reached out and touched it, it turned out that my clothes were already soaked with cold sweat and stuck to my body wet.

Seeing that the sun was about to set, Li Xu didn't dare to delay any longer, walked up to the roe deer, and tried to carry it on his shoulders. His arms shook and hung down weakly. The muscles and bones of the whole body are sore, and they can't exert half of their strength.

"Could it be that the evil beast calculated that I couldn't carry the prey down the mountain, so he didn't fight with me?" Li Xu secretly complained in his heart, this is the depths of the mountains, and it is impossible to expect someone to help. After thinking for a while, he was in a hurry, and he waved his knife to chop a few branches and kudzu vines, and made a climbing plow. Roll the carcass of the roe deer onto the plough little by little, and use the kudzu vine to climb the plow with one end of the tree and the other end on your shoulder.

"Hey!" Li Xu let out a loud shout and walked forward. The tree-climbing plow creaked and slowly slid forward with his tug. Stumbling a few steps, he felt the grass slippery under his feet. When I looked down, I saw a trail of blood on the green grass pointing diagonally upwards and pointing far away into the dense forest.

"Could it be that I shot that arrow in a panic and wounded that beast?" Li Xu thought in surprise. Curiosity together, and the body immediately regained some strength. After gaining courage, he greedily started the idea of a wild wolf.

Birds and beasts moult in spring and autumn, one season sheds hair, and the other season produces wool. Therefore, the fur of the beast in autumn is the most valuable, and such a large wolf skin does not change two stones of wheat. Thinking about his mother's smiling face after dragging the wolf skin back, Li Xu became more and more bold. I found some branches to cover the roe deer, and chased down the bloodstains with a talisman knife.

About two miles of mountain road, under a raised stone wall, Li Xu found a hole. The blood left by the wolf had faded by this point, but it was sprinkled intermittently into the depths of the cave. Li Xu leaned sideways and put his body? Upper stone wall. With one hand he raised his sword, and with the other he picked up a stone and threw it in.

The stones jumped in the cave, but no wild beast was startled. Li Xu squatted at the entrance of the cave for a while, couldn't hear any heavy breathing inside, crossed his heart, and dared to touch in.

The cave is not deep, and the entrance of the cave is facing west. At this moment, there happened to be the afterglow of the setting sun shining in, faintly shining on a gray-black wolf. The wolf had a long arrow stuck in its belly, and its whole body was black and red. The feathers at the tail of the arrow had already been worn bald, and it was clearly the branch shot by Li Xu in a panic. I only sighed that the evil beast's vitality was very tenacious, and it was so badly injured that it insisted on crawling back to its cave.

Seeing that there was only one injured wolf, Li Xu was even more courageous, and he stepped forward with a knife to "kill him". Before he could get closer, there was a low ** in his ears, and the forelimbs of the wild wolf suddenly moved.

"Brush!" Cold sweat immediately rolled down from Li Xu's forehead. He took two quick steps back, leaned his back against the stone wall, and swung his cutlass up and down. But the wolf seemed to be asleep, and did not move. neither stood up and fought with Li Xu, nor did he try to climb out of the cave to escape.

"Bang, bang, bang!" Li Xu heard his heartbeat echoing in the cave, and his throat seemed to be on fire, and he was thirsty indescribably. Boldly moved forward again, only to find that the wolf's eyes had long since lost their brilliance. Beneath the forelimbs, a tiny head, desperately sucking the last of the lotion.

Little wolf cubs! Li Xu ran over, grabbed the fluffy little wolf, and raised his hand to fall on the stone. The feeling of warmth in the palm of his hand made him a little reluctant, and after a little hesitation, the little wolf closed his eyes and sucked the edge of his palm with his mouth. It's crispy and numb, and it's indescribably interesting.