Although Liang Diqing had experience in hunting, he saw that Hui Neng was convincing and said, "Ah, it's a big tiger, are you so sure?" ”

Huineng confidently said: "I have been collecting firewood in the mountains for more than 20 years, and I have seen the footprints of those big tigers look like this. ”

Liang Diqing asked: "What is the basis for what you say?" ”

Huineng pointed to the footprints and said, "The footprints of other beasts in the mountains are not so big. You see, it is in the shape of a plum blossom, and the fret palm pad at the back and the three plum toe prints on the front are clearly visible. The outermost toe print, with its square border, is faintly recognizable, which is the characteristic indentation of the outer toe print of the big tiger. ”

Liang Diqing listened to Hui Neng's speech, and after inspecting it, he said: "This footprint is just like what you said." Do you estimate how big this tiger will be? ”

A few months ago, Huineng had hit a big tiger with a stone to save the sika deer, and was chased by the big tiger, fortunately, he climbed up the steep stone wall in time to avoid a catastrophe, so he had a deep impression of the big tiger, bent down and pointed to the ground and said: "Uncle Di Qing, you see that these footprints are nearly five inches wide, and the two footprints are three feet away." The footprints were so deep that it could be seen that this was a big tiger weighing nearly 1,000 catties. ”

"Wow, a big tiger weighing nearly a thousand pounds?" Liang Diqing knew that the big tiger was not something to eat, and recently found that the animals in the mountains were bitten and left more bloodstains, and his face suddenly showed a look of distress, "Now it seems that it is going to kill on a large scale, what should we do?" ”

Huineng hesitated: "This ......"

Liang Diqing groaned over and expressed his worries: "Brother Aneng, you should know that the big tiger in the pit has very thick skin, and if we want to shoot it with a bow and arrow, it will be difficult to kill it with one arrow." If you just shoot it, the enraged tiger will rush at you in a frenzied revenge, how can we deal with it? ”

"It's a difficult problem for you to talk about, but as long as you use your brain, there will always be a way." Huineng held his chin, pondered for a while, and said, "Didn't you install animal traps in the mountains?" ”

"Install the trap?" Liang Diqing's face was still embarrassed, "The big tiger in the tiger pit is very shrewd, it will not be fooled according to your wishes." In the past, I used to pretend many times, but I only caught wild boar, yellow muntjac, sika deer, etc., and I never caught the big tiger. ”

Huineng: "Let's think about it." ”

Liang Diqing stood and pondered for a while, a little puzzled: "After you saw wild beasts caught in iron clips in the mountains before, you often untied those iron clips for them and released them, saying that you should be merciful and kill as little as possible. But why did you ask me to install the trap today? ”

Huineng has his own proposition in his heart: "We can't do things so absolutely, one time and another." ”

Although Liang Diqing didn't fully understand Huineng's words, during these days, he had contact with Huineng Huineng, and always felt that he had a good idea and many ways, so he said: "Since it is your idea to install a trap, then follow it." ”

"Okay." Huineng reminded Liang Diqing, "We have to anticipate in advance that once the big tiger is trapped, in order to break free, it will definitely do its best, you must know that the tiger is infinitely powerful when it wields its might." Therefore, this installation of this trap must be very solid and firm. ”

"You've got a good idea, we should be thoughtful. This time, I'm going to pick the biggest and strongest trap to install. Liang Diqing nodded, he thought for a moment, and asked: "In your opinion, where should the trap be installed?" ”

Huineng confidently said: "There is a way, a snake has a snake road, and a tiger has a tiger track." You are a hunter and should have a lot of experience. Of course, we're going to put it in the path that the tiger has to go through. ”

Liang Diqing admired it: "It seems that you are more familiar with this aspect than me, then, do it according to your idea." ”

Huineng nodded: "Okay." ”

A few days later, Liang Diqing took the modified trap to the grass hut where Huineng lived in seclusion.

Hui Neng walked with him to the tiger pit.

Coming to the place where the blood stains were found last time, Huineng stopped, looked carefully, squatted down and measured it with his hands for a while, and finally nodded: "Yo, this is the trail that tigers often walk." ”

"Okay, let's set up traps and traps on this path." After Liang Diqing responded, he took out the trap.

Huineng first used iron sticks to lay three deep piles on the ground next to the path, and then installed the traps. Then a thin layer of grass was spread on top of the trap to cover it as a camouflage.

Liang Diqing obeyed Huineng's instructions and tied a card to a small tree on the side of the road two feet away from the trap, which read: "Trap, danger!" Please refrain from approaching. ”

A few days later, in the evening, the remnant sun was like blood, and the western sky was filled with layers of fiery clouds, and Tianlu Mountain was smeared with a layer of golden red.

The weather was very hot, with gusts of mountain wind and rolling heat waves. The birds in the forest are fluttering and noisy.

In Wenyang Village, some people chop firewood and some people wash rice.

Today is Liang Diqing's fiftieth birthday, and Huineng and his mother Li came to Liang Diqing's house in Wenyang Tianzhai, on the one hand, to congratulate, and on the other hand, to help.

Huineng was chopping wood in the yard with an axe, tired and sweating.

Liang Chibin is holding a big bowl and feeding Ah Wang, a hunting dog who has just given birth to puppies.

Liang Yulian was busy in the kitchen inside.

Liang Diqing, as today's birthday star, sat on the camphor wooden pier and held a long pipe, smoking a cigarette, leisurely swallowing clouds and spitting out fog.

Suddenly, there was a faint sound of terrible whistling in the distance.

Li: "Ah Neng, what is this called?" ”

"Wait until I go out and listen." Huineng hurriedly ran out of the house, listened attentively, and judged that it was the cry of a tiger through the sound of the mountain wind and pine waves. His heart froze, and he hurriedly returned to the courtyard and said to Liang Changqing: "Hey, Uncle Di Qing, there is a situation, I recognize this is the sound of a tiger!" ”

After hearing this, Liang Diqing immediately unloaded the long pipe from his mouth and shouted, "Yo! ”

Liang Chibin also heard it at this time: "Is it in the direction of the tiger pit?" ”

Huineng affirmed: "Yes." Can't be wrong! ”

Liang Diqing knocked his long pipe on the wooden pier and speculated: "It must be the tiger who stepped on the mechanism we laid over there in the tiger pit and caught the trap of the beast." ”

Huineng urged: "Uncle Di Qing, Chi Bin, let's go to the tiger pit and take a look." ”

"Okay." Liang Chibin put down the big bowl in his hand and picked up the hunting fork in the yard.

Liang Diqing thrust his long pipe into his waist, walked into the house quickly, picked up his bow and arrows, and ran towards the tiger pit with Huineng at a brisk pace.

Flowers and trees on both sides kept flying past them, and it didn't take long for them to come to the tiger's pit.

Sure enough, a white-fronted tiger with hanging eyes had fallen into the trap they had laid down. The tiger was five feet long, with a naturally born "king" character in the middle of its forehead, and eyes as big as copper bells. The brownish-yellow tiger skin with black spots was shiny, and the big tiger's hair stood on end. Liang Diqing's trap was clamping its right hind leg,

The tiger struggled hard to escape after being trapped, but the more it struggled, the tighter its hind legs were clamped by the iron trap, and a large pool of blood flowed on the ground of the trap.

At this time, several big men were already standing not far from the tiger. At the front is Ding Hanqiang, a hunter from Dingjiazhai in Yunpai Village.

Just now, Ding Hanqiang and several brothers were hunting in the nearby mountains, and when they heard the screams of animals, they knew that some prey had fallen into the hunter's trap, and they rushed to follow the sound, so they came earlier than Huineng, and stood about three feet away from the big tiger at this time.

Ding Hanqiang's well-raised cattle were seriously injured by a tiger not long ago, and now when he saw this enemy, of course he was furious and scolded, "Hmph, look at when and where you are majestic, isn't it a dead end now?!" With rage, he drew his bow to the brim, and on the string of the bow was a sharp arrow, which was about to shoot into the tiger's eyes.

Seeing this, Huineng shouted loudly: "Stop! At the same time, he rushed over at the speed of a sprint, stretched out his arms, and lifted Ding Hanqiang's strong bow up the moment the arrow left the string.

"Whoosh!" The sharp arrow flew out with a strong wind, flew a few inches above the tiger's head, and hit the bushes on the other side, and the leaves fell in a torrent.