Chapter 13: A Tiger in the Mountains (I)
"Yunshan Chronicles" Tang Zhen Guanwu Year Pick-up Chapter
Note: The whole village was busy. I don't want to be blind. Therefore, today I decided to enter the mountain. - Yunshan Luoyun
Notes: It turns out that there are really tigers in the mountains, or they are of a different species. It's weird, I'll raise it. - Yunshan Luoyun
The terraces were completed with everyone's attention. When the last basket of soil was filled, all the onlookers looked around the field and looked stupid. When the mountain spring water was introduced into the field, looking at the paddy field that was filled with water and did not reach the heel, the second uncle of the patriarch took the second grandfather and the third grandfather to stand by and watch for a long time without saying a word. Later, the paddy field also officially entered the management scope of Uncle Wu, and it was not Luo Yun's turn to weed and transplant seedlings.
It's been another boring month, a spring rain and a warmth. The whole village was busy around the crops, but Luo Yun was almost moldy at home. The rain increases, and the temperature difference between day and night in the mountains is still relatively large, and the humidity is heavier. This morning was a sunny day after the rain, Uncle Wu and Mu'er went to work early, and Aunt Mei set up a rope in the yard early in the morning to prepare to dry the bedding and cotton clothes at home to remove the moisture.
Luo Yun helped put his bed quilt on a rope, and then did nothing. Seeing that the weather was very good, I decided to go out for a walk and bask in the sun, otherwise I would be about to get moldy. After talking to Aunt Mei, Luo Yun was wearing a wide cyan silk coat, a gray cloth belt was casually fastened at the waist, and he went out with a pair of straw sandals.
When the weather is warm, I don't want to wear leather boots that cover my feet very warmly. So I asked Uncle Wu to weave a pair of straw sandals, like the style of modern slippers, and passed two straw ropes between the thumb and middle finger feet. Needless to say, Uncle Wu's craftsmanship is not only explained in detail, but also the straw rope burrs are very few. But helplessly, the skin on the soles of Luo Yun's feet is also tender enough, and he doesn't even have a little thick skin, so it's uncomfortable to step on and prick it. In the end, Aunt Mei could only sew a thick layer of linen insoles on it, and Luo Yun put on her feet.
Wandering in a village where there are almost no people, his clothes are fluttering, and he walks leisurely towards the mountain, and his temperament and demeanor are like a student who wanders the mountains. Suddenly, he came to the grass pavilion on the mountain, and when Luo Yun saw the four pillars and the wooden shelves that were not covered by the grass shed. Luo Yun came back to his senses at this time, but he didn't expect to come here unconsciously, stood a little bit, and looked at the wheat fields that had begun to turn yellow on the slopes on both sides of the valley below the mountain, and the busy farmers. Luo Yun felt that he was really used to being lazy, without Mu'er, he was really too lazy to build a shed and set up a stove to boil water. Besides, he wasn't thirsty or tired.
Skirted the hill and looked at the mountains and forests behind them. Luo Yun suddenly surged out an impulse, Uncle Wu and Aunt Mei never said that he couldn't go to the back mountain, he had seen enough of the scenery in front of this mountain, it was time to continue to explore inward. Otherwise, if he continues to do nothing, he will go crazy.
If you want to go, don't hesitate. Lift your feet and walk towards the largest canopy of trees in the woods you see.
After a downhill climb, I walked on a path that was clearly stepped on, and stepped on stones to cross a stream. As soon as I entered the forest, I saw a small wooden house. Pushing open the door and looking, there were some tree stumps and wooden branches in a messy manner, clay pots and wooden bowls on the simple earthen stove, and some firewood piled up in the corner. Luo Yun looked around and felt that this should be a resting place built by hunters like Uncle Wu and them in the village who went into the mountains to hunt.
He took a wooden bowl from the low table, went back to the stream he had just passed by, washed off the dust, scooped a bowl of water and drank it, and drank the cool spring water flowing down from the mountain to quench his thirst. Returning to the hut and putting down the bowl, Luo Yun picked up a wooden stick with a long and short thickness and continued to walk towards the woods. He used the wooden stick in his hand as a hiking stick, but apart from the dense grass, Luo Yun really didn't feel that the road was so rough that he needed to use his hands.
I don't know how far I walked, but I can see big trees everywhere along the way, and the age of the trees is conservatively estimated to be more than 50 years. From time to time, various forest birds loom among the branches, and occasionally a hare jumps out of the grass, and a frightened multicolored pheasant flies. Luo Yun, who had never been in this completely primitive ecological mountain forest, looked at the yellow-haired rabbit that suddenly jumped in front of his eyes and was startled and ran away in a panic when he found his existence, but probably didn't see what was behind him, turned around, and jumped out with a kick on his hind legs, and the result was 'bang'! Bang into the tree.
Luo Yun was stunned to look at the scene of 'waiting for the rabbit' that was really staged in front of him, looked at the rabbit lying motionless on the ground, and finally couldn't help laughing, and the hearty laughter resounded through the mountains and forests, startling more birds hidden among the branches and green leaves. Looking up at the surroundings, there is no impression in my memory, but whether it is the visual or physical sensations, it is indeed so familiar, and it feels so natural to be in it.
Human beings have been a member of nature since birth, and after learning to create, they slowly lived in groups and left this primitive environment. Therefore, when people walk out of the houses and towns they have built and return to the mountains and forests, they will feel relaxed and happy, but they will still have fear in the face of the unfamiliar mountains and forests, and the fear of not being able to survive in them. But Luo Yun didn't have that fear, as if he belonged here.
Luo Yun walked up to the rabbit and squatted down, poked the chubby and soft belly with his fingers, and found that there were still ups and downs in breathing, and it seemed that he was only knocked unconscious. Luo Yun rudely picked up the rabbit's ears, and looked at the rabbit hanging in front of him with his limbs shrunk and his eyes closed, and the smile in Luo Yun's eyes became even stronger. Suddenly, he began to shake the rabbit desperately, shouting "Wake up!" Wake up! After shaking it twice, the rabbit couldn't help but open its red eyes and struggle on all four legs. Luo Yun laughed, let go of his hand, and threw the rabbit on the ground. The big yellow rabbit rolled over, and without hesitation, ran into the grass beside him and disappeared.
Luo Yun looked up at the sky exposed between the canopies, the smile on his face became stronger and stronger, and finally he couldn't help but raise his hand to the sky and shout, "I'm back!! ”
After the excitement was over, Luo Yun calmed down his emotions and calmed down the violent ups and downs in his chest. With a smile full of joy on his face, Luo Yun waved the wooden stick in his hand briskly, deliberately touching the branches and stones to make some noise. If this kind of behavior is let Uncle Wu and them come to see it, they will be eager to tie up Luo Yun immediately, you must know that the jackals, tigers and leopards in the forest at this time are not the rare animals in the forest zoo in the future. Uncle Wu, they don't know how many times they go into the mountains every year, and the jackals, tigers and leopards they fight every year are in double digits. Of course, tigers and bears, which are more ferocious and powerful beasts in comparison, are still rarely hunted, and the creatures that belong to the top of the forest biological chain are relatively few in number.
Because of the presence of these beasts, hunters are very taboo to make too much noise before they find their prey. Beasts always have better ears and smells than humans, and beasts are much more hidden in the woods than humans. Therefore, who discovers who first often determines life and death.
Even if all the strong and excellent hunters in the village went into the mountains to hunt together, they didn't dare to deliberately make noise like Luo Yun to alarm the beasts. However, Luo Yun obviously ignored this, he was just very happy to do what he wanted to do, and the animals that deliberately alarmed the woods were the ones who were telling the woods in his own way, telling all the animals in the woods, 'Luo Yun is coming', or ...... 'I'm back'.
Wandering aimlessly, he rounded a small mountain and came to a wider valley. It is said to be vast, but in fact, it is only compared to what I saw before. Yunshan, where Lijia Village is located, was originally far away from the avenue, and Luoyun walked in the direction of the south of the mountain, going deeper into the Qinling Mountains. In the Tang Dynasty, when the population was relatively sparse, it was an inaccessible deep mountain and old forest, which is called 'no man's land' in modern times. Crossing the Qinling Mountains, you will arrive at the Shannan Road of the Tang Dynasty, but it is difficult to go directly over the mountains without taking the official road, not to mention the Tang Dynasty where the fastest means of transportation is a horse-drawn carriage.
The animals in the mountains apparently failed to understand the meaning of the noise that Luo Yun kept making. Therefore, there was no scene of the beasts in Luo Yun's obscenity. Of course, it's not that there are no curious animals at all. What Luo Yun saw and saw him was scared away by the wooden stick in his hand. There is a sika deer, two pheasants, and a woodpecker. The only thing that didn't scare away were the two tree apes, a close relative of a human who might have understood Luo Yun's meaning, and after looking at Luo Yun for about a minute, he threw two pine cones at Luo Yun to welcome him. Luo Yun grinned and waved his hand, picked it up and rubbed it on his clothes and ate it. Well, it's a little raw, too crispy, not sweet.
And Luo Yun didn't see or find the place, and there were many people who secretly peeked at Luo Yun. Just like now, after a leopard turned away, two more mountain wolves hid in the bushes less than ten meters away and secretly followed Luo Yun.
With Luo Yun's physical strength, a wolf pounced on him, and Luo Yun had to become someone's belly. But the two wolves, including the mountain dog, wild fox, cheetah, and poisonous snake who had peeped at Luoyun before, did not attack. After following Luo Yun for a distance, he automatically turned around and left. If Luo Yun saw this, or he would be able to understand what Uncle Wu had inadvertently said: Mu'er may still be in danger when he enters the mountain, but Brother Yun, there is absolutely no problem for you to go.
In any case, the depression and irritability that had accumulated in Luo Yun's heart because he had nothing to do all day long finally dissipated in this kind of swimming. Luo Yun, who was in a happy mood, decided that as long as he had nothing to do in the future, he would come to the mountains every day for a walk as long as he had nothing to do (there was nothing to do).
I rested by a small waterfall, drank a few sips of water, washed my face, and met a pair of brown eyes as soon as I looked up. The two mountain wolves finally came out of the shadows and quietly came to the opposite side of Luo Yun, looking at him silently. Luo Yun's hand kept grabbing his sleeve to wipe the water, and the two sides looked at each other quietly, and no one moved. Luo Yun, who had been looking forward to it all the way, finally saw the first large carnivore that he had seen since entering the mountain, but the appearance of the other party still overwhelmed Luo Yun, who had never seen this kind of dangerous creature in the next life. Perhaps, everything was not as magical as he thought, everything was just a joke played by the whole village to him; Then, he is destined to die in the belly of the wolf today.
I don't know how long this kind of staring lasted, but Luo Yun felt that the left hand he was holding was a little sore, and he couldn't hold on, and the arm hidden in the wide sleeve was already trembling slightly, but Luo Yun really didn't dare to make a move first, so he could only grit his teeth and insist. The two eyes looked at the two wolves on the opposite side, one gray and one black, more than a meter high. And just when Luo Yun's expression was already a little 'gnashing of teeth', the two wolves finally looked away and drank the spring water underground.
Luo Yun exhaled softly and slowly, seeing that the two wolves were really not paying attention to themselves, he put his hand down, and couldn't help but wipe his forehead with his other hand, and found that his face was still wet, but it should not be water, but sweat.
Anyway, it was the first time to face these man-eating beasts, and this experience also made Luo Yun feel extremely excited. But no matter how excited he was, Luo Yun didn't want to continue looking for other beasts. Looking up at the sky and looking at the sun, the sun was over overhead, and it was almost time to go back. Luo Yun had just stood up with a stick, and the two wolves stopped drinking at the same time and raised their heads to look at Luo Yun.
Luo Yun, whose legs were a little numb just now, became a little more bold after what had just happened, rolled his eyes at the two wolves, waved his hand and prepared to turn around. Unexpectedly, at this time, a long howl of a wild wolf suddenly came from the woods not far away, Luo Yun was stunned for a moment, and the two wolves also pricked up their ears at the same time, turning their heads to look at the direction where the sound came from. Another wolf howl came, this time it was much shorter, and the two wolves couldn't pay attention to Luo Yun anymore, turned around and ran in the direction where the sound came from, and jumped into the woods and disappeared in a few jumps.
Luo Yun stood there biting his lip and thought for a long time, and finally curiosity prevailed over reason. He took off his straw sandals, walked barefoot across the cool stream, stepped on a stone that was warmed by the sun, shook off the water on his feet, hurriedly put on his straw sandals, and ran in the direction where the two wolves had disappeared.
The two wolves did not leave any traces that could be traced, at least in the eyes of Luo Yun, a novice who had no experience as a hunter, but after about a hundred meters of progress, Luo Yun still found his way. Because the sound of roaring and biting is particularly clear in the secluded mountain forest. He walked nearly ten steps in the direction from which the voice came, twitching his nose, and a faint smell of blood could already be smelled in the air. It seems that the fight is very fierce, Luo Yun thought to himself, and lightened his pace, the fighting side must be a wild wolf, and the other side can fight against more than three wild wolves for so long, it must also be a very fierce beast.
It was obviously unwise to appear in the sight of both sides, gently stepping on the blades of grass, Luo Yun ignored the sound of fighting in his ears, and listened carefully to the sound of the blades of grass being flattened and trampled. 'Roar......! A roar resounded through the mountains and forests in front of him, and Luo Yun was shocked when he heard this sound that contained majesty and anger. Although I had heard the same roar in TV movies in my previous life, the sound coming through satellite signals and electrical circuits was far less shocking and frightening than that of listening to it up close.
Tiger...... Without the overwhelm and worry of seeing the wild wolf for the first time just now, Luo Yun really had an inexplicable excitement in his heart at this time, and an indescribable emotion kept stirring him up in his heart, approaching the dangerous beast arena in front of him. The knuckles of the stick in his left hand were a little white, and his right hand was tightly grasping the placket of his clothes. With another roar, Luo Yun squatted down behind a big tree, quietly poked his head out, and finally saw the scene clearly.
The battle had already entered the white heat, and a colorful tiger was entrenched in the field, protecting a fawn that had been torn by the intestines behind him, and the sharp claws of the tiger pressed against the body of a dead wolf, roaring angrily and intimidating the three wild wolves surrounding it. Although it was twice the size of the wild wolf, it was already covered with blood on its back under the siege of the wolves. Two of the three wild wolves were the ones who followed Luo Yun just now, they had just joined the battle, and there were no wounds on their bodies, and the other gray wolf had already suffered a few tiger claws.
Luo Yun looked at the situation in the field, in addition to sighing that the tiger is indeed worthy of being called the king of beasts, this kind of fierce power is not comparable to the wild wolf. However, Luo Yun also felt very strange, it is said that these two beasts should not have this kind of desperate fight. One is a lone king, the other is a warrior who is good at group fighting, both sides know very well that they can't bargain for money, how can they fight because of a deer? What's more, how could there be a shortage of food in the woods this spring, Luo Yun had encountered so many rabbits and pheasants. It is estimated that the cause should be the dead wolf.
"I wonder if these wild wolves will give me a face if I come out?" Luo Yun was startled by the idea that suddenly popped up in his mind, he was so frightened by the two wolves just now that he didn't dare to move, and now he wants people to give him face, why.
Regardless of Luo Yun's cranky thoughts here, the two sides in the field started fighting again after a short break. Luo Yun's blood was surging by this brutal fighting method full of primitive natural atmosphere, and it has to be said that this bloodthirsty fighting factor is precipitated in human blood. If it wasn't such a wooden stick in his hand, if he had a sword in his hand, Luo Yun at this time would definitely not be able to help but rush out to intervene in this battle.
I don't know if Luo Yun's strong will was really passed on to both sides of the fight. After the tiger paid the price of two pieces of flesh and wounded the two wild wolves who had just joined the battle, after hesitating for a while, the three wild wolves finally decided to retreat. Without any drag, the three wolves slowly took a few steps back in unison, and quickly turned around and fled into the woods after pulling away.
The King of the Mountain, already covered in blood, still stared majestically at the flight of the three enemies until the smell dissipated. Only then did his limbs fall to the ground weakly, and he didn't make a wail, but silently licked the wounds on his body and cleaned the wounds. Luo Yun had already stood up from behind the trees, but he didn't walk over, and the injured tiger didn't notice his presence.
Luo Yun watched silently, just like the impulse that suddenly appeared in his heart just now, and at this time, he also wanted to go out to help it, but there was always a rational voice in his head telling him: This is the law of nature, not something he should intervene in! Luo Yun frowned tightly, and suddenly disgusted with this kind of reason in disgust, it seemed that he couldn't do things according to his heart, which made him very unpleasant. But he felt that it was natural not to intervene, and the two contradictory thoughts in his heart kept struggling, which made him a little confused. After licking the wounds, the tiger did not stay any longer, and staggered away with the dead deer in his mouth. Luo Yun walked over to the corpse of the wild wolf left on the ground, a deep wound on the back of his head and neck, a fatal blow, and there was no other wound. It seems that either the tiger snatched the food of the wild wolf, or the wild wolf relied on the large number of wolves to rub the tiger's prey, and then triggered a bloody war.
Luo Yun looked at the wolf corpse here, and he didn't know why he suddenly felt that this battle was not over. Thinking of the wolf I saw by the stream before, I knew in my heart that this creature was very vindictive. At this time, the tiger was obviously injured, but I am afraid that there will not be only those four wolves left in the woods. Luo Yun was stunned here, and there was a sound of grass and trees in the woods. Luo Yun looked up, and the beast attracted by the smell of blood had finally arrived. A black leopard swaggered over and stood still in front of Luo Yun, looking at Luo Yun with a pair of jewel-like pupils. With the experience of fighting wild wolves, plus the big battle he just saw, Luo Yun looked at the leopard with an indifferent face.
The leopard opened its mouth and stuck out its tongue, as if yawning in Luo Yunkai. Then I saw the cheetah take a step forward, raised one of its front paws and pressed it on the wolf corpse, and then continued to look at Luo Yun. Luo Yun was stunned, and couldn't help but feel funny, and the expression on his face was much more relaxed. He took two steps back and waved his hand to make a 'please do it for yourself' gesture. Then I saw the leopard unceremoniously pick up the wolf corpse and turn away.