The middle-aged man's words fell on Zhao Lan's ears, leaving Zhao Lan speechless for a while.

There are only about 20 officials in a huge county, can this really maintain the peace of a county?

Behind these middle-aged people, the two teenagers who had not said a word from beginning to end had finished arranging a trap at the moment, and were carrying shovels to the other side to rearrange the trap.

Yun Zhu pointed at the two teenagers, looked at the middle-aged man in front of him suspiciously, and asked who they were with a gesture.

"These two babies are also pitiful, my mother was bitten by a beast a few days ago, and now they are lying at home to recuperate, and the family has no income now, so I have to let these two offspring beg for food, and the brothers saw that they were pitiful, so they let them come over with our brothers."

The middle-aged man looked at the two silent teenagers in a sighy tone, and introduced Yunzhu and Zhao Lan in front of him.

After saying that, the middle-aged man looked at the sky and continued to Yunzhu: "Yun girl, it's not early, why don't you go back quickly, these days are not very peaceful, warn the people in the village, don't walk at night, otherwise you will be taken by those beasts." ”

Yunzhu nodded, motioned for Zhao Lan to put the basket on his back, and waved goodbye to everyone.

Zhao Lan nodded with these people, said hello, looked at them and said, "I am currently living in Shanghe Village, if you are in urgent need of manpower, come to me." ”

After speaking, Zhao Lan turned around and prepared to leave with Yun Zhu.

But at this moment, not far from where everyone was standing, a dull tiger roar suddenly sounded.

"Hurry up, hurry up, that dog mongrel is here again."

Hearing this tiger roar, all the officials hurriedly moved, pulled out their waist knives and leaned together, staring closely at the surrounding woods.

Yun Zhu and Zhao Lan, who were about to leave, also glanced at each other, and slowly retreated to the side of those officials.

Putting the basket aside by the small bushes, Zhao Lan picked up a broken branch from the ground and raised his hand to protect Yunzhu behind him.

Looking sideways at the guarded officials around him, Zhao Lan opened his mouth and asked, "Have you ever fought with these tigers?" ”

The middle-aged man who spoke before nodded, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and replied: "We encountered two big insects yesterday, and it took a lot of effort to kill one yellow-skinned one, and one white-skinned one ran away, and I guess this is the white-skinned one." ”

Zhao Lan nodded, looked around, and then gathered around everyone, looking at the two expressionless teenagers beside him, Zhao Lan asked them, "Aren't you afraid?" ”

A gray-clothed young man glanced at Zhao Lan, held the shovel tightly and said, "Don't be afraid, if that beast comes, I will slaughter it and take off the tiger skin to use as a mattress for my father." ”

"Brother, the tiger skin mattress is so valuable, let's sell it."

The other young man with a bundle of bamboo in his hand and some tears in his clothes pulled the gray boy's clothes, muttering with a slightly hesitant expression on his face.

When the gray-clothed young man heard this, his face was also a little hesitant, and he pondered for a long time, and then nodded: "Okay, then kill another big insect and pick up a tiger skin mattress for my father." ”

Zhao Lan looked at the two brothers and couldn't help but smile, this tiger hasn't come yet, these two guys have already booked the skin on their bodies, they are really ahead of their consciousness.

When the other officials heard the words of these two teenagers, they also laughed, and one of them, who looked to be about twenty years old, patted the head of the gray-clothed young man, and said with a smile: "Bastard boy, this big insect is not so easy to kill, our brothers were busy for a long time yesterday, and only killed one, and they were almost bitten to death by the big worm. Okay, I'll give you the skin of this big worm. ”

After saying that, several people laughed again, which suddenly made the previous serious atmosphere a little lighter.

The corners of Zhao Lan's mouth also curled, and he looked at the few people who were laughing and quipped: "I don't know if the tiger knows your idea of seeking skin with the tiger, will he be angry directly after jumping out." ”

As soon as the sentence came out, everyone laughed louder again.

Another official said: "If this is the case, these two bastards can report to the official family and record it in the county annals." ”

While everyone was talking and laughing, a low tiger roar suddenly sounded again in the surrounding woods.

The tiger's roar was low, but it reverberated in the woods full of trees all around, and for a moment everyone couldn't figure out where the tiger's true body was.

Everyone put away their smiles and walked to the center of the several pits dug by the teenagers before, forming a circle back to back.

Zhao Lan had just walked to the edge of the pit with Yunzhu in tow, when he heard a tiger roar in the distance, and immediately frowned.

"The sound seems to be closer than before?"

After Zhao Lan finished speaking, everyone nodded, and clenched the knife in their hands without saying a word.

Yun Zhu behind him pulled Zhao Lan's arm and kept gesturing to him.

"You write it behind my back, I can understand it."

Yun Zhu nodded when he heard this, and quickly drew with his hand behind Zhao Lan's back.

"The voice just now is different from the previous one."

Zhao Lan looked at Yunzhu behind him suspiciously, and asked, "Why is it different?" ”

"It doesn't sound the same."

"No, maybe it's because this tiger was farther away before, and now it seems to be closer to us, so the roar sounds a little different."

Zhao Lan smiled and continued: "But it's okay, it's just a little tiger, there are so many of us, we can kill it in minutes." ”

After comforting Yunzhu, Zhao Lan leaned on the branches and looked at the forest around her, surveying where they could be used for ambushes.

The tiger, as a ferocious predator by nature, also has a high IQ. Zhao Lan had seen animals predating, ambushing, crawling forward, and sprinting in an instant on TV, and these predators of nature gave full play to these natural skills.

And to deal with the enemy, Zhao Lan has always been accustomed to empathy, where to ambush and where to attack, and you need to clear your mind in battle.

"It's coming, it's coming."

Just as Zhao Lan was still looking at the environment around him, a servant on the left behind him suddenly let out a low shout, causing everyone to turn around and look in the direction he was facing.

"Where?"

The middle-aged man looked up for a long time, but didn't find anything, and couldn't help but ask the person who just shouted: "Where did you see it just now?" ”

The official pointed to a bush of dense bushes in the distance, and said with a wary expression: "Right there, I just saw that big insect running over, the same one that escaped yesterday, and the white fur is rare." ”

Zhao Lan looked at the silent bushes and asked the officials beside him, "Do you have bows and arrows, if you have long-range attack weapons, harass them and see if you can shoot them out." ”