Chapter 25: The First Shot

What happened to this grave last night? It took so much effort to bury a yellow wolf bow, why did you clip a dry branch this morning? Mom, could it be that the weasel triggered the bow clamp by holding a branch in his mouth? How is this possible?

The yellow wolf bow that was still carrying an important mission last night was lying on the ground in vain at this time, Liu Zixuan looked at it and was completely dumbfounded, this was the first time he went into the mountains to hunt, and the first time he encountered such an abnormal scene, his head was blank. What is www.biquge.info the pen %fun %Pavilion? Although his father had a similar encounter in the process of catching weasels for many years, it was many years ago, and after such a long time, how could he have encountered such an evil thing himself? It seems that the opponent is by no means a stupid guy. The branch caught in the mouth of the bow and tiger seemed to represent some kind of power in Liu Zixuan's eyes, but the funny thing was that this unexpected resistance force actually came from a prey that he had never put in his eyes - Huangpizi.

Liu Zixuan's self-esteem suffered an unprecedented bruise, and he sat in front of the grave at a loss, and his two eyes also lost the light they came. At this time, the weasel in his impression suddenly became mysterious, became evil, and became more and more unpredictable, and the various quirky behaviors of the weasel he had seen before were once again presented in his mind one after another: the weasel used his mantis arm as a car in broad daylight, the weasel bit the bait chicken at night and threw it into the well instead of eating it, and the weasel chose a new grave as a cave...... And now, it's easy to see through its own elaborate mechanism! What will they do after that? After thinking about it, Liu Zixuan realized for the first time that wanting to be a hunter in such a forest was far from being as simple as he thought before.

This is not a stupid weasel, who has not only seen through the trap set by the hunter, but also how the yellow wolf bow works! It is not difficult to see from the weasel's various quirky behaviors that this animal is already full of thinking colors! Behind each of their actions, there seems to be some hidden far-reaching intention! Thinking about it, Liu Zixuan couldn't help but feel scared, how could it not be scary? Once an animal has a mind of its own and intelligence enough to compete with humans, even if it is a rabbit, it will become terrifying. Although human beings have evolved into a highly intelligent group that surpasses any other species in the process of reproduction for hundreds of thousands of years, who can guarantee that under the oppression of human beings for many years and in the harsh living environment full of dangers, there will not be a second or third animal group that must have extremely high intelligence in order to survive? Isn't it precisely in the same perilous environment that human beings themselves have evolved step by step? Thinking of this, Liu Zixuan couldn't help but feel a chill. This time, Liu Zixuan was really scared, a sense of fear that he had never had when facing a lame wolf, but today he was exaggerated by a small weasel.

At this time, the weasel in Liu Zixuan's eyes is no longer just a prey with precious fur, and it is no longer just a relatively clever chicken thief, he has to look at this little-known population differently, at this time, even those terrible legends about weasels have begun to take root in his heart. Liu Zixuan suddenly remembered his father's warning before he died, and remembered the old lady's throwing gun before she passed away - could it be that the two old men knew that the animals in the forest were no longer the animals they used to be before they died? They probably already knew that their son was no match for animals, so they did everything they could to stop him from hunting in the mountains before he died! If this is the case, could it be that his father died of depression because his hunter's self-esteem was ruthlessly challenged by some animal? On the day of the old hunter's last hunting, what did he encounter in the woods? Is it the lame wolf? Or is it some other, more cunning animal? Even a weasel is so difficult to deal with, let alone a wolf that has been domesticated by hunters! Thinking about it, a panic like a great enemy quietly grew in Liu Zixuan's heart, and he began to realize that if he still looked at the wild things in the forest from the original standpoint, then he would be stupid.

After sitting in front of the grave for a long time, when Liu Zixuan got up to pick up the yellow wolf bow on the ground, he found that the bow had been covered by a weasel with a soak of urine, and it was still emitting a strong smell from time to time. This weasel, instead of falling into the trap set by the hunter, satirizes the fruits of human intelligence with its extraordinary behavior. Smelling the strong smell of urine, Liu Zixuan has no anger, as a defeated general, even if he is fooled and ridiculed by his opponent in person, what else can he do now besides swallowing his anger?

Facing a weasel alone for the first time, Liu Zixuan missed and was so defeated that he had nothing to say. But did he just give up the plan to hunt the weasel? Is it just resigned to it, conniving at its own father's grave? Liu Zixuan was unwilling to use the devastating means of smoking and pouring water to force the weasel out of the hole, and then use a net to kill it, although these are all effective methods, but he must not use it until the last resort, because this hole is on the grave of his father, how can he bear to see his parents being harassed more?

That guy actually knows how to trigger the Yellow Wolf Bow by holding a branch in his mouth, then he must have seen his own kind being injured by this kind of mechanism, and then knew the danger of this tool, so as long as it smells fresh earth again, it will be vigilant and take precautions, otherwise, how would it know to use a branch to remove the threat of the Yellow Wolf Bow? Thinking like this, Liu Zixuan suddenly had the urge to see this weasel in his heart, he wanted to know what kind of freak it was, and he had such an unexpected mind.

The sun rose, and several dazzling rays of light came from the forest in the east, sprinkling a layer of bright light gold on Liu Zixuan's face. A gust of autumn wind blew, a few green tung leaves were finally overwhelmed, and they fell to the ground one after another, at this time, around the cemetery platform, there were already large areas of withered yellow, Liu Zixuan stood alone in the autumn wind, in front of him was the end of his father's life. At this moment, Liu Zixuan was confined to a dilemma, if it was any weasel hole elsewhere, he could smoke, fill with water, and even dig three feet into the ground to catch the weasel alive, but the hole he was facing now was on his father's grave. Liu Zixuan thought in his heart, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, this cunning weasel may have eaten the psychology that people will not easily break the ground on the ancestral grave, so he dared to make a hole in the human tomb so blatantly, it can be seen how insidious and vicious its intentions are!

Liu Zixuan realized that he had been confused, how could an animal know that people would not easily break ground on the ancestral grave? Faced with a bottomless hole, Liu Zixuan could only adopt the most helpless method, he found a stone from the small valley in the east, stuffed it into the hole, and then filled the hole with floating soil outside the hole...... In this way, the whole burial bag looks intact. He knew that this was the most cowardly and incompetent way to do it, but at the moment he couldn't think of a more effective trick. It's ridiculous to think about, before this, I had never heard of a hunter ever using the method of blocking a cave to deal with a weasel, as a descendant of a hunter, today in the face of animals actually reached a helpless situation, Liu Zixuan thought, his heart was full of desolation.

Before plugging the hole, Liu Zixuan had already predicted various possibilities: if the weasel was not in the cave at this time, then when it came back and found that the entrance to the cave was blocked, after knowing the hunter's determination, it might seek good fortune to avoid trouble, and then move elsewhere; Or if the weasel is stuck in a hole and can't escape, it may suffocate or starve to death, so that even if there is an extra weasel corpse in the grave, it is easier to accept than to smoke and pour water into the grave of the father. But in addition, another possibility cannot be ruled out, that is, although the weasel was blocked in the hole, it found another way, dug an exit again, or moved elsewhere after escaping, or still lived in it without scruples, such a result is naturally the last thing Liu Zixuan wants to see.

blocked the entrance to the cave, Liu Zixuan's heart became more and more contradictory, he stood on the platform of the cemetery like a dead wood, unwilling to leave for a long time. When he turned to look at the rabbit hill, he realized that the small high hill protruding from the ground was so small, compared with the mountains and forests of Niutoupo, it seemed so thin and insignificant, and the few ancient black locusts on it seemed to be shivering in the autumn wind, conveying a heart-palpitating message...... Looking at this land where he has lived for twenty-three years, Liu Zixuan's heart has a thousand melancholy, although he is unwilling to give up this territory like this, but now that the animals have forced his home, even if he has the heart to fight, he feels powerless at the moment......

A few monotonous autumn cicadas woke the contemplative hunter's son, and when he saw that the sun had already risen, he turned away from the cemetery platform, and walked all the way towards Rabbit Hill with the usual frustration and loss of a loser.

(To be continued)

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