Chapter 406 Gongjia Heng
When the man came quickly to the shore, he tossed in a bush, followed by a rattling sound.
Shao Xuan watched, the man pulled a thick vine, and in the rattling sound, the vine was pulled out little by little, and the trap floating on the water quickly approached the river bank.
The closer the trap was to the riverbank, the more the crocodiles inside struggled, but compared to the crocodiles that Shao Xuan had encountered before, they were much weaker. If a crocodile of this size was locked up in its heyday, the trap might not last that long.
When the trap was pulled ashore, it was revealed in its entirety.
It was a square metal cage with thick tree trunks tied to both sides to keep it afloat in order to keep it floating. Aquatic plants were attached to the cage and the trunk, presumably to serve as a cover-up, but it is not known whether this disguise is aimed at people or crocodiles. Some people think that the fish are stupid, and the obvious traps will fall into them, so there is no need to hide the traps at all, but the crocodiles here are not stupid, even if there are stupid ones in front of them, and if you see a lot, you may be able to avoid those obvious traps.
After Shao Xuan saw the man pull the cage ashore, he ripped off the aquatic weeds tied to the cage, and then took out a piece of vine from the grass next to him, tied it to a metal rod, and tied it into a circular lasso at the end.
The man then opened the cage near the crocodile's head. The cage was opened in three sections, and he was now only a third of the way to his head. Once opened, the metal rod with the lasso tied into it is reached, and the noose at the tip of the stick reaches into the crocodile's mouth.
The crocodile in the cage was opening its mouth wide and showing more than a hundred teeth in its mouth, demonstrating towards the man, eager to rush up and bite the person standing above him to death.
The lasso is the right size. The hardness and toughness of the vine can maintain the lasso in a loop with a slight shake.
The man used the lasso to land neatly into the crocodile's mouth, and if it was an inexperienced person, he might have let the lasso get stuck between the crocodile's teeth, but the man succeeded once, and the lasso directly slapped the crocodile's upper jaw.
Open the other two sections of doors above the cage. At the same time, the man moved the four corners of the cage, and then the cage changed from a square to a flat unfolded shape.
The crocodile with its upper jaw closed its mouth, and its first thought after the upper jaw was covered was to bite.
After closing its mouth, it didn't bite off the vines, and its teeth weren't as good at grinding through the vines in its mouth as herbivores do. On the contrary, because the place where the vine is enclosed is between its teeth, it can't bite off at once, and now it doesn't have much strength to swing and break free, so it uses one of the crocodiles' best skills - death rolling.
It's just that the rolling of death in this case has made it sink deeper into the predicament. Originally, the vine only tied its upper jaw, but now it rolls and rolls. The mouth was tied. Without the cage limit, the more it rolls to the side. The mouth is tied tighter.
After tying the crocodile's mouth, the man used other vines to add several more circles to its mouth.
After that, the other party found some large leaves and combined them with vines. Cover the crocodile's eyes as well.
The crocodile whose eyes are covered struggles decreases. Many fish tie their eyes to make them less nervous, and obviously crocodiles are similar to those fish in this regard.
The man was very knowledgeable about the habits of crocodiles.
The crocodile, whose mouth was tied and blindfolded, was also entangled in vines by the man.
Crocodiles are reptiles. When acting on the ground, the main force comes from the hind legs. The reason why the jumping crocodiles that Shao Xuan encountered earlier were able to jump so high to bite Shao Xuan standing on the tree, in addition to their powerful muscles, was mainly because of their more powerful thighs.
Therefore, the man tied the crocodile's leg to restrict the crocodile's movements.
Tied his mouth, blindfolded, and wrapped his hind legs, and now the crocodile was lying there still. The man stood by and watched, pulled the vines again, and added a few circles to the crocodile's mouth, almost covering all of the crocodile's exposed teeth. Shao Xuan has realized that the fangs of crocodiles, when they shake their heads, are really like knives, and they can easily hurt people.
The man was sweating and lifted his crocodile-headed hat back, revealing a swarthy, stubble-covered face.
Putting away the metal cage that was spread out into flat pieces, hiding it aside, and then tugging at the rope that tied the crocodile, the man suddenly turned around and looked in Shao Xuan's direction.
"After watching it for so long, it's time to come out, right?" the man said.
There is no anger, the tone is very flat, and it seems that he doesn't care at all.
Shao Xuan didn't expect that he would be discovered, so he didn't hide it, he jumped down from the tree and walked over there, and the sword on his body was also placed in a conspicuous place, if he hid the weapon he was carrying, it would make the other party feel malicious and threatening. The other party's attitude is quite kind, there is no malice, Shao Xuan doesn't want to offend people just by looking at him.
The other party's gaze swept around Shao Xuan, and when he swept the sword that Shao Xuan was carrying, he paused slightly, his eyes flashed with disdain, and he didn't hide it at all.
"Which tribe are you?" the man asked.
"The Flamehorn Tribe. Guessing the possible identity of the other party, Shao Xuan did not hide it, after all, there are more questions to ask later, and the other party does not seem to be a person who is easy to deceive.
"Flamehorn Tribe?" the man thought for a moment, "I think I've heard of it, not nearby?"
"Well, it's farther away. ”
"The tribe is far away, what are you doing in such a dangerous and dangerous place?
"It's not. ”
"Looking for herbs?"
"Not really. ”
"You didn't come to Gongjia Mountain too, did you?" the man asked again.
Shao Xuan looked at the other party in surprise, he actually knew?!
"Is it really??is it?
"Uh, could it be that there are a lot of people who come to Gongjiashan?" Shao Xuan was curious.
"Not many, but there are some people, but they look for it, and they find themselves to death. The man said in a flat tone. No sarcasm, no schadenfreude.
"Then you are ......"
"My name is Gong Jiaheng. "There is no need to say much, a name that already reveals the most important information.
When he reported his name, Gong Jiaheng was arrogant. The box people have never concealed their surname, and they have always been proud of their surname "Gongjia" and proud of their own tribe.
Sure enough, it's a box man!
Shao Xuan heard Gongjia Heng's words, and was about to continue asking, but heard the other party continue: "I haven't found Gongjia Mountain, how can you foreigners find it? ”
No wonder Gong Jia Heng had a bland attitude towards those who came to find Gongjia Mountain, and he didn't say anything to despise him, and he didn't dare to find Gongjia Mountain.
"There are a lot of people looking for a job in Jiashan?" asked Shao Xuan.
"It's not much, but it's a lot, I've been here for twenty years, and I've met seventeen people looking for work in Jiashan, ten people like me, and seven people from outside. Nine died, five returned wounded, and the other three continued to search, and it is now unknown where they died. ”
"Maybe they've found Gongjia Mountain?" said Shao Xuan.
"No way! I can't even find a place, how can they find it!" Gong Jiaheng said with certainty.
There are other people who come to look for it, indicating that Shao Xuan is not the only one who has cracked the cloud pattern, but there are not many people who have successfully cracked it, so there are not many people who come here, but it is more difficult to find Gongjia Mountain than Shao Xuan expected, if it is difficult to find even the box man himself, then the chances of other people are even slimmer, after all, the box man himself knows more about the cloud pattern and gets more information.
Just because everyone couldn't find it, Gongjiaheng didn't care that Shao Xuan came to find Gongjiashan, and directly beckoned to Shao Xuan: "Come over and help, I'll share some meat with you later." ”
In the past, after Gong Jiaheng caught the crocodile, he would not kill it here, he still had stock, and he did not plan to kill it for the time being, he would keep it for a few days, and when the stock was finished, he would kill the fresh one and eat it. So, after the catch, he drags the crocodile back to where he lives.
The box is good at forging and forging, and the people who can cast and forge have no small strength, and when forging, it is not good to have a small arm strength. Therefore, relative to many people, the strength of the box is still relatively large, in the past, after Gongjiaheng caught the crocodile, he would drag the crocodile back, and he could also use some roller tools before, but now the material consumption is serious, and he can only pull it himself.
It was too difficult to pull alone, so he beckoned Shao Xuan to come over to help.
"Oh, you drag your tail, I'll pull the rope......"
Before Gong Jiaheng's words were finished, he saw Shao Xuan pick up his tail and drag the ten-meter-long crocodile forward, walking so easily that he directly cut off half of what he said.
"Your strength...... Not bad. Gong Jiaheng pulled the rope for a while, and found that he had no chance to exert his strength at all, so he simply let go, and only stared at the crocodile to see if the crocodile was still tired, in case it broke the vine and attacked people. Gong Jiaheng is also carrying a big copper hammer in his hand, and if there is an abnormal situation, he will directly use a hammer.
"Is this crocodile Chinese medicine?" asked Shao Xuan.
"Crocodile? Of course, it's a Chinese medicine, otherwise it would be so quiet. Gong Jiaheng said. The bait he placed in the cage contained medicine that made the crocodile weak, the medicine was very effective, and it lasted for most of the day, and after dragging it back, if he didn't eat it for a while, he would continue to feed the medicine.
"By the way," Shao Xuan asked, "How did you know I was hiding there?" He thought that his hiding technique was not bad, and he really didn't make a sound.
"I just felt someone watching. "Gongjia Hengdao.
Shao Xuan thought about it for a while, too, at that time, he looked too energetic at the other party catching crocodiles, and his eyes were too focused, Gongjia Heng could live here safely for twenty years, and his perception was very keen, of course he could detect it. (To be continued......)