Chapter 34: The Wolf Child

Thirty-six strategies to go up, not waiting for the snake king to act, Liu Baishun took the lead to quietly leave here, chose favorable terrain to avoid the snakes, into the deep valley, the road became more and more difficult, the light became more and more dim, thorns everywhere, ditches and ditches, no sunlight could be seen, occasionally heard a few sharp birdsong, like an owl calling, feeling so harsh, flustered, uncomfortable. Suddenly, they heard the cry of some beast not far away, as if two were echoing each other, and the sound was terrible and touching, as if they had encountered some strong enemy.

Liu Baishun stopped, didn't dare to move forward, shrewdly observed the surroundings, and then squatted down as if he had found something.

Liu Changsheng said: "I heard this sound, as if we had seen the howl of the donkey-headed wolf, because it had made this kind of reciprocal cry when it was fighting with the unicorn. ”

Zheng Ming confirmed: "Yes, it's the voice of the donkey-headed wolf, it doesn't sound like a group - what are you doing?"

Liu Baishun said: "I found the footprints of this beast, and I am discerning what kind of beast passed by. There are wolves here that often haunt here, you see this is the mark left by the wolf, from this footprint, this wolf pack is not many, often extinct, but there are only three or four. ”

Zheng Ming said: "From this footprint, it is bigger than the average wolf, and the wolf's cry is also different from the common wolf, is it the four donkey-headed wolves we have seen......

Liu Baishun said: "It may be, because the donkey-headed wolf has long been extinct here, and even I have never seen what the donkey-headed wolf looks like." According to the old man's rumors about the donkey-headed wolf, it is said that the head is a donkey's head, which is larger than the current wolf, and is also more ferocious and bloodthirsty than the current wolf, and few people know about it. I have heard of the unicorn you said, and there are many rumors, and it is said that this beast is an auspicious beast, the Lord is peaceful, and it is a strange beast in ancient legends, and whoever sees it can be blessed and live a long life.

"Its unicorn is as big as a cow, small as a sheep, similar to a unicorn, with thick dark hair all over its body, bright eyes, blazing spirit, and usually a horn on its forehead, commonly known as a unicorn. It has a high level of wisdom, understands human language, and knows human nature. If he finds a treacherous and wicked official, he will knock him down with his horns, cut out his heart, and eat his belly. When there is a conflict or dispute between people, the unicorn can point its horns at the unreasonable party, and even put the horns against the person who deserves to die as a punishment and make the offender shudder in front of it.

"It is rumored that Emperor Yao's criminal officer Zhen Tao once raised a unicorn, also called a hedgehog, and all the difficult and unresolved things were adjudicated with the hedgehog, which was accurate, so in ancient times, the hedgehog became the embodiment of law enforcement justice. It is said that there is a piggiving carved on the big pillars erected in front of the Imperial Palace in Beijing, which is intended to protect the peace of the country. Since this beast is the embodiment of the peace and longevity of the Lord, people often press a unicorn on each end of the foundation of the house when building the main house, which is also called the roar of the sky.

"But that's just a legend, and you two are blessed to see not only the extinct donkey-headed wolf, but also the strange unicorn. Judging from the footprints of this wolf, the reason why it is dying frequently is due to a variety of reasons. Because wolves are different from omnivores, it is difficult for one or two donkey-headed wolves to survive, not only is it difficult to catch prey, but repeated inbreeding will eventually cause the donkey-headed wolf clan to perish on its own. It seems that we have entered the valley of the wolf's howl in the winding and precipitous mountains, and we have heard that there are wolves who have guarded this mysterious valley for generations, that is, to protect this isolated wolf child. ”

Since they had entered the Valley of the Wolf's Howl, they were even more cautious to move forward, lest they encounter any beasts that would suddenly attack them, in order to prevent trouble, Liu Baishun held a shotgun in his hand and was in a state of vigilance while walking. Zheng Ming also took out his "Feiyan Silver Shuttle" to guard against it. Liu Changsheng also took out the short knife given to him by Hideko Yamamura when he was in Japan to protect his body, if he encountered a wild beast, it would be difficult to hurt his life for a while.

At this time, a miserable wolf howl startled them to stop their steps, and when they listened carefully, there was a deafening roar of a wild beast, as if the two sides were engaged in a desperate struggle, and the sound was not far away. Liu Baishun led them up the hill and saw that it was two donkey-headed wolves fighting against a unicorn. The unicorn was so powerful that its roar shook the valley. The donkey-headed wolf was one big and one small, although the two fought one, but they were at a disadvantage.

Zheng Ming said: "This big and small donkey-headed wolf seems to be two I have seen, when fighting with the unicorn was four donkey-headed wolves, the others are a group of modern ordinary wolves that have been seen, since it is a wolf clan, gathered in a group of enemies, at this critical moment, I don't know where the two larger donkey-headed wolves went, if the four donkey-headed wolves hit this unicorn together, even if they don't use the help of ordinary wolves, I'm afraid this unicorn will be difficult to take advantage." What puzzles me today is that the fight between them was to compete for prey, but now I don't see what prey is left at the scene, how can it cause such a life-and-death fight between the two phases?"

Liu Changsheng said: "I think the fight between the two this time may be that the unicorn came to seek revenge on the donkey-headed wolf." Because after the unicorn finally killed the prey coffin beast, it did not have a peaceful food, but the donkey-headed wolf came to besiege it with the wolves, making it difficult to take care of each other, and when fighting desperately with the coffin beast, it lost a certain amount of physical strength, and it was difficult to resist, so it had to flee with injuries, and reluctantly abandoned the prey to them to enjoy.

Lao Liu said that since the unicorn has this spirituality, he thinks that the donkey-headed wolf will hurt it in his heart, and he will not forget to take revenge, so he specially invites his accomplices to seek revenge. The howls of the wolves we heard before may be that the donkey-headed wolf king and another stronger donkey-headed wolf went to meet the other unicorn, and the reason why they didn't go out together was to leave two weak caretakers, or to take care of the wolf baby as Lao Liu said. Little did it know that the unicorn would be able to lure the enemy into a fight, and the other would attack its nest. ”

Zheng Ming said: "So, why didn't I see where the wolf child was?"

Liu Baishun's eyes were sharp, and he pointed and said, "Isn't it, you see, the wolf baby is hiding behind a bush, peeking at the fight between the donkey-headed wolf and the unicorn." Although the two donkey-headed wolves, one big and one small, are in a weak position, they are still strong and refuse to run away, just to protect the wolf children, because the wolf's loyalty to the population, the care of the cubs, and the attachment to the mate are all incomparable to other canines, so this totem of the wolf is an example for people to follow. ”

Liu Changsheng said: "Since it is a wolf child, how can it not look like a human or a wolf? You can see that its standing body is a bit like a human, its face is like a human and it is a monkey, and it has brown-red hair all over its body......

Liu Baishun said: "When it is said to be a wolf child, it means that the baby was raised by wolves, and his behavior and bark are like wolves. People have atavistic phenomena, and the phenomena that have disappeared in the process of evolution will suddenly appear in some people, such as two pairs of ruin rooms for some people, tails on the back of some buttocks, and long hair on their faces or bodies. Originally, dogs were caught back from the outside and forcibly domesticated, and slowly multiplied to form the current dogs, if they were allowed to return to the mountains and forests, after a few generations, they would recover the original agility and cruelty of canines, become fierce and abnormal, the head and body became thin and long, the snout became pointed, and looked like wolves, suitable for life in the wild.

"About the wolf child, we have a legend here, it is said that a young woman went into the mountain until night and did not return, anxious family, went into the mountain to search, but there was no news, and then the whole village went out to the mountain to search for a net, and still did not find a trace of any clues, one day, two days...... After a few days, they all thought that the person had been eaten by wild beasts, and the relatives of the family thought that she was no longer alive, so they had to give up.

A few days later, when she returned home, the people of the village came to see her, and asked her where she had been these days, and she said that she had lost her way in the mountains, and it seemed that she had encountered something unspeakable, so she was secretive and secretive, and people were not good at asking. However, people were surprised to find that she was pregnant, and her belly was getting bigger and bigger day by day, and they could not help but wonder how she had lived in the mountains for so many days? How could she have become pregnant?

"She was pregnant in October, and once she gave birth, the neighbor saw that her family had invited the midwife to go to her home in the evening, and knew that she was about to give birth, and went to her house to congratulate her in the morning, but saw that her family was as cold as ice, and there was no joy at all, saying that the baby was dead. The neighbor didn't want to ask again, so he withdrew, wondering in his heart how the baby died as soon as he landed? Could it be a congenital deficiency, or ...... Later, someone found out from the mouth of the midwife that she gave birth to a strange little hairy child, and the family said that it was a monster, so they carried the hairy baby to the mountain.

For this reason, people speculated to each other that she was most likely carried into a hidden cave by the public savage in the mountains, so that people could not find out, so they lived a married life with her, and after a long time, the public savage relaxed his surveillance of her, and she found an opportunity to escape home, and the belly was pregnant with the seed of the public savage, so that she gave birth to a little hairy child.

"The family in order to cover up the disgraceful thing, in order not to let this ugly thing leak out, must dispose of this little bastard, I wanted to ruthlessly put this little hairy child into the water to drown, and I couldn't bear to hurt his life, because after all, it was the meat that fell from her, so I carried the little hairy baby to the mountain, let him fend for himself, if he didn't deserve to die, someone would save him. Many years later, someone found a she-wolf nursing baby in the mountains, and the she-wolf was carrying a small hairy child, and later, it was said that someone saw a hairy child riding on the back of a big wolf in the mountains......"

Liu Changsheng hurriedly interrupted him and said, "Look, the two donkey-headed wolves, one big and one small, can't parry......" Before he could finish speaking, the little donkey-headed wolf couldn't dodge, and was slammed into the stomach by the thick and sharp horns of the unicorn, and threw it out with his head raised......