At this time, the cold wind was howling in the mountains, and there was a dead silence all around, except for the rustle of the wind blowing through the trees.

The white moonlight fell from the sky, casting a thin white mist over the earth.

A few of us hid in the dense forest and held our breath, our eyes like torches looking around.

After more than half an hour, there was still no movement, and at this time, Li Hai was already a little helpless, and asked in a low voice in my ear while scanning the surroundings: "Is there a dwarf mule in this Xiangxi territory, will we pounce this time?" ”

"Probably not, Miss Ning said that the dwarf mule comes from the 100,000 deep mountains of Xiangxi, since this is the birthplace of the dwarf mule, there will inevitably be traces of the dwarf mule, and the dwarf mule has a very sensitive sense of smell and is curious by nature, since we put the dry food in the open space, they should follow the taste to find here, and wait patiently, the dwarf mule is a day and night thing, maybe it is still hidden in the forest." I looked at Li Hai and whispered in response.

Li Hai stopped talking after listening to me, and continued to look into the surrounding woods.

After about ten minutes, a sudden sound of rustling came from the dense forest not far away.

Hearing the voice, several of us immediately looked in the direction of the dense forest, thinking it was a dwarf mule, but what we didn't expect was that a badger came out of the dense forest in the next second.

This badger is about half a meter long, gray all over, and has a white hair on its forehead, which runs directly through its tail.

The badger emerged from the forest and sniffed the ground with its nose, and then crawled in the direction of the trap that had been laid out.

Seeing the badger getting closer and closer to the trap, I felt nervous, if the badger touched the trap and triggered the mechanism, all our previous efforts would be in vain.

Just as I was about to step forward to drive away, Ning Nanxi on the side seemed to have discovered some anomaly, and hurriedly held me down, and said in a low voice: "Don't go yet, there are other things in the forest!" ”

Hearing this, I immediately steadied myself and turned my head to look in the direction of the dense forest.

Sure enough, the sound of rustling came from the originally silent dense forest again.

With the shaking of the branches and leaves, a dark shadow appeared, which was about thirty or forty centimeters high, and from the point of view of its posture, it walked upright, which was not much different from the dwarf mule we had seen before.

Seeing this scene, I held my breath and took a closer look, and just as the badger was about to step into the trap, a black shadow suddenly emerged from the dense forest.

The black shadow was like lightning, and before it could be seen, it had already crushed the badger under him.

Looking closely through the moonlight, the black shadow holding down the badger was a dwarf mule with a straw hat, which was not too carefully observed due to too far away, but now this dwarf mule is less than a few meters away from us, and its appearance can be seen clearly.

The mule's eyes were the size of bells, his head was slightly larger than his fist, his mouth was full of sharp teeth, and his face was not much different from that of a man.

The badger was startled by the sudden turn of events, and roared as he struggled for his life.

Although this dwarf mule is not as big as a badger, its strength is not bad, and the badger can't move at all after suppressing it.

After a few seconds, the dwarf mule saw that the badger's cry was getting lower and lower, raised its slender arm and stretched out its claws, and stabbed directly at the badger's neck.

There was a pop and a sharp nail of the mule pierced the badger's neck, and for a moment blood splattered on the ground.

After the badger was injured, it wailed even harder, and its body trembled.

Just when the dwarf mule was about to lose control, suddenly a black shadow appeared in the dense forest again, and this black shadow walked in front of the badger, raised the stone in his hand and smashed it, only to hear the thud, the badger's skull was smashed by the hard stone.

For a while, bright red blood and yellow-white brains flowed out of the wound, and within three to five seconds, the badger stopped moving, and it seemed that it was completely dead.

When the badger died, I looked at it and saw that the other dark shadow was also a dwarf mule, who had been observing in the dense forest, and when he saw that his companion was having difficulty leveling down, he picked up a stone from the forest and rushed out.

Two dwarf mules showed a strange smile on their faces after killing the badger, I was a little puzzled when I saw this, Ning Nanxi had said that dwarf mules don't eat animal meat at all, only eat some sweet potatoes or crops, in this case, why did this dwarf mule kill this badger.

Just as I was puzzled, the two mules walked in the direction of the trap we had set.

When I saw this, it suddenly dawned on me that the dwarf mule did not kill the badger to eat meat, but to prevent it from snatching food from him.

Their purpose was always to keep the dry food and bread in the trap, and if the badger hadn't followed the taste, he probably wouldn't have died at the hands of the two dwarf mules.

A moment later the two mules were in front of the trap, but just as they were about to step into the trap, they stopped and looked around, as if searching for something.

"Why didn't they go in, did they find us?" Li Hai looked at Ning Nanxi nervously and asked.

"Dwarf mules are cunning and vigilant by nature, they want to see if there are any suspicious people around, and if they don't find them, they will naturally fall into the trap." Ning Nanxi explained.

Just as Ning Nanxi's words fell, the two dwarf mules withdrew their gaze at the same time, and then stepped into the trap.

At the moment when the feet of the two dwarf mules stepped into the trap at the same time, Shen Nanxiao immediately pulled the rope in his hand.

I heard a sound in the air with a whoosh, followed by a rapid tightening of the rope.

Although the two dwarf mules found out that they were about to withdraw their feet, Shen Nanxiao's speed was too fast, and the ropes were already tied to their ankles at the moment when the two dwarf mules closed their feet.

In an instant, the two dwarf mules that had been standing on the ground rose into the air and were hung upside down in the air with a whoosh.

The two dwarf mules were struggling in the air, and their mouths were still making strange noises, which were somewhat like the sounds of night owls, and sounded extremely strange.

"Nanxiao, hurry up and plug their mouths with something, their shouts may attract companions, although these dwarf mules are not carnivores, they are extremely ruthless, if a large number of dwarf mules are summoned to come, then our situation will be in trouble!" After Su Dingqin finished speaking, he rushed out of the dense forest first, Shen Nanxiao followed, and after the two came to the dwarf mule, Su Dingqin took out the Tiangang Water Splitting Fan from his waist to resist the attack of the two of them's claws, and Shen Nanxiao on the side used a black cloth to block their mouths.

Su Dingqin and Shen Nanxiao have known each other for a long time, and their partners have been partners for several years, so they act very tacitly, and they blocked the mouths of the two short mules in the blink of an eye.

After seeing the two dwarf mules being bound, a few of us got out of the dense forest and walked forward, and when we came to Su Dingqin's side, I looked up at the dwarf mules hanging in the air, at this time their eyes were scarlet, with a murderous awe-inspiring look, although their mouths were blocked, I could still feel that they were grinning at us.

"Brother, what should you do with these two dwarf mules, are they killed or buried?" Shen Nanxiao looked at Su Dingqin and asked.

"Let it go." Su Dingqin responded.

"Put? This thing is a grudge, aren't you afraid that they will gather their accomplices to come back and rectify us after they go back? Shen Nanxiao said with a surprised face.

Su Dingqin glanced at the dwarf mule hanging in the air when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "There is no grudge between us, it's just to get the straw hat on their heads, because a straw hat is not worth killing them, and besides, this dwarf mule is human, if you know that we are just for the straw hat, you shouldn't hold a grudge against us, just do as I say, and now quickly take off the straw hat on their heads." ”

Shen Nanxiao saw that Su Dingqin insisted on this, so he had to nod and agree, and then took off the two straw hats on the head of the dwarf mule, and when I saw Shen Nanxiao take off the straw hat, I took one of them, put it under the nose and smelled it, in addition to the smell emitted by the dwarf mule itself, there was indeed a strange aroma, this kind of aroma made people clear after smelling, and the whole person was a lot more comfortable.

After Su Dingqin saw Shen Nanxiao take off his straw hat, he took out a short knife from his waist and prepared to cut the rope and release the dwarf mule.

When the mule saw the bright blade, he thought it was going to kill them, and his body began to writhe wildly, and tears welled up in his eyes.

Seeing this scene, Su Dingqin said in a deep voice: "We don't want to harm your lives, we just want to borrow your straw hats, there are many dragons and vines in the deep mountains of Xiangxi Miaojiang, when the time comes, you will pick some woven hats, these dry food and bread as a thank you, and then take these things away after you put them down for a while." ”

Although the short mules didn't understand Su Dingqin's words, but they judged from Su Dingqin's tone that we didn't mean to hurt them, and the original restless mood gradually stabilized, seeing this, Su Dingqin raised the blade in his hand and waved it, only to hear a sound, the sharp blade crossed the rope, and in an instant the two suspended dwarf mules fell to the ground, they struggled to get up after falling to the ground, quickly untied the rope on their ankles, pulled out the black cloth in their mouths and grinned at a few of us, as if they were demonstrating to us.

Su Dingqin saw that the two dwarf mules were about to attack us, and hurriedly put away the short knife, and then he bent down to pick up the dry food and bread on the ground, handed it to the two dwarf mules, and said: "You take these dry food and bread, it should be exchanged for the straw hat on your head, and the reason why we do this is also helpless, because if we want to cross the wooden bridge, we can only use the dragon snake vine to drive away the Gu worms." ”

As he spoke, Su Dingqin pointed in the direction of the wooden bridge, and the two dwarf mules glanced in the direction of his fingers, and immediately understood what he meant, and then the two dwarf mules took the dry food and bread in Su Dingqin's hands, turned around and ran in the direction of the dense forest, and disappeared in an instant.

After seeing the two dwarf mules leaving, Su Dingqin said in a deep voice: "This dwarf mule is cunning by nature, who knows what they are thinking in their hearts, in case they regret it halfway, they will inevitably call their companions to chase after them, after all, we still have a lot of food in our hands, so we must quickly cross the wooden bridge, Nanxiao, you and Brother Chen will untie the straw hat, and then distribute the dragon snake vine to everyone, and when everything is ready, we will take advantage of the night to cross the wooden bridge, even if we want to camp tonight, we must not be here." ”

After Shen Nanxiao heard this, he immediately unbuttoned his straw hat with Chen Xiaohu and distributed the dragon snake vine to everyone, and after we all held the dragon snake vine in our hands, Su Dingqin took the lead in the direction of the wooden bridge.

At this time, a clear and cold moon fell on the ground, and there was a dead silence around, and the wooden bridge swayed in the cold wind, making a creaking sound, but there was a dead silence in those Gu altars, and it seemed that the Gu worms inside were resting.

As our footsteps gradually approached the wooden bridge, there were suddenly bursts of strange noises from the originally silent Gu altar, and soon a series of violent crashing sounds came from our ears, it seemed that the Gu worms had discovered our whereabouts and were using this way to persuade us to stay away from the wooden bridge.