Zhou Paotou hung many bells high and low on the clothes pole, allowing Zhao Lin to stand seven feet away from the gun.

Zhao Lin practiced for a few days, and he was basically able to make the gun ring the bell, and his shots became more and more stable.

"It's okay to have your hands and eyesight, let me see if you have the guts."

Zhou Paotou took an egg and put it on top of his head, then sat on a chair, "Come, pierce the egg with a bayonet." ”

Zhao Lin didn't move, stared at him and asked, "Are you crazy?" ”

"I'm not crazy."

"You put the egg on top of your head, aren't you afraid that my hands will tremble?"

Zhou Paotou said slowly: "There has been an archery master in our village, who is proficient in eighteen kinds of martial arts, and has the ability to do it. The first time he went into the mountains to hunt, he ran into a wild boar, and guess what? ”

"What's wrong?"

"I was so scared that I was trembling all over, and I couldn't even pull my bow! What is the reason for your Tao? ”

Zhao Lin pursed the corners of his mouth, knowing that what Zhou Paotou said was right.

In the previous life, many athletes were super strong, and there were no opponents in small and medium-sized competitions, but they played abnormally when they arrived at the competition, because they were not psychologically up to par, and their movements were deformed under high pressure.

No matter how strong the ability is, it is useless if you can't play it.

"I want to know, do you have the courage and courage!" Zhou Paotou said word by word.

Zhu Dachun and Liang Song, who were practicing archery, also came over.

Zhu Dachun hugged his arms, his eyes turned around Zhou Paotou and Zhao Lin, and said with a smile: "Old Zhou, if you really have an open mind, you are not afraid of accidents?" ”

Zhou Paotou said calmly: "I admit that something happened." It's better for me to die alone than for us to be killed by the bear. ”

"Good!"

Zhao Lin suddenly rushed forward, shook his spear, and went straight to Zhou Pao's head.

Zhou Paotou thought that he would have to persuade Zhao Lin repeatedly before he agreed, but he didn't expect him to shoot directly without even saying hello, and he couldn't speak for a long time with his mouth open.

Zhu Dachun and Liang Song were also stunned.

Zhou Paotou felt a chill on the top of his head, and something wet and sticky was flowing down, and he asked in surprise: "Bleeding?" ”

"It's egg whites."

Zhao Lin stood with a gun in his hand, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

He did this because he didn't want to give himself time to think and hesitate, and take it in one go, otherwise the more he thought about it, the easier it was to be nervous and make mistakes.

……

The day before departure, Zhao Lin only practiced the gun for half a day to conserve his strength for entering the mountain tomorrow.

He followed the example of Liang Song and Zhu Dachun, applied poison to the blood groove of the iron gun, and then wiped the body of the gun repeatedly to calm his mood.

"Nervous, isn't it?" Liang Song walked over and sat down beside Zhao Lin.

Zhao Lin said half-jokingly, half-seriously: "Don't be nervous, look at it, it won't be a hammer deal." ”

Liang Song smiled when he heard this: "I guess you are not nervous, when you pierced the head of the gun with Zhou, you didn't blink your eyelids." ”

Zhao Lin laughed twice, and suddenly thought of a question, "By the way, Zhou Paotou said that other hunters are unwilling to kill Xiong Zhen with him, why did you agree?" ”

Liang Song was silent, and after a long while, he said, "I want to save money to learn martial arts." ”

"Learn martial arts?"

Zhao Lin's eyelids jumped, it was the first time he heard someone think the same as himself, and he couldn't help asking: "Do you learn martial arts to get ahead, or do you want to hunt more certainly?" ”

"Neither."

Liang Song shook his head and said in a flat tone: "My father and my brother were killed by Huzi, and I want to take revenge." ”

Hearing the word "beard", Zhao Lin's face also sank.

The people of Yingzhou often refer to the mountain bandits as beards.

It is said that in the early years, the mountain bandits loved to use red tassel guns, and when they lined up in formation, the guns were stuck in the ground, and the red tassels fluttered from a distance, like a lock of red beard on their chins.

That's why people call the bandits "beards" and they themselves call them "locks".

Most of the bearded people were born in poverty, and they couldn't survive before they went into the mountains to become bandits, but these people harmed the common people, and their methods were ten times more ruthless than the government.

Not to mention, in such a poor place as Sanjia Village, in addition to paying grain to the government every year, the beard also has to get a harvest.

If the government can't pay the food, at most he will be dragged to hard labor, and he will die on the spot if he loses the money for his beard.

Liang Song stroked the longbow in his hand, as if he was talking to Zhao Lin, and as if he was talking to himself.

"My home was originally in Guangde County, a hundred miles away. Three years ago, my father and my brother were carrying goods with a caravan and met a group of bearded leopards when they passed through Mt. Paektu. ”

"My brother had an argument with Beard to protect his pack horse, and Beard stripped my brother naked and tied him to a big tree on the edge of the cliff."

"It was summer, and there were so many mosquitoes in the mountains that they were overwhelming at night. My brother was covered in blood-sucking mosquitoes and was dying. ”

"My father couldn't stand it, and wanted to go up to save my brother, but he was split in half by an axe from his beard."

"When the news came back to Zhuangzi, my mother vomited blood at that time, and she couldn't even survive one night."

Liang Song's calm tone made people ooze a chill from the bottom of their hearts.

Zhao Lin unconsciously clenched the iron gun in his hand.

Liang Song continued: "I was afraid that the bandits would find me to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and bury my mother in a hurry, so I changed my name and surname to my cousin to seek revenge." Only Zhou Paotou and Brother Zhu knew about this. ”

Zhao Lin sighed and patted him on the shoulder, "You did the right thing, if I did, I would be like you." ”

Liang Song thanked him and said, "I have inquired, the master of the Diamond Mountain Leopard is a master of the Qi Realm, much stronger than the usual martial artists of the Force Realm, and there are eight King Kongs under him, all of whom are very skilled. ”

"I've only learned the crop trick for two years, and if you want to kill them for revenge, it's a word, it's difficult!"

Zhao Lin comforted: "It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge. You see that Zhou Paotou endured for 20 years in order to kill Xiong Zhen. ”

At this time, Zhou Paotou came over with a pocket and said to Zhao Lin: "You haven't practiced bows and arrows, I have prepared this for you." ”

As he spoke, he opened his pocket, revealing five small axes that were polished and shiny, with a cold glow on the edge.

"Throwing axes?" Zhao Lin asked.

"Yes."

Zhou Paotou handed him the bag, "I'm afraid you'll be distracted, so I'll give it to you now." If you have the opportunity, you can throw it vigorously with an axe, and whether you can hit it depends on whether the mountain god will bless it. ”

"Okay." Zhao Lin nodded in response.

"I've practiced throwing axes, so I can tell you about it."

Zhu Dachun walked over, took out a flying axe from his pocket, and explained: "When holding the axe, keep the handle of the axe aimed at the body, don't straighten the thumb, and wrap the handle." ”

"Throw from the side upper, and when you see the handle of the axe, let go, and then swing your arm."

As he spoke, he threw the axe out of the middle of the wooden mound that hung on the courtyard wall.

Zhao Lin shouted hello and practiced for a while, although the accuracy was not enough, but it could also ensure that the axe blade hit the target.

When the sun was about to set, Zhou Paotou gathered everyone together.

"Everything is ready, let's go into the mountain tomorrow, what do you have to worry about, said?"

This is the rule of hunters in the mountains: hunting beasts of prey, casualties are inevitable, and if the prey is finally caught, then the dead should also be paid in advance.

Explain the aftermath in advance, and the living person will give the money to the family of the deceased, which is also considered to be a heart.

Seeing that everyone didn't speak, Zhou Paotou said with a grin: "Then I'll say it first, Lao Tzu is a single, if there is any accident, buy me a coffin, and bury it next to my father, and you will share the rest of the money." ”

"But it's best not to die, or when I get underground, my dad will ask me how I got in. I said that like you, I was also shot to death by a bear, and his old man was so angry that he wanted to shoot me to death again. ”

Hearing how freely he spoke, everyone laughed.

Zhu Dachun said to Liang Song and Zhao Lin: "You say it first, and I'll think about it later." ”

Liang Song was very simple, "Give all the money to my cousin." ”

Zhao Lin thought for a while and said, "My family is in Sanjia Village, my father's name is Zhao Baotian, so leave the money to them." ”

"In addition, my brother is doing hard labor, please tell my father to take ten taels of silver to find Qian Sanming."

After saying these words, he exhaled softly.

In fact, he can not participate in this hunt, and there is no danger to his life.

But when people live, they always have to take some responsibility, and blindly avoiding life is no different from the dead.

When it was Zhu Dachun's turn, a twisted look suddenly appeared on his face.

Zhou Paotou urged: "Lao Zhu, you are also a bachelor, what is there to grind?" ”

Zhu Dachun hesitated and said: "What, if I die, the money will be given to the widow Wang of Wujiang Village......"

"What?"

The three of them looked at him in unison, their eyes wide.

Liang Song was stunned and said: "Cousin, you don't go home these nights, saying that you are visiting relatives, but in fact, you are going to play at Widow Wang's house?" ”

Zhou Paotou laughed, "I said that you are still beating a bachelor when you are in your thirties, it turns out that someone gave a hot quilt!" ”

"No wonder the widow Wang has been widowed for so many years, and her skin is still as tender as a little girl, and you are watering the pear field for a long time."

Zhu Dachun's face turned red, and he held back a sentence for a long time: "What's wrong with the widow?" Widows know it hurts! ”