Chapter 58: Subduing the Tiger (Part II)
Seeing this, Zhang Shaofei shouted loudly: "Stop!" At the same time, he rushed over at the speed of a sprint, stretched out his arm, and lifted Zhong Hanqiang's strong bow up the moment the arrow left the string.
"Whoosh!" The sharp arrow flew out with a strong wind, flew a few inches above the tiger's head, and hit the bushes on the other side, and the leaves fell in a torrent.
At this time, the people of the villages on the mountain heard the terrible howl of the tiger, and knew that the tiger had fallen into the trap laid by the hunters, and was coming from all directions.
The brave villagers approached with spears, hunting forks, bows and arrows, and other equipment, while the less timid stood in the distance to watch the excitement.
Zhong Hanqiang saw that he was about to shoot the tiger but was ruined, his heart was angry, and when he looked back, he saw that it was Zhang Shaofei, stomped his foot on the ground, and complained: "Cough, Ah Fei, I was about to shoot this tiger, why are you holding up my bow and arrow?" Do you want to spare this vicious beast? ”
"Wonderful! Wonderful! Now that it has fallen into our hands, forgive it for being in the wings. Why should we rush to shoot it?! Zhang Shaofei walked around the tiger, looking at the tiger for a while, there was a scab in the middle of the tiger's nose, obviously, this is the scar left by Zhang Shaofei when he hit it with a stone when he rescued the sika deer before. After careful inspection, he saw that the bulging nipples on the tiger's abdomen were still tender red, so he pointed to the tiger and said to Zhong Hanqiang, "Do you see clearly?" It's a tigress, and it looks like she's still breastfeeding. ”
Zhong Hanqiang said angrily: "You also know that this tiger bit my family's cattle last month and became a cripple, and in recent years, it has eaten how many goats of the villagers around us, how many pigs have been bitten to death, and how many cattle have been bitten. What a heinous sin! ”
Many of the villagers who heard the news were deeply affected by the tiger, and at this time they felt the same way, and pointed at the tiger and cursed loudly.
"Kill it!"
"If you don't kill it, you won't understand the hatred in my heart!"
"Kill it! Going to peel it and cramp! ”
"In addition to eating its meat, you should also use its bones to make soup and drink!"
Angry voices came and went, wave after wave, and the originally silent mountains and forests became a battlefield for denouncing tigers.
A strong man thought of the tiger that had killed two goats last month, and his anger ignited, and he spat a mouthful of saliva on the ground, "Phew! "Take the spear and stab it at the tiger's buttocks.
Zhang Shaofei hurriedly stepped up, pushed the spear to the other side with his hand, and said, "Wait a minute!" ”
Zhong Hanqiang stretched out his right hand to his back, and pulled out another sharp arrow from the quiver on his back, and put it on the bowstring.
Zhang Shaofei was quick with his hand, stretched out his hand and snatched his arrow from him at once, and then stuffed it back into Zhong Hanqiang's quiver, saying, "Don't be so impatient, everything will be considered in the long run." ”
Zhong Hanqiang's face was gloomy and he sighed: "Alas! ”
Seeing that the crowd was so turbulent, Zhang Shaofei walked to the high pier over there, raised his arms, pressed down again, and shouted loudly: "Everyone be quiet!" Be quiet! ”
The noise was like the tide of the sea receding in an instant.
Zhong Hanqiang asked Zhang Shaofei in confusion: "Why did you stop us from killing this tiger?" You must know that it has eaten a lot of the livestock of our villagers, which is a great crime. Fortunately, today it has fallen into our hands, as the saying goes, evil is rewarded with evil, and good is rewarded with good. There will definitely be a blood debt to be paid today. If you don't kill it, letting the tiger return to the mountain will be an endless disaster! ”
"Yes, let the tiger return to the mountain, and there will be endless troubles!" People agree with Chung's opinion.
At this time, the tiger was exhausted after a long struggle, and the more the right hind leg was tightly clamped by the trap, the more painful it became, and the more blood flowed. Therefore, the tiger, which had struggled many times, became more disciplined at this time, and it no longer dared to twitch its tightly clamped right hind leg, so it had to open its eyes and watch people's every move with a pitiful look.
This once majestic and invincible "King of the Mountain" has suddenly become a weak person who can be slaughtered by others. Although the tigress could not understand what people were saying, she could read a little from people's faces, and she shed tears of grief when she knew that her death was near.
Zhang Shaofei said loudly: "Here I will first ask everyone, can the sheep and pigs that have died and been eaten come back to life?" ”
Everyone: "This ...... This ......"
The deceased is dead and cannot be regenerated. Everyone knows this.
Seeing that everyone was speechless, Zhang Shaofei pointed to the tiger and continued: "Indeed, this tiger has done a lot of evil in the past, we can treat evil with evil, and fight violence with violence, and now it is easy to put it to death." But what about the fact that we killed this tigress, and what about her offspring? ”
"The offspring of this tiger?" There was a lot of talking. They didn't know there was such a thing.
Zhong Hanwei stood up: "In the past two months, my pigs have been bitten to death, and the sheep that have been grazed on the mountain have been eaten. I hated this tigress and secretly stalked her for a long time. I know that its tiger's den is in the dense grass at the end of the pit not far from here. Some time ago, this tigress was pregnant and had a bulging belly, but in the past few days, her belly has been significantly deflated. It is speculated that there are still some newborn tiger cubs in the tiger's den. ”
"Ah, ......I see," the people began to talk again.
Zhong Hanqiang rolled up his sleeves and said stupidly: "After we kill this tigress, we will go to the tail of the tiger pit and kill those tiger cubs." ”
Zhong Hanwei's face was angry, and he made a gesture of cutting off his head with a knife, and said in a tough tone: "Yes, we will not stop doing it, and simply kill the offspring of this tigress together!" ”
"If we don't kill this tiger, we are really unwilling!"
Zhong Hanqiang: "That's right! We're going to have a weeding to eradicate the roots! ”
Others agreed: "In this way, our Yunwu Mountain can be forever plagued." ”
Zhang Shaofei waved his hand again and again: "This can't be done, this can't be done!" ”
Zhong Hanqiang: "Why? ”
Zhang Shaofei analyzed: "People often say that the tiger falls in Pingyang and is bullied by dogs. Now that the tigress had been caught in the hind legs by the beast, it was impossible for her to break free and escape. The power of life and death is in our hands. In my opinion, even if this tigress and her cub were killed, it would not necessarily eliminate the tiger problem here. ”
Zhong Hanqiang was puzzled: "Won't it?" ”
Zhang Shaofei continued: "Violence against violence, there will never be an end, when will the injustice be retributed." According to my reasoning, the male tiger mated with this tigress should live in the deep mountains not too far from our Yunwu Mountain. Even if we kill this tigress, the male tiger will come here in the future to seek revenge and harassment, and take revenge madly. It is important to know that the transformation of good and evil, good and evil, is often in a single thought. ”
"This ......" Everyone looked at each other when they heard Zhang Shaofei say this, and a cold air suddenly rose from the bottom of their hearts.
After a while, Zhong Hanqiang settled down, blinked his eyes, and asked Zhang Shaofei: "So, what are you going to do with this tigress?" ”
Zhang Shaofei pointed at Zhong Hanwei and said, "I heard you just now, those tiger cubs that are still in the tiger's den are still feeding, if this tigress is killed by us, the tiger cubs have no ability to forage for food, and they will starve to death soon." ”
Zhong Hanwei: "Yes." ”
Zhang Shaofei sighed with regret, "If that's the case, it's three lives." ”
Zhang Shaofei's words are indeed reasonable, and people are talking about each other again.
Zhang Shaofei swallowed and continued: "In my opinion, now we might as well have a good way to treat evil and repay grievances with virtue. ”
Zhong Hanqiang: "What do you mean?" ”
Zhang Shaofei pointed to the tiger in a desperate situation and said, "Let's find a way to influence it and let it be used for our own purposes." ”
Zhong Hanqiang's eyes flashed with doubtful light waves, and he shook his head in disbelief: "The nature of tigers is to eat people. It's so brutal that we're able to influence it, and that's incredible. ”
Zhang Shaofei said loudly: "There is nothing difficult in the world, but I am afraid of people with hearts." ”
Some people discussed: "Tigers can also abandon evil and follow good, this is indeed a strange news in the world." ”
"There are many wonders in the world that you will not believe until you see them. So it's not surprising that you have this view. After Zhang Shaofei heard everyone's discussion, he pointed to the tigress and said with confidence, "You know, it is also a creature with emotions, as long as we are sincere and skillful, it will also be gradually influenced and turn evil into good, of course, this requires a process." ”
Zhong Hanqiang looked at Zhang Shaofei: "So, what should we do at the top of our priorities?" ”
Zhang Shaofei thought for a moment and said, "You go to the tiger's den and get those tiger cubs here." ”
Zhong Hanqiang: "What's the use of getting those tiger cubs here?" ”
Zhang Shaofei was confident: "You'll naturally know later." ”
Liang Futian vaguely understood Zhang Shaofei's intentions, and said: "Ah Fei must have an extraordinary approach. You must do as he tells you. ”
Zhong Hanqiang didn't have much to do with Zhang Shaofei, but he also knew that his understanding was extraordinary, so he said to Zhong Hanwei: "Ah Wei, you and Ah Sheng go to the tiger's den at the end of the pit to get those tiger cubs here." ”
Zhong Hanwei confidently said: "Without the protection of this vicious tigress, those newborn tiger cubs have no resistance, and it is not difficult to catch them here." ”
Zhang Shaofei urged Zhong Hanwei: "Then, you go to the tiger's den at the end of the pit." ”
"Okay." Zhong Hanwei answered, pulling a sturdy villager beside him, "Ah Sheng, let's go together." With that, the two of them took a big stride towards the end of the pit, and soon disappeared into the grass on the other side.
Zhang Shaofei turned sideways to Liang Zhenhui and said, "Ah Hui, your hunting dog Ah Wang has just given birth to three paparazzi, and you have brought Ah Wang here." ”
Liang Zhenhui scratched his head, not knowing why: "Brother Fei, why did you ask me to bring Ah Wang here?" ”
Zhang Shaofei: "It's very useful, you will naturally understand later." Go and go back. ”