() On the southwest side of the Wuling Mountains in Qianlong County, there is a low mountain called "Feitan Mountain", which is named because of the many waterfalls in the mountain. Sandwiched between Feitan Mountain and Wuling Mountain Range, there is a mountain col that is hundreds of miles long, called "Feitan Mountain Col", and there are a few villages scattered in the col. The northern end of Feitan Mountain is a dense forest, and the southern end is close to the Lanyue River, so the villagers here rely on hunting and fishing for a living.

In the northernmost part of the Feitan mountain pass, there is a "Yanxun Village". Villagers often go to the dense forests in the north of the mountain to cut firewood, collect medicine, hunt, and exchange medicinal herbs and prey for rice and pasta in other villages at the Feitan Market. When the market is good, a wild boar can be exchanged for 600 catties of grain, and a century-old ginseng can be exchanged for nearly 1,000 catties of grain. Therefore, the villagers of Yanxun will let their children go up the mountain with the hunting team, and when the adults hunt, the children will go around looking for rare medicinal materials.

The weather was fine on this day, and early in the morning, the daughter-in-law of the iron lock pillar slapped the buttocks of the three children and called them to get up: "Get up quickly! The sun is drying your buttocks! Da Dun'er, if you want to be a man, you have to get up early and follow your father to learn to hunt!"

The middle-aged man who was sitting on a stool arranging a hunting bow picked up the dry cigarette on the table and took a puff: "Your mother is right. Da Dun'er, I followed your grandfather all over the mountain when you were so old, bows, crossbows, guns, sticks, everything. But what about you? all day long yelling that you want to grow up to be a man, and then you are still sleeping here. ”

A child in the bed said lazily, "Dad, will you go again tomorrow......?"

The middle-aged man blistered: "Why are you so disobedient? You still want to be a man if you are afraid of the cold? Get up quickly, and set an example for Erdun'er and Sandun'er!"

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"Listen, it's our turn to take the lead with Uncle Li's family next door today, and after a while, Daddy and Uncle Li will walk at the front of the hunting team, and you will follow the two little brothers of Uncle Li's family in the back, don't run around, and don't go too far when looking for herbs, the mountain can be dangerous. The middle-aged man admonished.

Tie Suozhu is the village chief of Yanxun Village and the captain of the hunting team. The hunting team goes up the mountain once every half month, and each time the two strong men take the lead, and the rest of the people fight. Only when the Iron Lock Pillar takes the lead, the hunting party will hunt large beasts such as bears, wolves, wild boars, and so on. Now that it is early winter, bears, wild boars and other wild beasts are fat and strong, hunt a few for the village to eat, and you can also exchange some dried fish and shrimp paste with Huanlu Village in the south of the canyon at the Feitan Market three days later, so as to store them for winter.

The hunting team usually went up the mountain for several days, and after the iron lock post brought all the dry food and water, the hunting bow was scarred, the machete was carried on his back, and after the preparations were stopped, he walked to the entrance of the village with his three children.

"Zhu, come back with more pheasants this time, I'll be hungry for that thing when it's cold and drink a little wine. An old man with a gray beard said with a smile.

The iron lock pillar was very refreshing: "Okay, Uncle Zhao." I've counted them, and I'll give you a few of them separately when I come back this time. ”

"Hehe, good, good. ”

"Brother Tie, the one in my family accidentally injured his bones and muscles when he went to chop wood last time, help me keep an eye on it when hunting and see if I can find elderberry. Another village girl said.

"Okay, Sister Wang, don't worry, when I entered the mountains, I sent two people to look for elderberry. ”

"Thank you, Brother Tie. ”

Since Tie Suozhu became the village chief, the hunting team has gained a lot, and he has a fair distribution of rewards afterwards, especially taking care of the old and weak women and children in the village, so he enjoys a high reputation in the hearts of the villagers. The villagers trust the iron lock pillar, and the iron lock pillar also treats the villagers as family, although there are not many families in Yanxun Village, only about 40 households, but everyone is very united. Yanxun Village is one of the richest villages in the narrow Feitan mountain pass.

Out of the village, the hunting team of twenty strong men was already ready to go, waiting for the iron lock pillar to give an order.

"Lao Tie, your babies are here today. A large man with a sturdy body and a beard greeted him with a smile when he saw the three children behind the iron locker. This person is Li Lianshan, who led the hunting team with the iron lock pillar this time.

"Yes, let them open their eyes and see for a long time. Tie Suozhu touched his sons' heads and patted the three of them on the back, "Go, follow the two brothers of the Li family." ”

Li Lianshan blew a whistle at the two teenagers not far away, and ordered, "You two will take the Tie family brother for me." ”

"Alright, let's go!" the Iron Lock Pillar snapped his arms, and the hunting party marched mightily towards the Flying Beach.

The hunting party had twenty strong men at a time, plus children digging grass, a total of thirty-two people, plus hounds and horses, and a large group of people was very lively. Before entering the mountain, everyone talked and laughed, and after arriving at the foot of the mountain, two people were left to take care of the flatbed cart pulled by horses, and the others whistled, and followed the iron lock pillar and Li Lianshan up the mountain together.

Although it was early winter, there had already been a few heavy snowfalls. There may be footprints of wild beasts left on the snow, and several hounds sniff east and west, looking for traces of wild beasts. At this time, bears have already entered hibernation, and wild animals such as tigers and leopards rarely come out to feed. The occasional small beast is nothing more than a hare, a pheasant, and the like. If you want to hunt big game, you have to go deep in the mountains to have a chance. The hunting party traveled and listened to the orders of the iron lock post, hunting while rushing on the road during the day, and clearing an open space to set up a tent at night.

Three days later, the hunting party arrived at the intended location, and Iron Lockpost sent two members of the hunting team with a few children to the neighborhood to search for herbs, while he and the rest of the team scattered around in search of prey.

As he walked, the Iron Lock Pillar suddenly crouched next to a tree, carefully observing the ground. Since he was a child, he followed his father to the mountains to hunt, and he was already able to identify the footprints of wild beasts. There was a deep row of animal footprints on the ground, and he recognized at a glance what animal had left them. He looked at the trunk of the big tree, looked up at the branches, turned to the others and shouted happily: "It's a wild boar, and it's not small!"

It can be seen from the shape of the footprints that it is a wild boar, from

The weight of the boar is inferred from the depth, and the bark of the wild boar rubbed off and the absence of snow on the branches of the wild boar should have passed by the wild boar not long ago, and the wild boar should have come out of the nest to feed and has not yet returned from the direction of the footprints. With this keen insight and judgment alone, you can know that the Iron Lock Pillar is no ordinary hunter. It was just a little confusing to him, judging from the size and depth of the footprints, the boar was inevitably too big.

"Wild boar?" Li Lianshan looked happy, and swallowed half of his saliva with a "grunt", "Wild boar is good!" He still remembered that a few months ago, the hunting team had hunted back a large wild boar weighing hundreds of catties, and set up a bonfire in the open field that night to roast the wild boar and eat it. The wild boar is fragrant, so fragrant that I refuse to let it go even if I slap it. Li Lianshan has nothing else wrong with this person, but he is a little greedy. Now he heard that there was a wild boar in the iron lock pillar, which suddenly aroused the craving worms in his stomach.

"Hurry up! Jin Gui and Fuchang, you two are ready to trip. Damao, Haijing, you are ready to set nets. I'll come down to the beast trap myself, and the rest of the men will be hidden with arrows!" the iron lock pillar gave the order in no uncertain terms. Decisive and resolute is his consistent style.

The iron lock pillar propped the trap open, dug up a large chunk of snow next to the tree, and then placed the trap there, and then lightly covered it with snow. He knew the boar's temper very well, and he would always follow the same route when he went out foraging for food, and this thing was very shrewd, remembering the route and its surroundings so clearly that it could immediately detect the slightest difference. In order to avoid the sight and smell of wild boars, the clamps had to fall under the snow, but they could not destroy the footprints of the wild boars when they came, so the iron lock post used this method of digging a pit, two clamps, and three covering snow. After the wild boar is clamped by the beast, the wild boar will inevitably be in unbearable pain and will become extremely irritable, at this time wrap its feet with a tripwire, cover it with a net, and tighten it, so that it can not struggle, and everyone will rush up again and end its life. This method of hunting wild boars has been used many times by hunting teams and is infallible.

After setting up the trap, the iron lock pillar took out a sweat towel and probed the direction of the wind, so in order not to let the wild boar smell the smell of people, so it had to lie in ambush downwind. "Over here!" he waved his hand. Because the hunting team members have been hunting together for a long time, they have developed an amazing tacit understanding, and within a while, they have all been scattered and hidden. As for the footprints left by the team members, they have long been gently erased with reed grass. Now, just wait for the big wild boar to come back from foraging.

The wait was anxious, and the iron lock post hid in a tree, with a withered yellow grass stalk in his mouth, silently estimating the time. Wild boars foraging in winter will not come back until they are full, and it takes about several hours to even forage for food. There is still more than an hour before dusk, and it seems that the wild boar is about to return.

Sure enough, in less than half an hour, the hunting team member in charge of watching the tree blew the whistle in his mouth. This kind of whistle is specially made, small in size, can be hung on the teeth with two threads, usually hidden under the tongue, when blown like a bird chirping insects, will not attract the attention of the prey.

After a while, a dark shadow turned on the other side of the hillside, and the iron lock pillar looked at it fixedly, obediently, it was a big wild boar! The thing was a man tall, its back was high and raised, and it had a long and terrifying mane, and its gray-brown bristles pierced outward like long needles, and there were four long, thick fangs on the side of its mouth, two on the top and two on the bottom, and with those dark red eyes, it was a monster!

Everyone held their breath and watched as the wild boar gradually approached the position of the beast trap, and suddenly there was a "snap" sound, and it stepped on it! The beast clamp bit fiercely on one of the wild boar's hooves, and the wild boar howled loudly and became angry, but it could not see where the enemy was. The wild boar spread its hooves and ran wildly, Jin Gui and Fuchang hurriedly pulled the rope in their hands, and two tripwires twisted from the snow came out, and the wild boar was suddenly tripped and hit a tree. However, due to the wild boar's strength and momentum, Jin Gui, who pulled up the first tripline, did not pull the rope, and took off his hand after the hemp rope broke his palm, and the hot pain made Jin Gui let out a soft "ah".

The ears of the wild boar caught the sound, and after turning over, they rushed towards the tree where Jin Gui was hiding, and several hound dogs barked wildly and swarmed up, some biting their ears, some biting their tails, and some biting their hooves. The wild boar snorted, shook his head and shook off a hound, the hound screamed, and the hound stumbled to the ground after being cut open by the boar's fangs in mid-air, and the half-cut intestines were exposed. The boar raised its front hooves again and stamped it hard, crushing the heads of the hounds that were biting the pig's hooves. Then the boar fell to the side again, and the hound biting its neck did not have time to let go, and with a wail, all the organs were crushed. The wild boar had already rolled around and stood up again with the momentum of lying down, and shook its butt at a tree, and threw the hound that was biting its tail on the tree, and the hound suddenly whimpered for his life.

The whistle in the mouth of the iron lock pillar sounded rapidly, and Damao, who was a little dumbfounded, hurriedly threw the net towards the wild boar, and at the moment when the wild boar was covered, the sea view on another tree hurriedly tightened the rope of the net. At the same time, several sharp arrows flew out and pierced the boar's body.

The wild boar roared angrily, but the tightened net made it unable to move, and it arched with its fangs, and even cut a hole in the net! The wild boar jumped high, broke through the net, and fell to the ground panting.

The iron lock post was really visible from the tree, and there were more than a dozen arrows shot just now, but only two of them were pierced on the boar's body, one on the shoulder and one on the stomach, and the rest of the arrows did not penetrate the boar's fur and fell to the ground! The wild boar turned his head and bit off the arrow on his arm, and the wound did not even bleed. It howled again, its mane stood on end, and its body swelled in a circle.

The second round of arrows came, and this time the result was even more surprising, all the arrows were blocked by the bristles, and they fell to the ground with a "crackle"!

The iron lock pillar was also stunned, what kind of wild boar is this, the hair is so hard!

The wild boar took a few steps back and hit the tree where Haijing was located, the tree was not big, but the trunk was broken by the wild boar, Haijing exclaimed, and quickly jumped into the snow and rolled in a circle.

"Seaview, run!" cried the Iron Lock Post anxiously. The boar had already turned around and slammed down its head towards the seascape that had just risen, and the trap on its ankle did not even break the skin, which did not affect the boar's rapid speed in the slightest.

It's too late, it's too late! No matter how fast the sea view is, it can't compare to the monster, although everyone is shouting, "Run!" But there is no hope in their hearts, and some people have already covered their eyes.

It was too late, but it was too fast, and the iron lock pillar roared, and leaped forward, jumping right behind the boar, grabbing the tail, and pulling all his strength in the opposite direction. The boar's speed immediately slowed down, and Haijing jumped out a few steps, finally avoiding the boar's fangs in a thrilling way, he pulled out the machete on his back, and reflexively aimed at the boar's head and slashed it hard.

With a "dang" sound, the machete was blown away, Haijing screamed in pain, his hands trembled slightly, the tiger's mouth was cracked, and the blood flowed: "Is this beast beaten with iron?" He glanced at the wild boar's forehead, there was only a shallow white mark, almost unharmed, so frightened that he turned around and ran.

The Iron Lock Pillar stretched his muscles and pulled the boar's tail around his shoulders and backwards, but he still couldn't stop the wild boar with amazing brute strength. The wild boar dragged the iron lock pillar and chased it to the seascape together. Seeing this, the other members of the hunting team wanted to come down from the tree to help. Iron Lock Pillar stared at the red eyes, and shouted: "Lao Li, come! Everyone else will stay in the tree for me!" This wild boar is too powerful, Iron Lock Pillar has never seen it in his life, if everyone comes down from the tree, the wild boar will be in trouble to turn around and attack the target. Li Lianshan's skills can be trusted, and the primary purpose now is to let Haijing escape, the wild boar is invulnerable, and it is useless if there are too many people.

Li Lianshan responded, jumped off the tree, ran forward and grabbed the wild boar's tail together, and the wild boar's speed slowed down again. Haijing ran down the slope for dozens of steps, encountered a big tree, and climbed up with a few clicks. When the wild boar saw that the sea view was on the tree, he snorted angrily and turned his head to bite, but Tie Suozhu and Li Lianshan had already let go and fled the moment they felt the wild boar's strength. The wild boar turned around and hurriedly pursued, and Tie Suozhu and Li Lianshan ran under the tree and hurriedly climbed up, avoiding the attack.

"Huh......" The iron lock pillar breathed a long sigh of relief, and finally no one was seriously injured. Everyone is now on the tall and thick towering ancient trees, and no matter how strong the wild boar is, it can only spin around below, twitching its nose and guarding the people on the tree.

"Brother Tie, isn't this beast the king of wild boars??, how powerful is the wild boar spirit?" asked Da Mao.

The Iron Lock Pillar shook his head: "I haven't seen it either. My estimate of size is still small, but I didn't expect it to be so big, and it is still invulnerable. ”

Li Lianshan panted and said, "Why don't we shoot its eyes with arrows?"

"Then Brother Tie must come, we are not allowed to shoot arrows. "Da Mao Road.

"Fuchang, tie the Sunbow and throw it over!" shouted the Iron Locker.

"Okay!" Fuchang quickly tied his longbow with a rope and threw it at the branch where the iron lock post stood.

Catch the iron lock pillar, take the bow, set the arrow, pull the string, and aim. The left arm holds the mountain, the right arm holds the baby, the bow is like a full moon, the arrow is like a meteor, and the right eye of the wild boar is in the middle. But before the crowd could applaud, they saw the arrow fall weakly to the ground.

"What the hell......" Li Lianshan gasped, the wild boar's eyes were so hard!

The iron lock pillar frowned, and thought in his heart: "This is too bad, the wild boar has been provoked, and has been guarding below." Wild boars have the best patience and will definitely fight their enemies to the death. ”

Just when everyone was helpless, they heard a child's shout: "Daddy!"

Iron Lock Pillar's heart tightened, this is the voice of his son Da Dun'er, the children who collected medicine are back to find them!

The boar heard the sound and immediately turned around and rushed down the slope. The Iron Lock Pillar was so frightened that he jumped off the tree and chased after him, so that the wild boar rushed to the children, and that was the end of it! The others also went down the tree and chased after them.

Da Dun'er saw a huge wild boar running from a distance, and he was frightened on the spot.

"Run!" Iron Lockpost was so anxious that his speed could not keep up with the boar.

Da Dun'er and the other children were so frightened that they cried and ran, and one of the children in front of him accidentally fell and tripped over one piece.

"Dadun'er, run to the stone on the right!" suddenly shouted the Iron Lockpost.

Da Dun'er was flustered, and only knew how to obey his father's words, and ran towards the mountain rock on the right, and the wild boar also turned around and chased after him.

"Lao Tie, you bastard!" Li Lianshan, who caught up behind, scolded. Because there is a cliff not far behind the stones, at the speed of a wild boar, it must have to fall down with the big pier.

"What else can I do!" Iron Lock Pillar turned his head and glared at Li Lianshan fiercely, his eyes flushed. Li Lianshan didn't understand that at a critical juncture, Tie Suozhu was ready to sacrifice his son in exchange for the safety of other children.

Da Dun'er ran up to the stone, which was half as tall as his body. He climbed up, and the stone shook a little, and it didn't look stable at all. The boar was already less than two feet away from the stone, and its head was already lowered and aimed at the big pier.

"Da Dun'er, Daddy can't stand you......" Iron Lock Pillar thought silently in his heart, closed his eyes in pain, and tears burst out of his eyes.

The wild boar slammed into the rocks, and the big pier screamed and fell off the cliff with the stones.

The boar suddenly sat down on the ground, its legs stretched forward, and kicked the ground as hard as it could stop before it fell off the cliff. However, the snow was slippery, and the boar did not stop rushing forward with all his might, and when he saw that it was about to fall, the boar shrewdly flattened his two front legs, arched his nose to the ground, and dug his fangs into the earth, and plowed a deep furrow, and the boar finally stopped at the edge of the cliff.

"Da Dun'er" opened his eyes and saw that the wild boar had not fallen off the cliff, so he shouted heartbreakingly and rushed towards the wild boar. When Li Lianshan reacted, he couldn't hold him anymore, he wanted to die with the wild boar!