Chapter 132: Dream
When Chen Tang went up the mountain, he frightened the villagers and gathered together to discuss, for fear that something would happen to Chen Tang.
This is a man who lifts people, although he ran up the mountain by himself, but if something goes wrong, who knows if the government will ask for responsibility?
The village chief looked sad: "This Chen Gongzi is also reckless, that is a big worm, he just ate people, at this time to go up the mountain, isn't it to send sheep into the tiger's mouth?"
Someone said: "Childe knows martial arts, maybe he is not afraid." ”
"What's the use of martial arts? Didn't you hear Ngawang say? This tiger is two feet long, and it can bite people off in one bite. ”
The concept of martial arts is not clear to everyone, but for tigers, it is a deep-seated fear, and they dare not match.
They were frightened for most of the day, and at dusk, they saw Chen Tang returning with a sword, all over his body, nothing at all, and a wild goat in his hand, which looked like forty or fifty pounds.
"After practicing the sword, when I saw this sheep, I happened to hunt it. ”
Chen Tang handed over the goat to the villagers and asked someone to deal with it.
Speaking of which, this is his first successful hunting.
Hunting is a science, not that if you practice martial arts well, you can reap a bumper harvest if you go up the mountain casually. Although there are many wild beasts on the mountain, it is not a zoo, and the wild beasts are fierce and clever, and if something goes wrong, they will flee and not be able to fight so easily.
Seeing this, everyone was stunned for a while.
The village chief cautiously asked, "Childe, have you ever seen a tiger?"
Chen Tang shook his head: "No, maybe he has already run away." ”
Large insect activity, with a strong sense of territory, occupy a place, will pee in the surrounding area, as a mark.
When other tigers pass by, they will smell the urine and leave automatically, otherwise there will be a fight between the two tigers.
Experienced hunters will find out the movement rules of various fierce beasts, so as to avoid them and reduce risks.
This mountain range does have big insects. But the pine forest where Zhang's father and son had an accident yesterday had not seen a tiger before, otherwise, with Uncle Zhang's experience, he would definitely not take his son there.
Therefore, it is known that this tiger is newly emerged.
Possibly, it was passing by.
Hearing this, everyone felt relieved.
The so-called relying on the mountain to eat the mountain, relying on the water to draft the water, this village is backed by this mountain, collecting firewood, picking wild fruits, putting traps, etc., all have to go to the mountain. If there are tigers nearby, who would dare to go up the mountain?
It's just a dead end.
The goat is done, half roasted, and half boiled in soup.
Chen Tang invited the whole village to eat sheep, and everyone was happy.
After a day of recuperation, Zhang Xiaowang was in good health and insisted on coming over to thank him.
Chen Tang didn't say anything, only patted him on the shoulder to show comfort.
Nothing happened overnight.
The next morning, Chen Tang got up as usual, washed up, prepared to have breakfast, and then went up the mountain to see if there was anything he found.
Yesterday, I went up and searched carefully in the pine forest, and saw that the pit that had been dug temporarily had been opened, and the severed hands and feet buried in it were gone. I don't know if it was gouged out and eaten by some wild beast, or if it was the tiger's doing.
Other than that, there are no clues, and the breath cannot be smelled.
Chen Tang expanded the search area, but still found nothing.
Today, he had to go again, and if he couldn't find any more clues, he would have to give up.
After all, you can't stay here forever.
"Something happened, something happened again!"
A villager shouted.
Chen Tang was stunned for a moment, walked out, and asked, "Uncle Zhang, what happened?"
When Uncle Zhang saw that it was him, he hurriedly saluted and panted: "Son, Aunt Zhang is gone." ”
Aunt Zhang, Uncle Zhang's wife, is in her fifties, and she is a kind-looking old woman.
Chen Tang frowned: "It's gone?"
Uncle Zhang smiled bitterly: "I don't know ...... either"
Chen Tang went to Zhang Xiaowang's house, and heard crying inside, people were noisy, and the village chief and others were there.
After asking, I figured it out.
Zhang Xiaowang and his wife and their children, got up this morning, but there was no trace of their mother, they went to the room to look for it, but they couldn't find anyone, and found that the person was gone, so they shouted and searched everywhere.
After a while, someone ran over in a panic and said: "The old five head of the village said that he got up in the early morning to relieve his hands, and vaguely saw Aunt Zhang carrying a basket and going up the mountain. ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.
What's going on?
How did Aunt Zhang go up the mountain? And at that bright day......
Totally unreasonable.
The village chief hurriedly said: "Quickly call the old five heads over." ”
Soon, the old five-year-old man in his sixties arrived, hunched over, and his speech was a little leaky: "Village chief, I am a little scared when I think about this matter now." I got up to relieve my hand, and saw the eldest lady coming over, walking quite fast, holding a basket in her hand, which seemed to contain paper money, incense and other things. I was embarrassed to ask her, but as soon as I lifted my trousers, she walked away and went to the other side of the mountain. I didn't think much about it, I went back to the house and continued to sleep, only to be woken up......"
Everyone looked at each other.
Zhang Xiaowang muttered: "Carrying incense and paper money, didn't you go up the mountain to worship?"
It's quite possible.
Uncle Zhang died on the mountain, with no bones left, not even a tomb, which is a very unlucky thing.
For this, Zhang Xiaowang discussed with his mother and others what to do about the future, but for a while, there was no agreement, but this happened this morning.
At this time, Zhang Xiaowang's daughter-in-law shouted: "I remember, my mother was tired of crying yesterday, took a nap, and then woke up and told me that my father gave her a dream, and my father said that he died very miserably, and Huangquan Road was not easy to walk...... I thought that my mother missed my father tightly, so I had a dream, and I didn't think much about it, how did I know that early in the morning, she didn't make a sound, and went up the mountain to worship herself......"
Hearing this, Zhang Xiaowang's face turned pale, and he went to get homemade bows and arrows, as well as hunting knives.
The village chief asked, "Ngawang, where are you going?"
Zhang Xiaowang didn't look back: "I want to go up the mountain to find my mother." ”
The village chief shouted, "But there are tigers on the mountain." ”
"No matter, let's talk about it when I find my mother. ”
As he spoke, he strode out.
The village chief gritted his teeth and shouted, "Ah Fa, Ah Qing, you take a few people and go with Ah Wang." ”
"Good. ”
In the village, the same clan, with each other, had a good relationship, and they did not worry about letting Ngawang go on an adventure alone, so they soon gathered seven or eight young men, each with a weapon, and went up the mountain.
How bold a man is, he is not afraid.
Chen Tang carried the book on his back and followed with a sword.
Hurrying all the way, Ngawang walked ahead, he knew the way, and went straight into the pine forest.
In the air, there was a strange smell of blood.
When I came to the big bluestone, I saw a white skeleton resting on the stone, and the skin and flesh were gnawed and eaten cleanly. The head was also eaten, and a clump of gray hair was left there, fluttering slightly in the wind.
"Mother!"
Zhang Xiaowang screamed, and the person fainted to the ground.
When everyone saw the tragic situation on the bluestone, they were all shocked and did not dare to look at it directly.