Chapter (107): Encounter with a rogue ruffian
But it is this kind of multi-layered schist structure of the red stone ditch, which is very suitable for the growth and reproduction of wild scorpions, and a large number of high-quality wild scorpions naturally live here. The wild scorpions here are not only sturdy, large and venomous, but also adaptable, reproductive, and most importantly, pure, and disease-resistant.
The wild scorpions in this area are regarded as the best by those who know outside, and are often transported to artificial breeding bases in other places to be used for crossbreeding and improving the quality of their breeds.
Because of this reason, it is natural that some people are willing to pay a relatively high price to buy the wild scorpions here, and slowly the name of this Hongshigou is getting louder and louder.
It's just that this red stone ditch is next to the Phoenix Ass Gate, which is regarded as a forbidden place in the Ecstasy Valley, and people outside generally don't dare to enter here at night easily, which makes the value of wild scorpions here even more doubled.
But after the sting every year, some bold villagers in the vicinity, relying on their familiarity with the terrain behind the mountain, often come together to catch wild scorpions here at night, and then sell them to outside buyers at a high price during the day. Most of these people are young people from Huangshan Village in front of the mountain, and they often gang up to forcibly monopolize this Hongshigou and prevent others from nearby villages from coming here to catch and make money.
It is said that there are often fights here, but due to the close distance of Huangshan Village and the large number of people in Huangshan Village, this red stone ditch has always been firmly controlled by the young people of Huangshan Village. Even, driven by interests, some professional scorpion catchers have appeared in Huangshan Village one after another, and they can earn a considerable income by doing it for three or four months every year.
Of course, these professional scorpion catchers are also very smart, and they have their own set of extremely effective security measures. Needless to say, advanced equipment and good skills throughout the body are necessary for them. In addition, they also have their own unique methods for dealing with the Lost Valley of the Phoenix Ass Gate at night.
In order not to stray into the Lost Soul Valley at night, they would set up three to five security cordons in the middle of the Red Stone Ditch and the Lost Soul Valley in advance during the day, completely separating the two.
Usually they will first insert a strong wooden stick deep into the north and south ends between the two sides of the Red Stone Gully and the Lost Soul Valley, and then pull up and down the three or five extremely thin construction lines or fishing lines, and finally tie a dozen or twenty fishing bells on the line.
In addition, the bottom of the cable should be about seventy or eighty centimeters or more, so that even if there is a hare or something like a hare underneath that suddenly crosses, it will not be touched.
They agreed with each other that as long as they heard the bell ringing abnormally, everyone must immediately retreat and assemble, and immediately withdraw from Hongshigou as soon as possible after counting the number of people. Because they think that whether it is a man-made mistake or a strong wind blowing, it is a sign of danger.
At this time, everyone must quickly pack up their things and retreat to avoid real danger. Not to mention, since they invented this kind of earthy method, it is really rare for someone to strayed into the Valley of Lost Souls at night.
In addition, there is a long-standing story in Hongshigou, which almost everyone who comes here to catch scorpions has heard of it. Legend has it that there is a king scorpion that has lived for hundreds of years in this red stone ditch, and someone has described it vividly, and the total length of this king scorpion is about thirty or forty centimeters.
Many elderly people say that not only is it far older than the normal lifespan of an ordinary scorpion of about ten years, but also that it is not only huge, but even able to walk upright and spray poisonous mist.
It is said that as long as anyone sees him, then this person will be unlucky, either poisoned on the spot by it directly spraying poisonous mist, or it will be taken into the Valley of Ecstasy and die inside, even if he is lucky enough not to die, he will be insane for life and cannot be cured. It is said that it has become a spiritual essence, and it will never appear easily in normal times, unless someone makes it angry and angry, it will come out to punish this person.
This is also the reason why even if the wind rings, those professional scorpion catchers immediately retreat urgently, they believe that this is the king scorpion angry and wants to come out to punish the scorpion catcher. Moreover, in the next few days, they would definitely bring incense sticks and offerings to the red stone ditch to burn incense and make offerings, praying for the king scorpion to forgive their greed.
And swore a heavy oath that he would never dare to catch them wildly again, especially not to catch those big female scorpions and small scorpions, so that the wild scorpions in Hongshigou could reproduce naturally.
The seven of them first arrived at the boundary between Hongshigou and Lost Soul Valley, and sure enough, they found that three construction lines had been pulled up here, and bells were hung on them. Xiao Qingfeng suggested that everyone mix freely, divide into two teams, and start to catch adult scorpions from here to the east, while he wandered to the deep pool of the Phoenix Ass Gate.
When he reached the deep pool, in the faint moonlight, he did see the safety net that had been pulled up not long ago. Xiao Qingfeng jumped lightly and entered the iron net, only to see that the water in the deep pool had already overflowed the mouth of the square shaft and reached the position of the water mark earlier.
After turning over the two-meter-high barbed wire, Xiao Qingfeng wandered a few steps along the valley to the west and north, and saw that everything was the same as it was, and there was not much change, so he began to turn back to meet everyone.
When he quietly walked up to everyone, he found that the six of them were still gathered together and not dispersed. It turned out that it was the doll and Jing Xin who were afraid of danger because they were wearing skirts, and resolutely refused to let them move separately. Not to mention, their harvest this time is really not small, and they have already caught thirty or forty large sturdy wild scorpions.
After Xiao Qingfeng joined, he personally showed a trick of catching scorpions with his bare hands, and continuously pinched up several large and strong adult wild scorpions with his fingers, which greatly opened the eyes of the dolls. As soon as he made such a move, the dumb man and the little Taoist priest also showed their unique skills, and successively played various wonderful performances of catching scorpions with their bare hands, which caused everyone to cheer. Even the dolls and meditation who had never caught scorpions before began to learn to boldly use tweezers to successfully catch a few of them, and cheered happily.
While everyone was playing, suddenly a dazzling beam of light in the distance shone straight through. Before everyone could see who it was, I saw a strong man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and quickly came to everyone.
Moreover, there were eight or nine men behind him who couldn't see clearly, but they all held scorpion catchers in their hands, and at first glance they were a group of scorpion catchers like everyone.
After this strong man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist arrived first, he first looked at the seven people one by one with the strong flashlight in his hand very impolitely, and then shouted domineeringly: "I said, where did you guys come from, why do you look so angry, come on, come on, bring your bottle, let me see how many have been caught, hurry up!"
Others haven't done anything yet, but when the doll heard it, she immediately lost her temper and thought: "I'm going to go, how can I really meet a deceitful person in such a barren mountain and wild place, isn't this 'picking up dung with a lantern - looking for death by yourself'." ”
I saw that the doll handed over the bottle containing the scorpion to Jing Xin on the side, stood forward, and directly used the strong flashlight to directly compare it with the strong man opposite, and the eight or nine crooked and squinted boys behind him.
I heard her reply angrily: "What's the matter, where did you come from, and I don't want to see what the fucking virtues you guys have, and you still want to bully us? Hmph, I really don't believe in this evil with your aunt and grandmother, why is this place your family's, I!" he said and spat heavily at the other party's feet.
This strong man was also angry when he heard this, and thought: "Shout, did you forget to read the yellow calendar when you fucking went out today, how could you still meet a cold and glamorous beauty in Hongshigou in the middle of the night, and people even dared to scold him in public." ”
I saw that he took two steps forward without showing weakness, and responded stiffly: "This big beauty, you are really right, our brothers are really as you wish today, and they are bullying and bullying you, how can you drop it?"
As he spoke, he turned his head and rushed to the people behind him, and shouted arrogantly: "Come on, brothers, come and take a look, do you know this wild girl and these guys, if you have acquaintances, you can talk, but don't wait for it to really start, it won't look good." ”
As soon as he said this, the eight or nine boys behind him rushed up at once, and one by one, seven were dissatisfied and eight were angry and surrounded Xiao Qingfeng and them in the middle. And they all put down the tools in their hands to catch scorpions, and skillfully took out all kinds of guys from their bodies.
Among them are not only daggers, folding knives, throwing sticks, rubber sticks, but even rope darts and nine-section whips that I don't know if they can use.
At this time, I saw one of them, a white young man wearing glasses, stepped forward and grabbed it, and the strong man with cheeks who was about to step forward to do it.
I only heard him say with a smile: "I don't think you guys seem to be outsiders, you should all be buddies around here, everyone is out to play, and you can't do it." Well, to be fair, you leave all the scorpions and tools you have caught, and go home. To tell the truth, this redstone ditch was contracted by our brothers at a great price, and all the scorpions in it were also raised by us in captivity. I see that you are all fresh faces, and I guess you are also a first-time offender, brother, I will be a good person, give you two little beauties a face, you will quickly put down your things, give us a few brothers to accompany you, and then get out of the way. ”
After a slight pause, he continued: "Otherwise, my brothers are really angry, and it won't look good to do it." Besides, if you really want to take the scorpion away, then you can pay a thousand yuan, which is considered to be buying us, and we don't want much, so it's interesting enough, how about it? I tell you, this is the buddy who is happy to give you face tonight, or not only will I teach you a good lesson, but also leave these two strong little girls ......behind."