Chapter 15: The First Hunt is Interesting
The poem says:
The mountains and peaks are high and the nine skies, and the stars are picked up and the fights are raised.
The ape cries in the empty valley for a long time, and the tiger roars and the wind is calm.
Suddenly, the owl laughed amazingly, and occasionally heard the dragon chant vibrating the forest tops.
The grass is tired of singing, and the lush mountains are twilight.
——Proposed to make the seven laws "Night Stay in the Mountains".
This time, it was the turn of the first hunting team to go into the mountains to hunt.
Liu Zhilin, the captain of the first hunting team, Lao Qi became his deputy. Bang Hai was sandwiched in the group, riding a dirt horse, and after a short time, he went out of the village west gate.
Everyone walked all the way, went around to the mouth of the Black Dragon Gorge, walked about ten miles into the gorge, continued to march west along a mountain pass, and then several miles of mountain roads before and after, and came to a mountain.
But see the mountain here, there is quite a strange state, more plants and trees belong to the road, the path is tortuous, and the stone stack ladder is steep.
When Liu Hai climbed up the hill with everyone to look, he saw that the mountain was flat-topped-
Half natural, half artificial, it turns out that hunters from nearby villages often come here to stop and pitch their tents after entering the mountains. Gradually, people became accustomed to calling this hill the top of their tent.
It was noon when Liu Hai and his party came here. After everyone quickly set up their tents and simply ate some dry food brought in the package, Liu Zhilin began to assign tasks.
The task arrangement that afternoon was very simple, Lao Qi and Liu Yigong took Liu Hai and Huzi to watch the house, that is, to guard the tent, and cook dinner for everyone, while the others went into the mountains with Liu Zhilin to check the hunting situation and investigate the traces of wild beasts in groups.
After the meal, Liu Hai and Huzi had nothing to do, and the two little adults went to the south slope of the tent to play, Xiao Bang came for the first time, and Huzi came several times, and the situation was more familiar than Xiao Bang. Huzi said at that time: "Xiaohai, take you to pick mushrooms." ”
Liu Hai was happy, and when he came to the south slope and looked south, he saw that in the southeast direction, the village where he was located was really like a calf running out of the dense forest of Black Stone Mountain.
Due south, but there is a mountain range from west to east, like a small dragon, this is Lailongling. On the south slope of Longling Peak is the Black Stone Waterfall, and under the waterfall, there is the White Water Pool.
It's just that standing on the south slope of the tent top at this time, you can only see the dense pine forest on the Lailong Ridge, and you can't see the waterfall, let alone the white water pool.
Huzi saw Liu Hai looking at the south and was distracted, so he said: "Brother Xiaohai, the south is Lailongling, and below is the big waterfall and Baishuitan. You can't go up the mountain from the south, but you can from the north, if you want to go play, don't you want to take you. ”
"Brother Huzi, how far is it from here?"
"Brother Xiaohai, do you really want to play? It takes twenty or thirty miles to get from here to there. I'm kidding you. Why don't you take us when our hunting is over?"
Liu Hai silently calculated in his heart: According to the Five Elements Dao cultivation method, there is a wind escape technique in the Mu Xing Exercises, and he has tried it in no one's place, according to his current kung fu, he should be able to take the tiger with him. Twenty or thirty miles away, it is estimated that he uses the wind escape method, but it is not more than a minute.
So Liu Hai said to Huzi: "Brother Huzi, close your eyes and see that I will surprise you!"
"What surprise?" Huzi asked—even though he was asking, Huzi really closed his eyes.
Liu Hai stretched out his hand to hug Huzi, and the two flew back and forth to Longling.
Huzi was greatly taken aback, only to hear the wind whirring in his ears, and couldn't help but open his eyes to see, he saw Liu Hai in mid-air, stepping on the pine treetops from time to time, so Huzi couldn't help but exclaim: "Xiaohai, you can fly!"
With his exclamation, Liu Hai's heart was shaken, and the two of them fell straight down. The bangs were stepped on heavily, and the trunk of a pine tree was trampled off with a "click". Fortunately, the bangs reacted very quickly, and with the help of the force, they jumped upward, and the two of them rose up and flew forward again.
As Xiao Bang expected, it only took two minutes, Liu Hai and Huzi flew to Longling, Liu Hai looked at the surrounding situation, immediately made a decision, took Huzi, and landed on a big stone.
Huzi was down-to-earth, listening to the bangs panting, but he was still excited: "Brother Xiaohai, can you teach me how to fly?"
"Good!"
"When will you teach me?"
"Not now, when we get back from the hunt. Brother Huzi, look at this big rock!"
The two looked at the same time, only to see a large spring flowing from the northwest, to here, from the two sides of this big stone flowed through, down and formed a waterfall, this waterfall is the black stone waterfall, under the waterfall is the white water pool.
Surrounded on all sides by the current, the sound of roaring water is heard in the ears, and the boulder shakes as the water hits.
Liu Hai looked under the waterfall, only to see the water vapor filled, in the water vapor, there seemed to be a figure rising in the afternoon sun!
Liu Hai felt that this face seemed to be kind and sad, but it was fleeting, and only the water vapor in front of him was shining in the sun, emitting a rainbow-like light.
Huzi looked at the bangs and suddenly shouted tremblingly: "Brother Xiaohai!"
Liu Hai came back to his senses under Huzi's shout, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart: "Brother Huzi?"
Huzi said: "Brother Xiaohai, have you seen it? There seems to be a beautiful woman's face in the water vapor just now—I heard my grandmother say that this stone is in the water on all sides, and it is called Longzui Stone." People will lose their souls if they stand on the Longzui Stone for a long time, doesn't that beautiful face just want to fascinate our souls? Let's go back!"
Huzi is older than Bang Hai, and he is scared at this time, but he is unwilling to show it.
Liu Hai seemed to understand, and also said, "Brother Huzi, let's go back." ”
After the two returned, they first settled on the southern slope of the tent top mountain and picked a few wild meat mushrooms. This thing is the most delicious to put a few plants in bacon and stew, and the taste is excellent, but because it has a certain psychedelic properties, it is not suitable to eat more.
When it was almost dark, Liu Zhilin came back with a team of people. Lao Qi and Lao Zhang also made dinner. During the meal, everyone occasionally said that wild meat mushrooms are fresh but should not be eaten more, and then they changed the topic, and they all talked about the traces of the golden retriever wolf found this afternoon.
Some people say that tomorrow they must find the wolves and beat a few of them, and the skins of these animals are the most valuable. Some people say that the animal is too fierce and easy to fight in small groups, but not in large groups of more than ten......
After the meal, it was dark, and the vigil lit a bonfire. Liu Zhilin asked Huzi to take Xiaohai to guard the first sentry. The meaning of this arrangement is that firstly, this post is the safest, and the adults have not yet slept, and secondly, the two children are playing like they have passed this hour, and they will naturally have to sleep lazily tomorrow morning. At that time, the team had already set off, saving the little bangs and clamoring to follow.
Liu Zhilin greeted Lao Qi and Lao Zhang, and discussed the personnel arrangements and action details for tomorrow. Tomorrow's action to fight the golden retriever wolf is dangerous, Huzi and Liu Hai are the youngest, and they will continue to stay, and they will be taken care of by Liu Yigong and Wang Sanbao.
Huzi and Liu Hai sat on the stone inside the fence gate, and the bonfire made their faces red.
Huzi told Liu Hai some stories, which he listened to from his grandmother and other elders in the village. Some of the stories of small bangs have also been heard. Huzi didn't have much interest in seeing the bangs, so he changed the story and was about to tell it at the beginning;
"Brother Huzi, you look at the door, I'll listen to what they have to discuss. ”
"Adults speak, children don't eavesdrop. ”
"I guess we won't be allowed to hunt tomorrow. ”
"How do you know?"
"Look at Uncle Lin tonight, when they talk about the ferocity of the golden retriever, the expression on their faces is very serious, which shows that it must be very dangerous to fight the golden retriever, so tomorrow will definitely not let us go with the danger. ”
"I haven't seen what a golden retriever wolf is like, but whatever Uncle Zhilin arranges, we will do. This has always been the rule. "After all, Huzi has come out many times, understands the rules, doesn't talk nonsense, and doesn't mess around.
"Brother Huzi, tell you, tomorrow we will get up early, and you will say that you will take me to the woods on the southern slope to pick wild meat mushrooms. When they departed, we sneaked along. ”
"If Uncle Zhilin finds out, he won't train me to death when he comes back! Uncle Zhilin has told me that my mission is mainly to take you to play. ”
"I can't notice it. Bangs said confidently, "Did you forget that I would fly with you?"
"But yesterday afternoon I saw it, take me, you are so tired, you are out of breath when you land. ”
Liu Haixin said that this was the first time I had taken someone to fly, and I lacked experience, and the second time was different, but he joked: "Brother Huzi, who told you to be as heavy as a stupid tiger!"
"How much do I weigh," said Huzi, "ah, you little guy laughs at me, see that I don't tickle you!"
As Huzi spoke, he reached out and scratched the armpit of the little bangs. Unexpectedly, bangs were not afraid of tickling, which made him very strange: "Xiaohai, you were most afraid of tickling before, why aren't you afraid of scratching now?"
Huzi often tickles and teases bangs, and bangs were indeed afraid of scratching before, but now, bangs are no longer the weak child before, and he is initially successful on the road of cultivation, so he is naturally not afraid of tickling, Huzi doesn't understand.
Liu Hai understood, and he said solemnly: "Brother Huzi, it's so decided." Tomorrow I'll take you to Uncle Zhilin and them. You have to keep it a secret!"
Huzi heard him say something solemn, and felt that these words were like the tone of a person in his twenties, which was unquestionable, and immediately nodded and said "Okay".
This night, Xiao Liuhai first slept under the quilt, and after he was more settled, he had to sit and practice alone.
Although the night in the mountains is quiet, Liu Hai can hear all kinds of voices clearly, and they come one after another:
Or like the call sign to work hard, or like whispering, when listening carefully, but smell the grass and insects chirping, or there is an ape crying in the hollow valley, and there is a tiger roaring in the breeze, occasionally listening to the dragon's chant, and the laughter of the night owl at first glance.
The bangs quickly settled, and the various voices outside his body were as if he had never heard them, so he just sat down and meditated until he subconsciously gradually realized that he wanted to know the East.
——When it was almost dawn, Liu Yigong and Wang Sanbao got up to cook, and half an hour later, they heard Wang Sanbao's voice say, "The meal is ready." Then someone said, "Call two dolls?"
"Don't shout, wait until they wake up and then ask them to eat. "This is the voice of the old man.
Next is the sound of everyone eating and the dishes and chopsticks clashing. Then it was the sound of Liu Zhilin getting up with the hunters and horses to pack up things.
Bangs was woken up by the old man when he got up, but he pretended to be asleep. People came outside the tents, ready to go. Liu Hai's head turned sharply, thinking about how to deal with the team today, and thinking about whether Huzi had woken up.
After the old man finished packing, he returned to the tent to see that his son was sleeping soundly, and went out with peace of mind. Bangs heard the movements of people outside making a small sound. The sound faded away. What should I do? If we wait for the brigade to go away, it will be difficult to keep up. Liu Hai immediately pretended to wake up with urine, and hurriedly walked out of the tent.
Liu Yigong and Wang Sanbao were cleaning the dishes and chopsticks, both smiling. Yigong said: "Xiaohai is awake!"
"I want to pee!"
"Go, go, go. ”
Liu Hai saw that the two of them had no doubts, so they immediately went to the back of the tent and turned around, entered the tent, and secretly woke up Huzi, and the two made the bed bulge, as if they were continuing to sleep with their heads covered, and then carefully slipped out of the tent and hid behind the tent.
Immediately, as soon as Liu Hai held the back of the tiger, he flew into the air and chased westward.
Liu Hai soon found out about his father and Liu Zhilin. Along the way, Liu Hai stepped on the forest sea, sometimes pedaling on the treetops to borrow strength, sometimes stopping, followed everyone over a mountain, came to the outside of a valley, and then saw everyone stop at the mouth of the valley-
Bangs knew that this was obviously the place where they had found the golden retriever.
I saw: Liu Zhilin and Lao Qi assigned people to guard, carefully checked the wolf's tracks, thought carefully, and then discussed the details.
Based on empirical arguments, they concluded that this was a small group of less than 10 and could be beaten. Soon, everyone was busy, digging traps, laying traps, making nest bows, and preparing to fight wolves.
After they were ready, everyone was divided into two groups, the old man took three people as a group to guard the valley mouth, Liu Zhilin brought nine people into the valley as a group, and all 14 people were assigned, each with its own duties.
Everyone didn't notice that Liu Hai and Huzi were following behind, and they didn't realize that danger was approaching.