Seeing this, Zhang Shaofei shouted loudly: "Stop!" At the same time, he rushed over at a sprint speed, 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 strong wind, passing a few inches from the tiger's head, and hit the bush over there, causing the leaves to fall rustlingly.
At this time, people in the villages on the mountain heard the tiger's shrill roar, and knew that the tiger had fallen into the trap set by the hunter and was coming from all directions.
The brave villagers approached with spears, hunting forks, bows and arrows and other equipment, while the timid ones stood at a distance to watch the fun.
When Zhong Hanqiang saw that he was about to shoot the tiger but was ruined by someone, he was filled with anger. When he looked back, he saw that the person coming was Zhang Shaofei. He stamped his foot on the ground and complained: "Ahem, Fei, I was about to shoot this tiger to death." , why do you want to hold up my bow and arrow? Do you still want to let this ferocious beast go?"
"Good! Good! Now that it has fallen into our hands, we understand that it will not be able to escape. Why should we rush to shoot it to death?!" Zhang Shaofei walked around the tiger, looking at the tiger from front to back and left to right. After watching for a while, there was a scab in the middle of the tiger's nose. Apparently, this was the scar left by Zhang Shaofei hitting the sika deer with a stone when he rescued it. After careful inspection, he saw that the bulging nipples on the tiger's abdomen were still tender red. He pointed at the tiger and said to Zhong Hanqiang, "Can you see clearly? This is a tigress. It seems that she is still breastfeeding."
Zhong Hanqiang said angrily: "You also know that this tiger bit my cattle last month and became a cripple. In recent years, it has eaten many goats from the villagers around us, killed many pigs, and injured many pigs. Bullshit. What a heinous crime!"
The villagers who came after hearing the news, many of whom had been harmed by tigers, felt the same way. They pointed their halberds 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! Skin it and cramp it!"
"In addition to eating its meat, we also use its bones to make soup!"
Angry voices rose one after another, one wave higher than the other. The originally silent forest became a battlefield to denounce the tiger.
A strong man thought about the two goats that had been killed by a tiger last month. He became angry and spat on the ground, "Bah!" He stabbed the tiger in the butt with a spear.
Zhang Shaofei rushed up, moved the spear to the other side with his hand, and said, "Wait a minute!"
Zhong Hanqiang stretched his right hand to his back, pulled out another sharp arrow from the quiver on his back, and put it on the bowstring.
Zhang Shaofei had quick hands and eyes. He stretched out his hand and snatched his arrow away, then stuffed it back into Zhong Hanqiang's quiver and said, "Don't be so impatient. Let's take a long-term view."
Zhong Hanqiang had a gloomy face and sighed: "Alas!"
Zhang Shaofei saw that the crowd was so turbulent, he stepped to the high pier over there, raised his arms, pressed them down again, and shouted loudly: "Everyone, be quiet! Be quiet!"
The noise suddenly subsided like the tide of the sea.
Zhong Hanqiang asked Zhang Shaofei in confusion: "Why did you stop us from killing this tiger? It must be noted that it ate a lot of livestock from our villagers, which is considered a heinous crime. Fortunately, it fell into our hands today. As the saying goes, evil will be punished. , Good deeds will be rewarded with good deeds. Today, a blood debt must be repaid with blood. If we don’t kill it, letting the tiger return to the mountain will cause endless troubles!"
"Yes, if you let the tiger return to the mountains, there will be endless troubles!" Everyone agreed with Zhong Hanqiang's opinion.
At this time, the tiger was exhausted after a long struggle. In addition, the tiger's right hind leg, which was tightly clamped by the trap, became more painful the more it struggled, and the more blood it shed. Therefore, the tiger that had struggled many times became more disciplined now. It no longer dared to twitch its tightly clamped right hind leg. It could only open its eyes and watch people's actions with a pitiful expression. A move.
This formerly majestic and arrogant "mountain king" suddenly turned into a weakling who was at the mercy of others. Although the tigress couldn't understand what people said, she could read a bit from their faces. Knowing that her death was coming, she actually shed tears of sadness.
Zhang Shaofei said loudly: "Let me ask everyone here, can those dead and eaten sheep and pigs be resurrected?"
Everyone: "This... this..."
The deceased is dead and cannot be reborn. Everyone knows this truth.
Seeing that everyone was speechless, Zhang Shaofei pointed at the tiger and continued: "Indeed, this tiger has done many evil things in the past. We can respond to evil with evil and violence with violence. Now we can easily kill it. But we Kill this tigress, and where are her offspring?”
"The descendant of this tiger?" Everyone was talking about it. 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 grazing in the mountains have been eaten. I hate this tigress so much that I have been following her secretly for a long time. I know, it The 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 her belly was bulging, but in the past few days, her belly has obviously become much deflated. It can be speculated that, There are still some newly born tiger cubs in the tiger's den."
"Ah, I see..." People started talking among themselves again.
Zhong Hanqiang pushed up his sleeves and said angrily: "After we kill this tigress, we will go to the end of the tiger pit and kill the tiger cubs as well."
Zhong Hanwei's face showed anger, and he made a gesture of cutting off his head with a knife, and said in a strong tone: "Yes, if we don't do it, we will not stop, and we will simply kill the offspring of this tigress as well!"
"We are really unwilling to kill this tiger!"
Zhong Hanqiang: "Yes! We are going to eradicate the roots!"
Others agreed: "In this way, we in Yunwu Mountain will be able to eliminate the tiger problem forever."
Zhang Shaofei waved his hands repeatedly: "You can't do this, you can't do it!"
Zhong Hanqiang: "Why?"
Zhang Shaofei analyzed: "People often say that a tiger is bullied by a dog when it falls. Now this tigress has been trapped by the prey on its hind legs. It is impossible for her to break free and escape. The power of life and death lies with us. In my opinion, even if this tigress and her cubs are killed together, it may not be able to eliminate the tiger problem here."
Zhong Hanqiang was puzzled: "No way?"
Zhang Shaofei continued: "Violence against violence will never end. When will the injustice be repaid? According to my inference, the male tiger that mated with this female tiger should live in a deep mountain not too far from our Yunwu Mountain. Even if we kill This female tiger and the male tiger will also come here to seek revenge, harass, and take crazy revenge. It should be noted that blessing and misfortune, good and evil can often change in just a thought."
"This..." When everyone heard Zhang Shaofei say this, they looked at each other, and a cold air suddenly rose from the bottom of their hearts.
After a while, Zhong Hanqiang finally regained his composure, 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 just heard you say that those tiger cubs still in the tiger den are still sucking milk. If this tigress is killed by us, the tiger cubs will have no ability to forage and will starve to death soon." of."
Zhong Hanwei: "Yes."
Zhang Shaofei said with regret, "If this is the case, then it will be three lives."
What Zhang Shaofei said did make sense, and people were whispering and discussing again.
Zhang Shaofei took a breath and continued: "In my opinion, now we might as well treat evil with kindness and repay evil with kindness."
Zhong Hanqiang: "What do you mean?"
Zhang Shaofei pointed to the desperate tiger and said, "We will find ways to influence it and turn it to our own use."
Zhong Hanqiang's eyes flashed with confusion, and he shook his head in disbelief: "The tiger's nature is to eat people. It is so ferocious, and it is incredible that we can change it."
Zhang Shaofei said loudly: "Nothing is difficult in the world, as long as there are people who are willing."
Some people commented: "It is indeed a wonder that a tiger can abandon evil and do good."
"There are many strange things in the world. You won't believe it until you see it. So it's not surprising that you have this opinion." After hearing everyone's discussion, Zhang Shaofei pointed to the tigress and said with confidence , "It should be noted that it is also an emotional creature. As long as we treat it sincerely and use strategies skillfully, it will also be gradually influenced and turn evil into good. Of course, this requires a process."
Zhong Hanqiang turned to Zhang Shaofei: "Then, what is the most urgent task, what should we do?"
Zhang Shaofei tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said, "Go to the tiger's den and bring those tiger cubs here."
Zhong Hanqiang: "What's the use of bringing those tiger cubs here?"
Zhang Shaofei was confident: "You will know it later."
Liang Futian vaguely understood Zhang Shaofei's intention and said, "A Fei must have something extraordinary. You are right to follow his instructions."
Zhong Hanqiang didn't have much contact with Zhang Shaofei, but he also knew that his understanding was extraordinary. He said to Zhong Hanwei: "Awei, you and Asheng 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, the newly born tiger cubs would have no resistance. It is not difficult to catch them here."
Zhang Shaofei urged Zhong Hanwei: "Then, go to the tiger's den at the end of the pit."
"Okay." Zhong Hanwei responded, pulling a strong villager beside him, "A Sheng, let's go together." After saying that, the two of them took big steps towards the end of the pit, and soon disappeared. In the wild grass over there.
Zhang Shaofei turned sideways and said to Liang Zhenhui: "Ah Hui, your hunting dog A Wang just gave birth to three paparazzi. You brought A Wang here too."
Liang Zhenhui scratched his head, not knowing why: "Brother Ah Fei, you asked me to bring Ah Wang here for what?"
Zhang Shaofei: "It's very useful. You will understand it later. Go back quickly."
