Not long after walking along the way, I saw Father Panma's son running towards me in a hurry.
Behind them were a group of young and middle-aged people, holding torches and various farm tools such as hoes and sickles in their hands. They looked anxious and went straight up the mountain without even saying hello as they passed by.
Wu Xiaoxie felt that the expressions of these people were wrong, so he asked Agui to stop one person and ask what was going on.
After asking, they found out that the father Panma they were looking for had an accident on the mountain. A hunter's son saw his blood-stained clothes on the mountain. They are now taking people to search the mountain to find him.
Agui became anxious upon hearing this and asked quickly, "Where did you find it?"
"In Buffalo Head Ditch."
After the man finished speaking, he followed the large army and left in a hurry.
Agui clapped his hands and said anxiously: "Oh, why is it so far away?"
He turned around and saw Zhang Shuxun and the other three beside him, and said hurriedly: "Three bosses, you go back first, I have to follow and help."
Zhang Zhuoxun and the other three looked at each other. Wu Xiaoxie frowned and said solemnly, "I think there might be something fishy about this matter."
"Come on, let's follow and have a look." Zhang Zhuo raised his chin as he rushed toward the crowd.
The younger brother looked calm, raised his feet and followed him first.
Agui saw that the three of them were also following him, and refused to agree at first. After some hard talking, Agui reluctantly agreed, but he told the three of them to follow him closely. The mountains at night are the most dangerous, and they must not get separated.
There were twenty or thirty people in the group, less than half of whom held shotguns in their hands, and a dozen strong hounds were leading the way.
After entering the buffalo head ditch, the hounds followed the smell of blood and led them to a tangle of trees. They kept hovering under the trees, their gleaming eyes always staring at the trees, and a warning and excited low sound emitted from their throats. Roar.
The person who first discovered the bloody clothes pointed to the tree branch above the hound's head and said, "Look, it's right there."
The experienced hunter found blood drops in the grass under the tree. He followed the blood stains on the trunk and found a tattered piece of bloody clothing in the darkness above.
He quickly asked someone to go up the tree and take off the bloody clothes, and found obvious signs of tearing on them.
Apparently, Father Panma encountered some kind of wild beast in the forest, so he climbed up a tree in desperation and left Xueyi behind to report the news.
Wu Xiaoxie asked Agui, "What ferocious beasts are there in your mountains?"
Agui's face turned ugly, "There were tigers in the mountains a long time ago, but now they are all extinct. With Panma's experience and skill, the only ones that can hurt him are probably leopards."
Wu Xiaoxie was shocked when he heard it. Leopards can climb trees. If it was really a leopard, maybe the old man Panma would have been led by a dog.
Zhang Zhuxun lightly sniffed the smell of blood in the air and frowned slightly, "Probably not. If it were really a leopard, the amount of bleeding would not be so small. Father Panma should still be alive. This should be a carnivore smaller than a leopard." Yes, let’s take the dog and look around here again.”
After searching around the bushes for a long time, no clues were found, so everyone discussed dividing the troops into several groups, and each group brought dogs to expand the search area.
These mountain dogs are quite tough. They have been hunting with their owners in the mountains since they were young. They have rich experience. They quickly smell the scent and run towards the target.
Zhang Zhu and his group followed closely behind and walked deeper into the long and narrow valley of Shui Niu Tougou.
In the second half of the night, the crescent moon hung on the treetops.
There are four dogs in their team. They are all big dogs with white background and black spots. They are probably from a litter. Anyway, they look very similar.
The four dogs led Zhang Zhuxun and the others to the bottom of a mudslide slope caused by rain. They all looked fiercely at a bush on the hillside and roared in a low voice.
Everyone was alert. Several hunters who had guns in their hands loaded their guns with bullets, gave each other a few secret signals, and then quietly surrounded them toward the trees on the halfway slope.
Zhang Zhuxun took advantage of their attention to the front and took out three half-arm-long double-edged daggers from the space. He gave them to Wu Xiaoxie and the younger brother, gestured to them to be careful, and then he also bowed his head. Move your waist forward.
Wu Xiaoxie was so nervous that he didn't dare to breathe. If the one who attacked Panma's father was really a leopard, the thing behind the grass would probably be terrible, and the culprit might be staring at them with greedy eyes in a corner.
Zhang Zhuoxun went to the front. A hunter saw his tender face and wanted to stop him. Zhang Zhuoxun had already used a knife to push away the grass. When he hit it with a flashlight, there was no body behind him, only an ugly black stone full of cracks.
Just as he was wondering, a hunter next to him suddenly felt something was wrong with the soil under his feet. Just as he was about to speak, his feet suddenly sank, and he fell instantly.
Zhang Shuxun quickly grabbed the back of his neck and lifted him up, pulling him out of the soil and shouting, "Run! This place is going to collapse."
The remaining people ran away immediately, retreated to the bottom of the hillside, and stopped not far away with the others.
Under the pale light of the flashlight, something seemed to be surging beneath the soil on the hillside in front of me. With the ugly stone as the center, the entire surrounding area sunk downwards. There was a roar and the ground shook violently.
When the flying dust dispersed, a deep pit with a diameter of more than two meters collapsed in front of them. The place where the person was standing had collapsed into it, and the ugly stone was standing upright on a piece of rotten wood. If you look closely, you can see that there is someone there. Unable to control his screams.
It turned out that the piece of rotten wood was not ordinary wood, but a simple and old coffin.
The coffin had become dilapidated over time, and the ugly stone fell and smashed the big end of the coffin to pieces. The black water inside leaked out, emitting waves of disgusting stench.
Everyone was stunned. The mountain people were superstitious and stayed away from the place. Agui also muttered that it was unlucky to see a coffin in the middle of the night and that he had to wash his eyes when he returned.
The younger brother jumped into the pit first, followed by Wu Xiaoxie, and the two of them circled around the coffin several times.
The little brother suddenly stretched out his hand and took out something from the gap sunk in the ugly stone.
Zhang Zhuxun stood by the pit and lit a light for them. The thing was a plastic bag, which was also stained with a lot of blood.
The plastic bag was empty, and it was obvious that the contents had been taken away long ago.
"Come up." Zhang Zhuxun reached out and pulled Wu Xiaoxie up.
The little brother also jumped up, showed the plastic bag to Zhang Shuxun, and said softly: "He took the stuff away."
Zhang Zhuoxun nodded, "It hasn't been long and the blood hasn't solidified yet. He must be nearby."
After speaking, he turned around and explained to Agui and the others, asking everyone to search carefully around here.
Those people were obviously still unconscious, with expressions of shock and confusion. Looking at these three people, they were clearly dressed like city dwellers. How could they be so bold that they dared to jump into the grave?
Agui whistled and called the dog back. After some discussion, they split into two teams, with the ancient tomb as the center. One team searched up the hillside, while Zhang Zhuxun and the others followed Agui and the other two hunters. Look down.
Not long after, the sound of dogs barking suddenly came from another group of people not far away. The hounds Zhang Zhu and the others were leading ran back after hearing the sound.
Then there was a shrill scream, and countless shadows flashed out of the darkness over there, making a mess.
Agui shouted over there, "What happened?"
No one answered him. In the shadows of the trees, only bursts of wailing could be heard. The grass shook wildly and quickly approached Zhang Zhuxun and the others like lightning.
Zhang Zhuxun waved his hand and handed Wu Xiaoxie a pistol, "Be careful, there is something in the grass."
Agui's face changed drastically and he yelled, "Let the dogs out!"
After a few whistles, the hounds roared and rushed forward, fighting with the dark shadows that were moving quickly through the grass.
Soon the painful screams of some kind of wild beast were heard in the grass, and Agui and the others also caught up with guns in hand. They all had hunting experience. They shouted something in the local dialect, and then followed the dog chasing the black shadow into the forest. go.
Several hounds brought by their team gathered together and quickly surrounded the prey. Those things must be quite big, and the hounds were unable to bite them for a while.
Agui and the others were well prepared. The things in the grass were very cunning. They were surrounded, but they did not flee in panic. Instead, they turned around and hibernated in the waist-high grass, so that Agui and the others did not dare to approach for a while.
The situation was deadlocked for a while.
When the flashlight flashed over, I could only see a few pairs of green eyes inside.
Zhang Zhuxun and his brother surrounded Wu Xiaoxie in the middle, quietly sensing the surrounding situation.
Suddenly, Zhang Zhuoxun's eyes sharpened, he raised his hand and waved it in one direction. A flash of silver light shot through the air and disappeared into the grass behind Agui and the others.
A shrill scream rang out in everyone's ears, and it sounded very much like the scream of a feline.
Upon hearing this voice, Agui and the others' expressions suddenly changed, "It's a lynx!"
Although lynxes are solitary animals, there are more than three surrounded by hounds at the moment, and they don't know how many more are hidden in the dark grass around them.
After that cry, strange ripples continued to appear in the surrounding grass, and something was crawling inside, constantly approaching them.
Agui and the others reacted immediately and whistled to call the dog back. They also gathered around and scanned the surroundings with guns in hand.
"Be careful, they are surrounding us!" Zhang Zhuxun reminded.
The little brother looked solemn and whispered: "Back towards the ancient tomb, there is too much grass here."
Several people retreated toward the hillside while being alert.
When it was approaching the hillside, the hound in front suddenly stopped, its back arched, its soft fur popped up, it bared its teeth as if to attack, and let out a low roar at the grass next to it.
The ripples in the grass stopped for a moment, then approached them at a faster speed.
"Let's go!"
Zhang Zhuxun pushed Wu Xiaoxie to climb the hillside as quickly as possible.
He turned around and pushed Agui and the others up. Because it had just rained, the soil under their feet was soft and could not bear the weight of so many people. He could only keep urging them to climb higher.
In the grass, the sound of dead branches and leaves being trampled was continuous and ubiquitous.
After Agui and the others climbed up, they quickly called Zhang Zhuxun and the younger brother to climb up as well.
"Brother, you go first!" Zhang Zhuxun urged.
The little brother shook his head and stared at one place.
"Run away, run away!"
Agui and the others stood at a high place and could see more clearly. They didn't know what they saw, so they suddenly shouted.
In an instant, several black shadows jumped out from the grass. They were as big as calves, with strong postures and light brown fur with patterns. At first glance, they thought they were tiger cubs or leopards, but their ferocious furry faces looked bigger than Tigers and leopards are more pointed, with larger ears. Two pieces of black hair stick out from the tips of the ears. They have striking eyes, white foreheads, and fierce eyes. They kill Zhang Zhuxun and the two of them in just one breath.
Zhang Zhuoxun swung his sword and slashed at the face of the animal in front of him.
The lynx was so frightened that it used its strong waist and abdominal strength to twist in the air and dodge the blow. The moment it landed, it kicked off its hind legs hard, jumped up and rushed towards Zhang Zhuxun's throat. This is the hunting habit of cats. means.
Zhang Shuxun turned his wrist and blocked its claws with a knife. At the same time, a similar double-edged short knife appeared out of thin air in his other hand. He thrust it upwards and hit the lynx's trachea under its throat. Then he raised his hand. With a flick, the one stuck on the knife flew out and hit the one that jumped up from behind.
On the other side, the little brother was standing on the slope. After getting rid of a lynx that wanted to climb up the slope, he was grabbing the other one's tail and pulling it down.
The sharp limbs of the lynx were deeply pierced into the soil, but because the soil was soft and there was no way to use it, the little brother grabbed him and dragged him down. He rushed forward and inserted the knife into the lynx's head.
The lynx was in pain and didn't care about protecting its soft belly. It turned over directly and scratched the little brother's body with its four claws.
The little brother rolled sideways, and when he stood up, he raised his legs and kicked out a smaller lynx that was rushing towards him.
The hunters on the slope were not idle either. They kept firing. Some lynxes were unlucky enough to receive several shots at the same time, leaving half of their bodies open.
Wu Xiaoxie had quick eyes and quick hands. When Zhang Zhuxun was concentrating on dealing with one of them, he raised his hand and shot the lynx behind him who was trying to sneak attack between the eyebrows. The lynx died on the spot.
There were more than a dozen lynx besieging them. After all the pioneers in the front died, those behind them became more and more alert.
Fortunately, this slope is far away from the trees, and lynxes are not good at close combat. Otherwise, once the lynx climbs into the trees and controls the air domain, it will be very difficult for them to deal with them.
The roaring sound of the lynx was terrifying, and it was extremely strange in this dim scene.
Zhang Zhuoxun shook his hand and threw several octagonal silver darts into the most volatile place in the grass. With a rumble and a few thunderous explosions, the grass was blasted into several strange large craters, as if a UFO suddenly descended and left behind strange marks.
Animals are naturally afraid of thunder. After a few loud noises, the lynx's offensive was obviously a little timid. It crawled in the grass and stared at the few people on the hillside with its green eyes. It was obvious that it did not want to give up the close proximity. Side of meat.
More and more rapid barking of dogs came from the distance, and Agui and the others showed joy on their faces. It was obvious that other groups of people searching the mountain had heard the noise and had already rushed over with the dogs.
The lynx's furry ears stood up and it bared its fangs, preparing to launch a final offensive. Tomb Robber: The last patriarch of my family is my younger brother
