The old man smiled and said, "Although it doesn't say on your forehead that you are an official, your demeanor and behavior show that you are."
"You have a majestic air, walk calmly and calmly, hold your hands behind your back, and speak with great momentum. What else?"
"what else?"
"Also, my skin is fair, unlike us farmers, who are exposed to the wind, rain, and sun. Their faces are dark and rough, and it's written all over their skin."
"Besides, people like us, who are running around for life and working hard for three meals a day, don't have time to stay here and wait for others."
The old man with gray hair and beard was talking eloquently. Yang Qide was stunned. The old man observed people so carefully.
He can tell a story about everything. He is really a person who has seen the scenes and has rich experience.
You are looking for the right person, a walking dictionary.
Yang Qide stopped the old man's chatter, "Brother, you are well-informed, I'm impressed. I believe these hunters all know each other, right?"
"Of course." The old man opened the chatter again, "I have lived for almost seventy years, and have experienced the Qing Dynasty, the Republic of China, and now, three dynasties. Is there a hunter I don't know in this mountain that is a hundred miles away?"
Yang Qide was secretly happy, maybe this is where the mystery of brother Xiao Zhou's life experience can be solved.
"Brother, I heard that there was a human-wolf war in this mountain a few months ago. In the end, the wild wolf died and the corpses were everywhere."
"This thing really happened. It was a killing in the dark. No, it was a killing in the dark that made a wild werewolf stand on his back."
The old man had been to the scene and was shocked.
No body of the wild wolf was seen at the scene. The scene had obviously been cleaned up, but the blood stains were still there. There are also several wild wolf corpses further away, which were killed while running, and the appearance of their deaths was hideous and terrifying.
This is definitely not done by ordinary people. The old man really doesn’t understand who did this? When did a mysterious force come and take the life of the wolf that made people laugh so hard? And they were hunting wild wolves?
"Brother, have you heard who did it?"
"This?" The old man hesitated, unable to explain why, but he also refused to admit that he was ignorant. Wouldn't that bring shame to his name as a "living dictionary"?
"This? I heard it was, and the untrue rumor was that it was..." The old man hesitated for a long time, stammering, but in the end he still couldn't tell the reason.
"Brother, I heard it was done by a hunter, a young hero."
"What?" The old man didn't believe his ears. How could there be such a person? How rare!
There are hunters in three counties within a hundred miles, old and young, and there are people I don't know?
Besides, how can one man annihilate these tall, tough, fearless, bloodthirsty and hungry wild wolves with his own strength? is it possible? Unless he is not a human, but a god.
I have lived here for almost seventy years, dealing with the mountains every day, but I have never seen God.
"Can you be more specific?" the old man asked.
"It is said that his surname is Zhou, he is in his twenties, and he uses a rifled gun. His marksmanship is like a god. He can penetrate Yang with a hundred steps and hit a hundred hits with every shot." Yang Qide described it.
"How did you get the news?"
"Brother, you are really right. I am really a clerk in a government agency. I have heard about this in the government. I don't know if it is right or not?"
"You officials also like to hear these rumors?"
"Just listen to it."
"Haha, I have learned a lot."
"Brother, what knowledge have you gained?"
The old man said: "What do you think, a person, majestic, single-handed, armed with an advanced rifled gun, and his marksmanship is like a god, killing wild werewolves in the dark, leaving corpses scattered all over the field?"
"Is this a human being? Or a god? Or is Zhao Zilong reborn? Even if Zhao Zilong is reborn, he may not be able to do it, right? As the saying goes, a tiger cannot defeat a pack of wolves."
"You believe this too?"
Yang Qide took over and said, "Brother, there is another version of what I said."
"What other version is there?" the old man asked.
"This version says that Xiao Zhou actually arrived at the scene later because a group of wild wolves attacked several people who were in danger. These people were city dwellers who went hunting in the mountains because they lost their way. I can’t go back for a while.”
"These people who were in danger all had shotguns. Facing the crazy attacks of wild wolves, they killed many wild wolves. But after they ran out of bullets, the remaining wild wolves surrounded them tightly, and a killing was impossible. avoid."
"Just when everything was in danger, Xiao Zhou appeared out of the sky, holding a rifled gun like a magic weapon descending from the sky. With a 'bang', half of the most ferocious wolf's head was shattered, and his brains burst. The rest were The wild wolves were so frightened that they fled in all directions.”
"This saves the lives of city dwellers who come to the mountains to hunt."
After listening to Yang Qide's words, the old man nodded, "If you put it this way, it makes more or less sense. It's not too outrageous."
"Brother, you are the local walking dictionary, the father-in-law of the land, your parents are short-lived, and you know everything. It can be said that you know everything about the situation here. Can you tell me, is what happened to Xiao Zhou true? Is there such a person?"
The old man pondered for a while and then said: "I really don't know the person you are talking about. It is rare for hunters here to have the surname Zhou. There is no one with this surname. Besides, the hunters in the mountains all hold earthen guns."
"Xiao Zhou is not a local, but have you ever seen outsiders hunting here?"
The old man scratched his head and fell into deep thought.
"When you said it, I remembered that there was such a person, around 20 years old, strong and powerful, and he was indeed holding a new rifled gun, which is similar to the Xiao Zhou you mentioned."
"That's right!" Yang Qide's heart jumped. Perhaps the answer to the mystery will be revealed from the old man's words.
But what the old man said next made Yang Qide disappointed.
"But he's not a hunter."
Yang Qide asked eagerly: "Why not? Who is holding a shotgun and not a hunter?"
"He comes and goes without a trace. It's quite mysterious."
"Brother, just because he comes and goes without a trace, and is so imaginative, do you conclude that he is not a hunter?"
"When I say this, there must be a reason for saying this."
"Brother, what's the reason?"
"According to other hunters, this man is secretive and only wanders around the mountains with a gun. It is rare to see him hunting any prey and he often comes back empty-handed."
"I've never seen him hit even a little rabbit."
Yang Qide was full of questions, "Then why is he here holding a shotgun? The shotgun is not used for hunting? Why?"
"Yeah, it makes people suspicious."
"There is something even more bizarre." The old man said.
"What could be more bizarre?"
"And I personally saw him carrying a shotgun into the mountains at night."
"Going into the mountains at night?" Yang Qide was surprised, isn't this right? Wouldn't it be at night when I was in danger? Xiao Zhou didn't fall from the sky, he actually wandered around the mountains.
What is he wandering around in the mountains for?
