【Chapter 329】Murder (2)(1/2)
After hearing what Adjutant Zhao said, several of us were confused for a moment, not knowing what kind of monster they had encountered.
If the thing that killed several soldiers was a wild beast, then in this military camp full of swords and guns, it must have fallen into a trap and met its end. But why couldn't it be found with so many soldiers dragging the net to investigate?
Moreover, what kind of beast has such excellent killing skills and smart brains that can dare to challenge soldiers with swords and guns with just a sharp mouth?
If that thing is some kind of evil spirit, it should use the method of confusing, scaring, and seizing people's souls instead of biting people's throats?
"Captain Hao, have you ever used booby traps?" Boss Liu asked.
"Of course I have, and I ordered a soldier to stand alone in front of the barracks, with several sharpshooters hidden around him. As long as that thing dares to appear, we will definitely be able to shoot it!" Captain Hao said, "The key is that it doesn't go up at all.
Which one should I take? That’s why I haven’t even seen a shadow of it, let alone trapping it!”
"This is really strange. That thing just bites the person's throat and then escapes quickly. It doesn't drink blood or eat meat. What is it doing?" Platoon Leader Huo said puzzledly, "And it's so smart that it doesn't want to be fooled.
, it’s really confusing!”
"There are also many good hunters in our regiment. They said that the wounds on the necks of the murdered soldiers were similar to those killed by a tiger or a wolf, very much like they were bitten off by sharp teeth!" Adjutant Zhao added.
"But whether it's a tiger or a wolf, it can't be so elusive. So many of you have searched and found nothing, and it only bites people but doesn't eat them. This is not in line with the habits of tigers and wolves!" said Brother Dasha!
, "Instead, it's a bit like I'm specifically trying to take revenge on you."
"Yes, that's why I'm asking for help from you guys!" Captain Hao said, "If they were really tigers, wolves, and ferocious beasts, why would we bother you to come? Our guns are not vegetarian either.
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"What Captain Hao means is that that thing might be some kind of evil spirit?" said Platoon Leader Huo.
"Except for that kind of thing, we can't think of anything that doesn't eat people but only hurts them. It's mysterious and comes and goes without a trace..." Captain Hao said.
That's right, it dared to break into the military camp alone and kill people without a trace. That thing was indeed no ordinary tiger beast.
"Well, it's possible!" Boss Liu said, "When Liu was in his hometown, he encountered something similar like this!"
"Oh? Battalion Commander Liu has encountered this kind of weird thing before! That's great. It seems that Hao has found the right doctor and the right person!" Hao said very excitedly, "Anyway, the little devil has also been here lately.
There is no sign of retaking Shannan Prefecture, so we asked a few brothers to help us solve this problem for us. Hao didn’t dare to say anything else, at least three good meals a day are enough!”
"Haha, okay, let's make a deal!" Mr. Liu said with a smile, "However, Liu can't guarantee that he will be able to solve the problem. He can only say that he will go all out and do his best. After all, that kind of thing is really powerful.
And it’s just similar to this, not necessarily the same thing!”
"Liu Battalion Commander, why don't you tell us about similar strange things that happened in your hometown back then, so that we can learn from them!" Adjutant Zhao said.
"Okay, brothers, let's have this last cup, eat right away, and listen to Battalion Commander Liu's detailed explanation while drinking tea!" Captain Hao was also very interested in Boss Liu's experience and wanted to listen carefully.
After we had had enough wine and food, each of us had a cup of fragrant tea and listened to Mr. Liu talk about the past events of the year:
This thing is indeed a bit bizarre to say, and you may not necessarily believe it, but it is indeed a strange thing that Liu personally experienced back then.
At that time, there were a lot of prey animals in our Northeast. In addition to the famous Siberian tigers and black blind men, there were countless jackals, foxes, rabbits, pheasants, roe deer, badgers, wild boars, red deer, etc.!
Of course, if there are more fish, there will be more fishermen, and if the prey is abundant, there will naturally be no shortage of hunters. Eight out of ten families in our village make a living by hunting, and the other two also support their families by selling animal skins and game. They are considered to be out-and-out hunters.
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Therefore, there are many good hunters in the village, and Uncle Gen and his three brothers are the most outstanding ones.
Normally, the village should be a very peaceful place where everyone has knives, guns, and hounds. But when I was twenty years old, a series of strange things happened in the village.
At first, a hunting dog in the village was bitten to death by something inexplicable, and many good hunting dogs were injured one after another.
Hounds are equal to the hands, eyes and partners of hunters, especially the hounds that have been with them for many years. Hunters regard them as important as their own children.
Those hounds that were bitten to death had their necks bitten off by something in one move. There was no trace of a struggle at all. Besides, except for the neck, other parts were unscathed and had not been eaten by anything.
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What makes people even more angry and horrified is that in the house where the hound died, people were bitten to death one after another, and their necks were also bitten!
At this time, all the hunters in the hoard stopped going out, determined to get rid of that harmful thing.
However, if you want to get rid of it, you must at least know what it is first, right? Not only knowing yourself and the enemy, you must know whether it is a tiger or a wolf.
However, even the most experienced old hunter in the village was not sure what it was that was so powerful and strange.
Because although the hounds in the village are not very powerful and cannot fight against giant pythons, they can at least protect themselves. With their keen sense of smell and speed, they will never be hunted by any wild beasts without the ability to fight back.
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As for the few people who were bitten to death, they were all young and strong and good hunters. They were all capable of hunting tigers and wolves. How could they have their necks bitten off by wild beasts?
What's more important is that there is no shortage of prey for ferocious beasts in the barren mountains and ridges around the villages. No matter what kind of beast, they will not easily venture into the villages unless they are extremely hungry and have no prey to hunt.
Moreover, if the guy who killed the hound was some nearby wild beast, why didn't it eat the hound it killed?
No matter what, that thing caused public outrage in our village, and everyone wanted to kill it to avenge their pet dogs or relatives.
So everyone divided into several groups and searched the village carefully inside and out, but no wild animals were found.
Although we found no clues about that thing, the hounds in the village were still being bitten to death from time to time.
In desperation, the respected old man arranged for the hunters to be divided into day and night shifts, and decided to keep quiet and hide in the dark to shoot it.
What was unexpected was that we divided ourselves into several groups to guard various parts of the village for several nights in a row. We stayed up until our eyes were red, but we didn't even see a hair.
That thing was really a ghost and a clever one. When we guarded it day and night, the village was safe and sound. A few days later, when everyone thought it had gone away and relaxed, it actually made a sneak attack again.
Slowly everyone realized that it seemed that the thing that harmed us was not an ordinary ferocious beast. In addition to its extraordinary hunting skills, it also had a very smart brain.
Because Uncle Gen and I have competed with Lang and experienced its cunning and cruelty, we believe that the things that harm us are most likely a conspiracy between Lang and Lang.
Some hunters also question our view, saying that no matter how clever a ghost is, it can come up with countless strange ideas, but the key is that wild wolves do not have the hunting ability!
Another point is that there are no wolf fur, wolf dung or any other things related to wolves in the village, so there is really no way to prove that those things were done in embarrassment.
Just when we were arguing about what that thing was and were unsure about it, a young hunter from the village who had returned late had his throat bitten by something similarly and died not far from home.
Several respected elderly people in the village were so angry that their beards stood straight up. They said that this was really a great shame and humiliation for our village. If this happened in a farming and business place, it would be justified. After all, they had no shotgun and no experience.
And any adult randomly pulled out of our village is basically familiar with hunting. When such strange things are spread, it really makes people laugh...
But everyone is anxious and angry, but we can't find an opponent and can't use our strength. If it was really a Siberian tiger, a black blind man, or a king of armor, we would have disemboweled it and cut it into thousands of pieces.
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That kind of strange incident has been dragging on for more than ten days, and everyone in the village is on fire and is helpless. They can only see that many good hunting dogs and familiar faces are missing from the village, but there is nothing they can do.
Uncle Gen sighed and discussed with us, saying that he had been hunting for most of his life and could not think of any beasts that were so powerful. Even the wolf king, tiger king, and armored king, the hounds should be able to go up to two with them.
How could he die in battle after losing a single move, or escape with his life?
Everyone couldn't figure out what could be so mysterious, and there was no way to solve this problem, so the old men, wives, and old ladies in the village began to burn incense and worship Buddha to pray for God's blessing.
Slowly, rumors spread from the mouths of the old people, saying that the monster was not an ordinary beast at all, but that we people hunted and killed too much and angered the ancestral gods of the wild animals, so we went into the villages and killed them.
Hounds and hunters, as a warning...
This statement spread quickly because if it wasn't some kind of fairy or fairy, it really wouldn't have that ability.
But our ancestors have made a living by hunting for generations. First, we don’t know how to farm, and second, we don’t know how to do business. We can’t become bandits and rob our homes, right?
Since ancient times, we have relied on mountains to eat and water to drink. There are hundreds of people in our village, old and young, all relying on hunting to support our families. It is impossible to change careers randomly for something that is invisible.
Besides, our ancestors made a living by fishing and hunting, and they have never heard of the resentment of heaven and the wrath of gods. Can we not plant crops if we are afraid of the cries of mole crickets...
Although it is impossible for all the young and old men in the village to change careers, it is even more impossible not to deal with such strange things. After all, it not only threatens the safety of hounds, but sometimes even sneak attacks and harms people.
Ordinary people, when they encounter strange monsters that they cannot solve or understand, their last resort is to ask gods and ghosts for divination. This is also a thousands-year-old tradition.
So later, some old people came forward and found a very famous wizard, asking him to tell us what taboos the people in this village had committed, which immortals they had offended, and how they could cause such a bloody disaster.
The wizard worked for a long time and actually said that the people in our village were guilty of evil spirits, that it was evil spirits that were causing trouble, and that they were very difficult to deal with...
To be honest, if the wizard hadn't been quite famous in our local area and was so old, some young people would have kicked him away on the spot ------- This is not pure
Is this fucking nonsense! What kind of evil spirit can bite people's necks off and kill several large hounds? And it also says it's difficult to deal with. It's obviously just trying to get us to spend more money.
Although we did not drive him away rudely, the contemptuous expression and sarcastic words still made the wizard very unhappy, so he did not take the red envelope given to him, but turned around and left, leaving behind
In a word, when we really want to solve the problem, we should ask him...
From then on, every house in the village opened its doors only at three o'clock in the morning and closed when it was not dark. This made people panic, thinking that they had really caused some kind of bloody disaster, a huge disaster!
Later, many good hunting dogs died in the village, and we, a group of young hunters, really couldn't solve the problem, so we had to do what the old people wanted--that is, ask the wizard again to solve it.
The second time, everyone was respectful to the wizard and asked him to tell him what exactly was harming our village and how to eradicate it?
The wizard said that although he could not get rid of the thing that was causing harm to us, he could provide us with suggestions and advice, and everyone worked together to destroy the thing that was causing harm to us.
Naturally, we asked him again and again, what kind of monster is causing such harm to us? What methods can be used to get rid of it?
The wizard closed his eyes for a moment and told us that the evil spirit that harmed us was tall, thick, bald, with one eye, and had a scar several inches long on his forehead...
When everyone heard what the wizard said, they all shouted in unison. It turned out to be the "white-eyed wolf" who was causing trouble and harming people.
The white-eyed wolf used to be a wandering orphan. Later he passed by our village and saw every family hunting and had plenty of meat, so he stayed there.
That guy had thick arms and legs, strong bones and muscles, and was a good candidate for martial arts training. The old master in the village took a quick look at him and made him a closed disciple, preparing to teach him some kung fu fighting skills.
It's a pity that although the guy was born with brute strength, he was a second-rate lazy guy. He was good at eating and drinking, but he didn't want to do anything serious. He followed the old tricks in the village and learned them for a short time. Then he said he couldn't stand the severity of the master and ran away secretly.
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To be continued...