Ghost Blowing Lantern II - Chapter 10 Chop the palms and remove the gallbladder (Part 1)

The dead thousand-year-old tree looks very strange. The reason is that the tree is not in harmony with the surrounding environment. Although it is not the middle of winter, the early snowfall has turned the entire forest into a silvery world. Only there was no snow near this big tree, and the hole in the tree was filled with precious matsutake mushrooms and various jams. When I first saw the big hole in the trunk, I thought it was a bear cave, but it was closer. , didn’t smell the fishy smell, and couldn’t help but become suspicious.

I was about to ask the swallow why there was no snow near the dead tree cave. The swallow saw that I wanted to talk and waved to me quickly: “Keep your voice down, this is a bear cave. Although humans and bears are stupid, they are good at building nests, unlike bears.” Generally, the dens of blind bears are very smelly and damp.” Because it is hot inside the bear cave, there is no snow around the old trees. There is a circle of dead tree holes without snow around, and there are so many matsutake mushrooms piled up. This seems certain. It’s a bear den. Seeing that Yanzi had figured out the location of the bear cave, I didn’t dare to say anything. I gestured to a nearby grass nest, and the three of them quietly sneaked over and started preparing for the bear hunt.

Hunting a killer bear in the mountains is the most dangerous thing. It requires the courage and courage to face the killer bear directly. Hunters usually dare not touch the bear, not because they are not brave enough, but because they rely on the mountains to eat the mountains. Hunting is completely In order to survive, you can make a living by trapping foxes and shooting rabbits, so why bother doing those activities that risk your life and survive? It is really not worth taking risks.

Now we are going to take the risk of hunting bears. The method has been discussed. It is based on the old method passed down by the ancestors of the hunters in the mountains. The hunters have to name the various hunting skills with the word “set”, including fox hunting and yellow leather trapping. “Skin wontons” are called “mixed wonton sets”; hunting bears with sticky bean bags is called “sticky set”. Although the snow has not disappeared, the climate in the mountains is not too cold. The large quantities of yellow rice flour and sticky bean buns we carried into the mountains were tightly wrapped in warm dog skin mattresses and did not freeze, which saved some unnecessary Trouble.

I took out a few sleeves made of birch wood and handed them to the fat man, and said to him: “Comrade Wang Kaixuan, the time has come for you to be tested in the organization. You go ahead.” The fat man quickly declined: “In fact, looking at your various positions, Based on your performance in the historical period and your own objective conditions, you are more suitable than me to complete this arduous and glorious task. I think you should go ahead, Lao Hu, and I will cover you from behind.”

Yanzi said: “Stop arguing, one person can’t do this job alone. The fat man is thick and strong, so he is suitable for use as bait. He has a steady beard and a steady hand. I will take the ax and look for an opportunity by the tree hole to attack. Remember the thousand things.” Don’t panic, and you must not be soft when you attack, you must be careful to death, if the momentum is not right, we will run away, and we must not stand straight when running for our lives…”

We were in a grass nest far away from the bear cave, discussing how to do something. But when we were halfway talking, I felt the red pine behind me shake violently. I quickly turned around to look. Deep in the mountains and old forests, there was nothing but grass around. There was nothing else but the tree, but the tree was indeed shaking slightly. Was it an earthquake? Just as I was thinking about it, I saw the big red pine trembling violently again, and the needles and snow hanging on the branches fell one after another, as if there was something huge on the tree ready to move.

I looked up and saw something amazing. It turned out that a huge long-haired human bear was lying on the red pine. It lowered its head and looked at us with its blood-red eyes. It had red eyes and long arms. , and sharp claws all indicate its identity. This is the most terrifying “killer bear” among human bears. Mountain people say that after a human bear eats human brains, its eyes will turn red, and then it will not want to eat anything. , the man-bear wants to eat human flesh all day long. In fact, the man-bear with red eyes has become more violent and cruel than usual due to the abnormal weather.

The human bear was holding its arms tightly on the tree trunk at the top of the tree. The red pine trees hugged by several people were trembling under the weight of the bear’s body. The human bear probably wanted to slip down the tree directly, but the human bears in the mountains knew how to climb up the tree. I don’t know where to go. It can only climb up trees but not down. It can only let go and fall down directly. It usually climbs to the treetop and then falls off the tree, over and over again. This is its usual entertainment. You can also practice its brute strength and polish its thick skin.

We were stunned by this situation. We were just paying attention to the movements in the dead tree bear cave. We never thought that although it snowed in the mountains, the season was out of order and the man-bear had not been wintering in the cave day and night. And the man-bear suddenly discovered There was someone under the tree who was eager to eat his brains. In his hurry, he seemed to have forgotten how to get off the tree, and kept hanging on the trunk of the tree.

Although the red pine was thick, it couldn’t withstand the torment of the man and the bear. After shaking for a few times, it broke apart with a “crack” sound. At this time, the three of us recovered from the shock and hurriedly dispersed. After dodging, the man-bear was wrapped in pine branches and fell heavily to the ground. The snow on the ground was stirred up into a white mist. Although the man-bear had rough skin and thick flesh, as soon as it fell from the tree, it was caught by the pine branches. Even the scratches and pricks were painful, and the roaring sound shook the pine forest.

We wore very thick clothes and moved very cumbersomely. We rolled down to avoid the broken pine trees, and the equipment for bear hunting was scattered all over the floor. The man-bear was born with a fierce nature, and he could not fall from a high place while holding the red pine branches. Injured, he stood up and pounced on the fat man closest to him.

The fat man was completely unprepared and was the first to face the murderous giant bear. His usual fearless spirit of “thinking about five continents and looking at the whole world” was not even left at this time. He was rolling and crawling in the snow just thinking about it. He ran away, panicked, and fell onto the snow again before taking a single step.

When he got up again, the man-bear had already rushed in front of him. With a swipe of his paw, the cotton-padded jacket behind the fat man blossomed. Fortunately, in his panic, he still remembered the art of hunting bears and casually grabbed the birch wood sleeve that fell beside him. But as soon as he turned around, he was immediately held down by the bear. After the bear pounced on the person, it immediately narrowed its eyes with joy. The next action it habitually made was to lick the person’s head with its tongue full of barbs. Absorb the brain blood of living people.

Some hunters say that the man-bear does this not because he is greedy for human blood and human brains, but because he thinks why do humans look so good-looking? The skin was smooth and fleshy, so I stretched out my tongue to lick it with a smile. No matter what its motive was, a living person would definitely return to his place after being licked by it. Seeing that the fat man was in danger, I grabbed the hunting fork on the ground and planned to rush towards it. Go up and save people.

At this time, the swallow also climbed up from the snow. Seeing the man-bear wrapping up the fat man, he quickly shouted to remind him: “Use the birch sleeve to escape!” The fat man was hugged by the man-bear, and the pain was so painful that his bones almost broke. Seeing the human bear squinting its eyes and opening its mouth, he licked it with his tongue. He was almost killed by the fishy smell in its mouth, but he also knew very well that at the moment of life and death, he couldn’t care less about the smell and pain, so he quickly put the birch wood sleeve on it. The tube was placed between his head and the Man-Bear’s tongue. The Man-Bear’s hot big tongue immediately licked the wooden tube, and a large piece of bark was immediately taken down by its tongue. The fat man passed it along and licked the entire birch tree. The sleeves were stuffed into the arms of the man-bear, and he took the opportunity to get out.