HLnovel Chapter 121 Zhao Pao from Yingtun Comes Knocking
Chapter 121 Zhao Pao from Yingtun Comes Knocking
The tiger cub's body was stiff; it had been dead for quite some time. Its yellow body with dark brown stripes suggested it was a Siberian tiger cub.
Li Ju'an picked up the tiger cub and held it in his hand. It had no external injuries and was perfectly intact. He didn't know how the tiger cub had climbed such a high branch, but felines are incredibly good climbers, especially cubs, who are lightweight and more likely to run upwards when startled. So he guessed that after being spotted by Tiechui and his three slippery dogs, the tiger cub mustered up the high branch in one go, then faced the three hunting dogs across the tree, too frightened to come down, and then froze to death on the branch.
Lu Zhiqiang carefully took the tiger cub's carcass, gently stroking its fur. He grinned excitedly, revealing his teeth: "We're rich now. This tiger skin must be worth several hundred yuan. We can save up to buy a Type 54 pistol, and next time we go into the mountains, we can even wield a Type 54."
Sun Weimin was also eagerly waiting for the share distribution and money transfer. He wanted to save up more money to buy a bicycle and then take his wife for a ride, looking very proud of himself.
The two asked Li Ju'an what he wanted to buy. Li Ju'an thought for a moment and said, "Let's buy a box or two of face cream first. One box to make Mom happy."
Upon hearing this, the two were wide awake and immediately asked him who he planned to give the second box to, specifically Jiang Man. They exchanged a knowing smile, their eyes gleaming with anticipation. Everyone knew Jiang Man had already started a blind date with the truck driver; if Li Ju'an wasn't giving up, things would get interesting.
Li Ju'an laughed and scolded, "You should use this energy to think about how to shake off the Tiger King. If you ask me, we didn't kill the tiger cubs, but the cubs' bodies were in our hands when we sent them out. If the Tiger King catches up, he'll definitely come after us."
He was carrying a tiger cub in his hand. From head to tail, it was no more than half a meter long, with its tail taking up almost a third of the length. It was furry, with yellow fur and dark brown stripes. It weighed about ten pounds, and its fur was still soft, so soft that it would swirl when you blew on it.
Just as the three of them were about to descend the mountain with the tiger cub in their arms, a group of people came looking for them.
The leader was none other than Zhao Pao.
Zhao Pao and Li Ju'an had met once at the forest farm, but while Li Ju'an recognized Zhao Pao, Zhao Pao did not. The moment Zhao Pao saw his falcon, listlessly held in Li Ju'an's hand, his eyes turned bloodshot, and his blood pressure shot to his head. If it weren't for the large number of people on both sides, he had no doubt that Zhao Pao would have shot him dead.
"Damn it! You're shooting at our Eagle Village's falcons?"
Zhao Pao blew a whistle, and the eagle immediately let out a high-pitched cry, as if it had suffered a great humiliation.
Both sides held back, not firing their guns or loading bullets, but a fierce conflict still broke out.
Zhao Pao's group of four, mostly older men, were panting heavily after only throwing two punches, despite being wrapped in thick wolf-skin coats. Li Ju'an and his two young men, on the other hand, were full of youthful vigor and didn't hold back, charging forward in a fierce fight. It was a real, hard-fought brawl, with every punch landing squarely; even the old hunter under Zhao Pao had his teeth broken.
Da Hu led his hunting dogs and began tearing at the trouser legs of Zhao Pao and his three companions. Black Panther and Red Wolf, emboldened by their master's presence, swung their fists and punched the dogs until they bled. The two slippery dogs also went for the kill, pouncing on the four hunting dogs under Zhao Pao and tearing them apart.
Don't let the slippery dogs' seemingly weak legs fool you; they all have incredibly strong bites. Red Wolf is known for its ferocity. Whenever a lead dog or hunter is present, Red Wolf goes berserk, lunging at the throat of the hunting dog in Eagle Village, kicking forward with its forelegs, and violently shaking its head left and right. No one can stop it.
Before long, Zhao Pao's dog and his men were defeated.
Zhao Pao was punched in the nose by Li Ju'an, his nose was bent and bleeding, he was panting heavily, and one of his eyes was swollen and blackened. He shouted angrily, "Why did you shoot our falcon?"
Seeing that he was still unconvinced, Li Ju'an's blood rushed to his head, and he grabbed Zhao Pao by the collar and swung his fist hard again. The solid punch landed, and without a second thought, Zhao Pao spat out a mouthful of blood and a yellow tooth fell out. He roared back, "I haven't even come looking for you yet, and you have the nerve to come here and whine? Look at what you've done to my dog, you buffalo!"
Li Ju'an observed carefully and found that Zhao Pao and the three hunters all had injuries. The wolf-skin coats of the two older hunters were torn open, revealing bloody flesh. Those injuries were definitely not caused by their punches.
"What happened?"
Zhao Pao glared at him fiercely, took the falcon from his hand, examined its injuries, and then shouted, "Hand over the tiger cub!"
With that said, Li Ju'an and the other two could no longer agree.
The two sides then engaged in a fierce fight, each throwing punches.
After both sides had fought enough, their hunting dogs and men were both wounded. Li Ju'an and Zhao Pao were locked in a struggle in the snow, rolling and wrestling. Li Ju'an had always been the little tyrant in the village, and he didn't back down when he met the old hunter from Eagle Village. He pounced on the old hunter with his strong body and gave him a good beating.
He called the old dog with the spotted ears "Head Dog" to let Zhao Pao know how much he valued the spotted ears. After all, it was the head dog of the Wang family in Niubeitun, the famous spotted ears. He had only bought it a few days ago, how could it have suffered such a huge loss? Who could he complain to?
Zhao Pao, who worked as a specimen collector at the forest farm, also recognized Hua Er, the leader dog of Niubei Village. Seeing the cloth tied to Hua Er's back, with fresh, blood seeping out, he could imagine the torn skin and the mangled flesh. A chill ran through him, and his confidence waned considerably due to his guilty conscience.
Both sides calmed down, panting.
Zhao Pao demanded the tiger cubs from him. Li Ju'an refused to give them to him. Putting aside the fact that the tiger cubs had hung themselves on the tree branch, and considering that Iron Hammer, Red Wolf, and Black Panther were all guarding under the tree, it couldn't be said that Zhao Pao's eagles had driven the tiger cubs away.
The tiger cub's body had no external injuries, no signs of a struggle or fight, and its skin was intact. It didn't look like it had been picked up by a falcon with its talons and thrown up a tree.
Zhao Pao and the others were humiliated and filled with resentment. They glared at Li Ju'an and said, "We've made an enemy of each other. You'd better deal with it yourself."
Li Ju'an and the others were not afraid of him. Song Desheng swung his fishing rod to chase them away. Zhao Pao and the other four old hunters, who were injured and had been beaten up by the young man, endured their anger and led their falcons down the mountain, limping.
After Zhao Pao and his three companions had walked away, Song Desheng spat on the snow and cursed, "What the hell? I worked hard to earn a thousand yuan by chopping an axe, why should I give it to you?"
Zhao Pao was furious, and Li Ju'an was equally enraged.
Flower Ear suffered a great loss at the hands of the Eagle Village's falcons; both sides were injured, and neither offered an explanation. The next time they meet, they'll definitely be bitter enemies.