Chapter 131 Some scary claw marks

"you"

Li Guoqiang was slightly stunned, and then he said unhappily: "Are you okay? How could you have such an idea?"

"You know, this time we're going into the mountains to hunt tigers. It's not a child's game. Someone could die at any moment!"

"Please don't joke with your life, okay?"

"I"

Shang Xiuzhen's breath caught slightly when she heard Li Guoqiang's impolite words. Then she stiffened her neck and said stubbornly, "I don't care. Anyway, I must participate in this anti-corruption operation."

"I must prove to them that I am no worse than you in any way."

"Forehead"

Li Guoqiang looked at Shang Xiuzhen's stubborn eyes and felt speechless. Then he couldn't help but asked with some doubt: "Well, can I ask who you want to prove it to?"

"Never mind that!"

An unnatural look flashed across Shang Xiuzhen's face, and then she said fiercely, "Just tell me whether you will help me or not?"

Seeing her like this, Li Guoqiang was about to refuse, but suddenly he remembered that Shang Xiuzhen had taken the position of educated youth group leader from him, and an epiphany suddenly came to his mind.

Perhaps, it is because his recent performance has been too outstanding, so some people question whether Shang Xiuzhen is qualified to be the leader of the educated youth group?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little funny in his heart, and then he whispered a suggestion.

"How about this! I can help you talk to Master Lu later, but I can't guarantee that he will agree."

"to make!"

Shang Xiuzhen's eyes lit up, and she nodded quickly and agreed, "As long as you are willing to speak for me!"

"Let's go then!"

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang didn't waste any more words with Shang Xiuzhen. He turned around and took her to the threshing ground.

After a while, they arrived at the threshing ground and found Xu Guanglu who was discussing arrangements for going into the mountains with the commune militia leader Ma Baoshan.

Xu Guanglu saw Shang Xiuzhen following behind Li Guoqiang, and frowned slightly. Without waiting for Li Guoqiang to speak, he asked in a deep voice: "Team Leader Shang, didn't I tell you not to participate in this operation?"

Hearing this, Shang Xiuzhen did not answer, but turned her head to look at Li Guoqiang with anticipation, as if she had placed all her hopes on Li Guoqiang.

Li Guoqiang did not refuse at this time. He immediately stepped forward and said, "Uncle Lu, Team Leader Shang said that she has learned how to shoot with Ma Hongying. I think we can give her a chance to serve the people."

"After all, we educated youth are also part of the production team. We can't let down Team Leader Shang's fiery heart, and we can't let everyone think that you are giving special treatment to the educated youth."

"Is that the truth?"

"This"

After hearing this, Xu Guanglu couldn't help but hesitate for a moment.

Originally, he was just worried that something might happen to Shang Xiuzhen, and in order to avoid trouble, he did not agree to let Shang Xiuzhen join the operation to hunt tigers in the mountains.

However, after hearing what Li Guoqiang said, he immediately realized that it was inappropriate to do so.

We are all from Jinshanbao. Why should others who don't want to go have to go into the mountains and risk their lives to hunt tigers, while Shang Xiuzhen wanted to go but was left in the village by him?
Wouldn't it be easy for people to misunderstand that he is favoring Shang Xiuzhen?
"Captain Xu, I promise to obey orders and follow instructions. Please allow me to participate in this anti-tiger operation."

Shang Xiuzhen was delighted when she saw that Xu Guanglu did not refuse immediately, and then she hurriedly walked forward and spoke.

"Fine!"

Xu Guanglu hesitated for a while, and finally nodded and agreed: "Then you will stay with Qiangzi and follow his instructions."

After saying this, he didn't care whether Shang Xiuzhen was willing or not, and immediately turned around to report the matter to Xu Guangfu, and asked someone to bring a long-barreled shotgun to Shang Xiuzhen.

Shang Xiuzhen glanced at Xu Guanglu's leaving back, then looked at Li Guoqiang who was smiling but saying nothing beside her. She felt a little depressed, and then secretly vowed to herself that she must perform well and let everyone know that she was no worse than Li Guoqiang.

Li Guoqiang didn't think so much. The main reason why he was willing to agree to speak for Shang Xiuzhen was because he wanted to repay Shang Xiuzhen for teaching him Xingyiquan.

Although he exchanged the position of team leader with Shang Xiuzhen, he knew that the value of a secret Xingyiquan must be far higher than the position of team leader.

In addition, he didn't want the villagers to think that Xu Guanglu favored the educated youth, which would cause the villagers to have complaints, so it was okay for him to speak up for them.

As for Shang Xiuzhen's safety, he felt that as long as he was there, he should be able to take good care of Shang Xiuzhen.

Soon, the team gathered and Shang Xiuzhen successfully received a long-barreled shotgun.

Li Guoqiang was delighted to see Shang Xiuzhen holding the gun with such a precious look on her face. He then gently warned her, "When we get into the mountains, you must not run around or shoot randomly, or I will ask Master Lu to send you back. Do you understand?"

"okay!"

Shang Xiuzhen rolled her eyes, then said impatiently, "I know the organizational discipline, there's no need for you to keep emphasizing it to me."

Got it!
This little girl is a bit of a hot pepper. She will choke people whenever something goes wrong. It’s better not to provoke her.

Li Guoqiang glanced at Shang Xiuzhen, then immediately turned around and started chatting with Xu Yuchang who was standing on the other side.

Shang Xiuzhen didn't care much about this. She continued to wipe the long-barreled shotgun in her hand with a look of love on her face. Her heart was full of anticipation, as if she had already seen the scene of her displaying her divine power and killing the two man-eating beasts.

Little did they know that this kind of long-barreled shotgun could not pose much threat to the tiger unless it was hit in the abdomen at close range.

In addition, the big tiger comes and goes as fast as the wind. If you miss it with one shot, it will be difficult to hit it again.

Therefore, the main force to go into the mountains to fight tigers this time still has to rely on the more than 30 militiamen armed with rifles from the commune.

After a while, after some speeches and encouragement, their team of more than 60 people, watched by the villagers, quickly moved towards the back mountain. Not long after, they arrived at the gathering point where they had gone into the mountains for winter fishing last time.

Immediately afterwards, under Ma Baoshan's arrangement, everyone was divided into three teams, each with more than 20 people, led by Ma Baoshan, Xu Guanglu and a militia company commander from a commune.

Li Guoqiang and Shang Xiuzhen were naturally assigned to the team led by Xu Guanglu.

Afterwards, they split into three directions and searched all the way towards the Fenghuangling Production Brigade.

Since the main purpose of going into the mountains this time was to hunt the two man-eating beasts, even if some prey such as elk and wild boar were seen along the way, they were not allowed to shoot and hunt, so as to avoid scaring away the two man-eating beasts.

I searched like this for most of the day, but in the end I didn't find even a hair of the insect.

In desperation, Xu Guanglu had to stop the team and find a relatively flat and open place to eat and rest.

"Hey, do you think those two big beasts are afraid of us and have secretly run away to some other place?"

Shang Xiuzhen sat on a rock, chewing cornmeal cakes, and asked in a depressed tone. Hearing this question, Li Guoqiang was about to answer, but was interrupted by Xu Yuchang who was sitting next to him drinking water.

"impossible!"

"I've heard from my dad before that big bugs won't give up their territory easily, and..."

At this point, he turned his head and looked around, then lowered his voice and continued mysteriously, "And I also heard that once a giant insect eats a human, it will open its spiritual wisdom and turn into a monster."

"So, I think those two big beasts must have been hiding secretly, waiting for us to relax and then find a chance to eat us."

Li Guoqiang: “.”

Shang Xiuzhen: “.”

"What? You don't believe it?"

When Xu Yuchang saw that Li Guoqiang and Shang Xiuzhen both looked speechless, he suddenly became anxious.

However, before he could continue to brag about his knowledge, Li Guoqiang hurriedly reached out and covered his mouth, then raised his chin towards Xu Guanglu who was walking towards him.

Seeing this, Xu Yuchang could only swallow his words back in disappointment.

Soon, Xu Guanglu walked up to the three of them, and first set his eyes on Shang Xiuzhen's pretty and lovely face, and finally on Li Guoqiang's handsome face.

"Qiangzi, come with me!"

"Oh!"

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang hurriedly nodded in agreement, then stood up and walked aside with Xu Guanglu under the curious gazes of Xu Yuchang and Shang Xiuzhen.

Xu Guanglu hesitated for a moment, then asked softly, "Qiangzi, which direction do you think we should search in next?"

Li Guoqiang: “???”

"fine!"

Seeing Li Guoqiang's puzzled look, Xu Guanglu quickly waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "Anyway, we are searching everywhere now, so just feel free to speak up."

After saying this, he looked at Li Guoqiang with some anticipation, obviously regarding Li Guoqiang as a guiding light.

The main reason why he acted like this was that he was influenced by Li Guoqiang's evil reputation. He felt that if he allowed Li Guoqiang to show him the way, he might be able to find those two man-eating beasts.

Seeing that Xu Guanglu had said so much, Li Guoqiang could only suppress the doubts in his heart, and then pointed to the place where Lai Fu and Ergou had the accident based on his intuition.

If those two man-eating insects really awakened their intelligence and chose to hide, then the most likely place for them to hide would be the place where they had eaten humans before.

It’s just like those murderers who like to go back to the crime scene to watch.

"Row!"

Upon seeing this, Xu Guanglu immediately nodded and said, "Then let's search over there later."

After saying that, he turned around and walked in front of the crowd, urging everyone to pack up and get ready to leave.

Xu Yuchang, Shang Xiuzhen and others hurriedly walked up to Li Guoqiang and asked him what Xu Guanglu had just said.

In response, Li Guoqiang just said a few words to deal with it, and then followed the team, searching for the traces of the tiger as they walked.

Not long after, they arrived at the pine forest where Li Guoqiang had rescued Guan Changsheng.

Just when Xu Yuchang couldn't help but brag in Li Guoqiang's ear about his theory of giant insects eating people and becoming spirits, a cry of surprise suddenly came from the team.

"Look, there are the footprints of a giant insect!"

Hearing this, everyone was slightly startled at first, and then hurriedly looked in the direction the man said.

Soon, they saw a row of tiger paw prints deeply sunken in the snow.

Xu Guanglu stretched out his hand and gestured on the claw mark. His expression suddenly became solemn, and then he hurriedly said in a deep voice: "If I am not mistaken, this beast should be at least 700 kilograms. It is a real tiger king!"

"So, everyone, please be alert and pay attention to the safety of your surroundings at all times. If you find anything unusual, shoot immediately."

When everyone heard the word Tiger King, they were all shocked. They quickly gripped their guns and looked around vigilantly.

Under normal circumstances, the weight of a big beast is at most about 500 kilograms, and those who can exceed this weight are all tiger kings selected from hundreds of thousands.

It is said that as a tiger king, one can form a tiger group.

Could it be that this tiger king ran away before and went to gather its subordinates?
Thinking of this, everyone's hearts suddenly rose to their throats, and some even had the urge to retreat.

Although they all have guns in their hands, you have to know that the maximum speed of the tiger can reach 20 meters per second, and the speed of the tiger king will be even faster.

That is to say, most of them only had one chance to shoot before the big bug pounced on them.

If this shot failed to kill the big tiger, then they would most likely be the ones to die.

Otherwise, Lai Fu, Er Gou and Daniu would not have ended up with such a miserable end.

"Let's go, follow the claw marks and catch up and see!"

Xu Guanglu stood up and stared at the line of claw marks for a while, and finally decided to lead the team to hunt down the tiger king.

When everyone heard his decision, even though they were a little worried and afraid, they had no choice but to follow Xu Guanglu.

After all, if they backed down now and let the man-eating tiger king run into their village, their families would be in danger.

In order to protect their families and to eliminate this huge hidden danger, they have no choice but to face it bravely.

Soon, they followed the claw marks all the way through a bush and into a rather hidden canyon.

At the end of this small canyon is a frozen stream, with steep slopes on both sides.

The line of claw marks eventually disappeared on the sunny hillside on the left.

It was obvious that the big beast either lived in a cave on the hillside, or it had already climbed over the hillside and its tracks were covered by the collapsed snow.

Xu Guanglu looked up at the snow-covered hillside and hesitated for a moment.

(End of this chapter)