Chapter 124 Going up the mountain
The big spotted dog in Zhao Junhe’s family is a working dog. Last autumn, when he was following the village hunting team to protect the autumn, a black bear was killed. The big spotted dog was at the scene and also had a big meal of bear meat.

With practical experience, this big spotted dog is not too afraid of the blind bear.

After the dog barked for a few minutes, a blind bear came out from the fallen tree. The bear didn’t bother with the dog at all and rushed straight towards the man with the gun.

With the warning of the hunting dogs, Zhao Junhe and Zhao Yuanjie had already entered a state of combat readiness. When they saw the blind bear show up, the two brothers each shot the blind bear in the first round.

The blind bear, having been shot twice, fell to the ground without moving. The two dogs that had been brought up the mountain vented their excitement for going up the mountain by biting the bear’s body frantically.

If an experienced hunter had been present at this moment, he would definitely not mind the trouble and would have replaced the bullets and shot the bear in the head again. However, the brothers Zhao Junhe and Zhao Yuanjie had rarely dealt with bears and the battle was extremely quick and efficient, so they became careless for a moment.

Seeing that the bear was quiet after two shots and the dog had bitten it for a long time without any reaction, the two brothers relaxed their vigilance.

Here, Zhao Yuanjie happily took out a knife from his waist and prepared to cut open the blind bear’s belly and take out its gallbladder. He walked up to the bear and kicked its body but there was no response.

The next second, Zhao Yuanjie squatted down, aimed the knife at the bear’s neck.

As soon as the tip of the knife entered the flesh, the blind bear, who had fallen to the ground and was knocked unconscious by the gunshot, woke up from the pain and hugged Zhao Yuanjie in his arms almost as a conditioned reflex.

It was quite an angle. At this angle, Zhao Yuanjie’s neck was right within the attack range of the bear’s mouth. With just one bite, the exposed carotid artery was torn open by the bear’s sharp canine teeth. Blood spurted out and he died on the spot.

Zhao Junhe, who was only one body away from him, was a veteran after all, so he immediately stepped back and tried to pick up the gun that was stuck in the snow.

But because he was nervous, he didn’t hold the gun firmly in his hand, and the barrel of the gun stuck downwards into the snow.

It would have been fine if the gun had not been fired, but the gun had just been fired, and now the barrel was stuck in the snow and was alternating between hot and cold. The disadvantages of the hanging-barrel gun were revealed. Zhao Junhe knew that the gun could not be fired, otherwise it would most likely explode.

It sounds complicated, but the whole process actually takes less than five seconds.

After the blind bear bit Zhao Yuanjie to death, it immediately pounced on Zhao Junhe again.

Fortunately, Zhao Junhe had experience serving in the army, so he was able to remain calm at the critical moment. The moment the bear pounced on him, he swung the gun handle and hit the bear’s head.

The wooden handle of the hunting rifle couldn’t withstand such a great force and broke into two pieces on the spot, but it also blocked the attack for Zhao Junhe. Zhao Junhe reacted and dodged the bear’s attack by turning sideways, turned around and ran away.

At this time, the two hunting dogs at the scene went completely crazy when they saw that their owner was in danger of his life. They completely disregarded their own safety and went straight to bite the blind bear.

The blind bear weighed more than 300 kilograms, and had a hunting dog weighing dozens of kilograms hanging on each of its thighs. However, it seemed as if the two dogs were just toy figures weighing a few kilograms. The black bear’s movements were almost unhindered. After chasing in a straight line for three seconds, it finally knocked Zhao Junhe to the ground.

The bear pounced on the man, took out Zhao Junhe and stuffed him under his butt.

Zhao Junhe screamed in horror. The angry blind bear bit his arms when he moved, and bit his legs when he moved. After the man was completely motionless, it tore Zhao Junhe’s cotton jacket on the back to pieces as if to vent its anger, leaving behind large areas of horrific injuries from the scratches of the bear’s claws and the bites of his canine teeth.

As for the two hounds that were so crazy that they tried to save their master at all costs, they did not cause any substantial harm to the thick-skinned and tough blind bear. The bear ripped the spotted hounds open with a single paw, and their intestines spilled all over the floor.

Stimulated by the smell of blood, the angry blind bear hugged the dog’s body and gnawed it until the white stump of the spine was exposed.

The other big black dog was luckier. It was only hit by the blind bear and flew out into the snow pile, where it was stunned.

Within a ten-meter radius around the fallen tree, the ground was in a mess. A large amount of blood gave off a strong bloody smell, and all kinds of minced meat and dog’s internal organs were quickly frozen solid by the biting cold wind.

Half an hour later, the big black dog, who was stunned by the fall, recovered. After seeing the miserable state of his owner, he could not help but let out a cry of pain. Then he picked up a severed hand from the ground, held it in his mouth, turned around and ran all the way towards home.

This big black dog is definitely one of the smarter ones among the native hunting dogs. Forest Farm No. 19 is at least two hours’ walk away from Xing’an Village, but for the dog, it only took less than an hour to run back home.

When the dog returned home, it started howling before it even entered the door. I had never heard a dog bark like that before. Even people who didn’t know much about dogs would know something was wrong when they heard the howling and saw the blood all over the dog.

When the hostess Meng Wenqian saw the dog coming back with a severed hand in its mouth, covered in blood and wailing, she immediately knew that her husband had an accident while hunting a bear in the mountains, so she immediately went to the village office to find the brigade secretary Wang Jianguo.

These days, it happens every year that villagers are attacked by wild beasts when they go up the mountain. When something happens, they go to the village secretary to organize people to go up the mountain to rescue people, or they organize village hunters to kill the mountain animals that are hurting people.

When Wang Jianguo heard what Meng Wenqian said, he immediately shouted on the loudspeaker, asking all the hunters in the village who had guns to gather at the village office and go up the mountain to look for someone!
In the morning, they went to Muling River to catch a falcon. After releasing the big eagle, Yue Feng went home with Xiao Tao. At this moment, he was listening to the radio by the kang with the eagle on his head. When he heard the loud speaker of the village office recruiting people to go up the mountain, Yue Feng’s heart immediately skipped a beat.

In the previous life, also in the winter of 80, brothers Wang Xiaomin and Wang Junqiang took Zhao Yuanjie to the mountain. In the end, only Wang Xiaomin returned safely. Zhao Yuanjie was bitten to death by a bear, and Wang Junqiang was also seriously injured by a bear. His face was licked by a blind bear, and his scalp was peeled off by the bear. A handsome guy was completely disfigured.

In this life, because of Yue Feng’s sudden appearance, Wang Xiaomin and Wang Junqiang recently exchanged the information about the wild boar herd for a dividend and dragged home a big cannon egg. The two brothers got the taste of it and prepared to take a day off and find Yue Feng to invest with the information the next day.

Unexpectedly, the anxious Zhao Yuanjie did not get the location from Wang Xiaomin, but instead found another way to ask Wang Da Nao about the approximate location of the blind bear, and pulled his cousin Zhao Junhe up the mountain.

As a result, both of them were attacked by the bear pretending to be dead and lost their lives.

“Dad! The loudspeaker is shouting, Zhao Yuanjie and Zhao Junhe went up the mountain to hunt bears, and something seems to have happened! My uncle is calling the villagers with guns to gather at the village office!”

When Yue Feng heard the sound of the loud speaker, the memories in his heart slowly came back to him.

“I heard that, too. Take your gun, bring your dog, and go to the village office. If you go up the mountain, be sure to find someone to accompany you. Don’t go alone!”

Yue Lei stood up, took down the 56 and a half hanging on the wall, and solemnly reminded. The big yellow dog at home has been home for seven or eight days. During this period, Yue Feng was responsible for feeding the dog. The standard of dog food was quite high. The offal of the wild boars brought back was collected separately except for the wild boar stomach, which could be sold for money. The other parts were used to feed the dog. The base was cornmeal, and at least half a spoonful of bear oil was added to each meal.

At this moment, the fur of the three big dogs in the house became visibly brighter, and as for the four wolf-blood cubs who were well fed and well served every day, they had become visibly fatter.

Yue Feng could even tame an unruly eagle, not to mention the friendly relationship with the adult hunting dog. Over this period of time, he has completely familiarized himself with Dahuang.

If Yue Feng had not promised Chen Pao to help him train an eagle, he would have taken his dog to the mountain to show off long ago. Now, when he heard the loudspeaker saying that a blind bear from Bingtuozi had injured someone and that villagers with guns were asked to go up the mountain to look for the person, Yue Feng would be lying if he said he was not excited.

After tying his leggings, putting on his hunting bag and carrying his gun, Yue Feng took out three hemp ropes from the warehouse, tied up all three hunting dogs in his home with horse buckles, and then led them out of the house and headed straight for the village office.

After the village office shouted through the loudspeaker, all the villagers who had a musket came over with their guns on their backs.

The villages of this era still retain a sense of unity as a large group. There may be conflicts between villagers on weekdays, but when it comes to major issues, they will definitely be there.

At this moment, Wang Jianguo had also tied his leggings. There were two 56-and-a-half rifles in the village office, but no one could borrow them. Wang Jianguo carried one gun and temporarily gave the other gun to Zhao Hongbo, the experienced eldest son of Uncle Zhao.

“Zhao Yuanjie and Zhao Junhe took the dog up the mountain. Just now the dog came home with half of his hand in his mouth to report the situation! The situation is very serious. It is very likely that Yuanjie and Wenming are in danger!
I have already found out the general area. The black bear is roaming around Forest Farm No. 19. Our village hunter team, those without automatic weapons, should form groups of two and follow me up the mountain to look for people. The injured black bear is very aggressive, so everyone must pay attention to safety!”

Wang Jianguo briefly explained the situation and then left the village with the hunters.

The big black dog who was going home to report the news walked in the front, jogging for a while and then turning back after a while, fearing that the main group would not be able to keep up.

This kind of enlightened hunting dog is very smart. It knows to go home to report the news, and it also knows that the village committee is gathering villagers to rescue its master, so it leads everyone back and forth.

Yue Feng had a deep impression of the big black dog in Zhao Yuanjie’s house. Strictly speaking, it was not a proper hunting dog for hunting in large areas, because it had always been alone. When Zhao Yuanjie took the dog up the mountain, he usually would not let go of the dog’s leash in advance. The role of this dog was mainly to give early warnings and assist in tracking prey by chasing cold prey.

Yue Feng’s eyes lit up when he saw the dog leading the way back and forth. While walking, he also intentionally observed the dog’s condition.

At first glance, this black dog doesn’t seem to have any outstanding advantages, but compared with the three dogs he is holding, it seems that this black dog is not bad.

It weighs about 80-90 kilograms, with a big frame, but it is quite thin. Nowadays, there are very few dogs that are well-fed and shiny. Usually, we feed them potatoes and squash at home. Occasionally, we can eat some bran and corn grits, which is considered an improvement in life. Only when we go up the mountain and hunt prey, we can have the opportunity to eat meat.

A group of villagers followed the black dog leading the way and went into the mountains in a mighty procession. After walking for more than two hours, they successfully found the first crime scene.

Even though Yue Feng was used to bloody scenes, he almost vomited when he saw the first scene.

There was blood everywhere. Large areas of snow were dyed red with blood, and then quickly froze again. At a glance, the scattered and trampled snow was covered with bloodstains. The blood was lingering in the snow, appearing a pink hue.

A large amount of dog’s internal organs were scattered all over the ground. The entire abdominal cavity of the spotted dog was hollowed out, and the black bear had gnawed away only half of its head and a section of its spine with white stubble left.

Not to mention Zhao Yuanjie and Zhao Junhe who were not far away. Zhao Yuanjie’s neck was torn open, leaving only a little flesh and blood. His entire Adam’s apple and arteries were completely torn and had already frozen hard.

Zhao Junhe was not much stronger. His hip joints were twisted in a strange posture, his left hand was bitten off, and his legs and chest were covered with wounds from being bitten by the bear.

After Wang Jianguo found the person lying on the ground, he immediately went over to feel his breath.

The breathing was very weak, but there was still a breath.

“Weiming is still alive. Hurry up and cut some sticks to make a stretcher! Quickly! Don’t go back to the village. Go to the Red Star Forest Farm and ask them to take you there by car!”

Soon, the villagers got busy, selecting suitable wooden sticks and chopping them down, then removing their leggings and wrapping them into a makeshift stretcher, and lifting the person onto the stretcher. The four villagers with the best legs and feet carried the seriously injured person together and ran straight towards a location near Chaiji Road.

Seeing that the first scene had been found and the people had been found, the villagers carried the cold body of Zhao Yuanjie back, and Yue Feng followed silently behind with the dog.

It is already past four in the afternoon. The daylight is short in winter and it will be dark in the mountains in less than an hour. Yue Feng dare not show off.

Following the large group of villagers back to the village, Zhao Yuanjie, who was bitten to death by a bear, did not enter the village. Instead, according to custom, his body was left on the main road outside the village.

This is the rule of the village. All those who died unjustly in the mountains are not allowed to enter the village. The male members of the Zhao family clan were gathered by Old Uncle Zhao, and then everyone worked together to build a temporary shed for the body. Looking at her husband lying inside, Meng Wenqian and her twelve-year-old child cried heart-wrenchingly.

Losing one’s life while hunting in the mountains is not uncommon these days, and there are many people whose bodies are never even found intact.

Yue Feng and Zhao Yuanjie had no personal relationship, but they were both from the same village. When he left, he took out a one-yuan bill from his pocket and handed it to the person in charge of accounting in the mourning shed.

After doing all this, Yue Feng said hello to the villagers he knew, then went home with his dog and gun.

As soon as the dog reached the door, father Yue Lei and mother Meng Yulan came out from the house to greet him.

My son followed the village hunting team into the mountains to look for someone, and they were looking for the villager who had an accident while killing Bingtuozi. To be honest, this kind of thing is very risky, far more than carrying a gun in the mountains to shoot wild boars and roe deer.

That is to say, there are three dogs in the family, and Yue Feng is carrying 56 and a half dogs. Otherwise, when they heard the village office calling them, Yue Lei and Meng Yulan might have to think twice about whether to let their son go to find someone.

(End of this chapter)