I saw that the 56 semi-automatic rifle that I had placed beside me before going to bed was hung above the campfire, on the shelf on the side where the iron pot was originally placed.

The original bayonet that was normally installed on the latch under the muzzle is now missing.

The bayonet of the 56 semi-automatic rifle is a very classic triangular bayonet. In non-war scenarios, this thing is mostly folded under the barrel and rarely used, unless it is used to hunt in the mountains and execute seriously injured and dying prey, then it can be used as a makeshift weapon.

The gun next to Qiao Muzhou is a new gun that he got last year. He uses and maintains it very carefully on a daily basis, and rarely takes off the bayonet.

Could it be that someone had just picked it up yesterday and forgot to put it back? Qiao Muzhou reached out and took down the gun that had been moved. With a slight thought in his mind, he turned his head and looked at the other guns in the leather bag.

Seeing this, my heart skipped a beat and all sleepiness disappeared instantly, I became completely awake.

Five people and five guns were all hung on small branches and other places that supported the internal frame of the leather nest, and the bayonets were missing.

“Don’t sleep! Wake up! Xiaofei, Master, Master Xi, don’t sleep!!”

Qiao Muzhou was a little panicked at the moment. He was nervous and fearful, and a feeling of powerlessness arose from the bottom of his heart.

“What’s wrong? What’s wrong, Third Brother!!”

“Third Master, what’s the matter?”

Several people heard the loud call and woke up rubbing their eyes.

“He’s still fucking sleeping! Look at the guy eating his meal! Where’s the bayonet on the gun barrel?”

After Qiao Muzhou’s reminder, everyone looked at the bayonets of their rifles.

There was no trace of the bayonet.

One person’s bayonet was lost, it might be an accident, but there were five people in a group, and when they woke up from a nap, all their bayonets were missing. It must be that someone took advantage of everyone’s sleep last night and broke into the group and took away the bayonets.

At this point, Xiao Fei, who was so proud yesterday, just blinked and kept silent.

Someone was able to take off his own bayonet and take his life quietly in the middle of the night. Now he is still alive. It can only be said that the person who did this held back and taking off the bayonet was a warning act.

Master Xi looked very unhappy after being woken up. He rubbed his eyes, stood up and looked around the furnishings in the leather house. Then he went out of the house and walked around the outside of the leather house.

When he saw the footprints left by Wu Keji outside the hut, he shook his head and went back into the hut.

“No need to look for it. Someone broke into our hideout last night and the bayonet was taken away! There are footprints outside the hideout!” Master Xi said in an affirmative tone.

“Could it be…” Qiao Muzhou said, looking into Master Xi’s eyes.

Master Xi nodded: “Nine out of ten! Wu Keji has been famous for a long time, he is a real master with skills.

Now everyone should be thankful that we didn’t fight him yesterday afternoon, otherwise, we would have lost more than just the bayonet that night!”

“That’s not right. Why did he take off our bayonets? Didn’t we go down the mountain after discussing with them yesterday?”

Master Xi thought about it and scratched his head. In his opinion, Wu Keji was a senior who followed the rules and should not take action after making concessions here.

Master Zou also sighed: “You fell asleep last night, Xiao Fei was angry and wanted to seek revenge, but was persuaded by me and Master San!

Was it possible that Wu Keji was eavesdropping outside at that time? “

After Master Zou said this, Master Xi’s face turned pale and looked extremely ugly.

“Mr. Qiao San, let’s end your commission here! I don’t want the remaining balance!!”

“Master Xi, what are you doing? We are not going! There are still more than 100 kilometers of mountain road down the mountain. Are you going to leave us on the mountain?”

Qiao Muzhou was a little upset when he saw that Master Xi was really angry.

“Your people don’t follow the rules! I’m afraid of this money. I have the life to earn it, but not the life to spend it!”

Qiao Muzhou waved his hands repeatedly: “How could that be possible? It’s not possible!
Master Wu has been famous for a long time, we certainly don’t dare to provoke him. This time we go into the mountains, we should just go out to hunt and have fun. We will never mention looking for another place to hunt again. Do you think so?”

After much persuasion, Master Xi’s expression finally softened a little and he no longer insisted on leaving immediately.

Wang Yufei knew that this was most likely a warning from his “madness” yesterday, so he stopped showing off and lowered his head, wishing he could tuck it into his crotch, like a quail without a tail.

After all this trouble, the five men and their five rifles were all without bayonets. They had a quick breakfast and then followed Master Xi down the mountain.

Originally, Qiao Muzhou had some small ideas, to pull up the people in the team below to make a surprise attack, but after being frightened by the incident of throwing the bayonet, he no longer dared to think of stroking the tiger’s whiskers.

……

On the other side, the six members of the Yuefeng Hunting Team woke up from their sleep before seven o’clock in the morning.

Last night, Yue Feng waited until almost two o’clock, but Uncle Wu didn’t come back. He was so sleepy that he dozed off and fell asleep.

When he woke up, Uncle Wu was lying on the bearskin mattress, looking as if he had done nothing.

“Uncle, where did you go last night? I went to bed at around 2 o’clock, and you haven’t come back yet!” Yue Feng asked curiously.

Wu Keji pursed his lips and smiled slightly: “I did some small things when I went down the mountain. Here, I’ll give you some toys!”

As soon as he finished speaking, five spear bayonets were thrown at the feet of the crowd.

The quality and appearance are very good, and you can tell at first glance that they are authentic and original.

“Original 56 semi-automatic bayonet, where did this come from?”

Wang Chao was most sensitive to firearms. He picked up the bayonet and took a look at it and immediately determined that it was an original product.

“Hehe, I picked it up when I was out for a walk!” Uncle Wu didn’t tell the truth and just laughed it off.

However, everyone in the Yuefeng Hunting Team is smart. Even if they couldn’t react at the time, they would definitely know what happened after thinking about it afterwards.

The original bayonet is sold and circulated together with the gun, and there is no such thing as a separate configuration. Who has five Type 56 and a half guns?
Even in the wilderness, one could tell with one’s heels that the gun was most likely from Qiao Muzhou’s group.

Yue Feng didn’t worry too much about taking out the bayonets. If Uncle Wu really did something “big”, no one would see these bayonets, and it would be impossible for him to give them to everyone for fun.

“Master, we searched until past midnight last night, but we still didn’t see any trace of the Moon Gazing Frog! What should we do tonight?”

Yue Feng changed the subject and asked about another matter.

Wu Keji said calmly, as if he meant something: “I counted on my fingers last night, and based on the number you gave me, the final result pointed to false, which means there is a high probability that there will be no result!
After dark tonight, let’s go look for it again!

This kind of thing depends on chance. If it’s not destined for you, don’t force it! Just do your best!”

Hearing this, Yue Feng scratched his head and was a little speechless. It turned out that Uncle Wu had guessed last night that there was a high probability that it would not be found.

“What about during the day? What are we going to do today? Is it that the Moon-Gazing Frog hasn’t come out, or maybe it has come out but we didn’t see it? Should we go for a walk during the day, just in case we find anything?” Yue Feng continued to ask.

It would be very frustrating to go through so much trouble to get to the Holy Maiden Lake and then come back with nothing.

“Do we have enough battery reserves? If so, we can work all night long!!” Wu Keji glared and said through gritted teeth.

Yue Feng replied: “We definitely have enough batteries. We prepared a lot before we came here! But it’s too cold at night. We can’t stand it if we keep doing it all night long!”
The north wind was like a knife. I almost froze myself after walking half way around and turning back! “

“A living person can’t be killed by holding his urine! Hurry up and eat. Once you’re full, go collect wood. One in the south and one in the north. Make two big piles of wood. When it gets dark, light a bonfire. When it gets cold, warm yourself by the fire. When you’re warm, continue searching!

Collect firewood in the morning and take a nap in the cellar in the afternoon. That’s it!”

It’s true that Uncle Wu’s advice is very targeted. It’s cold outside, but if you prepare firewood and make a good fire, you won’t feel cold by roasting the fire.

“Okay, I’ll follow your instructions! Everyone, hurry up and eat, and then get back to work!!”

Just like that, after a brief discussion, the members of the Yuefeng Hunting Team finished their breakfast and got busy.

If they wanted to keep the fire going all night long, they would need a lot of wood to keep it burning in the open air. Fortunately, there were many pine trees on the gentle slope along the shore. Even if they were freshly cut down, as long as the fire was strong enough, they could be quickly ignited after being added to the wood.

Just like that, the hunting team got busy.

Several pine trees were cut down in succession, and the trunks, branches and other parts were all transported to the designated locations in the south and the north for making fire.

After everything was done, I had lunch, closed the cellar door and took a nap in the afternoon, and continued in the evening.

Just when Yuefeng’s friends were working hard to catch the Moon-gazing Frog,

The five people who went up the mountain with Qiao Muzhou finally got down from the snow line under the leadership of Master Xi and arrived at their companions’ camp halfway up the mountain at around four o’clock in the afternoon.

Five people went up the mountain, and the two horses had limited load capacity, so they only brought the most basic supplies, and most of the reserves were in the camp below.

Qiao Muzhou and his companions were shocked and frightened, and became a little unconfident. They were absent-minded when they went down the mountain.

When I get back to the camp, I hope to have a good hot meal, have a good sleep and rest.

But after returning to the camp, he was shocked by the situation there.

Last night, the pack of wolves came again to the camp at the foot of the mountain.

Six people, relying on their remaining guns, captured two adult male wolves. Last night, Zhao Wuer led the group and stayed up almost the entire night without closing a single eye.

When Zhao Wu heard the news that Qiao Muzhou had returned, he almost burst into tears.

Going into the mountains to hunt has never been so ‘dangerous’ before. It was still okay during the day, but once it got dark, it was like being ‘surrounded by enemies’ and full of dangers.

“Third Master, you’re back!” Zhao Wuyi hurried over when he saw Qiao Muzhou.

“What’s going on, Lao Wu? Where are the supplies under the felt in our camp? It’s only been a few days, and they’re all gone?”

Before Qiao Muzhou entered the house, he noticed that the storage area for supplies outside was empty, so the first thing he asked when they met was this.

“Hey, don’t even mention it! You guys just left and something happened in the camp in the middle of the night.

When we woke up, all the food, dried meat, and horse meat stored in the camp had been taken away by the wolves!
This is not the worst. Even if we don’t have food, we have guns and can fill our stomachs by hunting roe deer and rabbits.

What’s even more heartbreaking is that you were not in the team, and when the Chen brothers saw that the camp had run out of supplies, they took the opportunity to go out hunting and ran down the mountain alone, carrying their own bags!”

“What? The Chen brothers just ran away? These bastards are so disloyal!!”

Wang Yufei felt a little indignant when he heard the acquaintance’s name.

“I haven’t finished yet. There are only four of them with three guns. The wolves didn’t come to our camp on the night they left. I suspect…”

Zhao Wu mentioned his guess again.

“You mean, they might be attacked by wolves or even…”

When Qiao Muzhou heard this, his heart started beating faster and faster.

“It’s possible that they took their luggage with them when they left, but not their furs.

When camping outdoors, you can only dig snow nests, but those things can’t withstand the claws of wolves…

The gun he used was an old single-shot musket, and after one shot, it was basically just a firewood stick!”

According to Zhao Wu, the Chen brothers did not do things in a proper manner, but those members of the Chen family who did not go up the mountain did not care about such trivial matters.

The person followed you into the mountain. If he disappeared on the mountain, his family would definitely ask the hunting team for an explanation.

As the whistleblower and leader of the hunting team going into the mountains, Qiao Muzhou was the first to bear the brunt.

After hearing this, Qiao Muzhou didn’t even bother about these people’s disloyal behavior. He just hoped that they could get down the mountain safely and return home.

“Okay, I know about this! Let’s continue camping tonight and go down the mountain tomorrow to see if we can find any traces they left along the way!
Boss Chen has an amazing memory. He can remember a route he has walked once and will definitely not go astray!

Everybody stay calm, take down your rifles. If the wolves dare to come again at night, we will all stay and be taken down the mountain to be stuffed with wolfskin tubes!
Is there anything else to eat in the camp? Bring us something hot, and we can discuss other matters after we finish eating!”

“There are also roe deer meat and wolf meat. I will boil some snow water and prepare the meal now!” Soon, Zhao Wu also got busy.

After we finished our meal, the sky gradually darkened.

It was not yet completely dark, but on the distant hills, the almost provocative howling of wolves could be heard.

On the large bluestone on the ridge beyond sight, the wolf king with silver fur was howling with his head raised.

“Damn! It’s not even dark yet and these wolf cubs are already howling! Everyone, cheer up tonight!”

Qiao Muzhou called out to everyone, and with the support of the semi-automatic rifle, plus he was still furious about going up the mountain, Qiao Muzhou urgently needed to “take action” on these blind wolves.

The camp has been severely damaged by this pack of wolves.

In the beginning, three horses and two dogs were bitten to death by wolves, which directly resulted in Qiao Muzhou’s men being unable to all go up the mountain. This indirectly affected their confidence when facing Wu Keji and they lost the qualification to compete for the Moon-gazing Frog.

Now that the team members have run away and the wolves are showing off outside the camp, Qiao Muzhou really wants to kill them.

The five 56-caliber rifles without bayonets were all placed around the hide nest, and the uneaten half of the roe deer was hung on a tree next to the camp. They would be strangled by concentrated firepower as soon as the wolves dared to come over.

On the other side, as the sun set, two bonfires were lit on the Holy Maiden Lake, one in the south and one in the north.

The Yuefeng hunting team has the last night of their search for the Moon-gazing Frog this month. Now we don’t know what the result will be. (End of this chapter)