On a road in the northeast direction outside Mishan County, a group of people wearing Wude Company uniforms were moving forward. Among them, an iron animal cage cart in the middle of the group was particularly conspicuous.
Walking at the front of the team were Chai Yan and Hang Baiqiu, followed closely by Di Chu, Pu Junxiong and a group of clerks, and Sun Xingba and the rest walked at the end of the team.
Under Chai Yan's guidance, the team climbed over several mountains and stopped outside a forest because there was no road ahead.
"Why is there no way..."
Pu Junxiong kept looking around while talking.
Di Chu walked to Chai Yan and asked in a deep voice: "How do we go now?"
Chai Yan pointed to the woods and said: "Go to the deepest part of the woods!"
Di Chu looked at Chai Yan hesitantly, then turned around and gave the order: "Leave two people to watch the animal cage, while the rest bring the animal trapping tools and move on!"
Everyone picked up their hunting tools and continued walking deeper into the woods under the leadership of Chai Yan.
About half an hour later, a dark cave entrance appeared in the distance. The entrance was as tall as a person. As for what was inside, it was impossible to see clearly from the outside.
Chai Yan immediately reminded: "Everyone, be careful, there is a cave in front of you!"
Everyone was suddenly startled, and their progress stopped instantly. While everyone was on alert, they also lowered their bodies.
"Is the lion in the cave?" Pu Junxiong asked in a low voice.
Chai Yan nodded.
"Both ends are there?" Pu Junxiong asked again.
Chai Yan nodded again.
Di Chu thought for a while, waved his hand and ordered: "Everyone spread out and surround the entrance of the cave!"
Soon, the cave entrance was surrounded by Wude Si's people.
After Di Chu and Pu Junxiong came together to discuss and pass, Pu Junxiong said to a lieutenant behind him: "You, go over and put a bait!"
"Shall I go?" Si Wei was so frightened that his face turned pale, thinking to himself, what if a lion jumped out from the east and west when he walked over?
Pu Junxiong frowned and shouted: "What are you afraid of? Go quickly!"
Si Wei did not dare to disobey the order, so he had to grab a tied live chicken from the sack and cautiously approached the entrance of the cave.
The man had just walked a few feet away from the encirclement when he suddenly heard the roar of a beast coming from the dark cave.
"Holy shit!"
Captain Si was so frightened that he almost peed his pants and decisively abandoned the live chicken and fled back to the team.
Pu Junxiong immediately grabbed the frightened Si Wei and slapped him across the head: "Useless thing, coward!"
The roar in the cave also frightened others, but Di Chu was not the only one who showed no fear, but instead looked a little happy.
Di Chu stepped forward to pick up the live chicken on the ground, and then walked towards the entrance of the cave.
"Old Di, come back here!" Pu Junxiong shouted anxiously from behind.
But Di Chu didn't seem to hear it, and continued to grab the live chicken with the knife and move forward. At this time, another roar came from the cave, as if to warn Di Chu not to come near!
When he was about three feet away from the entrance of the cave, Di Chu finally stopped and saw that he neatly cut the neck of the live chicken and threw it in front of the entrance of the cave. The chicken with its throat cut started to flutter as soon as it hit the ground, splashing everywhere.
Chicken blood is everywhere.
Di Chu began to retreat at this time, but only for a short distance, and the position where he crouched and waited was closer to the cave than everyone else.
Next, all you have to do is wait. If there are live chickens that have been killed, the lions will definitely come out of their holes to hunt.
After a while, the roar of the beast in the cave suddenly disappeared, and with the cold wind blowing through the woods, the atmosphere became strange and gloomy.
Everyone did not dare to make a sound, and all stared at the dark entrance of the cave.
"Everyone, be careful, the lion is coming out!"
This reminder came from Chai Yan's mouth, and Shangguan Peining could already feel the smell of the lion's blood approaching her.
The strange thing is that after Chai Yan issued the warning, the lion did not appear at the entrance of the cave for a long time. This made the people who had been waiting with bated breath for a long time very angry, thinking that Chai Yan was playing tricks.
Just when everyone relaxed their vigilance, a brown lioness suddenly jumped out of the cave. The lioness's movements were very agile and quick. She pounced directly from the cave to where the live chicken was, and used her two front paws to hold it firmly.
The prey is held down!
Di Chu immediately stood up and shouted: "Let go!"
"Puff!" "Puff!"
Before he finished speaking, Chai Yan heard the continuous sound of blowing arrows next to him.
The next moment, the poisonous dart in the blow dart was pierced into the body of the lioness. The lioness felt the pain and immediately raised her head and roared.
Perhaps seeing too many people surrounding her, the lioness who was attacked dropped her prey in fear, turned around and fled into the cave.
Di Chu immediately shouted: "Hurry up and cast the net!"
But before the trap could be dispersed, the lioness had already escaped into the dark cave.
"Alas!" Di Chu said angrily, "He actually let it run away!"
Pu Junxiong said: "Old Di, I can't run away. The lioness has been hit by our poison dart and will fall asleep in a short time."
Chai Yan only knew that the dart in the blowgun was smeared with medicine, but he didn't know what kind of medicine it was, but it was said that it could knock down even a blind bear.
Di Chu asked, "How do you know you can't escape? Who can be sure that there is no other exit behind this cave?"
"This..." Pu Junxiong really hasn't thought about this question. His fixed thinking thinks that there is only one exit in the cave.
"Otherwise, put more bait to lure them out?" Pu Junxiong suggested.
"That's the only way..." Di Chu couldn't think of any other way, so he had no choice but to nod in agreement.
Even if the female has been brought down, there is still a male inside. Who would dare to go in and catch them?
"It's useless! The lioness has already been fooled once, and she can't be fooled again!" Chai Yan suddenly spoke.
"They are just two beasts, how can they be so smart?" Pu Junxiong didn't think so.
Di Chu also agreed with Pu Junxiong's statement, and immediately asked people to kill two more live chickens at the entrance of the cave, and then motioned everyone to retreat and stay away from the entrance of the cave.
Time passed bit by bit, and everyone squatted in the distance and stared at the entrance of the cave with bated breath for a long time. Even the flapping chickens were already dead, and no lion appeared at the entrance of the cave.
Pu Junxiong said worriedly: "Old Di, what should we do now? These two beasts really won't be fooled!"
Di Chu said: "The female of mine has already had a seizure and collapsed. Why don't we send a few people in to investigate?"
"Send someone in?" Pu Junxiong was shocked: "Old Di, are you crazy! Isn't sending someone in the same way as sending someone to death?"
Di Chu said anxiously: "What else should we do? If there really is another exit inside, wouldn't we be trying to draw water from a bamboo basket but in vain?"
"Well......."
Seeing that Pu Junxiong was speechless, Di Chu stood up and announced to everyone: "I will reward those who voluntarily enter the cave!"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was stunned, and the scene was even more eerily silent. Only the chirping of insects could be heard all around...