Zhurou

Chapter 272 Extra Hunting
Zhao Mingzhi's eyes became teary.

Pei Yong was far behind him, and the two wild boars were running towards him again. He held the bow and shot arrows almost without stopping, and every arrow hit the target. What a charm this was.

She turned to look at Pei Yong, who had already put away his bow and had one hand behind his back. He was just looking at Zhao Mingzhi and smiling, his eyes surprisingly bright, giving people an inexplicable feeling that he was showing off.

Zhao Mingzhi couldn't help looking at him. After a long while, he stood up and walked forward to find the one that was allocated to him.

She had only taken a few steps when Pei Yong quickly caught up with her. He grabbed her wrist and pointed at a movement in the forest, saying, "Don't move. Be careful not to get rushed out of the forest."

Then he said, "Stand still."

Pei Yong said this, and ignored the two seriously injured wild boars on the ground. He turned around and walked half a circle in the snow before standing at the edge of a forest and drawing his arrows to shoot again.

When the arrow was shot, before Zhao Mingzhi could see where it was going, he heard a "wow" and a pig came out from behind a short pine tree and was about to run backwards.

Pei Yong didn't wait for it to run away, he shot another arrow straight at the wild boar's head and face.

His bow was specially made, and it was weighed by no one knew how many stones. When he pulled the bow to its full length and shot the arrow, the force was extremely terrifying. The wild boar heard the sound of the wind and dared not move forward. It had to turn around and escape to the deep forest on the right.

Pei Yong shot an arrow without even looking at the result. He immediately turned to Zhao Mingzhi and shouted from afar, "Madam, shoot."

With Zhao Mingzhi's reaction, he naturally didn't need anyone to remind him. When he saw his arrow shot out, the wild boar turned around and immediately stood still, drew the bow, pulled the arrow, and shot.

Her heart beat faster and faster, and her hand was shaking when she placed it on the bowstring. After she shot the arrow, she calmed down, re-drew the bow, and shot several more arrows.

Zhao Mingzhi had learned riding and archery since he was a child. He was often praised by his master for his quick reaction and good eyesight. Although he shot at a dead target at that time, he had a solid foundation after all. At this moment, he calmed down and took advantage of the close distance. After shooting a few arrows, the first arrow brushed past half of the wild boar's ear, another arrow missed, and the third arrow hit the pig's eye socket, piercing it lightly. Then five or six arrows all hit the target. One arrow hit the eyeball, one arrow hit the nose, and three or four arrows pierced the flesh, but the force was not enough. The pig felt pain, but did not fall down, and fled to the side again.

Pei Yong saw this and drew his bow and shot again. He did not shoot the pig, but shot at a tree in front of it. In just a moment, there was a "thump" sound, and the arrow penetrated deeply into the tree without even a tremor at the tail.

The wild boar was hit by several arrows and could only see with one eye. It was in pain on its face and body and was already in a panic. Now it saw another arrow shot in front of it. Knowing how powerful this thing was, it had to turn its head again.

When it turned around, it pointed its butt towards Zhao Mingzhi.

Zhao Mingzhi quickly ran forward, drew his bow and shot at the Zhu Po Men again.

This happened twice. The pig was covered with arrows shot by Zhao Mingzhi. It kept circling in the woods. When it ran to the back, it had no more strength left. Finally, it fell to the ground, gasping for breath and foaming at the mouth.

Zhao Mingzhi shot dozens of arrows in a short period of time and ran back and forth. He was already exhausted. When he saw the wild boar fall to the ground, he felt a sense of pride in his chest. He couldn't help but look back at Pei Yong and shouted from afar: "Second brother!"

After she was called out, she slowly realized what the other party had called her in public before. For a moment, she didn't know if it was because she had been drawing the bow for too long, but her hands and feet felt a little hot.

Pei Yong laughed, turned around and asked everyone to come down, then walked forward quickly and said with a smile: "Let's go and see the wild boar that Madam hunted!"

Zhao Mingzhi went forward to take a look, and saw that the pig was pierced all over by at least twenty or thirty of his arrows. It tried to struggle to get up several times, but was powerless and let out a terrifying howl.

Pei Yong came up to him and called Zhao Mingzhi first, saying, "Turn your head away and don't look too closely."

Zhao Mingzhi was stunned and turned his head away as he was told.

Pei Yong didn't say anything more. He pulled out a dagger from his waist and cut the wild boar's throat with force, opening its throat to let the blood flow. He then grabbed one of its hooves and slid the dagger down into the pig's belly.

The fur on the wild boar's head and back was hard and thick, but the skin and flesh on its belly was very soft. The dagger was sharp, and when it was pulled down, it directly ripped open the pig's belly. The internal organs and blood burst out at once, and the smell of blood filled the air.

On the hillside, several hunters were already stunned, especially the one who had warned everyone earlier and tried his best to persuade them not to let Pei and Zhao hunt on their own. His mouth was even wider than before.

He said to himself, "I said your master was too arrogant, but how can he hit it from such a distance? Even if he hit it, these pigs are old and have thick skin, just like wearing armor, how can he hurt it..."

Standing next to him, another hunter even spoke in a somewhat difficult tone. After a long while, he said, "Can wild boars be hunted this way? Even without hunting dogs or traps..."

Several guards nearby laughed, and one of them said with some pride: "A few wild boars are nothing. When our master was in the northwest, he hunted countless big insects and bears when clearing the mountains and forests, not to mention wild boars. There were also gray wolves on the plains - these things come in groups, 20 to 30, or even hundreds. Compared with this, a few wild boars, haha!"

Others cited one or two examples, nothing more than how powerful Mr. Pei was in the past, and mentioned that there was another official who was assigned to another team, who, although not in the same way, was also born with supernatural powers.

"...Don't be fooled by the fact that the skins of these wild boars are thick and rough. Ordinary swords and spears cannot get close to them. If Master Wei San were here, he would chop the pigs' heads into pieces with one blow of his axe!"

If these words had been said when they set out in the morning, the hunters would have certainly been skeptical. However, after seeing Pei Yong's archery skills and hearing several people bragging about it, they could only look at each other and walk down the slope in silence, taking one deep step and one shallow step.

As they reached the downhill, several hunters walking in front saw Pei Yong using a dagger to gut a wild boar.

One of them stepped forward and said, "Sir, leave this beast to us to take care of."

"That's right. We little people should do this kind of rough work!"

The others also hurriedly followed suit.

Compared to their attitude when they first set out, their tone was no longer respectful, but full of respect and enthusiasm. Pei Yong smiled, pointed at the two pigs lying on the ground not far away and said, "Thank you for helping me deal with them, so that they won't stink. I'll take them back later. I only want this small one, and you can take the rest to the village to share."

"How can this be so embarrassing!"

The other two were big pigs, especially the biggest one, which looked terrifying from a distance. Now that they were closer, lying on the ground, it was like a small mountain. The two of them must have weighed at least 1,800 kilograms in total. Even if the bones and skin were removed, there would still be 500 to 600 kilograms of good meat. In the middle of winter, not only was there a reward for making this trip, but they also got a lot of free meat. The hunters present could not afford to lose face.

Everyone refused for a long time, but when they saw that Pei Yong really didn't want it, they finally agreed. They were all very happy and thanked him repeatedly. They sent a few people to deal with the two big pigs first, but left two people here to help.

Only Zhao Mingzhi felt a little embarrassed when he saw that the wild boar had been stabbed like a hedgehog. He also heard Pei Yong say that he would only keep this one and not the rest. He whispered, "Second brother, I stabbed this one like this. Why not just keep a little meat and share the rest with them..."

Pei Yong smiled, walked closer, held her hand, and rubbed her skin with both hands to warm her skin. He whispered, "Is this your first time hunting a boar? My wife is such a good archer, and we hunted a wild boar ourselves. It's rare that it's not old, and the meat looks tender. I must bring it back for everyone to taste."

No matter how thick-skinned Zhao Mingzhi was, he couldn't resist his insincere praise and said, "It was all thanks to my second brother that he chased the pig to me... I shot more than 20 or 30 arrows at it, but it still hasn't died! How come we hunted it ourselves?"

Pei Yong just smiled, and while he was smiling he said, "That's twenty-three arrows, and almost every one of them hit the target, except for the first two which were a little off and hit its ears. How can he not be a master archer? How many people can hit the target every time they shoot, but when they see a living thing, they can't hit it at all?"

He paused, and then continued, "Besides, you and I are husband and wife, and we hunt together, so how can it not be considered our own?"

The conversation was so logical and well-reasoned that it didn't even sound like a lie.

Zhao Mingzhi wanted to refute, but felt he had no idea where to start. He could not help but laugh and was about to scold him, but at this moment, he suddenly heard a sound of running through the woods in the distance, and then a wild boar came out from the woods.

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The wild boar was quite large, weighing at least three or four hundred pounds. Its body was covered in dirty black snow and mud, and there was a half-broken arrow between its ribs. The front half of the arrowhead was bitten off in the middle by it when it lowered its head, but the tip of the back half was still stuck in the flesh, and no one knew how deep it was. It had been frozen solid by the blood and snow water that had flowed out.

Seeing the wild boar falling from the sky, everyone was stunned. Before they could react, they heard a man in the woods behind them shouting, "Run slower! Be careful that the boar will turn around and grab you!"

Judging from the voice, it was Wei Chengyan.

The pig had been running all the way to escape for its life, but it never expected that there would be so many people here, so it immediately turned around and ran away.

It had only been a short while since it had gone back into the woods when there were already sounds of dogs barking, weapons breaking through the air, wild boar howling, and people scolding and shouting. After a long while, the pig rushed out of the woods again, followed by four or five dogs. In the lead, a black dog rushed to the front and tried to bite the pig several times, but each time it missed.

Zhao Mingzhi was overwhelmed by the sight and was about to speak when he heard a voice shouting angrily, "Get out of the way, dog!"

It turned out to be his own younger brother Zhao Hong.

As soon as the voice fell, Wei Chengyan led the way and Zhao Hong followed behind, and the two of them walked out of the forest one after the other.

Wei Chengyan was only focused on watching the wild boar. As soon as he got out of the forest, he felt something was wrong. He looked up and saw Pei Yong and Zhao Mingzhi standing hand in hand not far away. Behind them were a group of guards and hunters. He suddenly became nervous and turned around to urge the hunters who followed him: "Quick! Quick! Tell those dogs to get out of the way! Be careful of the wooden spear in my hand - my second brother is guarding in the front, we can't let him get ahead this time!"

Upon hearing this, Pei Yong took Zhao Mingzhi's hand and stepped aside a few steps, pretending that he had no intention of stealing the prey, but Wei Chengyan had no time to pay attention to him.

He was unwilling to wait any longer, and after assessing the position, he saw that the dogs were not blocking his way very much, so he rushed forward a few steps, raised his hand, and was about to use the spear, but after a slight pause, he took out the axe from his waist and threw it hard from a distance. With a strong gust of wind, the wild boar's head rolled off in half, and was actually cut off like this.

The pig immediately fell to the ground, splattering the snow with smelly blood.

Seeing this, Zhao Hong hurried forward, but as soon as he got closer and lowered his head, he saw the mess on the ground. His little face turned pale and he turned around and vomited all over the floor.

Wei Chengyan was so happy that he had hunted a wild boar that he was about to show off to Zhao Mingzhi, but when he heard some noise behind him, he turned around and saw Zhao Hong looking frightened. He immediately lost all thoughts and quickly turned around and rushed to Zhao Hong and asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhao Mingzhi also hurried over.

She and Zhao Hong were born similarly. When she saw the scary wild boar head split in two by the axe, she immediately understood what was going on. She quickly untied the leather water bag from her waist, handed it to her brother, and whispered, "Don't be afraid, rinse your mouth with water."

Wei Chengyan finally woke up and stamped his feet, saying: "It's all my fault. Why did I use an axe? Even the bravest man would be scared when seeing such a scene for the first time..."

Zhao Hong felt better after vomiting.

He rinsed his mouth, took a few sips of hot water, and wiped his mouth. Although he was small, he acted heroically and said, "Brother Wei San, I only blame you, not you! You took me hunting wild boars, but I didn't help. I almost made things worse!"

Wei Chengyan heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that he was not reluctant to speak. He hurriedly called on the people around him to take the wild boar away and urged, "Take it far away and weigh it before slaughtering it."

Zhao Hong immediately stood up and said, "No need, just kill it here - a real man shouldn't be afraid of killing a pig!"

Wei Chengyan hesitated for a moment, then looked at Zhao Mingzhi, who nodded and showed no intention of stopping him, so he could only say, "Stand further away, don't let the blood splash on you."

Soon several hunters came forward, weighed the pig first, then put oilcloth on the ground, and took knives and axes to cut up the wild boar's bones and flesh.

This pig was a boar, raised in the wild, and naturally had never been castrated. Its stomach had been bitten through by a hunting dog before, and after its stomach was broken open, its intestines and stomach flowed all over the floor, along with feces and urine. The ground was filled with a fishy smell and blood.

Its bones were harder than those of ordinary domestic pigs, so the hunters present were inevitably reckless in dealing with it. If they dragged the whole thing back, it would have frozen hard and would be even more difficult to slaughter. So they had to chop and split it with knives and axes, and soon bone residue and pig blood slush were splattered everywhere, creating a disgusting scene.

Zhao Hong forced himself to look, but after watching for a while, he turned around, looking like he wanted to vomit but was trying hard to hold it back.