The new era of chaos begins in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 13 There is a beast called Piggy
[Five hundred miles to the east, it is called the Mountain of Floating Jade. ···There is a beast, its shape is like a tiger with an ox's tail, its sound is like a barking dog, its name is a pig, and it is a man-eater. ···】——The first volume of Shan Jing·Nan Shan Jing·Fuyu Mountain.

It is often said that "one pig, two bears and three tigers" are the most unprovoked beasts in the mountains and forests. In fact, the original source of this saying is "one pig, two pigs and three pigs". All three are legendary tiger-shaped beasts, but they are not Tigers are more ferocious and cruel than tigers.

Just because with the evolution of language, "彘" sometimes refers to wild boars, "罴" is often related to bears, and "tu" means "tiger" because Chu people call tigers "Yu Tu".

By the way, during the ancient Western Han Dynasty, the Cuyuan Garden of Liang Xiaowang Liu Wu, the son of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty, was a garden where tigers were kept.Some people in later generations deliberately misinterpreted it as a rabbit garden, a garden for raising rabbits.

What the hell is the rabbit garden? !
Liu Wu was a famous general in the Western Han Dynasty. During the Emperor Jing's period, he made great achievements in pacifying the Seven Kings (and then his brother beat him to death with a chessboard). For such a big boss, if you ask him to build a garden to raise rabbits, this It's like boxing champion Tyson never kept a tiger as a pet and loved a miniature Chihuahua the most.

All right!Let us stop chatting and focus on Fuyuling Tiger Leaping Stream.

When Ergou heard a barking sound, his heart couldn't help but relax, and he said in a relaxed tone: "Master, there is a dog barking! How about I raise one in the future?"

Chen Tong'e didn't take the barking sound to heart at first.

There is something special about a dog's barking. There is an old saying that "a dog relies on human power", which actually illustrates the dog's habits.

When dogs have partners or owners around them, their barks tend to be more ferocious and wild; but if they are just alone dogs, they will become more cautious and use a low "whining" sound instead of barking. , highlighting a hidden effect.

But the barking sound heard by the Chen family men was somewhat nondescript. It did not have the arrogant noise of a powerful dog, nor the desolation and hesitation of a lonely dog. It was just a simple and self-conscious barking.

Chen Tong'e listened for a while, but he couldn't help but have doubts. He was very familiar with the hunters in the surrounding areas, but he couldn't think of any hunter who would take a dog to hunt, and the barking of the dog was clear and clear. Gao Kang, it definitely sounds like a mighty and peerless bulldog. I'm afraid there is no one in the surrounding villages who can raise such a bulldog.

It's no wonder that Chen Tong'e is familiar with hounds, and he can even tell whether a dog is good or bad just by listening to the sound. It should be known that the Xixia people like to keep dogs the most, especially in the Xixia army. prepared by.

The army of the Song Dynasty suffered a lot from the Xixia hounds in the battle with the Xixia people. As the saying goes: the person who knows you best is always your enemy.Therefore, almost every veteran who came out alive from the Xixia battlefield can be regarded as a canine expert.

There is no doubt that Chen Tong'e is a dog expert. Just by the loud and long bark of this barking dog, he knows that the barking guy's lung capacity is extremely terrifying, and it may be comparable to tigers and leopards. .

This also means that the lungs of this "dog" are extremely developed. If converted according to the standard size of dogs, this "dog" is probably a bit more majestic than a big bull.

Chen Tong'e guessed this, but his heart suddenly tightened. He already realized that the barking thing was not a serious hunting dog, but probably another weird and evil thing.

He immediately pulled out the multi-edged cooked copper mace and short knife from his waist, held one in each hand, and turned to the two dogs and said, "Son! Be careful! This barking thing is probably not a serious thing, and the old man may be a bitch when he fights in a while." I don't care about you."

Er Gou was stunned when he heard the words, but soon he reacted, and said in a low voice: "Master, don't worry, I don't have any other skills, but I still have some skills to save my life. Your old man can just fight to his heart's content, there is no need to fight!" Worried about missing me."

Chen Tong'e happily said: "Since that's the case, you can hide here for a while, and the old man will find that evil animal and kill him!"

At this time, the two of them were hiding on the top of a boulder. It was difficult for ordinary wild animals to climb up the boulder and hurt them. Of course, tigers and leopards and other beasts that are good at climbing and jumping could not stop them.

Chen Tonghe tightened his armor tightly, said goodbye to Chen Ergou, picked up his weapon, and went in the direction of the sound of the barking dog.

This old man is indeed a veteran of many years. Although he is covered in armor, he can walk through the forest without a sound, which is clearly different from the scene where he usually walks with the tinkling armor leaves.

Chen Tong'e walked through the dense forest for a long time, until his forehead started to sweat, and he approached the source of the barking sound.

The old hero took a long breath, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and couldn't help lamenting in his heart: "After all, he is old because his muscles and bones are not his strength. Even if it were ten years ago (in his sixties), he would not have lost his strength because of Weary from walking such a small stretch of silent road.”

After taking a few breaths, Chen Tong'e cheered up and came to a pond of rocks.

This chaotic stone pond is a landform in mountainous or hilly areas, specifically referring to a type of depression or gully with various strange-shaped rocks or rock piles protruding from the ground.

The terrain of the rocky pond is very suitable for predators such as tigers, leopards, wolves and insects to settle down and build their nests, but it is not very friendly to those herbivores who are good at running and escaping.

Chen Tong'e was also an old hunter and knew the characteristics of this rocky pond very well, so he once again confirmed that the barking thing was unusual.

Chen Tong'e leaned against a huge rock on the edge of the chaotic stone pond, leaned against the rock wall and looked into the depths, but finally saw the true face of the barking master.

It was not a fierce dog at all, but a tiger with a huge head and a slightly thin body. The tiger looked very ferocious. There were two fangs on the lower jaw that were turned out and stood up in front of its nose like two daggers. .

This monster has a tail like a buffalo's tail. Whenever it barks, the tail will slap the stone wall in front of it fiercely, but the hard stone wall is beaten with debris.

The moment Chen Tong'e saw this ferocious "tiger", he knew exactly what kind of opponent he had encountered.

One pig, two pigs and three pigs, this is a pig.

Pigs are the most terrifying kind of man-eating tigers. They will pretend to be dogs and sneak into human villages at night, and then devour the villagers.

Whenever pigs appear, it means that nearby villages are being slaughtered.

It is cunning, cruel and alert, and when Chen Tong'e discovered it, it had also discovered Chen Tong'e.

The monster did not show a ferocious look directly, but swung its tail leisurely, walked up to Chen Tonge, and said: "What luck! A two-legged sheep came to the door automatically! Woof! Woof! Human, your smell smells full of decay, I'm afraid you are an old sheep that is about to die. Your meat and bones will taste old and woody.

Well, if you could take me to your village, maybe I'd be kind enough not to eat you! "

Talking beasts are not uncommon. Most of them are terrifying evil creatures, and Ruzhu is one of them. Chen Tongye is not surprised by this.

Of course, Chen Tonge will never believe what Zhi said. This evil creature is the most greedy for food. It may hold off on eating Chen Tonge in order to hunt more humans, but it will never give up on Chen Tonge. I won’t eat this food if I hate it.

(End of this chapter)