The Witch of Xiangxi

Chapter 187 Wild Dogs
Shi Wei nodded and said: "The wild dogs here are similar to the ones in Liaozhai. Banditry was the most troublesome thing in the mountains before liberation, or bandits were killed, or innocent villagers were killed and their bodies were dumped on the barren hills No one was buried in Yeling, which made it cheaper for those wild dogs. Those corpses entered the dog's belly without being able to enter the soil. Dogs that eat dead corpses all the year round are stained with corpse odor that cannot be removed. Dogs are already carrying rabies. Viruses, wild dogs that have eaten dead bodies, are even more poisonous, and if they bite a living person, that bite is equivalent to throwing the person down at the gate of the Palace of Hades."

Xia Xiangxi gasped. Originally, she had a good impression of domesticated animals like dogs, but after hearing what Shi Wei said, she felt a little disgusted, or a little more fearful.

Shi Wei also said that back then not only wild dogs but also humans ate human flesh.During times of banditry, the poor were killed and robbed of their homes, and there was no food to eat, so some people secretly cut the flesh of the dead in the middle of the night.Some adults are really afraid to eat human flesh, and they will secretly cut some human flesh for ignorant children to eat.One is to keep the children alive and not starve to death, and the other is to save food for the adults if the children eat human flesh, which can save their lives.

When the children who ate dead human flesh asked about it, they said it was "solid meat". People from other places didn't know what that meant, but the locals knew it clearly.

Xia Xiangxi has read novels about tomb robbery, and there are "solid meat" in them, so Xia Xiangxi also knows about them.It seems that people who have eaten solid meat are not afraid of being sneaky.

Shi Wei said again, "Those people who have eaten solid meat are different from ordinary people. Their eyes are particularly bright, especially those with black and shiny hair. When you see his eyes, you will tremble inexplicably..." During these times, Xia Xiangxi It can also be understood enough that people feel subconsciously afraid when they see something terrible that threatens them.Man is a creature that knows fear by nature. It is precisely because man knows fear and fear of danger that he knows how to avoid those creatures that endanger him. Some scientists have positioned one of the reasons why man has become the current overlord of the earth because man knows fear.

Shi Wei said: "When there were many bandits, there would be dead bodies in the mountains. Later, when things were peaceful, there were fewer dead people in the mountains. Those wild dogs and people would fight for the dead bodies, and some people killed the wild dogs and ate them. For dog meat, there is also a single weak dog. If it is besieged and defeated by a group of wild dogs, it becomes a delicious meal for wild dogs. Therefore, wild dogs in the deep mountains are fundamentally different from ordinary wild dogs. Will besiege the living!"

Speaking of this, Xia Xiangxi also knew the reason why Shi Wei handed her a dagger on the way.To deal with beasts, weapons with substantial lethality like knives and guns are useful. Her mahogany sword is good against ghosts and zombies, so save yourself against beasts!

Xia Xiangxi thought for a while before telling Shi Wei: "In this peaceful age, those wild dogs should not be as rampant as before!"

Shi Wei said: "Although there will be no dead people all over the mountains and plains, those wild dogs will not change their evil behavior. Those wild dogs will still eat dead people, but they just dig the graves where the dead people have just been buried. , eating the corpses in the coffins. Before the 90s, the people in the mountains were also poor, haha, dead people couldn’t afford a good coffin, so they bought a 'dog meeting'..."

(The dog meeting head is a kind of crude thin-slab coffin. It means that a wild dog can smash it with its head, and that's how the common saying came about!)

"The life of the living in the poor family is difficult, and they may not be able to survive any time soon. They can only treat the dead with all their heart, just like making superficial articles, fooling the living and then fooling ghosts. With that People who are buried in a "dog meeting head" can attract wild dogs from far away when the body stinks. Dogs that often eat carrion in the coffin have more poisonous corpse odor and full teeth All of them are poisoned by corpses. This kind of wild dog is bigger than ordinary domestic dogs, just like a newborn calf. The head has often been used as a weapon to break through the coffin board, so the head is big and thick. It's hard, if it hits people, it can break a few ribs, it's not ordinary! Even now some mountain villages are clinking poor, coffins are not the kind of "dog bumping heads", and they are not much stronger, so The kind of wild dogs that love to eat human flesh have not disappeared, there are still some in this deep mountain."

At this time, Xia Xiangxi knew that it was impossible to sleep peacefully in this deep mountain at night, and someone had to keep watch.Apart from the scary wild dog, there are other animals and poisonous snakes in the mountains, so Xia Xiangxi and Shi Wei are on duty respectively.

Xia Xiangxi was watching in the first half of the night.Set up a bunch of bonfires. The night temperature in the mountains is low. One is to keep warm but to strengthen courage. With the firelight, ordinary animals still dare not approach.

But the wild dog was different, instead it was attracted by the fire.

As the saying goes, "wolves are afraid of being held up, dogs are afraid of being touched", which means that wolves are afraid of people holding their arms up, which is the posture of people using shotguns. Wolves who have been injured by shotguns or bows and arrows have been remembered for thousands of years. This horrible human gesture.Dogs are afraid that people will bend down to touch things from the ground and hit them with stones or sticks.

Before the wild dog walked in, Xia Xiangxi tried to drive the wild dog away by using the method of dealing with dogs that has been passed down for thousands of years.Unexpectedly, the previous few times were still effective, and the more times, the dog saw that Xia Xiangxi threw a few stones and couldn't aim at it, so he underestimated Xia Xiangxi from his aura, got bolder, and approached the fire here.

Xia Xiangxi called Shi Wei up first, and the moment Shi Wei got up, Xia Xiangxi also clenched the dagger tightly in his hand.In the darkness, pairs of green eyes stared at Xia Xiangxi and Shi Wei.

Xia Xiangxi counted them, and there were seven or eight of them.The hero can't stand the crowd, and the two girls, she and Shi Wei, can't stand the wild dogs in front of them.Picking up rocks and throwing them at the dogs, at first the dogs were scared, and some of them ran away in fright, but the two girls were always weak, so the wild dogs screamed a few times when the rock hit them After the pain, he realized that this was not a threat at all, so he forced Xia Xiangxi and Shi Wei over again.The wild dog that ran away also ran back boldly.

Seeing the wild dogs approaching, Xia Xiangxi began to hold his dagger tightly.This dagger is a short weapon after all, it is only useful if you get close.At this time, Shi Wei's bow and arrow will come in handy.

Shi Wei shot several arrows, and heard the screams of wild dogs, it must have been shot.But it was not their turn to rejoice at all, Shi Wei still shot a few arrows in the dark.A wild dog that was really as big as a calf was shot in the shoulder blade. Instead of being frightened, it was insanely painful and rushed towards Xia Xiangxi and Shi Wei.Rabbits can bite people when they are in a hurry, let alone this ferocious wolf-like wild dog?
Xia Xiangxi clenched her dagger tightly, and Shi Wei also scolded that bows and arrows are inferior to shotguns, but unfortunately she and Xia Xiangxi are not from ethnic minorities, otherwise with a shotgun and a shuttle of bullets, all the wild dogs in front of them would have stopped.But it's useless to say these things, seeing the wild dog rushing over, Shi Wei threw the bow and arrow to the ground angrily, drew out the dagger, and the two girls rushed towards the wild dog that rushed over.

(End of this chapter)