Song Yi

Chapter 25
He squatted down, took a closer look under the misty moonlight, and exclaimed in surprise, "Oh! It's a little tiger cub!"

When Xue Feier heard this, she hurriedly came over and squatted down to check: "Really! It's still moving! There are a few more here, but they don't move, they seem to be dead!"

Du Wenhao glanced at it, and sure enough, there were still a few tiger cubs lying motionless on the ground.Stretching out his hand to touch it, except for this one which was still wriggling slightly, the rest were all stiff.

Now I understand, this must be a tigress, she was pregnant and about to give birth, but she was caught by the tiger trap, bled to death, gave birth to a cub before she died, and the tiger kept its head up to protect the cub Staring at the front until they died, the tiger was dead and the tiger was majestic, and the two thought they had encountered a live tiger, so they were terrified enough.It's a pity that except for this little tiger, the rest were frozen to death.

Du Wenhao put down the medicine hoe, and carefully hugged the little tiger cub with both hands. The little tiger was just born, only a little bigger than his fist, curled up in the palms of his hands and trembling, like fallen leaves in the autumn wind.

"It's so cute!" Xue Fei'er reached out and touched the little tiger's body.

Du Wenhao said: "It's too cold, and it's very hungry. It may die at any time."

"What should I do?"

Du Wenhao untied his robe, put the tiger and tiger into his arms, wrapped them up, and said, "Take it back first, raise it for a few months, and then put it back to the mountain when it can live independently."

"Ah? You want to raise this tiger? Tigers want to eat people, you call it a troublesome tiger!"

The ancients did not have the awareness of protecting wild animals, especially ferocious animals like tigers, they would kill them when they saw them, and those who killed tigers would be regarded as heroes, such as Wu Song.

However, for Du Wenhao, the education of harmonious coexistence between humans and animals has been deeply rooted since he was a child. Coupled with the influence of the doctor's parents' thoughts on Chinese medicine, he wanted him to watch this poor little tiger starve to death. It can't be done.

Therefore, Du Wenhao gently touched the little tiger in his arms, and said:
"It's okay. In fact, tigers are afraid of people by nature. They only bite people when they think humans will attack them. This little tiger has just been born, its eyes haven't opened, and its teeth haven't grown out. It hurts people even if it wants to hurt people." No. When it grows up, just send it back to the forest."

"This...if the people in the yamen find out, they won't let you keep a big tiger at home, and they might kill it."

"How would they know if you don't tell me? Besides, I don't raise it big, I only raise it for a few months, and when it can hunt small animals for food, I will put it back on the mountain."

"This..., well, this little tiger is quite pitiful, how are you going to raise it?"

"Help me buy a bitch that has just given birth, and use the bitch to feed it."

"Can you do it?"

"It can do it. Don't worry! But I have to look for it when I go back. I don't know if this little tiger can live until tomorrow morning."

"Well!"

At this moment, the two of them noticed that there were lanterns and torches in the distance, flying here and there, and after a while, they heard the voice of someone talking from a distance: "Everyone, be careful, we are approaching the tiger trap!" , if you really want to catch a tiger, everyone be careful!"

Xue Fei'er hurriedly said: "Maybe the hunter who set the tiger trap is here, let's hide quickly, don't let them see the little tiger, or they will snatch it away."

The two quickly put the medicine basket on their backs, and ran to hide behind a big rock not far away.

After a while, more than a dozen hunters came over with swords, guns, bows and arrows, and held torches. Seeing that the tiger had been captured, and the tiger was already dead, they shouted excitedly, and hung the dead tiger by its four feet on a whistle stick. They also used knives and forks to fork the dead cubs, held them triumphantly in the air and laughed, and then, a group of people walked away happily carrying the dead tigers.

When they were far away, the two breathed a sigh of relief, and groped down the mountain under the moonlight.

After walking for more than half an hour, when I finally reached the foot of the mountain, I saw lanterns and torches at the foot of the mountain from a distance, and I could faintly hear many people shouting: "Doctor Du...! Xue Fei'er ...!"

Xue Feier said in surprise: "It's Lieutenant Pang and Sister Qingdai!" Putting her hands around her mouth, she shouted loudly: "Hey...! We are here!"

Du Wenhao hurriedly explained to Xue Feier: "Wait a while and tell us that we got lost, let alone that we met a tiger, let alone that I brought a cub back!"

"Okay, I get it now——I won't say it. Two big living people were trapped in a tree by a dead tiger in the middle of the night. Talking about it won't make people laugh!"

"Hey, that's it!"

At this time, those people had already come towards them with lanterns and torches: "I found it! It's over here!"

The one who ran in the front was Captain Pang, who grabbed Du Wenhao's arm, looked him up and down, and then exclaimed in surprise, "Dr. Du! I found you! You guys didn't come back in the middle of the night, oh, we were so anxious to death." !"

Followed by Lin Qingdai, Butou Lei from the yamen, Sun Xiaosan and other police officers, and Xue Feier's father, shopkeeper Song.

Du Wenhao hurriedly cupped his hands: "I'm sorry for worrying everyone. We have traveled a long way to collect herbs, and there is one herb that has never been picked, so it was delayed."

County Captain Pang turned around and gave Captain Lei a hard look: "Dr. Du worked so hard to go up the mountain to collect herbs for you, and thank you, Dr. Du!"

It turned out that in the evening, Pang Xianwei's concubine Yu'er finally woke up in a daze, and even called "Master", which made Pang County Wei happy from ear to ear. , Let him further prescribe medicine.

Unexpectedly, Dr. Du went up to the mountain to collect herbs in the morning, in order to treat Yamen Lei's head to treat his arm.They waited until the sun went down, but they didn't come back. Now Lieutenant Pang was in a hurry. He watched the concubine start to improve. At this juncture, the doctor must not let anything happen. After a meal.

When Butou Lei returned to the yamen from Wuweitang, he heard that Pang Xianwei had promised that as long as the new doctor Du from Wuweitang could cure the life of Pangxianwei's concubine, he would promise the third girl to be his wife.Then Dr. Du is the son-in-law of the future county lieutenant. Only then did he realize how powerful he was, and kept pleading guilty.

Seeing that it was getting dark and Du Wenhao and the others hadn't come back yet, Chief Lei asked Captain Pang what to do. Captain Pang immediately decided to take the Yamen policeman and Min Zhuang out of the city with lanterns and torches to look for them in Feiling Mountain.When Lin Qingdai and Xue Feier's father heard the news, they also came to find her.

But the Feiling Mountain range stretches, and they are not enough to search the mountains, so they can only keep shouting at the foot of the mountain. Fortunately, Du Wenhao and the others heard it and finally met.Du Wenhao knew that the patient's condition should be good when he saw Pangxian Wei's cheerful expression.

Butou Lei came up in fear and cupped his hands and said, "Dr. Du, the villain is really deluded by lard, why did you let you go up the mountain to collect medicine for the little one. If something happens to you, the villain can't afford it. "

Du Wenhao chuckled: "Look at what you said, I am a doctor who sits in court, how come I have become a body of ten thousand gold, and it is the doctor's job to collect herbs. Didn't you say to make me a friend? So I don't want to recognize my friend?"

Lei Butou laughed: "Doctor Du regards Lei as a friend, Lei is really flattered! Hehe"

Du Wenhao cupped his hands to Lin Qingdai and said, "Shopkeeper Lin, I'm sorry to make you worry."

"You're welcome. You don't come back in the middle of the night. I'm a little anxious. You are a doctor hired by my Wuweitang, and you don't have any relatives in Dongda County. If something really happens, we don't want to think about it."

Xue Fei'er's father grabbed his daughter and looked him up and down. Seeing that she was fine, he was relieved and complained: "You, it's true. If this person in the deep mountains and old forests encounters some ferocious beasts, how can he do it? You want a Three ups and two downs, how can I explain to your dead mother!"

"Father! Isn't he doing well!" Xue Fei'er stomped her feet.

"Okay! Let's go home!"

"I don't, I have something else to do!"

"what's up?"

"I, I'm going to buy a freshly littered bitch."

Shopkeeper Song wondered, "What do you buy a dog for?"

Xue Fei'er glanced at Du Wenhao, then giggled:
"It's for Dr. Du. He said that he will go up the mountain to collect herbs frequently, and I can't always follow him to protect him. I just want to have a dog as a companion, and to take care of me when I go up the mountain to collect herbs. And, today, Dr. Du and I are on the mountain While collecting medicine, I saw some wild rabbits, and said that it would be great if there was a hunting dog, and I could hunt while collecting medicine. So I want to buy a newborn puppy to keep.”

"Oh, it turns out that's the case. Then there's no need to be in a hurry here in the middle of the night. I'll ask whose dog has given birth tomorrow. Just ask for one."

"Then..., that won't work, you have to ask for it today! Ask for it now!"

(End of this chapter)