Chapter 286 285. Tracking
There is a small stream in this Grand Canyon, but after the rainy season comes, this small stream will become a river.
There is a low-lying lake in the middle of the Grand Canyon, where the water from the rivers and streams on both sides of the canyon will converge. It is said that there is a crack less than a foot wide at the edge of the lake. As long as the water level of the lake exceeds the crack, the overflowing river water The wine will all leak into the crack.
The lakes of this Grand Canyon are surrounded by lush herbs and clusters of low shrubs. Except for some pheasants and hares, there are almost no other wild animals in the valley.
The footprints on the river beach are very clear. A young hunter in the team squatted next to the footprints, observed carefully for a while, then raised his head and said to everyone:
"There are only footprints of five people, no horses, and they don't seem to be walking fast. I don't know what happened in their team. It seems that someone was injured!"
This young hunter named Abu is wearing a suede fur coat, but is shirtless. Not only is he carrying a hunting bow, but he also has a hatchet and a beast clip on his waist. His hair is messy, but his eyes are very bright. , even if it is a pinch of sand or a leaf, he likes to grab it and put it under his nose to smell it.
The young guide of Digo Village said: "You said they sneaked in from the Grand Canyon, what exactly are they trying to do?"
Abu said to the young guide: "I probably want to find out the exact location of your village. Didn't the village chief tell you that! This group of bandits has already looted three noble manors in the south of Hailansa City."
The young guide looked innocent, and said earnestly: "But there is nothing in our village except the wheat that is about to be harvested. Even for the wheat, we have to wait at least a month later!"
"So these robbers are just exploring the way, not aggressively attacking!" Abu stood up, patted the sand on his hands, and said to the young guide and the young people around him: "The same is true when wolves hunt, first look around The prey, when they find the prey, will not be eager to hunt, but will gather the wolves together, lay a big net, and slowly enclose the prey into the big net. They are a group of the most patient hunters, Always able to grasp the best hunting time."
The young guide immediately became flustered when he heard what Abu said, and asked quickly, "You mean these robbers will be like a pack of wolves? These people came to our village to scout?"
"It should be about the same!" Hunter Abu nodded, in fact, he thought so too.
A young man next to him asked: "Abu, have you ever hunted sand wolves?"
Hunter Abu shook his head in embarrassment, and said with regret: "I have only hunted ordinary wolves, and they are more cunning than I imagined."
"Wow…"
When everyone heard what Abu said, they all let out a soft cry of amazement. That Abu looked very simple, but said naively: "It's nothing, the sand wolves are the most powerful wolf pack around here, I would like to advise you all, When you meet a pack of sand wolves in the wild, you must remember to run as far as you can.”
Suldak walked behind these people, thinking: Fortunately, there are no young people from Wall Village in the team, otherwise the fact that Suldak hunted and killed the sand wolf will definitely be revealed at this time.
The young guide of Dige Village stood at the front of the team and said to everyone: "Let's chase after them quickly. If there are only a few robbers in this group, there are so many of us, we can consider catching them."
Suldak stood next to the bloomers, and couldn't help asking the bloomers: "Recently, has anyone disappeared in your village?"
A young man next to him suddenly said: "Speaking of this, someone in our village really disappeared, probably the day before yesterday. Everyone thought he went to the forest at the mountain pass to pick up mountain goods, but he didn't take it seriously."
When the twenty-five young people in the first group walked to the central area of the Grand Canyon, everyone finally saw the lake in the canyon. This area is extremely low-lying. After the stream flows here, there will be several large drops. There are some beautiful waterfalls in these sections of the river, but now the amount of water flowing in these creeks is slightly insufficient, so many places of these waterfalls are almost dry.
That Abu stopped the team again. He squatted next to a bush very vigilantly, pushed aside the grass here, and saw some messy footprints again.
"I have a feeling that they may be nearby..." the young hunter Abu said to everyone.
The guide who took the lead here said: "We spread out and search nearby. Be careful and try not to disturb them."
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The four robbers had to stop near the lake in the middle of the Grand Canyon, because the villager they captured from Digo Village had a spear pierced through his leg, and the sharp point of the spear pierced his left leg. The robbers didn't want to pull out the spear point. Not only did they not pull out the spear point, but they tied the villager tightly with hemp rope.
The villager had blood stains on the corner of his mouth. Obviously he was beaten severely. The villagers' struggle was still very effective.
After walking for half a day, the robbers had just reached the middle of the Grand Canyon, and they had to stop again on the south bank of the lake.
The bandit leader kicked the limping villager to the ground, and said angrily: "With this guy, we may have to walk in the Grand Canyon for three days before we can get out, or we will have nothing to do." Let's interrogate directly here..."
The other three robbers did not object, so the leader of the robbers said: "Since there is no objection, then this matter is settled."
After speaking, he took out a parchment scroll from his pocket, walked up to the moaning villager lying on the ground, unfolded the parchment, held it in front of the villager, slapped it down first, and let the villager The villager who was tied behind his back regained his senses, and then punched the villager hard in the stomach. Then he handed the parchment portrait to the villagers, and asked him in a strong tone:
"In your village, have you ever seen this woman?"
The villager was also beaten miserably along the way, especially the penetrating wound on his big leg, which made him almost unable to move. The road was almost entirely dragged by four robbers.
The villagers barely opened their swollen peach-like eyes, glanced at the strange face on the picture, then shook their heads feebly.
"Think about it again..."
The villager still shook his head.
The bandit leader scratched his head angrily, and stopped asking questions. He directly lifted the collar of the villager. Taking advantage of his unpreparedness, the dagger in his hand accurately pierced the villager's heart, and then the villager's body was thrown away by the lakeside.
The bandit leader wiped the blood stains from the dagger on the villagers, and said with a little irritability: "Let's go back the same way, and go to that village to catch a villager. If he says the same thing, it means one thing, the target is not Digo. village…"
(end of this chapter)