"Dad, what's wrong?"
Yang Xuewu asked in surprise.
The others were also confused.
"Dabao seems to have noticed something."
Yang Heping said in a deep voice.
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Dabao, the subordinate dog at his feet. Sure enough, they saw that his whole body was tense, his center of gravity shifted downward, his tail was erected, two rows of sharp teeth were exposed, and intermittent low growls came from his throat.
Chen Wang glanced at Ruyi and found that its reaction was similar to Dabao's. It was alert and looked around as if facing a great enemy. Its nose moved as if it was sniffing something in the air.
"Could it be that the beast is nearby?"
Chen Dazhuang guessed in a low voice.
Everyone's heart sank, they held their shotguns tightly and kept alert to their surroundings.
"Look around to see if there are any signs of activity. Generally, wild animals have the habit of marking their territory with urine. These two dogs may have smelled the scent."
Chen Jianjun said in a deep voice.
"That makes sense. Everyone be careful."
Yang Heping spoke up and agreed.
Soon, everyone started searching the surroundings carefully with their dogs.
Suddenly, Ruyi seemed to smell something and ran towards the cave.
"As one wishes!!"
Chen Wang hurriedly followed.
Ruyi stopped next to a huge rock at the entrance of the cave. His nose moved, and then he turned his head and barked at Chen Wang.
Chen Wang walked closer quickly and vaguely smelled a foul odor.
"Awang? Did you find anything?"
Chen Dazhuang and others came over.
“There seems to be a smell here.”
Chen Wang replied.
The crowd gathered around, and a few hunting dogs also smelled the scent and became restless.
"Could it be that the big beast has really been here? Could it be inside that cave?"
Yang Xuewu said in a low voice.
The others' pupils shrank slightly, and their eyes all turned towards the entrance of the cave.
A tense and oppressive atmosphere instantly spread.
Chen Wang suddenly saw something and walked towards the cave entrance.
"Awang, don't be impulsive!"
Chen Dazhuang shouted urgently.
"fine."
Chen Wang responded, stopped only five or six steps away from the cave entrance, and looked down at the ground.
I saw several pairs of shallow footprints on the ground, extending from the cave.
Because the soil around here is relatively hard, the footprints are very shallow.
"Is this... a footprint?"
Chen Dazhuang came over and asked in surprise.
"right!"
Chen Wang nodded and said, "But it's not the big beast, it's the footprint of a bear."
"What? Bear? Where?"
Yang Xuewu ran over excitedly, looked at the footprints on the ground, and exclaimed: "They are really bear footprints."
Others also came over.
"It seems like these footprints have been there for a few days. A black bear has lived in this cave."
Yang Heping squatted down, touched the footprints on the ground, and expressed his opinion.
"Dad, it's not still in there, is it?"
Yang Xuewu asked, staring at the cave entrance.
"I think he's gone."
Yang Heping stood up and said.
Having said that, everyone obviously didn't dare to enter the cave rashly. They had to make sure there was really no black bear inside.
So Yang Xuewen fired two shots into the cave.
Everyone waited outside for a while, and seeing that there was indeed no movement, they entered the cave.
As for whether the black bear would come back, no one was worried at all. They even hoped that it would fall into the trap.
With so many hunting dogs and two scent hounds with extremely sensitive senses of smell, it would be noticed if it got close.
Faced with so many hunting dogs and shotguns, even a bear would be like a lamb falling into a wolf's den.
After entering the cave, the light soon disappeared.
Yang Xuewu turned on a flashlight and illuminated the road ahead.
Chen Wang and Chen Dazhuang led the way, and soon everyone arrived at the innermost part of the cave.
"Wow, this is really spacious! I didn't expect there is such a good place to stay in the mountains."
Yang Xuewu exclaimed.
"Put the things aside for now, take a break, and then go out and continue searching!"
Yang Heping dropped the yellow pig he was carrying and suggested with a smile.
Chen Wang also put down the sack in his hand.
"Look, it's right here. Last time we came to arrest those two prisoners, one of them was unlucky and got bitten by our Marshal and Awang's Big Black right here. It was so miserable."
Chen Dazhuang pointed to an area near the wall and smiled as he recounted the glorious events of that time.
"Did you manage just the two dogs? Did you shoot them?"
Yang Xuewu asked curiously.
"The officers opened fire and one person was injured by a bullet. There was no need for us to do anything. It would be very troublesome if we shot and injured someone."
Chen Dazhuang replied.
Yang Xuewu sat down on the stone bed and curled his lips and said, "That murderer is nothing special. He was caught so easily."
"Please, we were lucky to find their hiding place. It was still night time and they were resting. We were caught off guard. Do you think it would be that easy?"
Chen Dazhuang rolled his eyes.
"That's true."
Yang Xuewu nodded in agreement.
"The main reason is that this cave has no other exit. If someone comes in at night, it's basically impossible to escape."
Yang Xuewen looked around and expressed his opinion.
Chen Wang sat down against the wall, replenished his water with a kettle, and then poured out the roe deer and rabbits from the sack.
"Brother Zhuang, come and help me light up so I can skin this roe deer."
“Here it comes!”
Chen Dazhuang responded and came over to help.
After they skinned the roe deer, everyone had rested and walked out of the cave together.
"Let's go out and look for that big beast. Will the bear come back and eat our prey?"
Yang Xuewu looked back and said with some concern.
"There's nothing to worry about. If it really comes back to steal food, we might catch it. A bear is much more valuable than a yellow-haired pig or a stupid roe deer."
Chen Dazhuang grinned.
"If they are eaten even in this cave, then other places are not safe either."
Chen Wang said with a smile.
"Okay, let's split up like we did this morning. We'll go over there, and you four will go over there."
Yang Heping pointed to the direction and reminded again: "Same as always, don't go too far from this place, be careful."
Chen Wang and the other three nodded.
The crowd split into two groups again and searched for the tiger in different directions.
When we felt tired, we found a place to rest and then continued searching.
The temperature rose today. In some places, there was no grass or trees to block the view, so the afternoon sun shone directly on our bodies, and it was a bit hot.
During a short break, Chen Wang took down the medicine basket and took off his coat and put it inside.
The little monkey Jixiang was playing in the tree and also helping to look for them, coming back to find them from time to time.
It was very familiar with the smell of Chen Wang, and it could move freely in this mountain, standing high and seeing far.
As long as Chen Wang is not too far away, Jixiang can find him at any time.
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