HPDBC Chapter 1698 Four People Escorting the Wolf-Slaying Machine
Chapter 1698 Four People Escorting the Wolf-Slaying Machine
Chapter 1698 Four Men Escorting the Wolf-Slaying Machine
"Awooo! Awooo!" Hearing Zhao Jun's call, Black Tiger abandoned Wang Haitao and rushed towards Zhao Jun. Once beside Zhao Jun, Black Tiger turned and barked at Wang Haitao.
At this moment, Black Tiger displayed his arrogance to the fullest extent!
Wang Haitao ignored Hei Hu and Zhao Jun, instead looking at Qin Futian, who had just spoken.
They all live in Yonglitun; it would be strange if they didn't know each other.
"Fifth Brother Qin," Wang Haitao asked Qin Futian with surprise, "What are you doing?"
"Zhang Jimin, who lives behind your house, got scratched by tiger cubs." Qin Futian said, gesturing to Zhao Jun, "Is our team leader Zhao here to hunt down this lynx?"
"Team Leader Zhao?" Only then did Wang Haitao look at Zhao Jun, sizing him up, and said, "You're from Chef Zhao's family at the forest farm canteen, right?"
Wang Haitao had clearly heard of Zhao Jun's reputation.
"Hey, Master Wang," Zhao Jun greeted Wang Haitao with a smile, then asked, "What are you doing with that bag on your back? There haven't been any mountain products around here."
Wang Haitao was carrying a burlap sack on his back, which reminded Zhao Jun of the time when someone provided information that they had seen a person carrying a burlap sack and walking towards the border between the two provinces when they were at the Third Work Section.
"What do you mean? Team Leader Zhao is just joking. There's no mountain produce around these days." Hearing Zhao Jun's question, Wang Haitao's face immediately turned bitter. He said, "After the New Year, I was working for someone in Yiqigang, Jiaohe, Lingnan. Yesterday, someone sent me a message saying that my father had passed away. I was so anxious that I packed my things and ran back home."
“Ah…” Zhao Jun remained noncommittal upon hearing Wang Haitao’s words. Just then, Wang Debao took the initiative to introduce Zhao Jun, saying, “Team leader, Haitao is Wang Jiusheng, the second son of my uncle Wang.”
After speaking with Zhao Jun, Wang Debao turned to Wang Haitao and said, "Haitao, let me tell you, our team leader has been worrying a lot about your Uncle Wang these past few days..."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Jun quickly interrupted Wang Debao, saying, "I was just asking about the situation on behalf of the local police station; it's what I should do."
Hearing Zhao Jun say this, Wang Haitao nodded to Zhao Jun and said, "Team Leader Zhao, thank you for your trouble. I wanted to ask, has the person who killed my father been caught yet?"
"No." Zhao Jun shook his head, looking troubled. "There isn't a single clue. Master Wang, you know how it is in these mountains and forests. Once someone goes in, where are we supposed to look?"
"Oh dear!" Wang Haitao choked up upon hearing this, saying, "This old man, I've told him so many times not to live alone in the mountains. I've asked him to come back and live with us, but he refuses no matter what."
While Wang Haitao was speaking, Zhao Jun secretly observed his expression. To date, there is no evidence to prove that Wang Haitao is the perpetrator of these two murders.
Zhao Jun suspected this person, but then he remembered that there were no such murders at this time in his previous life. In Zhao Jun's previous life, the only time the Hammer thug committed violence was when he wiped out Bai Sanzhi's entire family; the villain did not harm Wang Jiusheng, Xu Changming, or Song Laowai.
If Wang Haitao is indeed the Hammer Thug, then why didn't Zhao Jun kill his father and beat the old man in his previous life?
Zhao Jun didn't understand this point, so he wasn't 100% sure that Wang Haitao was a bad person.
Zhao Jun is the deputy leader of the Yong'an Forest Area Security Team. In this forest area, he has the right to enforce the law. He can now order Li Baoyu and Xie Chen to arrest Wang Haitao.
However, if no evidence is found after taking down Wang Haitao, Zhao Jun's career will not be affected, but his reputation will certainly be damaged.
Firstly, Wang Haitao is from the same village. He doesn't know Zhao Jun, but he does know Zhao Youcai. Secondly, Wang Haitao is a relative of the victim. The victim's father's body is barely cold, and you're treating his son like a bad guy and detaining him. That will cause gossip.
But it's impossible to just let Wang Haitao leave like that.
“Well then, Mr. Wang,” Zhao Jun immediately said to Wang Haitao, “Your old man knows my dad. So, I should call him Grandpa. I didn’t do much to help when my Grandpa Wang got into trouble. Since we’ve run into each other here today, I’ll have someone drive you home.”
"Huh?" Wang Haitao was taken aback, then quickly shook his head and said, "No need, no need, you guys go ahead with your work, I... I'll go back by myself."
"No, no!" Zhao Jun waved his hand, then turned to Li Baoyu and said, "Baoyu, drive the jeep and take Master Wang back."
"Yes!" Li Baoyu responded, and then Zhao Jun said to Zhang Yuanmin, "Brother, you should go back too. When you get home, have my dad call Liu Guodong and tell him about our matter."
Zhao Jun spoke cryptically, avoiding mentioning Chen Weiyi from the local police station, fearing it might put Wang Haitao on guard. He did mention Liu Guodong from the provincial capital, a name Wang Haitao didn't recognize. But Zhang Yuanmin immediately understood: Zhao Jun was telling him to call the police station.
At this moment, Zhao Jun said to Qin Futian and Wang Debao, "You two should also go back in the car."
As he spoke, Zhao Jun handed both dog leashes to his left hand, then took out money from his pocket with his right hand, pulled out five ten-yuan bills and gave them to Wang Debao, saying, "Give this money to that guy, give it to Zhang Jimin."
"Team leader," Wang Debao didn't take the money, but instead asked Zhao Jun, "What money are you giving him?"
“I’ll take that deer.” Zhao Jun pointed in the direction he came from, holding the money, and said, “Wasn’t he the one who prepared it? I won’t take it for free. That deer doesn’t weigh more than 200 jin, so it won’t yield more than 100 jin of meat, right? I’ll give him 50 yuan at the price of good wild boar meat, and the extra can be used to buy him food so he can take good care of himself.”
If one of his men gets injured while patrolling the woods, it's normal for Zhao Jun, as the leader, to go and check on him. If he doesn't go, buying him some supplies is fine too.
However, by now, Zhang Jimin's wife should have already left, so the money will probably have to be temporarily kept by Wang Debao.
Zhao Jun took the fifty yuan simply to find a reason to send Wang Debao and Qin Futian back.
Although Li Baoyu and Zhang Yuanmin are one scholar and one warrior, if Wang Haitao is a thug, then he is extremely dangerous.
However, if Wang Debao and Qin Futian were in the car, then Wang Haitao would be helpless.
No matter how fierce his hammer was, it couldn't possibly knock down four people in a row, right? Under these circumstances, Wang Haitao, who had not yet been exposed, would not take such a risk.
Wang Haitao hadn't expected Zhao Jun to be so kind, arranging a car for him and taking care of Li Baoyu and the other three in the blink of an eye. Now, Wang Haitao couldn't very well refuse.
"Team Leader Zhao, no need to trouble yourself..." Wang Haitao had just opened his mouth when Zhao Jun said to him, "Master Wang, we're all from the same village, no need to be so polite. You should hurry back with the car. My old man, Uncle Wang, has been waiting for you at your house for several days."
“This…” Wang Haitao was speechless. At this moment, Zhao Jun turned to Li Baoyu and said, “Baoyu, be sure to take Master Wang to his destination and let him see the old man first when he gets home.”
"Yes, brother, I understand!" Li Baoyu readily agreed, knowing that Zhao Jun wanted him to take Wang Haitao to the mourning hall.
Wang Haitao, Wang Jiusheng's second son, was unable to be buried because he had not returned home. Now that he has returned, he can't get out of the mourning hall. Once he puts on his mourning robe and hat, where can he run?
"Master Wang, you should go with Baoyu." At this moment, Zhao Jun urged Wang Haitao, "The car isn't far from here, just a five or six-minute drive."
After saying that, Zhao Jun called to Li Baoyu, "Baoyu, give me the dog."
"Brother, can you hold the rope now?" Li Baoyu asked, a little worried. At this moment, Zhao Jinhui stepped forward, took the rope, and said, "It's okay, Brother Li, I'm here."
As he spoke, Zhao Jinhui wrapped the dog leash around his thick arm twice.
The dogs that Zhang Yuanmin, Qin Futian, and Wang Debao each led were taken by Zhao Jun, Wang Qiang, and Xie Chen respectively. Then, Zhao Jun and the other three watched as Li Baoyu and the others escorted Wang Haitao away.
"Nephew." After the group had disappeared from sight, Wang Qiang whispered to Zhao Jun, "You arranged things quite well."
"Right, Uncle?" Zhao Jun said, but he was still a little worried, so he voiced his thoughts to try to boost his confidence.
Zhao Jun then said, "If he were a bad guy, even if he had a gun, he would have disassembled it and put it in a sack."
“Yeah!” Wang Qiang replied, “Look at his sack, it’s all sticking out.”
Zhao Jun nodded and said, "There are four people in the car. Bao Yu and my brother Zhang are prepared, especially my brother Zhang who even had a semi-automatic transmission. No matter how wicked Wang Haitao is, he can't do anything about it. And with Bao Yu there, he can't escape even if he wants to."
"Oh dear!" Hearing Zhao Jun say that, Wang Qiang sighed and said, "I hope it's not him."
"What's wrong, Uncle?" Xie Chen chimed in from the side, "I have a feeling it's this old rascal."
Wang Qiang glanced back at Xie Chen, then shook his head and said, "His son killed his father, what kind of nonsense is this?"
Hearing Wang Qiang's words, Zhao Jun, Xie Chen, and Zhao Jinhui all fell silent. At that moment, Black Tiger suddenly barked twice and then leaped over.
The next second, all the hunting dogs grabbed their ropes and darted out.
Zhao Jun and Zhao Jinhui each led three dogs, while Wang Qiang and Xie Chen each led two. When Black Tiger barked, the dogs all started moving at once, and no one could control them.
Fortunately, Zhao Jun then ordered, "Quickly, unleash the dogs!"
As he spoke, Zhao Jun pulled and tugged, unlocking the chain, and Erhei leaped out.
Next came Bailong and Huanglong. When Zhao Jun didn't have a dog, he hurriedly went to help Zhao Jinhui.
Zhao Jinhui had never experienced anything like this before, and he didn't know how to use the strength required to pull a chain. At this moment, he relied on brute force to pull Xiaohua, Heiniu, and Heilong tightly, to the point that the three little female dogs were making no good noises.
With Zhao Jun's help, ten dogs emerged one after another, following the black tiger as it ran through the mountains and forests.
"Hurry up!" Zhao Jun said, swaying his shoulder as he drew his Type 56 semi-automatic rifle. Holding the gun in both hands, Zhao Jun chased after the direction the hunting dogs had gone.
Wang Qiang followed closely behind with his gun, followed by Xie Chen and Zhao Jinhui.
After entering the mountains, they didn't walk much on the mountain paths. Zhao Jinhui was in pretty good condition, panting as he kept up with Jie Chen.
"Awooo..." Black Tiger was still the same as always, running and howling. It had Mongol blood, so it ran very fast. In addition, its big body created a gust of wind, making it like a black whirlwind swirling through the forest.
Just then, a beast stepped into the forest. This beast was taller than a dog but not as long, with a cat-like appearance and a short tail. Its body was covered in spotted fur, and its ears had black tufts of hair standing on end.
This is the lynx, one of the three major feline predators in Northeast China!
The lynx didn't have a good winter either. A large lynx that had gained weight to about 80 pounds last autumn now only weighs about 60 pounds.
But the lynx walked with an air of dominance. It slowly made its way into the forest, its four legs covered in hair and seemingly the same thickness from top to bottom.
"Awooo..." At this moment, a strange barking sound came, and the lynx was startled and subconsciously stopped in its tracks.
Immediately afterward, the lynx saw a large black dog coming towards it!
The lynx was taken aback when it first saw the black tiger.
Just like in "The Donkey of Guizhou," the tiger was bewildered when it first saw the donkey. The lynx had to think twice before it suddenly saw a big, strong creature running towards it.
In the forest, when the lynx saw the black tiger, the black tiger approached it.
The black tiger leaped to within two meters of the lynx, then abruptly pulled back, instantly creating distance between them. This action startled the lynx, causing it to climb a tree!
The lynx had never seen anything like it before. It thought the black tiger was about to attack, but the big black dog retreated unexpectedly.
Black Tiger's retreat left the lynx with murderous intent, though its intentions remained unclear.
Lynxes prefer to eat red food, that is, live food. Unless absolutely necessary or extremely hungry, lynxes will not eat dead food.
At that moment, the lynx looked at the black tiger's fleshy body!
The lynx, its four claws gripping the tree trunk, swayed and instantly transformed into a blur as it swooped down, pouncing straight at the black tiger.
"Roar!" The black tiger's roar changed, and it suddenly leaped forward. By the time the lynx pounced, the black tiger had already disappeared from sight.
The lynx's ears flipped outwards, and the sharp hairs on its ears twitched slightly. At this moment, the lynx was using its sight, hearing, and smell to search for the black tiger's tracks.
"Woof woof woof..." As the white dragon, Erhei, Huanglong, and Hualong roared in, the black tiger peeked out from behind a tree three meters away.
Seeing his companions arrive to help, Black Tiger leaped out from behind the tree and roared at the lynx.
After the four white dragons, there are Qinglong, Dahua, Erhua, and then the third tier consisting of Heilong, Xiaohua, and Heiniu.
Ten more dogs came swarming in, and the lynx decided to retreat. Without making any further moves, it turned and headed into the woods.
That's right, it's walking, not running.
Moreover, the lynx walked quite gracefully.
It truly felt like being in a world untouched by human presence!
This is understandable, as wild lynxes live for ten to fifteen years, and this six-year-old lynx is just entering its peak lifespan.
In his past life, Zhao Jun watched short videos and saw someone call the lynx a "wolf-slaying machine." While the chances of encountering these two animals are actually quite low, this nickname does highlight the formidable fighting power of an adult lynx.
This lynx, at this moment, perfectly demonstrates another factor that determines combat effectiveness.
That is strong self-confidence.
A wild beast's fighting ability is largely determined by its self-confidence. If this lynx wanted to run, even a dog couldn't catch it.
But the lynx didn't run away; it walked out of the forest the same way it had entered.
The moment the lynx stepped out of the woods, five hunting dogs—one black, one white, one blue, one yellow, and one spotted—rushed past on either side of it. Then, two black dogs and four dragon dogs lined up two meters in front of the lynx, all raising their heads and roaring at it.
With its path blocked, the lynx stopped, and Black Tiger, Black Dragon, Black Girl Big Flower, Second Flower, and Little Flower surrounded it from behind.
This lynx was very confident, and the Zhao family's hunting dogs were no slouch either. The eleven hunting dogs Zhao Jun brought today had all fought Siberian tigers; some had fought them once, and others twice!
The three major feline predators of Northeast China—the Siberian tiger goes without saying. As for the Amur leopard and the lynx, who is stronger? Only a fight will tell.
Comparing the two, the lynx is stronger in attack. However, the lynx's defense is pitifully weak.
Last year, the Zhao family's gang of dogs surrounded the Northeast Leopard for the first time and tore the leopard apart alive.
Even a lynx caught in the encirclement will not escape with a complete corpse.
At this moment, the lynx stopped pretending and lunged at the black dragon. As the dragon dodged and the other hounds surrounded it, the lynx leaped up into a tree.
"Ow ooh..."
"Wang Wang Wang..."
Looking at the lynx in the tree, the hunting dogs began to scratch and climb the tree, but climbing trees was not one of their skills.
(End of this chapter)