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Chapter 258: Facing

In the records of Tang Dynasty history books, the story of Pei Min shooting a tiger during the Tang Dynasty was once recorded.

Min was the envoy of Longhua Army and guarded Beiping. There were many tigers in Beiping, and Min was good at shooting. He once killed thirty-one tigers in a day. He rested at the foot of the mountain and looked at him calmly. An old father came and said, "These are all burly, like tigers but not. If a general meets a real tiger, he cannot do anything." Min said, "How do you care about the real tiger?" The old father said, "From now on, there are often thirty miles north." Min jumped over the horse, and then the bushes were thin, and there was a real tiger vent, small and fierce. When he roared on the ground, the rocks in the mountains shattered. Min's horse was shaking and his bow and arrow fell, and he was almost unable to avoid it. From then on, he was ashamed and stopped shooting the tiger again.

If you want to talk about this Pei Min, he is very famous. Who is he? He is one of the three great masters in the Tang Dynasty.

The three masterpieces of the Tang Dynasty are Li Bai's poems, Pei Min's swords, and Zhang Xu's cursive scripts.

Being able to be on par with the poems of the exiled immortal Li Taibai shows how superb Pei Min's swordsmanship is. He is well deservedly the number one in the entire Tang Dynasty. Li Taibai, who is also one of the three great masters, is also his apprentice. Of course, he is an apprentice in swordsmanship. As the apprentice of the Sword Saint, Li Bai also has the title of the second most in the world in swordsmanship.

This story of Pei Min shooting tigers means that during the Tang Dynasty, Pei Min was an official in Pei Ping. There were many tigers in Pei Ping. Pei Min had high swordsmanship and high bowing skills, so he often shot tigers. He once shot thirty-one tigers in one day.

Pei Min is of course very proud when he has such a record. When he is resting at the foot of the mountain, he looks around with a proud look. At this moment, he meets an old man who tells him that these are all brides, like tigers, not tigers. If you meet a real tiger, you will not be able to do such a thing.

Of course Pei Min was not convinced and asked his father-in-law, where is the real tiger? The old man told him that when walking thirty miles north from here, tigers often appear.

So Pei Min rode his horse alone and prepared to shoot a real tiger.

Sure enough, when he arrived at the place, a real tiger pounced out from the grass. Although it was not very big, it was very fierce. He just roared on the ground, and the stones on the mountain were shattered. The horse Pei Min rode backed up in fear. Pei Min couldn't hold the bow and arrow, and all fell to the ground, almost died in the tiger's mouth. From then on, Pei Min was ashamed and no longer talked about shooting tigers.

"When Pei Min shot more than 30 heads in one day, he was considered to be this kind of golden cat under the research of scholars. It is also the animal in the animal world that best matches the description of Biao in the literature. Everyone sees that the biggest feature of this golden cat is that its face is full of beautiful patterns, and the word "Biao" is understood as a pictographic character, which makes it very vivid. The three strokes vividly depict the golden cat's big flower face."

"They are wild and brave, so they are called "yellow tiger". The golden cat only feeds on meat, mainly preys on rats, rabbits, birds and deer, and also steals poultry, and sometimes attacks sheep and calves. Among the people of Guangxi, there is a legend that the "yellow tiger" can jump on the tiger's back and bite the tiger's neck. The golden cat is cold-resistant and can survive in the north. Perhaps due to the excessive hunting of the ancients, the distribution range of the golden cat in the north gradually became smaller and until it disappeared. Therefore, it is impossible in Beijing now like Pei Min did in the Tang Dynasty, who saw more than thirty heads a day."

Xu Li finally finished her explanation and nodded with satisfaction.

At this moment, the big golden cat lying on the branch more than ten meters away from the crowd, which was as majestic as a little tiger, seemed to be tired of hearing it. She yawned, then stood up and turned around and jumped off the branch, and disappeared into the bushes in the screams of everyone.

"That's the Asian Golden Cat, it's really like a little tiger! No wonder it's called the Yellow Tiger."

"Nothing strange. I have this thing in my hometown. We are all called Shan Biao."

"Tsk tsk, it looks so majestic. I wish I could have one."

Everyone carrying supplies was amazed at the direction where the golden cat disappeared.

I was looking at the dense jungle, thinking.

Because of the campfire dance last night, everyone played until 11 or 2 o'clock in the evening. As a result, they set off at 6 o'clock in the morning and had to delay until 9 o'clock in the morning.

However, Boying and Luoga took us on the small road, so the time we booked to the Twin Village would be at most one or two hours at night, and it was much easier than climbing the mountain.

While climbing over the first mountain and passing the valley we were besieged by wolves last night, and preparing to go around the second mountain along the valley, we found the golden cat just now on the branches of the forest, lying on the tree and looking at us curiously.

The big golden cat is not a rare beast, but a cat-born beast living in Yunnan. It is called the Asian Golden Cat. It is similar in nature to the caracal serval, but it looks very majestic on the outside, and at first glance it looks like a little tiger.

However, it is also a precious protected animal. It is rare to see it except in the zoo. Everyone is very excited when they see it. Some people want to get close to it, and some want to eat, but they are stopped by Xu Li, saying that it is also a wild beast, and it may be dangerous to get close to it.

But this little tiger seemed to have just eaten his fill and did not think of us as an enemy at all. He just lay lazily on the branches and looked down at us, and he looked like a cat owner, which attracted most of the girls and many boys in the team to like it. Seeing this, Xu Li asked us to rest here for a while, and by the way she played the role of the tour guide and told us what she said just now.

In fact, it is also considered by zoologists to be the "Biao" recorded in ancient classics.

Not to mention anything else, I think the Biao in the story Xu Li just told is probably this kind of golden cat. Although it is also a wild beast, its combat power is limited and far less than that of a tiger or leopard. Otherwise, even a leopard would not have been shot to death by more than thirty heads in one day.

When it comes to the real Biao, I have a clear idea after seeing the red cat last night.

Speaking of which, in addition to the different fur colors, the red cat does look like an enlarged version of the golden cat, and its combat power is much stronger.

The ancients ranked "Dragon, Tiger, Biao, Leopard". Even if the bride was photographed in front of the leopard, it can be seen that it is fierce. Although this golden cat is the most fierce among small cats, it is not as good as a lynx, not to mention a leopard. Even the smallest cloud leopard among the leopards has far surpassed the golden cat.

If the golden cat is a bumblebee, unless the ancients had thousands of myopia in their eyes, they could be placed alongside the tiger and leopard, or even in front of the leopard.

And the big cat I saw last night really has the "biao" style. The combat effectiveness of fighting alone against wolves is definitely stronger than that of most leopards and even some types of tigers.

But what I care about is not whether the red cat is Biao, but the appearance of this golden cat reminds me of something.

Wild beasts have strong territorial consciousness, especially cat beasts. In most cases, they will attack without hesitation when facing enemies that invade their own territory. Especially the battle between similar ones is even more tragic.

The territory of large cat beasts is usually very large, and it is often a territory of a beast on the entire mountain, so there is a saying that tigers are the king of the mountains and forests.

The location where we are here is not far from where we met the big red cat last night, but we met the golden cat again.

If the big red cat had a little territorial consciousness, it shouldn't be allowed to let another cat beast eat and bask in the sun here.

Could it be that this is not the territory of the big cat, or it has no territory at all?

I frowned and looked around. Because I knew there was this big cat, I had been in a state of nervousness since I entered the mountain, for fear that it would jump out to attack. At its speed, Chu Sili's skills would probably be in a hurry to fight. It was too easy for this group of volunteers who had no combat power to kill a few. Although it did not attack us last night, it was not certain today. After all, it was a wild beast and not a human, and would not sign a peace agreement with you.

I asked Luo Ga, and Luo Ga said that he often crossed here and occasionally saw that guy, but because Luo Ga thought it was the incarnation of Mingza, he was very careful not to provoke it, so he has never attacked him until now.

After resting for about half an hour, we set off again. Luo Ga and Lao Huo walked in front, holding hunting rifles to guard against wild beasts, and I followed them.

Nothing happened until I walked around the second mountain. The back of the third mountain in front was where the village of Twin Village was located.

Generally, there are not many wild animals on the hilltops where humans set up camp. When I walk here, I feel a little relieved.

Because he was approaching his own home, Bo Ying seemed very happy. He hummed songs that I didn't know the name but were very nice to me, which also made me relax.

Soon we walked around the foot of the mountain and we came to the back, and a corner of the village on the hillside was also exposed.

However, just as the last step before going up the mountain, Lao Huo and Luo Ga in front suddenly stopped and their whole bodies became tense.

Not only them, but I am the same.

A terrified scream rang out from the crowd behind him: "What is that? Is the leopard?"

I didn't answer, but cold sweat had already oozed out of my forehead.
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