Strange Life of a Cat

When Zheng Tan followed the mountain and left in the distance, Ermao's cell phone started beeping to call the police. Due to the special device on Zheng Tan's cat card, as long as Zheng Tan leaves a certain distance, there will be an alarm on Ermao's mobile phone.

Therefore, regarding Zheng Tan's going out, Ermao was very clear about it. It was only because the old master said that there was a big mountain and it was all right, so Ermao didn't move.

It wasn't until the afternoon that Er Mao and Wei Leng felt relieved when they saw Da Shan and Zheng Tan coming back. Others don't know, but the two of them are quite clear in their hearts, this black cat is not just a quiet cat, it is very capable of causing trouble, and besides, they have promised Jiao's family before coming here that they will not let anything happen. Easy to explain.

Therefore, after Zheng Tan returned to the courtyard, he listened to Er Mao's opinions for about twenty minutes.

Dashan went out once or twice a week, and if it was twice, it was rarely two days in a row, so even the old master did not expect that Dashan would continue to take Zheng Tan out the next day, and this time Compared with the day before, it was much farther away, so I went out in the morning.

Zheng Tan followed behind the mountain, with yesterday's experience, now Zheng Tan has adapted a little bit.

Today's road is the same as most of yesterday's itinerary, except that in the later part of the road, Dashan chose to go from some places that are more difficult for people to walk. Whether it is a narrow and steep rocky road or a dense forest area where humans are difficult to walk, it is not too difficult for cats. All Zheng Tan needs to do is to be alert to the possible dangers around him.

Zheng Tan will not pin all his hopes on Dashan, even Dashan, an experienced mountain predator, may not be able to detect all the potential threats around him, so Zheng Tan still has to hang his heart, Be wary of your surroundings.

Zheng Tan once followed Jiao's family to practice in the field. The time he found the red mouse, Zheng Tan lived in the field for a while. After a few years, the nervousness that seemed to tense his nerves rose again.

This is life in the wild, where there is no mercy, only survival, where the slightest negligence can lead to fatal results.

With tense nerves, Zheng Tan followed Dashan all the way. He knew there would be danger here, but he wanted to know what the purpose of Dashan was. If he didn't know, Zheng Tan always felt that there was something hanging in his heart.

Although it is already mid-to-late October, if it is in Chuhua City, there must be a clear sense of autumn, the temperature will drop, mosquitoes and the like, and the wild will gradually decrease, but not here.

The temperature in winter here is higher than that in the central region. Unless it is on some high mountains, it is difficult to see a single snowflake throughout the winter. Probably because of the temperature, when Zheng Tan was walking in the woods, he could hear a lot of mosquitoes, and sometimes those mosquitoes would sway right in front of his eyes, making people want to slap him to death immediately, but Zheng Tan endured it. The movement of swatting mosquitoes is too big, which can easily startle some dangerous species.

It was almost noon, Dashan caught a bird to eat, Zheng Tan only found a few fruits to eat, and Zheng Tan really didn't want to touch raw food in the wild again unless it was a last resort.

Dashan was quite curious when he saw Zheng Tan eating the fruit, he went to sniff it, then walked away disgusted, and continued to eat its meat.

I ate something and wasn't so hungry anymore. Zheng Tan squatted on a tree branch to rest, thinking, there is no one in this area, and no trace of human activity has been found after walking for so long, how far will the mountain go?

With the lessons learned from the trip of the Red Mouse back then, Zheng Tan didn't want to do it again after leaving for a few days or even longer.

Or, go home later?

Just as he was thinking, Zheng Tan moved his ears and suddenly looked in one direction.

If he heard correctly just now, it seems that someone is talking over there.

Looking sideways at Dashan on the other branch, Dashan is also looking at that side at the moment, with a serious face, almost the same as usual, but his eyes are a bit chilly, Zheng Tan has seen similar eyes many times, the cat When hunting dead prey, they have similar eyes, but compared with those cats hunting with interest, the eyes in Dashan's eyes are more cold, just like the real cold killer produced by nature , Seeing that Zheng Tan felt chills in his heart.

Could it be that the purpose of Dashan is the people over there?

Looking at Dashan like this, he should know that there are people there.

In a place so far away from villages and towns that is almost completely wild, there are people living there. Before, Zheng Tan thought that there would be no human activities in such a place.

Hearing the movement over there, the mountain moved. The movement was very light, but very fast, approaching there quietly.

Zheng Tan followed behind, identifying what might be happening over there from the voices he heard.

Listening to the voice, there is more than one person over there, who seems to be looking for something.

Glancing at the big cat in front of him, Zheng Tan thought to himself, could he be looking for this guy again?

It doesn't seem right either. Dashan usually lives in the yard, even if he comes here, he doesn't come here often, and he didn't come here yesterday. These people should be looking for something that was just lost.

But what exactly are these people doing?

The mountain was not too close, and stopped when there was still a certain distance, hiding on a big tree, whose shadow was covered by dense branches.

Zheng Tan also hid himself, looking at the people who were getting closer.

Those people spoke with dialect accents, Zheng Tan didn't quite understand what they were looking for just by looking at their movements. What's more, Zheng Tan could feel the smell of blood on these people.

These people are dangerous and the type to stay away from. This is Zheng Tan's intuition.

There were three people on the other side. They looked like they were in their thirties, probably because they were often active outside, and their skin was dark. They were talking in low voices, and their eyes swept over the surrounding bushes and grass from time to time.

Zheng Tan hid behind the bushes, and as the three people got closer, Zheng Tan was also nervous, and his breathing became cautious.

The good thing is that when they were about ten meters away, they probably felt that there were too many bushes here and it was difficult to walk. They didn't find any suspicious traces, so they changed direction and left.

After those people walked away, Zheng Tan took a long breath.

And Dashan jumped down from the tree, and the branches made a rubbing sound with Dashan's movements, but fortunately those people had gone far away and couldn't hear them.

After jumping down, Dashan looked at the direction where the three people left, moved his ears, and made sure that the three people had not returned before walking again.

Zheng Tan followed Dashan. He didn't know what this person wanted to do, but what was certain was that it was definitely related to these people whose activities were deep in the dense forest.

What to do next?

Just two cats, even if there is hatred, what can they do to those people?

Even if Zheng Tan turned into a human, he would not be able to fight against any of those three people. Of course, if it is borrowing other means, then that's another story.

Dashan didn't seem to have the intention of following the three people, but went in another direction.

Half an hour later, Zheng Tan saw a simple shed made of cloth and wood. From the sounds coming from inside, it was known that some animals were kept in the wooden house.

Poachers?

No, although there is indeed a large wild forest belt here, and there are many wild dogs, wolves, and wild boars, but there are not many rare animals. This is what Zheng Tan heard from Er Mao.

If you really want to poach, why come here? Wolf fur?

At this time, two people came out of the tent, one of them yawned and walked into a nearby tent with a hint of alcohol, while the other walked around, then sat down against a tree, and lit a fire. He was smoking a cigarette, and when he heard something, the man suddenly looked over.

Whoosh—

The brown and yellow figure flashed across the grass and disappeared quickly.

The man's vigilant eyes just now disappeared. As long as it is not human, they don't care about other animals.

Zheng Tan hid behind the cloth shed, watching the man find the mountain, then slowly sat down against the tree again, he didn't seem worried at all.

The man is alert.

Dashan's movement just now was actually very slight, but when he approached the cloth shed, he paused probably because of the smell of the animals inside, and stepped on a very thin branch.

When the man sat down again, Zheng Tan gently lifted the thick curtains of the shed that were hanging down on the ground. Didn't go in directly, Zheng Tan just raised a little bit to see what's going on inside.

Ventilation openings are left on the side of the cloth shed, allowing light to enter from the outside. Therefore, even though the inside of the cloth shed was relatively dark, Zheng Tan was still able to use the not so bright light to see clearly what was inside the cloth shed.

There are five cages inside, two cages are filled with monkeys, and three cages are filled with red pandas, not small pandas, but animals with many reddish-brown bodies, also known as red pandas.

Whether it was the two monkeys or the three red pandas, they seemed to be in poor condition, lacking energy, and didn't move much in the cage.

Zheng Tan once again doubted whether these people were really poachers. Keeping them alive without paying much attention to their health is poaching?

Just looking at it, Zheng Tan suddenly trembled in his heart, quickly put down the curtain, and then quickly left the original place.

After Zheng Tan left, the person who was sitting against the tree appeared next to the cloth shed.

"What's the matter?" The person who entered the tent before came out and asked.

"It's nothing, there are other animals approaching." The person next to the cloth shed said.

"Oh, it doesn't matter as long as it's not a human being." The tension on the man's face dissipated immediately, he yawned, and walked into the tent again, "I'll sleep for a while, and wake up to pick up your shift."

Zheng Tan, who was hiding behind a tree not far away, looked at the two people over there. Compared with the three people he met before, Zheng Tan can still hear a few words in what these two people said, and guess the meaning of the words.

Zheng Tan didn't go to inquire again, and Dashan seemed to know that he couldn't get close to it, so he planned to go back, but Zheng Tan felt that this guy was actually a little bit unwilling.

There is nothing to be reconciled to, Zheng Tan doesn't want to mess with those people.

When walking back, Zheng Tan was also thinking about the two people just now, as well as the monkey and the little panda locked in the cage inside the cloth shed. He only paid attention to the danger around him but didn't pay attention to his feet. He suddenly felt that he stepped on something. , Zheng sighed and looked down.

There was something sticky where Zheng Tan stepped on, I don't know what it was, it felt quite disgusting. But Dashan was very afraid of this, and looked around nervously, as if there were some dangerous objects.