Zheng Tan was woken up by a violent vibration, trampling, and the sound of cat meowing.
The effect of the medicine has not completely disappeared, and when Zheng Tan first opened his eyes, he still had a dazed feeling, not knowing where he was.
It wasn't the soft sofa of Jiao's family under him, there was an unfamiliar aura around him, and the air was filled with factors of panic and anxiety. The people's scolding and the cat's meowing mixed together, causing Zheng Tan to have a headache.
Bang!
Cages with cats were placed on shelves.
Zheng Tan was trampled a few times by other cats in the same cage.
I really woke up this time.
I opened my eyes and looked around, it was a small room, full of stinky smell and some bloody smell. Zheng Tan could see some iron cages placed on the opposite shelf, as well as a few simple cat cages made of wooden boards and bamboo.
His ears moved, and Zheng Tan also heard the barking of the dog next door. Dogs bark harder than cats.
With a sigh, Zheng Tan's body was still a little weak, but standing up and moving was fine.
The other cats in the same cage are very robust, some of them are still expensive cat breeds, their fur is relatively clean and shiny, and several have collars and pet tags around their necks. They are all sold better.
Regarding Zheng Tan's waking up, the cats in the cage didn't pay attention to him. Domestic cats, especially cats that have been raised for a few years, seem to have felt waiting for What's your own.
There is a restaurant outside this room, and the whole street is full of such restaurants.
However, even if they have spirituality, after all, they are not as good as humans. They can't think of ways to save themselves if they know there is danger. They can only call. Maybe they still have a lucky mentality, hoping that their masters can hear them.
Zheng Tan took a brief look and found that most of the cats in these cages are not stray cats. Even if the hair on their bodies is dirty, and there is no cat collar around their necks, the eyes of stray cats and domestic cats are different. Sigh can see.
Looking at the cage again, the good thing is that the lock of the cage is not complicated, not the kind of small copper lock that requires a key. After all, there are many cages, and if each cage has a large iron lock or a small copper lock, it would be too troublesome. For those cages made of bamboo or wood, the locks are also of the latch type.
A few cats stretched out their claws to pull the cage's locked place twice, but after all, their IQ is not high, and not every cat has received special training like a fat man. It's not about dialing the door of your own window. And it takes a little effort to move these latches, the latches are very tight, and it is not something that ordinary cats can move.
For Zheng Tan, this kind of work is not difficult, but Zheng Tan is not sure when the traffickers outside will come in. It stands to reason that I have just counted, and I won't come in to see it for the time being, but I have to be careful, it's a matter of life.
There is no camera installed here. Think about it too, in such a broken place, how can those people be willing to spend money to install a camera
Zheng Tan braced his ears and listened intently. There were footsteps coming and going at the door, as well as human voices. Zheng Tan sounded a little familiar, and he heard this voice when he was in a coma.
When the footsteps were getting farther away, Zheng Tan pushed away a cat that was waving its paws at the door of the cage. The cat had a bad temper. It bared its teeth at Zheng Tan, and after being slapped by Zheng Tan, even if the cat was reluctant, it obediently stepped aside.
Zheng Tan came to the door of the cage and looked at the iron latch with the thickness of an adult's pinky finger, it had to be turned at an angle to be pulled out.
He stretched his arm out of the cage, and when he touched the iron latch, he bent his palm and hooked the movable handle of the iron latch with his claws. He turned the handle up 90 degrees and pulled it to the left.
Since Zheng Tan slapped the cat blocking the door of the cage just now, the other cats in the cage kept a little distance from Zheng Tan, so after Zheng Tan pushed the latch away, he pushed the cage away and slipped out. , and closed the cage again before the other cats squeezed in.
It's not that Zheng Tan doesn't want to save them, Zheng Tan needs to observe the surrounding situation first. Letting these guys out, Zheng Tan was afraid that he would scare the snakes and ruin his chances of escape.
Seeing Zheng Tan come out, the cats in the cage started a new round of meowing. A few cats also stretched their paws to hook the iron latch, but in vain.
Taking a deep breath, Zheng Tan looked around, ran to the door, jumped up, and dialed the door lock, it was locked. Obviously trying to get out through the door, unlikely.
In addition to the door, there is also a casement window in this small room. The wooden window frame is somewhat cracked, and the paint is badly peeled off. The window is tightly closed, the latch is inserted, and it looks like it has not been opened for some time, the gap is full of dust, the latch of the window is also rusted, and the glass is covered with a layer of stains, only the middle part can be seen outside. Happening.
Zheng Tan walked over from the shelf and leaned against the window to take a look.
Outside the window is a narrow concrete road. The house on this side and the house on the other side of the concrete road face away from each other. Only the back door of the house leads to this road. There are several large trash cans on the cement road, all of which are already full of garbage. Although many of them are packed in bags, you can still see some chopped and discarded wreckage and internal organs protruding from the bags. There are many flies on it. fly.
Even if he was mentally prepared, Zheng Tan couldn't help but feel chills when he saw it.
If I can't wake up myself, and I drag it out for a few hours, or a few more days, will it also become like this? The corpse was separated, or skinned and deboned
But now is not the time to feel emotional, even if you have a lot of doubts about being caught, you have to suppress it at this time and focus all your energy on escaping.
Zheng Tan flipped the latch of the window, but he hadn't opened the window for too long. In addition, the latch was covered with rust and had great resistance. Zheng Tan's strength did not recover, and it took a lot of effort to open the window.
At this time, it seemed to be two or three o'clock in the afternoon, the sky was overcast, it looked like it was going to rain, and there was no one on the concrete road.
Zheng Tan turned out the window. When he came out, he was going to push the window closed so that no one would notice anything strange, but after thinking about it, he still didn't close it. He had to come over later to save trouble.
Next to the room where the cat is kept is the room for the dog. Fortunately, the windows of this room are open and ventilated. After all, dogs are not as capable of jumping as cats, and even if they are released from their cages, they will not be able to turn over the windows.
There was no one inside, only a cage of dogs barking inside, and the sound of biting each other.
Zheng Tan just opened the window and looked inside. Just then, a big dog looked up at the window and saw Zheng Tan.
"Wow wow wow wow!"
Shit! Shout! Zheng Tan tugged at his ears.
There are some differences between dogs and cats. Some cages are crowded with several dogs, and some are bigger and fiercer dogs, and each cage holds one.
From the small Pomeranian Pekingese to the larger native dogs and black-backed dogs.
It is difficult to open the dog cage.
It's not about the lock. The cages here are basically of the latch type, and some are of the bayonet type, which are not difficult to open.
There were a few low cages crammed with a few local dogs. The narrow cage made them unable to stand up or bark much. Their mental state was not very good, but Zheng Tan didn't dare to open it rashly. Who knows. Will these dogs bite themselves when they come out
There were also a few screaming jubilant, looking at those eyes and wishing to rush up to bite.
What to do
Zheng Tan looked around, and finally his eyes stopped on a thin iron rod on a shelf. The front end of the iron rod was sharpened, and there was blood on it. There are also some ropes and thin wire beside it.
Zheng Tan turned into the house, and the dogs around him made Zheng Tan nervous. Many of the dogs were full of evil spirits and growled in their throats, probably thinking about how to bite Zheng Tan.
Zheng Tan dragged out the thin iron rod, tied the thin iron wire to the iron rod, and the wire formed a circle. Then grab the iron rod with both hands and walk upright on both legs. It's a little difficult, but just move slowly.
On the shelf were some sticks and other percussion items, all of which were blood. Zheng Tan walked on it step by step, the pungent smell of blood almost made him spit it out. Standing on the shelf, even if the cage is opened, those dogs can't help Zheng Tan, they can't jump so high.
Zheng Tan stretched the thin iron rod down to the latch of the cage. The wire loop tied to the top was placed on the latch handle, and the iron rod was lifted to drive the latch to rotate, and then pulled it to the side.
With a click, the cage door opened, and several puppies inside ran out, scrambling around to find an exit.
Zheng Tan ignored them and opened the cage. The kind of bayonet is also easier to handle, just poke it up and dial it twice to open. In addition to the laborious lifting of the iron rod, Zheng Tan also became proficient in opening a few cages, and the more he opened, the faster he opened.
However, if someone opened the door and came in at this time, Zheng Tan would throw the guy and leave, and escape first.
After all the cages were opened, Zheng Tan didn't stay any longer. The dogs were barking too loudly, and several of the more aggressive big dogs had some signs of going mad, and the movements here were obviously easy to attract the attention of outsiders.
Turning out the window, Zheng Tan came to the room where the cats were closed, opened the cat cages one by one, the windows were open, and the cats all escaped from the windows.
After opening the last cage, Zheng Tan heard someone shouting outside. Apparently the cat was found fleeing here.
Zheng Tan rushed out of the window, there was no shortcut around to escape directly, and even if the residents around did not open restaurants, they would not show mercy to the cats. Zheng Tan did not dare to hide here, and tried to escape as far away as possible A voice: Get out of this street, out of this area with signs such as "XX Hot Pot" and "XX Cat Meat/Dog Meat/Rabbit Meat House" hanging everywhere.
While Zheng Tan was busy escaping, the young man who caught Zheng Tan was talking to a man in his fifties.
"Uncle Rod, you have gained a lot this time." The young man handed him a cigarette and said.
The man known as "Uncle Rod" took the cigarette, lit it, took two puffs, and said, "It's boring to make a little trouble."
Uncle Po is relatively well-known in this area. He belongs to an earlier group of people who beat dogs and cats. They also made their fortunes from this. Some young people also learned their skills from Uncle Po. Of course, teaching is definitely not white. filial piety.
Xiao Young also learned from Uncle Gun, including the use of anesthesia guns. He has played dogs several times with Uncle Gun. He is relatively familiar with the technique. There was a low point during SARS last year, but now it has gradually recovered, and I am busy making money.
"You can make more than 100,000 yuan a year now, right?" Uncle Rod said. Although it is an interrogative sentence, it is certain. He is clear in this regard.
The young man smiled, instead of answering directly, he took out something and showed it to Uncle Rod.
"Anesthesia gun?" Uncle Rod looked at it casually, "It's alright, but it's too small, it's boring, and it doesn't feel good to hold. This kind of needle is not easy to handle... According to the dose of this needle, do you beat a dog or a person? "
The young man smiled: "Hit the cat."
Uncle Rod raised his eyebrows, "Have patience, use this to hit cats!"
The tone was full of disdain. Uncle Rod always felt that cats are stupid to death, and their curious hunting instincts can also kill themselves, so cats are easy to catch.
The young man didn't care about Uncle Rod's sarcasm, "That cat is not easy to catch, it's not easy to catch, if I hadn't been in a hurry to come back, I wouldn't have used this. This time I followed my uncle to several cities in the central part of the country and got this anesthesia. Gun, and also got a BMQ to play with."
The young man said something true and false. As for how much money he made in the last ticket, he didn't say a word, and he had to be filial.
Uncle Rod snorted twice, and didn't take the young man's words seriously. After a while, he said, "I'm going to go out tomorrow to vote, are you interested?"
"Where?" the young man asked.
Uncle Rod pointed to the west.
The young man was silent. Although he beats dogs and cats, sometimes he picks up a few jobs through middlemen, and beats people, but... poaching, he has never done it.
After smoking a cigarette, the young man threw the cigarette butt on the ground and crushed it with his toes.
"Okay! This time, I'll go with Uncle Rod for a long experience!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a guy from the shop rush out with blood on his arm.
"The dog ran away! The cat ran away too!!"
Their store opened a restaurant and also did wholesale business. Just now when someone wanted to buy a dog, the guy took someone over to watch the dog. Before he got close to the warehouse, he heard that someone's cat had run away. He was still laughing at it, but When I walked to the door, I heard the dog barking a little bit wrong, and I was apprehensive. As soon as he opened the door, he saw a big dog rushing towards him. If he hadn't reacted quickly, this arm would have been abolished.
When the young man heard what the guy said, his heart skipped a beat, and he hurried over to check the situation. After taking two steps, he turned his head to look at Uncle Po, and before he spoke, he watched Uncle Po pull out the dog-beating tool from his old man's truck.
"Let's go, it's just an itchy hand, and I'll help you too. These beasts are uneasy students." Uncle Rod said casually, but he showed a crazy and cruel killing intent.
Zheng Tan didn't know what was going on at the restaurant, so he just ran. But it was too much effort to open the cage before, and the effect of the medicine was not completely dissipated. At this time, a sudden feeling of exhaustion and fainting hit.
Misfortunes do not come singly.
The people behind them were riding motorcycles, driving cars, and cleaning up cats and dogs that escaped along the way. Not only the restaurant, but other people on the street also joined the action.
The screams of dogs and the percussion of sticks stimulated Zheng Tan's eardrums.
Zheng Tan just wanted to get out of this street as soon as possible, this "magic cave", but his legs and feet were not obeying his orders, and his heart rhythm was irregular. Before he got down, Zheng Tan almost crawled to a corner.
This place is already out of the street, but, listening to the footsteps running over, Zheng Tan thought it was useless to scold God, he took a few breaths, and after he recovered, he planned to sneak into the garbage dump at the corner to hide, although it was very uncomfortable. Willing to, but life is important.
Just as he was about to get up and drill into the garbage heap, a white figure appeared in the corner.
A few young people held woven nets, sacks, iron bars, etc. in their hands to catch the cats and dogs that escaped along the way. No one in this street specializes in keeping pet cats and dogs, so as long as you look at cats and dogs, go up and catch them. , or just a stick, it doesn't matter if you live or die.
When passing the corner, several young people saw a big white bear squatting not far from the garbage dump. Although they said they would catch a dog when they saw it, they didn't dare. They were familiar faces. They were raised by the children of a big boss and lived nearby, not on their street.
Looking at the big white bear who was squatting and baring his teeth at them, the big guy has always had a bad attitude towards people on this street, so a few young people quickly left.
Shortly after they left, a seventeen- or eighteen-year-old girl passed by on a folding bicycle and waved to this side, "Yu Jian, let's go!"
"Wang!"
The big white bear responded, looked at Zheng Tan who was blocked inside, and trotted to catch up.
The numbness only appeared for a while, and after a short rest, Zheng Tan's legs and feet began to regain consciousness. It may be the effect of the drug, or it may be a side effect after the drug, but I do feel a lot better now.
After thinking about it, Zheng Tan looked at the big white bear that was running far away, and followed. He is very tired now and needs to find a place to rest. People who keep dogs shouldn't eat dog meat at home, right? Shouldn't you eat cat meat? Anyway, it must be much safer than the people around here, just try not to be discovered by the owner.