"Ah, that's right!" Zhao Youcai's eyes lit up. He had a hunch what this was about and couldn't help but feel eager.
Just then, Hong Yuntao chimed in, "Yesterday afternoon around four, it was one of the sled drivers from the New Logging Camp, hauling logs back to the camp. A Big Cannon Egg jumped out halfway and took down two of them."
"What?"
"Huh?"
Zhao Youcai and Li Dayong were both stunned. Li Dayong looked at Liu Jinyong beside him and asked, "It gored two men to death at once?"
"No," Liu Jinyong said. "It gored one to death."
Zhao Youcai frowned, turned to Hong Yuntao, and asked, "Didn't you just say it took down two?"
"Right!" Hong Yuntao nodded, then explained to Zhao Youcai, enunciating each word. "It gored one, and scared the other one out cold."
Hearing this, Zhao Youcai just pursed his lips and said no more. Li Dayong, however, shot Hong Yuntao a glare before asking Liu Jinyong, "Was it the same Big Cannon Egg? It gored another person to death?"
