Xiaoyu Village, at the end of the official road.
In a pile of grass by the roadside, Zhao Er and his two brothers were hiding here.
Three pairs of eyes looked through the gaps between the grass and trees, looking at the wide official road, staring closely at everyone passing by on the road.
"Brother Zhao, we have been waiting for half an hour, and the man hasn't come yet. Do you think he didn't take this path?" After staring for a while, the younger brother Huzi next to him said.
He asked this not because he was doing his duty as a servant, but mainly because he was afraid that the money he got would go away.
"impossible."
Zhao Er immediately shook his head: "That unruly hunter sold his furs in the city and got one hundred and thirty taels of silver. With such a huge sum of money, he must want to go home early.
This official road in Xiaoyu Village is the fastest way into the mountains within dozens of miles nearby. If you don't go here, if you go around other country roads, the pace will be at least half, or even doubled.
That guy is unfamiliar with the place, how dare he stay in our territory for too long.
Not to mention, on Lantau Island, only the area near Xiaoyu Village has been cleared and explored by hunters and is relatively safe.
Although it is not impossible to enter the mountains from other places.
But in those areas, jackals, tigers and leopards were rampant, and poisonous insects and miasma were everywhere. Even an experienced hunter wouldn't dare say he could survive in a place like that.
You said, in exchange for the huge sum of one hundred and thirty taels you just got, would you be willing to risk your life and go to a place like that and cross Lantau Island? "
The boy next to him immediately shook his head: "Of course this is impossible. Whoever goes there is a fool. If you have a lot of money, why don't you find a stable place, buy a house, marry a wife, add a few acres of land, and live comfortably for the rest of your life. "
Zhao Er nodded approvingly: "So, as long as we stay here, the kid won't be able to escape. Even if the kid is really brave and dares to enter the mountain from other places.
But when the people brought by the eldest brother and others arrive, we gather the brothers in the gang and search together, and we can always catch the people.
That kid, run..."
After Zhao Er finished speaking, he stared at his eyes in the distance and suddenly noticed that something seemed to be flying towards him.
But before he could see clearly, his eyes hurt, and a huge force hit his brain directly.
Then the whole person flew over from the grass and hit the ground hard.
"Brother Zhao!"
"what happened?"
The sudden change made the two younger brothers next to him a little confused.
They quickly stood up from the haystack where they were hiding and were about to run to Zhao Er to see how their elder brother was doing.
But when he stood up, one of them felt a pain on the back of his neck, and then blood suddenly appeared, and the person was hit to the ground with a huge force.
Only then did Huzi see clearly that the things that knocked his two companions away were actually two arrows shot from nowhere.
'It's the hunter! '
Almost instantly, Huzi thought of who the enemy was.
But even if it became clear, he didn't have the courage to seek revenge from his enemies. Instead, he ran desperately into the distance.
His two companions were killed by each other's arrows one after another without even seeing their silhouettes. The hunter's superb archery skills were evident.
The huge fear of death has enveloped the hearts of the members of the Qingzhu Gang.
He no longer had the mind to think about money. At this time, there was only one thought left in his mind: escape alive.
However, a carefully prepared hunt has just begun. How can a skilled hunter let the prey he is targeting escape?
Huzi only ran two steps, but before he got ten meters away, he felt a pain in his heart.
The flying body looked towards the ground and glanced at the two lifeless companions. There was only one thought left in his mind: "Am I going to die?"
With a bang, his body fell to the ground, his eyes looking towards the blue sky, his pupils gradually dilated.
…
Under a low field ridge in the distance, Lu Yuan put down the bow in his hand.
Since he had expected that he would be hunted down, how could he not have imagined that there would be an ambush on the way back?
Therefore, as early as when he returned along the official road, Lu Yuan had been paying attention and did not walk directly on the official road. Instead, he followed the area near the official road and explored the terrain step by step.
Being so careful indeed paid off.
Just now, when Zhao Er and others were still clinging to the official line, he had already discovered the Qingzhu Gang members who had been guarding for a long time in a secret place on the side.
If you find your prey, what's there to say?
Lu Yuan raised his hand and shot three arrows, sending them to see the King of Hell.
"After killing these guys, there should be no ambush on the road into the mountain."
Standing out from the field, with this thought in his mind, he walked towards the bodies of Zhao Er and the others.
After a while, the bushes arrived.
He squatted down and touched the body, and soon he had three cotton money bags in his hands.
I opened it and looked at it. All the money inside was less than ten taels of silver. Among them, Zhao Er has the largest purse, with six taels of silver.
"A bunch of poor people have the nerve to join a gang." Looking at their corpses, Lu Yuan sighed, then put away the money bag, took out the arrows from the corpses, recycled them, and then turned and walked into the mountains.
He has a spring in his step and a smile on his face.
Although I just despised Zhao Er and the others for being poor, it was still a joy to have an extra income of nearly ten taels at a time.
"After all, if I just hunt honestly and cut through the layers, it would normally take me at least half a year to earn ten taels of silver. But now I can get ten taels of silver in just a few minutes.
Sure enough, as the old saying goes.
There are gold belts for killing people and setting fires, but there are no corpses for building bridges and paving roads. The ancients sincerely do not deceive me. " With a tsk in his mouth, Lu Yuan climbed into the mountain.
The large group of people from the Qingzhu Gang didn't know when they would catch up, so they had better run into the mountains quickly so that they could feel safe enough.
Only in the mountains can an excellent hunter be like a fish in water, able to unleash all of his strength without restraint.
He expected the Qingzhu Gang to chase after him.
The ten taels of silver were just a little short, and our Lantau Island Archery God wanted to get more.
…
After a while.
At the entrance of Xiaoyu Village, Du Qing and his seven brothers hurriedly chased after the strong man who was originally at the gate of the city.
"Where are Zhao Er and the others?"
Looking around, Du Qing frowned and asked, not seeing a few people on the wide official road.
It stands to reason that regardless of whether someone was ambushed or not, those men should have come out to greet him when they saw him coming.
"Brother, look!" At this time, a boy next to him discovered the body next to the haystack in the distance and immediately exclaimed.
"Zhao Er..."
Du Qing led the people and rushed towards the corpse. When he saw clearly that the dead man was his subordinate, his face suddenly turned ugly.
"Who killed Zhao Er?"
"They are ambushing the hunter here. Did he do it?"
After seeing the corpse, the boys next to them all looked shocked. Several of them had trembling voices, obviously a little scared.
If the opponent can kill Zhao Er and the three of them cleanly, then he can also kill them cleanly and cleanly.
These low-level thugs from gangs join the gang just to dominate the market and bully the low-level people who dare not resist.
At this time, when I met a ruthless person who dared to kill people and could kill people, I suddenly felt a little scared.
Why bother?
We usually only get a little money, so why should we risk our lives with such vicious people?
This thought suddenly arose in the minds of many people.
What?
Jianghu morality?
Come on, they are gangsters. No one really thinks that gangsters have any moral integrity, right?
"Yes, that's the hunter."
Du Qing knelt down and looked over the wounds on Zhao Er's corpses. After confirming that the marks were indeed arrow wounds, his face turned completely green and he gritted his teeth and said: "That kid dares to kill my people and offend me, Qingzhu." Gang, we must not let him go, otherwise I, Du Qing, and the Qingzhu Gang will lose face."
He stood up and said to a younger brother next to him: "Li Si, you return to the city immediately, report what happened here to the gang leader, and ask the gang leader to mobilize manpower to go into the mountains to search for the hunter."
The mountain is vast, so it might not be easy for just a few of them to find someone.
Only by organizing a large-scale manpower search of the mountain and recruiting a few hunters who are familiar with the environment to serve as guides can we possibly catch that bold hunter.
"Yes." When the gangster named Li Si heard the order, he immediately ran towards the city as if he had been granted amnesty.
The other gangsters looked at his back with envious eyes.
But soon, they couldn't care less about their envy, because Du Qing had already turned his eyes to them: "Someone killed our brothers, we must avenge Zhao Er and the others.
You guys follow me into the mountains.
The bodies of Zhao Er and others were still hot, and the man had not gone far. If you catch up now, you might be able to catch that man's tail.
I'm going to strip that kid's skin and muscles and torture him severely, so that I can vent my hatred. "
Being stared at by the boss like a beast, many of the younger brothers felt their scalps numb and did not dare to say no, so they nodded in agreement.
"Follow me."
Du Qing nodded with satisfaction, then followed closely into the mountains with his six younger brothers.
…
Lu Yuan shuttled through the dense forest.
His steps are flying and his body is agile, just like a ghost patrolling his own kingdom of death.
More than a year of living in the mountains and forests, coupled with more than ten years of experience, have already integrated him with the mountains.
However, after running in the forest for a while, his speed slowly slowed down, and he finally stopped on a dense grassland covered by ice and snow.
Looking at the snowy surface in front of him, there was no surprise at all. His [Hunting Trap] skill, which had been upgraded to a high level, made Lu Yuan keenly aware that there was actually a carefully laid trap hidden under the snowy surface.
Hunters rely on more than just archery and brute force to hunt wild beasts. The method they use most is actually traps.
"There are also hunters in this mountainous area. In order to hunt, they must have set up many traps in the mountains, and they are distributed in nearby areas." Lu Yuan stared at the traps, thoughtfully.
I don’t know how many people the Qingzhu Gang chased.
Although he really wanted to use the mountains and forests he was familiar with to hunt all these people. But facing the opponent directly, even if it is just using archery, is still a bit risky.
"But if we can use traps to directly deal with these people without even touching each other, that would be perfect." Thinking of this, Lu Yuan was instantly moved.
He no longer hesitated and followed the traces of the trap in front of him and began to search for other traps nearby.
How many traps would a skilled hunter lay in the mountains?
Lu Yuan didn't know how the others did it. But in his own words, he had laid at least twenty traps in his hunting area.
By analogy, even if the number of other hunters is reduced by half, there will still be at least ten traps in his hunting area.
Therefore, in the vast mountains, there is actually no shortage of traps of all kinds.
It only took Lu Yuan an hour to find six suitable traps within a five-mile radius.
After remembering the locations of each trap clearly in his mind and designing a perfect route, he turned around and walked towards the mountain pass.
After being delayed in the mountain for so long, the guys from the Qingzhu Gang haven't caught up yet.
Obviously, this group of scum only knows how to bully people at the foot of the mountain and collect protection fees.
After entering the mountains, he was like a blind man, spinning around like a headless fly, not knowing how to trace the traces of a powerful hunter.
As a person with a spirit of mutual help, Lu Yuan felt that he had an obligation to remind them and give them some clues so that these people would not get lost.
…
"Where on earth did that little brat hide?"
Splitting the branches blocking the road in front of him with a knife, Du Qing held his hands on the trunk of the tree next to him and looked into the distance. He saw the vast expanse of ice and snow nearby, and the sunlight shining on it made his eyes hurt.
Several young men nearby also stopped to rest, looking around with vigilant eyes as if they were looking for enemies intently.
But if there are people who are familiar with them, they will definitely be able to tell that this old fried dough stick is definitely not looking for any enemies, but is observing the nearby environment and alerting to danger.
These people were afraid that there was a hunter with superb archery skills hiding nearby, and if they were not careful, they would be killed by arrows.
In fact, Du Qing was not unclear about the thoughts of his subordinates, but he didn't care at all.
As for the subordinates, they are just doing the usual work and building up their momentum. Is it used to detect danger and interfere with the enemy at critical moments?
Otherwise, if the gang earns dozens of taels of silver every month, why support them?
Therefore, Du Qing didn't care much about the lives of his subordinates.
After the person dies, he will be recruited again.
There is no shortage of poor people in this world who want to risk their lives for a better future.
Human life is worthless in this world.
Similarly, Du Qing actually didn't care about the death of Zhao Er and the three of them.
The reason why he was so angry was that one of his men was killed, and the majesty of himself and the gang was offended.
At the same time, there is also a little worry: "Something happened to the people under me this time. Those guys like Ma Hong will definitely not miss this opportunity. They will definitely add insult to injury in front of the gang leader and make trouble for me.
This time some more blood will be shed to smooth over the fault this time.
That damn Orion, after I catch him, I will kill him with a thousand knives. "
Du Qing secretly gritted his teeth, and the idea of catching that daring hunter became more intense.
At this moment, a black shadow seemed to flash before his eyes, waking him up instantly.
"ah!"
Hearing the exclamation of a younger brother, Du Qing turned around and saw that one of his younger brothers had been shot through the temple by an arrow. The arrow penetrated into the brain and came out from another temple.
Looking at this scene, he still didn't know who it was: "It's that guy!"
Du Qing's eyes quickly swept around, and soon caught a fleeting figure under a tree in the distance.
"He's over there, chase me."
After saying that, without waiting for the younger brother to reply, he rushed over.
The people around the Qingzhu Gang who were confused by this sudden turn of events also reacted at this time. After seeing their bosses rushing forward, no matter how scared they were, they could only steel themselves and chase after them.
And at the front.
Lu Yuan quickly shuttled through the dense forest. He glanced back and saw the six figures chasing after him, with a smile on his lips.
The prey took the bait.
