Chapter 24 Hooked

Xiaoyu Village, at the end of the official road.

In a pile of grass on the side of the road, Zhao Er and his two brothers were hiding here at this time.

Three pairs of eyes looked through the gaps between the grass and trees, looking at the wide official road, firmly staring at everyone who passed on the road.

"Brother Zhao, we've been waiting for half an hour, and that person hasn't come yet, do you think he didn't take this road?" After staring at it for a while, the little brother Huzi next to him said.

When he asked this, it was not that he was loyal to his duties to help, but mainly because he was afraid that the silver in his hand would fly.

"Impossible."

Zhao Er immediately shook his head: "That unruly hunter sold furs in the city and got one hundred and thirty taels of silver." With such a huge amount of money, he must have wanted to go home early.

This official road in Xiaoyu Village is the fastest way to enter the mountains within dozens of miles nearby. If you don't go here, the pace of other country roads will be at least half or even double.

That guy is not familiar with life, how dare he stay in our territory for too long.

Not to mention, the area around Lantau Island, which is only near Xiaoyu Village, has been cleaned and explored by those hunters, and it is relatively safe.

Access to the mountains from elsewhere, though not impossible.

But in those areas, jackals, tigers and leopards are rampant, and poisonous insects and miasma are everywhere. Even if an experienced hunter runs to such a place, he doesn't dare to say that he can survive.

You say, in exchange for the huge sum of 130 taels of silver you have just received, would you be willing to risk your life and go to that kind of place to cross Lantau Island? ”

The little brother next to him immediately shook his head: "Of course this is impossible, whoever goes is a fool, with a lot of money, it is not good to find a stable place, buy a house, marry a daughter-in-law, add a few acres of land, and live comfortably for a lifetime." ”

Zhao Er nodded approvingly: "So, as long as we stay here, that kid won't be able to escape." Even if that kid was really bold enough to go into the mountains from somewhere else.

But when the people they brought with them arrived, we gathered the brothers in the gang and searched all the way, and we could always catch people.

That kid, run ......"

Zhao Er's words came to this, staring 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 were painful, and a huge force hit his brain directly.

Immediately, the whole person flew out of the grass and slammed into the ground.

"Brother Zhao!"

"What's going on?"

The sudden change made the two little brothers next to him a little confused.

They hurriedly got up from the haystack where they were hiding, and were about to run to Zhao Er's side to see how their eldest brother was doing.

But when he stood up, one of them had a pain in the back of his neck, and then the blood flashed, and the person smashed to the ground with a huge force.

Only then did Huzi see that what he had smashed into the air of his two companions turned out to be two arrows shot from nowhere.

'It's the hunter!' ’

Almost instantly, Huzi thought of who the enemy was.

But even if he was clear, he didn't have the courage to seek revenge on the enemy, but ran desperately into the distance.

His two companions had already died under each other's arrows without even seeing a human figure, which was evident from the hunter's superb archery skills.

The great fear of death has shrouded the hearts of the members of this Qingzhu Gang.

He didn't have the heart to think about any silver, and there was only one thought left in his mind at this time, to escape alive.

However, a well-prepared hunt has just begun, and how can a clever hunter allow his prey to escape.

Huzi only ran two steps, and before he could go ten meters away, he felt a pain in his heart.

Flipping his body looked at the ground, glanced at the two companions who were no longer alive, and there was only one thought left in his mind: "Am I going to die?" ”

With a thud, his body fell to the ground, his eyes looking at the blue sky, his pupils gradually dilated.

……

Under a low ridge in the distance, Lu Yuan put down the bow in his hand.

Since he had already expected that he would be chased and killed, how could he not have imagined that there would be an ambush on the way back.

So as early as when Fang just returned along the official road, Lu Yuan had been paying attention, not walking directly on the official road, but along the area near the official road, using the terrain to grope forward step by step.

So careful, it really worked.

Just now, when Zhao Er and the others were still guarding the official road, he had already found these Qingzhu gangsters who had been guarding for a long time in the secret place on the side.

Found prey, then what is there to say.

Lu Yuan raised his hand with three arrows and sent them to see the king of Hades.

"Kill these guys, and there should be no ambush on the way into the mountain."

Turning over from the ridges, he thought in his heart, and walked towards the corpses of Zhao Er and the others.

In a few moments, the bushes were there.

Squatted down and touched the corpse, and soon the three cotton money bags were in his hands.

I opened it and looked at it, and all the money in it added up, and it was less than ten taels of silver. Among them, Zhao Er had the most money bags, with six taels of silver.

"A bunch of poor ghosts, it's embarrassing to mix gangs." Looking at their corpses, Lu Yuan snorted, then put away the money bag, took the arrows from the corpses, recycled them, and turned around and walked towards the mountain.

He walked briskly and smiled.

Although Fang Cai despised Zhao Er and their poor ghosts, it was still a gratifying thing to be able to have an extra income of nearly ten taels at once.

"After all, if I only rely on honest hunting, I will earn ten taels of silver normally, and it will take at least half a year. But now it's only a few minutes, and ten taels of silver have arrived.

Sure enough, it's still as the old saying goes.

Murder and arson of gold belts, repair bridges and pave roads without corpses, the ancients did not deceive me. With a slurp, Lu Yuan burrowed into the mountains.

Those Qingzhu Gang's brigades don't know when they will catch up, so they should hurry up and run into the mountains, so that they can have enough security.

Only in the mountains can a good hunter be like a fish in the water, and he can exert all his strength unrestrainedly.

He was expecting the people of the Qingzhu Gang to chase him in.

Just ten taels of silver is a little less, and our Lantau Arrow God wants to make more.

……

A moment later.

At the entrance of Xiaoyu Village, the strong man at the original city gate, Du Qing hurriedly chased after him with his seven brothers.

"Zhao Er, what about them?"

His eyes swept left and right, and there were not a few figures on the wide official road, Du Qing frowned and asked.

It stands to reason that no matter whether there is an ambush or not, when they see their arrival, those subordinates should come out to greet them.

"Big brother, look!" At this time, a younger brother next to him found the corpse next to the grass pile in the distance, and immediately exclaimed.

"Zhao Er......"

Du Qing led people to the corpse, and when he saw that it was his own subordinates who died, his face suddenly turned ugly.

"Who killed Zhao Er?"

"They're ambushing that Orion here, did he do it?"

After the little brother next to him saw the corpse, his face was also shocked, and several of them were a little trembling in their voices, obviously a little scared.

If the other party can kill Zhao Er and the three of them neatly, then he can also kill them neatly.

The low-level thugs of these gangs just want to be powerful in 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 and could kill, I was immediately a little cowardly.

Why bother?

Everyone usually only receives a few dollars, can they afford to play with that kind of murderer?

This kind of thought suddenly arose in the hearts of many people.

What?

Jianghu morality?

Please, they're gangsters, no one really thinks that gangsters have any morality, right?

"That's right, it's that Orion."

Du Qing squatted down, turned over the wound on Zhao Er's corpse, confirmed the traces, and after it was indeed an arrow wound, his face turned completely blue, and he gritted his teeth and said: "That little cub dares to kill my people, dare to offend my Qingzhu Gang, I must not let him go, otherwise I, Du Qing, and the Qingzhu Gang, how can I save face?" ”

He stood up and said to the younger brother next to him: "Li Si, you immediately return to the city, report the matter here to the gang leader, and let the gang take the initiative to go into the mountains to search for that hunter." ”

The mountains are vast, and it is not easy for them to find out who they are.

Only by organizing a large-scale manpower search of the mountains and catching a few hunters who are familiar with the environment as guides can it be possible to catch the daring hunter.

"Yes." When the gang named Li Si heard the order, he immediately felt like he had been pardoned, and ran towards the city in a puff of smoke.

The other gangsters looked at his back and suddenly showed envious eyes.

But soon, they couldn't care less about envy, because Du Qing had already looked at them: "Someone killed our brothers, we must avenge Zhao Er and them."

They followed me into the mountains.

Zhao Er's body was still hot, and the man hadn't walked far. If you catch up with him now, you might be able to catch the man's tail.

I'm going to torture that kid so that I can vent my hatred. ”

was stared at by the boss like a beast, and many younger brothers suddenly felt their scalps tingle, and they didn't dare to say no words at all, so they nodded hurriedly.

"Follow me."

Du Qing nodded with satisfaction, and then took the six younger brothers and chased into the mountain.

……

Lu Yuan shuttled through the dense forest.

His feet are like flying, his body is agile, like a ghost, patrolling his own realm of death.

More than a year of life in the mountains and forests, coupled with more than ten years of experience in the original body, has already made him one with the mountains.

However, after running in the mountains and forests for a while, his speed slowly slowed down, and finally stopped in a dense grass covered with ice and snow.

Looking at the snow surface in front of him, which had been upgraded to Dacheng's [Hunting Trap] skill, Lu Yuan was keenly aware that under this snow surface, there was actually a trap that had been carefully arranged.

Hunters hunt wild beasts not only by archery and brute force, but also by traps.

"There are also hunters in this mountainous area, and they must have set up a lot of traps in the mountains in order to hunt, and they are distributed in the nearby area." Lu Yuan stared at the trap thoughtfully.

Those people who chased after the Qingzhu Gang don't know how many.

Although he really wanted to use the mountains and forests he was familiar with, he would hunt them all clean. But directly facing the other party, even if it is just with archery, is still a bit risky.

"But if you can use the trap and solve these people directly without even touching each other, it will be perfect." Thinking of this, Lu Yuan's heart was instantly moved.

He didn't hesitate any longer, and following the trail of the trap in front of him, he began to search for other traps nearby.

How many traps will a skilled hunter lay in the mountains?

What the others did, Lu Yuan didn't know. But in his own words, he had set up at least twenty traps in his hunting area.

Then by analogy, even if other hunters are halved, his hunting area, to say the least, will have ten traps.

So in the vast mountains, there is no shortage of all kinds of traps.

It only took Lu Yuan an hour to find six suitable traps in a nearby area of five miles.

After remembering the location of each trap in his mind and designing a perfect route, he turned around and walked towards the position of the mountain pass.

After being delayed in the mountains for so long, those guys from the Qingzhu Gang haven't chased after them.

Obviously, this group of scum who only know how to oppress the people at the foot of the mountain and collect protection money.

After entering the mountains, he was like a blind man, spinning around like a headless fly, not knowing how to follow the trail of a powerful hunter.

As Lu Yuan, who has the spirit of mutual assistance, he feels that he has an obligation to remind them and give each other a clue, so that these people will not be lost.

……

"Where the hell is that little cub hiding?"

A knife split the branches blocking the road in front, Du Qing supported the trunk of the tree next to him with his hand, and looked into the distance, the vast ice and snow nearby, the sun shone on it, and the eyes of the people who watched it hurt.

Several of the younger brothers nearby also stopped to rest, their eyes looking around vigilantly, as if they were concentrating on finding the enemy.

But if there are people who are familiar with them, they must be able to see that this old fritter is not looking for any enemies, but is observing the nearby environment and being alert to danger.

These people were afraid that there was a hunter with excellent archery skills hidden nearby, and if they were not careful, they would be killed by the other party with arrows.

In fact, Du Qing is not unclear about the thoughts of his subordinates, but he doesn't care at all.

Subordinates, isn't it just the usual call to do things, and the momentum is strong. Is it used to test danger and interfere with the enemy at critical times?

Otherwise, the gang will go down with dozens of taels of silver every month, why do you support them?

So for the lives of the people under his hands, Du Qing doesn't care much.

When a person dies, he will recruit again.

There is no shortage of poor people in this world who want to fight for their lives.

Human life, in this world, is worthless.

Similarly, in fact, Du Qing didn't care about the death of Zhao Er and the three of them.

The reason why he was so angry was that his men had been killed, and the majesty of himself and the gang had been offended.

At the same time, there is a little worry: "This time the people under my hands made a mistake, Ma Hong's guys will definitely not let go of this opportunity, and they will definitely fall in front of the gang leader and make trouble for me."

This time, there will be some blood to settle the mistakes of this time.

Damn Orion, when I catch him, I'm going to cut him with a thousand knives. ”

Du Qing gritted his teeth secretly in his heart, and the idea of catching that bold hunter became stronger and stronger.

At this moment, a black shadow seemed to flash in front of him, which instantly woke him up.

"Ahh

There was an exclamation from a little brother in his ears, Du Qing turned his head to look, but saw that his younger brother was pierced through the temple by an arrow, and the arrow did not enter the brain and pierced through another temple.

Looking at this scene, he didn't know who it was: "It's that guy!" ”

Du Qing's gaze quickly swept around, and soon caught a fleeting figure under a tree in the distance.

"He's over there, chase me."

After speaking, without waiting for the little brother to reply, the person rushed over.

The surrounding Qingzhu gang was stunned by this sudden change, and they also reacted at this time, and after seeing their bosses rushing up, even if they were afraid in their hearts, they could only harden their heads and chase after them.

And at the forefront.

Lu Yuan hurriedly shuttled through the dense forest, glanced back with a gap in his eyes, and saw the six figures chasing closely, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The prey took the bait.