Early spring in February.

The cold winter has passed, and although there is still a little cold on the ground, the tender green grass has begun to sprout sharp heads.

The season of revival of all things has arrived, and the mountain creatures that were originally hibernating in their nests are slowly waking up.

It's sunset.

Rhubarb jumped hungrily from jungle to jungle, countless shadows swept behind him, but his limbs, which were originally strong and powerful, were now weak.

It is the overlord of the mountains and forests of Xiling, the tiger in the mountains, and the beasts in this area, and they will tremble when they see themselves.

But even if he is the king of the mountain, if he doesn't have a full stomach, he still can't avoid swinging his body.

Rhubarb, who has been hungry for a winter, just got up two days ago.

But I don't know if it was too early, the prey seemed to be still sleeping in the nest, and it walked around, and didn't even see a rabbit.

In the end, I was very hungry, and I just caught a fat fish in the river, so I finally filled my stomach.

But a fat fish simply can't make up for its own consumption.

If no more prey is found to eat, then the fate that awaits it is to starve to death in the mountains and forests, and finally become food for other wild beasts.

Faced with this ending, Rhubarb is reluctant.

So he decided to go back to the cave for a while, digest the fat fish, and then come out again at night, maybe he will find a delicious snack.

The cave was soon there.

Rhubarb took a few steps forward and was ready to go in and rest.

But soon, a delicious smell, a smell of blood, came from the door of the cave.

It strode forward, searching for the scent.

Soon, a figure lying in the grass at the entrance of the cave appeared in front of him.

A gray rabbit, a gray rabbit that is dead and has no life.

But that's not the point, the point is that the meat of this gray rabbit is still fresh and not rotten, this is a gray rabbit that has just died.

This means that this is food that can be eaten.

The stomach rumbled, and a huge hunger pang spread from the abdomen to the brain.

Soon, Rhubarb's insensitive brain made a judgment, and he lowered his head and opened his mouth, and with a snort, the motionless gray rabbit entered his mouth.

There were a few crunching sounds, the sound of flesh being torn and chewed came from his mouth, and after every two clicks, accompanied by a grunt, Rhubarb returned to the cave satisfied.

With the addition of the gray rabbit just now, it can hold on for two more days.

With two more days to hunt, the chances of survival are much greater, which makes the mountain overlord very happy.

In a happy mood, the pace is a little faster.

Walking with graceful steps, walking through the dark caves, walking......

Suddenly, a feeling of dizziness came from the brain, followed by a wave of exhaustion and weakness from the limbs.

In a drowsy state, Rhubarb's body shook, and he took two steps forward, and suddenly fell to the ground, lying on the ground and no longer moving.

A moment later.

In about a moment, at the entrance of the cave outside, a figure walked in.

"Well, it's another one, and the deposit can be increased by another hundred taels."

Lu Yuan stood in front of the fallen tiger and looked at the motionless king of the mountain on the ground, with a smile on his face.

This is the third tiger he has captured since entering the mountain. There were also five black bears, a litter of wild boars, and a few hapless foxes.

All the prey combined, if you take it and exchange it for silver taels, six or seven hundred taels will not be a problem.

It can be said that as long as these hunts are exchanged for cash, then the bankruptcy crisis that originally plagued him will be solved in an instant.

Leaning down, he took out his short knife and stabbed the tiger in the eye, pierced his brain and stirred twice, completely ending the king of the mountain.

Lu Yuan picked it up and turned around and walked towards the outside of the cave.

"After catching this tiger, the last large beast in the territory of Dongshan Ridge will be gone. I wonder if without these upper predators, those small animals such as hares and pheasants will flood the mountains? He suddenly thought of these ecological problems, and then smiled again.

With his own top hunter, even if there are no large beasts, those small prey will not have a chance to flood at all.

After all.

In the mountains, he is the apex predator.

The rest are just prey.

……

Carrying the tiger all the way through the mountains and mountains, an hour later, he finally returned to his cave in the mountains.

Skillfully peel the skin and cramp to remove the intact tiger skin and tiger tendons.

Lu Yuan cut off the tiger whip again, and after a little processing, he threw it into the jar of spirits that had been prepared next to him.

The tiger whip is a good thing, and those rich and noble families are most sought after for it.

Especially for those who have something unspeakable, the price of a tiger whip can be close to a tiger skin and sold for a sky-high price.

Last year he killed a tiger and was given a tiger whip. Originally, it was soaked in sake and was intended to be kept for my own use.

Later, because he was short of money to buy drugs, he had to find a big family in the next house and sell the tiger whip wine, and finally exchanged it for sixty taels of silver.

This shows what a lucrative business it is.

After tasting the sweetness, Lu Yuan was of course interested in hunting tigers.

It's not.

This time he entered the mountain, and he hunted all the tigers he could find within a radius of 100 miles.

After cleaning and processing the big tiger, Lu Yuan spent another five or six days nitrating and pickling the fur, bones and flesh obtained in the past few days.

When everything was done, he took the skins and the tiger whip wine, and headed south.

These goods are very valuable, and they are sold near Luling Mansion, which is too eye-catching and easy to find traces and feet.

Therefore, Lu Yuan decided to let the arrow god of Lantau Island, which had been silent for a winter, come out of the mountain again.

Go to Nanhai County again and sell these goods in batches.

Well, I won't go to Nan'an County this time.

The last time I went there to sell goods, I had already alarmed the local Qingzhu Gang, and at that time, I hunted the pursuers of this gang and made a small fortune.

After that loss and lesson, the Green Bamboo Gang must be on guard.

If you go again this time, it will be easy to be beaten and retaliated by the other party.

Lu Yuan is a cautious person, so of course he will not take this risk.

Real men never look back.

If you want to sell something, you have to sell it somewhere else.

He has already had an experience, and after making sufficient preparations for this trip to the South China Sea, he was not at all nervous, and he was very relaxed.

It's all so skillful.

……

A month later.

Nanxiong Province, Mei County.

Lu Yuan carried a basket on his back, paid the thirty yuan entry tax, and walked into this small city in the South China Sea.

As soon as he entered the city, he only walked on the street for a while, and he was keenly aware that the atmosphere in the city seemed to be a little wrong.

Not only are the pedestrians on the road in a hurry, but even the shops on both sides of the street are closed during the day and do not do business.

Even those gang members who should have nothing to do, bullying men and women everywhere, and collecting protection money, could not see a single one on the street at this time.

"Something is wrong, something is very wrong."

Lu Yuan looked at a large number of pedestrians on the street, looking at this slightly strange atmosphere, his brows furrowed slightly.

Almost instinctively, he sensed that something big should have happened here in Meixian?

Otherwise, there wouldn't be such a strange situation in the city.