The new era of chaos begins in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 22 Hunting in the Mountains
Let's say that the two dogs carried short spears, bows and arrows on their backs, and drove up Fuyuling with big strides.

This Fuyu Ridge stretches for more than [-] miles from north to south. It has high mountains and dense forests, and there are often water streams. There are many birds and animals on the mountains, including deer, leopards, wolves and foxes. Ordinary hunters can make a living as long as they are skillful, endure hardships and work hard. Food and clothing.

Of course, someone who wants to hunt like Ergou like picking up grass and mustard is an outlier.

Er Gou went up to the mountain, and not long after, he came across a group of wild pheasants with flower feathers fighting grass (referring to the breeding season of pheasants). The rest of the wild pheasants were frightened and flew away in all directions.

With Ergou's ability, he could have continued shooting with a bow. As long as these pheasants could not fly out of his shooting range, no one could escape.

But Ergou is not that kind of greedy person, he knows how to stop when enough is enough.This season is the breeding season of animals. If he shoots too much, he will inevitably have a shortage of prey in the coming year. Such stupid things like exhausting the pond and fishing are not the actions of a wise man.

Although the quality of wild pheasant meat is beautiful, it is small in size and thin in meat. It is only suitable for stewing soup and cannot be used as a staple food. Ergou wants to open his belly and eat a large piece of meat to eat to his full, but he has to hunt for more meat. prey.

He picked up the prey, put it in his bag and carried it behind his back, but continued walking deeper into the forest.

After turning over several small hills, Ergou saw a small water pool. A group of yellow deer were gathered beside the water pool, and they were also performing the scene of love war.

More than 40 female deer were seen forming an irregular circle, in which five male deer were fighting selflessly.

One of the golden-haired deers was particularly majestic, twice the size of an ordinary deer. The other male deers looked like cubs that had not yet grown up in front of it, and it was really difficult to compete with it.

Under normal circumstances, those male deer would have surrendered and withdrawn from the fight.

But this golden-haired deer was a bit strange. It seemed to control the four deer, letting them tear and bite them in twos, and the fight was full of bruises without stopping.

The two dogs only looked at it for a while and realized that this golden-haired deer was not an ordinary animal, but an evil creature. If it was left to its own devices, there would probably be a shortage of deer on the mountain.

I don't know where these evil creatures come from. Although they are in the form of beasts, their minds are not inferior to ordinary humans, and they are even more ferocious.Every time they appear, they will strangle the local creatures of the same sex to their heart's content, and then follow the nature of the beast to be of the same species as the opposite sex.

It's just that after the monster finished that thing, it killed and killed the other party, which was very cruel.

For example, Ergou had seen the evil rabbit that could move shadows before. Since it appeared in Fuyuling, the number of hares in Fuyuling has become increasingly rare. However, it has had a considerable impact on the local ecological stability. Hunters in the mountains also lost most of their income. After all, hares were once the easiest prey for hunters.

Since Ergou understood the behavior of the local hunters, he already understood why the master kept the evil rabbit from killing, isn't it another kind of literal meaning of hiding all the birds?
With less prey, the hunters couldn't maintain their lives, so they naturally changed their careers to do other things.

However, it is Chen Tong'e's business to play the game of raising bandits, but Ergou doesn't think so.In his opinion, the evil spirits of the hunters are mainly due to the bad atmosphere, and the biggest reason is that the hunting is too hard, the harvest is too little, and then the evil is extremely poor.

I can't live anymore, who cares if he is kind and innocent!

Er Gou hid in the dark, watched the battle of the yellow deer for a few times, but took off the pendant all over his body, put a short knife on his waist, and then half-armed his bow and arrow, slowly sneaked in from the downwind.

When he was close to the group of deer, he suddenly jumped up, shouted "Bah!", opened his hand and shot two arrows, but they hit the golden deer in the eyes.

The arrow shot into the deer's eyes, but it couldn't cause real fatal damage to it, it only made it temporarily unable to see.

Ergou had already been mentally prepared for this situation, as all evil beasts have this kind of virtue, they are not afraid of long-distance attacks, only afraid of slashing in close combat.

And at least this golden-haired deer can use arrows to break the skin. It is said that there are some more disgusting evil beasts in the world. Any long-range weapons such as bows, crossbows, and darts can't even touch their bodies, as if they are covered by invisible armor. in general.

After Ergou shot the arrow, he immediately threw away the hunting bow, held the short knife instead and charged forward.

At this time, the yellow deer group was already in chaos, including the four male yellow deer who were fighting selflessly. On the ground, a mournful "jiu chirp" wailed.

Er Gou didn't care about it, he only spotted the golden-haired deer, and threw himself on it. First, he used his spiritual energy—Lei Fa, to lightly numb its body, and then inserted the dagger against his ear and pressed his wrist, but it was One hit kill.

The golden-haired deer only had time to shout "Spare my life!" until it died.

Ergou killed the golden-haired deer and retrieved the arrow, only to see that the deer's eyes that had been shot by the arrow had already recovered. Although he had known this, he still felt a little weird after seeing it with his own eyes.

This evil thing is hard to hurt when shot with an arrow, but it can be killed with a knife, which is totally unreasonable!

But since the evil thing was dead, he didn't have time to do any more experiments, so he shook his head to dispel the doubts in his heart, turned to look at the two yellow deer that couldn't escape, and saw that their limbs were seriously injured and they were covered in blood. Even if the fear was released, It’s also hard to survive.

So the two dogs went forward and freed the two beasts one by one, then disemboweled them, took out the dry internal organs and buried them in the soil, leaving only the heart, ready to be given to the master for drinking.

After the yellow deer was processed, Er Gou came to dispose of the golden deer again, but this animal could not be disposed of in the wild, it had to be taken back to the Earth Temple for cooking.

So Ergou used a short knife to chop a thick wooden stick as a load. One end picked up the golden deer, and the other picked up two yellow deer, pheasants and some miscellaneous things, about 150 catties, but Ergou weighed it Some weight.

Needless to say, the strength of these two dogs is just insufficient. An ordinary farmer in this day and age can still walk briskly with a load of two hundred catties.

That is to say, Ergou has endless physical strength, and he can increase his strength by carrying burdens, otherwise he would have been dragged away by that tackle.

Er Gou carried the load and ran around. It was a bit strenuous at the beginning. He walked unsteadily.

It's just that whenever he felt a little tired, he felt his heart beat twice suddenly, and a warm current surged from the bottom of his heart all over his body, and he suddenly felt that his whole body was exhausted.

After he had walked two or three miles, he seemed to have found the knack of carrying the load. The load was stable and stable, and Ergou walked more easily and with less effort.

After seven or eight miles, it becomes even more serious.

Ergou walked with long strides, as fast as a horse, but the burden was like the extension of Ergou's limbs, falling with the steps on his shoulders, quivering like goose feathers falling, lamp grass flying, but still unable to leave Ergou. The shoulders are square.

What's even more bizarre is that Ergou is supporting the load with one hand, while holding a short spear with the other hand and stabbing around himself, as if he is fighting with invisible enemies around him.

Some people saw him on the way, but they didn't dare to come to greet him, they just watched Ergou from a distance. Of course, they were even more envious of Ergou's prey.

(End of this chapter)