Chapter 25 War and Peace
After a few weeks of crossing the air, the Falcon tweeted helplessly and fell back to the hunter's arm.
Tai Zhou sighed and immediately pushed his majestic body that was nine feet tall, clenched the three-stone hard bow in his hand, and slightly locked his eyebrows.
The situation is not good... In the snow-covered Huaguo Mountain, even if a rabbit runs past the snow, he can't escape the falcon's sight.
But he has released eagles three times in a row, but he returns without success every time. This can only show one problem: after their continuous hunting for many years, there are fewer and fewer animals in Huaguo Mountain. Otherwise, in such a cold winter, animals would have to go out to seek food as long as they don’t want to starve to death, but now they can’t even see the stupidest rabbit.
Humans in Dongsheng Shenzhou are born taller than Nanzhan people, separated by a sea, and have sharper senses. Even if an old hunter like Taizhou abandons the falcon, he can only smell the falcon by his own nose to discover how the creatures of Huaguo Mountain are withered. He has walked through several dense forests, not to mention smelling the smell of tiger urine, even a wolf can not even see one. A team of hundreds of hunters is about to reach the middle of the mountain. The biggest harvest now is the dozens of pheasants caught by the falcon...
"Taizhou, our ancestors once taught us: Don't fish in the pond and not to catch all the small beasts, but we just regarded it as a wind in our ears. Among the animals we hunted in the past few years, there were already many small beasts that had not yet fully developed. I once said, this is not possible! Always hunting like this, there will be no hunting one day! Unfortunately, no one listens to what I say, and even you are unwilling to listen! Alas..."
Mu Xijing is the best brother of Taizhou, and is also a good hunter in several nearby villages second only to Taizhou. Not long after entering the mountain, he shook his head and sighed. He couldn't figure out why Taizhou, who was better than him, could not see it? He really couldn't continue. If this continues, I'm afraid the income from this hunting is not worth the consumption. The women and children in the village took out their rations for the hunters. How could they just waste it like this!
"Taizhou, you are the leader of this trip. If I were you, I would immediately order the hunting to end. The old men, women and children in the village gave us all the last food, hoping that we could go back with a lot of harvest and not let us go on the outings of Huaguo Mountain!"
"Go back? Just go back like this and let the villagers eat and drink? What to spend this winter will starve to death!"
Tai Zhou yelled, as if he wanted to vent all his depression: "I, Tai Zhou! I am the best hunter in more than a dozen nearby villages. As long as I can hunt a tiger or a jade fox, I can exchange their beautiful fur for a lot of food! The rich men in the capital will be willing to pay a lot of money!"
"Wake up, Taizhou. The last time we hunted a tiger was three years ago, and it was just a little tiger cub! As for the jade fox? This legendary precious fox species is more rare than the century-old Ganoderma lucidum. Do you think we can meet it? According to my opinion, we should not waste all our time on Huaguo Mountain. It is better to try hunting on other hills. Although the nearest hill is hundreds of miles away, we have horses, which is not a big problem."
"Are you crazy or stupid? There are more or less monsters on other hills and can eat people! If there is no mage following us, we will give vegetables to monsters when we go! Although there are fewer and fewer animals in Huaguo Mountain, we can still find herbs and ginseng. If it is really not possible, don't forget that there are monkey groups in Huaguo Mountain. The monkeys here are not damaged, and there should be a lot of numbers. If we can catch live people, those nobles who like to eat live monkey brains will pay a lot of money!"
"Taizhou, we hunters hunt for life, and kill prey, and it's like a wolf eating a lamb, it's not right or wrong. But those nobles have to open the skull of the monkey, pour it in with hot hot juice, watch the monkeys feel pain and enjoy it! This is not what people should do, it's a demon! Are you really willing to be an accomplice of those nobles? Don't, Taizhou will be retribution!"
Tai Zhou Changchang took in a sip of cold air: "Mu Xijing, I admit that you made sense. We hunters are unwilling to do such a cruel thing. But do we still have a choice? Think about the villagers and elders behind you, and your wife and children. They have no excessive demands... They just hope to have stutter so that they can survive this winter.
Muxijing, we are all the strongest men in the village. If I can exchange my sins for the food my fellow villagers need, let me do it. Brothers, ahead is the wooden house we built. Let’s take a break and eat something, then release the hunting dogs and search for the traces of the monkey group!”
"I advise you to save money. Your hunting dogs can't find my monkeys. If they can find them, they will have to wait until now?"
As soon as Taizhou finished speaking, someone in front of him laughed and said, "You are Taizhou, right? And this Mu Xijing is all good men, I like it. It's cold and winter, how bad are fighting and killing? Remember my words, war actually cannot solve any problem. What can really bring you food is peace. For peace, are you interested in talking about it?"
"Who is it!"
Taizhou and Mu Xijing looked at each other, and felt secretly alert. Hundreds of hunters were veterans who had experienced battle formations for a long time, and they quickly bowed and unsheathed their swords, as if they were facing a great enemy.
"Don't be nervous. My name is Sun Dakong, and the Monkey King in Huaguoshan is also the one. I just heard you discuss how to capture my monkeys and sell them to those rich people to eat monkey brains alive. I am very unhappy.
Fortunately, you also know that this move is too cruel and is a helpless act to help countless villagers and elders. I have been relieved a lot. As the saying goes, 'Is it a pleasure to have friends coming from afar?' Since you are neighbors in Huaguo Mountain, why bother to fight and kill? Maybe you and I can come up with a way to benefit both sides, wouldn't it be better? "
As the words came, a monkey in a robe carrying his hands on his back and slowly stepped on the snow from the mountain.
This monkey is different from what Taizhou and the others have seen in the past. Even if other monkeys can walk upright, their forelimbs are still hanging down and their backs are bent. After all, they still retain many monkey appearances. However, this monkey, who calls himself the "Huaguoshan Monkey King", has a straight waist than them. He walks extremely calmly, and there is a hint of smile on his face. The expression that seems to be in control makes Taizhou and the others feel very uncomfortable.
"Demon? Could it be that there are monsters on the hillside of Huaguo Mountain, which has never been produced by monsters, have also appeared!"
The hunters suddenly changed their qualities. Although the animals in Dongsheng Shenzhou are quite intelligent, ordinary animals cannot communicate with humans. Monkeys are more intelligent than ordinary animals. Some particularly smart monkeys can speak human language. It is said that monkeys in Huaguoshan can also trade with merchants simply. But in front of them, the monkey who calls themselves Monkey King can not only speak, but feels better than them. If you don’t say anything else, just the saying “It’s a pleasure to have friends from afar” made Taizhou and the others hear it in confusion, and they just think that this should be a good word, but they can’t explain what it means.
Chapter completed!