Two ape cries in succession echoed over the mountains and rivers.

It turns out that the cries of the Qingyue apes that I heard before were actually caused by these fierce and abominable things?

Lin Jue had no time to think about this, because the tallest and strongest ape was already running towards him. Seeing this, the ape behind him quickly dropped his book and followed him.

What do these things want to do?

Lin Jue opened his eyes wide but didn't want to retreat, so he clenched the dagger and took a deep breath.

"hiss……"

Even though it is midsummer, the hot air still feels cool when sucked into the mouth. When it reaches the belly, it stirs up the fire contained in the body and immediately becomes hot.

Puff up your mouth and let out a breath of air!

"boom……"

A ball of flame spread out and spurted forward!

"ah!"

The ape suddenly screamed in fright, and the sound was extremely harsh.

At the same time, these apes not only stopped but also stepped back and looked at Lin Jue warily.

The two sides temporarily faced off and looked at each other.

Lin Jue knew that these apes were by no means ordinary apes. Their height was not much different from his own. It was conceivable that they were probably stronger than ordinary people.

Lin Jue could only use fire to temporarily drive them away, hoping that they were afraid of flames like ordinary wild animals.

Now it seems that this idea is correct.

As expected, these apes did not dare to come forward.

A few even chose to go back and continue to look for things in Lin Jue's book.

However, Lin Jue soon discovered that although these apes were afraid of fire, they were very smart——

They will stone people!

"Crack..."

Fortunately, the two sides kept a certain distance. Lin Jue was concentrating and relying on his retreat and agility, he was not hit.

It wasn't until they were forced back a considerable distance, some distance away from Shuji, that the apes stopped driving Lin Jue away, but they all still looked at him.

Lin Jue gritted his teeth in anger, but could not think of a solution for the time being. He could only watch these apes eating his dry food, flipping through his books, looking at him eagerly, and confronting him.

The knife in my hand tightened again and again.

At this moment, I suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves behind me.

The ape in front also raised his head and looked past Lin Jue to behind him.

"Tap tap tap..."

The sound of horse hooves approached quickly.

Just when Lin Jue was thinking about whether he should look back and whether he would be suddenly attacked by these apes if he looked back, he heard a slight sound breaking through the air.

"Swift!"

Then there was a pop.

An ape in front was suddenly hit by an arrow and fell backwards.

The monkeys were suddenly startled and confused.

"Swift!"

Another arrow, but missed.

At the same time, the sound of horse hooves also came behind Lin Jue and stopped sharply.

Lin Jue was no longer worried about whether these apes would attack him when he turned his head. He quickly turned around and saw a man in commoner clothes coming behind him. He looked quite young, riding a tall horse with a horse hanging on it.

He has a long spear covered with cloth, a long knife at his waist, and a bow and arrow in his hand.

At this time, one person raised his head and another person lowered his head.

"What a scholar, how dare you walk this road alone? How dare you confront these strange monkeys!"

"What kind of monkeys are these? How did they get so big?"

"you do not know?"

"I don't know..."

"No wonder you are so bold!" said the man, "didn't you see that other people were staying in the village behind to form a group and only left when there were more people?"

"I haven't seen it either..."

"You really don't know!"

The man on the horse was a little surprised, and then he said to him: "These strange monkeys were originally in the mountains. Last year, they started to come near the mountain road and committed evil. If a man walking alone met them, they would bite and beat him.

Then they will seize dry food and livestock. If there are women in the team, they will be snatched away by them for fun and torture. Only martial arts masters and accompanying men dare to pass here."

While he was talking, those strange monkeys gathered in groups like humans. Not only did they check the injured person's injuries, but they also felt very angry and kept roaring.

But they were also smart and did not get closer, but continued to look behind the two of them.

There were often roars during this period, as if they were communicating.

Lin Jue couldn't help but turn around and look again.

A group of people came up behind him, about twenty or thirty, all men, leading mules, horses and donkeys. Most of them seemed to be business travelers.

These strange monkeys are afraid of them.

"You are lucky today and happened to meet me." The man on horseback said, "When the people behind come, you can leave with them."

"Them? What about you?"

"Me? Haha!"

The man actually laughed loudly, with a rather quaint air: "The county magistrate of Danxun County issued a reward for the heads of these strange monkeys, worth two taels of silver each. I happened to be walking along the way, and the money was not enough... these strange monkeys

Although monkeys are fierce and vengeful, they are also cunning and cautious. If there are many of you, they will only run away. When you leave, they will bring the monkey's head to me."

"Are you alone?"

Lin Jue looked at him stunned for a moment.

These strange monkeys as tall as humans are not something that an ordinary person can deal with, even with bows, arrows, swords and guns. However, when Lin Jue was in Shucun, he often listened to the village elders in the bridge pavilion telling stories about chivalry in the world besides strange stories.

A martial artist with strong martial arts skills is full of courage and courage, and has a lot of abilities. He can even kill ghosts and gods with his sword and kill demons with his sword.

Could it be that this is the person I saw today?

"Pick up your luggage!"

The man didn't answer, but just rode forward.

At this time, the twenty-odd business travelers behind him also came over. There were often men with knives and sticks among them. When they saw the strange monkey, they were a little scared and talked about it, but they also followed the man's horse forward.

There is strength in numbers, even if it is unintentional.

So everyone walked for a while, and the monkeys retreated for a while until they left the official road and stared at them from a tree in the distance.

Lin Jue quickly came to Shuji.

He quickly picked things up and checked for damage.

There was a voice from a business traveler beside me:

"My hero, it's not easy for you to deal with these strange monkeys on your own! In addition to being tall, I heard that their leader can also spit smoke and become timid! The county government officials have come several times but have been unable to defeat them. You'd better not do it for

I’m risking this reward here, otherwise I’ll wait until next time and invite some friends to come with us!”

"How can a strange monkey know any magic? Maybe the clouds and mist can block swords and guns?" The man on the horse did not listen, and even said, "Haven't you heard the story of the former general Yaksha Yaksha?"

That was the story before the former general general.

Legend has it that his concubine died and his body was placed in the mourning hall. In the middle of the night, a yaksha came to eat him. The general at that time had not yet spread his name to the world, so he was a little scared, but he couldn't bear to see his concubine's body being eaten, so he still had the courage to do so.

He picked up the sword and came out, and his momentum alone scared the yaksha away. A yaksha ran too slowly and was slashed.

Everyone didn't want to say much, so they had to leave together.

Lin Jueze was still counting his luggage.

In addition to the dry food being eaten clean, the shed on the top of the bookcase was also torn apart, the water bottle was stepped on, and a book was thrown by these strange monkeys, and several pages were also damaged.

The dry food is not much, just buy it when it is gone. At worst, you will be hungry all the way, but the other things are extraordinary.

The book was given by Mr. Wang from Hengcun. Regardless of whether he has much friendship with Mr. Wang or not, since it was given by someone else, it is a sign of friendship, which is more precious than buying a new one on the street. Although the other books have important meanings,

It was to protect the ancient book, but none of it was bought by Lin Jue himself. When he was borrowing books in the village, someone felt sorry for him and felt that he was eager to learn, so he gave them to him as gifts.

This water bottle was made by my uncle who went to the mountain to cut bamboo himself.

These things! They are so abominable!
To be continued...