Chapter 563: Walking Into a Trap

Desolate mountains, shabby villages, abandoned houses, low walls.

There were only a few dozen households of villagers, and most of them were old, young, women and children. There were a few strong men, but they were also pale and thin.

Ai Ziqi took a few porters and went forward to discuss with the villagers. He used silver to ask them to give up a few houses and arrange for important people in the escort team to move in.

Lian Chengbi got off the carriage and glanced at the villagers, without finding any flaws.

"Fellow villagers, please lend us a stove and call a few women to help us cook some food." Lu Shiheng stepped forward and said.

An old man took the silver and took Lu Shiheng to his home.

Peng Pengfei walked by and said to Lu Shiheng with a smile, "Today's mountain road is difficult to walk. I see everyone is very tired. Let us do these chores. You can take a rest."

Peng Pengfei also brought five or six people this time, but after all, he was not the main escort, so he didn't do a lot of hard work. At most, he helped out and saved a lot of energy.

Lu Shiheng was slightly stunned. After all, according to Situ Zhongping's arrangement, he was on duty today to supervise the cooking.

Just then, Liu Yongnan came over with two jars of wine in his hand, "This is the Guhe wine I brought from Lanzhou. I wanted to enjoy it when camping in the wilderness, but I didn't expect to encounter it the next day."

"Old Peng didn't do much along the way, just supervised a few villagers to cook." Liu Yongnan pulled Lu Shiheng away, "I just made an appointment with Chief Escort Qiu to have a drink together, Chief Escort Lu, come with us!"

"But..."

"Since we approached Lanzhou, all the spies who followed us have disappeared, which shows that they have all retreated in the face of difficulties." Liu Yongnan smiled, "What's more, it was a coincidence that we encountered a landslide and took a detour. These villagers have obviously lived here for generations. What's the problem?"

Lu Shiheng looked at the old man with a flattering smile on his face, and thought that it was indeed the case.

"In this way, Mr. Liu will spend money. When we arrive at Jiayuguan, Lu will treat us and we will get drunk." Lu Shiheng smiled.

"Okay, okay!" Liu Yongnan laughed, and then left with Lu Shiheng.

Lian Chengbi was not close to the three people, but he could clearly hear their conversation.

He looked up and found that Situ Zhongping was directing the porters to stop the trucks, and put the trucks away from the houses and firewood piles. He even cleared a barrier next to them and arranged sentries.

Even in a place that felt very safe, Situ Zhongping still did not let down his guard. If there were no special circumstances, even if there were still bandits lurking outside, they would not find a chance to attack.

Lian Chengbi thought about it, passed by Peng Pengfei, sniffed, smiled, and then went to talk to Master Tieyi and others.

...

When Situ Zhongping finished his work and returned to the center of the village, dinner was ready.

A lot of sesame cakes, rice porridge, bacon fried with local vegetables, pickled cabbage and pickled radish were piled up everywhere, and the drivers and escorts came forward to share the food.

Lian Chengbi and his wife, the monks and the chief escorts gathered in a small courtyard. In addition to these dishes, there were also several braised side dishes brought from Lanzhou.

"This journey was smooth, thanks to the proper and flawless arrangements made by Master Situ. Once this escort is safely delivered to Jiayuguan, Master Situ will be the first to take credit!"

"I dare not. You are too polite. This is my job."

"Since approaching Lanzhou, there have been no more spies around the escort team. It seems that they have given up."

"Yes, after leaving Lanzhou, they no longer have any chance to take advantage of, so it's time to give up."

"I heard that there are still big bandits in the Qilian Mountains, and the rest of the journey may not be safe."

"But at least we don't have to be so careful, always worrying about being attacked by bandits from Taihang, Guanzhong, Bashu, and the outside of the Great Wall."

In theory, the journey before Lanzhou is indeed the most dangerous. After all, the more remote and boundless the latter half of the journey is, the safer it is for the escort team to have masters in charge.

Everyone chatted while eating and sipping rice porridge.

"Why does this rice porridge taste a bit earthy?" Lu Shiheng asked curiously.

Peng Pengfei's eyes changed, and when he was about to speak, Feng Wuyi, who was next to him, raised his bowl and said, "I saw some soybeans in the porridge, but the village dried them for their own use?"

Peng Pengfei nodded repeatedly, and then drank a bowl in big gulps, "I saw that he had some at home, so I paid for it, thinking that it would have more flavor."

Everyone laughed when they heard this. Master Tieyi looked at Peng Pengfei meaningfully, nodded at Lian Chengbi, drank a small sip, and then raised his sleeve to cover his mouth.

The sky gradually darkened, and the porter outside lit a torch to illuminate the key points.

In the small courtyard, everyone had already had dinner and was ready to go.

But Lu Shiheng put down his bowl and chopsticks, and just as he stood up, he couldn't help but stagger.

He had just drunk some wine, and thought he was a little drunk, so he couldn't help but smile awkwardly. Just when he wanted to say something to cover it up, he felt his brain getting heavier and heavier, his eyes went black, and he fell over.

His fall was like a set of dominoes.

Situ Zhongping, Ai Ziqi, Feng Wuyi... Lian Chengbi, Shen Bijun, Yang Kaitai... Master Tieyi, Master Tieku, Master Huiming...

There were also 18 Shaolin monks outside the courtyard, and more escorts and porters, all fell to the ground.

The only people standing at the scene were Peng Pengfei and Liu Yongnan.

"Hahahaha..."

Peng Pengfei wiped off the non-existent sweat, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, laughing out loud, "What stable as a mountain, what Shaolin elder, what six gentlemen of the martial arts world, they are all paralyzed by me!"

Liu Yongnan looked at Shen Bijun with a fiery look, "You didn't use poison, did you?"

Peng Pengfei shook his head, "What a joke, Situ Zhongping and Tieyi monk are both old martial artists, the poisonous drugs are too strong, and this Sangen Mi Shen powder was begged from the young master."

"That's good, we have a deal, you want money and I want sex, it doesn't matter if other people die, but I want to take Shen Bijun away." Liu Yongnan said.

Peng Pengfei sneered, "You can corrupt seven or eight virgins every month, why do you value Shen Bijun so much?"

"That's different, she is the most beautiful woman in the martial arts world, I have never seen such a beautiful and elegant woman in my life, I saw her in Daming Lake last time, and I swore to get her!" Liu Yongnan said fiercely.

"Whatever you want." Peng Pengfei said indifferently, then put his right hand to his mouth and blew a loud slogan.

The next moment, there was a sound of wind in the clothes outside the village, and more than 20 people jumped over the low wall and rushed into the courtyard.

These 20 people were either tall and burly, or thin and capable, or had white cloth wrapped around their heads, or blue cloth and blue shirts. Each of them had good light skills, and each of them had sharp eyes. Obviously, they were all masters who were feared by all.

But their positions were relatively scattered, and they did not seem to trust each other.

"Fairy Banban, finally succeeded!"

The speaker was a skinny old man with a white cloth wrapped around his head. He smiled kindly, but in fact he was the dreaded Bashan bandit leader in the Bashu area, known as Zhuge the ruthless.

A burly man with a broadsword in hand laughed loudly and spoke with a Shanxi accent, "In order not to let them notice, the children are two miles away and are now heading here."

"I know that you, Duan Longshan, brought the most people, so you don't have to talk about it all day long." A capable man wearing a black cloak and showing two swords on his waist sneered, "Let's kill these cowards first!"

"What the surname Hua said makes sense. Let's kill people first, so as not to have more trouble at night." A man with a white scarf wrapped around his head and a rough face looked at Lian Chengbi beside him, "You are so delicate, why are you in the underworld? Reincarnate in northern Shaanxi in your next life, and the master will teach you to practice swordsmanship!"

As soon as the voice fell, the man drew his sword with his backhand and chopped at Lian Chengbi beside him.

But just when the big man's blade approached Lian Chengbi, he found that Lian Chengbi suddenly opened his eyes and smiled at him.

The man's pupils shrank suddenly, and then he only felt a flash of sword light in front of his eyes, and he knew nothing.