Refining Demon Tutuo

Chapter 323 Is there an ambush?

On the official road, busy people made noisy noises.In the procession of escorting the prisoners, the three leaders gathered together.

Seeing Ji Bin approaching as if he had something to say, Zeng Wei and Teng Baihu sat up straight.

Ji Bin lowered his voice and said, "Both of you, I saw the fallen tree inside. It wasn't crushed by mud or broken by stones, but was broken by brute force."

When he said this, the expressions of Teng Baihu and Zeng Wei suddenly changed.

Old Master Ji sneered: "The road is blocked, I'm afraid someone is obstructing it. Those trees are as thick as a bowl, and the breaks are uneven. The skill of the person who did it is not shallow. There is such a person who is watching from the side. .We have to be more careful. Maybe this expert is watching us from a corner right now."

The old man's voice was not high-pitched, and his voice was a little sharp, which made people who heard it uncomfortable.

Zeng Wei and Teng Baihu involuntarily looked around.There are no mountains around, only rolling hills.The density of the woods on both sides is different.If an ambush is set here, it will be extremely difficult to guard against.

Zeng Wei and Teng Baihu exchanged opinions with their eyes, and immediately went back to greet their subordinates, and stood up to be vigilant.Seeing the boss getting nervous, the soldiers and government servants were cautiously on guard for a long time.

There is always no danger coming.

Waiting until the road was cleared, the time has been delayed for half a day.Teng Baihu bit the bullet and ordered to continue on his way.

After they passed through this dangerous obstacle, no one came out to make trouble.

Teng Baihu hesitated for a long time, and asked Ji Bin: "Master Ji, if someone was watching, why didn't he come out when there was such a good opportunity?"

Ji Bin lamented: "We have delayed so much, I am afraid we will not be able to make it to the post station today.

Along the way, due to the cold weather, some of the old and weak prisoners fell ill.The soldiers kept urging, but the prisoners still walked slower and slower.

Zeng Wei looked up at the sky, knowing that he would definitely not be able to make it to the next station today.Seeing that the red sun was about to set, several leaders were anxious. They dared not rush on the road at night, not to mention the difficulty of traveling at night, and they were easy to fall behind.

Teng Baihu gathered several leaders and was discussing whether to camp on the spot.

The Tan Ma who was exploring the way ahead rushed back.

Teng Baihu asked, "Is there any lodging up ahead?"

"Reporting to my lord, there is a small shop not far from the official road two miles ahead from now on. From there, continue on the road and pass through several hills."

Several leading leaders discussed it and decided to stay in that small shop.

The soldiers were eager to rest, and they drove the prisoners away with whips, squeezing the last of their strength.

Before the last rays of the sun set, the people in front of the team finally saw a few thatched cottages in the north of the official road ahead.

Approaching this small shop, Zeng Wei saw several dilapidated thatched huts with layers of thatched huts piled up.Many places have been blackened by smoke.The thatched cottage has been standing here for a long time.

Bantou Zeng and Ji Bin urged the horse together and caught up with Teng Baihu.

"Master Baihu, this place is too far from the town. Would it be dangerous to have such a wild shop in this kind of place?"

Teng Baihu thought for a while, and then said: "Be careful, the people in this small shop are probably not good people. If you pass by such a place alone, you must not live there. However, we have so many people, and we work shifts That's it." After saying that, he headed towards the small shop.

The shop has no name.

In the open space in front of the shop, people were shouting.A large group of people arrived here, occupying the open space in front of the store to the brim.

The shopkeeper is a pockmarked middle-aged man.With a ragged teenage buddy.It looked like there were two people in the store.When the two saw a group of soldiers coming, they rushed out to greet them.

Zeng Baihu looked at the shopkeeper of Yedian while the shopkeeper was talking to Teng Baihu.

The shopkeeper is a little thin, his clothes are old, and there are even holes.The boy is also dressed in shabby clothes.They give the impression that the store is no longer open.

The two shopkeepers were too busy, so Zeng Baihu asked them to prepare food first.The rest of the people set up the tables and stools by themselves.

Yamen servants drove the prisoners into the courtyard.There are only a few houses with roofs, and of course they will not be used by prisoners, so they can only make do with the outside.

After a short time, the shopkeeper brought up the ready-made dry food with the boy, and boiled hot water. There was no other food.Fortunately, the people who came brought some dried meat with them, so they could barely make do with it.

Everyone is ready to eat.

In order to prevent accidents, the head of Zeng Ban led people to repeatedly check the water and food, and let the prisoners eat first.After the prisoners had eaten, the soldiers in charge of the escort began to eat.

Zeng Wei felt relieved when he saw the shopkeeper who was afraid to move in the corner after greeting the guests.

Ji Bin is cautious, he is not at ease with the previous method.He asked Zeng Wei to divide the leaders of the soldiers into three groups.It's okay to eat the first wave, and eat the second wave.The first two waves are all right, let's eat in the third wave.After all this, nothing happened, so he was relieved.

Several leaders took out their own wine and meat and ate them.A group of martial arts practitioners eat a lot, steamed cakes, miscellaneous grain cakes, and they are eaten like wind and clouds.

After the leaders finished eating in batches, Zeng Wei and Teng Baihu gathered the people and assigned the night watchmen.

After the yamen servants and soldiers are assigned.Zeng Wei leaned over to Ji Bin's side.

"Master Ji, I still feel that this place is inappropriate."

Ji Bin asked: "How do you say?"

Zeng Wei said: "What happened on the road today was strange. We lived in this unfamiliar wild store again. If someone schemes, this place is easy to be raided."

Ji Bin thought for a moment, then squinted his eyes and said, "Let's just watch carefully, Lord Fu Yin has other arrangements."

When Zeng Wei heard this, he glanced at Ji Bin in surprise.The old man sat there as steady as Mount Tai.

Zeng Wei asked: "So, Mr. Fu Yin sent other people?"

Ji Bin shook his head and refused to say any more.Seeing the old man doing this.Zeng Wei probably understood a thing or two.He smoothed things over with a smile and said, "I'm just asking." Then he went out to arrange other things.

There was a lot of noise in the yard, the yamen servants and soldiers were assigned to watch the night, and they were full of resentment in their hearts, but their fate was beyond their control, so they could only do it stubbornly.

There are some experienced veterans among the yamen servants, two or three people, tied dozens of prisoners together and piled them into a pile.There is almost no gap between people and people.I went to the back near the barn and found a pile of hay.Dozens of prisoners were covered with hay to keep them from freezing to death.As for saying that someone wants to pay respects --- I don't care so much.

Everything is ready, and those who are fine are ready to rest.

The shop gradually quieted down.
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