The melon-eating swordsman in the ancient dragon world.

Chapter 561 Immeasurable merit
"Then I won't disturb your elegant mood." Liu Yongnan nodded with a smile, then left quickly.

Lian Chengbi watched Liu Yongnan's back with deep eyes.

"Husband?" Shen Bijun pulled Lian Chengbi's arm.

Lian Chengbi turned around and smiled, "This Liu Yongnan has ulterior motives. Didn't he see that we were taking a walk? Why do we need him as a guide?"

Shen Bijun smiled and said, "Mr. Liu also has good intentions."

Lian Chengbi shook his head. "The Liu family is also an aristocratic family. Although they don't have a deep foundation, they still have the necessary education. I don't believe that he doesn't have this kind of foresight."

Shen Bijun looked confused, "Why did he say that?"

Lian Chengbi looked at Shen Bijun with clear eyes, shook his head, and did not tell the truth. Instead, he smiled and said, "I don't know, but we will know soon."

"Why?" Shen Bijun asked.

"Because it is three thousand miles to Jiayuguan, no matter he is inconsiderate or has other purposes, he can't hide for so long." Lian Chengbi said lightly.

In the original novel, Lian Chengbi and his wife were not on Yang Kaitai's trip. It was because Lian Chengbi appeared in Daming Lake and met Yang Kaitai that Liu Yongnan and Peng Pengfei came.

Liu Yongnan is okay, he is just a young man from an aristocratic family. But although Peng Pengfei is the chief escort of Wansheng Escort Agency on the surface, he is a bandit in secret. He even dared to attack the outgoing prefect, which shows how bold and cruel he is.

More importantly, Liu Yongnan and Peng Pengfei had to be used by Tianzong and obey the young master because their respective black materials were known to Xiaoyao Hou.

That being the case...

Will there be any changes in this incident?
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The next morning, the gate of Lengxiang Garden was opened, and large carts came out of the garden one after another. Occasionally, they passed through the dirt road, leaving deep ruts, which showed the weight of the cargo in the carts.

There was a porter guarding each cart on the left and right, and a bodyguard every ten or so steps. Even though they had just set off, they were still alert to their surroundings with eagle-like eyes.

According to the rules of the escort agency, once an escort mission has started, the escort has to keep one eye open even when sleeping until the destination is reached.

This is a 3,000-mile, eight-million-dollar convoy. If anything goes wrong, they won’t be able to compensate even if they sacrifice their lives and property.

Each of them was in good spirits. The Yuanji Bank also knew that the emperor would not suffer from hungry soldiers. The living environment and food in Lengxiang Garden were top-notch, allowing them to rest well before setting off.

Eight million gold and silver, and one hundred and twenty escort vehicles!

Leading the way were Lü Shiheng, the wielder of the Sun and Moon Twin Halberds, and Qiu Lei, the all-seeing hand. Holding the line were Feng Wuyi, the ten-thousand-mile soul-chasing warrior, and Long Changxing, the nine-bend poisonous dragon.

Situ Zhongping and his deputy Jin Yinjian Ai Ziqi sat in the center of the escort team, while the other eight chief escorts and Peng Pengfei who came to help were arranged in the middle of the team.

As for Lian Chengbi and his wife, Yang Kaitai, Master Tieyi and other eminent monks as well as Liu Yongnan, they were all in several carriages in the center of the escort team, and the eighteen Arhat monks of Shaolin were guarding the carriages.

Lian Chengbi was sitting in the carriage. He opened the curtain and saw smoke rising from the roads. People who got up early to go to work passed by in a hurry. Some people were sitting at the stalls around the road having breakfast.

Lian Chengbi only took a quick glance and saw several people with shifty eyes, drifting eyes, or flickering glances. Even if there were a few people with good acting skills, they could not escape his eyes.

"One, two, three, four..." Lian Chengbi was counting numbers. "Husband, what are you counting?" Shen Bijun asked.

"I'm counting to see how many forces have set their sights on this escort mission." Lian Chengbi said with a smile, "There are two people wearing white turbans, but they are wrapped in different ways. One has dark skin and the other has fair skin. They are obviously from two different places."

"Which two places?" Shen Bijun also saw the two people through the car window.

"One is from northern Shaanxi, and the other is from southern Sichuan." Lian Chengbi stroked his chin, "Both are places with simple folk customs. They don't even hide their own habits and clothing. They are really honest people."

Shen Bijun couldn't help but smile and asked, "Then who are not honest people?"

Lian Chengbi pointed at a coolie working at a noodle stall in front of him. He was eating noodles and chatting with his companions, only glancing over here from the corner of his eyes from time to time.

"That's what professionalism is. I almost didn't see it."

"Then how did you see it again?"

"Because he just put down the bowl and went to get the steamed buns, so I saw his hand."

Lian Chengbi said, "Those are not calluses that can be obtained by doing hard labor. Only practicing with the sword can produce those kind of calluses on the palms, and one must be an expert in the sword. If I'm not mistaken, he should be the leader of a mountain stronghold in the Taihang Mountains."

Several Shaolin monks outside the carriage heard the conversation in the carriage, looked at the coolie carefully, and couldn't help but look at each other and felt admiration.

Next, Lian Chengbi commented one by one.

"Did you see that bow-legged man carrying water? He is obviously good at riding horses. He could have disguised himself as a horse dealer, but he chose to disguise himself as a local. Isn't this undoubtedly exposing his identity as a horse bandit from the Great Wall?"

"And the teacher, he probably has read books and has a bit of a scholarly air, but he chose the wrong profession. The most important thing about teaching is integrity, but his eyes are not straight. If he disguised himself as a young man who just came out of a brothel, I might not be able to tell."

"And the fortune teller, this is the identity most often used to gather information, but at least he should be dedicated. The words on his banner are Ma Yi Shen Xiang, but the one in his hand is Da Liu Ren. Did you know that he is visiting?"

"The worst one is the beggar. He is indeed very dirty and skinny, looking like he is hungry. But just now a wealthy man passed by and threw half a meat bun to him, but he didn't even try to grab it. Do you think it's true?"

Lian Chengbi's voice was not small. Although there was a lot of noise around him, people who had reached a certain level of martial arts would be able to hear it as long as they concentrated.

These people who can disguise themselves very well are naturally masters in the underworld. Even if they are not the leaders of a faction, they are important figures in their respective forces.

So they all heard what Lian Chengbi said.

As a result, all those masters who had been calm and composed just now, using some spies in the open as a cover and carefully observing the escort team, retreated awkwardly. In a few breaths, they retreated to the depths of the alley and disappeared.

"Amitabha!"

A Buddhist chant came from the carriage behind, and Master Tieku said with a smile, "Mr. Lian has amazing vision and sharp words. I admire you!"

"Master, you are too polite." Lian Chengbi said with a smile, "If I can make them retreat in the face of difficulties and avoid a chaotic battle, it can be considered a merit, right?"

"Amitabha!" Several monks chanted the Buddha's name in unison, "If this is the case, the merits are immeasurable!"

(End of this chapter)