The melon-eating swordsman in the ancient dragon world.

Chapter 563 Please enter the urn
Barren mountains, shabby villages, abandoned houses and low walls.

There are only dozens of villagers in total, and most of them are the elderly, children, women and children. There are a few strong men occasionally, but they are pale and thin.

Ai Ziqi brought a few porters and discussed with the villagers for a while. He used silver to ask them to give up a few houses and arrange for important figures in the escort team to live in them.

Lian Chengbi got off the carriage and glanced at the villagers, but did not find 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 home.

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

Peng Pengfei also brought five or six people this time, but after all, they were not the main escort force, so they did not do a lot of heavy work. At most, they just 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.

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

"Old Peng didn't do much along the way, he 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 along!"

"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 laughed, "Besides, it was just a coincidence that we encountered a landslide and took a detour. These villagers have obviously lived here for generations, so what could be the problem?"

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

"Thank you for the expense, Mr. Liu. When we get to Jiayuguan, I will treat you to a meal and we will get drunk together." Lu Shiheng said with a smile.

"Okay, okay!" Liu Yongnan laughed, 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 vehicles and park them away from the houses and firewood piles. He even cleared a cordon nearby and arranged sentries.

Even in a place that felt very safe, Situ Zhongping still did not let his guard down. 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, walked past Peng Pengfei, sniffed, smiled knowingly, and then went to talk to Master Tieyi and the others.

……

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

There were piles of sesame cakes, rice porridge, fried local vegetables with bacon, pickled cabbage and pickled radish everywhere, and the coachmen and escorts came forward to share the food.

Lian Chengbi and his wife, the eminent 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 uneventful, all thanks to the careful and flawless arrangements made by Hero Situ. When this escort is safely delivered to Jiayu Pass, Hero Situ will be credited with the greatest achievement!"

"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 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 there are still big bandits in Qilian Mountain. The rest of the journey may not be safe."

"But at least we don't have to be so cautious and always worry about being attacked by bandits from Taihang, Guanzhong, Bashu, and the outer frontier."

Theoretically speaking, the road 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 as the escort team has experts in charge.

Everyone was eating and chatting while sipping rice porridge.

"Why does this rice porridge have a bit of earthy taste?" Lu Shiheng asked curiously. Peng Pengfei's eyes changed, and when he was about to speak, Feng Wuyi, who was standing next to him, raised his bowl and said, "I saw some soybeans in the porridge, but did the villagers dry them for their own use?"

Peng Pengfei nodded repeatedly, 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, took a sip, and then covered his mouth with his sleeves.

As the sky gradually darkened, the porters outside lit torches and illuminated the key places.

In the small courtyard, everyone had finished dinner and were preparing to go their separate ways.

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

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

His fall was like the knocking over of 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 eighteen Shaolin monks outside the courtyard, and even more bodyguards and porters, who all fell to the ground.

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

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Peng Pengfei wiped off the non-existent sweat, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, laughing loudly, "What steady as a mountain, what Shaolin elder, what six masters of the martial arts world, they were all paralyzed by me!"

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

Peng Pengfei shook his head. "What a joke! Situ Zhongping and the monk in iron clothes are both veterans. The poison smells too strong. I got this Sangen Mi Shen San from the young master."

"That's good. We have a deal. You want money and I want sex. It doesn't matter if the others die, but I want to take Shen Bijun away." Liu Yongnan said.

Peng Pengfei sneered, "You can corrupt seven or eight virgin girls 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. When I saw her in Daming Lake last time, I swore to get her!" Liu Yongnan said in a grim voice.

"It's up to you." Peng Pengfei said indifferently, then put his right hand to his mouth and blew a loud slogan.

The next moment, the sound of clothes fluttering in the wind was heard outside the village, and more than twenty people jumped over the low wall and rushed into the yard.

These twenty-odd people are either tall and strong, or thin and capable, some have white cloth wrapped around their heads, and some wear blue shirts made of green cloth. Each of them has strong martial arts skills and sharp eyes. They are obviously masters who are feared by everyone.

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

"Finally, Immortal Banban succeeded!"

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

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

"I know you, Duan Longshan, brought the most people with you, so you don't have to keep talking about it all the time." A capable man wearing a black cloak with two swords on his waist sneered, "Kill these cowards first!"

"What Hua said makes sense. Let's kill the person first, so as to avoid any more trouble." A man with a white scarf on his head and a rough face looked at Lian Chengbi beside him, "You are so delicate, why are you hanging around in the underworld? In your next life, reincarnate in northern Shaanxi, and I will teach you how to practice swordsmanship!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the man drew his sword and chopped at Lian Chengbi beside him.

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

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

(End of this chapter)