On the official road, a carriage escorted by dozens of people was slowly moving towards the north. This is the territory of Anji Prefecture, the capital of Huzhou, and it is almost at the junction of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

However, the road that used to be bustling and busy is now crowded with pedestrians, and apart from this caravan of horses and carts, only a few merchants are traveling south and north, rushing their own way. In fact, this is also very normal, because today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Shangyuan Festival, most people will not choose to go out at this time, how to have a complete New Year.

Obviously, the soldiers of this line were in a similar mood, so it was just after noon that they rested in a small town called Shilipu in front of them. Because this is only a small town, not a county seat, there is not even a government-run post station, so they can only pay their own money to rent some houses in the town, and the carriage is parked in the only inn in the town, and five soldiers with guns and knives are followed.

Seeing that a guest came to the door, the shopkeeper and the guy of the inn naturally came up to greet him with a smile on his face, and after a few words, he welcomed the five people into the house together with a young man who got off the car.

All this fell into the eyes of a capable man who was dressed as a merchant and followed the convoy all the way. After confirming that the more than fifty people were scattered in the town, his eyes flashed with excitement, and he hurried away without too much delay.

More than half an hour later, this person had already made a detour from outside the town and returned to a mountain col located south of Shilipu, and saw Duan Feng and others who had been waiting there for a while.

"How? But what are the chances? As soon as he turned back, one of his accomplices began to inquire impatiently.

They followed the convoy escorting Lu Zhen all the way to the north, but they were always unable to do it for various reasons, and they were already a little impatient. Now that I am about to get out of the ground in Zhejiang, I am naturally more anxious. It was Duan Feng, although he was not in a hurry to speak at the moment, but there was also eagerness in his eyes.

"My lord, this is indeed a good opportunity. They lived in the front ten-mile shop, and because the inn did not have many rooms, the fifty guards lived separately in the people's homes. ”

"Really? God help me! When Duan Feng heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and glanced at his brother again: "Second brother, you have nothing to say this time, right?" "It was because of his several obstructions that they dragged it out again and again, and until now they haven't attacked Lu Jin.

Duan Rui pondered for a moment, and finally nodded: "Let's do it here." Otherwise, you can only copy the road ahead and set up an ambush on the official road. But that's a bit more variable. Still, we should be cautious. ”

"What is there to be cautious about? You said before that they had fifty men, and we were too short to attack, and I believed it. But now, they're all scattered in one town and living in their own homes, can't we deal with five or six guys? Duan Feng waved his hand angrily and said: "Don't look ahead and look backwards, grow the ambition of others, we are from Dongchang!" ”

Duan Rui had no choice but to keep silent. In fact, he still had some doubts in his heart, but the guards had always been cautious along the way, trying to live in the post station as much as possible, in order to ensure absolute safety. But how can you be so careless today? Is this just relaxing because it's Shangyuan Festival today, or is there something else? He really couldn't understand this.

However, Duan Rui also knew that with the passage of time, everyone couldn't hold it anymore. Now that the opportunity is in front of us, stopping them again will inevitably cause disputes and unhappiness. So I can only follow their thoughts, hoping that things won't go wrong as I feared.

However, to be on the safe side, you still have to be on guard. Thinking of this, he already secretly had a plan.

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The days of winter are short, and it is not long after the unitary time, and the day is slowly getting dark. At this time, many people in the town went out with their children and went straight to the city of Anji Prefecture in the rear to see the annual lanterns.

These movements naturally fell into the eyes of Duan Feng and the others who were hiding next to the official road. They did have a hard time this way, not to mention the convoy escorting Lu Zhen far away during the day, and they couldn't go to the post station to stay overnight, so they could only spend the night outside.

It's winter, even though it's in the south, it's quite cold, and after a few nights of freezing, Rao is strong and a little unbearable. This is also an important reason why they are in a hurry to start, if they follow so late and don't do it, they don't need others to do it, they themselves will have to freeze to death.

The people in those towns talked and laughed and left, and waited for a while, convinced that the town was now completely quiet, Duan Feng took these twenty subordinates and quickly pounced on Shilipu Town, all of them had already shown their swords, and they all showed murderous intent, they must kill Lu Jin, who had suffered all the way to them.

However, they were eager to kill, but they didn't realize that in fact, they were praying mantis catching cicadas, but there were yellow finches watching.

On the edge of the forest where they were hiding, there was a small mountain that was not very high, and at this time, there were six or seven people on the mountain who were condescendingly watching their every move, and they were naturally the masters of the White Lotus Sect led by Bai Lian.

"They chose a good time, presumably they will be able to eradicate Lu Zhen this time." One of the subordinates laughed with some joy.

The others nodded in agreement, and at the same time were full of anticipation. They also suffered a lot along the way, and naturally hoped to get things done as soon as possible. But Bai Lian's face didn't show much joy, just stared thoughtfully at the Shilipu town that was still shining at the moment, and said softly: "Don't be too happy, and watch it later." We must not slack off until they succeed! ”

Although everyone didn't know what he was worried about, since the Dharma Protector said so, he naturally received the order, and they all stared down nervously and expectantly, waiting to see the final result.

At this time, Duan Feng had already led people into Shilipu. Looking at the empty streets and the lights that were put out because of the Metaverse Festival, the eyes of these people were full of smug smiles. There's no better opportunity to launch a sneak attack than here and now.

They didn't bother with the soldiers and servants scattered among the common people, and rushed straight to the little inn in the middle of the town. However, these people were still a little alert, and even in the rush forward, their steps were still extremely light, and they did not alarm the people in the town.

A moment later, they had come to the small inn in front of the door, which had picked up a few lanterns and hung the sign of the Shunxing Inn.

This inn is two stories high, and there are two courtyards in front and back. The front is a wine shop, and the back is the guest room. So these people immediately climbed over the not very high courtyard wall, and then rushed straight inside.

And when they entered the antechamber, they happened to meet the shopkeeper and his fellow with a smile on their faces. The two of them suddenly saw someone breaking into their inn in the middle of the night, and each of them was still holding a sword, and they were so frightened that they opened their mouths to shout: "Ah...... You ......"

But as soon as the words came out, Xueliang's quick knife was already at their throat: "If you want to live, don't make a noise." ”

The two of them trembled with fright, but they still stopped, just looking at the fierce and vicious creatures in front of them with begging eyes, hoping that they would spare their lives.

"Let me ask you, are all the guests who came in today in the backyard rooms?" Duan Rui asked in a slightly slowed voice.

"Positive...... Precisely. It was easy for the shopkeeper to give the answer.

"Do you know where the guy who got off the carriage lives now?" Duan Feng went straight to the point and asked, this was their primary goal, so they had to ask first.

He ...... He was in the room at the east end. "This time it's the answer the guy gave.

Duan Feng glanced at him, which made this little guy can't help but tremble again, and then nodded with satisfaction: "It's good that you're not lying!" As soon as the words fell, the knife in his hand had quickly wiped the man's neck.

The guy had his throat cut off at this blow, and he couldn't even scream, only hoarse twice, and then fell in a pool of blood. At the same time, the shopkeeper was also covered in the mouth, and then stabbed into the heart with a knife, killing him instantly.

After killing these two innocent people on the spot, they walked through the front hall under Duan Feng's command and surrounded the backyard. Among them, Duan Feng even took a few people and went to the easternmost house.

Duan Rui didn't follow, but swept his eyes around the hall, and then called the two of them and pointed to the top: "Follow me up and have a look." ”

These two people originally planned to kill people in the past to make meritorious contributions, but when they were ordered by this, they suddenly sighed a little helplessly. But Duan Rui's identity was much higher than them, so he could only admit it, so he followed him along the stairs on the side and gently touched it up.

Below, Duan Feng's speed was extremely fast, and he had already reached the room where the target was in a few steps. Without hesitation, he kicked out, the thin door shattering, and at the same time, he swung his knife and slashed straight at the bed in front of him.

Something similar happened in several other guest rooms. They all broke down the door and slashed at the raised figure on the bed inside.

"Flutter! The knife hit the target in response, but Duan Feng's face turned from joy to surprise. His rich experience in killing told him that when this knife went down, it was not the human body, but just a rolled quilt and other objects!

In the other rooms, exclamations also came out, obviously, they didn't kill the target either, they knew they had a plan!

Just when these people were shocked and hurriedly exited the door, there was a sudden banging sound above, and when they looked up, they found that the window on the second floor of the wine shop facing the inn was pushed open, and at the window, a ghostly arrow was revealed!

They have fallen into a trap that has been laid out for a long time!