Chapter Sixty-Nine: Knife and Fish
Peng Li led dozens of carefully selected good players to avoid the bandits patrolling along the way, and lurked in front of the cave not far from where Miss Su was imprisoned.
The reason why he was not in a hurry to do it was because Peng Li had arranged for Han Yu to set fire to the south of the cottage earlier, to attract the attention of the thieves as much as possible, and when he had promised before leaving, he would bring someone to pick him up, of course this is another lie, after all, it doesn't matter whether the guy is alive or dead, he hopes that Han Yu can be shot on the spot to avoid trouble.
Seeing that the appointed hour was approaching, but the cottage in the south was slow to move, Peng Li hesitated, could it be that Han Yu betrayed him? However, soon his doubts were gone, he was very sure that in order to survive, Han Yu could only be obedient even if he knew that he was being used, and only by standing on his side could he leave the cottage alive, but he obviously underestimated Han Yu's courage, let alone thought that today next year would be his death day.
Just when Peng Li was suspicious, suddenly the fire rose in the south direction of the cottage, and thick smoke billowed into the sky.
Presumably Han Yu had already succeeded, Peng Li, who was overjoyed, immediately waved his hand, and asked a few servants who were following him to check in the cave first, and sail carefully on the 10,000-year-old ship, he was not carried away, the more he was cautious when it came to the critical moment, and always kept a sense of sanity and wake-up, which was also Peng Li's way of survival over the years.
A few servants with short knives and cats immediately rushed up with light steps, cautiously approaching the cave along the bare mottled rock wall next to them, and after confirming the number of guards inside, they rushed in at the right time, only to hear a few whimpering and muffled snorts from the cave, and then a servant with a bloody short knife walked out of the cave and waved his hand quickly to the side where Peng Li was hiding.
Peng Li got up and tidied up his slightly wrinkled clothes, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and strode towards the cave.
The heavily hired servants around him guarded the left and right, carrying their blades and carefully observing the surroundings until they entered the dark and dim cave.
Peng Li raised his sleeves to cover his mouth and nose, and glanced at the corpses of several thieves who fell in a pool of blood with angry eyes, their throats were all cut by short knives, obviously they were all fatal with one blow, and they didn't even have a chance to resist.
The cave is not too deep, and soon Peng Li stopped abruptly, and came to the door of the stone room where Miss Su was held, the stone door had been pushed open by several servants, and I saw a man dressed in white plain clothes, kneeling motionless on the wall of the spacious stone room, she was slim, and she could roughly judge that it was a woman, and she did not have the slightest reaction to the stone door open behind her, and the death-like silence seemed a little weird.
"Miss Su, not Peng Li, I am here to welcome Miss back to her house on the order of Lord Zhizhou!" It is a matter of future career, facing Su Jin, the daughter of Zhizhou who doesn't know whether she is crazy or crazy, even if she is unkempt and anxious, she doesn't dare to be disrespectful, and she bows respectfully to the end, if she is not afraid of being looked down upon, it doesn't hurt to kneel down and kowtow.
It's just that Peng Li bowed and saluted for half a salary, but the woman facing the wall didn't move, as if she hadn't heard his words at all.
"Miss Su!?" Peng Li's heart suddenly, there was a hint of foreboding, and he hurriedly walked towards the woman who was motionless, when he saw the front of the woman who was cut off her mouth and nose, pierced her eyes, was bleeding from her seven orifices, and died so much that she couldn't die anymore, Peng Li, who fell to the ground with a scream in fright, was colorless, and the servants around him hurriedly stepped forward to help, but he was also embarrassed to see the tragic situation of the woman who was tortured to death.
Peng Li sat on the ground panting heavily, this strong woman named Ning Xinyue he also knew, this woman is the newly married wife of a small merchant in the caravan, followed the caravan all the way to Xuzhou, since his husband was chopped off by a bandit, has been looking for a chance to seek death, when an attempt to use the strong bandit was directly bitten off the root of his life, Xiao Hu, the second master of the murderous person who learned about it, took her alone to the back mountain and there was no news, and today her body appeared here.
Peng Li didn't care about Ning Xinyue's life or death, for him he was just a cheap woman, with his financial resources, what kind of woman did he want, he didn't know how many people had died at his feet over the years, and even the ghosts and gods were not in awe, where would he be afraid of the dead, the reason why he was so frightened that he couldn't stand up was because he realized that Miss Su, who was originally imprisoned here, didn't know where to go, and deliberately placed a corpse here was obviously to invite you into the urn.
Peng Li's first thought was that Han Yu betrayed him, could it be that this life-loving Han kid really planned to break the net with him, and actually gave up the only chance to live, colluded with the bandits, and prepared to take his life? The more Peng Li thought about it, the more frightened he became, his body trembled unconsciously, he still had a family property, and he would definitely be able to be a great minister in the future, how could he die in this barren place!
Peng Li's face was full of bitterness, he was very unwilling, and his intestines were full of regret.
But this is the reality, a cruel reality that can't be changed, and he was put aside by Han Yu, who thought he could use it.
Peng Li paid the price for his arrogance, just because he underestimated Han Yu, maybe from the beginning Han Yu wanted to die with him, all the tricks were just to deceive his trust, Peng Li thought he had insight into human nature, and thought that he could use them unscrupulously and use others under his feet as stepping stones, but he didn't expect to be pecked by birds all day long.
This cave is not deep, and there is no other exit, these Peng Li are clear, even if these Jianghu experts hired with a lot of money are all masters of one as ten, they can't hold this place at all, and when these Jianghu experts know that they have no way to escape, the loyalty bought by money will be gone, and it is difficult to guarantee that no one will cut off his head to beg for life, and then it will be Peng Li's death.
Knowing that he was in a desperate situation, Peng Li asked himself if he couldn't sit still, and suddenly stood up and ordered to a group of good men in the rivers and lakes who pretended to be servants and servants: "It seems that the matter has been revealed, now immediately go down the mountain and evacuate the cottage, as long as Peng's life is saved, everyone will get five times the reward after leaving the cottage safely!" "In fact, before these good hands came, they had already received a generous honorarium, five times the number is not a small amount, even Peng Li, who is wealthy, is also a pain in the flesh, but the silver two can be earned again, but there is only one life, as a businessman, Peng Li loves money very much, but it is still very good to decide which is more important than the silver and life.
In fact, there were already some active Jianghu experts who reacted, seeing that Peng Li gave up his plan to continue to rescue Miss Su, he was finally relieved, he had short hands and short mouths, so he naturally had to obey orders, but it didn't mean that they would be stupid to send them to death, there would always be a life flower to take two silver, not to mention that in order to maintain credibility in the rivers and lakes, there are almost no traitors in the rivers and lakes, otherwise once they have a bad reputation, they will cut off their livelihood, and no one will spend silver to hire them, so it will be a little more than worth the loss. In particular, these well-known people are more interested in fame and have higher loyalty.
Several lean Jianghu experts with blades opened the way in front, and the rest of the halls protected Peng Li in the middle, and the group accelerated their pace towards the outside of the cave.
Just as he was approaching the exit of the cave, suddenly one of the Jianghu experts pushed Peng Li away and shouted, "Be careful!" The others also reacted quickly, and fell to the ground one after another, and before Peng Li, who fell to the ground on his back, reacted, suddenly the arrows outside the hole roared in, constantly producing a sound of breaking the air, although a group of good hands dodged in time, there were still people who were hit by arrows and fell in a pool of blood.
After half a salary, the arrow attack stopped, and Peng Li, who was lying on the ground, had constricted his pupils, and his whole body trembled with fear.
Soon there were unhurried words from the big boss Yue Youchong outside the cave: "Peng Li, Yue Mou treats you as a brother, but he doesn't want you to be a wolf, if it weren't for Brother Han's deep understanding of righteousness, but you were succeeded by this little man, what are your last words as soon as possible!" The reason why Peng Li, who was still patient, spoke was because Yue Youchong knew that this person was wealthy, so if he could knock some bamboo bars from the dying person, why not? No matter how taboo Peng Li touches, he must die, but how long he can live is determined by him, the big boss.