On the road to Anzhou, Li Yi and others leisurely enjoyed the scenery along the way.

At this time, they were only less than sixty miles away from the city of Luozhou, although Luozhou is also a plain area, but it has a completely different scenery from the northern grassland.

Instead of low shrubs and meadows as far as the eye can see, there are trees of all colors, and although most of the trees have lost their leaves in autumn, they look bare, but they still look more vibrant and energetic than the grasslands.

However, they had only traveled for less than half a day, and the originally clear sky began to rain.

After the fine rain fell to the ground, there was a crisp sound like the opening of Jun kiln porcelain, which made Qi Ning feel very happy.

After the caravan had been staring at the dense rain for a while, the dark clouds in the sky had not dispersed, but had accumulated more and more, as if they were about to crush the whole world below.

"Master Yang, I think it's going to be raining heavily this day, let's quickly find a place to hide!"

A guard in the convoy with a whisker and a little whisker came to Yang Ping and said.

Yang Ping looked at the inky black clouds in the sky, and had no choice but to listen to the old man's opinion.

"I think there is a small village ahead, so why don't we go there and find a family to hide from the rain."

The guard said, pointing not far away.

And where he was pointing, a curling smoke was rising.

So the men quickened their horses and ran towards the place, and in a short time they came to this place where the smoke was blowing.

To their disappointment, there were no villages, and there were no people in the smoke.

When they rushed here, they found that it was just a dilapidated temple.

By this time, the temple gate had almost collapsed, and the first thing they saw when they carefully crossed the collapsed gate was a dilapidated hall.

And the walls on both sides of this hall have been completely turned into ruins.

When he led the horse and drove the carriage into the courtyard, nine people suddenly rushed out of the main hall.

The clothes worn by these nine people were a little ragged, and they were all unkempt, as if they hadn't taken care of themselves in a long time.

But even though he looked down, their faces didn't show much of a dish, which means that these guys should be doing well, at least not hungry.

"Who are you? Why did you break into our house? ”

Seeing that Li Yi and their numbers were more than themselves, one of these beggar-like guys came out of the crowd.

But from the trills when he spoke and the lack of breath, it can be seen that the other party is still a little weak-hearted.

"Oh, we happened to be passing by a caravan and saw that the weather was bad and wanted to find a place to shelter from the rain."

The chubby Yang Ping said with a smile.

As a businessman, he has always adhered to the principle of making money with kindness, so no matter who he talks to, he will always maintain this kind of smile and harmony.

"Caravans?"

As soon as he heard the caravan, the eyes of the person who spoke just now couldn't help but flicker, but he looked at Li Yi and the others again, especially Yu Zhenlei's originally shining eyes became sharp again.

But only a moment later, he immediately stepped forward with a smile on his face.

"Since it's a passing caravan, please come inside and take a rest, we have already built a fire in the house, your clothes are already soaked, just come to roast and don't get caught in the cold."

As he spoke, he motioned to the others to open the door so that Li Yi and the others could enter the main hall.

But just as the men got out of the way, they all put their hands behind their backs.

In this regard, Ansu turned the corners of his mouth up.

After everyone walked into the main hall, they found that the original huge Buddha statue in the main hall had been smashed to pieces, and the scattered Buddha statue mud was randomly piled up in all corners of the main hall.

The original golden stone statue has revealed the wooden frame and straw inside, and the original gold leaf on the Buddha statue has also disappeared, and the Buddha statue has revealed its original color earthy yellow.

There was a huge hole in the middle of the roof of the main hall, and some tiles were still hanging at the mouth of the hole, and it looked like they would be blown off by the wind at any time.

Fine, dense rainwater fell down the tiles in a thin line, soaking a large chunk of the ground.

The four corners of the hall are still basically intact, and in the southeast corner of the hall there is a fire being lit at this time, and on the fire there is a tattered porcelain basin, and something is boiling in the porcelain basin.

The smoke from the campfire drifted out of the window next to it.

"Come on, come on, everyone come to this campfire to roast and warm up, we have nothing to entertain here, just now we caught a rabbit and a pheasant is boiling in the pot, and it will be cooked soon, everyone will come and taste it."

With that, the leader enthusiastically led everyone towards the campfire.

As the group walked over to the campfire and began to tidy up their soaked clothes, the leader suddenly raised an eyebrow at the man next to him.

When the man saw his leader signaling to him, he immediately understood what he meant, and he nodded slightly.

Then the guy slowly withdrew from the crowd, and then slowly made his way to the southwest corner of the main hall.

At this time, there are several dilapidated boxes in the southwest corner, and the style should be the original merit box of this temple.

The man moved to the southwest corner and looked closely, and when he saw that no one was looking, he quickly turned around and took out a small clay vase from the box.

Then he quickly tucked the vase into his sleeve, and then he dodged behind the group.

At the same time, a spoon flashed quickly from his other sleeve.

"Let's give it up! Here comes the spoon! ”

With that, he pushed through the crowd, and then, naturally, put the spoon in the pot and began to stir it.

In fact, the reason why this spoon was in his cuff instead of in the pot at the beginning was entirely because these nine people usually ate unevenly, so in the end, they got along with a way, that is, all the utensils were kept by one person, so that no one could steal it.

Just as he was stirring the hare and pheasant soup in the porcelain basin, a sudden "pop" sounded behind everyone.

Everyone was captivated by the sudden sound, and they all looked back to see what was going on.

When everyone looked back, they realized that the sound was caused by the sound of a tile falling to the ground from a hole in the middle of the roof.

But at this time, the guy with the spoon quickly opened the small porcelain bottle in the other sleeve, and then he quickly poured some white powder into the soup.

The spoon in his other hand quickly stirred up the soup in the porcelain basin, and the white powder quickly dissolved in the soup.

His movements were smooth, and at a glance, he knew that he must have done this kind of thing.

After everyone figured out the source of the sound, everyone turned their heads back to focus on the pot of soup.

One of the guys who had been behind the crowd unconsciously retracted his hand, and then his fingers in his cuffs rubbed them lightly twice.

Soon, the soup in the pot was boiled and boiled, and the rich aroma of meat continued to spread in the leaky hall with the heat in the pot.

The people of the Yang Merchant House all swallowed their saliva uncontrollably, although they all had dry food in their packages, they still couldn't resist the temptation of the meaty aroma.

Everyone stared at the steaming porcelain basin with burning eyes.

Seeing everyone's reaction like this, the leader of the nine couldn't help but smile again when he saw everyone's reaction.

So he immediately enthusiastically snatched the spoon from the hand of the person who had just drugged him again.

"Come, come, come! Let's come and try this soup more! ”

As he spoke, he handed the spoon in his hand to Yang Ping, who began to drool at the corner of his mouth.

"Go, go, go! Everyone went and took out the dry food they brought, and it must be good to eat this soup. ”

As a result of his reminder, everyone ran out to the wagon to get their own rations.

When most of them were out of the main hall, Yang Ping couldn't wait to scoop a spoonful with a spoon and send it to his mouth.

But just when his mouth was about to touch the spoon, An Su next to him touched Yang Ping with one arm as if he was not paying attention, and the soup that was about to be sent to his mouth spilled out at once.

"It's a shame."

Seeing that the soup that was about to reach his mouth was spilled, Yang Ping kept muttering about pity.

But when he turned his head to look at Ansu, he immediately threw the spoon back into the porcelain basin, and then picked up his robe and wiped the soup on it.

Li Yi and the others also saw An Su's actions just now, and they were originally going to taste it, and everyone looked at the nine people vigilantly.

Even Qi Ning and Qi Chao, who had always been slow to react, felt the strangeness of the atmosphere around them.

When it was time for the people of the Yang caravan to rush back to the main hall with dry food, An Su immediately spoke first.

"Today we went to Guibao Land to hide from the rain is already bothering you, and now thanks to your hospitality to invite us to taste such a delicious game soup, but we are also particular about people can't do these noisy things, this first spoonful of soup is still for you to drink first."

As soon as An Su said this, the smile of the nine-person leader, whose face was still full of smiles, immediately stiffened on his face.

And the other nine people also flashed their eyes, and their eyes instantly became cold.

But it was only for a moment, and the smile on the face of the leader of the nine people bloomed again.

"What this brother said is too foreign, how can the host taste the truth of inviting people to dinner, doesn't it seem that we don't understand etiquette!"

The leader of the nine picked up the spoon in the porcelain basin again and handed it to Ansu.

"Hey! If you want to say that you don't understand etiquette, the brother just now said that you don't understand etiquette, isn't it too much to pour some inexplicable things into the soup without telling everyone? ”

The smile on Ansu's original face slowly disappeared with his words.

By the time he said the last word, his tone had become cold.

And the person who secretly drugged the soup just now was frightened by An Su's words and took a step back.

"What is this brother talking about, we kindly invited you to come in to shelter from the rain and invite you to drink game soup, but is it too much for you to slander my brother so much?"

The leader of the nine also put away the smile on his face, and his tone began to become cold.

"Okay, don't pretend to be with Lao Tzu, you tricks Lao Tzu is much more skilled than you, when it comes to these indiscriminate methods, your An Ye is enough to be your ancestor."

An Su kicked over the porcelain basin hanging on the fire, and the broth in the porcelain basin immediately spilled into a piece, and the tattered porcelain basin was finally broken into several pieces.

"Hmph, you guys are really shameless, Lao Tzu is kind enough to treat you, but you are so ignorant, since you toast and don't eat, then the old self will let you eat and drink."

With that, he took out a short sword more than two feet long from his bosom.

Looking at this short sword, the sword body is as smooth as a mirror, reflecting the firelight, and it can also reflect the cold light, and it is a rare sword at a glance.

Several others also drew their weapons from their arms.

These weapons ranged from scimitars with gems on their handles, to short knives with gold wires wrapped around their handles, and even a guy took out a slender sword about one and a half meters from behind the door of the main hall.

And this slender sword is different from all the long swords of the Great Yu Dynasty.

In fact, just looking at each of these weapons, each of them is worth a lot of money, but these guys look weird no matter how they look in ragged clothes.

"Oh, I see, you guys are bandits who specialize in plundering foreign merchants!"

When Ansu saw the other party's weapons, he immediately understood the identity of these guys.

After all, he used to be a big bandit, and his vision is naturally not bad, and he is also a person surnamed Zhaowujiu, and he also knows a lot about Western traveling merchants.

When he was younger, he had a lot of contact with these wandering merchants, and he knew a lot about their weapon styles.

"And bandits who specialize in plundering foreign merchants?"

Qi Chao was very curious, it was the first time he had heard of this kind of bandit.

"Of course, these guys generally only rob foreign merchants in the past, so even if the incident happens, most of the government will simply track it down, and if it can't be traced, it will be over, after all, it is not the subjects of Dayu who are robbed."

An Su explained to Qi Chao.

"But I see that the weapons in their hands are all valuable treasures, but they are so shabby and still hiding in this broken temple, isn't there no treasure mountain and no use?"

Although Qi Ning is a woman, her vision as a lady is not generally comparable, and she has also been in contact with the goods brought by Western merchants.

"They generally don't dare to take out these things and sell them, after all, this thing is too obvious, once it flows to the market, even if the Dayu government will not pursue it, but those Western businessmen will track it down, and then they are afraid that they will not even know how to die."

"Then as long as they kill the plundered Western merchants, won't there be no bitter master? So who else will look for them? ”

Li Yi looked at these nine people in confusion and asked An Su, after all, according to the temperament of these nine guys, I am afraid that most of the Western merchants who were plundered by them have already been buried in the wilderness.

"Childe, don't you know, these Western merchants are particularly united because they are not familiar with the place, they will be closely together, once anyone finds out that their people are being bullied, they will all unite to attack."

An Su explained to Li Yi.