Section 342 Bait and sand boats
"You've been through so long, why haven't you arrived in the country yet, what the hell is going on in between. Shi Yi immediately raised the doubts in his heart to the young man.
When the young man heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said:
"Actually, our convoy was about to leave the sea of sand a month ago, but it was suddenly attacked by other monks. ”
"Is this the case?!, could it be that your other teams on the road did it? Chen Ran asked with a look of surprise.
"It shouldn't be done by a team on the same road, if someone really has bad intentions and wants to eat the team on the same road, they should also do it halfway, not close to the border of the country.
In such a chaotic situation, it is difficult to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and if the monks in the attacked convoy escape into the territory of Sokoku, it will be troublesome for themselves.
So, I guess it wasn't the work of fellow travelers. Shi Yi took over the conversation and directly denied it.
"As Mr. Shi said, the attackers were indeed not fellow travelers.
Those of us who are talented people from the country are here only to escape the calamity of our country, even the monks who accompany the team.
Everyone is already too busy to take care of themselves, where do they have the heart to cause more trouble.
Moreover, we are outsiders who are not familiar with the place, and no one dares to cause trouble on its borders without knowing the attitude of the country.
It was the monks of the country who attacked us. The young man agreed with Shi Yi's words very much, and then directly said the culprit.
"The local monks of the country, why are they attacking outsiders on the border.
Could it be that they are a gang that is targeting other cultivators and looting cultivation resources?" Shi Yi frowned, and then asked the young man.
If there are raiders on the border, they will need to be handled carefully in case these jackal-like creatures attack Shiyi's convoy.
However, these people are different from the robbers of the world, and they do not look down on ordinary gold and silver goods.
They are only interested in the things that are useful to the monks, such as elixirs, talismans, magic weapons, etc.
These people only prey on monks and will not be interested in the mortals in the convoy.
If it was really these people, Shi Yi would need to adjust the structure of the monks in the convoy so that they could work together to meet these enemies.
However, when the young man spoke again, Shi Yi couldn't help but show a look of disbelief.
"At first, we thought it was the monk gang who wanted to loot the cultivators in the convoy, but then we realized that we had something wrong.
Not only were those people numerous, but they were also fairly uniformly dressed, and at first glance they didn't look like the kind of improvised stragglers.
Most importantly, they dealt not only with the monks in the convoy, but also against the mortals who accompanied us.
In the end, the entire convoy, including the monks, became prisoners of the other party, and of course, I was not spared.
It was during this time of capture that I gradually learned that the identity of those men was not marauders at all, but a group of monks in the country.
They are stationed on the border of the country of Song, and the purpose is to capture us outsiders.
I don't know exactly what the purpose is.
Three days ago, during the escape of a captured monk, many mortals were also coerced into escaping, and I was one of them.
After that, everyone scattered, and I was lost in the sand.
Without food and water, he was almost buried by quicksand in the end, and was finally rescued by the two and luckily picked up a life. The young man recounted the story in detail, and then expressed his gratitude to Shi Yi and the others again.
Shi Yi saw that the young man's expression was natural and his words were clear, and it didn't look like a fake.
If what this young man said is true, then there is really a big problem with this country.
At this time, if they continue like this, it will be tantamount to a sheep falling into the mouth of a tiger.
"One of the things I regret the most in my life is to leave Caiguo rashly and embark on a trip to the country.
Now it seems that even if he stays in Caiguo, it will be better to go to the country of Song, a country with serious xenophobia and obvious malice.
The two Engongs must not continue to go in the direction of the country, and while it is still too late, it is the most correct choice to turn around and return to the country immediately.
We, the convoys that are in front, are a bloody lesson.
What I said is from the bottom of my heart, please believe it, otherwise it will be too late to regret it. The young man ignored his body, sat up directly with a pale face, and said to Shi Yi and Chen Ran very excitedly.
Shi Yi was noncommittal about this young man's words, and told Chen Ran to take care of him, and then Shi Yi left the carriage alone.
Regardless of whether what this young man said was true or not, Shi Yi would definitely not turn a deaf ear.
But it is also possible that what the other party says is what it is, and directly and unreservedly believe the other party's words.
Shi Yi decided to continue to camp the convoy tomorrow, while he himself flew to the border of the country to see what was going on.
There is a chance that one or two monks may even be arrested and interrogated for verification.
If things are as the young man said, Shi Yi will naturally return to Caiguo directly with the convoy.
The night was spent in the midst of contemplation and inspection.
The night is especially difficult when the sky breaks and the sun gradually rises.
Just when Shi Yi had just finished explaining to everyone and was about to leave for the border of the country to inquire about intelligence.
At the dawn of the sun, two black dots were moving rapidly in this direction.
Shi Yi's extraordinary eyesight had already seen their images clearly before the two black dots had even reached them.
The two black dots were two strange ships, light as wind and sand as waves, approaching at great speed.
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The monk standing on one of the "sand boats" looked at the convoy in front of him and said to the monk beside him with a smile:
"Haha, it's better to give up my brother's clever means and deliberately let go of some small fish and shrimp.
They thought they had escaped and ascended to heaven, but they didn't know that the food they had eaten for days had already been fed, and we could easily find these baits by following these clues, and by the way, we could catch some big fish.
The only pity is that the climate in this sea of sand is too harsh.
Most of the baits released have died of starvation and thirst here before they have time to be saved, and a lot of good materials have been wasted. ”
"If you want to fish, where can you not bait, some mortals are dead and dead.
Compared to those mortals who have a thin sense of existence, our main targets are still those foreign monks, so what does it matter if we lose some mortals for this. The monk named Chengsha said with a dagger in his hand and said indifferently.