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Chapter 314 Falling into the trap
The sudden appearance of several people made Lu Qing and the others immediately pull on the reins and stop their horses.

The men blocking the road were all very burly, with either horrifying scars on their faces or menacing expressions, looking like thugs.

The weather was already quite warm at this time of year, especially in the area where the Lan Kingdom and the Shuo Kingdom met; under the scorching sun, it was even a bit hot.

The people in front of them were dressed in extremely strange clothes.

The clothes looked tattered and dirty, with strips of animal hide wrapped around the rough cloth with frayed edges.

They stood there with two large knives crossed on their backs, their hair disheveled, grinning and snarling, as if they were seeing a fat sheep being delivered to their mouths.

Zhu Yu quickly glanced at them. Although there were only seven or eight people blocking the way, he could still vaguely see swaying treetops and wild grass in the hillsides and woods on both sides. Upon closer inspection, it was not difficult to spot the figures moving about in the woods.

Clearly, there are more than just a few of them.

Zhu Yu couldn't tell exactly how many people there were, and could only hope that the other side didn't have too many men, otherwise the team that Lu Zhang brought probably wouldn't be enough.

"Gentlemen? Where are you headed?" The scarred man at the head of the group took two steps forward and asked the men in front of him in a strange tone, "You must have had a tough journey. When we get to my mountain, why don't we dismount and rest?"

He held a large knife in his hand, its groove filled with dark red bloodstains, and strips of cloth wrapped around the hilt, also stained with dried blood, giving it a menacing look.

“Hero, we are just a few travelers passing through,” Lu Zhang cupped his hands to the man and said in a very polite tone, “We are on our way to visit relatives in Lan Kingdom and are just passing through. If we have disturbed your peace, please forgive us. We will pass through quickly and will not linger.”

"Judging from your accent... you're from Jin?" Scarface raised an eyebrow upon hearing Lu Zhang's accent, grinned with a somewhat cruel smile, and turned to the men behind him, laughing, "Brothers, we're in luck! We've actually run into a few people from Jin!"

The others burst into boisterous laughter and began to gather around. Sure enough, from the hillside and the woods behind them, more people emerged, dressed in tattered and strange clothes, though they were not as burly as the ones in front of them.

As soon as these people appeared, they started laughing and shouting strangely, and their cries echoed throughout the mountain pass.

Zhu Yu listened carefully. She couldn't accurately tell how many people were lying in ambush around them, but judging from Lu Qing's reaction of lowering his eyes to listen carefully to the sounds around him and then relaxing his brows slightly, the number of people around should not be very large.

"Brothers, we've been having a tough time lately in these desolate mountains. It's nothing like back in the Jie Kingdom, when we could drink and eat to our hearts' content, it was so much more comfortable." After everyone had finished laughing, Scarface gave Lu Zhang and his group a sinister look, his gaze lingering on Zhu Yu and Yan Shu for a while longer. "Now, every night, the thought of mutton from my hometown keeps me up at night!"

"Big brother, me too, me too!" A bearded man grinned and said with a strange laugh.

The others chimed in with agreement.

“These horses look pretty good to me; we can keep them to haul things.” The scarred man continued to sized up the people in front of him. “I’ve heard that the people of Jin Kingdom have the most delicate skin and tender flesh… We brothers are in for a treat!”

The others immediately joined in with strange, creaking cries, as if they wished they could devour Lu Zhang and the others alive right then and there.

"Run!" Lu Qing suddenly shouted, and at the same time quickly turned his horse around and galloped back.

Zhu Yu and Yan Shu were already prepared and, as they had agreed beforehand, immediately ran back. Seeing this, the group of thieves chased after them, shouting and yelling excitedly.

"Run, run all you want, let's see if you can outrun us!" Scarface yelled in a strange voice as he chased after them. "Let's scare you a bit, get your blood pumping, so it'll be more satisfying to eat you later!"

The people behind them also chased after them, making strange noises as they went.

Yan Shu was a skilled rider and remained calm. He even had a moment to look back at the fierce-looking bandits behind him and said to Zhu Yu with some disdain, "These dogs! Are they pretending to be Jie people?! They're clearly savages!"

In these mountains and forests, there are plenty of wild rabbits, why would they choose to eat people?! This is truly a disgrace to the reputation of the Jie people!

I'll see who they come from in a bit!"

Although the bandits were slower than the five men on horseback, they seemed completely unconcerned about the five men escaping, laughing and shouting as they chased.

The five people ran for about several dozen meters when the nearby bushes rustled, and some more people jumped out and stood in the middle of the road.

The bandits laughed loudly. One of them, with a thick beard, shouted as he ran, "Run! Run! Let's see where you can run to! I should have just set up a pot over there so you could run straight into it, saving us the trouble of moving it ourselves!"

The others laughed along with him.

However, their laughter soon faded as they noticed that the people rushing out from the roadside were dressed somewhat differently from them.

Moreover, those people did not stop the people on horseback. Instead, they made way for the five people to pass, while the five of them stood in the middle of the road.

"Damn it, we've fallen for their trap!" Scarface's expression changed. Realizing something was wrong, he immediately stopped and shouted to the others behind him as he turned and ran back, "Retreat! We have to get out of here!"

The others hurriedly followed him and ran back in a panic.

Those who jumped out of the bushes were Lu Zhang's men, and now they were chasing after the bandits.

However, they didn't chase them too fast, always keeping a distance from the group.

They weren't even in a hurry to catch up, so the people on horseback were even less in a hurry.

Lu Qing saw the runes and talismans that had returned to protect him and Zhu Yu: "How many of their accomplices were here just now?"

"Master, there aren't many, only five or six people at most." Fu Lu sighed, seemingly with a hint of disappointment.

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