Abandoning literature for martial arts, starting by unleashing the beauty's bow.

There were people in the woods, and four of them were positioned in four different locations, forming a fan shape, completely surrounding the path Lu Fengnian took down from the mountain.

There's an ambush!

Lu Fengnian stopped immediately, crouched down, observed for a moment, and quietly crept behind an old tree.

He didn't know who the other party was or what they wanted to do, so naturally he couldn't risk his life.

His five senses were far beyond those of ordinary people, and the four people lying in ambush in the forest did not notice his arrival.

Lu Fengnian untied the kettle and took a small sip of water.

After several hours of rapid travel through the mountains and forests, he was quite tired and took this opportunity to rest for a while.

After drinking the water, he leaned against the old tree, closed his eyes, and rested while quietly listening to the sounds in the forest.

Time passed slowly, the sun set in the west, the light in the forest dimmed, and finally it became pitch black.

The four people in the woods were very patient, but Lu Fengnian was even more patient.

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It was late at night.

The four men finally made a move; one of them whistled.

Subsequently, they emerged from their hiding place and gathered under a large blue stone in the woods, where they started a fire to keep warm, and drank water and ate.

Each of them carried a longbow on their back and wore a curved sword at their waist.

The bow is a horn bow made of multiple layers of cow sinew, cow horn, and wood glued together. Its craftsmanship is much more complicated than that of folk hunting bows, and it is clearly made in government workshops.

At this moment, Lu Fengnian opened his eyes, emerged from behind the old tree, and slowly reached out towards the large blue stone.

Finally, he hid in a clump of grass about thirty feet away from the large blue stone, crouched down, held his breath, and quietly observed the four people gathered around the campfire.

At a distance of thirty zhang, Lu Fengnian's eyesight and hearing were sharp enough to see the faces of the four people clearly and hear their conversation perfectly.

Upon seeing the bows and arrows on the four men, Lu Fengnian immediately recognized them as government officials.

This place is outside Qinghe County. Could these four people be government officials from a neighboring county? What are they doing here?

Lu Fengnian frowned slightly, another unsettling guess lingering in his mind.

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"Eat faster, then we'll continue our ambush." ​​One of the sallow-faced men, clearly the leader, finished his pancake in a few bites and spoke in a low voice.

"Boss, there are many roads after leaving Qinghe County. They may not necessarily take this route. You don't need to be so nervous. We've already eaten dry rations all day."

"How about I go hunt a couple of wild beasts and we have some meat?" A man with a pointed head chuckled.

Another obese man chimed in, "Boss, I think so too. It's very unlikely they'll follow our route."

Since we're mostly just wasting a few days anyway, we might as well take good care of ourselves and eat something nice.

"How about I go to a nearby village or town and get some liquor, and we can have a couple of drinks?"

The last man, tall and thin, with a large black mole on his left cheek, patted his stomach. "Boss, Lu Fengnian is just a country hunter with slightly better archery skills. Send two people to keep an eye on him, and the rest of you go get some wine and meat. It won't interfere with official business."

Upon hearing this, Lu Fengnian, who was lying in the grass, frowned deeply.

He hadn't expected that these people were actually there to deal with him.

If the officials from the neighboring county wanted to deal with us, they wouldn't come so quickly; these people could only be from Qinghe County.

Just then, the yellow-faced man snorted, "He can break the hands and feet of more than a dozen people by himself, and he can even escape from the county jail."

If you treat him like an ordinary hunter, you'll be in deep trouble and it will be too late to cry.

The pointed-headed man added, "Boss, it's not as outrageous as you say. If this kid were really that powerful, how could Ye Zhengtang have taken him down so easily?"

The sallow-faced man snorted coldly, "Ye Zhengtang is the only acquired martial artist in our Qinghe County, and he's even a second-rank one."

He can take you as easily as picking up a chick.

The fat man added, "Boss, the archery skills of us brothers are among the top ten in Qinghe County."

"Even Ye Zhengtang wouldn't dare say he could easily defeat the four of us together, let alone Lu Fengnian."

The sallow-faced man waved his hand, "Enough with the nonsense. This mission is of utmost importance. If we can complete it well, Magistrate Wu will be pleased, and we'll definitely get the vacancies left by Ma Hui's faction."

If we mess this up, the four of us probably won't be able to make a living in Qinghe County anymore.

Lao Tzu also wants to eat meat and drink alcohol, but he has to think long-term. He can endure these few days; there will be plenty of time to drink and eat meat later, with women serving him. Isn't that wonderful?

"Wu Sansheng!"

A cold glint flashed in Lu Fengnian's eyes.

Upon hearing the yellow-faced man's words, the three men, including the pointed-headed man, all beamed with joy.

"The boss is the boss; he always thinks long-term!"

"Brothers, I don't want anything else, I just want to be in charge of the workshop. If I get my wish, I'll treat you all to three days and three nights of wine and women!"

"Haha, you go to the workshop, and I'll go to the barracks. I'll treat the brothers to some fun then."

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After a brief discussion, the four men finished their rations and dispersed to continue their ambush.

Little did they know, in the darkness, a pair of eyes had seen through their every move.

Before the sallow-faced man dispersed, he covered the campfire with soil, but a little light still lingered.

Lu Fengnian lay quietly in the grass until the campfire had completely died down before he moved.

They crouched low, using the weeds and old trees in the woods as cover, and quietly made their way to the back of a slope.

About thirty feet from the slope, there are two old trees growing together in a cross shape.

Between the two old trees, there is a gap that is more than two feet high and three inches wide.

At that moment, a pair of eyes peered through the gaps in the trees, observing the surrounding activity; it belonged to the man with the pointed head.

Lu Fengnian gently took off the hunting bow from his back, took an arrow, and drew the bow.

Then, with a whoosh, an iron arrow shot out through the air, piercing through the gaps in the tree and striking the pointed-headed man directly in the right eye.

The pointed-headed man only managed to let out a muffled groan before falling silent.

"Second brother, was it you who fired the arrow?"

The yellow-faced man's voice rang out from the distant woods.

However, the pointed-headed man was no longer able to respond to him.

"Second brother, what are you doing?" another voice rang out; it was the tall, thin man.

However, there was no movement from where the pointed-headed man was hiding.

The woods remained silent for about six breaths.

The man in yellow's voice rang out again, "Third brother, you're closer to second brother, go check what kind of trouble this guy is causing now."

Then, a rustling sound of footsteps rang out, and the short, stout man emerged from a pile of weeds and strode quickly toward the old tree where the pointed-headed man was hiding.