"There is a mountain village at the foot of the West Mountain, called Liujia Village. There is also an old willow tree at the head of the village. Even the layout of the houses is the same. The only difference is that there is a sign at the entrance of the village with two words on it: Trap."
Ye Mingyue floated in mid-air, looking down at the small mountain village below and sneered.
She heard in the tavern that there was a Liujia Village here, very close to Wuliang City, so she and Zhang Xiaozu came over out of curiosity.
However, as soon as she saw this Liujia Village, she smelled a conspiracy, because the Liujia Village in front of her was arranged exactly like their Liujia Village. She did not think that there could be such a coincidence in the world, and that someone must have deliberately planned it.
Zhang Xiaozu stared at the mountain village below for a while, then suddenly said with joy on his face: "Do you think the Liujia Village that Senior Lei mentioned is this?"
"It's very possible." Ye Mingyue nodded and analyzed: "This person most likely captured Senior Lei and then absorbed Senior Lei's memory.
So we set up a Liujia Village here to lure us into the trap."
"I hope so." Zhang Xiaozhu said hopefully.
Because if Lei Zhige is talking about the Liujia Village in front of him, it means that nothing happened to the real Liujia Village, which is great news for him.
"This person can capture Senior Lei, and his strength should not be underestimated." Ye Mingyue said worriedly, "Should we go to the Dao Sect to find some powerful helpers?"
Zhang Xiaozu shook his head and said: "This person is so deliberate and must be very cautious. I am looking for help to scare him away."
As he spoke, he took out an enhanced version of the Thunderclap from the void space. After thinking about it, he took out the copper coin that Daozu had given him for self-defense.
Holding these two things in his hands, he suddenly felt confident and said: "It is important to find out whether this is the Liujia Village that Senior Lei mentioned. Let's go in and take a look."
Ye Mingyue nodded, dispersed the dislocation space, and landed directly at the entrance of Liujia Village with Zhang Xiaozu.
Zhang Xiaozu took Ye Mingyue's hand and walked into the village vigilantly, heading towards the ancestral hall.
There was a temporary thatched shed at the entrance of the ancestral hall. An old man with half-white hair was sitting in the thatched shed, receiving three cultivators who came to the village to ask about the suppression of bandits.
Treasures that nourish the soul are very attractive to cultivators, so cultivators who recently came to Wuliang City wanted to give it a try after hearing about the rewards for suppressing bandits.
But that group of bandits seemed to have escaped long ago. It has been half a year since the bandit suppression mission was issued, and they have not been wiped out.
"Do you know the name of that bandit leader? What kind of cultivation level is he?"
"Do you know where the bandits' lair is?"
"Where do you usually hang out?"
Three cultivators surrounded the old man to inquire about the bandits.
"The bandit leader has a very scary nickname, called the Butcher Zhang."
"The old man doesn't know where the bandits' lair is, but I heard from the knights who came to suppress the bandits before that they seemed to have discovered the bandits' lair. They said it was deep in the Geta Forest to the west."
"They haven't shown up for more than half a year. I don't know where they are hiding."
The old man answered one by one.
Zhang Xiaozu came from a distance. When he heard the old man's answer, a cold light flashed in his eyes. He became murderous towards the mastermind behind the scenes and decided to get rid of him at all costs, otherwise Niu Dawa and others would find him in the future???
Come on, maybe you will fall into the trap.
"If this person is not eliminated, there will be endless troubles."
Ye Mingyue also realized this and sent a message to Zhang Xiaozu.
Zhang Xiaozu nodded.
The three people were about to leave after inquiring about the situation, but when they saw Zhang Xiaozu and Ye Mingyue approaching, they stopped temporarily and wanted to know whether Zhang Xiaozu was here to suppress bandits or to hand over a mission.
"May I ask if the two knights are also here to suppress bandits?"
The old man cupped his fists and asked Zhang Xiaozu and Ye Mingyue.
"That's right." Zhang Xiaozu replied.
"We've arrived just in time. These three knights are also going into the mountains to suppress bandits. You two can go with them and have someone to take care of you if you encounter danger." The old man said.
"Hey, old man, don't talk nonsense. We don't want to team up with strangers. Who knows if they are with the bandits? If they stab each other in the back during the fight, we will die without knowing what happened.
Dead?" The yellow-haired man among the three refused.
"It's the old man who talks too much, please forgive me." The old man said in embarrassment upon hearing this.
Zhang Xiaozu smiled and didn't care.
His subtle state of mind has covered the entire village, but he has not found anything abnormal. There are more than a dozen families living in the village, all of which are ordinary farmers.
"How should I reveal my identity? Should I just state my name?"
Zhang Xiaozu was thinking in his mind.
His appearance has changed now, and he feels that if he doesn't take the initiative to reveal his identity, the other party will definitely not recognize him, so he cannot lead out the mastermind behind it.
At this moment, the west mountain
Suddenly a middle-aged woman flew up.
"Is anyone here? Is anyone here?"
The woman shouted urgently as she flew away.
"What happened?"
The yellow-haired man asked loudly.
"We found the hiding spot of the bandits, but there were too many of them, and we were in a tough fight, so I was sent back to find help."
The woman replied urgently.
The three yellow-haired men perked up after hearing this, and hurriedly asked: "Where is it? Take us there quickly."
Zhang Xiaozhu and Ye Mingyue looked at each other and saw three words in each other's eyes: "There is a conspiracy."
How could it be such a coincidence that after more than half a year of searching, the bandits' lair was not found, but they found it as soon as they arrived. The smell of being directed at them was too strong.
"There are only three people. That's too few. Is there anyone left?"
The woman looked at Zhang Xiaozu and Ye Mingyue.
In Zhang Xiaozhu's eyes, this woman was clearly saying: "Are you two coming? If you two come, there will be enough people."
Or you can say more directly: "Yes, I'm just here to call you two."
He was very curious about how the other party recognized him.
The yellow-haired man's eyes widened, and he yelled at the woman displeasedly: "You woman, you have no eyesight. Didn't you see that I am a cultivator in the Holy Realm? In the face of the absolute strength of the Holy Realm, no matter how many people there are, it will only cause trouble."
A life of death."
"But...but our boss asked me to take at least five people with me. If I can't find five people, I won't be allowed to go back." The woman said anxiously.
After hearing these words, Zhang Xiaozhu and Ye Mingyue lowered their heads together, for fear that they could not help laughing.
"Humph, your boss is a fool." The yellow-haired man cursed.
"Sir, this woman is a fool. I can't explain it to her at the moment. Why don't we take these two people with us and find the bandits first?" A person behind the yellow-haired man said in a low voice.
The yellow-haired man nodded when he heard this, raised his finger and pointed at Zhang Xiaozu and Ye Mingyue, and said to the woman: "They are also here to suppress the bandits. There are exactly five people in total. Take us there quickly, otherwise we will be late.
All your companions were killed by the bandits."
"Are you two also here to suppress bandits?" The woman looked at Zhang Xiaozu and asked.
In fact, her eyes have always been on Zhang Xiaozu.
"That's right." Zhang Xiaozu suppressed a smile and nodded, "Take the two of us with you, too. There is strength in numbers."