As the saying goes, it's easier to go up a mountain than it is to go down.
Of course, for cultivators, this is not always the case. Yang Ning unfolded his body, hugged Xiao Jiujiu, and after a few jumps, he had arrived at the foothills.
In the distance, the two saw the word "dart".
"They're from the Shanmeng Escort Bureau." Yang Ning said lightly without provoking him.
Obviously these people should be waiting for the previous pair, but I'm afraid they will never be able to wait.
Yang Ning's feet were very fast and he quickly passed through the group of people.
"stop!"
A voice came through the air.
Yang Ning felt an irresistible aura.
@杨宁 was forced to stop.
"Is something wrong?"
"Have you ever seen anyone from our Shanmeng Escort Agency during your journey here?"
Judging from the voice, this person was already a little impatient with waiting.
Yang Ning simply shook his head.
"Never seen it?"
"Um."
"Okay, let's go." The leader didn't take it to heart.
Yang Ning did not make any objections. After all, there were two auras among these people that he could not detect. This meant that at least two of the people in front of him were strong in the Heaven Realm. And looking at these people With his posture, he is most likely a senior member of the Shanmeng Escort Agency.
Yang Ning and Jiujiu continued walking down the mountain.
"Boss, it's getting late, why haven't they come yet?"
The head guard stared at the road leading to the mountain. This was the official road, but at this moment, because it was getting late, it was difficult to see people.
"It shouldn't be..."
"That's right, head escort, although that guy acts rampantly, he is very trustworthy. Why haven't you come yet at this time?"
"In half an hour, it will be the deadline for the agreed time."
"Don't worry, although that thing is very valuable, he doesn't know it. Even if he wants to devour it, he won't."
A person behind the escort said.
"I hope so."
The escort didn't say a word, just looked at the official road on the mountain, but the sky was getting darker and darker, and the twilight of dusk was falling.
"Grandma's, that's enough. You won't really swallow that thing, right?"
"Stay at the foot of the mountain tonight and go search tomorrow." The escort said in one sentence, and there was already some anger in his voice.
"Yes, the escort." The group of people rode fierce beast horses and walked down the mountain.
After Yang Ning left the escorts, he quickly came to the foot of the mountain. This was a small mountain village. Maybe it was because of the mountain. In short, this small mountain village still had this busy rhythm.
A small mountain village, especially on the side close to the mountain, along the official road, there is an inn.
"Is there an inn?"
"There really is an inn!"
Yang Ning looked up and saw the name of this inn.
"Jiujiu, we will stay here tonight, and we will continue our journey tomorrow."
Yang Ning and Jiujiu walked into the inn.
The inn is not very luxurious, and is even a bit shabby, but it is very lively inside.
It was almost full.
Yang Ning and Jiu Jiu entered, but no one even looked after them.
"Boss, come and have a room."
"Okay." Just in the lobby of the inn, there was a response, and the voice of the boss who was also the waiter was busy in the lobby again.
Yang Ning and Xiao Jiujiu could only find a table to sit at.
Yang Ning was not very hungry, but Jiujiu needed to eat.
Soon, in a corner, the two of them sat down.
"Brother, I didn't expect it to be so lively here." Jiujiu looked around curiously, and various voices kept coming from around him, giving him the feeling of traveling through a busy city.
"Yes, there is a mountain in front of here. There are many merchants coming and going, or some other identities. In the end, they are blocked by the mountain and can only stay for one day. So, it is normal to be busy here."
Just when Jiujiu and Yang Ning ordered two plates of food at the inn and were about to eat them, they saw an acquaintance at the door of an inn.
They were from the Shanmeng Escort Bureau, and they were also the people Yang Ning met when he first arrived at the foot of the mountain.
But judging from their posture, it seems that the person they were waiting for was not there.
Yang Ning and Jiu Jiu had already started eating, and there were not many seats in the hall. Maybe it was because there were only two people at the table where Yang Ning and Jiu Jiu were sitting, or maybe the leading bodyguard also thought of Yang Ning, a passerby not long ago.
In short, after the escort head scanned the hall, he walked towards Yang Ning.
"Little brother, can we brothers also sit down?" The head guard was very polite.
Yang Ning wanted to shake her head, but seeing that only she and Jiujiu were sitting on the long table, she refused, and it was difficult to say it out for a while.
Yang Ning tried her best to keep a smile on her face, raised her head, looked at the leading escort, and said: "It turns out to be the eldest brother, sit down, sit down."
"Thank you." Following the escort's greeting, the six or seven escorts behind him sat down.
"Little brother, you and I are really destined. Not long after we met, we met again here." The escort was looking for some topics to disturb Yang Ning and Jiu Jiu from eating.
"Yeah...it's fate."
"Little brother, do you want to drink?" the escort asked.
Yang Ning was stunned. Although he didn't know what the escort profession was like, Yang Ning knew one thing, that is, escorts were not allowed to drink during the escort trip or when they were on a mission.
But the person in front of me offered to drink.
Yang Ning felt a little disgusted in her heart, but she didn't show it and just shook her head.
"Where are you going, little brother?" the escort asked intentionally or unintentionally.
Yang Ning lowered his head and ate the food with Jiujiu, and said: "Capital."
"Oh, it turns out that little brother also went to the capital city?" the escort leader continued: "During this trip, our Shanmeng Escort Agency also received escorts from the capital city, but for some unknown reason, our escort master seemed to have had an accident... …”
Yang Ning simply listened. As for what these escorts from the Shanmeng Escort Agency said about escorts, Yang Ning showed no concern at all.
But Yang Ning's heart was not at all peaceful. Yang Ning didn't know about the Shanmeng Escort Agency, but Yang Ning knew what the escort in front of him was talking about.
After killing the people from the Shanmeng Escort Bureau in the tea shed, their escorts would naturally fall into Yang Ning's hands.
Yang Ning has not opened it yet, but from the packaging box, Yang Ning can vaguely feel that this trip to the Shanmeng Escort Bureau is definitely not simple, and it is for this reason that Yang Ning did not open it.
There is a rule in the escort industry: the escort will set up many traps, so the escorts in the escort agency must not open them easily, otherwise the consequences will be unpredictable.
Therefore, Yang Ning could only put away the darts for the sake of safety.
Soon, Yang Ning and Jiujiu devoured the two plates in front of them.
"Brother, I'm so full..." Jiujiu didn't show any stage fright to the people in front of him, and just touched his belly.
"When we're full, let's go back to sleep." After a long day's journey, Jiujiu was already very tired, so Yang Ning planned to go back to the guest room to rest early.
"Little brother, what are you..."
The escort looked at Yang Ning.
"Brother, I'm sorry. My little sister is already very tired. I'll go and accompany her to rest." Yang Ning apologized.
"The little girl is indeed very tired. It's okay, little brother, go back and rest early." The escort said, and a boss came not far away carrying dishes.
Yang Ning and Jiu Jiu said goodbye to their escorts and went to the guest room.
The night passed quickly.
After eating breakfast, Yang Ning headed east.
…
"Defender, how could this happen?"
"According to the time and distance, they should have arrived long ago..."
"Yes, escort leader, we have already crossed the mountain, why can't we still see no trace of them?"
The escort stared at the road down the mountain. There were very few people coming and going on the official road.
"Something must have happened." The escort said.
"Something happened?"
"No way. Except for those who are specially targeted by us escorts, few people will take action against us. What's more, we are keeping this escort trip absolutely confidential. How could anyone target us?"
"If nothing happens, where is the escort?"
The escort head rode forward, not even missing the smell in the air.
"No, something must have happened." The escort was extremely sure.
Finally, a group of people arrived at the tea shed.
No one visited the tea shed.
However, after seeing the escort agency's flag, the tea boss felt nervous.
"Boss, there is a tea shed here."
"I saw it." The escort leader felt a little irritated and looked at the tea shed and said, "Go and ask if any escort passed by yesterday."
"Yes, escort chief." An escort rode forward.
The tea boss forced himself to calm down and leaned lazily under the tea tent. When he saw someone coming, he stood up hurriedly.
"Sir, would you like some tea?"
The tea boss said, holding a teapot and a teacup in one hand, and greeted him with a smile.
"Don't drink." The voice was a little cold.
"Boy, let me ask you, did you see any escort passing by here yesterday?"
"Escort team?"
When the tea boss heard this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
They did not directly ask the escort team where they had gone, which meant that they did not know whether those people had been here.
"Um."
"I didn't see that."
"you sure?"
The tea owner pretended to be thinking, but finally shook his head and said: "I was in the tea shed all the time yesterday and I never saw any escort team."
The bodyguard seemed a little disappointed. Just as he was about to turn back, he saw the leader of the bodyguard had already galloped forward.
"Are you sure you haven't seen the escort team?"
"Yes, I've definitely never seen it." The tea boss answered without any hesitation this time.
"Then why were you hesitating just now?"
"No, I was just recalling whether anyone passed by here yesterday." The tea boss explained.
"Really?" A wave of coercion came up.
The tea boss made a plop and knelt on the ground.
"You're lying." The escort said directly, because he smelled a faint smell of blood in the air. It was very light, but it didn't mean it wasn't there.
"Tell me, did something happen to them?" The escort chief was arrogant and condescending.
"I...I, I didn't lie." The tea boss seemed to have thought a lot while speaking, and finally said firmly, while trying to stand up, but the pressure was not something he could resist.
The head escort didn't know what to say for a moment, so he tilted his head, and several escorts around him immediately stepped forward and lifted the tea boss up.
Soon, screams were heard from the pipe outside the tea shed.
"Are you going to say it or not?"
"Tell me, where have our people gone?"
"..."
The tea boss kept screaming.
The escort leader watched all this indifferently, and gradually began to make assumptions in his mind.
"You must know where our people have gone. If you don't tell them, you will disappear with them." The guard's words gradually carried murderous intent.
"I hope you can measure up."
"If I guess correctly, that house in the distance is your home, right?"
"Think about your family."
"Don't engage in unnecessary resistance."
Speaking of family members, although the tea boss screamed, his expression changed.
Family is the bottom line of a tea boss.
"I said, I said..." the tea boss said, his voice already broken.
The head escort waved, and the escorts who were beating the tea boss stopped.
"Say it." The escort's voice still contained murderous intent.
So, the tea boss briefly told what happened yesterday.
"In that case, then go ahead." The escort beckoned.
