The next morning, there was a heavy fog in the mountains.

This was the first time Su Li had seen such a thick fog since coming here. In fact, such fog was indeed rare, whether in the modern times in his previous life or here, it was almost to the point where you couldn't see your hand in front of you.

"Madam, the fog is so thick! I have never seen such thick fog since I was a child."

Xiaowu held out his hand: "Wow! I can hardly see my hand!"

Su Li nodded: "It is indeed rare. Such foggy weather is not suitable for traveling. Go and tell Xiao Sanzi that we can go back later when the fog clears.

There were no headlights in that era, so you probably couldn’t even see someone in front of you. Hopefully you didn’t hit the carriage.

"I'll go right away." Xiao Wu responded and left.

Su Li watched Xiao Wu's figure disappear into the fog, and for some reason, he felt a little uneasy.

It was not until nine o'clock in the morning that the fog slowly dissipated, and the master and servant then rode down the mountain in a carriage, with Zhitang following them on horseback.

“Boom!”

When the carriage was halfway up the mountain, several large rocks suddenly rolled down from the side of the mountain, blocking the road ahead.

Xiao Sanzi stopped the carriage and said, "Madam, the road ahead is blocked."

Su Li's heart skipped a beat for no reason, and the feeling of uneasiness she had in Zhaoming Temple came back to her.

He grabbed the signal fireworks given by the Duke and said, "Go down and take a look."

Xiao Wu quickly opened the carriage door and helped Su Li get off the carriage.

"There's an ambush! Be careful!" At this moment, Zhitang shouted and immediately drew his sword to protect Su Li.

"Madam, be careful!" Xiao Sanzi and Xiao Wu were also shocked and immediately protected Su Li.

At the same time, more than a dozen tall men dressed in coarse linen clothes and holding long swords jumped out from both sides of the road, forming a pincer attack from the front and back, surrounding Su Li and his servant.

Su Li was thinking hard. These people were wearing coarse linen clothes and dressed like bandits.

If she hadn't confirmed that the bandits hired by Liu Furong had been captured, she would really think that the other party had seen through her plan and sent these people to ambush her again.

If it’s not Liu Furong, then who could it be?

Could it be a bandit who robs people on the road?

As soon as the idea came out, Su Li rejected it directly.

These people were very similar in height and body shape. Although they wore coarse linen clothes, they were very clean and tidy. The weapons they used were also very uniform long swords. They did not look like ordinary bandits.

In other words, someone disguised the killer as a bandit to kill her.

Who could it be?

Liu Furong is in prison now and probably has no time to spare.

Could it be Concubine Xiao or Prince Ning?

Zhitang shouted, "Who are you? What do you want to do?"

"Of course, they're the ones who want to kill you!" The man who seemed to be the leader said only one sentence, and then made a gesture, "Everyone, come at me!"

More than a dozen bandits rushed forward after receiving the order.

"Protect the lady!" Zhitang said as he jumped forward and fought with the bandits.

Xiaowu and Xiaosanzi only knew a little bit of martial arts, which they learned from Xiao Ye. Naturally, they were unable to fight against the bandits. The two of them could only stay close to Su Li and keep an eye on the bandits fighting with Zhitang.

Su Li immediately released the signal fireworks in his hand.

If it were any other day, she would naturally not take a dozen bandits seriously, but now, these bandits were obviously not simple, and the feeling of unease in her heart became stronger and stronger.

Just in case, it’s better to set off signal fireworks.

As the fireworks went up into the sky, the leader of the bandits shouted, "She's sent out a distress signal, let's end it quickly!"

As he said this, he jumped towards Su Li with his sword.

A sharp look flashed in Su Li's eyes. He raised his arm and pulled the switch.

"call out!"

The sharp arrow shot out and hit the center of his eyebrows.

The leader of the bandits opened his eyes wide with a look of disbelief, then fell heavily to the ground with a bang, dying with his eyes open.

Xiaowu and Xiaosanzi were amazed. They had only seen the lady practice shooting sleeve arrows on a wooden sign, but this was the first time they had seen her kill someone. They had never imagined that in actual combat, the lady's archery skills would be so accurate and fierce!

Zhitang was even more surprised. After all, he didn't even know that Su Li was practicing sleeve arrows.

Su Li did not stop. He pointed his sleeve at the bandit who was fighting with Zhitang, pressed the switch, and shot another arrow, which accurately hit the chest of a bandit. The bandit's eyes shrank and he fell to the ground and died.

The other bandits were shocked to see Su Li's archery skills. Two of them died from her arrows in succession. They did not dare to be careless. While fighting with Zhitang, they were also on guard against her sleeve arrows.

As a result, more than a dozen people were unable to do anything to Zhitang for a while.

Su Li took this opportunity and shot two arrows in succession, but the opponent was on guard, and her two arrows only hit the arms of two of them.

But that’s enough!

She curled the corners of her mouth. The tips of all the arrows were soaked in sleeping pills. Even if the person who was shot was not killed instantly, he would fall into a coma for a short time.

Sure enough, after just a few breaths, the two bandits who were hit by hidden arrows fell to the ground one after another.

"Oh no! That arrow is poisonous!" The bandits were shocked and instantly lost their composure. Zhitang attacked with all his might and killed three of them in succession.

Su Li shot arrows as soon as he found an opportunity. In just a quarter of an hour, more than a dozen bandits fell in front of him.

She told Zhitang: "The arrow is drugged."

Zhitang understood and immediately removed the hands and feet of the unconscious bandits. He then quickly searched their bodies and shook his head at Su Li: "Nothing. These uniform long swords are just ordinary long swords..."

Before he could finish his words, Zhitang suddenly stopped talking and quickly jumped to Su Li's side: "Someone's coming again!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Sanzi, who was moving the big rock blocking the way, immediately ran back to Su Li.

"A dozen third-rate assassins couldn't kill you. They underestimated you!"