Xie Datou rushed in, and after seeing Xu Jinhuan, he started talking about what was happening outside.
"Boss, didn't you say before that you wanted to send a few people to keep an eye on those villagers? Someone just came back and reported that..."
The two village chiefs, leading a group of seemingly powerful men, are heading towards our mountain stronghold. They clearly have ill intentions.
Xu Jinhuan raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, "It seems that what happened before didn't teach them a lesson!"
After saying that, Xu Jinhuan picked up the long knife beside him and said with a carefree smile, "Let's go, let's go meet these people and see just how much guts they have."
Xie Datou nodded, picked up his broadsword, and followed behind Xu Jinhuan.
Xu Jinhuan had excellent lightness skills, so he flew away as soon as he stepped out the door. Although Xie Datou's martial arts were not bad, his lightness skills were somewhat lacking.
He could only watch his boss's back and sigh silently, thinking to himself that he must practice more diligently in the future, otherwise he wouldn't even be able to catch up with the hot shit.
Since he couldn't catch up with the leader, Xie Datou immediately changed his strategy. He gathered the men in the group and had them take weapons and follow him.
We can't expect the boss to do everything while these people do nothing. They need to be used when necessary!
Xu Jinhuan, who was being targeted by Xie Datou, had already reached the side of the mountain stronghold's guards.
"All guards, listen to my command! Everyone, retreat to the main gate!"
The guards were bewildered. They had just heard from the messenger that someone else wanted to take over their stronghold. Why did their leader not order them to charge out and fight, but instead choose to retreat?
After observing the guards' expressions, Xu Jinhuan understood their confusion and explained with a smile.
"Have you all forgotten about our trap? I had you guard this place before to give them a way out. Since these people are determined to die, then I will grant their wish."
The guards then realized that they had indeed forgotten about the traps that hadn't been used yet. They had put in a lot of effort to maintain the traps during the recent rains.
"Listen to Boss Xu, let's hurry back to the mountain stronghold and quietly watch them suffer!"
"Alright, let's see if they dare to come to our mountain stronghold to cause trouble again!"
A group of people excitedly returned to the mountain stronghold, quietly waiting for the unlucky guy to arrive.
After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, a group of people dressed in fine clothes appeared in the rain.
"Lord Wu, please slow down. The mountain stronghold I mentioned is just ahead, where we can rest."
One of the two village chiefs who had tried to take advantage of the situation earlier, namely Village Chief Liu of Da Liu Village, was now speaking obsequiously to the man with the mustache.
The man with the mustache looked disdainfully at the still-rainy sky, then at the water stains on his sleeves, and said to the maid holding an umbrella beside him with dissatisfaction.
"If you can't even do something as simple as holding an umbrella properly, you're not fit to serve me. Manager Lin, deal with this one and replace him with someone better."
Before the maid could beg for mercy, Steward Lin and his men swiftly dragged her away, and then another person went to hold an umbrella for the man with the mustache.
Everyone present knew that it was inevitable to get wet while using an umbrella in heavy rain, but no one was willing to speak up for the maid, because no one wanted to offend the man with the mustache.
After walking a few more steps, the man with the mustache looked disdainfully at the empty gate of the mountain stronghold not far away.
"Didn't you say you had already made arrangements with the bandits? Why hasn't anyone come to greet me yet? Don't they all want their heads?"
Village Chief Liu was taken aback when he saw that there was no one patrolling the mountain village. There were people guarding it when it rained so heavily before, so why was there no one at the gate now that the rain had subsided?
He originally intended to take advantage of this opportunity to have Lord Wu, who had powerful backers, clash head-on with the bandits, resulting in a draw where both sides would be severely injured, allowing him to reap the benefits.
But why does this knock-off always act unpredictably?!
Although Village Chief Liu was bewildered, he knew he couldn't show it on his face, otherwise, if this Lord Wu found out, he would die before everyone else in the mountain stronghold.
So he smiled and said, "Sir, it seems the people from the mountain stronghold know that this place is very simple and they are worried that it might offend your noble body, so they are working hard to clean it. Please don't take offense."
Wu Xing'an, who had a mustache, was pleased by Village Chief Liu's flattery and was no longer so irritable. So he said in a condescending tone, "Alright, let's leave it at that this time. Let's go in and take a look before we talk about anything else."
Village Chief Liu immediately agreed happily, "Oh, Lord Wu, you are indeed kind and righteous. This old man will lead you in right away."
As he spoke, Village Chief Liu led the group forward.
Suddenly, the maid walking at the front slipped and fell uncontrollably into the trap set by the bandits.
As she fell in, her hands flailed wildly, instinctively trying to grab onto something.
The maid holding the umbrella couldn't dodge in time and was grabbed. As the maid fell, the umbrella also fell uncontrollably.
Before Wu Xing'an could figure out what was going on, the umbrella grabbed his head and pulled him headfirst into the trap.
Upon noticing the anomaly, the surrounding servants instinctively tried to grab Wu Xing'an's hands and feet and pull him out.
Unfortunately, their idea was wonderful, but reality was cruel. Like the Calabash Brothers trying to save their grandfather, they all fell into a trap.
And because they fell in the same place, these people pressed down on various parts of Wu Xing'an's body, directly causing Wu Xing'an to lose his breath and faint.
Manager Lin had just gone to the back of the line to give instructions when he heard the commotion and rushed over in a panic, only to be met with this appalling scene.
"Sir, how are you? Don't worry, I'll find a way to get you out of here as soon as possible!"
After Lin finished comforting Wu Xing'an, he turned around and gave Village Chief Liu a thorough dressing-down.
"Village Chief Liu, didn't you say you knew this mountain stronghold very well? Is this the way you led our master?"
You'd better pray our master is alright, otherwise you, your village, and everyone in this mountain stronghold will be wiped out.
Manager Lin glared fiercely at Village Chief Liu, then strode ahead with his head held high to seek help from the guards he had brought.
Village Chief Liu was caught off guard by the fact that the bandits had a backup plan, leaving him at a loss for what to do.
Those people from the mountain stronghold are truly wicked. I should have listened to Old Li if I had known. But there's no turning back now that things have gone this far; there's no going back...
Before Steward Lin could lead the guards to launch a rescue operation, Xu Jinhuan had already taken new action.
"One, two, three, fire!" At Xu Jinhuan's command, the guards drew their bows and released the wooden arrows.
Although they were wooden arrows, the bored men had sharpened them to an extremely fine point, and combined with the powerful force of a fully drawn bow, they caused Manager Lin and his men great suffering.
"Ouch! My butt!"
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