Tomb Raider: I Am Hu Bayi's Cousin

Chapter 309 Encountering Lei Zi
“We have to be careful of this old man. He’s the Fourth Master of the Nine Gates. I don’t believe he doesn’t have some ulterior motives for coming here alone to entrap lamas.”

"Don't be fooled by the fact that he appears to be alone; secretly, he has countless skilled men following him around."

Finally, Panzi, still feeling uneasy, reminded Fatty.

"Three, a total of three people."

"They were all sitting in this carriage, subtly protecting the dried tangerine peel at the very center."

"Furthermore, Fatty, if I may be so bold, let alone those three guys, even if you were compared to Chen Pi, it's really hard to say who would live and who would die."

Lighting a cigarette, Hu Ming glanced at the crowded carriage and chuckled.

Now that it's just past January, with only a few days left until the Lunar New Year, it's the peak of the Spring Festival travel rush, and the number of people on trains is extremely high.

Similarly, the average temperature in the Baishan Mountains during this period is around minus twenty degrees Celsius.
All I can say is that Wu Sansheng's choice of this time was incredibly agonizing.

The journey itself was grueling, but the work itself was even more grueling.

"I just don't understand, why did your Third Master bring out someone like this? Isn't he just deliberately causing trouble?"

"If this guy is really that wicked, I think we should strike first—either tie him up or kill him!"

The fat man thought for a moment, even though Chen Pi still had three other men with him.

But they still have the advantage in numbers.

Naïve martial arts... let's say he's half a fighter, but he and Panzi could each take one down without any problem.

Hu Ming and Xiao Ge
After glancing at the two of them, the fat man was immediately filled with confidence.

No matter how wicked Chen Pi is, either of these two could easily beat him up.

As he spoke, the fat man rubbed his hands together, eager to try.

They showed absolutely no remorse for bullying the elderly.

"I'm warning you, don't do anything reckless. Third Master must have a reason for bringing this up. Let's just give him face. Anyway, he's so old now. No matter how capable he was when he was young, it's useless now. What will happen when he's old and needs to be dealt with?"

Before he could finish speaking, Panzi cried out in pain.

Hu Ming grabbed his shoulder.

Panzi bared his teeth, about to say something, when he suddenly saw Chenpi had already come up behind him.
The group exchanged glances, decisively ended the conversation, and each slipped into their berths to pass the time in their own way.

Chen Pi glanced at the backs of the group, snorted coldly, and went back.

Damn it, Hu Ming didn't know why, even though he was a blind old man, people could still sense that he had a lot of eye movements through his sunglasses.

The journey on the train was boring, and it wasn't until around midnight the next night that the train arrived at Shanhaiguan.

Shanhaiguan is known as the First Pass Under Heaven, but unfortunately, it is a man-made tourist attraction.

Most of Shanhaiguan was rebuilt around 1986 on the basis of ruins.

Looking at the time, the scheduled train won't arrive at the station for about two hours.

"Stop dozing off, everyone! Be alert, something might have happened, there's a minefield!"

Hu Ming's gaze swept across the waiting hall, his eyes narrowed, and he glanced at Chen Pi, who had been "squeezed away by the crowd," reminding everyone.

"Lei Zi? How could this be?"

Panzi was startled by what he heard. He turned around and saw that there were indeed several Lei Zi officers in uniform checking ID cards.

In Changsha, Panzi and Leizi had dealt with each other many times and knew their modus operandi. The men in uniform were just stirring up trouble. Among the crowd were a few inconspicuous middle-aged men in plainclothes, whose demeanor was completely different from that of ordinary people.

Upon closer inspection, the person surrounded by several plainclothes officers was wearing handcuffs.

When Panzi saw the person's face clearly, his face immediately turned green.

That was a bald man, Wu Sansheng's partner of thirty years, and also the chopsticks Wu Sansheng used to pick up the lama this time!
Given the current situation, it's obvious to anyone with a brain that after this guy was caught, he immediately betrayed them all!
"Damn, isn't that Baldy? And he's a seasoned veteran? He seems even worse than me. He's only been gone two days and he's already got himself into Lei Zi's hands?"

Wu Xie's face also darkened.

"There!"

Just then, the bald man also saw a few people in the crowd and pointed at Wu Xie, shouting.

"Damn it, that bastard, I'll kill him when he gets out!"

Panzi cursed loudly, grabbed Wu Xie, and led the others away.

With great difficulty, the group managed to shake off Lei Zi by taking advantage of the crowded flow of people, cross the railway tracks, and exit the platform.

"That bastard exposed us so easily. People these days are so unreliable. If I ever get the chance, I'll beat him to a pulp!"

Panzi, panting heavily, burst into a tirade of curses.

"What are you getting worked up about now? What are we going to do now? Your Third Uncle is really unreliable. He actually found such a spineless coward to be our chopsticks. How dare he!"

The fat man curled his lip and said that he had never liked Wu Sansheng in the first place, and he was even more annoyed now.

Panzi's face darkened; he couldn't stand anyone speaking ill of Wu Sansheng.

But he really couldn't refute what happened today; the facts were already laid bare, and they had been betrayed by the bald man.

"Tsk, to be honest, in all my years, this is the first time I've ever been chased by Lei Zi... It's quite a rare experience, isn't it?"

Hu Ming was in a pretty good mood at the moment, after all, it was a novel experience.

"Uncle Ming, let's not make sarcastic remarks now. What should we do now?"

Wu Xie gave a wry smile.

"What else can we do but follow Chen Pi? He's already arranged everything."

Hu Ming shrugged and pointed to Chen Pi standing in front of a large jeep in the distance, with three unfamiliar young men standing behind him.

On the roof of the jeep, a high stack of supplies and tools was piled up.

"Damn, I have a feeling this old man knew all along that we'd be betrayed to Lei Zi. It's like he was prepared all along."

Wu Xie immediately realized something was wrong.

"What do you think? People get shrewd with age. At Chen Pi's age, his eyelashes are all gone. I bet you, that bald guy was someone Chen Pi had stabbed to Lei Zi."

"Your third uncle is setting up a scheme, and so is he, but it seems that your third uncle is more skilled at it."

"Think about it carefully. That bald guy has been a friend of your third uncle for over thirty years. He's a seasoned veteran. Would someone like that really expose everything the moment Lei catches him?"

“I bet you, this was definitely ordered by your third uncle. He anticipated that Chen Pi would do this; he’s using Chen Pi’s people as cannon fodder.”

Hu Ming explained with a smile.

Chen Pi is ultimately someone who prefers to use force and is ruthless. In terms of scheming and plotting, he is somewhat inferior to Wu Sansheng.

(End of this chapter)