That night, Fang Ling quietly came to the slope not far from the sixth mine, because there was already an order, so the soldiers are currently only guarding the vicinity of the first mine, and the people of the county are also forbidden to come here during the day, one is to prevent the bandit mining from disturbing the people's hearts, and the other is to protect the safety of the people

When the night moon hung high, around midnight, the bandits began to appear in groups, and it was still the team led by Chu Li.

When the bandits were mining, Fang Ling went down the hillside, went up the mountain from the other side along the mountain road, carefully "groped" and sneaked into the mountain road where the bandits were mounted, and then saw the bandits walking along the mountain road with iron mines on their backs.

Fang Ling followed lightly, and it didn't take long for everyone to come to a very large mountain stream, in which there was a rather wide torrent, and there were several animal skin rafts on it, which were blown round and bulging, and the surface was very smooth, as if it was very load-bearing.

The basket of iron ore on the back of the thief weighed twenty or thirty pounds, but this raft of animal skin could fit a full ten baskets.

When the ore was loaded, the man who "operated" the boat propped up the bamboo pole, and the raft of animal skin went down the water.

Fang Ling's secret path is clever, if he hadn't followed him at night, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to find a trace at all, and he actually relied on the mountain waterway to transport it, and it was a shame that they could figure it out.

Fang Ling naturally couldn't take the waterway, so he walked along the mountain road, and found that there were branches in this mountain waterway, but the animal skin raft could only pass through such a big one, and gradually walked along the waterway, until the water surface was wide, and he actually came to the edge of a big river.

The big river in the mountains meanders and flows, I don't know where it leads, Fang Ling walked along the river, and when he passed through a reed thicket, he suddenly found a brightly lit place in front of him, and when he got closer, he found that it was actually a market, needless to say, this must be the black market in Meng Zhiyuan's mouth.

In this bazaar, most of the people dressed as bandits, the younger ones are only 15 or 6 years old, the older ones are thirty or forty years old, and in addition, there are also well-dressed merchants. At the exit on one side of the clearing, there is also a place where the horses are parked, and the road is quite wide, so that it can lead to a long place.

Fang Ling observed outside for a while, and when a thief came to the reeds to relieve himself, he stunted him with a palm, put on his clothes, and then walked in.

On the ground of the market, there are stalls one by one, and there is also a wooden sign next to each stall, with the name of a certain cottage written on it, and the things sold can be described as varied, cloth and silk, "medicine" materials and grains, and they are not small businesses, all of them are big bags and big bags.

Originally, it looked like a busy scene in the distance, but I didn't expect to feel more busy when I walked into the market, people came and went, and there were bargains, although there were not many merchants, but they all seemed to be wealthy, and the entourage around them were also strong and capable.

If it weren't for Xi Ling'er mentioning this black market, how would Fang Ling have expected that there is such a place in this big mountain, let alone Feng County, even the most prosperous street in Xihe County is much inferior to here.

And he counted the number of these cottages, there are more than a dozen, although not necessarily each cottage has as many as the number of Tianzhai Village, but now it is clear why the thieves of the "Mystery" Foggy Mountain can "disturb" the three counties, it must be different cottages with different territories, so radiating down, not to mention the three counties, dozens of counties and townships around the "Mystery" Foggy Mountains have become its robbery places.

At this time, at the door, there were a large number of people around, Fang Ling came to the side to take a look, and couldn't help but laugh dumbly, there were pieces of iron ore on the ground, and there were many baskets behind the stall, and on the wooden sign "inserted" by the stall, the three big characters of "Seize the Sky Village" were suddenly written.

The stall was set up by several young men, the leader of whom had a meniscus scar on his face, a face full of flesh, and a red turban tied to his forehead.

At this time, a middle-aged strong man was picking up a large piece of iron ore and weighed it: "Scar Li, your courage to win the Tianzhai is too great, after hearing the news of Fengxian's mine, you actually took action immediately, and you really didn't take the King of Shicheng in your eyes." ”

Scar Li laughed and said: "That's it, our village owner has an order, who dares not to listen to it? Not to mention a mine, even the county seat of Nafeng County dares to fight!"

A young man couldn't help asking: "Then aren't you afraid that the King of Shicheng will fight back? ”

Scar Li sneered and said disdainfully: "The identity of the prince is true, but this prince has been snubbed by the emperor's father for sixteen years, so he brought a few people to Feng County, it was like fleeing." ”

The middle-aged strong man said: "I don't think this Shicheng King is simple, I heard that now a hundred county soldiers have been recruited to escort the caravan on Gukou Avenue." ”

Scar Li said proudly: "What about a hundred county soldiers? Don't you have more than 100 people in Moshui Village, Lord Qiu Zhai? What's more, these are still new soldiers, can they compete with our Tianzhai Village? It's not that we don't want to rob the caravan, but we just looked at these gold mountains, so we quietly inquired about the situation in Feng County, and after the 'touch' was clear, the master of the big village gave an order, and we did not hesitate to occupy this mine, and the king of Shicheng only had a dry stare. ”

Fang Ling listened calmly, he was an outsider, these thieves were not stupid, especially the master of the big village, he actually secretly sent someone to inquire about the situation in Feng County, no wonder he came to occupy the mine so soon, which shows that he is bold and meticulous.

The owner of Qiu Zhai smiled and said nothing, and then said, "Then how did you sell this iron ore?"

Scar Li Hehe smiled: "Hey, Qiu Zhai master, iron ore is sold by the catty, 30 taels of silver per catty." ”

Before the owner of Qiu Zhai could speak, the people around him shouted nonsense: "What, 1 catty and 30 taels? ”

Scar Li said proudly: "You can see clearly, you can get such a high content of iron ore unless you go to the mines of the state and county? If you want to get a good weapon, you have to use this iron ore!"

Everyone didn't speak, but some interested cottages began to bargain.

Fang Ling secretly said that these people are really good at doing business, 30 taels per catty, how can they continue mining this night, how can they have to pick a few hundred catties, that is 3,000 taels of silver, which is much more than robbing a business trip.

Fang Ling thought about it, so he retreated, and at this time, the owner of Qiu Zhai happened to come out, and a sharp-faced man beside him whispered: "Owner of the village, I heard that there are as many as six mines, and the Tianzhai is just to occupy one of them, do we want to occupy one too?"

The lord of Qiu Zhai sneered and said: "You are so easy to occupy the mine? Don't look at the Tianzhai is now in full swing, I think that the king of Shicheng is not a vegetarian master, although he is now weak, but he can come all the way from the palace, and he will find the mines that so many officials in Feng County have not discovered, and form an army, sooner or later, this Tianzhai will spit out what he eats now." ”

The sharp-faced man was stunned when he heard this: "Is the owner of the village too exalting the king of Shicheng, I heard that he is only 16 years old." ”

Qiu Zhai Lord said: "Underestimating the enemy is deadly, although I, Qiu Yi, am now a grass coward, but I also used to be a catcher in the county back then, although I dare not say that I know countless people, but I conclude that the king of Shicheng is definitely not a person who can be contemptible." ”

When Fang Ling heard this, he couldn't help but glance at this Qiu Zhai lord more, the eyes on that face were bright, quite a bit of brilliance, coupled with a strong body, it looked very powerful, but it really had a bit of a head-catching posture, and listening to his analysis, the head is the Tao, he should be a person who knows how to measure, but how can such a person become a grass coward?

However, Fang Ling didn't think much about it, the most important thing at the moment was to find the bandit sunspot with black spots on his face.

Just turned around in the market, although there were a lot of people, but none of them had dark spots on their faces, just when they turned to the exit of the market, a young man in his 20s came over with a small baggage, and said with a smile: "Little brother, do you want to buy something exciting?"

Fang Ling glanced at him, this young man looked quite dignified, but his smile was a little obscene.

The young thief smiled and said, "I'll just show you a look, and you'll understand, the price is absolutely fair!" As he spoke, he opened the baggage, took out a booklet, and turned a page mysteriously, although the picture flashed, but Fang Ling saw it clearly, it was a painting.

The young man's eyes flashed, and he asked, "What do you think of the little brother for a book or two silver?" In this mountain wilderness, when you are bored, it is a necessity for recreation." ”

Fang Ling narrowed his eyes, glanced into the baggage, and said, "Is there anything else?"

When the young man saw that he was interested, he immediately said, "Yes, there is, but they are all broken books, and they can't compare to this." ”

Fang Ling said: "Then I want all the money in your bag, how much do you think it is?"

"Three taels of silver!" said the young man.

Fang Ling 'touched' out three taels of silver, took the burden, and then asked, "What is the name of this big brother?"

"Hey, my name is Niu San. The young man 'touched' the silver and shoved it into his bosom.

Fang Ling inquired, "Brother Niu doesn't know if he knows that someone in this market has sold a little barbarian girl?"

Niu San suddenly laughed, patted Fang Ling's shoulder and said evilly: "Little brother, it turns out that you have already been 'swaying' in the spring, but you are late, and that little girl has already been sold." ”

"Oh, that's a shame. Fang Ling regretted on the surface, but secretly he was happy, if this barbarian girl appeared on the black market, it would definitely cause onlookers, and naturally someone would know, so these 3 taels of silver are just the price of buying intelligence.

Niu San then said with great interest: "After the people of Storm Cloud Village put this barbarian girl here that day, everyone has opened their eyes, and the brutality is amazing, but our 'mysterious' foggy mountain has rules, robbing wealth and not life, let alone robbing 'women' and children, so no one bought it, and finally a merchant bought it for 100 taels of silver." ”