"Little brother is so knowledgeable!"

Ma Yue said this, which surprised Guan Yu, he couldn't see how many people there were in Wei He's caravan, he just saw that the seven or eight men who looked like guards below were drinking and they were still more than ten people in the caravan.

Wei He said: "It's not a secret, the caravan may be ambushed in Liangzhou, if Brother Guan is willing to help me, Wei will give me a gold here, and I will thank you when I return." ”

Guan Yu and Ma Yue glanced at each other, and they both saw the shock in each other's eyes, this surnamed Wei is so generous! The gold here is not the four taels of gold cakes before Ma Yue. The common gold cake of the Han Dynasty has four taels and one catty, four taels make gold cakes, and one catty is one gold, and this gold is worth ten thousand dollars.

Guan Yu didn't answer, Ma Yue said: "Wei Gongzi is not like this, let my eldest brother go back and think about it before making a decision, when the caravan sets off in the second half of the year, you can go to Zhangshan Village in the north of the city to find me, what does Wei Gongzi think?" ”

Wei He smiled heartily and picked up his wine glass: "To Brother Guan!" ”

"Respect Gongzi!"

Ma Yue and Guan Yu raised their wine glasses and drank them in one gulp, and then the two left the wine shop.

Wei He leaned on the railing, looking at the backs of the two of them leaving from the corner of the street, the corners of his mouth turned up, he had seen many people who practiced martial arts, and his eyes were vicious. When Fang was in Buzhuang, he saw at a glance that the young man surnamed Guan had superb martial arts, far from being comparable to his own guards. If there is this person to protect the left and right, it will greatly ensure the safety of this trip to the Western Regions.

At this moment, a middle-aged man who looked like a bookkeeper downstairs walked briskly and whispered in Wei He's ear.

I don't know what to say, Wei He's face changed greatly, and then he gritted his teeth and said: "I thought it was the poison of the Zhen family, but I didn't expect it... I'm still a family member to him! ”

After a while, Wei He calmed down with a frown, and said softly with a grim look on his face: "Continue to recruit people, and see how many family dead soldiers he can use to kill me, an illegitimate son!" ”

The middle-aged man nodded and promised to retreat.

Wei He looked up at the sky in the distance and was silent for a long time.

On the way back to the village.

"Brother Guan, you're excited."

Guan Yu was stunned when he heard this, and then he realized that Ma Yue was asking about being a caravan guard.

Guan Yu smiled lightly: "Yes, wealth is moving. At the moment, I can't do anything without money in my hand, and Guan's wife may come over around the New Year. ”

Ma Yue nodded, "I think that person named Wei He has something to hide from us, and he will definitely encounter danger on the road." ”

Guan Yu didn't care about it, and said: "It must be dangerous, otherwise people won't offer such a generous treatment." San Lang, let me ask you, how much commission does your eldest brother and second brother have for three months in the frontier? ”

Ma Yue didn't know how Guan Yu could ask this, thought for a while and replied: "Brother has more than ten levels every time, and he will have five or six thousand dollars when he comes back." ”

"That's right, you see, the Ma family brothers fought bravely in exchange for 6,000 dollars, that is, if a professional soldier has no battle, he will only get 3,000 salaries a year, what do you think of?"

"Why did the eldest brother take more than them?"

"Because they are brave enough to kill the enemy, Saburo. This is called seeking wealth and danger, and there is no return for paying. ”

"Well, that's the truth, Brother Guan, I'll accompany you to the Western Regions, and you can be a companion on the way."

Guan Yu was stunned for a moment, "San Lang, you also know that this trip is very dangerous, and I don't know how many thieves are thousands of miles away..."

Ma Yue laughed out of two dimples and said, "If you meet the bad guys, you can just beat them all away." ”

"Even if I agree, your eldest brother won't be at ease."

Guan Yu is really not afraid that Ma Yue will have any problems by his side, but he just thinks that Ma Yue's age his eldest brother will not be at ease to run so far. After living together for almost half a year, he knows very well how much the Ma brothers and his wife love this little brother.

"Big brother, I'll go talk about Xiang. That's it, Brother Guan, I will go to the Western Regions with you. ”

In fact, when Wei He said today that he invited Guan Yu to go to the Western Regions, Ma Yue was a little moved, he had long wanted to see what the world was like in this era, and he had stayed in the small Zhangshan Village for twelve years, he was like a bird in a cage that could not fly high. In the past, he didn't go far because the road was not very smooth, and thieves were rampant, but now with Guan Yu accompanying him, just stupid thieves are nothing in his heart. He didn't believe that the martial saints of later generations were by his side, and he Ma Yue could still kill the bandits and horse bandits.

He didn't even consider whether Wei Gongzi let him go, unless Wei Gongzi didn't want Guan Yu to help him escort the caravan, he really had to agree to him.

Back at home, Ma Teng and Ma Zong were talking something in the house, and as soon as he and Guan Yu entered the house, they were called by Ma Teng.

"Brother Guan, a few days ago, I saw you teach San Lang and Chao'er Dai'er to practice martial arts, and I and my second child have been busy in the county these days and haven't taken care of thanking you, and asked the uncle next door to fight a few weapons, you can see if you can take advantage of it."

As he spoke, Ma Teng opened a five-foot-long and one-foot-wide iron box placed on the ground in the hall, and suddenly revealed seven or eight long swords of different lengths inside.

Ma Yue was so surprised that he could put half an egg in his mouth, he didn't know when his eldest brother hid so many weapons at home, although the Han Dynasty's control of weapons was limited to the crossbow, which was a sharp weapon of the country, but it was still a little surprising that ordinary villagers had so many sharp weapons in their homes.

Guan Yu didn't say much, since ancient times, martial artists love weapons like beauties. Guan Yu was no exception, and pulled out a five-foot long knife in the iron box, "Wow! The long knife came out of the sheath with a bang, the whole body was iron, the handshake was wrapped in red cloth, and the straight and narrow knife that was rough and less detailed had a fierce murderous aura, and the blade was shining with cold light.

"Good knives!"

Ma Yue complained in his heart, that is because you didn't get the Qinglong Yanyue Knife.

Guan Yu looked at it for a long time, put the long knife into the sheath and said to Ma Teng: "Thank you Brother Ma for the knife." ”

Ma Teng smiled heartily: "Brother Guan doesn't have to be like this, I'm like a family member, don't see outside." Saying that, Ma Teng took out a four-foot-long ring knife from the iron box and handed it to Ma Yue, "San Lang to see if you like it." ”

Ma Yue has been practicing with Guan Yu these days, and has always used Guan Yu's three-foot short knife like a toy, and now he is naturally very happy with this sword, and suddenly remembered the matter of going to the Western Regions, his expression was stunned, and he put away the short knife and said to Ma Teng: "Big brother, today I went to the county town with Brother Guan to buy clothes and met a businessman, and that son wanted Brother Guan to escort a caravan to the Western Regions for him, and I want to go with him." ”

Ma Teng and Ma Zongzheng watched with a smile on their faces as Ma Yue played with the newly acquired head sword, and they were stunned when they heard Ma Yue say this, and then Ma Teng nodded and said: "Brother Guan is strong in martial arts, and it is safe to have him by his side to go to the Western Regions." Tell my brother, why do you want to go to the Western Regions? The road is far away, and you will suffer more. ”

Ma Yue knew that his brother did not object to him going out, so he said: "As the saying goes, it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read ten thousand books. ”

Ma Teng laughed, "You kid, tell me the details, have you figured out the departure and return times?" ”

"I made an agreement with the boy that he would come to the village to look for us when he left in the second half of the year, and that he would come back in time for the New Year. The caravan belongs to the Hedong Wei family, and the son's name is Wei He, and there is a large caravan of more than 30 people. ”

"En..." Ma Teng knelt beside a few cases, one hand on the table with a rhythmic and gently tapped, and after a few breaths, Ma Teng turned his head to look at Ma Zong next to him and said: "San Lang is not small, it's time to see the world, I sent someone to inquire about the caravan in the past two days." ”

Ma Teng has already said this, and Ma Yue naturally will not refute it. I think that if there were no accidents, the matter of going to the Western Regions would probably be decided.