"Hey, it's so boring to stay in this place where birds don't every day!"

At Xiegu Pass, a soldier who came to change the guard scolded and said.

The soldier who had changed the guard with him dragged his tired body and smiled helplessly, patted him on the shoulder, yawned again, and shook his head away.

When no one answered, the soldier was even more bored, and ignored his comrades who had come to change the guard, and sat down against the wall in the middle of the cave door with his spear in his hand, closed his eyes and rested. At other times, he might have gone out to nap, but it was still cool in the doorway.

The rest of the soldiers shook their heads, ignoring the goods, and stood still outside the doorway, but they were a little loose no matter how they looked at it.

The sun was gradually rising, and the heat was also soaring rapidly, and the defenders who were originally outside the door hole also moved to the door hole at this time.

"Cheer up!"

The sudden shouting woke up the sleepy soldiers in the doorway in an instant. When he looked up, he hurriedly lowered his head and shouted: "General! ”

"Humph! I would have asked you to come here to be on duty, not to let you rest here. Pang Rou was extremely displeased.

What's on duty? It's been almost half a day, let alone people, I haven't even seen a single bird feather!

All the soldiers thought so in their hearts, but they didn't dare to show it on their faces, and hurriedly said: "Please also ask the general to forgive the sin!" ”

Pang Rou also knew what they were thinking, but he had been ordered to come, and he had been secretly instructed by his cousin Pang De to be on guard. Pang Rou asked herself, whether it was marching or fighting, although she was not as good as Pang De, but she was cautious and careful, and she was not inferior to anyone. It's just—

"I haven't seen a few people in this place for a long time, the copper will be green, the iron will be red, and so on!"

With a sigh in her heart, Pang Rou left with a solemn face.

When he left, the soldiers who had just cheered up instantly regained their listless appearance, leaning against the wall of the doorway.

"Excuse me......"

Suddenly, a figure appeared in front of them and asked, "Is this the boundary of Hanzhong?" ”

"Huh?"

The five soldiers were all startled, looked up, and found that it was an old man wearing brocade clothes and gray hair, so he relieved himself and replied: "Old man, after here, it will be Hanzhong to the south." ”

After a pause, he said, "Where did the old man come from?" ”

"Old decay comes from the north."

After the old man finished speaking, he turned around and pointed to a group of people more than a hundred zhang away, and said, "This trip intends to sell some goods from the north to Hanzhong for sale." ”

"Oh, I see!" The leading Wu Chang suddenly realized, then rolled his eyes, and said, "Dare to ask the old man whose caravan it is?" ”

The old man smiled bitterly: "It's not everyone, we're just a caravan formed by a few like-minded friends!" ”

"Oh, I see!"

Wu Chang said such things again, but the meaning was very different.

The old man understood, quietly handed over a money bag, and said: "It's a small meaning, it's not a respect, and I ask a few people to make it convenient, let the old man and others pass the customs, and when these goods are sold, please drink a few more!" ”

Wu Chang weighed it, nodded, and said, "It's done, hurry up!" ”

"Thank you, thank you!"

The old man thanked him again and again before beckoning to those in the distance.

After a while, a group of people from a distance rushed over and lined up to enter the customs.

No, something happened suddenly, Wu Chang looked at the horses carrying the goods, and asked sharply: "Say, who are you?" Where did these horses come from? ”

Ma Teng's Xiliang Army is very familiar with horses, they were far away before, and they didn't care about it, but Wu Chang didn't find any problems, but when they got closer, at a glance, it was wrong. Where is this pack horse, it is clearly a war horse! And it seems to be better than the war horses in the army.

"Huh? This...... This ......" The old man was frightened by this sudden change, stammered, and did not say a reason for a long time.

Seeing him like this, Wu Chang relaxed slightly.

"Xiao Wu, go and inform the general, just say that there is a big deal."

Xiao Wu is the lazy guy before. After speaking, Wu Chang turned his head to look at the old man and his party, and shouted: "You all be honest, otherwise don't blame us for being ruthless." ”

"No...... No, didn't you just say it? Why ......" The old man seemed to finally come back to his senses, still trembling and said, but finally he didn't stutter so much.

"Humph!"

After all, it is a short hand, Wu Chang snorted lightly, his face softened, but he still said seriously: "As far as we can see, you are afraid that this horse is not an ordinary horse?" ”

The old man seemed to be stimulated, shrunk his body, glanced around, and only relaxed when he saw that there was no one in his imagination. After hesitating, he was about to approach Wu Chang, but Wu Chang was worried that there would be fraud, and the tip of the gun was pointed at the old man.

The old man had no choice but to stop and said in a low voice: "These horses are indeed not ordinary horses, but horses eliminated by the Ming army, and the old man also spent a lot of money to buy them from several military households. Thinking that there is a shortage of horses in the south, I want to sell them in the south at a good price and make a fortune. ”

"You ......"

Wu Chang opened his mouth to speak, Pang Rou rushed over with a knife, looked at the scene in the field, and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"General!"

Wu Chang turned around and pulled Pang Rou to the side and whispered to the side. After a long time, Pang Rou came back over, looked the old man up and down, and said, "How do you feel that Ben Jiang has seen you somewhere?" ”

The old man also looked at Pang Rou carefully, and finally shook his head and said, "The old man has no impression of seeing the general. However, although the plate of Lao Yu and these guys is not big, they have been selling goods from south to north for more than 20 years, except for Jiaozhou, the southernmost place, which place has not been? Maybe the general has inadvertently seen the old decay, so he has some impressions. ”

Pang Rou thought for a while and said, "It makes sense for you to say that. ”

After speaking, he didn't bother with this matter anymore, and instead his eyes fell on the horses carrying the goods, and said with a smile: "I wonder if Ben will be able to take a look?" ”

Without waiting for the old man to reply, Pang Rou said again: "Don't worry, Ben will not be the kind of person who robs other people's property, if your horse is really good, Ben will be willing to spend a lot of money to buy it, and if you can get the same good horse in the future, Ben will buy it at the same price." If it is a better horse, the price will be higher, even if it is a thousand, thousand, or ten thousand gold, it will not be a problem. ”

What a big pie!

The old man's face was full of emotion, and he said: "General, if the general is willing to buy it, it would be good, and it would save more time and money to go south, which would increase the cost." ”

Listening to these seemingly calculating words, Pang Rou's heart also settled down. Then he stepped forward and touched the horse's head and neck...... I touched almost all my body, and finally even grabbed the horse's hind paw and looked at it a few times.

Pang Rou just glanced at it, and then asked in surprise, "Huh? What is it? ”

When the old man heard this, he just swept it and replied, "This is a horseshoe." If it weren't for this thing, this slope would have taken a few more days. ”

"Such a small thing, how much can it do?" Pang Rou was a little unconvinced.

The old man shrugged his shoulders and said, "Maybe it's also because of the horses themselves, but I don't know the specific decay." ”

Pang Rou nodded, but she was in her heart.

"Well, these horses are good horses, and Ben will buy them."

"Thank you, General." The old man was overjoyed, and everyone who traveled with him couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Pang Rou waved her hand and said, "This is how it should be." ”

At the end, he said: "But the general still has one more thing to ask for, and ask the old gentleman to enter the customs with the general, how about it?" ”

"This ......," the old man hesitated when he heard this.

Pang Rou's face suddenly turned pale, and said, "What's the matter?" Worried that Ben will kill people? It's not that Ben will look down on you, as long as Ben gives an order, none of you will be able to escape. ”

The old man choked, then smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, General." It's just that he asked the general to find a place for the old man and let them wait. ”

Hearing this, Pang Rou looked at the rest of the people, and finally said, "Forget it, let's all go to the gate." ”

"This ...... Thank you, General. The old man wanted to refuse, but was glared at by Pang Rou and had to respond. However, what Pang Rou didn't know was that the old man was secretly overjoyed.

After entering the customs, Pang Rou first settled the money for the horses and the goods, expressed goodwill, and then invited the old man to the banquet.

When the wine was half-drunk, Pang Rou said: "I don't know if the old gentleman knows how to make horseshoe?" ”

The old man didn't seem to hear it, and continued to drink and eat the food on the table.

Pang Rou was already two points drunk at this time, and she didn't notice anything wrong, so she asked again.

Chirp, tweet~

The old man's ears moved, and he smiled: "General Pang wants to know?" ”

"It's nature!" Pang Rou was overjoyed, and then tempted, "As long as the old gentleman can tell Ben the method, Ben will promise to give a thousand rewards!" ”

"Hahaha!"

The old man burst out laughing. Pang Rou finally felt that something was wrong.

"Want to know? OK! As long as General Pang is loyal to His Majesty! ”

"Huh?" Pang Rou was stunned, and then said in a panic, "Who are you?" ”

"The governor of Pontus will not change his name or change his surname, Huang Zhong and Huang Hansheng are also!"

Old man, no, Huang Zhong looked at Pang Rou with a smile.

Pang Rou was shocked, the drunkenness just now instantly dissipated without a trace, and when she touched her waist, she wanted to draw her sword in her hand, but it failed. At this time, Pang Rou remembered that in order to show his sincerity, he took off the matching sword and put it in the room.

"Someone!"

Listening to Pang Rou's shout, Huang Zhong said with a smile on his face: "General Pang still can't see the situation clearly?" ”

"You...... Ben will fight with you! ”

Pang Rou picked up the short knife on the table and threw himself at Huang Zhong.

"I don't know what to do!"

Huang Zhong sneered, grabbed Pang Rou's hand holding the knife, and broke it down, Pang Rou was in pain, subconsciously let go, and the short knife was immediately taken off.

Huang Zhong scooped up the short knife in his other hand, looked at Pang Rou with a sneer, and said, "As far as your three-legged cat ability, you also want to fight with the governor of Bendu?" ”

As he spoke, Huang Zhong waved the short knife in his hand and threw it out in Pang Rou's horrified gaze.

Hiss~

Pang Rou was almost scared to death, and when she came back to her senses, she found that Huang Zhong didn't want his life, but just scattered his hair crown.