Mayi, Ma's leather store.

The lame horse looked at the silver on the table, and his heart fell into a great entanglement. In order to marry Bai Qiaoqiao, Ma Cripple deliberately chose Bai Qiaoqiao to come to the Bai family wine shop to eat and drink when Bai Qiaoqiao was present, and said after drinking that he had a deep relationship with Zhangjiazhai. When he arrived in Zhangjiazhai, he was regarded as a guest of honor.

Zhangjiazhai, one of the three major horse bandits in Longyou.

In the border land, there are conquests from time to time, and the mutual market is often closed, but the people of the Tang Dynasty need cattle and horse skin goods, and the Turkic side also lacks oil, rice, sugar and tea, so the trade of the people is often prohibited. The so-called horse bandits are the ones who do this smuggling business. Unlike ordinary merchants, they smuggled in the border lands, and they had to have a certain amount of force to protect the caravan. Usually these guards of the caravan were armored scimitars and carried bows and arrows, no different from ordinary Turkic cavalry. Under normal circumstances, they will not take the initiative to attack other people, but some of them like to do some black and black things, which is the origin of the word 'bandit'. Not all horse bandits are bandits, but who can tell? And many times, they also like to be called bandits, because only in this way can people be afraid and dare not come and rob their goods easily.

Zhangjiazhai is a group of horse bandits who are not bandits, and they have made a name for themselves in Longyou for more than 20 years. According to legend, they fled from Lingzhou during the chaos in the Central Plains at the end of the Sui Dynasty. It took root in the grassland and took in many displaced people, gradually forming today's scale. Zhangjiazhai did not take the initiative to plunder others, but one year, a Turkic tribe coveted the wealth of Zhangjiazhai, and once raised troops to attack, and the whole army of 500 cavalry was annihilated, which established the prestige of Zhangjiazhai in Longyou in one fell swoop. Because Zhangjiazhai is located between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, it is regarded as a three-way zone, and for so many years, the Tang Dynasty has not sent troops to requisition. And for this kind of private trade, the government is also turning a blind eye, and Zhangjiazhai's business is quite smooth.

Bai Qiaoqiao didn't know this information, she just remembered that Ma Cripple had said that he knew people in Zhangjiazhai. I thought about using the money to hire a horse bandit to save Li Mu, and the lame horse, at that time, he said those words just to set off his own power, and to be able to marry Bai Qiaoqiao, in fact, where is he a guest of Zhangjiazhai, he just has done business with Zhangjiazhai a few times, and knows a steward in Zhangjiazhai.

Now that Bai Qiaoqiao came to him with money, the lame horse was really embarrassed. Refuse, reluctant to give up the five taels of silver. You must know that when he gritted his teeth, he only gave Bai Nao'er five taels of silver as a bride price, which is not a small amount for him. But accepting this money, he really didn't have the confidence to help Bai Qiaoqiao get things done. Just as he was hesitating, his men broke in. The lame man frowned and looked over, and the young man glanced at Bai Qiaoqiao, leaned into the lame man's ear and muttered a few words.

The lame horse looked overjoyed, stretched out his hand and put the five taels of silver on the table into his sleeve without leaving a trace, coughed lightly, and said, "I can help you with this." But in the front, I can only help you pull a line, whether it can really be done, you have to say it yourself. ”

Bai Qiaoqiao nodded and said, "Just pull the strings, I'll say it myself." ”

"Hmm." The lame man sighed and said, "That is, you, if you are someone else, I don't care about this idle matter." Let's tell you the truth, Miss Zhangjiazhai, stay at my house at this time, I'll take you there, and you tell her yourself. ”

In fact, he had just learned the news. Originally, the people who came to deliver the goods in Zhangjiazhai were the stewards he knew, but this time, because the eldest lady of the Zhang family wanted to buy rouge, she replaced the steward, and the young man didn't dare to slack off, so he broke in and told him. When it came to the mouth of the lame horse, it was as if it was an ordinary thing for the eldest lady of the Zhang family to live in his house. It can be regarded as God helping him, saving face.

Ma Cripple took Bai Qiaoqiao to the back house, and his mother-in-law saw that the black light was blind, and Ma Cripple took Bai Qiaoqiao home, and he was about to have a seizure. The lame horse hurriedly handed over the silver in his sleeve, and briefly explained the reason, his mother-in-law saw the money, and when she saw it, she was not angry, and welcomed Bai Qiaoqiao in with a smile.

"Miss Zhang, let's not stop yet, I have a sister here, and I want to discuss a deal with you." Bai Qiaoqiao just said to Ma Cripple that she wanted him to help introduce her, but didn't tell him what it was for, Ma Cripple only thought that she was going to do business, so she said so.

In the house, the 'Miss Zhang' in the mouth of the lame horse was just about to blow wax, when she heard the voice of the lame man, she said, "Then please come in." ”

"Huh!" The lame horse answered, stretched out his hand and pushed the door open, but he didn't go in, but let Bai Qiaoqiao in, and then he closed the door and waited at the door.

Bai Qiaoqiao entered the house and saw a heroic woman standing in front of her, this person was wearing a riding costume and combing the hair of a Hu woman, but she looked really standard Tang face, and the two styles of Hu and Han were combined in her, which was unforgettable.

This person is Miss Zhang's family? It's really enviable, if I can be like her, I can save Langjun!

Bai Qiaoqiao thought to herself, and knelt down. Miss Zhang was startled, and quickly helped Bai Qiaoqiao up, and said, "This sister, what are you doing, even if you have something to ask me, you just say it, why are you kneeling?" ”

Bai Qiaoqiao took out the money bag from her arms, handed it over with both hands, and said, "Please sister, save my Langjun's life." ”

"Huh?"

Miss Zhang was a little dazed, and when she opened the money bag, she was quite surprised. This glance swept over, there were at least fifty or sixty taels of silver, who the hell were you going to save, such a big deal! She put the money bag on the table, helped Bai Qiaoqiao sit down, and said, "Don't cry, my name is Zhang Tianai, I am older, I should be older than you, you can call me a sister...... It's okay, you let me save your Lang Jun, then tell me, what's wrong with your Lang Jun? What trouble do I have, and how do I save him? ”

"Sister Tianai, it's like this......" Bai Qiaoqiao said the matter again, and the more Zhang Tianai listened, the tighter his brows wrinkled. After Bai Qiaoqiao finished speaking, Zhang Tianai pushed the money bag forward and said, "Sister, it's not that I won't help you, it's really that I can't help you in this matter." Although my Zhangjiazhai once repelled the Turkic invasion, it was the Turks who came to attack the village, and only by virtue of defense and the concerted efforts of the village did they repel the Turks. This time I came to deliver the goods, and I only brought fifty people, and these fifty against five hundred, there is no chance of winning at all. It's too late to go back and gather people now, so I may not be able to help you with this. ”

"Sister! I beg you! Saying that, Bai Qiaoqiao was about to kneel down again, Zhang Tianai hurriedly held her arm, and said helplessly: "Okay!" That's it, let's go over and see the situation, if we can save it, I will definitely save it, if there is no chance...... Sister, I can't let my brothers in the village die in vain, and you won't blame me then. ”

Bai Qiaoqiao was overjoyed, and quickly picked up the money bag and stuffed it into Zhang Tianai's arms: "Thank you, sister, you take the money." ”

"You can take the money." Zhang Tianai pushed the money back, turned around and took his scimitar and bow and arrow, and said: "You ride with me, and when the matter is done, it will not be too late for you to give the money!" ”