The sun rises from the eastern horizon, but it is a poisonous sun that is rarely seen in these days, so that the man whose left side of his face is illuminated with heat can only barely observe with one eye.

The line of sight was thin into a slit, and at the other end of the plain, where the smoke and dust were handed over, there was a group of untidy men and horses, about one or two hundred people, without the banner, divided into two groups, one in front and one behind, but walking at a speed visible to the naked eye towards the foot of the mountain beside the official road.

Alaija chewed betel nut from Guangxi in his mouth, but he didn't give birth to a lot of saliva. One of the advantages of moving the camp from the bottom of the mountain to the mountain is that it can see farther, whether the merchants who come and go have oil and water, where they come from, and where they are going, they can know in their hearts, and it is a few days ago that they can make a decision to let the sons of the clan follow the local line to do a deal, but they don't want to come to the people who are not sheep, but still wings, that is, the so-called official figures. The horsehair department is not a big tribe in the first place, and there are only a few hundred women and children, and the so-called relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and plundering the goods between Sichuan and Guizhou is their ordinary means of improving their lives, which is nothing. If it weren't for the better behavior here, they would not have been seduced to come to this official road. But whenever there is murder and arson, the informant of Bai Matong never participates, only does some miscellaneous things to guide and deliver information, and the joints are still selling stolen goods. But this time, none of my sons came back, and it wasn't until I found out the news a few days ago that I learned the ins and outs of the whole thing.

The young leader forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and continued to look at the team in the distance, knowing the purpose of their coming, he didn't need to ask, just look at the expression on the face of the person next to him. Ah Lai Ya was quite depressed in his heart, originally at this moment he should have held a beautiful woman in the famous Houqiao Baojia shop in the Dizhai Division to drink wine and eat meat, but now even if there are two women in his tent who came from last month, he may not be much interested, not to mention that the person who used to have fun with him in the past is now a heart disease. Although the person next to him has a dark complexion, he is not dressed like an ordinary native, only from the color of his clothes, he must be a lot of people who enjoy it on weekdays, and if he knows the reason for the matter, he can probably guess the identity of this person, it is the younger brother of the leader of the White Horse Tong, Ah Suke.

"The head person doesn't need to pay attention, I saw that the people who hit the head are all white horses, it's worth a few times, I've only seen them farming on weekdays, and the people trained by my brother are self-conscious, but it's just to make a strong noise."

"Why are you talking so much today? Weak heart? Alaija didn't look at the person next to him, but the corners of his mouth turned up, and his face was full of contempt.

"What does the head man say?" Ah Zhu, who was still talking big just now, was also at a loss, and he didn't understand why the master of Tong would bring someone to the door, let alone see the whereabouts of his brother, could it be that something went wrong in the family?

"The accounts in my clan have not been settled with your brother, Yang Bao'er still dares to come to the door, and the benefits are not missing from him on weekdays."

Seeing that the prestige of Zi Rising was useless this time, Ah Zhu got off the low stake: "I think the leader has misunderstood, and the lord is afraid that there is something else, so I made a special trip." "Ah Zhu is not stupid, looking at this battle, I am afraid that most of the men of Baimatong are here, if it is not for the arrival of Yang Bao'er, the master of Tong, how can there be such a situation. It's just that he still doesn't understand, if he wants to come to see the battle, why doesn't his brother come to a letter? Even if people don't come, they have to have a trusted cronie to mention a sentence and a half.

"Bringing a knife and a gun to the door? Is this how you people in the White Horse Tong come together? "In terms of his heart, Ah Lai Ya has some regrets in his heart, one regrets that he shouldn't have believed Ah Ji in the first place, and provoked the official face in vain, although Nan Wangshan was blind, and the message of his brother brought by Ah Zhu was also hidden, but about the identity of the opponent this time, the young leader had seven or eight points in his heart, at least he would not be an ordinary person. A few days ago, the news that the heads of those clansmen were hung on the flagpole in Xifeng had already reached his ears, and Ah Ji, who had been giving him advice, was nowhere to be found, and only one of his younger brothers, Ah Suke, was in the village, and he didn't know what to ask. Originally, it was to move the family back to Sichuan to avoid the limelight, but there was no conclusive news, and it was not an easy thing to move with a lot of effort, not to mention that the horsehair department was chased by the Chitang Department to fight Sichuan, how to go back and be embarrassed. And Yang Bao'er of Bai Ma Tong usually takes his own benefits from his subordinates, but this time he did not stay out of the matter, thinking that there must be some extravagant character on the other side, otherwise with Bai Ma Tong's reputation as a master who has always been outside, he would not have come to the well in person today.

The words became more and more difficult to speak, and Ah Zhu himself saw sweat on his forehead, so he could only watch the distant team come over step by step with Ah Laija.

In the silence, I only heard the leader read as if he was asking: "What about your brother?" ”

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"What about people? The movement can be slow enough. Wang Xingping looked at the sun, and then looked at the faintly visible felt curtain and fence under the cover of the mountain, just more than 20 miles away, and it is the hometown of the hometown, since yesterday afternoon, there was a night of rest in the middle, and now it has just walked to the foot of the mountain. Although Yang Baoer delayed all the way, it was not until early this morning that he arrived at the foot of Nanwang Mountain.

As far as the eye could see, I saw three horsemen coming from the bottom of the mountain in the distance, "It's Ma Zhong and they are back." Several soldiers in the team shouted together.

Bypassing the white horse in front of him, the man who came down first was five short figures, with three long beards under his chin, not like a military man, quite a bit of Sven atmosphere. Wang Zhongde happened to see it, took two steps forward to greet the comer, and shook off a small leg of lamb that was roasted last night. The leg of lamb was covered by charcoal fire overnight and put in the bag, so there was still residual warmth. Ma Zhong, who had been busy all night, didn't care about the courtesy, picked it up and took a bite, and said: "This mutton is still delicious in Baimatong, and the few I have at home are all old meat, so I can't help but eat them." ”

"That's because you're reluctant to eat, and you're all old, so you're going to be used as firewood, right?" There was a familiar joke inside.

"Don't dare to say anything else, as long as this sheep is good, the mutton roasted by my old horse's craftsmanship can be eaten so much that you lose your tongue." Ma Zhong is still boasting about his craftsmanship, but his words are not false, Ma Zhong's ancestral skills in cooking mutton are famous in ten miles and eight towns, if it weren't for the mixed military salary, he would have herded sheep at home with peace of mind. It's just that here in Guizhou, the pasture is not rare, and the sheep are mostly goats.

Wang Zhongde laughed with everyone, and said suddenly again: "Ma San, get down to business." ”

Na Ma Zhong was dressed in a short beat, and his sleeves were rolled up to his arms, so he wiped his mouth with his shoulders, and then said: "The three of us ran around the south of the mountain twice, and the crossing up the mountain laid down two antlers. ”

A young man who followed Ma Zhong also said: "Last night, I was going to take a live mouth back for questioning, but Ma Sange was afraid of startling the snake, so he just did it." ”

Wang Zhongde was overjoyed when he heard this: "I didn't hold it and didn't care, what did the fifth brother say yesterday?" Shut down the door and hit the dog? I think that's exactly what happened. "This time it's a raw meal to be cooked.,Even if it's not ordered.,It's okay in the name of anti-theft.,The horsehair department is here to die.。

Liao Si is also an unforgiving person, "It depends on the owner to beat the dog, so I don't know which owner it is." ”

Yang Bao'er just saw Ma Zhongsan riding over, Wang Zhongde sent him to inquire before sunset the day before, that is knowing, now he is afraid that the people of the horsehair department will climb indiscriminately and bring him in, although the deeds done by his subordinates are indispensable to his benefits, and he does not leave a little bit of a handle on weekdays, but as the master of Tong, once the basket is out of the basket, he will not be able to get rid of it, and he will have to be exploited by the government and the Qiu Ba, and more importantly, he will leave endless troubles, and the future days will not be able to say which big family will be bitten. Although the population of Baimatong is not much, but in front of important places, there is a lot of oil and water, and there is no envy in the village within a radius of 100 miles, if it is said that the government wants to suppress Baima, most of them no one responds, but if Baimatong does something wrong, and the official face is handed over to the local government to deal with, then the big clans and villages that are drooling under the idea of Baimatong will inevitably rush to be the first, and then his Yang family will not even have a bunch of bones left, how was Yang Yinglong in Banzhou back then? How many descendants are still there today? Seeing Ma Zhong come back, Yang Baoer approached to inquire, and just heard this sentence, so he was not embarrassed. If he could not leak the news, Yang Baoer would have the intention of slaughtering Wang Zhongde and his gang, but unfortunately he couldn't do it, so he could only hold on to it, and his heart was like frying.

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"What do you say, head?" The young men of the tribe were anxious. "The road down the mountain has been blocked."

"The son of the Li Bu family is so afraid of death? What's the hurry, you also heard Brother Asuke say, if the people and horses of Baimatong can really fight, they still need to use our clan's sons? When he said this, Ah Lai provoked himself to believe it in his heart, and Yang Bao'er, who was used to being cautious on weekdays, must have promised him great benefits this time. Thinking of this, he threatened again: "Everyone in the clan has a share in the matter of killing people and stealing goods, and when they eat meat, they want to run away when they are beaten?" Today, Lao Tzu also made it clear, he really wants to run away, not to mention the Han government, even the other barbarians along the way, don't you really dare to ask for a reward with your head? ”

As soon as these words came out, the hearts of the people who were originally shaken settled down again, Alaija spoke all the truth, Li Bu Awo, who just spoke, was the eldest son of the Li Bu family, when he robbed and killed a merchant family a few days ago, but he was the first to run to rob the female dependents, the red seedlings in the Sichuan and Guizhou areas, which barbarian tribe did not have the blood debt of the Han people in his hands?

Since his heart is horizontal, all the men in the clan should accept it, and shout: "Listen to the words of the leader." ”

Seeing that the hearts of the people were angry, Ah Lai turned his head and said fiercely to the entourage close to him: "Divide all the money in the account among the families, and sharpen the knife faster." ”

But Nalib Awo said: "The people of Baimatong came strangely, and they don't know what joints are in between. ”

Ah Laija didn't answer, but said: "Do what you have in hand, I have my own arrangements." ”

After thinking about it for a while, he said to Libu Awo, "Call Asuke." ”

That Asuke's brother Aji has been made a name by Yang Bao'er, and no one knows this news on the mountain, and now let him go down the mountain, which is not only to block Yang Bao'er, but also to unite the family's central thoughts. After all, these days, many children in the clan have their grievances falling on Aji's head, but Aji is not on the mountain, so he has to let this Asuke do it for him. Naturally, there is also a clear threat in this arrangement, clearly telling Yang Bao'er that Ah Zhu sent it back, but the private matters under the two families are still in his Ah Lai Nak's heart, if he does it too much, I am afraid that he can only lose both. It's useless to the barbarian department with real evidence, but it's a great thing to hand it over to the Xuanwei Division or Guiyang Mansion, and when you enter the yamen, you don't need to be fed with silver, and the old men above will never check one and find out without evidence.

After a while, Asuke was passed to Alaija, but he had a bad premonition.

"Brother Asuke, I have an important matter for you to do......