Chapter II. 27. Cover up all night

The little dog stepped forward with his chest straight, looked around at the officials around him, and said:

"Ma Ziliu is just a dog, what qualifications do you have to negotiate business for your master? This matter will be put aside for the time being, and I will wait until I return to Yanjing City and ask the head of the family to make a decision before we come to discuss. ”

With that, he kicked Ma Ziliu's chair and almost kicked him to the ground with the chair. Ma Ziliu looked at him in surprise, but he didn't say anything, just instantly changed to a low-eyed appearance.

Pei Ya was also very surprised, he really didn't expect that this entourage, which was only twenty at the earliest, would make a rash mistake, and his eyes widened in surprise for a while:

"Hemp shopkeeper...... ...... is this young shopkeeper? ”

Ma Ziliu pretended to wink at Pei Ya mysteriously, pointed upwards again, and said in his mouth:

"Yes, yes, this matter is very serious, and it needs to be reported to the head of the family before it can be discussed again. That's all for today, farewell, farewell. ”

After that, following the swaggering little dog, he walked in the direction of the post house.

Everyone in Taibai Building was shocked, only Pei Ya and Shopkeeper Li looked as usual. The housekeeper of Pei Mansion stepped forward and asked softly:

"Pei Du, that young man is ......"

"He's a! Have you ever seen a man close to his master who has calluses and chilblains on his hands? ”

And Ma Ziliu just returned to the post house, and he praised the little dog fiercely:

"Well done, dog, I didn't expect you to be a little anxious. After I go back, I will invite you a gentleman, learn to read and write, and I will accept you as an apprentice after learning Ma Ye. Before the little dog could thank him, Ma Ziliu instructed again: "You go to the horse number now, and see if there are still a few horses that have not been drunk, and we must set off immediately." ”

After that, Ma Ziliu walked into the leather shopkeeper's room, and it didn't take long for the two of them to walk out of the room at the same time. And the guys, who had just unloaded the car and rested, immediately got busy again.

Exhausted men and dart masters, sighing and walking on the official road at night. And the little dog who had just made a great contribution came to Ma Ziliu's side and asked:

"Master, why did we leave the city overnight? If you rest all night in Qingshan City and then leave, you can't delay the hour? ”

Ma Ziliu slapped him on the head:

"Stupid, what's in this car? It's all leather goods in the Mobei grassland in exchange for grain. If Pei Ya sends a master to investigate at night, can the wine bags and rice bags in the back be prevented? ”

"Check it, check it, what's wrong with leather goods that can't see people?"

"I said you really borrowed your brain from a dog? We! Northern Yan Caravan! Thousands of miles to the grassland! Buying leather goods? No matter from quality to price, which point of Qingshan City's goods is not stronger than Mobei? If you think about it, you know that we didn't run down for money at all. How can he Pei Ya say that he is also a governor all the way, can he still understand this? ”

"So what's going on? Didn't all three stop fighting? ”

"The truce also did not allow our Beiyan caravan to pass through the land of Youbei and sell grain to the Mobei grassland!"

"What's wrong with selling the grain of the steppe people? It's not for nothing."

"Go and go, you go and talk to someone else, don't be angry with me here. This unlucky child is like a monkey for a while, and even a pig is stupid for a while. ”

After the little dog left, Ma Ziliu looked at the dark night in front of him, looked quite nervous, and even put the cotton knife in the carriage for self-defense in his hand.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, the sound of cannons came from afar, and all the horses in the caravan were in a state of astonishment, and spun in circles with their hooves on the spot. By the time the horsemen had pacified the frightened brutes, the caravan was surrounded by the torch-carrying cavalry of the Hundred and Ten.

"We're all bandits! Quickly drop all your money and goods, and you can wait for you to die! If anyone dares to act rashly, don't blame the steel knife in my hand, it doesn't have long eyes! ”

As soon as the man on horseback shouted, Ma Ziliu sighed in his heart: This is not a bandit at all!

Ma Ziliu has walked the rivers and lakes since he was a child, and he has seen countless mountain bandits, bullies and water thieves. But there are very few of them who can read and write, not to mention the cavalry who still has literary words between the shouts. But since the other party calls himself a bandit, it is inconvenient for him to debunk it, so as not to be directly exterminated. So Mazi six stepped forward alone, dusted off the soil on his body, and said:

"Everyone, three old and four young, dare to ask which one is the big boss? Please have a word. ”

The man who opened his mouth strangled the horse's head lightly, and condescendingly shook his torch in front of Ma Ziliu, and saw that this person was a thin and dry pock-faced man, and he couldn't help but be a little contemptuous:

"I don't have time to talk to you, leave my belongings and wait for the rest of my life, if not......"

With that, the man turned his longbow and shot an arrow like a stream, killing a young dart master who was trying to escape in the blink of an eye.

"This is the end."

This time, Ma Ziliu believed in his own judgment even more, just with this superb archery skill, it was not an ability that ordinary bandits could practice.

"This king, since you are only for money, I don't think it is as good as this, and there are some silver tickets here for the small ones, all of which are honored to the brothers. And these leather goods, it is useless to bring them back to the mountains, it is better to let the villain bring them back to Yanjing to sell, and the silver money obtained will be half of the brothers, and then give them to the heroes when they pass by next time. Villain Mazi Liu, this business has been in business for more than 30 years, you can rest assured. ”

With that, he took out the silver ticket in his arms and stepped forward and laid it flat on the ground. He returned the same way back before the carriage.

As soon as the leader raised his whip, a man dismounted and took silver. He nodded and said:

"Since my brother has gone to the word, I ought to keep my previous covenant. Get out of the way, brethren. Guys, let's go! ”

After speaking, one hundred and ten cavalrymen lined up in two rows, and a human alley flashed in the middle. Ma Ziliu, who was covered with sweat, stiffened his head, beckoned behind him to "go", and after speaking, he clasped his fists and saluted: "Thank you for the high righteousness of the big boss, the mountain does not turn around, let's meet again!" ”

As soon as he walked not far away, Ma Ziliu stopped the convoy that had just started:

"The three shopkeepers, the danger has passed now, and they will arrive in Fengjing City after walking along the official road for a few more hours. I saw that the people and horses just now were not ordinary bandits at all, and it was not for money to intercept us. So there's only one answer: they're coming for me. You take the goods and go straight to Fengjing, as long as there is no me, you are not in danger. ”

"What are you going to do with the big shopkeeper?"

"Me? Hehe, I'm a pockmarked 61 person, and it's smaller than a team target to find. That's it, the most important thing is to get the errand done. ”

After speaking, Ma Ziliu carried a cotton knife, took some dry food, waved his hand towards the convoy, and turned against each other in the worried eyes of the three big shopkeepers.

The only one who followed him was the stubborn little dog, and he said to Ma Ziliu: "The master is in danger, and the apprentice escapes first, is this what people do?" ”

The master and apprentice left the official road like this, and walked towards the depths of the dense forest with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Before he had gone far, he was surrounded by a group of people with torches.

"This brother, let's meet again! I have heard a lot about the broken wrist of a strong man, but this is the first time I have seen a broken head. Knowing that we are not mountain bandits, they lure us here with celibacy? What a ......."

The puppy interrupted:

"What kind of celibacy, and my master!"

Ma Ziliu smiled miserably, pulled out the knife behind his back with his backhand, and scolded the little dog in his mouth:

"I don't know if you're smart or stupid, unlucky kid."

After he finished speaking with relief and pity, a twisted knife holder was placed on his body:

"Come on, Lao Tzu has been walking for more than 30 years, and he is already fucking tired. Dying on the road is the best destination for Lao Tzu! ”

Before this group of people entered the mountain, they all tied their horses to the big trees on both sides of the official road, and at this time, they used torches to shine on the muddy and slippery mountain road, and walked to Mazi Liu without hurry, waving the sabre in their hands left and right to chop the waist-high grass and trees, and muttered quite relaxedly: "Damn, I will catch up with the goods later, and I can sell some silver." If it weren't for Pei Ya's eyeliner, he would have spent these two times. ”

After talking to himself, he came to Mazi Liu, slashed the saber in his hand, and waited for the other party to turn into two halves, and then collected the team and went back to Fengjing.

"Whoosh-poof!"

An arrow struck in the darkness in an instant, right in the throat of the leader!

Everyone looked around, but it was still pitch black.