Calling himself to sleep at home, just to explain these few words on the road, the scope of the thief's activity is larger than predicted, and the thief's work is unexpected, killing the thief by the river is just luck, and the demon has to hide in the village to protect himself.

Before going to bed, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun were very carefully prepared, but they took off their robes, and put their bows and arrows and weapons in a position that they could touch at any time.

The night patrol outside has begun, listening to the sound of bangzi, the fatigue of this day is rising, Zhu Da's consciousness began to blur, Zhou Qingyun beside him has already fallen asleep, I don't know if I will have nightmares at night, Zhu Da thought about it and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Zhu Da was awakened by the movement of Xiang Bo getting up, and after waking up, he was a little puzzled, he slept very deeply this night, and he didn't dream at all.

The weapons and dry food have been sorted out last night, Xiang Bo picked it up and left, Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun sent it to the gate of the courtyard, this is the daily etiquette, just about to turn around, Xiang Bo over there stopped, turned around and said: "Accept you as an apprentice, the old man is lucky!" ”

"Master, have a good trip!" Judah didn't answer.

At this moment, only the eastern sky is faintly bright, and the rest of the place is still pitch black, and the fire in the village is also about to be extinguished, and the villagers who patrol the night are listless, getting colder and colder, and the night patrol is getting harder and harder, and this night is very difficult.

Seeing this, Zhu Da was suddenly very nervous, if the thieves suddenly entered at this most lax time, even if the number of villagers still had an advantage, and the wooden gun in his hand was killed, I am afraid that the result would still be very tragic, the more he thought about it, the more nervous he became, wondering if it was a reminder in the past, but Zhu Da did not do it in the end, after careful consideration, he felt that if the thief soldiers had such a judgment and organization, I am afraid they would not stay here, loot the poor villages, and abduct the daughter of the Xiucai family, such a toss, the danger is extremely great, and the cavalry of the guard is not easy to get along, The profit is very small, what surplus can the salt dealers and hundreds of families have?

The thieves with such a narrow pattern will not have any strategy and determination, even if they have the intention of taking risks, the current White Castle Village is not a good target, although the people who patrol the night are tired, but the night patrol in other places is slack, and there is not even a team to patrol the night, so it is better to start.

Xiang Bo rode out of the village and was looked at by many people, "Uncle Li and Lao Xiang are wearing a pair of pants!" "It's all the credit of Zhu Da, and now Uncle Li's two children are playing with Zhu Da." There was a lot of discussion, but they didn't speculate much about Xiang Bo's intention to borrow horses, but they just felt that Xiang Bo and Li Zongqi had a close relationship.

Waiting for Xiang Bo to ride away, Zhou Qingyun immediately prepared to go back to sleep again, of course Zhu Da would not let him get his wish, he directly dragged him to cook together, and then practiced martial arts.

"Uncle Xiang is not here, you are stricter than Uncle Xiang."

Talking and talking, when it came to practicing martial arts, Zhou Qingyun did not relax in the slightest, Zhu Da noticed that he was much more serious than yesterday, originally Zhou Qingyun was very tired of practicing knives, but today is completely different, Zhu Da came to the reason after a little pondering, yesterday the riverside battle, Zhou Qingyun's short stick was used as a knife, and the style of Luohan's six knives had an effect.

Applying what you have learned, applying the skills you have learned, and having good results, is the best encouragement, and no matter how boring the study and practice is, it will make people feel motivated.

At noon, the mother Zhu Wangshi came to look for her, but asked Zhu Da to go back to cook, originally Zhu Da's parents thought that the girl Qin Qin also ate two meals, but they didn't think that Qin Qin was shouting hungry near noon, if it was put in the past, it would be ignored, but Zhu Da told that this girl should be treated as a guest, and good deeds have been done, so it is not possible to make it unpleasant because of trivial things.

Lunch was simply eaten at home, and Zhu Da's parents could only eat with him, which made Zhu Da very happy, Qin Qin liked to eat fish very much, but he was very dissatisfied with the Zhu family's miscellaneous grains and dry food, so he put it down after eating a few bites with a flat mouth.

This performance made Zhu Da have a new judgment on Qin Qin's family background, no matter how clever and intelligent a five-year-old girl is, she has no self-control after all, and now she is relaxed, and her eating habits should be a manifestation on weekdays.

However, Zhu Da is not ready to delve into this matter, and when Qin Qin is sent home, this matter will be settled, after all, taking the risk to save this girl is not for the sake of profit, but for his own conscience.

About an hour after lunch, Zhu Da, who was practicing martial arts, suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves, and it was not a horse, and there were also sentry guards in the village during the day.

The sound of horses' hooves came and went, as if the horses had gone around the village, and then stopped somewhere in the village, and after a while, someone knocked on the hammer and began to shout: "The old and young masters of the village have gone to the drying field, there is something important to say, don't delay, so as not to complain." “

Hearing that it was Li He shouting, Zhu Da opened the courtyard door and shouted to him: "What's wrong?" “

Zhu Da's inquiry made Li He's eyes widen, and he asked rhetorically: "Gather everyone to Uncle Xiang, why don't you know?" “

It was actually Xiang Bo who was summoned, could it be that he was the one who rode around just now, and he didn't go to the house first, Zhu Da wondered in his heart, and he didn't dare to delay, so he called Zhou Qingyun, who was also puzzled, and walked out of the courtyard quickly.

There are already a lot of people on the side of the drying field, the people who didn't patrol last night are okay, those who patrol the night are not good-looking, muttering in their mouths, it is estimated that it is not a good word, Zhu Da saw a few people on the top, Li Zongqi stood with Xiang Bo with a calm face, but standing in the main seat are three strong men, they are all riding horses, these three mounts are much stronger than Li Zongqi's, there is no need to say that the sturdy saddle is complete.

These three people are all dressed up, at first glance I thought it was the guard family in the guard, but if you look closely, it is not, compared with those frivolous and arrogant family members, these three are more gloomy and fierce, the villagers in the field of scanning, most of them are looking down and dare not look at each other, it is really angry, there is a person with a bow bag and arrow bag hanging on the side of the saddle, the three are swords, bows and arrows and sabers are the style of the army, but the maintenance is much more detailed than the pro-soldier family.

And they are older, they look like they are all thirty or forty years old, their tops are wrapped in leather, their feet are leather boots, and the leather around their upper bodies can ensure that the cold wind is kept out when riding, and the personal guards and cavalry of the guard post are wearing fine-grained cotton coats in order to look good, looking decent, and they may not be able to block the wind in this weather.

After a while, all the men in the village arrived, Li Zongqi went over to tell him, and the man standing in the middle stepped forward and said loudly: "Folks, we have important things to do today, from now on the three of us will go, and no one will be allowed to leave the village." “

As soon as the words fell, the villagers below became agitated, looking at Li Zongqi standing on the side, everyone didn't dare to make too much trouble, "I have to be on duty tonight, the weather is getting colder and colder, and I have to go out to beat grass", only such a chant came out.

"We won't delay for too long, whoever dares to go out, the knife in my hand will drink blood!" The man's voice was raised, and his tone was not very harsh, but the villagers immediately fell silent.

Li Zongqi's face was not very good-looking, he muttered a few words to the side of his head, stepped forward and said: "Everyone is not unhappy, there is nothing to delay for a few days, just rush back with more energy, go back and rest!" ”

There is Xiang Bo, the mood of the villagers has eased somewhat, of course, the man's threatening words frightened everyone, and he came up and said directly that he saw blood with a knife, and the people of Baibao Village, who had not seen much of the world, had experienced this.

After the villagers dispersed, Xiang Bo directly called Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun to him, but there was no intention of introduction, and directly dragged two to help with the work, these three men were so majestic but did not go to Li Zongqi's house to rest, one person went to the roof of a house in the village, his mount was outside the courtyard of this house, and the other two went to Xiang Bo's house, Zhu Da could see that the one on the roof was to monitor whether the people in the village were going out.

The horses have to eat grass, the people have to eat, and the people are good enough to say that the forage and grain that the horses need is not a small amount, and the errand of Xiang Bo to Zhu Da and the two of them is to collect horse feed in Baibao Village.

If it is the personal cavalry of the guard, now it is the whole village to collect it, and every family is a man scolding a woman and crying, and he doesn't dare to make too much noise, although these three knights have suppressed the whole village, they are taking out something to exchange, and it is a real hard currency - salt from the Xiang Bo family.

How much forage and grain can be exchanged for a pound of salt, Xiang Bo gave an approximate proportion, even if Zhu Da doesn't know much about the market, he also knows that this ratio is very favorable, and each family is willing to come to exchange, the two of them went door to door and said the conditions, and the villagers who were originally disgusted immediately became enthusiastic, and according to the rules notified by Zhu Da and the two, they took the things to be exchanged to the door of Xiang's house.

Everyone has food in their hands, but there is not much forage, or Li Zongqi's family has a large portion, this salt will basically not rot, and the price will rise before and after the Spring Festival, take this opportunity to exchange more back.

Because of this discount, after everyone sent grain and forage, they were willing to deal with it according to the requirements, for example, the forage should not have sundries, it should be crushed, and the grain even had to be cooked, which saved Zhu Da and Zhou Qingyun a lot of effort.

Zhu Da knew that Xiang Bo did not lose anything, because of the money that the man gave directly, and he also noticed that Xiang Bo, who had a strong temperament, was very polite to these people, and even a little awe.

These three knights must have something to do with illicit salt trafficking, but is there such an elite man and horse in this illicit salt trade?