"Okay, I can only say it briefly, as the saying goes, the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, the so-called second master just now is my second brother, Shen Hongshan, this person is also the person who fights for power with me, I am afraid that the Shen family has also been invaded by the secret thirteen, or this may also be a letter of nomination to pull the thirteen strongmen into the gang, these are all possible, I can't say for sure, I need to do another investigation. Without further ado, I'll go back now, if the virtuous nephew has something to do, go and get busy first, I will find you, if you have nothing to do, it's okay to stay in this Yunlai Inn, and visit the southern scenery more, which is not visible in the Central Plains. Shen Qingshan said a few words briefly and hurried away, his face very ugly.

Lu Bing called Shen Qingshan downstairs and said, "Uncle Shen, I still have something to do, and I will come back to contact you in two months." ”

"Okay, that's a deal."

"It's a deal."

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Lu Bing walked on the road, and the reason why Lu Bing wanted to leave was because once what Shen Qingshan said was true, then the Shen family was about to be in chaos. The truth is revealed, that is, the moment when the skin is torn, such a monstrous wealth is a weapon that kills people. Lu Bing fell into it alone, and inevitably fell into passivity, even though his martial arts are outstanding, but the open gun is easy to block and the dark arrow is difficult to prevent, the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, and there is no need to go to the troubled waters of the family dispute, just secretly support Shen Qingshan to maximize the benefits, and now it is better to retreat as soon as possible.

Second, Lu Bing was not familiar with the place there, and his spies did not reach into the territory of the Shen family, only a few liaisons. It's just a waste of time, so it's better to do something else. What's more, the enemy is in the light and I am in the dark. If they don't want you to find out anything, it's just in vain, even if they find out the clues, it is likely to be a game laid out by the opponent, deliberately leading Lu Bing to think so.

Third, it may also be a false information, so that Lu Bing will be confused. thus aimed the spearhead at Shen Hongshan, who was the opposite of Shen Qingshan, and was used as a gunman to deal with Shen Hongshan by borrowing a knife to kill people. All this may be a bureau laid down by Shen Qingshan. You can't have the heart to hurt others, and you can't have the heart to defend people. Lu Bing now has to rush to deal with things in the northwest, and at the same time he has to stay away from Miao Jiang and shake off his omnipresent eyes. Then send people to infiltrate Miaojiang. You also have to start an investigation yourself, and it is better to rely on yourself than to rely on heaven and earth.

Lu Bing galloped all the way to the northwest, and a day later, someone came to Shen Qingshan's side and said: "Qiqi family master, Lu Bing is lost, the horse is fast, and there is no rest, and he has left our control." ”

"I know it." Shen Qingshan said. The gloom spread across his face. Lu Bing's move is not a good omen, indicating that Lu Bing is beginning to distrust himself. I don't blame him, he doesn't have any big friendships, not to mention that Shen Yeshan's betrayal was not far away, and now that this is happening, it is difficult to believe in himself. Of course, Shen Qingshan did not start to investigate, and behind Shen Hongshan there were also the help of several other brothers in the clan, who all hoped that he, the head of the family, could step down.

But now is not the time to move them, it is difficult to say what step Mi 13 has achieved with them, what he has done most in life is not struggle, but compromise, and all interests come in a compromise of mutual benefit.

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Twenty days later, Lu Bing came to Jiayuguan on the border, and Jiayuguan restored the rule of the Han Chinese, but there were still many people left in the pass. It is no wonder that the Han people have lost Jiayuguan for a long time, and this group of people has been settled here since their grandfathers, and they can be regarded as natives of the Han people who have recently moved in. The homeland is difficult to give up, no matter what nationality people are the same, they are used to Jiayuguan, it doesn't matter who is in charge, they only recognize their own home.

Lu Bing entered the town next to Jiayuguan, the town is not big, it seems that there are more than 200 households, but on the edge of the desolate desert, this is already a big town. The wind blew, flying sand and rocks, showing the true color of the desert.

In this place, most of the people do not work in the field, which has something to do with the weather, they may have been herding for a living, and now they don't even herd anymore, a few cows and sheep are just playing casually, not the main business. Jiayu Pass is a border fortress, and it is also a necessary place for Han people to go out, no matter who is the owner of this land, it is a fortress, military and commercial are.

Most of the people here have become merchants, and the life of sunrise and daily income is not something they have to observe, and it is their nature to be busy when there are guests and idle when there are no guests. Inns, taverns, brothels, casinos, you name it all in this small town. Of course, the winery and the blacksmith shop also came out in response, and the winery is still easy to understand, because no matter what kind of service industry, their service objects are the merchants and those Hu people who come and go to the horse racing gang, most of them are good drinkers, and they all live a life of drunkenness, dreams, swords and blood, so winemaking is definitely a good deal.

This blacksmith shop may seem useless, but it is actually very useful. The first is to build a blade, now that the world is so chaotic with war, no one can believe it, and the only thing you can rely on is the iron guy in your hand. But cheaper and poorer knives are all over the place, and weapons are forbidden in some places in the Central Plains, and the caravan will buy a guy here for self-defense, or if the self-defense thing is lost, it will also be repaired here or directly buy a new one.

Of course, this is not the main business of the blacksmith shop, usually the guys who come here bring guys, only a little damage or the way to join the buy weapons, and the first business of the blacksmith shop is to nail the horseshoe!

That's right, it's to nail the horseshoe, there are caravans from south to north along the way, after thousands of mountains and rivers, the hooves of the horse team are worn, and it is necessary to nail the horseshoe from this transit station, so that the horses will not run out of the hooves. To nail a horseshoe is to nail a horse iron to the horse's hooves, which are, hard feet, just like human fingernails. After a long period of galloping, especially in the load-bearing state of carrying people and goods, the horse's hooves will be seriously worn, and the horse's hooves will not run fast if they are uneven. And if you don't nail the horseshoe, the horse's hooves are also easy to get sick, and the horse's hooves will be wasted after decay, and it is also troublesome to embed hard rock particles, which can be solved by nailing the horseshoe.

Nailing horseshoe seems to be very useful, but it is not a technical work, U-ring iron plus horse nails, and a dozen iron-clad are done. The nail horseshoe in the whole world is almost the same, and if you have to classify it, it can be divided into nail inlay and iron-clad class, which is nothing more than one riveted into it by nails, and one is even wrapped with nails.

In this small town on the northwestern frontier, there is such a blacksmith shop, and today there are no caravans, so no one comes to mend horseshoe. The shopkeeper is a Han man, in his forties, people call him Song lame, as the name suggests, his surname is Song, he is a cripple. After hitting a bad iron knife in the morning, Song Cripple felt a little tired, and when he put out the fire, he lay next to him and closed his eyes to recuperate, and the furnace just turned out and the hot furnace roasted Song Cripple was warm, and after a while, Song Cripple fell asleep.

Lu Bing rode to the blacksmith shop, turned over and dismounted, and said, "Boss, do you nail the horseshoe?" ”

Song lame opened his eyes, and couldn't help but be a little displeased when he saw a horse outside the door, it seemed that he was a single gang, a horse alone, and he was disgraced, he couldn't make much money and delayed his dream, and in his dream he made a lot of money and took a beautiful girl like a flower.

However, Song Cripple didn't dare to complain, and greeted him with great enthusiasm. After all, there is no reason to open the door to do business, there is no reason to rush customers, although the mosquito legs are small, but they are also meat. What's more, the people who have always come from the northwest have either been spies who explore the way for the caravan or scouts of bandits, or they are big swordsmen, in short, they are all martial arts and strong and ruthless people, and Song Cripple can't afford to offend.

Looking at Lu Bing, Song Cripple firmly believed in his own opinion. This person is about thirty years old, and the wind and dust on his body look like he has run a long way, either chasing the murderer or fleeing. Needless to say, there is a waist knife in the long package, which seems to be upright, but there is a murderous aura on his body that cannot be concealed. Although Song Cripple is not a person in the rivers and lakes, and he is not even a ruthless person, he has seen so many ruthless characters, so he is naturally very sensitive, and he can see at a glance that Lu Bing is by no means a good type.

Lu Bing has never bullied the weak, but politely hugged his fists and said: "Boss, help beat the horse's hooves, I'll put the horse here first, dare to ask where to eat?" ”

Song Lame didn't dare to slack off and said: "This chivalrous man, go east from here, turn right at the second street corner, and you can see a restaurant, where there is also an inn, whether it is a tip or a hotel." ”

"Thank you." Lu Bing hugged his fists here, and after speaking, he handed the reins to Song Cripple, walked two steps and turned back, took a small ingot of silver and put it in Song Cripple's hand and said: "The horseshoe should be used in a good way, and the wages will come back and settle it for you, and leave the money to the boss for you to drink tea." ”

Song Lame looked at Lu Bing's figure leaving and couldn't help but admire: "What a bold knight, this hasn't worked yet, give the money first, one or two silver, not to mention nailing the horse's shoe, even more than ten horses are enough." Song lame put the silver into his arms, and limped to a wooden box, where there were scattered piles of horseshoe, the iron quality is not good, but it is cheaper, after changing the horse, he will go to the Western Regions, and he will have to rebuild it back and forth. But most people don't care, because it doesn't hurt for horses to nail horseshoes, even if they are fixed to the ankles to prevent them from falling off, it will be the horse's suffering at most, and the price of such repeated changes is definitely much cheaper than using good materials. People only look at money, and if they don't have money, they will suffer, and no one will care about it when the time comes, where will there be idle time to care whether the horses hurt or not.

But the Lu Bing that Song Cripple saw just now is not like this, he is a cheerful master when he looks at his bearing, he is willing to spend money, and it is the same for himself to others, even for horses and humane beasts. If you make a private suggestion to give him a little less material, maybe he will be in a hurry when he comes back. Besides, Lu Bingdu has spoken, and he is not a master who can't afford to spend money, even if he doesn't give money for a while, these two pieces of silver are enough.

Song Cripple thought about sweeping the rotten iron horseshoe on the wooden box to the ground, and took out a cloth bag from the wooden box, which contained all the short blades of the horseshoe, all of which were steaming with cold light, and were refined from good iron ore, and ordinary people didn't sell it. In order to prevent rust, a thick layer of grease was smeared on the ironware, and Song Cripple wiped it and went to nail the horseshoe. (To be continued......)