Compared to the beasts in the forest, Zhang Feng was more worried about horse thieves.

After all, horse thieves are human beings and are wise.

Almost everyone in Red Leaf City mentions horse thieves, they are gnashing their teeth, they have been directly or indirectly hurt by horse thieves.

Horse thieves are a profession that everyone hates, but there is nothing anyone can do about horse thieves.

They have a large number of people, and they are plotty, and they specialize in picking soft persimmons, and the former Red Leaf City belongs to soft persimmons.

However, the Red Leaf City is too remote, so remote that horse thieves generally can't look down on it, and only when winter comes, when everyone tightens their belts and no longer goes out, horse thieves will come to this remote place to fight the autumn wind.

Zhang Feng learned from the Marlo Knight that the last time Red Leaf City encountered a horse thief was at this time last year.

At that time, the previous city lord was still in power, and there were many knights and soldiers in Red Leaf City, and the horse thieves did not rush in directly, but the city lord of Red Leaf City did not dare to clash with the horse thieves.

After all, horse thieves are outlaws, and most of them are the kind that have to rob the last meal, and if you conflict with them, even if you destroy them, you won't get any benefits.

Therefore, the lord of the city spent money to eliminate the disaster, gave the horse thief some gold coins, and avoided some unnecessary trouble, and the horse thief could get what he wanted without effort, and he was naturally very happy, so he didn't do anything to the people in Momiji City.

But the horse thief is not a moral person, although he does not do anything to the people in Red Leaf City, but the surrounding people are unlucky, and many people have been sacked by the horse thieves.

However, because they were afraid of the Red Leaf City Lord, they just robbed and did not cause any deaths, so the City Lord turned a blind eye.

"Then why didn't the city lord at that time drive the horse thief away, the horse thief should not have many manpower, there were so many knights and soldiers in Red Leaf City at that time, it was completely possible to win!"

Zhang Feng asked Marlowe suspiciously.

"Speaking of which, although I haven't fought before, those horse thieves shouldn't be the opponents of the soldiers of Momiji City, but how can I say it......"

Marlowe touched his head, a little helpless.

"Horse thieves are far more than them, although the horse thieves are generally not large in size, but there are a lot of them, there are many horse thieves, they may usually have well water and river water, but there is also a connection, if the lord of Red Leaf City pays him gold coins, those horse thieves will declare Red Leaf City to be theirs, and other horse thieves will not come to fight the idea of Red Leaf City......"

Hearing Marlowe's explanation, Zhang Feng was a little speechless, to put it bluntly, isn't this just paying protection money!

This horse thief is quite regular!

"That's why I was able to recognize them as horse thieves, and their torn clothes had the marks of the previous horse thieves."

Zhang Feng said, how could Marlowe recognize them as horse thieves from several inhuman-looking corpses, it turns out that there is still this relationship.

"So, this is the time for them to collect protection money from us?"

Although he hadn't heard the word protection money, Marlowe could probably understand what Zhang Feng meant, and he nodded.

"Yes, these people are probably coming to us."

"But these people died."

Zhang Feng suddenly said with some pain.

Marlowe's face remained unchanged, obviously he knew what Zhang Feng meant.

"If the horse thieves find out that the person they sent to collect the money has died, they will definitely think that we are responsible."

Caroline exclaimed in surprise.

There were no stupid people present, and Caroline naturally thought of this.

"This ...... That's a problem! ”

Originally, after hearing that these horse thieves could be settled with gold coins, I felt that it was a big deal to break the fortune and eliminate the disaster. He didn't want to fight horse thieves.

But by mistake, the horse thief died, and died on the territory of Red Leaf City.

"Why did they come from the Blackstone Forest?"

Zhang Feng was a little puzzled.

"After all, they are horse thieves, belonging to the disgraceful people, if the king orders to exterminate them, they are not the opponents of the country at all, so they can only try to keep a low profile, their lair, no one knows where it is, and every time they go out to rob, they are also haunted."

Zhang Feng nodded, it seems that everything about the horse thief is already clear.

These horse thieves who came to Red Leaf City to collect protection money came from the Black Stone Forest, but they encountered wolves, lost to the wolves, and were wiped out.

But the horse thieves are not just four people, there is a team behind them, if they know that these horse thieves died here, according to their horse thief character, they will definitely not give up!

Momiji City, there's trouble.

Headache!

Zhang Feng snorted his teeth, a little helpless.

He just wants to do a good job in construction and make a little money. He hadn't been out to cause trouble at all, but he had trouble coming to the door.

"Recruit when you go back!"

The second conscription has to be put on the agenda, no matter what the strength of these soldiers is, at least they have to support the number, and they can bluff people.

As for these corpses, Zhang Feng didn't have the Holy Mother's heart to help them bury them, anyway, they were destined to be enemies, so let them expose the corpses to the wilderness.

"Let's go back."

Zhang Feng ordered everyone to leave around these corpses, but everyone was a lot more careful along the way.

It's just that when he was about to leave the Black Stone Forest, a feeling of peeping came again, and Zhang Feng suddenly turned his head.

"Huh?"

Aside from trees and stones, nothing happened.

But Zhang Feng felt a little weird.

Quiet, so quiet.

Except for the rustle of the leaves in the wind, the chirping of birds was gone.

"Something seems wrong!"

Choke~

Marlowe also noticed it, and he pulled out the steel knight's sword he carried with him, and looked at the forest behind him with a serious face.

After waiting for a few minutes, nothing happened, but Marlowe did not let his guard down.

"Lord Castle, you go first."

Marlowe whispered to Zhang Feng, and then gave Caroline a look, and the knight's intuition told him that they seemed to be in trouble, and it was a big problem!

"Okay."

Zhang Feng didn't say anything about "going to go together", in this battle, Marlowe definitely has more say than him, he believes in Marlowe.

Silently hugging Caroline's waist, Zhang Feng's face was a little serious, and even some indescribable meaning flashed in his eyes.

It's still a little too weak!

"Drive!"

Caroline tugged on the reins, and under the protection of several soldiers, she quickly left the Black Rock Forest with Zhang Feng, which was already the edge of the Black Rock Forest, and the group quickly disappeared.

Seeing Zhang Feng leave safely, Marlowe breathed a sigh of relief for the time being.

Call~

A cold wind blew, and Marlowe shivered without warning, his eyes narrowed.

Although he didn't see anyone or beasts, Marlowe felt as if a fierce beast was staring at him.

Marlowe's hair stood on end, he clenched the sword in his hand, and the few soldiers left behind him also nervously held the spears in their hands.

There is something in the wind.

……

At the same time, Zhang Feng galloped all the way under the horses, and soon saw the iconic adobe city wall of Red Leaf City.

"Whew~ It's finally here—"

Suddenly, Zhang Feng felt a chill in his heart, and the feeling of being peeped at appeared again!

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