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After the yellow sand comes the red soil, where cacti and camel thorns can be found everywhere.

The wind rolls across the road with a ball of grass, which is called the cypress, which was very common in the Gobi in the western part of North America in the old world, and now it has found itself in all corners of the world.

The curly cypress is a plant that loves to travel and chase water, and it needs plenty of water to survive, and when it doesn't have enough water, it pulls its roots out of the soil and rolls its whole body into a ball. Because of its light weight, it only needs a little wind to roll on the ground, and once it has reached a well-supplied area, the ball will quickly open and the roots will burrow back into the soil.

The cypress survived in the desert and the Gobi, and so did the people of Xingtang Town, because there was an oasis under Lulonggang, more than 40 kilometers to the west, and the town's mines were able to continue to work for many years.

The town is far from the oasis, but the soil beneath the town is rich in metallic compounds, including hematite and aluminum. The terrain is flat and more habitable than the hills, and nearly half of the town's inhabitants are miners from the mines.

Mining is the lifeblood of the town, and this industry was originally under the control of the town government, but a few years ago, the town's large and small underground gangs were unified and integrated by the Skull and Bones Society, and so far, the underground forces have gradually won the competition with the local government, and when government officials have become puppets, mining has also begun to change hands.

Ding Xiu and the others came to the south gate of the town and were stopped by the checkpoint set up here.

Several men in pikan shoulders came out of the checkpoint and surrounded Ding Xiu's car with guns.

"What's going on here? When I came here last year, it seemed that none of you had a card to check the car. Gu Beimo asked at them.

"Last year was last year." A man coldly retorted to his words.

"It's a hot day, smoke a cigarette to relieve your sullenness." Gu Beimo accompanied the smiling face, took out the crumpled cigarette case that he didn't know where to hide before, and handed a cigarette to several men outside the car.

After taking the cigarette, the tone of those people suddenly eased a lot, Gu Beimo helped them light the cigarette, and took the opportunity to talk.

"Do the brothers know Mo Xiaokun?"

"Mo Xiaokun? Are you familiar with him? The man next to the car spit out the cigarette in his mouth, his eyes narrowed, and his expression was quite intoxicated, "The cigarette is good, where did you get it?" ”

"Cangling City in the northeast." Gu Beimo said and stuffed the cigarette case with a few cigarettes left into his hand, "Do a little business, please be more accommodating." ”

"It's pretty good, it seems to be a businessman." The man took the cigarette case and slipped it into his pocket. His eyes glanced into the car for a moment, and finally spun around Shen You's body.

"My son and daughter." Gu Beimo pointed at Ding Xiu and Shen You.

"At this age, I have both children and daughters, my brother is so blessed." The man withdrew his gaze from Shen You, patted the hood and prepared to let him go, "Don't say that you know Mo Xiaokun after you go in." ”

"What?!" Gu Beimo was stunned.

"He's on the wrong side and he's dead."

Gu Beimo suddenly remembered that Liang Shangang had mentioned yesterday that the skeleton would change the person who spoke to him, and secretly said in his heart that he was unlucky. Originally, the fight between the immortals in this town had nothing to do with him, but because the informant Mo Xiaokun died in the infighting of their gang, this was equivalent to a fire at the city gate, which affected Gu Beimo, a pond fish.

The car came in from the south gate of the town, attracting the curious eyes of many passers-by along the way. Gu Beimo's car carried a lot of goods, especially the many shiny eggs hanging in the back of the car with a net pocket.

"Old Gu, the person you know is dead, what should we do next?" Ding Xiu asked.

"Let's go to the bazaar in the town first, without Mo Xiaokun to take the line, let's pay more money when the time comes." Gu Beimo thought for a while and said: "The skeleton society here has just changed, let's try to keep a low profile, don't bump into their muzzles and be excused." ”

Most of the buildings in the town are brick structures, and the pedestrians on the side of the road have a hint of curiosity in their eyes when they first see Ding Xiu's car, and their eyes are numb for most of the rest of the time.

People here generally work in the mines during the day, and a few people open shops or stalls in the town to do business, and the bazaar Gu Beimo said is in the northwest corner of the town, where the flow of people is relatively large, second only to the east area where entertainment venues are gathered in the town.

Ding Xiu looked at the pedestrians and shops on both sides of the road, this was his first time in Tangzhen, and his eyes were full of freshness.

He has also been to places such as Luxu Town before, but the feeling is not quite the same as today, because his state of mind has changed a lot.

In the past, they all followed Zhang Rongshe or Chen Jiansen on missions, but this time they came to do business with Gu Beimo and Shen You. Ding Xiu is slowly integrating into the new environment and life, and walking with Gu Beimo, he gradually learned a word called Jianghu.

The rivers and lakes are not ancient martial arts, but the folk who are far away from the ruling class, and here is different from the military camp, and there is a lack of something called restraint.

The tiled houses on the roadside are not connected to each other, and there are wide and narrow gaps between them, and in these gaps, there are many "snail dwellings" made of wooden planks and miscellaneous items.

The people in the "dwellings" are unkempt and mostly elderly, they are in rags, leaning against the corner of the wall to bask in the sun, and some even help each other catch lice from their heads.

A child ran out of the tiled house, and he was attracted by Ding Xiu's car on the side of the road. The child just grimaced at the people in the car, and the next moment he was taken home by the adults who chased him from the roof.

There were also people dressed in the same way as the men at the checkpoint, wearing shoulders with their arms exposed, both men and women, and some with nose studs and lip rings.

As they walk through the streets, they will yell or throw their fists and feet when they see someone passing by, so that the people around them often hide in fear.

"These must be people from the Skull and Bones Society, right?" Ding Xiu asked Gu Beimo, "Could it be that the person who was guarding the checkpoint just now is also the same?" ”

Gu Beimo nodded.

"The government of Xingtang Town is really dry." Ding Xiu was still half-convinced when he heard Liang Shangang talk about things here in Lulonggang, but now he couldn't help but feel a little indignant when he saw that these people not only occupied the checkpoint, but also swaggered through the market.

"How?" Gu Beimo glanced at him.

"In our camp, no one has ever dared to fly high."

"You're in a barracks, can you compare it to here? Isn't it too fast to die fast enough in the barracks? Gu Beimo said.

"Luxu Town is not like this, the security there is much better......" Ding Xiu said that he was a little unconfident, Luxu Town was indeed better than here, but it also caused him to encounter a kidnapping incident.

"There is more than one camp on the west side of Luxu Town, and the distance between them is not too far, it is about half a day's journey, right?" Gu Beimo asked, seeing Ding Xiu nodded, he continued to explain Ding Xiu's confusion: "Xingtang Town is a town that arose because of the mine, it is far away from other cities, and there is no camp of your border guards nearby as a barrier, only the town's security team can be relied on. Do you know who the miners are, in addition to being able to endure hardships, they are also prone to grouping and fierce. It's no wonder that there were many underground societies here before, and the security conditions were poor. ”

"According to what you say, it's hard to change the situation in Xingtang Town?" Ding Xiu asked unwillingly.

"Without the action of external forces, this place will only be a pool of stagnant water, and no matter how the people inside stir up, it will not survive." Gu Beimo nodded, "The places I have been to are not only like Tang Town, but also many towns have their own problems, these problems seem to be various, but in the final analysis, they are all the products of their natural development. ”

"What is an external force?" Ding Xiu and Shen You were stunned by Gu Beimo's statement, neither of them understood very much, but they felt very powerful.

"One is the government's intervention, but it is very unlikely that this kind of external force will come to Xingtang Town, because this is a town that relies on the mines, and it is as light as a feather in the process of national development, and it will not attract the attention of the big people in the upper echelons at all."

"What else?"

"Then there's the intervention of outside forces, such as your military camp, or another powerful force."

"Saying all this, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the business we're going to do next." Shen You listened for a long time and still didn't understand, so he simply turned his head out of the car window again.

"It doesn't matter, but the law of development is something we need to study when we go out, and it can often help us make correct judgments and choices." Gu Beimo turned his head and glanced at Shen You, seeing that the girl's attention was no longer on him, so he smiled helplessly.

However, when his eyes fell on Ding Xiu's face again, he saw that Ding Xiu was thoughtful.

"Do you hear that over there?" Gu Beimo pointed not far ahead.

"Hmm." Ding Xiu nodded.

"The bazaar is there."

The noise is getting closer, and there is a crowd ahead, and trucks and carts are blocking the intersection.

The sound of talking and invective came and went. Some people are arguing over the stalls, others are scolding the little man who helps them carry things accidentally knocking over the vegetable basket, and the market is full of bad sounds and bad smells under the sun.

"I'll go over and have a look, and you two stay in the car and watch the car." Gu Beimo told Ding Xiu and Shen You, pushed the car door by himself, and went to the bazaar to understand the situation.

Some of the materials in the car may need to be sold here, Gu Beimo remembered that when he came over last year, the market was not so cluttered, so for the sake of insurance, he went over to take a look first.

Ding Xiu sat in the car, looking at the lively scene in front of him and was a little surprised, he had never felt such an atmosphere in the barracks, so whether it was noisy or unpleasant smell, it was all covered up by freshness.

As soon as Gu Beimo got out of the car, someone followed him on the street behind him.

After those people waited for Gu Beimo to leave for a while, one of them quietly walked towards the car.