On the big square outside the Juyi Cave, Tong Guanshan was practicing with his subordinates.

"Brothers, in the future, we must strengthen the training of strength, the black iron armor forged by Mr. Gao weighs more than forty pounds, and if the strength is not enough, it will affect the performance on the battlefield. In the future, the 200-pound stone lock will be the main task of our training. Let's start lifting the stone lock!"

I saw Tong Guanshan roll up his sleeves, carry a two-hundred-pound stone lock in each hand, and raise it with a light shout.

"Brothers, start with these two hundred catties of stone locks, intermediate martial artists must have at least a thousand catties of strength, and a thousand catties is your minimum goal. ”

Under the leadership of Tong Guanshan, those soldiers lined up in several lines and began to lift stone locks in turn.

Ma Yun and Qin Ming stood at the back of the team, one seemed to be practicing swords, the other was practicing guns, but in fact they were secretly observing the soldiers who were holding stone locks.

Almost everyone is the same, they all rolled up their sleeves before lifting the stone lock, revealing their wrists, and half an hour passed, everyone lifted the stone lock, and to Ma Yun's disappointment, these people had obvious shackle marks on their wrists.

Seeing this situation, Tong Guanshan glanced at Ma Yun and Qin Ming, and then said loudly: "Two quarters of an hour to eat, after that, the first and second teams will go with me to change guards, and the other teams will patrol and train according to the plan!"

Tong Guanshan's seventy-eight subordinates were divided into eight squads, eight of which were agile and strong, and they were formed into a scout team, which had been in charge of keeping an eye near Jiayuan City. The remaining seven squads have 10 men each, who rotate the duty of patrolling.

As for the rest of the people in the village, there are more than 100 young adults, and Qin Ming is in charge, and at the same time, he also occasionally exercises while mining, and now Xiong'an Village is short of manpower, and the three of them decided to select fifty reliable people from those people to be assigned to the guard, so that Tong Guanshan's subordinates can also relax, but they have not yet begun to implement, and there is such a thing as this.

When the soldiers dispersed, Ma Yun and the three returned to Juyi Cave.

"Brother Tong, if you are not mistaken, the thief is not in this group of brothers, so he can only be in the two squads guarding the mountain road and the secret post. ”

"Well, eighty percent of that, I'll bring someone to transfer them back in a while. There are only two squads of twenty people left, and it will be much easier to find two people, so let them lift the stone lock when the time comes. ”

The three of them simply ate something, Tong Guanshan took the two teams of men and horses to change the guard, and Qin Ming went to inspect the mining work, leaving only Ma Yun alone. About half an hour later, Qin Ming returned to the cave, and soon heard the sound of Tong Guanshan shouting in the square outside the cave, Ma Yun and Qin Ming hurriedly walked out of the cave.

"Brothers, work hard before eating and resting, and then do a test, I am going to select the ten strongest among the brothers to put on the black iron armor and practice a battle formation. This is a five-hundred-pound stone lock on the ground, each of you will try it, and if you can lift it, you can advance to the next round. Line up and come one by one. ”

Under the command of Tong Guanshan, these soldiers rolled up their sleeves one by one and struggled to lift a stone lock with a grinding plate, and after a round, three people actually lifted the stone lock, and Tong Guanshan nodded with satisfaction.

"I have written down the three of you, and when you are rested, I will go to test the 600-pound stone lock. Alright, let's dismiss and eat. After the soldiers dispersed, Ma Yun and the three returned to the cave.

"Among the brothers just now, only the two Jiang brothers did not show their wrists, and they should be the two of them. Tong Guanshan said with a murderous face.

"That's right, there are two people who didn't roll up their sleeves, Lao Qin, I can see it clearly. Little brother, the thief has been determined, so let's take it. Qin Ming looked at Ma Yun.

"Well, I also noticed the two of them just now, if they are fakes, then they should have human skin masks on their faces, so they must destroy their bodies. Then when they are on their way back to the camp after eating, we will intercept them. When the time comes, I will deal with one person, and you will deal with the other together, and take them down as soon as possible. ”

While the three of them were discussing, a guard ran in in a panic outside the cave. "Master Qiyu, it's not good, the brothers who came back from the change of guard were poisoned during the meal, and now they are lying on the ground unconscious. ”

"What, poisoned, what's going on?" Tong Guanshan hurriedly asked.

"General Tong, I was on duty outside the kitchen hall at the time, and I heard the sound of broken dishes inside, so I went in to check and found that the brothers who came back from changing guards were poisoned and fell to the ground. ”

"How many brothers were poisoned, do you remember?" asked Ma Yun in a deep voice.

"The owner of the village, I didn't have time to count them in a hurry, as if the brothers who went in to eat just now fell to the ground. ”

"Brother Tong, Brother Qin, let's go over and see what happened. It should be that the thief noticed it, so he hurriedly made a move, just afraid that the thief had taken the opportunity to escape at this moment. ”

"Ah Gui, don't make a noise beforehand, you go and inform the captains and tell them to guard the critical place and no one is allowed to approach. ”

"Yes!"

The three of them were about to leave the Juyi Cave, Ma Yun suddenly remembered something, turned to Qin Ming and said, "Brother Qin, you go to the treasure house and bring the bottle of antidote elixir, and Brother Tong and I will go over first." Qin Ming nodded.

Outside the kitchen hall, there was already a small group of people on guard.

"You hold this place, no one is allowed to approach, and the owner of the village and I will go in and see the situation. ”

"Yes, General Tong. ”

Ma Yun and Tong Guanshan pushed the door and walked into the kitchen hall, only to see the soldiers who came back from changing guards lying on the ground. Tong Guanshan hurriedly stepped forward to sniff, while Ma Yun looked around nervously.

"Brother Tong be careful, there are a total of eighteen people on the ground, and if there are two less, it must be the Jiang brothers. ”

"Fortunately, these brothers are still breathing strongly, and they should be able to hold out for a while, just wait for the elixir to arrive, and give it to them. After Tong Guanshan checked a few people, the nervousness on his face eased a little. Ma Yun also lowered his body and checked the breathing and pulse of several people, as Tong Guanshan said, although the face of the poisoned soldier was black, his breath was quite stable, and he would not lose his life immediately.

"Brother Tong, the brothers on the ground don't seem to be worried about their lives. It's just that if it's poisoned, why not poison it?"

"Probably the same as last time, I want to leave my life as a coolie. ”

"Thanks to the iron ore here, our lives have been saved again and again. ”

As the two were talking, the sound of a fight suddenly came from outside.

"You two are bold, you dare to come back after being poisoned, watch your Grandpa Qin take your life!"

"It's not good, Brother Tong, let's get out quickly. ”

The two hurriedly jumped out of the door, only to see Qin Ming wielding a spear and fighting with a man in guard clothes, who was one of the Jiang brothers. A small group of soldiers in charge of the guard looked at Qin Ming's actions suspiciously, and kept asking, "Master Qin, why did you do it to Brother Jiang, what kind of poison?"

"They pretended to be the Jiang brothers, the real Jiang brothers had already been destroyed by them!" Qin Ming said with hatred as he attacked.

Hearing Qin Ming's words, those soldiers hurriedly surrounded the Jiang brothers. "What the Lord of Qin Zhai said is true?"

The other person was expressionless, ignoring the inquiry, and instead looked at Ma and Tong, who walked out of the door.

"Stand back and hold on, this is for we have arrived. Seeing Ma Yun and the two come out, the man who was fighting with Qin Ming smiled and punched the spear, and then saw Qin Ming stumble and take several steps back.

"A gun is a good gun, and marksmanship is also a good marksmanship, but your internal force is too bad. ”

"How dare you insult your Uncle Qin and take a shot from me!" Qin Ming was furious when he heard this, and he was about to pick up the gun again. Ma Yun appeared beside Qin Ming like a ghost and grabbed him.

"Brother Qin is angry, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and there is no need to take it to heart. Then he turned to look at the Jiang brothers.

"You two are also vigilant, but why don't you take the opportunity to escape and dare to come back?" Ma Yun asked lightly.

The two men did not reply, but laughed out loud, and after a long time stopped, and then with a light tear on their faces, the two faces were torn off, revealing two miserable faces. The two faces were identical, without a trace of blood, only the eyes were shining.

"Are you black and white?" Qin Ming asked in surprise.

"I didn't expect our brother to be so famous, and this poor mountain and remote place knows both of us. After saying that, the two of them laughed darkly, and then with a bang, the soldier's clothes on the two of them turned into shreds, revealing the clothes they were wearing inside, one of them was dressed in black, and the other was dressed in white, just like the name of the two: black and white ghosts.

"Two ghosts are here, three souls are scattered!Today, Uncle Qin will destroy you two little ghosts!" Qin Ming said hatefully.

"Big brother, since my brother has revealed his true body, how can he be worthy of our name if he doesn't kill all the people here. The man in black said with a smile.

"Then kill them all!" said the man in white slowly, not taking Ma Yun and them in his eyes at all.

"This black and white ghost is famous in the rivers and lakes, I have heard a lot when I walked the rivers and lakes with the dart team in the early years, it is said that they killed countless boys and girls in order to practice martial arts, and the righteous people of the martial arts surrounded and suppressed in many ways, but they couldn't. I never thought that such murderers were recruited by King Lu. Qin Ming whispered to Ma and Tong.

"It's ridiculous that two little ghosts who jump off the beam dare to be arrogant in my Xiong'an Village. Hearing this, Ma Yun smiled and looked at the black and white ghosts.

"Hmph, don't think that you killed the scholar who killed the dead, just because you are powerful. The Deadly Scholar can barely be regarded as a high-level martial artist, but he can't walk under my brother!" said the Senran.

"It seems that you are very confident in your martial arts, I don't know how your martial arts compare to that Xie Yanke?" Ma Yun had a flash of inspiration in his mind and asked such a question.

"Xie Yanke, do you know that monster?" Hearing Xie Yanke's name, the's tone was obviously a little more jealous.

"I just want to know how your martial arts compare to that Xie Yanke. ”

"Hmph, that old monster has half a foot into the innate realm, which is so much higher than my two brothers, and there are not many such characters in Kyushu. ”

"Oh, I see!" Ma Yun finally figured out Xie Yanke's realm, but he didn't expect this person's realm to be so high.

These days, I practiced martial arts with Tong and Qin on a daily basis, and under the side knocks, I made a general idea of the division of the world into people who practiced martial arts.

The four realms of martial artists are divided into primary, intermediate, advanced and innate four realms, like Qin Ming has just reached the realm of intermediate martial artists now, Tong Guanshan is the peak of intermediate martial artists, it won't take long to step into the realm of senior martial artists, Ma Yun is now barely a senior martial artist, if you use that mysterious power, you can easily kill ordinary senior martial artists.

It is said that once you reach the innate realm, you can absorb the essence of heaven and earth, so as to prolong your life for a hundred years.

Ma Yun whispered a few words to Tong and Qin, and then looked at the black and white ghosts with a smile, but there was a cold look in his eyes.