Suyuan Town is not big, adding up to only about 700 people, most of the houses are earthen houses, the whole looks earthy yellow, as far as the eye can see, only at the gate of a compound in the center of the town, see a little bit of color.

The compound is a renovated mansion, located near the ruins of the old dart bureau, and craftsmen hired free of charge from the town are painting the walls around the house, and at the entrance of the house is a flagpole, on which is hung a fast yellow cloth embroidered with colorful flower horses.

Such a dilapidated house, in terms of style, is not even as good as a hall of the small sect in Yunzhou, but daring to set up camp in a fixed place is already a very strong force for the people of Liangzhou Jianghu, after all, no matter how beautiful the house is, if you can't keep it, it is also to make wedding clothes for others, and generally there are no horse bandits who have no fixed place to live will want to decorate the façade.

As the house is about to be completed, Ma Rulong, who has been floating on the Gobi Desert in Liangzhou for half his life, feels a little more comfortable, and will stay in the house every day to supervise the progress of the work.

As the boss of the horse gang with more than 100 swordsmen, he is so interested in a small house, which seems very funny to the people in the rivers and lakes, but the people in the rivers and lakes in the other places don't understand what a house means to the horse bandits.

Liangzhou is a pure wilderness land, and the iron laws of the Great Wei have lost any binding force on the Gobi Desert for thousands of miles, and if they want to survive here, they can either be docile sheep and exchange wool and mutton for a perch at the feet of meat eaters.

And those who don't want to be sheep can only turn into meat eaters, using sharp teeth and sharp mouths to gain their own foothold. A few of these people became the bosses of gangs and dart boards, while most of them became roaming horse bandits.

Horse bandits are not rangers, they are killed by the court, gangs, and even their peers, and they don't need any reason, from the day they crossed the horse and carried the knife, they were destined to be unable to stop, either on the way around, or they became a road sign somewhere, or their heads were taken in exchange for a few taels of silver from the court.

Ma Rulong was born in the den of horse bandits, and has been in Liangzhou for more than 30 years, never staying in one place for more than half a month, robbing countless gold and silver, killing many people, and enjoying the luxurious treatment that only people in the county town have, but I still don't know what it should be like to get up in my own house in the morning.

Seeing that the house was about to be completed, Ma Rulong even moved the furniture in advance, put a set of tea sets from the county town in the living room, and brewed the kung fu tea transported from Yunzhou.

Although it was slowly swallowed and tossed for a long time, it was not enough to drink a small sip, and it was far less delicious than spirits, but this leisurely and comfortable thing that could only be seen from the lord of the county town was something that other horse bandits could not think of.

For this reason, Ma Rulong enjoyed it, and even wondered if the whole kiln sister in the town should come over, he drank tea on the table, and the kiln sister ate something else under the table, it is said that the big man in the city played like this......

But it's a pity that horse bandits are horse bandits after all, and they shouldn't forget the experience of blood and tears that stop is death.

At noon, facing the rugged Ma Rulong, wearing an open-chested sweatshirt, he was drinking tea behind the tea table, and the second child in the gang suddenly ran in and said:

"Helper, there's a caravan outside, about twenty people, and there seem to be female dependents. The dart head inside came in directly, and it looked like a ruthless character, and we didn't dare to stop it. ”

Ma Rulong blew hot tea and said casually:

"No matter how ruthless the character is, can he be ruthless against Jiang Zahu? Now the Hongshan Gang has to give Lao Tzu three points of thin noodles, what are you afraid of? Go directly and say that if you want to buy grain and forage in the town, you must first pay tribute, and one or two pieces of silver per person......"

"Horse Gang Master."

Before Ma Rulong's words fell, a clear voice came from outside the hall.

The horsemen who were leaning in the courtyard got up in unison and picked up the swords at their sides, while the craftsmen who were working all over the place stopped moving.

Ma Rulong frowned, raised his eyes and looked out, but saw five people coming in from outside the compound.

The leader was a young man dressed as a dart master, with a hat on his head, a knife in his hand, and a big white bird standing on his shoulder, which looked a little familiar.

On the left side of the young dart master, there is a boy in a brocade robe and a white robe, very tall, but his chest muscles are too developed, and at first glance he looks like a woman dressed as a man, and it is estimated that he is a rich lady who came out to play in the county town.

And in the back, there is a long-haired old lady who is over the age of Jia, who looks like an old servant.

The other two, tall, bronze-skinned and simple-looking, should be grooms.

The literati dressed up next to him looked like a master......

Ma Rulong has been traveling south and north for many years, it's not that he hasn't seen the world, and when he sees this battle, he knows that he is a noble person from a certain county.

Liangzhou is in chaos, but not every place is a wasteland Gobi, and the major counties in the middle, such as Dingxi City, where King Liang is located, are also quite prosperous, no horse bandits dare to run over there, and the big lord inside is not able to rob casually.

Seeing this, Ma Rulong put down the tea bowl and stood up, and made a salute:

"This little brother knows Ma?"

Night Terror Hall had forgotten it a long time ago, but Yang Chao had reminded it just now, so he still remembered something; He strode up to the tea case and asked:

"The Red River Dart Bureau in Honghe County, do you remember the Ma Gang Master?"

"Red River Dart Game ......"

Ma Rulong frowned: "No...... You! ”

Bang –

Before Ma Rulong finished speaking, the back of his neck sank sharply, and then he was shocked to find that the young dart master who walked by came to his side at some point, clasped the back of his neck with one hand, and pressed it directly on the small iron kettle next to him to make tea.

呲~

"Ahh

Ma Rulong screamed, but immediately held back again, and said in a hurry:

"Remember! Remember! Three years ago, I robbed the hero's dart, and it was only ten taels of silver, and I didn't give it to the hero who wanted this eagle at that time, so I didn't want to do it and left...... Small payout! Lose 10 times ......"

"I didn't ask for a thousand times the compensation of the Hongshan Gang, and you thought about it when you accompanied it ten times?"

Night Terror Hall lifted Ma Rulong up and pressed it on the tea case:

"Besides, the silver can be compensated, how to calculate the fate of Hong Dart's head?"

"It was he who did it first, and he killed my three brothers, so I came to take revenge...... I know my mistake, I robbed the road first, I should be killed! But I really can't kill, killing a hero will cause trouble, and I can afford to pay for what I offended before......"

Night Terror Hall didn't directly slaughter it, it was to ask about the current situation in Liangzhou, and when he saw Ma Rulong say this, he asked:

"What am I going to do?"

"I visited the hill of the Black Flag Gang this year, which is already the entrance of the Black Flag Gang, and I settled here and collected some money. My life is nothing, but it's not easy for a hero to confess to killing the Black Flag Gang......"

Night Terror Hall knew that the Black Flag Gang had the background of Liang Wangfu, and helped Liang Wangfu do business and make extra money, and no one dared to provoke him in Liangzhou, but he was obviously not afraid.

The Night Terror Hall ignored this, and continued to ask:

"From here to Honghe Town, you have to cross the Barren Bone Beach, what are the forces on the way? Where do you usually hang out? ”

Ma Rulong hurriedly replied: "Didn't the imperial court start to trade with Beiliang last year, from outside the customs to Yunzhou, take the Wild Bone Beach route is the closest, but there are too many horse bandits, the Black Flag Gang moved the nest to where, and recruited a lot ......of horse gangs to keep an eye on the line, I am one of them, and now the road is very peaceful."

Night Terror Hall was quite surprised, and estimated in his heart that this was secretly instructed by King Liang, so as not to rob the caravan of the Northern Liang court and discredit the face of the court.

Ma Rulong knew how many headless things he had done, he might live when he met a gang, but he would definitely not survive when he met a dart master, so after finishing speaking, he continued to speak:

"The hero spares his life, I can really compensate, I have good things, and the hero definitely looks ......"

Seeing this, Night Terror Hall was interested, and asked:

"What's that?"

Ma Rulong raised his hands and slowly got up, then moved the tea table away, lifted the floor, and took out a small package from below.

After the package was opened, there were several pieces of iron inside, with moire on the surface, and just by looking at the texture, you could tell that it was not ordinary iron.

Dongfang Liren has been standing at the door and watching, and his eyes narrowed slightly after seeing the iron block:

"Scale steel?"

Ma Rulong held the package in both hands and nodded hurriedly:

"This girl knows the goods, it is scaly steel, a forbidden thing in the imperial court, and she can't get it on the rivers and lakes, and it's very valuable......"

Night Terror didn't know much about these materials, and turned to ask:

"This thing is precious?"

Dongfang frowned and responded:

"The unicorn armor is made of scaly steel, and only a small amount is produced in Yazhou, and it is mostly used to create heavy armor and excellent weapons. After the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, the mineral deposits were returned to the imperial court, and in order to prevent them from falling into the hands of the enemy, this material would not flow into the outside world at all. ”

Night Terror Hall knew that the strength of the Qilin armor was only worse than the sky-high armor of the prince of Yan Wang, and the heavy cavalry was basically walking sideways on the battlefield.

"Where did you get this?"

Ma Rulong hurriedly said: "Stole it." I helped the Black Flag Gang guard the door here, and once the caravan of the Black Flag Gang passed by and stopped here, and I stumbled upon a lot of hidden under the carriage, so I took a few pieces, and never dared to make a move. If you need it, keep me alive, and I'll find a way to get you more ......"

When the Night Terror Hall heard this, he knew that he had discovered a big event, and after waiting for Ma Rulong to finish speaking, he took the iron piece and handed it over to She Long and the injured people to deal with, and he walked out of the door and came to the outside of the compound with Dongfang Liren.

After Dongfang left the house, his face turned cold:

"This Black Flag Gang is really bold enough to smuggle scaly steel to Beiliang, and they want to turn the sky upside down?"

Night Terror Hall understands why Dongfang Liren is so annoyed - scaly steel can cast invulnerable heavy armor, if a large number of people flow into the Northern Liang border army, and give people hundreds of more armor and cavalry equipped with heavy cavalry, sometimes it is enough to affect the victory or defeat of a war, this is a blatant collaborator and traitor.

Night Terror Hall thought for a while and said, "Behind the Black Flag Gang is King Liang's Mansion, could it be that King Liang is secretly financing the enemy?" ”

Meng Jiao has been following behind and said:

"King Liang did not have scale steel, and all heavy armor was cast by the imperial court and then distributed to the Liangzhou border army. The origin of scaly steel, controlled by the Yazhou border army......"

Night Terror Hall frowned and felt that something was wrong - the Yazhou Army was the empress's private army, and the commander was Wang Yin, the prince of Zhenguo, that is, Wang Chihu's father, empress and stupid uncle.

Dongfang Liren obviously realized the seriousness of the problem, and it was not good to discuss, so he turned around and walked out of town:

"Until this matter is clarified, it must not be publicized to the public."

Night Terror nodded and followed quickly......

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(End of chapter)