"What?" Master Yan raised his eyebrows.

The map he drew was not an ordinary map, but also included not only roads, mountains, rivers, but also the depth of the river, the height of the peaks, and even the direction of the wind in the four seasons, all marked with special markers. Master Yan said faintly, "Although this is a piece of Gobi, it is not far from King Shen's capital, and the people who got his map ......."

Master Yan was silent for a long time, and nodded slightly, "That's a marching map, whoever gets it can take a large group of people across the Gobi to the royal capital." ”

"Shopkeeper, I have a saying," Master Yan pondered for a moment, "we are both old, and it's time to stop." Over the years, you have earned a lot of money in the money shopkeeper on this road, and those of us who came out to run don't know which time they ran away with their lives, so we should cherish the blessings even more. After this trip, I want to withdraw, I bought a hill outside Qingshi City, I want to plant a fruit forest for a living, my son is smart, I think he will grow up and become an official and a half-job, don't be dragged down by me. ”

"I see, no problem," Master Yan whispered, "actually...... After that last year, I already wanted to wash my hands. But this time I couldn't help but come. ”

"What?" Master Yan was stunned.

"How many years is this year?" Master Yan's eyes, which were always lowered, suddenly flashed with a cold light.

"Ten years of Dexing. Master Yan said. Dexing is the name of the era of today's son.

"I, I, I, I......," Li Changwen said again.

"Shut up!" Master Yan snorted.

At the end of the song, the bow was pulled to the end, and a long cracked sound sounded like silk, and the player got up, put the lure and the bow on the gravel, and walked step by step towards the convoy.

He was illuminated by the light of the fire. A neat dark green embroidered gold robe, exquisite handiwork, wrapped all over the body from top to bottom, a pair of brown cowhide boots, is the clothes often worn by the "sand people" on the Gobi, but he is not like the people in the Gobi at all, "delicate" is no longer enough to describe him, he can simply say "handsome". He looked like he was in his early twenties, with a well-defined face, a tall nose and deep-set eyes, two thick black eyebrows, and a faint scar that added to his heroism. His long hair was black and white, wrapped in a dark green turban, and the ends of the golden tassels hung down to cover half of his face, only one eye was exposed, slightly squinted, and there was a wisp of evil in the corner of his eye that made women intoxicated and men frightened.

Behind him, there was a dark iron bow, carved out of a long black dragon around the bow body, and the whole bow carried a strong aura of slaughter.

The young man was still about ten zhang away from Shen Li Changwen and the others, and he stopped, drew his bow and plunged into the gravel, without saying a word.

"This ...... This is a horse thief?" Li Changwen was stunned for a moment, "Are you kidding? There is such a handsome horse thief?

No one spoke, and the rain was pouring down.

"I'm Ma Ze! Ma Ze is here!" the young man suddenly said.

Li Changwen was stunned, "What did you say?"

"Here the horses are!" the young man refused.

There was a long silence.

"My official speech is not good, but Ma Ze speaks nicely and is it useful?" The young man was furious, "I, Xiao Ziling, stand in the world of the forest!

A laugh that could no longer be held back was like a bird flying through the air, piercing the sound of rain in the sky.

Li Changwen couldn't help it, he covered his stomach and smiled softly, and he couldn't stand up with his hands on the sand.

The long piano, the strong bow, the long black and white hair...... is so murderous, domineering, handsome, and cool, a man who calmed the audience as soon as he appeared. But this horse thief named Xiao Ziling opened his mouth, and the murderous and domineering spirit disappeared immediately.

"Brother Changwen, it's too early to laugh, this horse is ...... It's not easy to deal with. Master Yan said softly.

Before the words fell, the strings shook. Master Yan flew up and kicked Li Changwen over. At that moment, an arrow grazed against Li Changwen's scalp and almost pierced his skull.

Master Yan drew his sword at the same time, cut the feather arrow into two sections with one sword, and leaned over to pick up the half-cut arrow that flew away, the copper arrow cluster, flanked by snake-like barbs, and the arrow cluster glowed with a cold copper green.

Li Changwen was stunned for a moment, and the ghost screamed.

"What's the howl, you can live a good life! Tell you to giggle when you shouldn't laugh!" Master Yan put his pale blue knife across his chest, twisted the tip of the knife in one hand, as if holding a bowl of water flat, and his brown eyes narrowed slightly, "I've seen your kind of arrow, did you just shoot someone yesterday?"

"The wax man is not the same as the sky, and the earth is thick, and I have abolished the truth of his life. Xiao Ziling twisted the bowstring in his hand and smiled coldly. He fired an arrow in an instant just now, and only Master Yan could see his movements clearly.

"Eagle. Master Yan whispered, "I've heard this name, it seems that it really provokes people." ”

"Just say it. Xiao Ziling said, "I also know the name of Yan Lao." ”

"It's all my friends who give me face, I'm just a bad old man. Lingying's brothers are here to make a fortune, it is better to show us the battle, if we can fight, we will fight, if we can't fight, we can discuss, see how many percent of the goods left can buy a way. Master Yan's tone was very light, but with a chill, like an old eagle only crying at the sunset, which made people dare not despise it.

"Okay, happy!" Xiao Ziling high-fived.

Around the convoy, the sandy ground eroded by the torrential rain suddenly cracked, and the pitch-black shadow jumped out, crouching on the ground, holding a scimitar with cold light, slowly moving around the convoy, with a wolf-like light in his eyes.

The merchants trembled with astonishment, and did not dare to make a sound with their backs against the cart. No one is more familiar with the Gobi than horse thieves, and this ambush circle can be said to be exquisite, once launched, it is a mixture of enemies and friends, and there is not even a chance to meet the enemy head-on. If you really start to do it, no matter how strong Master Yan's road protection skills are, they will inevitably be killed and injured.

"I have ten brothers who are road guards, forty brothers who are merchants who are not very good at fighting, and you have thirty brothers who are horse thieves, and you have a good chance of winning. Master Yan nodded.

"It's worthy of Siyan's old tear, and it's a coarse word at a glance. Xiao Ziling gave a thumbs up, "It seems that there is no need to use force?"

"It's not cost-effective to use force, this valley is called Rolling Shayu, the sand mountain next to it is unstable, and it slides several times a year, our shopkeeper is so rich, we don't have to bury it here for some money, right?" Master Yan said lightly, "Brother, how much do you want to buy the road?"

"Eight layers! Eight layers of goods!" Xiao Ziling inserted the longbow in his hand into the soil, so that he could make up eight fingers to compare numbers, he also knew that he was not good at speaking, this bargain price could not tolerate the slightest blur, and he must compare clearly.

"Eight...... Eighty?" Li Changwen's eyes widened as big as a brass bell. Although he suspected that he was so frightened that his gall was broken, and the bile was flowing in his stomach, he still couldn't help but protest out loud out of the stinginess of a foot merchant, "Are you bargaining or robbing money?"

Xiao Ziling was stunned for a moment, "Do you think we are four forests? We will rob money in four places, we are Ma Ze!"

"Can I make a counteroffer?" asked Master Yan.

"It's okay at all. Xiao Ziling hesitated.

"I also paid 80% of the price. Master Yan said.

Xiao Ziling frowned, looking at his companions nearby in confusion, and the companions looked at each other.

"I mean, I'll take ten percent away," Master Yan paused word by word, "I'll leave a fart for you!"

Xiao Ziling understood this time, his face changed, he pulled out his longbow from the sand, slowly took the arrow from his back, and sandwiched three copper-toothed long arrows between his right fingers at once, like eagle wings opening at his side.

"Great!" he squeezed the words out between his teeth.

There was a huge coercion in the eagle's posture of wanting to fly, and no matter what he said at the moment, it was not fun.

"I haven't flashed my chips yet, don't worry. Master Yan said, also high-fived.

Amid the applause, some of the merchants who stood by the cart remained silent, and some of them took off their hats on their heads, pulled off their face coverings, tore off the tarpaulin from their iron coats, and drew their knives from their waists.

Twenty neatly bladed blades surrounded the sides of the convoy, and the road guards, who should have been preoccupied, suddenly slouched and watched coldly with their hands folded.

Master Yan shook off the tarpaulin on the first cart, and there was a pale blue flag underneath, and on the flag was an upside-down dragon.

The horse thieves all took a step back, and you can imagine their hearts shaking like thunder when they saw Zuo.

A merchant still wearing a hat walked slowly to the front of the convoy, holding a freshly filled cigarette stick in his mouth, and smiled at Master Yan and said, "Big shopkeeper, borrow a fire." ”

Master Yan and the man bowed their heads slightly to catch the fire, and under the hat, the shining light of the tobacco grass illuminated the middle-aged man's smiling face.

The left army is protected, and the car is crossed.

"The brothers who pull the cattle go first, don't let the animals scream and trample, this is a 'ghost biting tongue', and it's not easy to clean up after sand boarding. Master Yan waved at the merchants.

Xiao Ziling stretched out his bow and set up an arrow, and the long arrow pointed directly at the horseman in the lead.

Che Yue didn't say anything, took off the hat and buckled it on the top of the coachman's head, moved his shoulders, and suddenly his arms shook, and two long cyan lights shot out from his waist.

With his knives in his hands, he looked at Xiao Ziling, "Brother Lingying, borrow it, our matter is over, and it's too late to chase after it." There are too many people here to open, on this road, who doesn't know that Ling Ying's brothers are righteous thieves, there is no need to kill people when there is no need to see blood, blood is unlucky. ”

Xiao Ziling hesitated for a moment, waved his hand slightly, and the group of horse thieves cracked a gap.

"The shopkeeper, you also go forward with the car, and Ji Li and I stay to greet the guests. Master Yan lowered his voice, "Get out of the rolling sand valley as soon as possible, just let the horse run quickly, it's hard to say the outcome here, don't let people catch up." ”

"Yan, be careful. Master Yan got on the horse, walked a few steps, and then turned back.

"I said I'd accompany you to wash my hands after this trip, but I'm only halfway there. Master Yan wiped the rain from his face with his sleeve.

"Listen to Master Yan!Forward!Be careful not to startle the livestock!If you slip in the sand, everyone will die!" Master Yan commanded.

"The great treasurer of the great treasurer will also give me a horse to ride. Li Changwen reacted and followed Master Yan behind him.

"How can there be extra horses? Master Yan sighed, pulled Li Changwen, and asked him to come up and ride with him.

The coachmen looked at Xiao Ziling's face in horror, the convoy passed by him and slowly moved forward, the dragon-like lightning cut through the sky, Xiao Ziling gritted his teeth, and a mouthful of white teeth flashed.

"Book Yue! Li all the way to mourn and our Lingying endlessly, fought again and again, and died without blinking your eyes, did you ever think that our 'Lingying' was afraid of the 'Left Army'?" Xiao Ziling looked at Che Yue's eyes like a knife, and he couldn't wait to rip off a piece of meat from that smiling face.

"That's not what it means to die...... "Brother Xiao, your brother wants to eat, and my brother wants to eat." I already knew that you were eyeing the convoy of the shopkeeper of Longda, and we camped with the shopkeeper of Longda that night, so I quietly told the shopkeeper of Longda about it. Your people were relieved to see that we parted ways at dawn, but they didn't expect that I had left twenty brothers to pretend to be merchants and wait for you in the caravan, right? ”

"Do you even drill Lu Fu's money?" Xiao Ziling sneered, "That money is also in your eyes?"

"Oh, I think of that, Shopkeeper Long, can you stay?" Che Yue said.

"Oooh. Master Yan grabbed the horse and turned around.

"Your job is tricky, my brother is afraid of damage, this price ...... I don't know if it's okay?" Che Yue laughed.

Master Yan's face froze, and at first they had already agreed with Che Yue about the price of the bodyguards along the way, although it was also expensive, but it would never be as much as fifty percent of the goods. Before the battle, Che Yue raised the price tenfold in one fell swoop! He looked at Master Yan hesitantly.

"You, you...... You're not robbing money, you're blackmailing. Li Changwen whispered.

"If this group of horse thieves hadn't really come to the door, I wouldn't have raised the price," Che Yue sighed softly, "But as you can see, there are not many of us in the left army, and we are all good brothers who follow me in trouble." If you want to make money with their lives, and don't sell them at a price, I can't say anything in my heart. The money is less, and it's not enough for us to buy wine to honor them. Che Yue turned his head to look at his brothers and shook his head.

"The shopkeeper's ...... Negotiate with him. "Li Changwen's stinginess of the foot merchant has flareed up again.

Master Yan raised his hand to make him quiet, "I understand that Che Du protects this person, he is not a person who makes random offers, but fifty percent, it is indeed difficult for me to even return to the capital, forty percent, forty percent, can I do it?"

"The shopkeeper's tone of your bargaining is very sincere!" Li Changwen gave a thumbs up.

"Three layers!" Xiao Ziling broke off.

"What?" everyone was stunned.

"I can't see that traitorous mulberry in the book! I don't need to protect him on the fourth floor of the left army, I will open the goods, and I will rob the third layer in the purple! Everyone is cheap!" Xiao Ziling's face was bruised, "Don't pretend to use your brother as an excuse!"

"Is this okay?" Li Changwen was dumbfounded when he heard this, "Good Ma Ze, you don't look as stupid as I thought......

Che Yue didn't expect this unexpected blow, he was stunned for a while, his mouth was open, and after a long time, he sighed, "Then what if I reduce the price to two percent?"

"One...... One and a half floors!"

"One floor...... No, Ichsei. Che Yue couldn't laugh or cry.

"Half a layer!" Xiao Ziling shouted angrily.

"If you drop any more, you won't be scored," Che Yue sighed in the sky, and his swords shook, "It's still the horse thief who does the horse thief's business, and the protector does the soldier's business, let's fight!"

The electric light burst into the air again, and Che Yue pounced like a leopard, volleying off the tooth arrows shot by Xiao Ziling, and the double knives carried a sharp whistling.

Both the horse thieves and the left army roared.

A fierce battle begins.

As if the sky was furious, lightning followed the convoy and slashed down, and the pack horses changed their usual fatigue and trotted all the way with the cart. The shouting and killing sound behind him became farther and farther away, and Li Changwen poked his head out. He sat behind Master Yan's horse all the way, for fear of a cold arrow coming from behind, so he kept shrinking his head in the collar like a turtle, thinking that if a cold arrow was shot on his body, and the jacket stuffed with old cotton wool could block it, if he shot his head, the hair that was not thick would not be able to stop it.

"Shopkeeper, hurry, hurry!" he urged Master Yan one after another, "The horse thief has caught up!"

"It's not fast," Master Yan's tone was calm, "The horse thief has a reason to pick this place, everyone is afraid that the movement will be too big and cause sandboarding, so they don't dare to fight immediately, otherwise we won't even have a chance to escape." ”

"The shopkeeper doesn't look like he's afraid at all. Li Changwen was stunned.

"I'm afraid, why don't you be afraid?, but can I be afraid of it?" Master Yan said faintly, "This leader, because he is afraid in his heart, acts rashly, and that is harming his brothers." ”

"But who is not afraid of being poked in the ass with a wooden stick?" Li Changwen shuddered.

"What kind of wooden stick pokes his buttocks?" Master Yan didn't understand, how did he understand that at this moment, Li Changwen's mind was full of corpses that had been pierced and dried by horse thieves in the stall next door.