The flat sand is reckless, connecting the dusky sky, reflecting the earth in a gloomy way. The wind swept through the ruins, as if weeping. Now it is a paradise for the wicked, full of tigers and wolves during the day and ghosts at night.

Only a stockade on the edge of the desert offers some hope. It is called Ping'an Village, and with the increase in the number of people, it has been renamed Ping'an Town.

A large house in the east of the town was originally a place for the night watchmen to rest after coming down. However, due to the recent surge in the number of people, a few beds have been added for temporary living.

At this time, there were more than ten people crowded in the house, all around a charcoal pot to bake the fire. The weather outside was dark, and it was hard to lift your spirits.

A man sitting by the window had been staring outside for a long time, and suddenly sighed and said: "This wind and sand are big, and the well in the town will have to turn back the water, and the taste of the water will be even more bitter!"

Listen to his accent, not like the local one. Looking at the face, it's also quite raw, it should be a newcomer.

Another thin man sitting by the charcoal basin teased: "Don't pick and choose, old watch." Now in this world, to find a place for people to sleep peacefully is already to burn high incense.

If you don't think the water here is palatable, you can drink the water from outside. Not to mention, three hundred steps out of the village, there is a sweet spring of wine, what do you want. But I'm afraid you don't have the courage to go!"

Everyone knew that the thin man was talking about a place outside the law, and they were dissatisfied with the newcomer's pickiness, and they all echoed it and laughed a few times.

Who knew that the man snorted coldly: "How do you know that I dare not go?" With that, he lifted his coarse cloth shirt and exposed his shoulders. I saw a huge fire mark on his shoulder across his chest, which looked shocking.

He said: "Two years ago, the underground lava in Huangzhou City erupted, and Lao Tzu was in the city. However, I was killed, and although I was hit in the shoulder by a fireball, I was lucky not to die. How about it, do you still say I don't dare to go?"

He raised his chin slightly and looked at the thin man defiantly.

The thin man suddenly became vigilant and asked, "Isn't the Venerable Driver a person from the rivers and lakes?"

"Not bad. Zhao Xiaoliang is also in the Iron Fist Gate of Xiashan Mountain!"

Seven or eight of the people who were roasting the fire moved their bodies outward, and the expressions on their faces became subtle.

The village is divided into two factions, one is the displaced people, and the other is the Jianghu people who have escaped from the lawless land.

How can the common people, who were originally the targets of massacre by the people in the rivers and lakes, not be frightened and frightened now under the same roof as them? What is more, some people's families have died at their hands. Therefore, although they don't say it, everyone really dislikes these people in their hearts.

But there is a clear order in Ping'an Town: all private fights are prohibited. Violators are expelled from the town and are not allowed to enter again. On the edge of the lawless land, there is only one way to leave Ping'an Town. Therefore, even if they are dissatisfied, everyone can only suppress the fire.

The rules of Ping'an Town are much stricter than when they were first established. At that time, Liu Banxian, Li Chuan and Chen Zhi'er, none of them knew how to govern, which led to repeated murders and fights in the village. It wasn't until the son-in-law surnamed Xu Mingxin came that the rules were really established, and Ping'an Village really had peace.

Although the town owner is still Liu Banxian, the person in charge has long been replaced by Xu Gongzi.

Having said that, almost all the people in the house were people, and they naturally didn't want to see the only Jianghu person, so everyone didn't say a word. The atmosphere suddenly dropped to freezing point.

At this moment, the door creaked open, and the cold wind blew in the yellow sand. Everyone shouted angrily, "Who? Shut the door!"

Three big men in black stumbled in and sat on the board bed. The three men were wounded, and although they were not fatal, they were covered in blood and their expressions were quite hideous.

Needless to say, they are also practitioners. The crowd squeezed around the brazier, deliberately unwilling to leave a place for them to roast the fire.

Only Zhao Xiaoliang hugged his fists and said: "The three masters are invited, dare to ask where did the fight come from?"

The leader said in a thick northwest accent: "We are horse bandits, and we have just come out of the land outside the law. ”

Everyone was shocked again, this good guy surnamed Zhao is still a good man, but the horse bandit is a real outlaw, burning, killing and looting on weekdays, and he doesn't do any bad things?

The thin man who was roasting the fire stood up, pointed at the three of them and scolded: "God-damned dog thief, dare to come to Ping'an Town? Believe it or not, you will be beaten to death today!"

When everyone saw him taking the lead, they all shouted: "If you know each other, get out of here, you are not welcome in Ping'an Town!"

The two younger bandits had never been so angry that they raised their fists and were about to fight. But the leader stopped them and said, "Don't be rash, where will we have a place to stay when we leave here?"

He bowed deeply to the angry crowd again: "Ladies and gentlemen, several of us were forced by the government to live so that we took risks. Now that I'm in Ping'an Town, I must honestly abide by the rules. I hope you will raise your noble hands!"

The common people usually have a deep grudge with the gangs, how can they be resolved by these two sentences? It's just that they don't dare to attack because of the rules of the town. Now the other party handed the steps again, so he didn't say anything after snorting coldly.

At this time, Zhao Xiaoliang asked: "Since the three of you have come from a place outside the law, have you ever seen a woman with a mole on her cheeks?" and two seven or eight-year-old dolls with him by his side...... He was extremely nervous, and his voice trembled slightly when he spoke.

But the leader of the horse bandits shook his head: "I haven't seen it." Don't think about it, they won't survive. ”

When Zhao Xiaoliang heard this, he said angrily: "If you haven't seen it, you say you haven't seen it, why do you say that they can't live?"

The horse bandit raised his cloudy eyes and said slowly: "The land outside the law is even worse now than in the past. In the past, everyone was still vying for fame and fortune. But now they don't want anything, it's senseless killing. The evil in people's hearts was hooked out by that piece of paper, and it was difficult to take it back.

There are about 40 of us in our group, and we have lived a fairy-like life by the sea of stars, but because we are too greedy, we have waded into this troubled water. Now it's just the brothers.

If you think about it, no one riding a fast horse can survive, so how can a mother-in-law and two Ga babies live? I advise you to drive some more, and then ask for a wife in the future. ”

Zhao Xiaoliang suddenly burst into tears: "What you said is right, but she is my junior sister and has been in love with me for decades! Where can I find such a woman again?"

Many people in Ping'an Town have lost their wives and children. Hearing him cry like this, he couldn't help but feel sad, and he couldn't stop crying.

At this time, a big man in the corner of the wall suddenly asked: "Horse bandit leader, who destroyed your gang?"

Everyone saw that this big man was burly, muscular, and his eyes were particularly bright. Someone knew him and said, "Ma Dutou asked what he was doing here? Could it be that his mind is active again, and he wants to go to a place outside the law to arrest people?"