"What?" Master Yan raised his white eyebrows.

"The map he drew was not an ordinary map. His map not only included roads, mountains, rivers, but also the depth of the river, the height of the peaks, and even the wind direction of the four seasons. They were marked with special marks." Master Yan said quietly, "Although this is a Gobi, it is not far from King Shen. The person who got his map..."

Master Yan was silent for a long time and nodded slightly, "That is a marching map. Whoever gets it can take a large group of people across the Gobi Desert to the 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 made a lot of money on this road. The people who came out to run away didn't know when they lost their lives, so they should cherish their blessings even more. After this trip, I wanted to withdraw. I bought a small hill outside Qingshi City and wanted to plant a fruit forest for a business. My son is smart. I think he will be a half-time job when he grows up, so don't be dragged down by me."

"I understand, no problem," Master Yan whispered, "Actually... I wanted to wash my hands after the incident last year. But this time I can't stop coming."

"What?" Master Yan was stunned.

"How many years is this year?" A cold light suddenly flashed in Master Yan's eyes, which were always drooping.

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

"I me me me me me me..." Li Changwen said again.

"Shut up!" Master Yan whispered.

At the end of the song, the zither bow pulled to the end and made a long sound like a crack. The zither picker got up, put the zither and bow on the conglomerate, and walked towards the convoy step by step.

He was illuminated by the fire. He was neatly embroidered gold long clothes with exquisite handwork, wrapped around his whole body from top to bottom. A pair of brown cowhide boots were often worn by "sand people" in the Gobi Desert, but he was not like the people in the Gobi Desert at all. "Beautiful" is no longer enough to describe him. He could be simply "handsome". He was in his early twenties, with a clear face, a high nose bridge, a deep sleeping eyes, two dark eyebrows, and a faint scar that added to his heroic spirit. His long hair was black and white, wrapped in a dark green headscarf, and the ends of the golden tassels drooped down to block half of his face. Only one eye was exposed, slightly narrowed, and there was a wisp of evil spirit that made women fascinated and scared for men.

Behind him was a dark iron bow, and the carved black dragon surrounded the bow body, and the entire bow was filled with a strong solemn aura.

The young man was about ten feet away from Shen Li Changwen and the others. He stopped, pulled out his bow and inserted it into the sand without saying a word.

"This...this is this horse thief?" Li Changwen was stunned for a moment, "Is it kidding? Is there such a handsome horse thief? Is it a person who comes to rob dozens of us?"

No one spoke, the rain drifted down the ground.

"I am the horse! The horse is here!" The young man suddenly spoke.

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

"The horse is here!" the young man stopped shouting.

Long-lasting silence.

"I don't speak well, but how is Ma Ze's good and soft?" The young man was furious, "I, Xiao Ziling, stands in the world! The monk is Ma Ze!"

A smile that could no longer be held back was like a bird flying through the sky, cutting through the sound of rain all over the sky.

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

That long piano, that powerful bow, and that long hair mixed with black and white... so murderous, domineering, handsome and coquettish man, as soon as he appeared, he calmed the audience. But as soon as this horse thief named Xiao Ziling opened his mouth, his murderous aura and domineering aura disappeared immediately.

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

Before he finished speaking, the string sounded. Master Yan kicked Li Changwen over with a kick. At that moment, an arrow rubbed against Li Changwen's scalp, almost piercing his head.

Master Yan drew his sword at the same time, cut the feather arrow into two pieces with one knife, leaned over and picked up the half-cut arrow that had been made of bronze arrows, with snake teeth-like barbs on both sides, and the arrow clusters were covered with cold copper green.

Li Changwen was stunned for a moment and screamed.

"What howl? You can live a good life! You smile foolishly when you shouldn't laugh!" Master Yan put his green knife across his chest, twisting the tip of the knife with one hand, as if holding a bowl of water flat, and his brown eyes narrowed slightly, "I've seen an arrow like you. Did you only shoot a person yesterday?"

"The wax man is not good at all, and I, Zi Si, deprive him of the principles of being a human being." Xiao Ziling twisted the bowstrings with his hands and smiled coldly. He fired an arrow just now, and only Master Yan saw his movements clearly.

"Lingying." Master Yan whispered, "I've heard of this name, and it seems that I've really messed with someone who can't be offended."

"It's good." Xiao Ziling said, "I'm also the famous name that Yan has already stolen."

"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's better to show us the situation. If we can beat us, we will fight. If we can't beat us, we can negotiate and see how many of the goods left can buy a road." Master Yan's tone was very light, but he was filled with a chill, like an old trolley who was only crying at the setting sun, which made people dare not look down on it.

"Okay, please feel free!" Xiao Ziling high-high.

Around the convoy, the sand eroded by heavy rain suddenly cracked open one by one, and the dark shadows jumped out, crouched on the ground, holding the scabbard with a flashing cold light, slowly moving around the convoy, with a wolf-like light in its eyes.

The merchants were shocked and stood on the cart and dared not speak. No one was more familiar with the Gobi Desert than the horse thief. This ambush circle can be said to be extremely exquisite. Once activated, it would be mixed with enemies and we would not even have a chance to face the enemy head-on. If we really start, even if the road guards under Master Yan are capable of being able to protect themselves, they would inevitably suffer death and injury.

"I have ten brothers from Luhu, and forty brothers from Shangshang can't fight. If you have thirty brothers from horse thieves, you have a great chance of winning." Master Yan nodded.

"It's worthy of the Siyan Old Tear, I'm just as thick as the word "Su" at first 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 Gunshayu. The sand mountains next to it are unstable. They slip several times a year. Our shopkeeper is so rich, so you don't have to bury it here just to make some money, right?" Master Yan said lightly, "Brother, how much do you want to buy the road?"

"Eighth floors! Eighth floors of goods!" Xiao Ziling inserted the long bow into the soil, so that he could put eight fingers into comparison numbers. He also knew that he was not speaking smoothly. This bargaining price could not tolerate any blur, so he must make clear.

"Eight...80%?" Li Changwen's eyes were as big as a copper bell. Although he suspected that he was so scared that he was shattered and his bile was flowing in his stomach, he couldn't help but protest because of the stingy merchant's sting, "Are you kidding or robbing money?"

Xiao Ziling was stunned, "Do you think we are four of us? We just grab money from four, we are Ma Ze!"

"Can you bargain?" Master Yan asked.

"It's okay." Xiao Ziling hesitated for a moment.

"I'll pay the price 80%." Master Yan said.

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

"I mean, I'll take 100% away," Master Yan paused word by word, "I'll leave you with nothing!"

Xiao Ziling understood this time, his face changed. He drew his longbow from the sand and slowly took the arrow from behind. He clamped three bronze-toothed long arrows between his right fingers, as if an eagle wing was spreading on his side.

"There is a general in it! Very good!" He squeezed out these words from his teeth.

The eagle's posture was about to fly was filled with huge pressure, and no matter what he said at this moment, it was no fun.

"I haven't shown the chips yet, don't worry." Master Yan said, and also clapped his high-high.

Amid the applause, some people, who were standing next to the cart, took off the hats on their heads, pulled off the cloth covering their faces, pulled off the oil cloth from their iron clothes, and drew their swords from their waists.

Twenty sharp blades were oriented to surround the sides of the convoy, and the road guards who should have been fully focused suddenly fell apart and watched with their hands and eyes coldly.

Master Yan shook the oil cloth from the first big cart, and there was a pale blue flag below, with an upside-down dragon hanging on it.

The horse thieves took a step back at the same time, and they could imagine that they were shocked like thunder when they saw Zuo.

A businessman wearing a straw hat walked slowly to the front of the convoy, holding a cigarette pole that had just been filled in his mouth, and smiled at Master Yan, "Big shopkeeper, borrow a fire."

Master Yan and the man bowed their heads slightly to catch the fire. Under the hat, the shining light of the smoke grass illuminated the middle-aged man's face with a faint smile.

The Left Army Protector, Che Yue.

"Brothers who pull the animals go first, don't let the animals sing and trampling around. This is the 'ghost biting tongue'. It's hard to clean up if it slips through the sand." Master Yan waved at the merchants.

Xiao Ziling took a bow and took an arrow, and pointed the groom who was leading the way.

Che Yue didn't say anything, took off his hat and held it on the coachman's head, moved his shoulders, and suddenly his arms flapped, and two long blue lights shot out from his waist.

He looked at Xiao Ziling with his sword in his hand, "Brother Lingying, borrow it, our business is over, and it will be too late to chase after you. There are too many people here and I can't open it. On this road, who doesn't know that Lingying's brothers are righteous thieves. There is no need to kill people without blood. It's not auspicious to see blood."

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

"You are the shopkeeper, follow the car, and Ji Jing and I stayed to greet the guests." Master Yan lowered his voice, "Go out of Gangshayu as soon as possible, just let the horse run quickly. The victory or defeat here is hard to say, don't let people catch up."

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

"I promised to accompany you to wash your hands after finishing this trip. I'm only halfway through." Master Yan wiped the rain from his face with his sleeve.

"Listen to Master Yan! Go forward! Be careful not to startle the animals! Everyone will die if they slip through the sand!" Master Yan raised his whip and ordered.

"The big shopkeeper, let me ride a horse." Li Changwen reacted and followed Master Yan's horse with a piss.

"There is no extra horse." Master Yan sighed, pulled Li Changwen and asked him to come up and ride with him.

The coachmen looked at Xiao Ziling's blue face in fear. The convoy passed by him and slowly moved forward. The dragon-like lightning split the sky. Xiao Ziling gritted his teeth, and his white and bright teeth flashed.

"Ce Yue! Li has been fighting with our Lingying endlessly, and has been fighting again and again, and has died with his eyes open. Have you ever felt that our Lingying is afraid of the "Left Army" of the Li people?" Xiao Ziling looked at Che Yue with a look like a knife, and he wished he could cut off a piece of meat from the smiling face.

"'Die's eyes open to your eyes' is not what it means..." Che Yue spread his hands, "Brother Xiao, your brother wants to have a meal, and my brother wants to have a meal too. I had known that you had set up a target on the convoy of the Longda Shopkeeper, and that night we camped with the Longda Shopkeeper, so I quietly told the Longda Shopkeeper about this. Your people saw that we were separated by the dawn, so they were relieved, but they didn't expect that I left twenty brothers to pretend to be merchants and mingle in the caravan waiting for you, right? The caravan of the Longda Shopkeeper is now protected by my Zuojun. After doing this business, we can have some money to buy some horses again."

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

"Oh, I remembered that, Manager Long, can you stay there?" Che Yue said.

"Oh." Master Yan grabbed Ma and turned around.

"Your job is difficult, my brother is afraid that it will be damaged. The price... I wonder if 50% is OK?" Che Yue smiled.

Master Yan's face froze. At first they had already agreed with Che Yue about the price of the bodyguard along the way. Although the price was quite high, it would never be as much as 50% of the goods. Before the battle, Che Yue increased the price by ten times in one fell swoop! He looked at Master Yan hesitantly.

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

"If these horse thieves didn't really come to me, I wouldn't have raised the price," Che Yue sighed softly, "But you have also seen that we, the left army, are not many, and they are all good brothers who follow me in times of distress. I can't say that if they want to make money with their lives, they don't sell some price. If the money is low, it's not enough for us to buy wine to pay tribute to them." Che Yue turned his head and looked at his brothers and shook his head.

"The shopkeeper... talk to him about the price." Li Changwen's stingy businessman's stingy habit broke out again.

Master Yan raised his hand and told him to be quiet, "I understand the person who protects the car. He is not a person who makes random bids, but 50%. It is true that I can even pay back my capital, 40%, 40%, 40% can?"

"You are so sincere in your bargaining tone," Li Changwen gave a thumbs up.

"Three layers!" Xiao Ziling stopped shouting.

"What?" Everyone was stunned.

"I can't see that Jehovah! You don't have to protect him from the fourth floor of the Left Army. Open the goods inside. I'll grab the third floor of the Li! Everyone is cheap!" Xiao Ziling's face jumped, "Don't pretend to use brothers as an excuse!"

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

Che Yue did not expect this unexpected blow, and was stunned for a moment, opening his mouth for a long time. After a long time, he sighed, "What if I cut the price to 20%?"

"One...one and a half!"
To be continued...