"Why don't those horse bandits on the official road take action? They seem to be talking." said a villager lying behind the mountain bag.
Another Zhuang Ding answered: "Don't you know these people?"
"Impossible. I heard that this group of horse bandits came from Daliang Mountain. They have never been to our Lingqiu. How could they know the bandits from Hutou Village?"
"Then maybe, horse bandits and bandits are all bandits. Maybe my money will be wasted this time."
"Don't talk nonsense. If this word spreads and the chief steward knows, you and I will be punished."
"I'm not talking nonsense. The horse bandits brought back by the housekeeper obviously didn't take action, but instead started chatting with the bandits in Hutou Village."
"Okay, the chief steward asked us to come here just to watch these horse bandits kill the head of Hutou Village. Other things are beyond our control. These horse bandits are all masters who kill without blinking an eye. It's annoying If you kill them, if you really kill us, how can you still reason with the King of Hell?"
"If the butler hadn't agreed to give me two taels of silver for this trip, I wouldn't have come."
Two Xujiazhuang men were talking quietly behind the hill.
The miner who was squatting on the ground glanced at the two people, slowly came over, and said flatteringly: "Brothers, I have already identified the person, can you let me go?"
One of the Zhuang Ding glanced at him and said indifferently: "Wait, when Liu Heng will be killed, when will I let you go."
The miner begged: "Brother, please let me go. I have been identified by you. It is of little use to keep me here. You have to take me with me on horseback when you go back. Why don't you just let me go? There is no need for me anyway." Me."
"Don't talk nonsense. It doesn't matter whether you leave or not. If we really want to let you go, what will happen if the butler comes back to us to ask for someone else? Just stay here honestly." Zhuang Ding scolded.
There was no other way. The miner knew that he couldn't leave, so he had to continue squatting behind the mountain bag, waiting for the horse bandits to kill Liu Heng. Otherwise, he was sure that he would not end well.
On the official road.
Ma Yunjiu said with a smile: "I won't go to Brother Liu's Hutou Village. I will go and bother you next time I have a chance."
Hearing this, Liu Heng felt a pity in his heart.
It can be seen that Ma Yunjiu is still willing to follow Shi Yunhu. It is a pity that he has not accepted him for so many nights. As long as he goes to Hutou Village, his cavalry can be established.
Seeing that Ma Yunjiu was unwilling to go to Hutou Village, Liu Heng said: "Matou wants to come to Hutou Village anytime. You are welcome at any time. The door of my Hutou Village will always be open to Matou and these brothers of Matou."
Ma Yunjiu and the people in the cavalry team are all really capable people. If they can win over to Hutou Village, they can definitely train a cavalry team through these people.
Moreover, he didn't think that people like Ma Yunjiu would have any future following Shi Yunhu. At most, they would be bandits with sticks in the Daliang Mountains, hiding in the mountains and worrying about encirclement and suppression by the army.
You must know that the Daliang Mountain side is close to the military fort, and there are many border troops around.
Ma Yunjiu nodded and said: "To be honest with Brother Liu, we came to Lingqiu this time to kill you."
After hearing this, Chen Daqing raised the knife in his hand nervously.
"Don't be nervous. If I really planned to take action, I wouldn't be talking to Brother Liu here." Ma Yunjiu glanced at Chen Daqing, who looked wary, and said with a smile.
Liu Heng waved his hand to Chen Daqing and said, "Put away all your weapons. The horse head is one of our own."
He knew very well about people like Ma Yunjiu and the horse team. If he really wanted to take action, the Hutou Village bandits around him would not be a group of opponents who would stop at night.
Chen Daqing hesitated and put down the weapon, but did not put it into the scabbard.
In response to this, Ma Yunjiu just smiled and said nothing, but said to Liu Heng: "I came here because someone paid us two hundred taels of silver to kill an iron factory owner. I didn't expect that person to be Brother Liu.”
Liu Heng said with a smile: "Haha, luckily the one we invited was Ma Tou, otherwise my life might not have been saved this time."
Ma Yunjiu said: "Brother Liu is also very powerful. I heard that the company's army attacked Hutou Village and returned with a huge defeat."
"It's not worth mentioning." Liu Heng said, "Ma Tou is also from the military. He should know how big the gap is between the local garrison and the border army. I just took advantage of the large number of people."
"When we were in Tianchengwei, everyone was a lost dog. It's already remarkable that Brother Liu can gain a foothold in Lingqiu." Ma Yunjiu praised.
I really thought this way in my heart. If it were Shi Yunhu and him, they might not be able to bring nearly a thousand people across the state and across the country to establish themselves here in Lingqiu, open an iron yard, and have a legitimate identity.
After hesitating for a moment, Ma Yunjiu said again: "I don't know that Brother Liu is not interested in going to Daliang Mountain. Shi Dashi has already established himself in Daliang Mountain. He has more than a hundred brothers under his command. It can be considered a big cottage."
Of course, he didn't expect Liu Heng to really agree when he asked this. After all, the conflict between Shi Yunhu and Liu Heng was deep and difficult to resolve, and Liu Heng's development here in Lingqiu was much better than theirs in Daliang Mountain. If it were him , will definitely not agree to go to Daliang Mountain.
However, if Liu Heng can really take the people from Hutou Village to Daliang Mountain, and with the expansion of nearly a thousand people, Shi Dashi can subdue the bandits from several other Daliang Mountain villages, and make one family monopolize Daliang Mountain, maybe in the future There is still a chance of being recruited.
Liu Heng smiled and shook his head.
It is impossible to go to Daliang Mountain. There is nothing you want there. You can only go into the old forest. It is surrounded by military forts. If you are not careful, you will be targeted by the border troops. Moreover, more than a thousand people have gone to Daliang Mountain. problems, not to mention developing and expanding capabilities.
Seeing Liu Heng's refusal, Ma Yunjiu was not surprised and said: "Since Brother Liu doesn't want to go to Daliang Mountain, I won't force him. But Brother Liu will stay in Lingqiu and be careful with the Xu family. This time we come to Lingqiu." , the Xu family found us through a shopkeeper named Li in Datong."
It turned out to be the Xu family.
Liu Heng knew it well. When he heard Ma Yunjiu say that someone asked them to kill him, he had already thought that it was several gentry families in Lingqiu.
The Xu family, the Yang family, and the Li family had just met during the day. They proposed to join the Dongshan Society in exchange for coke ironmaking technology, but he refused. Therefore, even if these three families wanted to take action, they would not be so quick. On the contrary, the Xu family He kept silent, but he didn't expect to secretly invite the horse bandits from Daliang Mountain to intercept him on the way.
This move was cruel enough. If he and Ma Yunjiu hadn't known each other before, he would have fallen for it this time.
At the same time, it also increased his determination to build a cavalry team. If there was a strong cavalry team, people like Ma Yunjiu would not be able to stop him.
"Since the person the other party wants to kill is Brother Liu, we are going to go back to Daliang Mountain right away. We will meet again later." Ma Yunjiu clasped his fists towards Liu Heng and waved his hand to signal the horse bandits to move back.
"Ma Tou, please wait a moment." Liu Heng stopped him, then turned to a bandit beside him and said, "Go back to the village quickly and bring two hundred taels of silver over."
The bandit nodded and galloped towards Hutou Village.
Ma Yunjiu said to the horse bandits beside him: "Go and capture the people behind the mountain bag."
Several horse bandits galloped towards the hills a mile away.
