It's early winter.

A night of light snow covered the ground outside Wucheng with a layer of silver.

To the north of Wucheng is Tianliang City.

Tianliang City is just an inconspicuous border town on the Ming Dynasty, but it is famous in the world because it is rich in horse thieves.

Tianliang City is located outside the border, and is the only way to Fenghuangling. The people here are fierce, the mountains and rivers are poor, and there is no other way to make a living. The only way to make a living is by robbing homes and houses. The Tianliang horse thieves are very famous in the world, and these people are all over the world.

On the border between the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty, they were waiting for opportunities to plunder the traveling merchants. They acted ruthlessly, killing people and stealing goods, leaving no one alive. Together with the wolf bandits from the northwest and the Japanese pirates from the southeast, they were known as the three major bandits.

In comparison, Heifeng Village, which only robs wealth but does not kill people, and leaves a third of the money and people behind, is nothing compared to the Tianliang Horse Thief.

The imperial court had nothing to do with the horse thieves. They had sent troops to encircle and suppress them many times, but to no avail. Their whereabouts were erratic. Every time officers and soldiers came, they could always get the news in advance and disappear without a trace. Some people even suspected that

They colluded with the officers and soldiers.

Their business scope is extremely wide. They not only rob business travelers, but sometimes they even rob the imperial court's supplies and food. It is said that two years ago, a group of Princess Taiping prepared

The bulk goods smuggled into the Northern Zhou Dynasty were also robbed by Tianliang horse thieves, and dozens of people were killed. Later, it was Li Juefei, the owner of Yeyu Tower, who came forward to settle the matter. For this, the princess's faction even paid a large ransom.

No one knows that the real master behind Tianliang Horse Thief is Chunfeng Yeyulou.

Chunfeng Yeyu Tower has business all over the world. In addition to its apparent industry, it also has a deep understanding of the layout of the underworld. Ten years ago, the Tianliang horse thieves were just a group of rabble-rousers who made a living by robbery. Li Juefei took a fancy to the business opportunities here.

, sent his eldest disciple Li Quan to sneak into the horse bandits. In just ten years, he became the leader of the Tianliang horse bandits, turning them into ruthless bandits who came and went like the wind.

Fan Xiaodao also learned this secret from Li Hongxiao.

Outside Wucheng, a caravan was walking on the official road after snow. Because it had just snowed, the road was a little muddy, so the caravan was not walking very fast. There were about seventy or eighty people in this caravan, including business travelers and people from the world.

They traveled together to guard against those mysterious Tianliang horse thieves.

Everyone gets what they need.

Businessmen travel in order to make money. After the negotiations in the Ming Dynasty, Fenghuangling became a gateway for mutual trade between the two countries. Many caravans from the south transported goods to Fenghuangling and made huge profits.

The purpose of those Jianghu people is relatively simple, they are for Li Yi.

Now Li Yi has become the number one public enemy in the world and the imperial court. Because of the Tian Jue Dan and the Secret of Immortality in her hands, she has attracted the imperial court to pursue her, and the reward for her has been increased to one hundred thousand taels. This is

It caused a sensation in the arena. One hundred thousand taels was the annual income of some second-rate sects. Therefore, in addition to Dongchang, many voluntary organizations in the arena also joined the pursuit of Li Yi.

After leaving Beijing, Li Yi not only did not hide her traces, but showed up from time to time to make some noise, for fear that others would not know her whereabouts. This is somewhat intriguing.

Fan Xiaodao was following this convoy.

After he left the capital, he headed north and met this caravan.

The leader of the caravan is named Duan Tiande. He is in his fifties and is the leader of the Yellow River Gang. Last year at the martial arts competition, Duan Tiande met Fan Xiaodao several times in the capital. The two got to know each other. Now they met on the way. Duan Tiande

Then he invited Fan Xiaodao to join the team.

Joining a caravan has pros and cons.

The advantage is that it can cover people's eyes and ears, and there are many people here who have good ears, so it is easier to get information. The disadvantage is also obvious, the speed of travel is a little slower than going alone. After weighing it, Fan Xiaodao accepted Duan Tiande's invitation.

Fan Xiaodao is now wearing a cotton-padded jacket with his hands in his sleeve pockets. He looks like an ordinary young man. If it weren't for the Jinghong Sword on his back, he wouldn't be able to tell that he is a man in the world, let alone a man from the world.

Like the famous big head catcher in the capital.

On the contrary, those Jianghu people are either wearing bright clothes or wearing mink fur, looking very stylish.

Duan Tiande has a son and a daughter. The son is Duan Yunpeng and the daughter is Duan Yunhong. They are in their twenties.

This time I followed the old man to travel to the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Firstly, Duan Tiande wanted his children to gain experience and gain some experience in the world, knowing that it is not easy. Secondly, because Duan Yunpeng was getting older, he wanted the two of them to gradually take over the leadership through experience.

His gang.

Therefore, as soon as Duan Tiande had time to spare, he gave them some advice, such as checking the escorted goods before going to bed every day, not talking to strangers easily, not meddling in other people's business, and doing too much rather than doing too little.

The Duan brothers and sisters were very impatient.

Duan Yunpeng looked like he was willing to accept teachings. He went in with his left ear and out with his right ear, but couldn't hear a word.

Duan Yunhong didn't even pretend. Every time Duan Tiande told her the truth, she would stay away.

If you can't do this, you can't do that, then what's the point of trying to make a career?

This world is so boring!

When Duan Tiande lost his temper, Miss Duan pushed back, "You said you shouldn't pick up fights with strangers, so why did you let that guy surnamed Fan join the caravan? I looked at that guy's sly eyebrows, and he looked like a gangster.

After saying so many great things, Dad, don’t you also say one thing and do another?”

This sentence made Duan Tiande tremble with anger.

I'm sorry that he said so many truths in the world, but they fell on deaf ears in the ears of his children.

"You brothers and sisters have been living in gangs all year round. You don't know the dangers of the world. Dad is telling you so much so that you will suffer less in the future! Mr. Fan has a good background. He is traveling with us. It is our destiny. Dad

I ask you to be more polite with him for the sake of convenience in the future, so don’t provoke him!"

Duan Yunhong hummed and said: "Even my father is polite to him. Who dares to mess with him when he is in the caravan? Several bosses asked me privately about the origin of that surnamed Fan. Those who didn't know thought he was the only one.

He’s the boss of the Yellow River Gang!”

Duan Tiande said angrily, "Stop talking nonsense! If you two are talking nonsense, don't blame my family for serving you! Do you hear me?"

Duan Yunpeng Nuonuo responded, and Duan Yunhong ran away without a trace.

Fan Xiaodao, who was not far away, saw this scene in his eyes. Seeing Duan Tiande's helpless look, he stepped forward and comforted him, "Gang leader Duan, your children are old and have their own ideas and thoughts. If you use the old one

Trying to constrain them based on the concepts of their elders will be counterproductive!"

Duan Tiande snorted coldly, "I think they just have stiff wings. If they don't stumble a few times, they might not know the dangers of the world. On the other hand, Mr. Xiao Fan, who is only in his twenties, talks and acts like a veteran of the world. Even I

I am ashamed of myself. If my incompetent children are half as capable as Mr. Fan, I won’t be so worried."

Fan Xiaodao recalled the education given to him by his adoptive father and several uncles when he was in Heifeng Village. It was the same situation. However, these uncles didn't teach much. If he didn't follow the instructions, they would just use sticks and sticks, and they would ask questions while beating him back.

, why can't you escape.

In this world, there are probably not many people who can escape the sticks of Song Jingang, Yang Qing, and Lei Lie.

After the fight, he was finally allowed to realize the principles of life.

Thinking about it this way, Gang Leader Duan is still too indulgent towards his children.

Fan Xiaodao smiled and said: "I also survived under a stick."

Duan Tiande said: "Their mother died early, and I was busy helping out, so I didn't discipline them much on weekdays. I couldn't bear to beat or scold this pair of darlings. It seems that they still have to suffer a few losses and be fooled a few times."

, to grow up!”

Fan Xiaodao said: "Tianliang horse thieves are rampant, why did the gang leader choose this route?"

Duan Tiande said helplessly, "After the martial arts competition, we small and medium-sized gangs established a federation. I thought it was a good thing, but not long after, we were forced by Ye Yulou to join them. There are many rules and regulations in it. We, a small family, just

I wanted to do some business to make some money, but I didn't agree. As a result, some of the original business lines were taken away by Ye Yulou. The business in the gang was sluggish, so I had to find ways to find a way out from other places. This line in Beizhou,

Although it is a bit dangerous, the profit is sufficient. After this trip, we can earn at least 8,000 taels. As for the horse thieves, we didn’t think about it that much. We were more cautious and invited some other partners to go together, which was considered profitable.

Just take care of them, if we really encounter them, our Yellow River Gang will not be vegetarians."

Fan Xiaodao has investigated the people in the caravan and found that apart from the thirty or so people from the Yellow River Gang, there are also a few small trading houses, which basically have no fighting capacity. They are in Wuhan

The city's martial arts practice has hired a few martial artists, but they are just ordinary practitioners. If they encounter masters or organized gangsters, they will not be able to withstand their impact.

The only ones who are capable of fighting are a group of young Jianghu people.

It is said that they are disciples sent by several sects in the Jianghu to gain experience, and their target is Li Yi who is heading north.

Maybe it's for the reward of silver, maybe it's to gain experience, maybe it's for fame.

These people, four men and two women, all come from prestigious sects such as Huashan, Jiuhua, and Lingnan. They are not old, but they are the best in the sect. Each of them is equipped with standard outfits, mink fur, and holds a sword.

They have famous swords and expensive horses. During the day, they travel and guide the country. At night, they gather together to drink and talk, and they are as happy as the wind.

This is the world in the minds of the Duan brothers and sisters.

Why does the same road, journey, and world have different tastes in the eyes of different people?

Miss Duan, who had been scolded so badly by Duan Tiande, felt very unhappy when she saw the old man chatting with the man surnamed Fan. She was a little unwilling to accept it. How could her father be so nice to the man surnamed Fan for no reason?

Do you want to...

She once overheard Duan Tiande talking to people in the gang about recruiting a son-in-law. She also said that marrying this daughter would definitely not make people worry. Didn't dad want to recruit a son-in-law?

The man surnamed Fan is pretty good-looking, but his temperament is shabby. He wears a rag cotton-padded jacket, which is wide and loose, and stretches out his hips. Compared with Mr. Xu from Linfeng in Yushu next door, he is more elegant and suave.

Lin Shaoxia is simply a world of difference.

If he hadn't been carrying a sword on his back, he would have looked no different from a waiter in a restaurant.

Look at that broken sword. The scabbard is rusty. I don’t know how many years it has been used. You can tell at a glance that it is not this year’s new model. Why is it pretending to be a charlatan? I don’t understand why the old man looks at him differently. However,

From the two people chatting and laughing, the evil guy's evil eyes are always on her, which is probably not a good thing!

The more I think about it, the angrier I get.

Anyway, nothing happened along the way, so why not find a way to calm him down and teach him what "dangerous rivers and lakes" mean! Not everyone wants to eat swan meat! She saw Mr. Xu and Shaoxia Lin not far away.
Chapter completed!